Hot Salt and Oil of Sassafras. "If troubled with stiff neck, fill a bag with hot salt and sleep on it, or rub the neck with oil of sassafras which, by the way, is also excellent fo...
1. Rupture of the spleenThis may occur spontaneously from no apparent cause, or from hurts received in cases of typhoid or malaria. Symptoms. Severe pain, and signs of intestinal h...
These are common in "consumption" and constitute one of the most distressing features of the disease. They usually occur when the fever drops in the early morning hours, or at any...
China 2X dil. and Phosphoric acid 3X dil. These can be used alternately, giving each one three times a day.
Acetate of Morphia 3 grains Tincture Sanguinaria 2 drams Wine Antimony 3 drams Wine Ipecac 3 drams Syrup Wild Cherry 3 ounces Mix. The above amount would cost about 35 cents.
A barium compounds, such as barium sulfate. baste Sew loosely with large running stitches to hold together temporarily.
Unless exposure to smallpox is believed to have taken place or likely to take place, teething children, pregnant women, persons suffering from measles, scarlet fever, erysipelas, o...
The hair is kept in order by frequent brushings, which excite the natural oil by which it is fed, and by washing it. Dr. Leonard, an authority on the hair, says once a month is as...
Relieves pain.
The corn sweat can be used. Put from ten to twenty-five ears of corn in a boiler, boil thoroughly until the boiled corn smell appears, then put the corn ears into five packs, putti...
This disease is a diminution of the total quantity of the blood of its red cells, or red corpuscles or of their Haemoglobin, the coloring matter of the red corpuscles. Some difficu...
Loss of appetite. There may be nausea and vomiting; there is usually a sudden onset of pain, often sharp and severe in the whole or part of the abdomen. Later the pain settles in t...
Inflammation of the vermiform appendix is the most important of acute bowel troubles. Sometimes the appendix may contain a mould of feces, which can be squeezed out readily. Someti...
This peculiar disease is due to a degenerative disease of the posterior and lateral columns (parts) of the spinal cord, occurring in childhood, and often in several children of the...
Intense inflammation of the stomach and bowels, often with bloody vomiting and purging; lips and tongue swollen; violent difficulty in breathing; characteristic odor. Antidotes. Le...
In children brought on by teething, cold or anger give one drop of Chamomilla 1X dil. every three hours. Chelidonium 3X dil. Is good for chronic liver disease, when there is a thic...
The external ear is called auricle or pinna. It is an oval funnel-shaped organ. The canal leading in to the membrane (drum) is called the external auditory meatus. It extends inwar...
Plumbi Acetate 3 drams Flowers of Sulphur 2 drams Glycerin 14 drams Water enough to make 1 quart The above amount would cost about 25 cents.
The bones that form the hard palate do not unite in the median line and a longitudinal opening is left in the roof of the mouth. This is called Cleft Palate. Symptoms. Of course, u...
"Grate and make poultice. Apply to part where pain is." Makes a good drawing poultice and a counterirritant.
Bleeding from the womb occurring six hours after delivery is called post partum and after that time, is known as puerperal child-birth bleeding or hemorrhage. Causes. A relaxed con...
This is a growth beginning near the inner or outer corner and extending with its point towards the center of the cornea. Symptoms. The patient only complains when it has advanced t...
Both lines of sight are not directed towards the same object of fixation. Internal or Convergent Squint. Where one eye is turned inward toward the nose. External or Divergent Squin...
Extremes in hot and cold bathing should be avoided. The skin should be kept active by daily comfortable baths, followed by a brisk rubbing with a rough towel. The Bowels and Bladde...
It is supposed that the onion is a native of Hungary. It is now found over the whole civilized world. It contains a white, acrid, volatile oil holding sulphur in solution, albumen,...
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Deficiency of thiamine, endemic in eastern and southern Asia and characterized by neurological symptoms, cardiovascular abnormalities, and edema.
Beri-beri is a disease rarely occurring in the United States. It is usually found in the warmer climates and peculiar to certain regions such as India, and Japan. It is characteriz...
Causes. This may be acute or chronic. It is an infectious disease characterized by inflammation of several joints. The joints are held in place by ligaments and are inclosed by a t...
The womb may come down and remain in the vagina (incomplete falling). When the womb escapes at the vulva it is called a complete falling (prolapse or procidentia). For the Incomple...