Book, The Nurse's Dictionary
Maker
Morten, Honnor
Faber and Faber Limited
Taylor, Florence
Burdett, Mary I
Production date
1941
Current rights
Public Domain
Object detail
Brief Description
The eighteenth edition of The Nurse's Dictionary of Medical Terms and Nursing Treatment originally compiled by Honnor Morten; phonetic pronunciations by Mary I Burdett; revised by Florence Taylor.
The contents of the dictionary include: Abbreviations of Degrees and Diplomas, and Institutional and Army Medical Titles; Abbreviations of Medical Terms Used by Doctors in Prescriptions, etc; Comparison of Centigrade and Fahrenheit Thermometric Scales; Method of Indicating Pronunciation Used in The Nurses Dictionary; Dictionary of Medical Terms and Nursin [sic] Treatments; Appendix I: Urine Testing; Appendix II: Poisons, Antidotes and Treatment; Appendix III: Dilution and Measurement of Lotions and Drugs; Appendix IV: Dietary; Appendix V: Useful Recipes for Sick People; Appendix VI: First Aid; Appendix VII: Instruments for Surgical Operations; Notes: Pages for the Reader's Use.
The contents of the dictionary include: Abbreviations of Degrees and Diplomas, and Institutional and Army Medical Titles; Abbreviations of Medical Terms Used by Doctors in Prescriptions, etc; Comparison of Centigrade and Fahrenheit Thermometric Scales; Method of Indicating Pronunciation Used in The Nurses Dictionary; Dictionary of Medical Terms and Nursin [sic] Treatments; Appendix I: Urine Testing; Appendix II: Poisons, Antidotes and Treatment; Appendix III: Dilution and Measurement of Lotions and Drugs; Appendix IV: Dietary; Appendix V: Useful Recipes for Sick People; Appendix VI: First Aid; Appendix VII: Instruments for Surgical Operations; Notes: Pages for the Reader's Use.
Production date
1941
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Fabric covered card. Gold lettering on cover. Printed in black ink. Packing tape down spine.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 130 x 100mm
Signature/Inscription
V Powley, Inscription
Classification terms
Current rights
Public Domain
Credit line
gifted by Judy Greenwood
Other number(s)
2012/42/17, 79732
Accession number
2012/42/17
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