Chapter VI: Medical Formulary (2)

MINIM. The smallest liquid measure; a drop.

MONAD. The simplest kind of minute animalcule.

MUCUS. A viscid fluid secreted by a mucous membrane.

MULTIPARA. A woman who has had two children or more.

NÆVUS. A birth mark.

NARCOTIC. Producing sleep and stupor.

NARES. The passage through the nose; the nostril.

NATES. The seat; the buttocks.

NECROSIS. Death of the bone.

NEURALGIA. Painful affection of the nerves.

NEURILEMMA. The sheath investing a nerve.

NORMAL. Regular; natural; as it ought to be.

NYMPHÆ. The labia interna; two lateral folds of mucous membrane within
the labia externa.

OBSTETRICS. Midwifery.

OBTURATOR FORAMEN. An opening between the pubic and ischiatic arches
closed by a membranous ligament.

OCCIPUT. The hinder part of the skull or head.

ODONTALGIA. Toothache.

ŒDEMA. Swelling from the presence of serum in the areolar tissue.

ŒSOPHAGUS. The gullet.

OFFICINAL. Authorized by the Pharmacopœia.

OMENTUM. The caul; a peritoneal fold covering the bowels.

ONYCHIA. A small abscess at the side of the finger nail.

OPTHALMIA. Inflammation of eyes.

OPTHALMIA NEOTORUM. Inflammation of the eyes of new born children.

OPTIC. Relating to the vision.

ORBIT. The bony cavity containing the eye.

ORTHOPNŒA. Difficulty of breathing, especially on lying down.

OS. 1st mouth, 2d bone.

OSMOSIS. The passage of a fluid through a porous membrane.

OS SACRUM. The posterior bone of the pelvis.

OSSIFICATION. Conversion into bone.

OS UTERI. The mouth of the uterus; the os tincæ.

OVIDUCT. A duct in the Fallopian tube.

OVULATION. The formation and discharge of eggs or ovules.

OVUM. An egg; an embryo and its membranes.

OXYTOCIC. Having power to increase uterine pains.

OZÆNA. Fetid ulcer in the nose.

PALMAR. Pertaining to the interior of the hand.

PALPATION. Exploring diseased parts by touching and pressure.

PAPILLA. Minute nipple shaped elevations in the skin and mucous
membrane.

PARAPLEGIA. Paralysis of the lower half of the body.

PARENCHYMA. The mass or principal part of organs like the lungs or
liver.

PARIETAL. Relating to the walls.

PAROXYSM. An exacerbation of severity, in a disorder.

PARTURITION. Delivery; the act of bringing forth.

PATHOLOGY. The science which treats of the nature of disease.

PECTORAL. Pertaining to the chest or breast.

PEDILUVIUM. A foot bath.

PELVIS. The bony structure of the lower extremity of the body.

PERCUSSION. The act of striking on a body to elicit sounds.

PERINEUM. The space between the tuberosities of the ischium, the anus,
and the genitals.

PERISTALTIC. Vermicular or wormlike.

PERITONEUM. A serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity.

PERTUSSIS. Whooping cough.

PESSARY. An instrument to support the uterus when introduced into the
vagina.

PETECHIA. Spots which appear on the skin in malignant fever.

PHARMACOPŒIA. A treatise describing the preparation of all kinds of
medicine.

PHARYNX. The upper part of the œsophagus.

PHTHISIS. Consumption.

PHYSIOLOGY. The science of the properties and functions of living
beings.

PLACENTA. The after birth.

PLASMA. The colorless fluid of the blood.

PLETHORA. Overfullness of blood; repletion.

PLEURA. The serous membrane covering the lungs.

PLEURITIS. Pleurisy.

PNEUMOGASTRIC. Belonging to the lungs and stomach; the eighth pair of
nerves.

POST MORTEM. After death.

PRESENTATION. The part that presents.

PRIMAPARA. A woman who bears her first child.

PROCESS. A projecting part of bones.

PROGNOSIS. A prediction as to the course and event of a disease.

PROLAPSE. A falling down or falling out of a part.

PROPHYLACTIC. A preventive.

PROXIMAL. Nearest the heart.

PRURITIS. Itching.

PUERPERAL. Pertaining to childbirth.

PUBIS. The anterior part of the bony pelvis.

PULMONARY. Pertaining to the lungs.

PURGATIVE. Cathartic.

PURULENT. Having the character of pus or matter.

PUS. The creamy liquid produced by suppuration.

PUSTULE. Elevations of the skin containing pus.

PYREXIA. Fever; the febrile condition.

PYROSIS. Water brash.

QUARANTINE. Inhibition of intercourse; isolation.

QUARTAN. Recurring every fourth day.

QUICKENING. The first motion of the fœtus felt by the mother.

RALES. Sounds produced in the lungs when there is mucus in the air
passages.

RAMUS. A branch.

RECTUM. The terminal part of the large intestines.

REDUCTION. The restoring of displaced parts.

