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

Bile. The secretion of the liver; the gall.

Biology. The science of life in general.

Bistoury. A small narrow bladed knife used in surgery.

Blastoderm. The membrane enclosing the yolk of the ovum.

Bougies. An instrument for dilating mucous canals.

Bronchi. The branches from the windpipe leading to the lungs.

Bulientis. Boiling.

Bulimia. Abnormal appetite.

Cachexia. A generally depraved condition of the system; a constitutional tendency.

Cæsarean Section. The operation of removing a fœtus from the womb through the abdomen.