The nurse's dictionary / originally comp. by Honnor Morten ; with phonetic pronunciations by Mary I. Burdett.

  • Morten, Honnor, 1861-1913.
Date:
1925
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Credit: The nurse's dictionary / originally comp. by Honnor Morten ; with phonetic pronunciations by Mary I. Burdett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Silvester's Method. The method of artificial respira¬ tion by drawing the arms of a supine patient out above the head, and then bringing them down folded on to the chest, with pressure on the abdomen and ribs to cause expiration. This method can be used for asphyxia neonatorum. Simple Fracture. A single fracture of bone without wound of the skin or serious injury to neighbouring structures, Sfn'apism (sin'-a-pizm). A mustard plaster. Sin'ciput (sin'-se-put). The upper fore part of the head. Sin'ew (sin'-nu). A tendon uniting a muscle to a bone. Sini'stral. Pertaining to the left side. Si'nus tsi'nus). i. A passage leading from an abscess, or some inner part, to an ex¬ ternal opening. 2. A dilated channel for venous blood. 3. Any hollow cavity. Sinusi'tls. Inflammation of a sinus, especially one of the sin¬ uses of the bones of the face. Sitz-bath. A hip-bath. Skate Roll. A massage move¬ ment; take the limb in both hands, and glide and roll from the extremity towards the heart. SkSI'eton. The bony framework of the body. {See p. 198.) Ski'ag:ram. A photograph taken by means of X-rays. Skin. The outer integument of the body composed of epidermis and corium. See diagram, p. loi. Skoda ic res'onance. Tym¬ panic resonance in upper part of chest with flatness of percus¬ sion note in lower part. Skull. The bony framework of the head. {See pp. 198, 199.) Sleepy Sickness. See En¬ cephalitis Lethargica, Sleeping Sickness. Tropical disease due to a trypanosome. Slough (sluf). Dead matter thrown off by gangrene or ulcers. j .Small-pox. See Variola. j Smeg'ma. Thick white secretion I forming under the prepuce. Snare- A looped wire in¬ strument for encircling and strangling some piece of tissue which it is desired to remove, e.g., a nasal polypus. Snow. See Carbon Dioxide. Snow Blindness. Ophthalmia with photophobia caused by the glare from snow. So'dium. The base of com¬ mon salt. The bicarbonate is a favourite remedy for acidity of the stomach. The chloride is an emetic. The sulphate a purge. Soft Sore. A venereal sore not due to syphilis. Also known as chancroid, and non-infecting sore. SoTar Plex'us. A plexus of nerves and ganglia in the upper region of the abdomen.