Nursery rules, 269 Nursing periods, 156 Nursing the child, 293 O Odors of person, 324 Oligohydramnios, 87 Operations, preparations for, 180 why required, 179 Ophthalmia neonatorum, 93, 142, 192 Os, digital dilatation, 211 physiology of dilatation, 111 rigidity of, 222 Ovaries, 23 Ovulation, 33 Ovum, 33 death of, 96 fertilization, 36 implantation, 37 mode of progress, 23 relation to uterine cavity, 52 P Packs, wet, 213 Pains, after, 154 cause of, 109 character of, 115, 131, 138 false, 108 from gas, 154 regularity of, 110, 130 Palpation, 134 Paralysis, facial, 291 of shoulder (Erb’s), 291 Paraphimosis, 305 Patient, care of, after delivery, 144 during second stage, 137 examination of, 74, 133 in first stage, 133 loss of weight post partum, 155 preparation of, 131, 138 rest, 160 visitors, 133, 161 Pelvic floor rigidity, 223 Pelvis, 17 brim, 18 contracted, 214 diameters, 214 false, 17 measurements, 214 quadrants of, 121 shape, 18 true, 17 upper strait, 18 Pemphigus neonatorum, 296 Perineorrhaphy, 144 instruments, 139, 145, 146 after-care, 147 Perineum, 28, 25 head on, 115 preservation, 145 repair, 143, 144 torn in labor, 30 Peritoneum, 24 Peritonitis, (_see_ Infection) Phimosis, 305 Phlebitis, 263 Physical signs of pregnancy, 59 Pigmentation, 55, 77 Pituitrin, 143, 224 Placenta prævia, 29 Placenta, 41 anomalies, 88 early expression, 149 infarcts, 88 conditions for Crede expression, 150 manual removal, 150 Pneumonia in child, 304 Point of direction, 121 Position, occipito-posterior, 178 of breech, 165 of face, 175 of head, 121 Walcher, 193 Pregnancy, Abderhalden’s test for, 61 age of, 65 albuminuria in, 77 at fourth month, 61 bowels in, 68 cathartics in, 68 condylomata, 75 constipation in, 75 cramps, 86 diabetes in, 95 diagnosis, 57 duration of, 66, 107 extra uterine, 89 fevers and, 91 general effects, 56 gingivitis, 75 gonorrhœa, 93 hæmorrhages, 95 hæmorrhoids in, 86 heart disease and, 94 heartburn, 68 herpes, 76 hydramnios in, 87 hygiene of, 66 hyperemesis in, 79 kidneys in, 68 local effects, 51 maternal changes, 51 mental conditions in, 72 pressure symptoms, 85 probable signs, 61 pruritus, 76 pyelitis, 79 salivation, 75 signs at 26th week, 62 syphilis, 92 toothache, 75 toxæmias, 74 tuberculosis, 92 varicose veins, 85 vomiting in, 79 Prematurity, 301 Presentation, definition, 120 frequency of vertex, 121 of breech, 165 of face and brow, 174 transverse, 174 Pressure symptoms, 85 Priapism, 308 Proprietary foods, 314 Pruritus in pregnancy, 76 Ptyalism, 75 Puberty, 33 Pubiotomy, 198 after-care, 199