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.

by S. P. Sackett

Antiphlogistics. Such medicines as reduce an inflammatory habit.

Antiseptic. Preventing or resisting putrefaction.

Antispasmodics. Such medicines as reduce spasms.

Anti-version. Turning forwards.

Anus. The opening at the inferior extremity of the rectum.

Aorta. The great artery of the body, going from the heart.

Aperient, Opening. Mildly purgative.

Aphonia. Loss of voice.

Apthæ. Small white ulcers of the mucous membrane.

Apophysis. A bony process; a prominence on the bone.