Some nursing and medical terms explained / by Alfred T. Schofield.

  • Schofield, A. T. (Alfred Taylor), 1846-1929.
Date:
Between 1880 and 1889-?
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Credit: Some nursing and medical terms explained / by Alfred T. Schofield. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ^ - holds 6 or 8 ounces, or 12 or 16 tablespoonfuls, and as the dose is generally 1 ounce three times a day, a bottle lasts between two and three days. Sometimes only one tablespoonful is ordered, and then a little water is generally added. You must be careful in this case only to take one of the narrow or tablespoon marks, or half one of the broad or ounce marks. The table of fluid measures is as follows :— 60 drops or minims are one fluid drachm (one teaspoonful), 3 j. 8 drachms are one fluid ounce (two tablespoonfuls), Y 20 ounces are one pint (two large glassfuls), ob 2 pints are one quart. 4 quarts are one, gallon. Eemember that adding water to the dose of medicine does not weaken it, but makes it act more vigorously. You take the same amount of medicine, and the ;er sends it round the body in a shorter time. It is jisill&SgS' a%gqodTf>|an to take a little water after a dose of r medicine^ : In solids the measures used are as follows:— WBtsV iOrnec 20 grains make one scruple, 3 scruples (or 60 grains) one drachm, 3b 8 drachms (or 480 grains) one ounce, 5b 16 ounces one pound. | DCL vY\ Vyyj,'. A-flaid .ipunce is not always the same as a solid ounce, for of course the fluid ounce varies in weight “according to the weight of the fluid used. j Temperature. The normal or ordinary temperature of the body is 98J°. If it is 100, the person is feverish; if in an adult it is 102, it is a fever; in a child it may be only passing feverishness ; if 104, it is a high fever; if 106, it is a very high fever, and a dangerous condition. If the doctor orders the patient to have a hot bath you will give one at 100° to 105°, for about ten minutes; if a warm bath one at about 95°, for a