Lessons in Physiology and Hygiene in Two Books: First Book for Elementary Grades |
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Page 195 - In order to clear the throat, place the patient gently on the face, with one wrist under the forehead, that all fluid, and the tongue itself, may fall forward, and leave the entrance into the windpipe free.
Page 66 - How is it with him when he drinks '( " " Why, when he has drunk, his thirst is quenched, and that is all.
Page 123 - AKTEBIES.—The tubes by which the blood is carried from the heart to all parts of the body are called arteries.
Page 195 - Rub the limbs upward, with firm pressure and with energy. (The object being to aid the return of venous blood to the heart...
Page 138 - In great cities, night air is often the best and purest air to be had in the twentyfour hours. I could better understand in towns shutting the windows during the day than during the night, for the sake of the sick.
Page 195 - ... this cavity is compressed by the weight of the body, and expiration takes place; when he is turned on the side, this pressure is removed, and inspiration occurs.
Page 195 - To excite respiration, turn the patient slightly on his side, and apply some irritating or stimulating agent to the nostrils, as veratrine, dilute ammonia, etc. 4th. Make the face warm by. brisk friction; then dash cold water upon it. - 5th. If not successful, lose no time ; but, to imitate respiration, place the...
Page 123 - BODIES lungs, and is placed a little to the left side, where we can easily feel it beat. It is not much larger than your fist. By its constant beating, which is never interrupted or changed excepting by excitement or illness, the blood is kept in motion. (Fig. 32.) 10. CHAMBERS OF THE HEART. — The heart contains four chambers, two on its right side and two on its left, separated by a wall, or partition, extending from the top of the heart to the bottom, so that no blood can pass from one side of...
Page 195 - If not successful, lose no time ; but, to imitate respirar tion, place the patient on his face, and turn the body gently, but completely, on the side, and a little beyond; then again on the face, and so on, alternately. Repeat these movements deliberately and perseveringly, fifteen times only in a minute.
Page 195 - Rub the body briskly till it is dry and warm, then dash cold water upon it, and repeat the rubbing. . Avoid the immediate removal of the patient, as it involves a dangerous loss of time ; also, the use of bellows, or any forcing instrument ; also, the warm bath, and all rough treatment. The Care of the Sick-room upper floors — in the case of some "catching