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

Astringent. Having the power of contracting organic textures.

Atrophy. Wasting.

Auscultation. Listening, observing the sounds in the thorax, &c.

Autopsy. A post mortem examination.

Axilla. The arm pit.

Axis. A line passing through the center of a body.

Bacteria. A kind of microscopic organism.

Ballottement. The falling back of the displaced fœtus.

Basis. That part upon which anything rests.

Benign. Of a mild character.