Two padded splints three to four inches wide and long enough to take in the hand also should be applied, one to the thumb, and the other to the back of the forearm, slight extensio...
"Take a bottle of alcohol, put enough red pepper in it so that when four drops are put in a half cup of water it is strong. This is what I always break up my grippe with." Peppers...
Patterson's Emulsion of Pumpkin Seeds is said to be a good emulsion for expelling tapeworms. Take two ounces of pumpkin seeds, peel and pound to a paste with sugar, then add by deg...
Vomiting, terrible weakness. Treatment. Emetics, such as warm salt water, warm mustard water, goose grease, lard, vaselin, etc.; then stimulants such as strong, coffee, brandy; hea...
Hair that is dry and brittle really requires some oleaginous preparation, used in moderation. Yellow vaselin is good. Part the hair and rub it into the scalp with the tips of the f...
When menstruation is absent or suppressed, bleeding sometimes occurs periodically, from the ear, nose, any existing raw surface, leg, ulcer, and from the respiratory (breathing) tr...
Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form). One tablet four times a day.
There is an inflammation involving the choroid, ciliary body and iris. There is pain, tenderness, small blocked pupil and sight is poor. Course. It usually appears between the thir...
"One ounce salt petre pulverized, one pint sweet oil. Rub parts affected."
Small tropical American shrubs (family Rutaceae) with small greenish flowers.
Oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, Al2O3 is a sesquioxide. shirr Cook (unshelled eggs) by baking until set.
Mediterranean tree (Pistacia terebinthus), a source of tanning material and turpentine.
Tropical American plants, genus Smilax, with fragrant roots used as a flavoring. Dried roots of any of these plants. Sweet soft drink flavored with these roots. savin Evergreen Eur...
Regulation of the diet; in pronounced cases the diet should consist entirely of milk and the patient should take three or four quarts in twenty-four hours. Meats, pastry and sweets...
Yellow fever is an acute infectious disease characterized by jaundice, hemorrhages, albuminuria (albumin in the urine). Cause. It is common in the West Indies and epidemic in nearb...
The lower part of the alimentary canal is called the rectum, originally meaning straight. It is not straight in the human animal. It is six to eight inches long. The anus is the lo...
Woodland plants of the genus Hepatica, especially H. americana of eastern North America, having three-lobed leaves and white or lavender flowers.
White, waxy substance from the head of the sperm whale used for making candles, ointments, and cosmetics.
In emergencies splints can be made from shingles, pasteboards or even bark.
Down of the eider duck, used to stuff quilts and pillows. Quilt stuffed with the down of the eider duck.
Hemorrhage form (bleeding). (a) Rapid bleeding from the rupture of an aneurism, from a blow, or eating into the blood vessels by an ulcer. (b) Slow bleeding as from nose-bleed, flo...
Causes. This is always secondary and comes from some other part of the body. It comes often in young and middle life and is more common in males than in females. The most frequent...
Sulphur Precipitated 1/2 dram Lead Acetate 1/2 dram Sodium Chloride 1 dram Glycerin 4 ounces Bay rum 1 ounce Jamaica rum 2 ounces Water enough to make 8 ounces The above amount, ne...
Relating to or near a rib.
This is an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain alone, and generally commences with fever and severe headaches, with avoidance of light and noise as these are painful....
Various forms of conjunctivitis in newborns, usually contracted during birth from passage through the infected birth canal of the mother.
see hydrophobia
Put on a towel, about eight to twelve inches wide. This should go around the body and be pinned tightly; or, if you have a roll of adhesive plaster, two and one-half to three inche...
To keep from drowning it is advisable, but not necessary, to know how to swim. The human body in the water weighs little more than a pound; so that one finger placed upon a piece o...
This should be of cotton. In case of necessity, handkerchiefs, towels, pieces of muslin, cloths; hay or grass can be used temporarily.