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

Sanguineous. Full of blood.

Sanies. A thin fluid discharged from an ulcer, having some of the properties of pus and blood.

Sarcoma. A tumor of a fleshy consistence.

Sordes. An accumulation of foul secretions upon the teeth.

Saturation. The union of one substance with another till no more can be received.

Scarifications. Making small incisions.

Sciatic. Pertaining to the hip.

Scirrhus. A hard, knotty, cancerous tumor.

Scybala. Hard lumps of feces.

Secretion. The vital action by which substances are separated from the blood.