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

Sternutatory. Causing sneezing.

Stethoscope. An instrument for conveying sound from the body to the ear.

Strabismus. Squinting; an affection causing what is called cross-eye.

Strangury. A painful discharge of urine.

Stricture. Contraction of a portion of a duct or tube.

Stupe. A fomentation by means of hot cloths.

Styptic. Strongly astringent.

Subcutaneous. Beneath the skin.

Subjective. Pertaining to one’s own consciousness.

Subsultus. Twitching of the muscles.