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

Vena Cava. A name given to two great veins of the body.

Vertebra. A joint of the spinal column, or back bone.

Vertigo. Dizziness.

Vesicants. Blistering agents.

Vesicle. An elevation of the cuticle containing serum; a bladder.

Vessel. A tube or canal for fluids.

Viable. Sufficiently developed to be capable of living.

Vibriones. A family of minute organisms.

Vicarious. Taking the place or office of another.

Villi. Minute papillary elevations on a membrane.