REFRIGERANT. Cooling medicines which lessen the heat of the body.

REGIMEN. The systematic use of the necessaries of life.

REMISSION. Temporary abatement of symptoms.

RENAL. Pertaining to the kidneys.

RESECTION. Taking out a portion of bone.

RESOLUTION. Gradual subsidence of a disease.

RETROFLEXION. Being bent over backwards.

RETROVERSION. Turning or falling backwards.

REVULSIVES. Appliances which remove a disease by causing a
determination to some other part.

RHYTHM. Measured beat or movement.

RICKETS. A disease of the bones.

RIGOR. A slight tremor and chilliness.

RIGOR MORTIS. Stiffening of the body after death.

RUBEFACIENT. Making red and warm.

RUPTURE. A protrusion of any of the contents of the belly through the
parietes.

SACCHARUM. Sugar.

SACRUM. The os sacrum or os basilaire.

SAGITTAL. The name of a suture that unites the parietal bones.

SALT. A compound of an acid and a base combined chemically.

SANATIVE. Curative; sanitary.

SANGUINEOUS. Full of blood.

SANIES. A thin fluid discharged from an ulcer, having some of the
properties of pus and blood.

SARCOMA. A tumor of a fleshy consistence.

SORDES. An accumulation of foul secretions upon the teeth.

SATURATION. The union of one substance with another till no more can
be received.

SCARIFICATIONS. Making small incisions.

SCIATIC. Pertaining to the hip.

SCIRRHUS. A hard, knotty, cancerous tumor.

SCYBALA. Hard lumps of feces.

SECRETION. The vital action by which substances are separated from the
blood.

SECUNDINES. The placenta and membranes; the afterbirth.

SEDATIVES. Medicines which diminish the action of the heart and
nerves, and which are quieting.

SEPTIC. Having power to promote putrefaction.

SEPTICEMIA. Blood poisoning by putrid infection.

SEQUELÆ. Morbid phenomena supervening after disease.

SEROUS. Watery.

SERUM. Watery animal fluids.

SHOCK. Sudden depression of the vital powers.

SIALAGOGUE. A medicine producing an increased flow of saliva.

SINAPISM. A mustard draught.

SINGULTUS. Continued hiccough.

SINUS. An elongated cavity or abscess, having a small orifice.

SITU. Situation.

SLOUGH. A dead or mortified portion.

SOLUTION. The preparation made by dissolving a solid in a liquid.

SPECULUM. An instrument for dilating a passage or facilitating an
examination.

SPHINCTER. A circular muscle for contracting a natural opening.

SPINAL CORD. A continuation of the brain through the vertebral column.

SPORADIC. Occurring singly or scattered.

STERCORACEOUS. Mixed with fæcal matter.

STERNUTATORY. Causing sneezing.

STETHOSCOPE. An instrument for conveying sound from the body to the
ear.

STRABISMUS. Squinting; an affection causing what is called cross-eye.

STRANGURY. A painful discharge of urine.

STRICTURE. Contraction of a portion of a duct or tube.

STUPE. A fomentation by means of hot cloths.

STYPTIC. Strongly astringent.

SUBCUTANEOUS. Beneath the skin.

SUBJECTIVE. Pertaining to one’s own consciousness.

SUBSULTUS. Twitching of the muscles.

SUDAMINA. Small vesicles caused by profuse sweating.

SUDORIFEROUS. Sweating.

SUDORIFICS. Medicines which produce a flow of perspiration.

SUPERIOR. The upper of two parts.

SUPPOSITARY. Medicine in a solid form, intended for introduction into
the rectum, or vagina.

SUPPRESSION. Stoppage of a discharge.

SUPPURATION. The process of forming pus.

SUTURES. 1st. The seams that unite the bones of the skull. 2d.
Stitches to hold the edges of a wound together.

SYMPHASIS. A peculiar kind of articulation.

SYMPTOMS. Signs or phenomena which accompany disease.

SYNCHONDROSIS. Union by cartilage or gristle.

SYNCOPE. A fainting or swooning.

SYSTEMIC. Pertaining to the system or body generally.

SYSTOLE. The contraction of the heart.

TÆNIA. A kind of long intestinal worm; a tape worm.

TAMPON. A plug designed to arrest hemorrhage.

TAXIS. Pressure made by the fingers to return a hernial tumour.

TENDON. A cord or bundle of fibres attaching muscle to bone.

TENESMUS. A straining at stool; a painful sensation in the lower part
of the rectum.

TENT. A cylinder designed for dilating a part.

TERTIAN. Occurring every third day, or every forty-eight hours.

TETANUS. A disease characterized by continuous muscular contractions;
a lockjaw.

THERAPEUTICS. The application of remedies for diseases.

THORAX. The cavity containing the lungs and heart; the chest.

THROMBOSIS. The obstruction of a blood vessel by a small coagulum.

TINCTURE. Spirit containing medical substances in solution.

