Diseases of Children, for Nurses, Including Pediatric Nursing, Infant Feeding, Therapeutic Measures Employed in Childhood, Treatment for Emergencies, Prophylaxis, and HygieneW.B. Saunders, 1925 - 593 pages |
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Page 455 - The large calorie, or the amount of heat required to raise 1 kilogram of water 1° C.
Page 277 - Papules.—Solid elevations of the skin, varying in size from a pin-head to a pea.
Page 33 - ... be permitted to attend any public, private, parochial, Sunday, or other school ; and the teachers of public schools, and the principals, superintendents, teachers, or other persons in charge of private, parochial. Sunday, or other...
Page 385 - Skin eruptions occur at times. Prognosis.—Uncomplicated cases nearly always recover in from five to seven days. Treatment and Nursing.—The disease is communicable. The child should be put to bed and kept there until the fever is normal. A liquid diet should be given. The temperature, pulse, and respiration should be taken three times a day. If there is catarrh, the nose and throat should be systematically sprayed. Earache should be treated by syringing the ear with water at a temperature of 110°...
Page 206 - Pernicious anemia is a grave form of anemia characterized by a great deficiency in the number of red bloodcorpuscles, and not associated with any definite causal lesion. Plethora is an increase in the whole quantity of blood. Leukocytosis is an increase in the number of white blood-corpuscles. Leukemia is a disease characterized by a great increase in the number of white blood-corpuscles, with lesions of the spleen, lymphatic glands, and bone-marrow. Chlorosis is a disease in which there is a great...
Page 32 - Commonwealth, who shall treat or examine any person suffering from or afflicted with actinomycosis, anthrax, bubonic plague, cerebrospinal meningitis (epidemic), (cerebrospinal fever, spotted fever), chicken-pox, Asiatic cholera, diphtheria (diphtheritic croup, membranous croup, putrid sore throat), epidemic dysentery (bacillary or amebic dysentery), erysipelas, German measles, glanders (farcy), rabies (hydrophobia), leprosy, malarial fever, measles, mumps, pneumonia (true), puerperal fever, relapsing...
Page 210 - CHAPTER IX NERVOUS DISEASES ANATOMY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM THE central nervous system is composed of the brain, the spinal cord, and their coverings. The brain is contained within the cavity of the skull. It is the center of thought, of the perception of the five senses, and of the voluntary motor activities of the body.
Page 33 - No child or other person suffering from scarlet fever (scarlatina, scarlet rash) shall be permitted to attend any place of amusement, or any church, or other public gathering, or to be exposed on any public street, or in any store, shop, factory, or other place of business, or be permitted to attend any public, private, parochial, Sunday, or other school ; and the teachers of public schools, and the principals, superintendents, teachers, or other persons in charge of private, parochial. Sunday, or...
Page 34 - ... may be allowed, after taking a disinfecting bath and putting on disinfected clothing, to remove from the said premises and take up his or her residence on other premises, and may, after...
Page 32 - That every physician, practicing in any portion of this Commonwealth, who shall treat or examine any person suffering from or afflicted with...