The care of the sick at home and in the hospital : a handbook for families and for nurses / by Th. Billroth ; translated by J. Bentall Endean.

  • Billroth, Theodor, 1829-1894.
Date:
1890
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Credit: The care of the sick at home and in the hospital : a handbook for families and for nurses / by Th. Billroth ; translated by J. Bentall Endean. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Typhoid patients, nurse’s daily duties with, jgg „ should always in bed, must be kept quiet, and must not sit up, 199 „ „ sometimes sink rapidly, and prompt action necessary, 204 ,, poison, when overcome, 206 ,, serious contingencies in, 203 ,, sometimes beneficial, 212 „ virus, not easy to detect nor guard against, jgg ,, ,, may be destroyed, 198 ,, ,, period of incubation of, t98 „ when It has run its course, 211 Typhus fever, 215 „ relapsing, 215 Underlays, 61 Underlay smooth, how to make the, 77 Unconscious patient must be fed, 203 „ „ with ice-cold extremi- ties, 209 Urinary glands, the, 301 „ organs, the, and functions, 320 Use of collodion, no „ gelatine capsules, 97 ,, iodine, 109 Uses of massage, 113 Vaccination, protective power of, 220 Valuable aids in bed, bed-crane, bed traces, 66 Vapour baths, 122 „ disinfection, 239 Vascular glands, the 302 Vascular system, the, 311 Veins, the, 313 Ventilating sick-room essential, 237 „ the sick-room, 201 Ventilation, artificial, partial success of, 43 „ best with opposite windows, 43 ,, care of patient during, 47 ,, must be efficient, 44 ,, must be regulated, 42 ,, natural, 42 ,, thorough, in winter, 43 Ventricles of the heart, the, 312 Verdigri;, poisoning by, and treatment, 288 Vertebral column, 305 Vesicatory and its application, 116 Vienna General Hospital, the, 36 Virus, infective power of, in wounds, 230 Viscera, the, 321 Viscera, position of the, 321 Voice, formation of the, 315 Vomiting after emetics, help in, 100 „ of blood, and treatment, 284 Wall-papers in sick-rooms objectionable, 56 Warm-blooded creatures vary in tempera- ture, 184 Warming the sick-room, i8 Warmth, nece^ry in early morning, 50 Washing the sick, 6g Wasp stings and their treatment, 281 Water-glass bandage, 157 Water-cushions, India-rubber, 81 „ „ proper manage- ment of, 81 „ „ their great value, 82 Weak patients, changing sheets of, 76 „ „ changing of bed with, 76 Weights, ability to carry heavy, result of practice, 76 Wells, centres of disease, 232 Wet-dressings, 125 Wet-packing, 124 Whooping-cough, 220 ,, „ communicable to adults, 220 „ „ probable source of infec- tion in, 220 „ ,, symptoms and duration of, 220 ,. ,, treatment of, 221 Why hospitals exist, 88 Will, power of the, 309 Windpipe, the, 314 Winter, thorough ventilation in, 43 “ Wood-pad, the, and its use, 14s Woman, courageous self-sacrifice of, 274 „ qualified to carry equally with man, 75 Women, gymnastics by, 115 „ electricity applied by, 115 Women’s hair, treatment of, 71 Wonderful construction, a, 325 Wound-dressing, antiseptic, 146 „ new mode of treatment better than old, 147 „ treatment of patient after, 147 ,, when to change, 146 Wound-dressings used must be burnt, 148 Wrist, pulse counted at the, iSg Zinc-ointment, 278 Y