Sensation of cutting, piercing, or stabbing. lard White solid or semisolid rendered fat of a hog.
This type of insanity means a raving and furious madness. There are many cases of this kind. The causes are many and may be the same as those which produce melancholia. In melancho...
Sometimes a too tight corset, impeding the circulation of the blood, is responsible for the blemishes; sometimes poor circulation due to poor health. Cold feet may send the blood t...
Peculiar gait seen in neuritis of the peroneal nerve and in tabes dorsalis; high stepping to allow the drooping foot and toes to clear the ground.
Myelitis is an inflammation of the spinal cord. Causes. It may occur at any age, and is more common in male than in female. The exciting causes are prolonged exposure to severe col...
Muriate of Berberine 0.65 parts Acidi Carbolici 1.35 parts Common Salt 98.00 parts Total (parts by weight) 100.00 parts The above amount would cost about 15 cents.
Several irises with blue or blue-violet flowers, especially Iris versicolor of eastern North America.
Long narrow pillow or cushion.
Varicella-zoster virus: A herpesvirus that causes chickenpox and shingles. Causes an acute viral infection--inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal or cranial nerves and the...
A constitutional disease characterized by great weakness, stomach and bowel symptoms, heart weakness, and dark coloring of the skin. Causes. It usually occurs in men from twenty to...
Aconite 2X dil. Ten drops in a glass half full of water and two teaspoonfuls everyone to two hours, when there is much fever. Belladonna 3X dil. can follow.
This is an over-secretion from the glands that pour out their contents into the vagina or the cervical canal of the womb. Causes. It is dependent upon many causes. Tear of the neck...
Vaselin 1 ounce Belladonna 15 grains Salicylic Acid 1 dram Sodium Salicylate 1 dram Apply. Also good to rub on bunions."
Eurasian perennial herb (Polygonum bistorta) with cylindrical spikes of pink flowers and a rhizome used as an astringent in folk medicine.
Inflammation of mucous membranes, especially in the nose and throat.
Powdered Alum 2 drams Honey Strained 1/2 ounce Syrup Simple 1 ounce Mucilage Acacia to make 2 ounces Mix. Dose: Take one teaspoonful as required. The above amount would cost about...
Light hurts the eyes very much, tears run freely and there is a feeling of something in the eye. The eyeball shows a rim of pink congestion about the cornea. The ulcer can be seen.
Causes. Poor general health is an underlying cause or the cornea itself may be poorly nourished. Ulcers are common among the poor classes. They often begin through a rubbing of the...
Fine lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp.
Acute gastroenteritis occurring in summer and autumn exhibiting severe cramps, diarrhea, and vomiting. No longer in scientific use.
The onset is usually sudden with nausea, vomiting, and cramp-like bowel pains; vomits at first the stomach contents. Purging follows; vomiting and purging with severe cramps in abd...
Jer. Hess, M. D., in Med. World. Arsenic 2 ounces Sulphur 2 ounces Zinc Sulphate 2 ounces Rochelle Salts 2 ounces Of each equal parts; add yolk of one egg, till of the consistence...
Scarlet fever is an acute infectious disease, with a characteristic eruption. Modes of Conveying. The nearer a person is to a patient the more likely one is to take or convey the d...
Breed of sheep with short thick wool, originally raised in the Cheviot Hills. Fabric of coarse twill weave, used for suits and overcoats, originally made of Cheviot wool.
"Dover's Powders 20 grains Capsicum 15 grains Camphor 10 grains Quinine 25 grains" Mix. Make up into about 20 capsules or powders. Take one every 2 or 3 hours. This is recommended...
This is an inflammation of the inner lining of the womb that occurs after child-birth during the first few weeks, and is due to a poison. Symptoms. The attack usually begins with a...
Stearns' Bay Rum 7 fluid ounces Dist. Extract of Witch-Hazel 9 fluid ounces Sodium Chloride 1 dram Hydrochloric Acid (5 per cent) 1 drop Magnesia sufficient Mix the bay rum and dis...
This is a delicate membrane, upon the surface of which the images of external objects are received. Its outer surface is in contact with the choroid; its inner, with the vitreous (...
Quinine 2 drams Tincture Chloride Iron 6 drams Simple Syrup 2 ounces Fowler's Solution Arsenic 128 drops Glycerin to make 8 ounces Mix. Dose: Teaspoonful three times a day in chron...
This is an inflammation of the pericardium, the sac containing the heart. Primary or First Causes. They refer in this disease to a peculiar constitution. Children that have a tuber...