Mother, Nurse and Infant: A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies.Sackett, S. P.
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Mother, Nurse and Infant: A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies.
Sackett, S. P.
Infants -- Care; Materia medica; Obstetrics -- Popular works; Women -- Health and hygiene
Carbonic acid gas, poisoning by, 288.
Care of infant children, 170.
Care of mother during confinement, 42, 43, 163.
—— —— —— labor, 41, 157.
Catamenia, 70.
Cataplasm, 233.
Cathartics, 342.
Catheter, introducing the, 78.
Catheterization, 78.
Causes of disease, predisposing, 196.
—— —— exciting, 196.
—— —— heat and cold, 197.
—— —— the season, 202.
Causes of tedious labor, 142, 151, 155, 179.
Caustics, 344.
Cervex uteri, 66.
Cessation of menses, 72.
Chafings, 171.
Chalk mixture and hops, 336.
Change of life, 73.
Changing clothing, 251.
Charcoal, 240, 299.
Chicken broth, 325.
Chicken tea, 324.
Chilblains, 363.
Children, diseases of, 217.
Chlorate of potash, 272.
Chlorosis, 265, 352.
Cholera infantum, 174, 334.
Cholera mixture, 337, 339.
Cholera morbus, 175.
Choosing food for infants, 307.
Chorea, 217, 218, 356.
Cicitrization, 256.
Cinnamon mixture, 340.
Circulation of blood in the fœtus, 110.
Classification of medicines, 331.
Cleanliness in cooking, 309.
Climate, 198.
Clinical thermometer, 276.
Clothes on fire, 292.
Clothing for the lying in woman, 37.
—— —— —— pregnant woman, 19.
—— —— —— infant, 53
—— how to change, 45.
Coccyx, 59.
Coffee, 303, 321.
Cold applications, 225, 235.
Cold as a cause of disease, 197, 199.
Cold bath, 201.
Cold in the head, 276.
Colds, 265.
Cold water, 235.
Colic, 333, 337.
Collyrium, 236, 362.
Coma, 281.
Common diseases, 263,.
Compound licorice powder, 272.
Compression of the brain, 281.
Conception, nature of, 94.
—— signs of, 112.
Concussion of the brain, 281.
Conduct of mother after marriage, 17.
—— —— during pregnancy, 18.
Confinement, preparations for, 32, 37.
—— bed for, 37.
—— dress for, 37.
Conium, poisoning by, 383.
Constipation, 23.
Contagion, caused by germs, 237.
Contagious diseases, 237.
Contused wounds, 255.
Contusions, 255.
Convalescence, 163.
Convulsions, infantile, 290, 302.
—— puerperal, 194.
Cookery for the sick, 309.
—— —— young children, 309.
Cool bath, 248.
Cooling lotion for inflamed eyes, 358.
Corns, 303.
Corn tea, 317.
Corsets, 19
Coryza, 276.
Costiveness, 22, 171.
Cough, 220.
Cough syrup, 348.
Counter irritants, 225, 226.
Cracked nipples, 168.
Cramps, 26.
Cravings, 295.
Critical period of life, 73.
Croton oil, 286.
Croup, 266, 334.
Cupping, dry and wet, 229.
Cutting the gums, 274, 296.
Cystitis, 163.
Cystocele, 142, 346.
Dandruff lotion, 362.
Dead, care of, 242.
Death, 219, 242.
Decoction of bran, 315.
—— —— barley water, &c., 345.
Deformed pelvis, 182.
Dentition, 274.
Depression of spirits during suckling, 49.
Development of the uterus in pregnancy, 95.
Developement of the fœtus in pregnancy, 105, 106.
Diabetis, 306.
Diagnosis, 217, 277.
—— by palpation, 140.
—— of artificial labor, 126, 138.
—— of diseases in children, 217
—— of pregnancy, 112.
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