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2. Part 2=Baking soda= Sodium bicarbonate. Sodii bicarbonas. =Basham’s mixture= Solution of iron and Liquor ferri et ammonium acetate. ammonii acetatis. =Blaud’s pills= Pills of iron car...
3. Part 3=Belladonna.=—This drug owes its activity to the alkaloid _atropin_. It is employed internally to stimulate the respiration; to stimulate the circulation; to allay local spasm,...
4. Part 4The _dose_ of the _Tincture of Nux Vomica_ (Tinctura Nucis Vomicæ) is from 5 to 20 minims (0.3-1.2 c.c.); of the _Extract of Nux Vomica_ (Extractum Nucis Vomicæ), ⅙ to ¼ grain (...
5. Part 5Some surgeons recommend cyanid of mercury in solutions of 1: 1000 or 1: 2000 in place of the bichlorid of mercury. It is a powerful antiseptic that does not coagulate albumin, i...
6. Part 6Orange juice is not a necessary food unless milk is pasteurized or sterilized (boiled) and in case of constipation. Give 1 or 2 teaspoonfuls one hour before feeding. After nine...
7. Part 7=Treatment for Hemorrhage.=—Stop all orders immediately, including diet. Elevate the foot of the bed. Give morphin sulphate, gr. ¼ (gm. 0.015), hypodermically, and apply an ice...
8. Part 8The prevention and treatment of bed-sores have been and are frequently discussed in medical books and journals. But as it is a subject that often taxes the nurse’s ingenuity to...
9. Part 9A strong screw must be fastened in the wall near the window at the height of about seven feet to support the fountain syringe, which will be filled with whatever solution the su...
10. Part 10In severe cases the constitutional treatment is of more importance than the application of local remedies. If the patient is in shock wrap him in warm blankets, and give him sti...
11. Part 11In using galvanism a good battery and outfit are essential. First, it is necessary to have a milliampere meter, an instrument to measure the strength of current used. The quanti...
12. Part 12The _New York Medical Journal_ gives the following directions (by R. F. Leftwich) for the preparation of this beverage as a nutritive drink for febrile disorders: “Two lemons, t...
13. Part 13With roast beef, grated horseradish. With roast veal, tomato or horseradish sauce. Roast mutton, currant jelly. Roast pork, apple sauce. Roast lamb, mint sauce. Roast turkey, ch...
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15. Part 15The peculiarities of the fetal circulation, leaving details aside, are: the direct communication between the two auricles of the heart, through an opening called the foramen ova...
16. Part 16The average number of white blood-corpuscles per cubic millimeter varies from 5000 to 10,000. The number is usually decreased in anemia, and much increased in leukemia, when the...
17. Part 17Salicylates, action and uses of, 38 Saline enema, formula for, 55 Salivation, 35, 175 Salol, 38 Salol vaselin, formula for, 54 Salophen, 38 Salt solution, normal, formula for, 4...