American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick. American National Red Cross

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664596321

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       ACKNOWLEDGMENT

       INTRODUCTION

       FOR FURTHER READING

       CHAPTER I CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF SICKNESS

       THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

       STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF PARASITES

       BACTERIA

       PROTOZOA

       VISIBLE PARASITES

       TRANSMISSION OF PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS

       CARRIERS

       THE NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

       EXERCISES

       FOR FURTHER READING

       CHAPTER II HEALTH AND THE HOME

       HYGIENE OF ENVIRONMENT AND PERSON

       EXERCISES

       FOR FURTHER READING

       CHAPTER III BABIES AND THEIR CARE

       GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

       EXERCISES

       FOR FURTHER READING

       CHAPTER IV INDICATIONS OF SICKNESS

       OBJECTIVE SYMPTOMS

       SUBJECTIVE SYMPTOMS

       EXERCISES

       FOR FURTHER READING

       CHAPTER V EQUIPMENT AND CARE OF THE SICK ROOM

       EXERCISES

       FOR FURTHER READING

       CHAPTER VI BEDS AND BEDMAKING

       BED MAKING

       EXERCISES

       FOR FURTHER READING

       CHAPTER VII BATHS AND BATHING

       CLEANSING BATHS

       EXERCISES

       FOR FURTHER READING

       CHAPTER VIII APPLIANCES AND METHODS FOR THE SICK-ROOM

       DAILY ROUTINE IN THE SICK-ROOM

       EXERCISES

       CHAPTER IX FEEDING THE SICK

       THE DIGESTIVE PROCESS

       FEEDING THE SICK

       EXERCISES

       FOR FURTHER READING

       CHAPTER X MEDICINES AND OTHER REMEDIES

       EXERCISES

       FOR FURTHER READING

       CHAPTER XI APPLICATION OF HEAT, COLD, AND COUNTER-IRRITANTS

       HOT APPLICATIONS

       COLD APPLICATIONS