TONE. A proper state of firmness.

TONIC. A strengthening medicine.

TOPICAL. Local; applied to a particular part.

TORMINA. Twisting, griping pains in the bowels.

TOURNIQUET. An instrument for ligating a limb and making pressure on
an artery.

TRANSUDATION. Passing of a fluid through the pores or interstices.

TRAUMATIC. Resulting from a wound or lesion.

TRISMUS. Lockjaw; tetanus.

TRITURATION. The act of reducing to a fine powder.

TUBER ISCHII. The tuberosities of the ischium.

TUMEFACTION. Enlargement; swelling.

TYMPANITIS. Flatulent distention of the belly.

TYPE. Peculiar form of disease.

ULCER. A sore, discharging pus.

UMBILICUS. The naval.

UNCTUOUS. Fat; oily.

UREA. A nitrogenous constituent of the urine.

URETHRA. The canal that conveys the urine from the bladder out of the
body.

URINOMETER. An instrument for obtaining the specific gravity of urine.

UTERO GESTATION. Pregnancy.

UTERUS. The womb.

VARICOSE VEINS. Veins that are morbidly enlarged.

VASCULAR. Full of blood vessels.

VEIN. A vessel carrying blood to the heart.

VENA CAVA. A name given to two great veins of the body.

VERTEBRA. A joint of the spinal column, or back bone.

VERTIGO. Dizziness.

VESICANTS. Blistering agents.

VESICLE. An elevation of the cuticle containing serum; a bladder.

VESSEL. A tube or canal for fluids.

VIABLE. Sufficiently developed to be capable of living.

VIBRIONES. A family of minute organisms.

VICARIOUS. Taking the place or office of another.

VILLI. Minute papillary elevations on a membrane.

VIRUS. Organic poison; the contagion of disease.

VISCERA. The contents of the abdomen, thorax, or head.

VISUOS. One of the internal organs.

VITAL. Pertaining to life.

VIVISECTION. The dissection of an animal while alive.

VOLATILE. Capable of easily evaporating.

VULVA. The labia externum.

WHITLOW. A felon; an inflammation near the bone at the end of the
finger.

WISDOM TEETH. The last of the molars to appear.

WOUND. A hurt or breach of the skin and flesh of an animal.

ZYMOTIC. Caused by something that acts as a ferment.

INDEX.

Abbreviations used in writing prescriptions, 330.

Abdomen, pain in, 23.

Ablutions after labor, 44.

—— in pregnancy, 20.

—— of the sick, 298.

Abortion, may be accidental, 120.

—— may become a habit, 120.

—— premonitory symptoms, 120.

—— prevention of, 122.

—— in the beginning of pregnancy, 120.

—— treatment of, 123.

Abscess, 166, 360.

Accidents, 279.

Accidents of labor, 168.

Acidity of the stomach, 25, 336.

Acetabulum, 57.

Acetate of copper, poisoning by, 285.

—— lead, 287.

Acid poisons, 284, 287.

Aconite, 265, 283.

Ætiology, 196.

Afterbirth, function of the, 102.

—— structure of, 100.

—— retained, 161.

—— how delivered, 131.

Afterpains, 162, 340.

Age suitable for marriage, 14.

—— at which menstruation begins, 71.

Air should be fully breathed in, 210.

—— —— fresh, 212.

—— —— not contaminated, 211.

Albuminaria, 139.

Alcohol, 283.

Aliment, 49, 52, 225, 313.

Alp, 218.

Alum whey, 320.

Amenorrhœa, 87.

Ammonia mixture, 339.

Ammoniacal gas for dysmenorrhœa, 358.

Ammoniacal liniments, 226.

Amusements, 17.

Anasarca, 216.

Anatomical peculiarities of the fœtus, 110.

Anatomy of the pelvis, 55.

Animal poisons, 288.

Anodynes, 340, 358.

Anodyne lotion, 358.

Anatomy of the pelvis, 60.

Antacids, 336.

Antidotes, 285.

Anthelmintics, 344.

Anteversion of the uterus, 85, 86.

Antiflexion of the uterus, 83.

Antimony, poisoning by, 283.

Antiseptic dressings, 166.

Antiseptics, 238, 338.

Antispasmodics, 339.

Aperients, 343.

Apoplexy, 281.

Apparent death, 280, 288.

Apple water, 316.

Apthæ, 175.

Areola, 105.

Arm presentations, 187.

Aromatic spirits of ammonia, 270.

Arrow root custard, 323.

Arrow root, how to prepare, 322.

Arsenic, poisoning by, 284.

Arteries, 255.

Art of prescribing, 326.

Articles wanted at childbirth, 32.

Artificial respiration, 289.

Ascarides, 150.

Asphyxia, 160, 288.

Asphyxiated persons, 288.

Asthma, 217, 220, 339.

Astringents, 340

Atropine as a poison, 283.

Auscultation, 108, 140.

Bacteria, 169.

Ballottement, 107.

