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

Rickets. A disease of the bones.

Rigor. A slight tremor and chilliness.

Rigor Mortis. Stiffening of the body after death.

Rubefacient. Making red and warm.

Rupture. A protrusion of any of the contents of the belly through the parietes.

Saccharum. Sugar.

Sacrum. The os sacrum or os basilaire.

Sagittal. The name of a suture that unites the parietal bones.

Salt. A compound of an acid and a base combined chemically.

Sanative. Curative; sanitary.