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520 pages, 35 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
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Introduction -- Section 1. The human body: 1. Practical physiology -- 2. The alimentary canal -- 3. The heart and the circulation -- 4. Respiration -- 5. The skin -- 6. The nervous system -- Section 2. The science of eating: 7. Diet and nutrition -- 8. Prepration of food and cooking -- 9. Bread and how to make it -- 10. Dietetic rules for health and strength -- 11. The daily menu -- 12. Food in disease -- Section 3. The home sanitarium: 13/14. Hydrotherapy (water treatment) -- 15. The sick-room -- 16. Details of nursing -- 17. Symptoms and signs of disease -- 18. Fever and its treatment -- Section 4. First aid in emegencies: 19. Burns, scalds, poisoning, etc. -- 20. Insensibility from various causes -- 21. Hæmorrhage, fainting, and fits -- Section 5. Woman. Her special self: 22. Happy wedlock -- 23. The special organs -- 24. Disorders of menstruation -- 25. The menopause, the change of life -- 26. Local troubles -- 27. Imflamation of the pelvic organs -- 28. Midwifery or obstetrics -- Section 6. Care and treatment of children: 29. Preliminary remarks -- 30. Signs showing illness in children -- 31. The feeding of children -- 32. Deformities in children -- 33. Intestinal diseases -- 34. Intestinal parasites (worms) -- 35. Diseases of nose and throat -- 36. Chest troubles -- 37. Fevers -- 38. Diseases of the nervous system -- 39. Disease of the skin -- 40. Diseases of the glands -- 41. Miscellaneous diseases -- Indexes |
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Care of the sick.
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Children -- Diseases.
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Children -- Health and hygiene.
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Home nursing.
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