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diuretics, diaphoretics, hypnotics, narcotics, anaesthe- tics, nerve stimulants. Weights and measures. Poisons. Hypodermic injections. Value of the cubic-centimetre, the litre, the gramme.
DIET OF PATIENTS.
Chemical constituents of foods and value of special articles of food, such as milk, butter, cheese, eggs, fish meat, vegetables and fruits, farinaceous foods, alcohol, beverages, condiments. Proprietary preparations, their value and dangers. The feeding of infants and children. Diets in special cases of disease; in renal disease; in affections of the stomach and heart; in diabetes. Methods of cooking; sick-room cooking; beef-tea, soup, jelly, junket, whey, albumen water, barley water, egg dishes.
V.--Medical Nursing.
DISEASES OF THE BLOOD AND ORGANS OF CIRCULATION.
General symptoms of heart disease; features of heart
failure.
The pulse-its rate, character, rhythm; oedema, anasarca, effusions; cyanosis; fever. Treatment and nursing care.
DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF RESPIRATION.
Brea-
General symptoms of respiratory disease. thing various types. Cough-character, expectoration, pain. Pneumonia, bronchitis, pleurisy, tuberculosis. Treatment and nursing care.
DISEASES OF ORGANS OF DIGESTION.
General symptoms; appetite, nausea, vomiting, pain, character of vomit, state of bowels, character of stools. Jaundice. Treatment and nursing care.
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DISEASES OF URINARY ORGANS.
General symptoms. Urine. Uraemia. Calculus. Cystitis. Renal disease. Treatment and nursing care.
DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
General features; loss of power of movement; sensation; bladder; convulsions; coma. Nursing of cases of paralysis, chorea, meningitis, functional nervous disorders. Elementary principles of treatment by mas- sage and electricity.
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Rheumatism and joint affections. Scurvy, rickets. Diabetes mellitus. Treatment and nursing care.
DISEASES OF THE DUCTLESS GLANDS.
Thyroid gland; goitre, exophthalmic goitre, myxoe- dema. Suprarenal glands. Pituitary gland.
DISEASES OF THE SKIN.
Symptoms of skin affection. Treatment--general and local. Skin diseases: eczema, psoriasis, ringworm, scabies, impetigo. Treatment and nursing care.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Defensive mechanism of the body. Immunity. Serum and vaccine therapy.
Enteric fever, scarlet fever, measles, mumps, small- pox, chicken-pox, whooping-cough, diphtheria, tetanus. Treatment of fevers; precautions against spread. Disin- fection of clothes and room. Compulsory notification. Incubation period of diseases.
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