Practical points in nursing for nurses in private practice : with an appendix containing rules for feeding the sick, recipes for invalid foods and beverages, weights and measures, dose list, and a full glossary of medical terms and nursing treatment / by Emily A.M. Stoney.

  • Emily Marjory Armstrong Stoney
Date:
[between 1890 and 1899?]
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Credit: Practical points in nursing for nurses in private practice : with an appendix containing rules for feeding the sick, recipes for invalid foods and beverages, weights and measures, dose list, and a full glossary of medical terms and nursing treatment / by Emily A.M. Stoney. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    urine in drops. Hot sponge to part, hot baths, etc., may he ordered. Strawberry Tongue. AppHed to a characteristic clear-red appearance of the tongue in scarlet fever after a thick white fur has disappeared. Stricture. Contraction. Usually applied to the urethra, and conse- c|uent inability to pass urine. Stridulous. A creaking sound in breathing. Stroma. The tissue which forms the foundation of an organ. Strophantlius. A poison, used in small doses as a heart-stimulant. Struma. Scrofula; or a scrofulous swelling. Strychnin. A poison, used as a nerve and spinal stimulant. Anti- dotes: an emetic, strong tea, ether inhalation. Stump. The part ot a limb re- maining after an amputation. Stupe. A fomentation (seep. 94). Stupor. State of unconsciousness. Styptic. Agent to arrest bleed- ing; astringent. Subclavian. Under the shoulder- blade. Subcutaneous. Under the skin. Subinvolution. A condition of imperfect restoration of the uterus to its original size after delivery in child- birth. Subluxation. Sprain and partial dislocation. Subnormal. Below the normal. Subsultus. Involuntary twitch- ing. Sudor. Perspiration. Sudorific. An agent causing per- spiration. Sufibcation. Stoppage of respi- ration. Asphyxia. Suffusion. Fluid poured out of its natural organ into the surround- ing parts. Sugar. To test for sugar in urine boil together a drachm of urine and a drachm of picric acid, add half drachm of liquor potassse, relooil; if sugar be present the color will be in- tense deep red, nearly black. Suggilation. Livid spots on the body. Sulphonal. Crystalline tasteless substance, used as an hypnotic. Give 2 hours before bed-time. Note any headache ne.vt day. Sulphur. Used as a laxative. The ointment is used for skin diseases, particularly scabies. Sulphuric Acid. Vitriol. A poi- son ; the antidotes are lime-water, potash-water, oil and milk. Sumbul. Antispasmodic and stim- ulant. Given chiefly for neuralgia and hysteria. Sunstroke. Brain mischief caused by heat. Symptoms: Headache, sick- ness, confusion of ideas, refusal of food. Put patient in darkened room, and keep quiet. Ice to head. Superfetation. Supposed concep- tion by a woman already pregnant. Supination. Turning the palm of the hand upward. Suppository. A solid medicine introduced into the rectum or vagina. Suppression. Failure of the kid- neys to secrete urine. Suppuration. Gathering of pus under the skin. Sutures. Silk, silver-thread, or catgut used to sew a wound or tie an artery (see p. 171). Also the union of flat bones by their margins. Swelling. Morbid enlargement of a part. Symphysis. Growing together of bones. Symphysis pubis, the line of union of the two pubic bones. Symptom. A sign by which dis- eases are recognized. Syncope. Suspension of the heart's action and consequent state of swoon. Stimulation, warmth, and artificial respiration may have to be tried. Put the patient flat on his back and open the windows. Synovial Fluid. The liquid se- creted in the ligaments that lubricates the joints. Synovitis. Inflammation of the synovial membrane of a joint. Syphilis. Venereal disease, spe- cific and contagious. There are three stages, the one marked by primary symptoms, the second a period of outbreak, and the third certain well- marked sequelse. In dressing all sores in these cases the nurse must be most careful to use forceps, and to burn soiled dressings. Infantile syph-
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