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].

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