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

Diathesis. A peculiar bodily constitution or predisposition.

Dietetics. The branch of medical art that relates to food.

Digestion. Conversion of food into chyme and chyle.

Digital Examination. Examination by the finger, or by touch.

Dilatation. Dilation; expansion; enlarging.

Diluents. Medicines or fluids that increase the fluidity of the blood.

Disinfectants. Substances that destroy septic germs.

Dislocation. Displacement; out of joint.

Distal. Farthest from the heart.

Diuresis. An unusual secretion of urine.