Lectures on nursing / by William Robert Smith.

  • William Edward Smith
Date:
1875
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Lectures on nursing / by William Robert Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS KX LECTURE I Introductory . . LECTURE II The Sick-room — Aspect — Furniture — Light — Temperature of the Ward for ordinary and operation Cases—Ventilation— Mechanism of Respiration—Its Uses—Composition of Air— Changes produced by Respiration in the Air and Blood— Ammonia in Air — Nitrogen — Experiments for Testing purity of Air — Importance of Ventilation — Methods for procuring it. — Lavatories — The Bed — Draw Sheets— Changing Bed-clothes — Cleanliness of Patients — Adminis- tration of Medicines—Feeding of Patients . . .19 LECTURE III Administration of Medicine by force—Administration to Chil- dren—Castor-oil—Powders—Symptoms produced by taking Mercury—Suppositories—Enemas—Uses—Administration — Blood-letting — Leeches — Cupping — Bed-sores—Laying out the Dead—Rigor Mortis—Accidents and Emergencies. —Fomentations—Poultices: Linseed Meal, Bread, Charcoal. —Hypodermic Injections—Issues—Setons—Introduction of Eye-drops—Temperature of Baths . . . .35 u'1 l: O /A! I V I f ' v t j ' 1 PAGE 1
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