Home Nursing and how to Help in Cases of AccidentD. Bogue, 1880 - 133 pages |
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... blood , and therefore it is necessary that the air we inspire should be pure , and contain a large quantity of a health - giving gas called oxygen ; during expiration we throw off from our lungs poisonous carbonic acid gas and watery ...
... blood , and therefore it is necessary that the air we inspire should be pure , and contain a large quantity of a health - giving gas called oxygen ; during expiration we throw off from our lungs poisonous carbonic acid gas and watery ...
Page 29
... blood poisoning runs a much more serious course when its influence is brought to bear upon a weakened con- stitution . Women are often addicted to dosing themselves with powerful aperients ; their digestion and health is often impaired ...
... blood poisoning runs a much more serious course when its influence is brought to bear upon a weakened con- stitution . Women are often addicted to dosing themselves with powerful aperients ; their digestion and health is often impaired ...
Page 34
... food ? State the hour of the day the patient usually vomits , if after food or at other times . Vomited blood is dark in colour , due to the action of the various digestive juices , it is also often excessive in 34 SKIN .
... food ? State the hour of the day the patient usually vomits , if after food or at other times . Vomited blood is dark in colour , due to the action of the various digestive juices , it is also often excessive in 34 SKIN .
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... blood are important . Blood that is coughed up from the lungs is usually of a bright red colour ; state whether it is pure blood that is coughed up , or sputa streaked with blood . The Expectoration . Whether watery , frothy , streaked ...
... blood are important . Blood that is coughed up from the lungs is usually of a bright red colour ; state whether it is pure blood that is coughed up , or sputa streaked with blood . The Expectoration . Whether watery , frothy , streaked ...
Page 37
... blood or mucus , whether passed easily , painfully , with difficulty , or uncon- sciously . If the patient passes worms , the nurse ought to be able to answer the question : Is the patient suffering from small thread - worms , flat tape ...
... blood or mucus , whether passed easily , painfully , with difficulty , or uncon- sciously . If the patient passes worms , the nurse ought to be able to answer the question : Is the patient suffering from small thread - worms , flat tape ...
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