NURSE’S HAND-BOOK OF MEDICINE – Henry, 1913 – NURSING MEDICINE
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.
