A reference hand-book for nursesBeck, Amanda K. (Amanda Kathryn)
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A reference hand-book for nurses
Beck, Amanda K. (Amanda Kathryn)
Nursing
Spice poultice, 57
Splints, improvised, 123
Sponge pudding, how to make, 160
Sponging to reduce temperature, 129
Sprains, care of, 124
Squab, how to bone, 157
Starch-water enema, formula for, 55
Static electricity, 140
Steam sterilizer, improvised, 109
Sterilization of instruments, 99
Sterilizer, improvised, 108 109
Sterilizing bottles, 67
catgut, 101
gloves, 100
glycerin, 102
hand-brushes, 103
horse-hair, 100
linen thread, 101
of milk, 67
of obstetric set, 110
of silk thread, 100
of silk-worm gut, 100
of small packages, 110
Stewed prunes, 160
Stimulating enema, method of administering, 56
Stramonium poisoning, antidotes for, 48
Strawberry sherbet, how to make, 162
Stroking in massage, 133
Strophanthus, action and uses of, 39
Strychnin, action and uses of, 36
Strychnin poisoning, antidotes for, 48
Stuffed baked potato, how to prepare, 157
Stupe, turpentine, 57
Subcutaneous dosage, 43
Sugars in infant feeding, 68
Sulphonal, action and uses of, 39
Summer complaint, nursing in, 194
Sunstroke, treatment of, 126
Supplies for major operation, 106
obstetric, 187
surgical, 99
Suppression of menses, 175
Surgical operation, how to prepare patient for, 104
postures, 114-116
supplies, 99
Suspended animation from noxious gases, 126
Sweat, alcohol, 130
Sweating of feet and axilla, formula for, 54
Swooning, treatment of, 125
Sylvester’s method of artificial respiration, 126
Syncope, treatment of, 125
Taffy, how to make, 162
Tannic acid, action, uses and dose of, 40
as antidote, 48
Tannin, action, uses and dose of, 40
Tea as antidote, 48
beef-, how to make, 153
Teeth, eruption of, 77
pain in, treatment of, 74
Temperature of water, 61
reduction of, by cold pack, 128
by sponging, 129
rules for taking, 61
Test meals, 170
Thermic fever, treatment of, 126
Thermometric equivalents, table of, 60
Thermometry, 60
Thiersch’s solution, formula for, 51
Thrush, nursing in, 194
Time measure, 17
Tincture of digitalis, 30
of green soap, preparation of, 103
Toad-stool poisoning, antidotes for, 47
Toast, cream, how to make, 159
egg, how to make, 160
French, how to make, 160
water, how to make, 150
Tobacco poisoning, antidote for, 48
Toothache, diagnosis and treatment of, 74
Trendelenburg position, 116
improved, 109
Trional, action and uses of, 40
True pains, 179
Tubbing, 130
Tuberculosis, treatment for, 199
Tubing, rubber, how to prepare, 102
Turpentine enema, formula for, 54
stupes, 57
Typhoid diet, 170
fever, hemorrhage in, 81
management of, 80
nursing in, 79
symptoms of, 79
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