The nurses' handbook and catalogue of nursing requisites.

  • S. Maw, Son & Thompson
Date:
[1896]
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Credit: The nurses' handbook and catalogue of nursing requisites. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cica'trix, si-ka'-triks. Scar or mark of a wound. Cil'ia, sil -e-ah. The eyelashes. Hair-like process of certain cells. Circumcis'ion, sir-kum-sizh'-on. Excision of prepuce. Cirrho'sis. Thickening of connective tissue of an organ. Climacteric, kli-muk’-te-rikr. Critical periods in life. Clin'ical, k/in'-i-kal. Pertaining to a sick-bed or clinic. Clon'ic, klon'-ik. Applied to spasms with alternate relaxations. Clys'ter, klis’-ter. An enema or injection. Coc cyx, kok'-siks. Last bone of the spinal column. Coition, Co'itus. Sexual connection. Colic, kol'-ik, Spasmodic pain in the abdomen. Col'les Frac'ture. Fracture of lower end of radius. Collo'dion. Dressing for wounds, made by dissolving gun-cotton in ether. Colloid. Glue-like. Non-cry stallizable organic substance. Collyr'ium, ko-lir'-e-um. Eye-wash. Salve for the eyes. Colobo'ma, kol-5-bd'-mah. Fissure, especially of parts of the eye. Colon, ko'-lon. Upper part of large intestine. Colos'trum, ko-los'-trum. First milk secreted after labour. Colot'omy, kd-lot'-d-me. Incision of the colon. Colpor'rhaphy, lcol-por'-a-fe. Suture of the vagina. Colum'nae Car'nese, kol-uni-ne-kar'-ne-e. Muscular projections from the cardiac ventricles. Co'ma Vig'il. Delirious lethargy with open eyes. Co matose, ko'-ma-tos. In a condition of coma. Com'edo, kom'-e-do. Black-head; worm-like mass in obstructed sebaceous duct. Com'mutator. Instrument for reversing electrical currents. Com'plicated Frac'ture. Fracture with injury of adjacent parts. Compound Frac'ture. Fracture of a bone with communicating wound of the skin. Com'press, kom'-pres. Folded lint for local pressure. Conca'vo-con'cave. Bi-concave. Conca'vo-con'vex. One side concave, the other convex Concen'tric, kon-sen’-trik. Having a common centre. Conception, kon-sep'-shun. Fecundation of the ovum. Concre tion, kon-kre'-shun. Calculus ; osseous deposit. Concus'sion of Brain. Shock or agitation of brain. Con'dyle, kon’-dil. Bounded articular eminence, as in femur Condylo ma kon-di-lff-mah. Wart-like growth about the anus. n fluent, kon -Jlu-ent. Running together, as pustules. Congenital, kon-jen -i-tal. Existing from birth; innate, onjunctiva, konjunyk-tv-vah. Mucous membrane of the eye junctivi tis, kon-jungk-ti-vV-tis. Inflammation of conjunctiva