The American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick

About this eBook

Author

Strong, Anne Hervey, 1876-1925

Title

American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick

Credits

Heiko Evermann, Fox in the Stars, S.D., and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

RA: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine

Subject

Home nursing

Category

Text

eBook-No.

32250

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32250

Release Date

May 4, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AMERICAN RED CROSS TEXT-BOOK ON HOME CARE OF THE SICK — AMERICAN RED CROSS TEXT-BOOK ON HOME HYGIENE AND CARE OF THE SICK
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.ACKNOWLEDGMENT
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.INTRODUCTION — FOR FURTHER READING
6. 6.CHAPTER I CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF SICKNESS — THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES — STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF PARASITES — BACTERIA — Shape. — Size. — Motion. — Multiplication. — Spores. — Distribution. — PROTOZOA — VISIBLE PARASITES — TRANSMISSION OF PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS — Defenses of the Body — Immunity. — CARRIERS — THE NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES — EXERCISES — FOR FURTHER READING
7. 7.CHAPTER II HEALTH AND THE HOME — HYGIENE OF ENVIRONMENT AND PERSON — Ventilation. — Lighting. — Cleanliness of Houses. — Garbage — Insects. — Sewage. — Personal Cleanliness. — Oral Hygiene. — Treatment. — Clothing. — Food. — Elimination. — Rest and Fatigue. — Sleep. — Recreation. — EXERCISES — FOR FURTHER READING
8. 8.CHAPTER III BABIES AND THEIR CARE — GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT — Average Size. — Muscular Development. — Development of Special Senses. — Development of Speech. — Development of Teeth. — Normal Excretions. — Clothing. — Sleep. — Fresh Air. — Diet. — Intervals of Feeding. — Water. — Weaning. — Nursing Bottles and Nipples. — Tables — Bathing. — Eyes. — Mouth. — Nostrils. — Genital Organs. — The Development of Habits. — Exercise. — Play and Toys. — EXERCISES — FOR FURTHER READING — Footnotes:
9. 9.CHAPTER IV INDICATIONS OF SICKNESS — OBJECTIVE SYMPTOMS — Temperature. — Pulse. — Respiration. — General Appearance. — Special Senses. — The voice — The tongue — The throat — The gums — Cough — Appetite — vomiting — Excretions. — The urine — Loss of weight — Sleep. — Mental Conditions. — SUBJECTIVE SYMPTOMS — Pain — Records. — Tuberculosis, Cancer, and Mental Illness. — Tuberculosis. — Cancer. — Mental Illness. — EXERCISES — FOR FURTHER READING
10. 10.CHAPTER V EQUIPMENT AND CARE OF THE SICK ROOM — Choice of a Sick Room. — Furnishing. — Ventilation. — Heating. — Lighting. — Cleaning. — The Attendant. — EXERCISES — FOR FURTHER READING
11. 11.CHAPTER VI BEDS AND BEDMAKING — Bedsteads. — Mattresses. — Care of the Mattress. — Pillows. — Protection of the Mattress and Pillows. — Rubber Sheets and Pillow-cases. — Sheets. — Draw sheets — Pillow Covers. — Blankets. — Comforters and Quilts. — Counterpanes. — BED MAKING — To Make an Unoccupied Bed — To Change a Patient's Pillows. — Lifting a Patient in Bed. — To Turn a Patient in Bed. — To change the sheets while the patient is in bed — To Move a Patient from One Bed to Another. — EXERCISES — FOR FURTHER READING
12. 12.CHAPTER VII BATHS AND BATHING — CLEANSING BATHS — Bed Bath. — Care of the Mouth and Teeth. — Care of the Hair. — To Wash the Hair of a Bed Patient. — Hot foot baths — Cool Sponge Bath. — EXERCISES — FOR FURTHER READING
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII APPLIANCES AND METHODS FOR THE SICK-ROOM — Bed sores — Devices to Give Support. — Bedpans — DAILY ROUTINE IN THE SICK-ROOM — EXERCISES
14. 14.CHAPTER IX FEEDING THE SICK — THE DIGESTIVE PROCESS — FEEDING THE SICK — Liquid diet — Semi-solid diet — Light or convalescent diet — Full diet — Serving Food for the Sick. — To Feed a Helpless Patient. — EXERCISES — FOR FURTHER READING