Bandages, applying, 261.

—— making, 251.

—— after confinement, 41.

Barber’s itch, 363.

Bathing, 19, 250.

—— of infants, 53, 54.

—— short rules for, 250.

Baths, blanket and hot air, 249.

—— cold and cool, 248.

—— salt and sulphur, 250.

—— sitz, 298.

—— temperate and tepid, 248.

—— warm and hot, 248.

Bearing down pains, 158.

Bedrooms, 246.

Bed sores, 246.

Beds, in confinement, 37.

Bee stings, 303.

Bee tea, 302.

Beef-juice, 326.

Beef tea, 325, 326.

Belladonna, poisoning by, 283, 287.

Beverages, 44.

Bismuth, 285.

Bites of mad dogs, 288.

—— venomous snakes, 288.

Bitters, hop, 350.

Blackened eye, 297.

Bladder, state of, after confinement, 163.

Bleeding from the nose, 301.

Blisters, how dressed, 227.

—— why used, 226.

Blood root powder, 264.

Body presentations, 187.

Boiled flour, 40.

Boiled rice and cocoa-nut, 323.

Boils, 360.

Bones of the fœtal head, 108.

—— —— pelvis, 56.

Bowel complaints of children, 268.

Bread jelly, 319, 323.

Bread poultices, 232.

Breast, care of, 48, 165, 166.

—— gathered, 166.

Breathing exercise, 306.

Breech presentation, 184.

Brim of the pelvis, 60.

Broken bones, 257.

Bronchial asthma, 217.

Bronchitis, 220.

Broths, 248

Brown discolorations of the skin, 357.

Bruises, 255.

Burns and scalds, 292, 293.

—— dry, 292

—— salve for, 357.

Cantharides, poisoning by, 286.

Carbolic acid, 273, 284.

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.

—— by vaginal touch, 126.

Diameter of the pelvis, 61.

—— —— child’s head, 107.

Diaphoretics, 345.

Diarrhœa prescriptions, 268, 338.

—— in a child, 171, 267.

—— in pregnancy, 25.

Dietary after labor, 44, 47.

—— during suckling, 44.

—— of a pregnant female, 19.

—— of the young wives, 17.

Diet for infants and children, 307.

—— —— the sick, 309.

Dietetics, 30.

Differences of pelves, 63.

Difficult labor, 177.

Digital examinations, 140.

Diphtheria, 264, 263.

Diphtheria powder, 263, 264.

Directions for domestic medication, 262.

Directions to the monthly nurse, 33, 43.

—— things to be provided, 33.

—— care of the mother; rest, 43.

—— diet, 43.

—— beverages, 44.

—— the lochial discharge, 44.

—— ablutions, 44.

—— clothing, 45.

—— retention of urine, 47.

—— mother’s breasts, 47.

—— care of child’s food, 49, 51, 52.

—— —— sleep, 53.

—— —— the naval, 53.

—— —— clothing, 53.

Diseases of children, 217.

—— infants, 171.

—— pregnancy, vomiting, 121.

—— morning sickness, 21.

Diseases of the throat, 264.

Disinfectants, 238, 239.

Disinfection, 241.

Dislocations, 259.

—— of elbow, 260.

—— of thumb or finger, 260.

Disorders of menstruation, 87.

—— amenorrhœa, 8-.

—— dysmenorrhœa, 88.

—— menorrhagia, 92.

Displacements of the uterus, 76.

Diuretics, 346.

Domestic medication, 262.

Domestic management of colds, 265.

—— —— diarrhœa, 268.

—— —— fevers, 266.

—— —— dysentery, 269.

—— —— cramp, 266.

—— —— croup, 266.

—— —— fainting fits, 270

Doses for children and adults, 327.

Dress for labor, 37.

Dressing the child, 40, 41.

Dropsies, 216, 347.

Dropsy of the head, 218, 219.

Drowning, 288.

Drugs, list of, 263.

Duration of pregnancy, 124.

Duties of a wife, 19.

—— —— skilled nurse or midwife, 145.

—— making examination, 156.

—— how to act as midwife, 149.

—— turning the child, 185.

—— care of the child, 170.

—— post partem hemorrhage, 160.

—— adherent placenta, 161.

—— after pains, 162.

—— retention of urine, 162.

—— Shock, 163.

—— the lochia, 164.

—— the milk, 165.

—— care of the breasts, 165.

—— convulsions, 144.

—— mania, 169.

—— septicemia 169.

—— care of infant children, 170.

Duties of a nurse in various circumstances, 237.

Dysentery in the infant, 171.

—— —— children 220, 269, 338, 340.

Dysmenorrhœa, 88, 89, 91, 340.

Dyspepsia, 270.

Ear, foreign substance in, 293.

Earache, 218, 219.

Early treatment of disease, 221.

Effects of the season upon health, 202.

Effervescing lemonade, 317.

Elbow joint, dislocation of the, 280.

Elbow presentation, 185.

