Mother, Nurse and Infant

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Author

Sackett, S. P.

Title

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.

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Produced by Richard Tonsing, Cindy Horton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

RG: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics

Subject

Obstetrics -- Popular works

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 57979

Release Date

September 27, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.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.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION. — TO THE MOTHER. — TO THE PROFESSIONAL NURSE.
5. 5.PART I. PREGNANCY AND CONFINEMENT. — CHAPTER I. CONDUCT OF THE MOTHER BEFORE AND AFTER MARRIAGE. — CONDUCT OF THE MOTHER AFTER MARRIAGE. — CHAPTER II. CONDUCT OF THE MOTHER DURING PREGNANCY. — CHAPTER III. DISEASES OF PREGNANCY. — CHAPTER IV. INSTRUCTIONS TO A WOMAN DURING THE LAST MONTH OF PREGNANCY. — CHAPTER V. DIRECTIONS TO THE MONTHLY NURSE. — CHAPTER VI. CARE OF THE MOTHER DURING LABOR AND CONFINEMENT. — CHAPTER VII. DIRECTIONS TO THE NURSE DURING THE MONTH. — CARE OF THE MOTHER. — THE CARE OF THE CHILD.
6. 6.PART II. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE FEMALE ORGANS AND FŒTAL DEVELOPMENT. — CHAPTER I. OF THE PELVIS. — THE SACRUM. — THE OSSA INNOMINATA. — THE OS COCCYGIS. — OF THE PELVIS IN GENERAL. — THE BRIM OF THE PELVIS. — DIAMETER OF THE PELVIS. — DIFFERENCES OF THE PELVES. — USES OF THE PELVIS. — TERMINAL OUTLET OF THE PELVIC CANAL. — CHAPTER II. PARTS CONTAINED IN THE PELVIS. — THE UTERUS. — STRUCTURE OF THE UTERUS. — THE FALLOPIAN TUBES. — THE OVARIES. — THE VAGINA. — THE EXTERNAL ORGANS. — CHAPTER III. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE UTERUS AND OVARIES. — MENSTRUATION. — THE FUNCTION OF THE OVARIES. — CHAPTER IV. OF DISPLACEMENTS OF THE UTERUS. — RETROFLEXION AND ANTIFLEXION. — RETROVERSION AND ANTEVERSION. — CHAPTER V. Mismenstruation. — AMENORRHŒA. — DYSMENORRHŒA. — MENORRHAGIA. — CHAPTER VI. GENERATION. — UTERO-GESTATION. — CHAPTER VII. THE OVUM AND ITS DEVELOPMENT. — CHAPTER VIII. THE FŒTUS. — THE PHYSIOLOGY OF FŒTAL LIFE.
7. 7.PART III. Pregnancy and Parturition. — CHAPTER I. DIAGNOSIS OF PREGNANCY. — CHAPTER II. ABORTION. — CHAPTER III. PARTURITION. — PERIOD OF GESTATION. — PARTURITION. — PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA OF LABOR. — CHAPTER IV. MECHANICAL PHENOMENA OF LABOR. — PRESENTATIONS AND POSITIONS. — CHAPTER V. DIAGNOSIS OF ARTIFICIAL LABOR.
8. 8.PART IV. SKILLED NURSING AND MIDWIFERY. — CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTION TO THE NURSE MIDWIFE. — PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTIONS. — INSTRUCTION TO THE NURSE MIDWIFE. — CHAPTER II. THE NATURAL LABOR. — CHAPTER III. CONVALESCENCE. — CHAPTER IV. CARE OF INFANT CHILDREN. — CHAPTER V. CASES OF DIFFICULT LABOR. — TEDIOUS LABOR. — POWERLESS LABOR. — OBSTRUCTED LABOR. — DEFORMED PELVIS. — MALPOSITION AND MALPRESENTATION OF THE CHILD. — CHAPTER VI. CONCLUDING INSTRUCTIONS IN MIDWIFERY. — PLACENTAL PRESENTATION. — ACCIDENTAL HEMORRHAGE.
9. 9.PART V. Ætiology , Symptomotology , Medication , Nursing . — CHAPTER I. CAUSES OF DISEASE. — OF HEAT AND COLD AS EXTERNAL AGENCIES CAUSING DISEASE. — EFFECTS OF THE SEASON UPON HEALTH. — CHAPTER II. SYMPTOMS OF DISEASE, WITH INSTRUCTION TO NURSES. — OF THE TEMPERATURE. — THE RESPIRATION. — OF THE AIR. — VENTILATION. — THE SYMPTOMS OF INFLAMMATION. — OF HEAT AS A SYMPTOM OF INFLAMMATION. — ŒDEMA, DROPSY, ANASARCA. — CHAPTER III. DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES IN CHILDREN, EARLY TREATMENT, &C. — EARLY TREATMENT OF INFANTILE DISEASES. — CHAPTER IV. TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATION IN ITS INCIPIENT STAGES. — OF TOPICAL APPLICATIONS FOR INFLAMMATION. — OF THE APPLICATION OF COLD. — CHAPTER V. DUTIES OF THE NURSE IN VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, CONTAGION, DEATH, &C. — OF THE NURSE’S DUTIES IN CARING FOR THE DYING AND DEAD. — SOME GENERAL LESSONS IN NURSING. — BEDSORES. — BATHS. — BATHING OF INFANTS. — CHANGING CLOTHING. — CHAPTER VI. SURGICAL NURSING. — FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS.
10. 10.PART VI. REMEDIES AND REGIMEN. — CHAPTER I. HINTS IN REGARD TO THE TREATMENT OF COMMON DISEASES. — HOME REMEDIES AND APPLIANCES FOR SICK CHILDREN. — CHAPTER II. EMERGENCIES, ACCIDENTS, SUDDEN SICKNESS. — POISONS. — ACIDS OF AN IRRITATING CHARACTER. — OTHER EMERGENCIES, PERSONS ASPHYXIATED FROM DROWNING, HANGING, &C. — GIVING ANESTHETICS. — CLOTHES ON FIRE. — CHAPTER III. SLIGHT HURTS AND AILMENTS. — WATER. — TAR WATER. — SALT WATER. — CARBONATE OF SODA AND WATER. — HONEY AND TAR. — OIL. — SPIRITS NITRE. — OTHER REMEDIES, REGIMEN, &C. — CHAPTER IV. DIETETICS—FOOD FOR CHILDREN. — COOKING FOR THE SICK AND FOR YOUNG PERSONS. — FOOD FOR CONVALESCENTS. — FLUID ALIMENTS. — Recipes for Beverages and Food. — CHAPTER V. THE ART OF PRESCRIBING. — THE DOSES OF MEDICINE. — MODE OF ADMINISTERING MEDICINE. — CLASSIFICATION OF REMEDIES. — CHAPTER VI. MEDICAL FORMULARY. — Formula 61. FIAT HAUSTUS . — ANTACIDS. — ANTISEPTICS. — ANTISPASMODICS. — ASTRINGENTS. — CATHARTICS. — ANTHELMINTICS. — CAUSTICS AND RUBEFACIENTS. — DIAPHORETICS. — DIURETICS. — EMETICS. — EXPECTORANTS. — ENEMATA AND INJECTIONS. — EMMENAGOGUES—UTERINE THERAPEUTICS. — NARCOTICS AND SEDATIVES. — LOTIONS, LINIMENTS, COLLYRIA, OINTMENTS, SALVES, &C.
11. 11.GLOSSARY.
12. 12.INDEX.
13. 13.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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