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The Home nurse : home nursing in all cases of sickness, childbirth, and accidents

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Title

The Home nurse : home nursing in all cases of sickness, childbirth, and accidents
Third edition

Date

1937

Description

Contents: Foreword -- The qualities of a good nurse -- Don'ts for young nurses -- The hygiene of the sick room -- Making the patient comfortable -- Diagnosing disease -- External applications and enemata -- Surgical dressings -- Summary of emergency first-aid hints -- First aid and bandaging -- The expectant mother -- Labour and after-care of the mother -- First year of baby's life -- The change of life -- Feminine hygiene -- Foods for the sick -- Miscellaneous information -- Common diseases -- Gastric and duodenal ulcers -- Treating patients in their own home -- Medical terms
"Discoverer of "Wawn's Wonder Wool and other famous remedies..." --at foot of title.
Includes a 'Wawn's' pamphlet.
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books.
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Publisher

V.A. Wawn
Sydney

Rights

Public Domain Mark
This work is free of known copyright restrictions.

Format

vi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Language

eng

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Citation

Wawn, V. A. (Victor A.), d1947, “The Home nurse : home nursing in all cases of sickness, childbirth, and accidents,” Fusion: Deakin Exhibits Online, accessed April 28, 2025, https://fusion.deakin.edu.au/items/show/1640.

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