Decidua vera, 172 Dental treatment, 74 Diabetes mellitus, 198 Diabetic porridge, 170 Diarrhea, nursing in, 193 Diet after labor, 184 for obstetric patient, 181 in disease, 168 typhoid, 170 Digestibility of eggs, 145 Digestive tract, scheme of, 206 Digitalin, 30 Digitalis, action and uses of, 29 poisoning, antidotes for, 46 Diphtheria antitoxin, 25 nursing in, 85 Disinfection in private nursing, 97 of feces, 82, 90 of rooms, 97 of urine, 82, 90 Dislocations, 123 Dobell’s solution, 95 Dosage for children, rule for ascertaining, 42 general rules for, 41 hypodermic, 43 rectal, 43 Dosage, subcutaneous 43 Doses, action, and uses of most important drugs, 23 Drowning, treatment in, 125 Drugs, action, uses, and doses of, 23 Dry measure, table of, 17 Dysentery, nursing in, 193 Ear, insect in, removal of, 202 Earache, relief of, 202 Eczematous sores, Lassar’s paste for, 53 Edebohls’ posture, 116 Egg cream, 160 toast, how to make, 160 Eggs, digestibility of, 145 poached, 158 preservation of, 146 soft-boiled, 158 uses of, 145 Egg-white as antidote, 48 Elaterium poisoning, antidotes for, 46 Electricity, 137 Emergencies, 121 burns, 124 dislocations, 123 drowning, 125 epilepsy, 125 eye-injuries, 124, 125 fainting, 125 fractures, 122 hemorrhages, 121 hysteria, 125 scalds, 124 sprains, 124 sunstroke, 126 Emergencies, suspended animation from noxious gases, 126 Emetics as antidotes, 48 Emulsion, iodoform, 102 Enema, 1, 2, 3, formula for, 55 combination, 55 for flatulence, 54 glycerin, formula for, 54 nourishing, formula for, 55 ox-gall, formula for, 54 saline, formula for, 55 starch-water, 55 stimulating, method of administering, 55 turpentine, formula for, 54 Enteric fever, nursing in, 79 Epilepsy, treatment of, 125 Epistaxis, 122 Epsom salt, action and uses of, 33 Ergot, action and uses of, 30 poisoning by, 46 Ergotin, 30 Eruption of teeth, 77 Erysipelas, treatment of, 201 Eserin, 37, 38 Ether, action and uses of, 30 Ewald’s test-breakfast, 170 Exercise in pregnancy, 182 Extract, beef, how to make, 153 Eye, burns of, 124 injuries of, 125