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

Idiosyncracy. Peculiarity of constitution or susceptibility.

Ilium. The upper part of the hip or haunch bone.

Ileum. The lower two-fifths of the small intestines.

Impacted. Wedged in or driven close.

Imperforate. Having no opening.

Inanition. Exhaustion from want of food.

Incompatible. Cannot be properly employed together.

Incontinence. Inability to hold.

Incisor. A fore or front tooth.

Incubation. Hatching; the maturing of contagious virus.