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

Integument. The skin; that which covers the muscles.

Inunction. Anointing; rubbing in an ointment.

Involution. The reducing of a part to its natural condition.

Irritation. Increase of vital movement and sensibility.

Ischium. The inferior part of the os innominatum.

Labial. Relating or belonging to the lips.

Labia majora. Two cutaneous folds that bound the opening of the vulva externally.

Laceration. A tearing; a breach made by rending or tearing.

Lactation. Suckling; the period of giving suck.

Lacteals. The chyliferous vessels; conveying chyle.