Elm, slippery, 273.

Embryo, 103.

Emergencies, 279.

Emetics, 347.

Emmenagogues, 352.

Emotion, influence of on child, 21.

Enema apparatus, 33.

Enema for pinworms, 350.

Enemata, 298, 349.

Epidemics, 238.

Epileptical seizures, 290.

Epistaxis, 306.

Erect carriage, 306.

Ergot, 155.

Eruptive fevers, 278.

Erysipelas 253, 362.

Essence of beef, 326.

Etherization, 291.

Excessive sweating, 298.

Exercise during pregnancy, 19, 26, 35.

—— before breakfast, 22.

Expectorants, 348.

Extra uterine pregnancy, 94.

Eye lotion, 357, 361, 362,.

Face presentations, 143, 183.

Fainting, 25.

Fainting in pregnancy, 25.

Falling of the uterus, 76.

Fallopian tubes, 67.

False labor pains, 34, 123.

Father’s influence, 15.

Fecundation, 94.

Feeding infants, 49, 307, 314.

Febrile disorders, 220.

Female weakness, 77.

Fire, clothes catching, 292.

Fissure of the anus, 218.

Fits, 290.

Flatulence, 38.

Flatulent colic, 333, 337.

Flaxseed, 315.

Flexions and versions of the womb, 75.

Flour boiled, 322.

Fluid aliments, 313.

Fœtal circulation, 104, 110, 111.

—— life, 103.

Fœtus its development, 105, 103.

—— size at term, 106.

Fomentations, 231, 234, 352.

Fontanelles, 169.

Food, during pregnancy, 19.

—— for a child, 50, 307.

—— for convalescents, 310.

—— milk and eggs, 312.

—— rules for giving, 310.

—— varieties of, 311.

Foot bath, 298.

Foreign matter in a wound, 254.

—— —— in the ear, 293.

—— —— —— —— eye, 293.

—— —— —— —— nose, 293.

—— —— —— —— throat, 294.

Formulæ for food, 314.

Formulæ for medicines, 332.

Fractured ribs, 296.

Fractures, nurses duties, 258.

Fractures, signs of, 257, 258.

Friction, 269.

Fruits, 313.

Fumigation, 241.

Fundus of the uterus, 65.

Gargles, 306.

Gathered breasts, 166.

Gelsemium, 283.

Generation, 93, 94.

Germ diseases, 237.

Gestation, period of, 94, 124.

Giving medicines, 245.

Giving anesthetics, 291.

Graafian vesicle, 75.

Granulations, healthy, 256.

Green sickness, 237.

Gum Arabic, 272, 315.

Hardening infants, 201.

—— nipples, 27.

Haunch bone, 57.

Head of the fœtus, 108.

Head presentations, 140.

Headache, 219, 354.

Health, 14.

Health of wives, 14.

Heartburn, 25, 336.

—— in pregnancy, 24.

Heat as a cause of disease, 197.

—— a symptom of inflammation, 115.

Hematuria and menorrhagia, 92, 341.

Hemoptysis, 341.

Hemorrhage, unavoidable, 193.

—— during labor, 193, 194.

—— internal, 194

—— post partem, 161.

—— from cuts and incisions, 255.

Hemorrhoids, 275, 360.

Herb teas, 317.

Home remedies for ague and fever, 277.

—— —— apoplexy, 279.

—— —— opthalmia, 275.

—— —— bronchitis, 276.

—— —— constipation, 275.

—— —— diarrhœa, 268.

—— —— dysentery, 269.

—— —— hysteria, 278.

—— —— pneumonia, 276.

—— —— scarlet fever, 278.

—— —— typhoid fever, 278.

Honey, 302.

Hop bitters, 356.

Hot baths, 248.

Hot foot baths, 298.

Hot water, 297.

How to breathe, 210.

How to cook rice, 323.

How to prepare arrow root, 322.

How to use injections, 351.

Hydrocyanic acid, poisoning by, 287.

Hyoscyamus, 283.

Hyperæmia,

Hysteria, 278.

Hypnotic suppositary, 352.

Ice, 235.

Ice bags, 235.

Iliac fossa, 57, 58.

Impacted feces, 142, 151.

Incised wounds, 254.

Incompatible marriages, 16.

Incontinence of urine, 355.

Indian meal gruel, 318.

Indigestible food, 297.

Inefficient action of uterus, 151.

Infant, care of, 40.

Infant feeding, 174.

Infection, 238.

Inflammation, symptoms of, local heat, 215.

—— —— pain, 215.

—— —— redness, 216.

—— —— swelling, 216.

—— —— tenderness, 214.

—— general symptoms, skin,

—— —— —— pulse, 223.

—— terminations, resolution, 214.

—— —— suppuration, 258.

—— treatment of, general, 223.

—— —— topical, 225.

Inflammation of the breast, 165.

Infusion of flaxseed, 315.

Infusions, 317.

Inhalations, 303.

Injections, 298.

