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A drip containing nutrients.  

A system for introducing liquid slowly and continuously into the body, by which a bottle of liquid is held above a person and the fluid flows slowly down a tube into a needle in a vein or into the stomach. Apparatus for the continuous injection (transfusion) of blood, plasma, saline, glucose solution, or other fluid…

A machine which encloses the whole of the body except the head, and in which air pressure is increased and decreased, so forcing the person to breathe in and out. An obsolete apparatus in which alternating positive and negative air pressure on the patient’s thoracic area was used to produce artificial respiration by allowing the…

The act of letting saliva flow out of the mouth. Unintentional release of urine from the bladder, or accidental drooling from the mouth are common scenarios. While it’s normal for babies to drool, in adults, this can be due to dentures that don’t fit properly. Additionally, it can result from conditions affecting the nervous system…

To let liquid flow slowly out of an opening, especially saliva out of the mouth.  

Someone who assists a surgeon during operations.  

To put on clothes, or put clothes on someone. To clean a wound and put a covering over it.  

A sheet under a person in bed, folded so that it can be pulled out as it becomes soiled. A sheet placed beneath a patient in bed that, when one portion has been soiled or become uncomfortably wrinkled, may be pulled under the patient so that another portion may be used. The bed does not…

Appearing tired and careworn, usually as a result of anxiety, grief or illness.  

A tube to remove liquid from the body. Tube inserted into a body cavity, sometimes during surgery, to remove unwanted material. A device, usually a tube or wick, used to draw fluid from an internal body cavity to the surface. A drain is sometimes inserted during an operation to ensure that any fluid formed immediately…