"Cut part growing in with sharp knife and put camphor on intruding part. This eases the pain and prevents second growth."
Lac. Sulphur 160 grains Naphthaline 10 grains Oil Bergamot 4 drops Cosmoline 1 ounce This is good. Rub Lac. Sulphur into fine powder, sift it into the melted cosmoline and stir unt...
Tincture of opium, formerly used as a drug.
"Hyposulphite of Soda 8 ounces Carbolic Acid (200 drops) 3-1/3 drams Soft Water 1 pint" The above wash has very strong recommendations as a local application. It was secured from a...
This simply means that the womb, after miscarriage or child-birth, fails to return to its normal size and weight. Causes. This is frequently due to getting up too soon after labor....
Flower or small bunch of flowers worn in a buttonhole.
Greenish crystalline compound, FeSO4.7H2O, used as a pigment, fertilizer, and feed additive, in sewage and water treatment, and in the treatment of iron deficiency.
"A handful of salt in a basin of cold water. Wring towel out of this solution and apply over the throat. Cover with warm flannel, keep patient warm." This simple but effective reme...
Comes on gradually. There is a feeling of tiredness and languor, headache followed shortly by sneezing, cold symptoms, running at the eyes, dry throat, cough, much like an ordinary...
Normal menstruation occurs monthly in the female. There is a flow of blood from the cavity of the womb. The time for its beginning is different in different countries, it being ear...
Colorless to yellowish oily liquid containing phenols and creosols, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, especially from beech, and formerly used as an expectorant...
This falling of the rectum may be partial or complete, and may be caused by straining or by the downward pressure exerted by the fecal mass during the emptying movement of the bowe...
Contains three ethyls. Similar to sulphonal, used as a hypnotic.
"Inhale three times daily equal parts of borax, camphor and salt." These ingredients should be powdered very finely and a pinch of the powder snuffed carefully several times a day....
Cook in water below the boiling point: coddle eggs. Treat indulgently; baby; pamper.
We have disturbance of the stomach and bowels first, then the legs and arms are about equally affected, weakened; may recover in two to six months. Treatment for acute kind. The fi...
This is the one positive sign of pregnancy and it may be heard as early as the sixteenth to the twentieth week. It has been compared to the ticking of a watch under a pillow. It ra...
This means a diminution of the sweat secretion. The patient does not sweat enough, especially in certain skin diseases like psoriasis, etc. Treatment. Hot water, vapor baths, frict...
Cause inconvenience; disturb.
Pain goes from the kidneys down through the ureter into the bladder and into the scrotum. There may be sand in the urine that makes it look like blood. LA GRIPPE--The onset is usua...
Incision and drainage. You must depend entirely upon your physician.
Acute inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissue, often leading to an abscess.
Powdered Lobelia 1 ounce Powdered Stramonium Leaves 1 ounce Powdered Saltpeter 1 ounce Powdered Black Tea 1 ounce Mix and sift. Burn and inhale the fumes. The above amount would co...
This means that a single nerve of a group of adjacent nerve trunks is affected. If a number of nerves are affected at the same time it is called Multiple Neuritis or Polyneuritis....
When there is a profuse discharge of leucorrhea, a daily vaginal douche is necessary. This should consist of a quart of warm solution (as much as the water will dissolve) of boric...
Oleum Olivi 1 ounce Oil Cedar 1 ounce Oil Amber 1 ounce Take camphor gum one-half ounce; rub in a mortar with alcohol or sulphuric ether till pulverized, and while damp add Oleum O...
There is a depression of the skin over the cavity. The shoulder is flattened. The bone of the arm points to where the head of the bone is. Treatment. Carry the elbow to the side wi...
Cause. Usually due to dilatation of the right ventricle in mitral disease or with lung emphysema or other obstruction to the lungs' circulation.
Finely woven white linen or cotton fabric.
This preparation is said to be: Aloes, Socot 1 dram Rhubarb Powdered 1 dram Potas. Iodidi 36 grains Spirits Frumenti 1 pint Macerate over night and filter. The above amount exclusi...