A NURSE'S HAND-BOOK OF MEDICINE
Book Details + Condition: J.B. Lippincott Co. (Philadelphia and London). Early Edition, 1913. Hardcover. 273 pages with index. Illustrated, and includes several fold-outs. J. Norman Henry's definitive nurse practitioner's handbook on medicine. In very good condition, with firm binding; minor shelf wear; interior is clean and free of markings save owner info to ffep. Chapters include:
- Considerations
- Study of Excretions
- Temperature, Pulse, Respiration
- Hemorrhage, Vaccination, Inflammation, Medical Emergencies, and Poison Cases
- Personal Hygiene, Hygiene of the Sick-Room, Care of Contagious Sick-Room, Disinfection
- Symptoms and Treatment of Fever, Technique and Treatment of Cold Baths, Cold Packs, Cold Sponge, Antitoxin, Treatment of Disease, Particularly Diphtheria
- Specific Infectious Diseases
- Diseases of the Kidneys, Diseases of the Nervous System
- Diseases of the Respiratory System, Diseases of the Circulatory Organs, Intoxications, Heat and Sunstroke
- Care of Children and Diseases of Children
- Diseases of the Digestive System
- Keeping of Records
- Death in a Private House
- And more.
