A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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Page 27
... removed , shaken and aired . If there is a car- pet , it can only be thoroughly swept and cleaned when the patient can be got out of the room , but the surface dust can be removed quite effectively and noiselessly by means of a damp ...
... removed , shaken and aired . If there is a car- pet , it can only be thoroughly swept and cleaned when the patient can be got out of the room , but the surface dust can be removed quite effectively and noiselessly by means of a damp ...
Page 34
... removed from the ward imme- diately upon use , and thoroughly cleaned . A slop - pail should never be brought into the room ; all waste matter , even water used for washing , should be at once carried out . Communicating passages , bath ...
... removed from the ward imme- diately upon use , and thoroughly cleaned . A slop - pail should never be brought into the room ; all waste matter , even water used for washing , should be at once carried out . Communicating passages , bath ...
Page 42
... removed from blankets or ticking , by spreading over the spot a paste of fine starch or wheat flour , and leaving it to dry there . If , upon rubbing it off , the stain is found not to have entirely disappeared , a second application ...
... removed from blankets or ticking , by spreading over the spot a paste of fine starch or wheat flour , and leaving it to dry there . If , upon rubbing it off , the stain is found not to have entirely disappeared , a second application ...
Page 44
... removed at the foot . See that each blanket is made smooth and straight . If they are not wide enough to tuck in ... removing the soiled , and well aired and warmed . Dampness in bed or bedding is always dangerous . If the bed gets to ...
... removed at the foot . See that each blanket is made smooth and straight . If they are not wide enough to tuck in ... removing the soiled , and well aired and warmed . Dampness in bed or bedding is always dangerous . If the bed gets to ...
Page 53
... removal from its natural surroundings , it exhibits a well- known tendency to coagulate or solidify . The fibrin of the plasma separates itself from the serum , and entan- gles the floating corpuscles into a mass . This peculiar- ity ...
... removal from its natural surroundings , it exhibits a well- known tendency to coagulate or solidify . The fibrin of the plasma separates itself from the serum , and entan- gles the floating corpuscles into a mass . This peculiar- ity ...
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abdomen acid action albumen antiseptic aorta applied arteries bandage bath bleeding blister blood body bones bowels breath Bright's disease burn called cantharides carbolic carbolic acid catheter cavity chest child chloroform clean Cloth cold water common condition constipation covered danger diarrhoea digestion discharge disease disinfected dose dressings dyspnoea effect emetic enema fever finger fluid fracture give given hæmorrhage head heart heat important inflammation injury intestinal irritation keep less limb lungs matter medicine membrane milk mouth mucous mucous membrane muscles nausea necessary nurse ounces pain patient pint placenta plaster poison poultice pressure pulse quantity rectum relieved removed respiration salt sheet sick sick-room side skin solution sometimes specific gravity sponge stimulants strangury STRYCHNIA sugar surface symptoms tablespoonful taken temperature Tincture tion tissues trachea treatment tube urine usually uterus ventilation vomiting ward warm washed wound
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Page 132 - Carrageen moss, pour over it two cups of boiling water, and let it stand where it will keep hot, but not boil, for two hours.