Injections for the vagina, 351.

Innominata, 56.

Instructions to a woman before labor, 26.

Instructions to nurses, labor, 147.

—— tedious labor, 151, 178.

—— breech presentations, 184.

—— knee or foot presentations 185.

—— shoulder, body or head presentations, 141.

—— face, 141.

—— inefficient action of the uterus, 151.

—— excess of liquor amnii, 152, 179.

—— powerless labor, 180.

—— obstructed labor, 181.

—— deformed pelvis, 182.

—— adherent placenta, 161.

—— placental presentation, 193

—— to wife and mother, 13.

Instructions to nurse midwife, 145, 156, 192.

—— to the mother before labor, 26.

Internal organs of generation, 66.

—— uterus, 65.

—— Fallopian tubes, 67.

—— ovaries, 68.

—— vagina, 68.

—— ligaments of the womb, 69.

Introducing of catheter, 78.

Introduction, 9.

Inversion of uterus, 168.

Ipecac, 271.

Irritable uterus, 350.

Irritation, 229.

Itchings, 298.

Jaundice, 176.

Jelly water, 316.

Joints of the pelvis, 59.

Knee chest position, 80.

Labor, difficult, 177.

—— directions for conducting, 39, 149, 156.

—— false, 34.

—— true, symptoms of, 36.

Lactation, 165.

Laxatives, 343.

Leeches, 229.

Leucorrhœa, 351.

Light, effects of, 46.

Lightning, 290.

Lineo ilio pectinea, 60.

Liniments, 226.

Liniment used in cerebro spinal meningetis, 357.

Liquor amnii excessive, 152.

Lister’s dressing, 166.

Little ailments, 297.

Lochia, profuse, 165.

—— scanty, 164.

—— fetid, 165.

Lochial discharge, 45, 164.

Locked jaw, 253.

Longings in pregnancy, 19.

Lotion for pruritis, 362.

Lotion for tinea capitis, 359.

Lotions, 357.

Mad dog bites, 288.

Mammary abscess, 166, 362.

Mammary inflammation, 165.

Manner of feeding infants, 313.

Marriage should not be at too early an age, 14.

Marshall Hall’s method, 289.

Measles, 274.

Meatus of the urethra, 64.

Measures, 61.

Mechanical phenomena of labor, 133.

Mechanical presentations and positions, 135.

—— how distinguished, 126.

Meconium, 171.

Meddlesome midwifery, 192.

Medicines, classed, 331.

—— in pregnancy, 28.

Medicated bath, 250.

Meningitis, 218.

Menorrhagia symptoms and varieties, 92.

—— treatment of, 93.

Menses, cessation of, 73.

Menstruation, retarded, 72.

—— its disorders, 73.

—— painful, 90, 91.

—— profuse, 92.

Midwifery, 140, 145.

Milk, as food, 312.

—— fever, 165.

—— in the breasts of new-born infants, 171.

—— mother’s influence of diet on, 172.

—— porridge, 319.

Miscarriage, cause of, 121.

—— flooding in, 121, 123.

—— prevention of, 122.

—— treatment of, 123.

Mismenstruation, 87.

Mistakes in giving medicine, 245.

Mode of administering medicine, 328.

Morning sickness, 105.

Morphine, poisoning by, 297.

Mother, 19.

Mucilage of starch, 322.

Mumps, 274.

Mush and milk, 320.

Mustard plasters, 226.

Mutton broth, 326.

Mutton soup, 325.

Narcotic poisons, 286.

Narcotics, 353.

Natural labor, 149.

Nausea, 337.

Naval, soreness of, 170.

Naval string, 101.

Naval string, dressing of, 53.

Nervous disorders, 220.

Nervous shock, 163.

Neuralgic dysmenorrhœa, 89.

Night nursing, 245.

Night sweats, 341.

Nipple, cracked and sore, 360.

—— retracted, 41.

—— to harden, 26.

Nose bleed, 301.

Nutricious coffee, 321.

—— laxative, 321.

Nurses, duties of, 33.

—— general rules, 243.

—— qualifications of, 30

—— responsibilities of, 33.

—— should be well paid, 31.

—— skilled, 145.

Nursing, rules for, 33.

Nux vomica as a poison, 283, 287.

Oatmeal gruel, 318.

Observation of symptoms, 221.

Obstructed labor, 181.

Obturator foramen, 57.

Oil, 302.

Ointment for skin affections, 359.

Operation cases, 251.

Opium, 224.

—— for labor, 155.

—— poisoning by, 287.

Opthalmia, 373.

Ordinary hurts, 297.

Organs of generation, 64.

Os coccygis, 59.

Ossa innominata, 56.

Os sacrum, 55.

Os tincæ or os uteri, 66.

Outlet of the pelvic canal, 62.

Ova, 98.

Ovarian neuralgia, 89, 353.

Ovaries, 68, 69, 74.

Ovum, its development, 98.

Oyster broth, 324.

Oysters, 312.

