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

Diuretics. Medicines that produce an increased flow of urine.

Dorsal. Pertaining to the back.

Douche. A column or current of water.

Duct. A tube or canal which conducts a fluid.

Duodenum. The part of the intestines next the stomach.

Dyspnœa. A difficulty of breathing.

Dysuria. Difficult, painful, and burning urination.

Ecchymosis. An effusion of blood into the celular structures.

Eclampsia. Puerperal convulsions.

Eczema. An eruption of minute vesicles upon the skin.