A Text-book of nursingAppleton, 1885 - 396 pages |
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Page 111
... wounds , etc. Contains 29 parts in 30 of iodine , but has none of its ir- ritant action . In small dose , checks vomiting ; in large dose , excites it . Increases number of Should be taken after meals through a tube . Use needs to be ...
... wounds , etc. Contains 29 parts in 30 of iodine , but has none of its ir- ritant action . In small dose , checks vomiting ; in large dose , excites it . Increases number of Should be taken after meals through a tube . Use needs to be ...
Page 147
... wound , it keeps it from healing . The silk should be moved daily , and the matter well cleared out . Cups are applied to relieve congestion , to abstract blood , or to prevent active absorption . For the relief of pain , dry cupping is ...
... wound , it keeps it from healing . The silk should be moved daily , and the matter well cleared out . Cups are applied to relieve congestion , to abstract blood , or to prevent active absorption . For the relief of pain , dry cupping is ...
Page 149
... sooner , sprinkle a little salt on their heads . Never re- move by force , or the teeth will be left in the wound , where they may occasion abscess or erysipelatous inflam- mation . The leech - bite leaves a permanent stellate LEECHES .
... sooner , sprinkle a little salt on their heads . Never re- move by force , or the teeth will be left in the wound , where they may occasion abscess or erysipelatous inflam- mation . The leech - bite leaves a permanent stellate LEECHES .
Page 151
... wound , should be but little larger than the opening . Apply as hot as can be comfortably borne , but do not burn the patient . There is danger of this with the thin and sensitive skin of a child , and in cases of paralysis , when the ...
... wound , should be but little larger than the opening . Apply as hot as can be comfortably borne , but do not burn the patient . There is danger of this with the thin and sensitive skin of a child , and in cases of paralysis , when the ...
Page 153
... wound , the old poultice will have been removed , the wound washed , and protected by a guard " —a piece of muslin wet with some disin- fecting solution - before the fresh one is made . 66 A poultice - jacket is sometimes prescribed ...
... wound , the old poultice will have been removed , the wound washed , and protected by a guard " —a piece of muslin wet with some disin- fecting solution - before the fresh one is made . 66 A poultice - jacket is sometimes prescribed ...
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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.