15. 15.CHAPTER X MEDICINES AND OTHER REMEDIES — Action of Drugs. — Amateur Dosing. — Patent Remedies. — Administration of Medicine. — Suppositories. — Enemata. — Sprays and Gargles. — Inhalation — Inunction — Household Medicine Cupboard. — EXERCISES — FOR FURTHER READING — Footnotes:
16. 16.CHAPTER XI APPLICATION OF HEAT, COLD, AND COUNTER-IRRITANTS — Inflammation. — HOT APPLICATIONS — Dry Heat. — Moist Heat. — COLD APPLICATIONS — Dry Cold. — Moist Cold. — COUNTER-IRRITANTS — EXERCISES — FOR FURTHER READING
17. 17.CHAPTER XII CARE OF PATIENTS WITH COMMUNICABLE DISEASES — Incubation Period. — Care of Patients with Colds or Other Slight Infections. — Care During More Serious Infections. — The Children's Diseases. — DISINFECTION — Care of Nose and Throat Discharges. — Care of Discharges from the Bowels and Bladder. — Bath water — Care of the Hands. — Care of Utensils. — Care of Linen. — Disinfection of the Person. — Termination of Quarantine. — Terminal Disinfection. — Fumigation. — EXERCISES — FOR FURTHER READING
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII COMMON AILMENTS AND EMERGENCIES — CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IS INVOLVED — Headache. — Sleeplessness — Fainting — Convulsions. — Shock — Stimulants — Sunstroke and heat exhaustion — CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE DIGESTIVE TRACT IS AFFECTED — Nausea and vomiting — Hiccough — Diarrhœa — Constipation — Colic — CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE EYES OR EARS ARE AFFECTED — Styes — Foreign bodies in the eye — Disorders Affecting the Ears. — CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE SKIN IS AFFECTED — Prickly-heat — Insect Bites and Stings. — Ivy poisoning — OTHER EMERGENCIES — Chills — Croup — BLEEDING — Treatment of Slight Wounds. — Nosebleed — Profuse menstruation — OTHER INJURIES — Sprains. — Bruises. — Burns and Scalds. — Brush burn — EXERCISES — FOR FURTHER READING
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV SPECIAL POINTS IN THE CARE OF CHILDREN, CONVALESCENTS, CHRONICS, AND THE AGED — CHILDREN — Physical defects — Eyestrain — Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. — Defective Hearing. — Defective teeth — Posture. — Predisposition to Nervousness. — CONVALESCENT PATIENTS — CHRONIC PATIENTS — CARE OF THE AGED — EXERCISES — FOR FURTHER READING
20. 20.CHAPTER XV QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
21. 21.APPENDIX — DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THE CITY OF NEW YORK Instructions to Parents Regarding the Care of the Mouth and Teeth. — DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CITY OF NEW YORK Instructions to Parents Regarding the Care of the Nose — DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CITY OF NEW YORK Instructions to Parents on the Care of Children's Hair and Scalp — DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CITY OF NEW YORK DIET FOR CHILD FROM 12TH TO 18TH MONTH — First Meal—on Rising. — Second Meal—During Forenoon. — Noon Meal. — Fourth Meal—Afternoon. — Evening Meal. — DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CITY OF NEW YORK DIET FOR CHILD FROM 18TH TO 24TH MONTH — Breakfast. — Forenoon. — Dinner. — Supper. — DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CITY OF NEW YORK DIET FOR CHILD FROM TWO TO THREE YEARS — Breakfast. — Dinner. — Supper. — DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CITY OF NEW YORK DIET FOR CHILD FROM THREE TO SIX YEARS — Breakfast. — Dinner. — Supper.
22. 22.GLOSSARY — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — M — N — O — P — R — S — T — U — V
23. 23.INDEX — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — K — L — M — N — P — Q — R — S — T — U — V — W
24. 24.Transcriber's Note:

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