Practical nursing : a text-book for nurses / by Anna Caroline Maxwell and Amy Elizabeth Pope.

  • Maxwell, Anna Caroline, 1851-1929
Date:
1914
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Credit: Practical nursing : a text-book for nurses / by Anna Caroline Maxwell and Amy Elizabeth Pope. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER XVI PAGE COUNTERIRRITANTS AND OTHER LOCAL APPLICA- TIONS USED FOR THE RELIEF OF CONGES- TION, Inflammation, and Pain . . 393 Nature, Purpose, and Action of Counterirritants. Different Kinds of Counterirritants. Where and how they are Applied. Agents used as Rubefacients. Methods of Using Heat, Mustard, etc. The Making and Application of Poultices and Pastes. Methods of Applying Fomentations to the Abdomen, Breasts, and Eyes. Technique of Cupping and Using the Cautery. Purposes of Inducing Hyperemia in a Part. Methods of Using Cantharides, Liniments, and Oint- ments. Action of Cold. Methods of Using Cold. The Application of Leeches. CHAPTER XVII Administration of Medicines . . . 423 Things that Nurses should Know Regarding Drugs and their Administration. Abbreviations Used when Writing Prescriptions. Chemical Symbols. Differ- ent Methods of Administering Drugs. The Absorp- tion of Drugs. The Doctor's Order Book. Medicine Lists. Important Rules to Remember in the Care and Administration of Medicines. Technique and Pre- cautions Necessary in Giving Medicine Subcutaneously. Different Methods of Giving Medicine by Inhalation. Technique of these Methods. Suppositories. Some Methods Used when Applying Medicine to the Eyes. CHAPTER XVIII Preparation of Patients for Gynecological Examinations and Treatments . . 449 Positions in which Patients are Placed for Gyneco- logical Examinations, Treatments, and Operations. Methods of Draping Patients when in Such Positions.