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

Tertian. Occurring every third day, or every forty-eight hours.

Tetanus. A disease characterized by continuous muscular contractions; a lockjaw.

Therapeutics. The application of remedies for diseases.

Thorax. The cavity containing the lungs and heart; the chest.

Thrombosis. The obstruction of a blood vessel by a small coagulum.

Tincture. Spirit containing medical substances in solution.

Tone. A proper state of firmness.

Tonic. A strengthening medicine.

Topical. Local; applied to a particular part.

Tormina. Twisting, griping pains in the bowels.