Pains, 128, 129.

Palpation for diagnosis, 140.

Palpitation of the heart, 26, 354.

Panada, 318, 322.

Paralysis, 217, 218.

Paregoric, 268.

Parotitis, or mumps, 280.

Parturition, 123, 125.

Passion, ill effects of during pregnancy, 21.

Pelvis, 55, 60, 62.

Percussion, 106.

Perineum, 65.

Period of gestation, 124.

Persons asphyxiated, 288.

Phthisis, tubercular, 277.

Phosphorus, poisoning by, 286.

Physician should be selected, 28.

Physiology of fœtal life, 109.

—— of uterus and ovaries, 70.

Physiological phenomena of labor, 126.

Piles in pregnancy, 24, 273.

Piles ointment, 361.

Placenta, 100, 101.

—— adherent, 131, 160.

—— previa, 193.

Placental presentations, 101, 193.

Pleurisy, 225.

Pneumonia, 220.

Poached eggs, 324.

Poisons and their antidotes, 281, 284.

Position of patient during parturition, 148.

Position of the fœtus in utero, 107.

Post partem hemorrhage, 161.

Potus imperialis, 321.

Poultices, alum, 233.

—— bread, 232.

—— charcoal, 234.

—— conium, 234.

—— yeast, 233.

Powerless labor, 180.

Precocious unions, 14.

Precursory symptoms of labor, 35, 36.

—— —— the menses, 71.

Pregnancy and confinement, 13.

—— disorders incident to, 22, 139.

—— duration of, 124.

Premature infants, 54.

—— labor, 120.

Premonitory symptoms of labor, 126.

Preparation for labor, the bed, 37.

—— —— —— —— dress, 37.

—— —— —— —— room, 38.

—— of food, 309.

Presentation of the face, 141, 183.

—— —— feet or knees, 185.

—— —— head, 140.

—— —— shoulder, 185, 187.

—— —— side, 185, 187.

—— —— superior extremities, 141, 185.

Presentation and positions, 135, 126.

Process of generation, 93.

Procidentia, 76.

Profuse menstruations, 92.

Prolapsis, 76.

Pruritis vulva, 26, 362.

Puberty, the age of, 71.

—— the change it works, 71,.

Pubis, 58.

Puerperal convulsions, 194.

Puerperal mania, 169.

Puerperal septicemia, 169.

Pulse. The rate, 206.

—— —— regularity, 207.

—— —— hardness, 207.

Pure air, 211.

Purgatives, 342.

Pus, 166.

Pies, 313.

Pyemia, 253.

Qualities transmitted by parents, 315.

Quickening, 116.

Quinsy, 275.

Quiet after confinement, 43.

Recipes for sick cookery, 314.

Reckoning, how to make the, 124.

Regimen, 262, 302.

Remedies for common use, 262.

Remedies to prevent costiveness, 302.

Removal of the placenta, 39.

Reproduction, 93.

Restorative soup for invalids, 324.

Respiration, 209.

—— a diagnostic symptom, 210.

Retention of the urine, 47, 152, 174.

Retroflexion of the uterus, 83.

Rheumatism, 335, 347, 353.

Rice gruel, 318.

Rice cream, 319.

Rickets, 218, 219.

Rigid os uteri, 154.

Rigid perineum, 155.

Rigor mortis, 242.

Ringworm, 362.

Rubeola, measles, 274.

Rules in nursing, 243.

Rules of diet for convalescents, 310.

Rupture of the naval, 170.

Sacrum, 55.

Sage tea, 316.

Sagittal suture, 108.

Salt water, 299, 300.

Sanguinaria powder, 263.

Saucepans, 310.

Scalds, 292.

Scarlatina or scarlet fever, 278.

Sciatica, 335.

Secretion of milk, 165.

Sedatives, 224, 353.

Septicemia, 169.

Setons, 229.

Shock, 163.

Show, a sign of labor, 128.

Shower bath, 201.

Sick headache, 270.

Sick room, 38.

Signs of approaching labor, 35, 127

Signs of death, 242.

Signs of pregnancy, 113, 118.

Size of the pelvis, 61.

Size of the fœtus, 106.

—— —— —— head, 107.

Skilled nursing, 145.

Sleep during pregnancy, 21.

—— position in, 21.

Sleeping rooms, 20, 212.

Sleeplessness, 303.

Slight hurts and ailments, 295.

Slippery elm bark tea, 316.

Soda and water, 301.

Soda mint, 338.

Solution of chlorinated soda, 351.

Sore mouth, 175.

Sore nipples, 27, 359, 360.

Soup, 312, 321, 324.

Sour stomach, 270, 336.

Sour milk, 311.

Spirit vapor bath, 249.

Sponge baths, 45, 249.

Sponges, 252.

Sprains, 297.

Spurious labor pains, 124.

Stays, 19.

Strangury, 302.

Strapping, 254.

Stupes, 231.

Subacute rheumatism, 353.

