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

Median line. An ideal line dividing the body longitudinally.

Medulla oblongata. The upper or cranial portion of the spinal cord.

Meningitis. Inflammation of the meninges or membranes of the brain.

Menorrhagia. Profuse menstruation.

Mesentery. A portion of the peritoneum attached to the small intestines.

Metastasis. A sudden removing of disease from one part to another.

Metritis. Inflammation of the womb.

Miasm. Infection floating in the air.

Micturation. The act of urinating, or evacuating the bladder.

Minim. The smallest liquid measure; a drop.