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

Prolapse. A falling down or falling out of a part.

Prophylactic. A preventive.

Proximal. Nearest the heart.

Pruritis. Itching.

Puerperal. Pertaining to childbirth.

Pubis. The anterior part of the bony pelvis.

Pulmonary. Pertaining to the lungs.

Purgative. Cathartic.

Purulent. Having the character of pus or matter.

Pus. The creamy liquid produced by suppuration.