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

Virus. Organic poison; the contagion of disease.

Viscera. The contents of the abdomen, thorax, or head.

Visuos. One of the internal organs.

Vital. Pertaining to life.

Vivisection. The dissection of an animal while alive.

Volatile. Capable of easily evaporating.

Vulva. The labia externum.

Whitlow. A felon; an inflammation near the bone at the end of the finger.

Wisdom teeth. The last of the molars to appear.

Wound. A hurt or breach of the skin and flesh of an animal.