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

Pustule. Elevations of the skin containing pus.

Pyrexia. Fever; the febrile condition.

Pyrosis. Water brash.

Quarantine. Inhibition of intercourse; isolation.

Quartan. Recurring every fourth day.

Quickening. The first motion of the fœtus felt by the mother.

Rales. Sounds produced in the lungs when there is mucus in the air passages.

Ramus. A branch.

Rectum. The terminal part of the large intestines.

Reduction. The restoring of displaced parts.