ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 



FOR 



NURSES 



INTRODUCTION 



IN taking up the study of the anatomy of the human 

 body we shall confine ourselves to a general considera- 

 tion of those branches that most concern the nurse, tak- 

 ing up the anatomy of the various organs and their physi- 

 ologic functions, and omitting the minute anatomy that 

 is required only of those who desire to perfect them- 

 selves in advanced work. The essential points that a 

 nurse should be well acquainted with are: The regions 

 of the body; the internal organs, their names and their 

 location, the relation each organ bears to life. Thus 

 only will we be enabled to understand the conditions of 

 the body in disease. 



In applying ourselves to that important subject that 

 concerns the nursing of the sick, we should understand, 

 first what goes to make up the complex organization of 

 the body and, second, by what means we are to obtain 

 this knowledge. 



We shall begin our first study by taking up the several 

 systems that constitute the body, so that the nurse may 



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