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

Cutaneous. Belonging to the skin.

Cuticle. The scarf skin; epidermis.

Cyanosed. Made blue; blue jaundice.

Cystitis. Inflammation of the bladder.

Cystocele. Descent of the bladder.

Decidua. Afterbirth membranes.

Decoction. To prepare by boiling; the results of such boiling.

Decomposition. Separation of a body into its component parts.

Demulcent. Of a bland, mucilaginous nature.

Dentition. Teething.