Excerpt from The Family Nurse, or Companion of the Frugal Housewife This book merely contains the elements of nursing, and is by no means intended to supersede the advice of a physician. It is simply a household friend, which the inexperienced may consult on common occasions, or sudden emergencies, when medical advice is either nu necessary, or cannot be obtained. Among the variety of books consulted for this pur pose, those which have been most carefully examined are Dewees on the Diseases of Women Dewees on the Diseases of Children; Bigelow's Medical Botany Thatcher's Modern Practice Thatcher's Dispensa tory; and Wood's and Bache's Dispensatory. From The Young Lady's Friend I have likewise taken many useful hints. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.