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

Plasma. The colorless fluid of the blood.

Plethora. Overfullness of blood; repletion.

Pleura. The serous membrane covering the lungs.

Pleuritis. Pleurisy.

Pneumogastric. Belonging to the lungs and stomach; the eighth pair of nerves.

Post Mortem. After death.

Presentation. The part that presents.

Primapara. A woman who bears her first child.

Process. A projecting part of bones.

Prognosis. A prediction as to the course and event of a disease.