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

Aqua. Water.

Areola. A circle around the nipple.

Areolar tissue. The tissue that connects various compound parts of the body.

Articulation. The joining or union of bones.

Artery. A vessel carrying blood from the heart.

Ascarides. Pin worms.

Ascites. Abdominal dropsy.

Asphyxia. Apparent death; suspended animation.

Assimulation. The process by which nutriment is converted into the substance of the body.

Asthenia. Want of strength; exhaustion; debility.