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

Monad. The simplest kind of minute animalcule.

Mucus. A viscid fluid secreted by a mucous membrane.

Multipara. A woman who has had two children or more.

Nævus. A birth mark.

Narcotic. Producing sleep and stupor.

Nares. The passage through the nose; the nostril.

Nates. The seat; the buttocks.

Necrosis. Death of the bone.

Neuralgia. Painful affection of the nerves.

Neurilemma. The sheath investing a nerve.