The condition of the hair is largely predicated on the condition of the general health. In health, it should be abundant, glossy and bright--"live"--in color. A low physical condit...
As early as the first month of pregnancy a faint violet color of the anterior wall of the vagina just below the opening of the urethra may be distinguished. In the third month this...
This form occurs in the temperate zone regions, especially in the summer and autumn. The symptoms vary greatly. The fever may be irregularly intermittent, but at longer intervals t...
The first thing we notice in looking at the eye may be the lids and at each edge are the eyelashes. When this edge becomes inflamed it is called Blenharitis Marginalis or inflammat...
Seeping of serous, purulent, or bloody fluid into a body cavity or tissue. The effused fluid.
Tincture Nucis Vomicae 1 ounce Dose: Take five drops three times a day before meals. This is good. The above amount would cost about 15 cents.
Slimy consistency, like egg white; cough producing glairy sputum.
These words are often used in such a way that a wrong impression is made. A disease may be infectious but not contagious. Malaria is an instance. Infection means an ability to ente...
This is a term applied to serious symptoms which sometimes go with rapid improvement of the local joint conditions. There are severe pains in the stomach, nausea, vomiting, diarrhe...
Rare except in cases from the time of birth. Recovery from the valvular disease, depends upon the degree of compensation maintained and is best when this is acquired spontaneously....
Large pan of hot water in which smaller pans may be placed to cook food slowly or to keep food warm.
Root of an African plant (Jatrorrhiza palmata, family Menispermaceae) containing columbin; it is used as a tonic called calumba root or colombo root.
Inflammation of the lining of the heart chiefly confined to the valves; it may be acute or chronic. Simple Kind, Cause. Occurs at all ages, but most often in children and young adu...
Elixir Calisay and Iron 4 ounces Alcohol 1 ounce Pure Water 2 ounces Syrup Simple 1 ounce Mix. Dose: One teaspoonful four times a day. The above amount would cost about 35 cents.
The nature of clonus--contraction and relaxation of muscle.
Acetanilid 160 grains Citrate Caffein 1 dram Sodae Bicarbonatis 15 grains Tartaric Acid 5 grains Simple Elixir to make 4 ounces Mix. Dose: One-half to one teaspoonful half hour apa...
This is an acute disease occurring almost exclusively in young children with paralysis, followed by rapid dwindling of the muscles of the parts affected by the paralysis. Causes. F...
This is the smooth surface of triangular form situated between the clitoris and the entrance to the vagina. The labia minora bound it on either side. It contains the opening of the...
Localized, blood-filled dilatation of a blood vessel caused by disease or weakening of the vessel wall.
Excitement at first, soon weariness weighty limbs, sleepiness, pin-point pupils, pulse and breathing slow and strong, patient roused with difficulty and later it is impossible, sno...
Acute dementia attacks both sexes, but it occurs most often in females, though in a milder degree. It is a disease of youth, being rarely seen beyond thirty years of age. It seems...
Our busy life, our manner of dress, with all its attending demands are causing havoc with the health of women who are under its terrible strain. The number of women undergoing oper...
The food of the pregnant woman should be simple, wholesome, nutritious, of the kind that is easily digested and enough to satisfy the demands of her system; excessive eating should...
Sulfuric acid; highly corrosive, dense, oily liquid, H2SO4, colorless to dark brown depending on its purity and used to manufacture a wide variety of chemicals and materials includ...
lead acetate, a poisonous white crystalline compound, Pb(C2H3O2)2.3H2O, used in hair dyes, waterproofing compounds, and varnishes.
This is a general enlargement of the gland in all directions. All the three lobes may enlarge and in about one-third of the men who have passed middle life some enlargement takes p...
Melancholia is a disease characterized by great mental depression. Causes--Predisposition, physical disease, dissipation, work and worry, shock, brooding. In simple melancholia the...
This is usually acquired by the repeated use of the hypodermic syringe for pain. It is also used by the mouth or opium smoking. Symptoms. At first it causes a sense of well-being a...
Soft lightweight muslin used for babies.
Poisonous Eurasian herbs of the family Solanaceae that have simple leaves, irregular flowers, and include the henbane (H. niger). Dried leaves of the henbane containing the alkaloi...