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

Secundines. The placenta and membranes; the afterbirth.

Sedatives. Medicines which diminish the action of the heart and nerves, and which are quieting.

Septic. Having power to promote putrefaction.

Septicemia. Blood poisoning by putrid infection.

Sequelæ. Morbid phenomena supervening after disease.

Serous. Watery.

Serum. Watery animal fluids.

Shock. Sudden depression of the vital powers.

Sialagogue. A medicine producing an increased flow of saliva.

Sinapism. A mustard draught.