Suckling the child, 48.

Summer complaints, 268.

Sunstroke, 280.

Suppositories, 173, 352.

Surgical cases, 251.

Surgical nursing, 251.

Sutures, sagittal, 108.

—— coronal, 108.

—— lambdoidal, 108.

Sweating, excessive, 298.

Symphasis pubis, 61.

Symptomotology, 196.

Symptoms of disease, subjective, 204, 206.

—— —— objective, 206.

—— —— character of the pain, 205.

—— —— tenderness, 205.

—— —— itching, 205.

—— —— nausea, 205.

—— —— thirst, 206.

—— —— the pulse, 306.

—— —— —— temperature, 208, 215.

—— —— —— respiration, 209.

—— asthma, 217

—— hydrocephalus, 218, 219.

—— hysteria, 278.

—— earache, 218.

—— brain affections, 219.

—— chorea, 219, 217.

—— bronchitis, 220.

—— sunstroke, 280.

—— inflammation, 214.

—— poisoning, 282.

Syncopes fainting, 270, 281.

Syrup of ipecac, 267, 271.

Table tea, 320.

Table of abbreviations, &c., 330.

Tampons, 80, 81.

Tartar whey, 317.

Tar water, 45, 300.

Teething, 296.

Tedious labor, 151, 178.

Temperature of the patient, 207.

—— —— sick room, 213.

—— —— baths, 248.

—— how taken, 208.

Temperaments, 16.

Temperate bath, 248.

Tepid baths, 248.

Tetanus, 253.

The first few months after marriage, 16.

Thermometer, 276.

Throat diseases, 264.

Tenderness, 253.

Terminations of inflammation, 215.

Tin, poisoning by, 285.

Tieing the cord, 39.

Tinea capitis or scald head, 359.

Tincture of iodine, 228.

Thirst, 44.

Thrush, 175.

Tongue, coated, 220.

Treatment of infantile diseases, 217.

Treatment of inflammation in emergencies, 224.

—— —— —— in the incipient stages, 223.

—— —— —— by veratrium, 224.

—— —— —— by aperients, 224.

—— —— —— by opium, 224.

—— —— —— by counter irritants, 225.

—— —— —— by vesicants, 225.

—— —— —— by topical applications, 225.

—— —— —— by liniment, 226.

—— —— —— by mustard, 226.

—— —— —— by blisters and cupping, 227.

—— —— —— by leeches, 229.

—— —— —— by fomentations, 231.

Toast, 322.

Toast water, 316.

Tonics, 355.

Tonic in neuralgia, 356.

Toothache drops, 354.

Touch, 126.

Turn of life, 72.

Tuber ischii, 58.

Tubercular phthisis, 277.

Typhoid fever, 278.

Typhus fever, 278.

Ulcer, gastric, 334.

Umbilical cord, 101.

Umbilical artery and vein, 101, 111.

Undilatable os uteri, 154.

Urethra, 64.

Urinary and generative organs, 65.

Urine, incontinence of, 355.

—— retention of, 47.

—— should be examined, 29.

Uses of the pelvis, 63.

Uterine derangements, 65.

Uterus, description of, 65, 66, 67, 70.

—— displacement of, 76.

—— antiflexion of, 84.

—— anti-version of, 85.

—— retroflexion of, 83.

—— retroversion of, 85, 81.

—— prolapsis of, 77.

Utero gestation, 95.

Vagina, 68, 142.

Vaginal cystocele, 142, 182.

Vaginal injection, 351.

Vaginal touch, 140.

Vapor baths, 248.

Vegetable soup, 321.

Ventilation, 20, 212.

Ventilation of bedrooms, 213.

Veratrium viride, 224, 265.

Versions of the uterus, 85.

Vesical calculi, 142.

Vesicants, 225, 227.

Vinegar whey, 315.

Vomiting, 324.

Vomiting in pregnancy, 22.

Warm baths, 248.

Warm water, effects of, 250.

Washing the child, 40, 52.

Waters, breaking of the, 152.

Water, cold, 44, 298.

—— hot, 297.

Water bed, 247.

Weaning, 308.

Wet girdle, 299.

Wet cups, 229.

Wet nurse, 51, 174.

Wet pack, 248.

Wet sheet pack, 248

Whites or leucorrhœa, 355.

Whooping cough, 303, 339.

Witch hazel, 271.

Woman, and her diseases, 75.

Womb, 66.

Worms, 350.

Wounds, incised, 254.

—— contused, 255.

—— punctured, 256.

—— poisoned, 256.

THE END.

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. P. 20, changed “out to be” to “ought to be”. 2. P. 160, changed “dark lived color” to “dark livid color”. 3. P. 277, changed “pulse is below 90°” to “temperature is below 90°”. 4. Made corrections mentioned in the Errata sections. 5. Changed all double period (..) ditto marks in the Index to 2 em dashes (——). 6. Silently corrected typographical errors. 7. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed. 8. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.

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