"Resin 4 ounces Beeswax 4 ounces Lard 8 ounces Honey 2 ounces Boil slowly until melted, then remove and stir until cold."
"Tincture of Cayenne Pepper 1/2 ounce Spirits of Camphor 2 ounces Tincture of Arnica 1-1/2 ounce No better liniment; is an excellent remedy to bathe the back with; will not blister...
Perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine (belladonna, Atropa belladon...
Eurasian herb (Tussilago farfara), naturalized in parts of North America with dandelion-like flower heads. Dried leaves or flower heads of this plant have been long used in herbal...
Aconite 2X dil. Put ten drops or fifteen drops in a half-glass of water and give when there is active and violent inflammation with full and rapid pulse, shivering and bilious vomi...
Ornamented with patterns in relief made by pressing or hammering on the reverse side;
"Make a poultice of lobelia and stramonium leaves, equal parts, and apply to part, renewing as often as necessary." This poultice acts by relaxing the muscles, but in severe cases...
"Oil of cinnamon rubbed on gum and on cotton batting and put in hollow tooth."
Tincture Laudanum or Opii 1 ounce Tincture Capsicum 1 ounce Spirits Camphor 1 ounce Chloroform 180 minims Alcohol to make 5 ounces Mix. Dose: One-half to one teaspoonful fifteen mi...
Tincture of Benzoin Compound 1 ounce Tincture of Tolu 1 ounce Chloroform 1/2 dram Sulphuric Ether 1/2 dram Aromatic Spirits of Ammonia 4 drams Oil of Tar 1/2 dram Rectified Spirits...
The enlarging womb pressing upon the rectum and also irregularity in diet causes constipation at this time. Daily free bowel movements are necessary to prevent the kidneys from ove...
This affection which is also known as acute hydrocephalus (meaning water on the brain), is essentially an acute tuberculosis in which the membranes of the brain, sometimes of the c...
Resembling or functioning as a valve. Relating to a valve, especially of the heart.
Appear quickly. Terrible convulsions, in paroxysms, devilish grin, the body is curved backward, jaw set. Treatment. Cause vomiting, with warm salt water, warm mustard water, lard,...
East Indian perennial herb (Curcuma longa) of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae) used as a coloring agent, a condiment, or a stimulant. Yellow to reddish brown dyestuff obtained fro...
See lime sling Drink consisting of brandy, whiskey, or gin, sweetened and usually lemon-flavored.
Soda, chalk, whiting, sprinkled over the surface of the skin and covered with moist coverings of gauze. Egg albumen is also good applied, on the part.
Disease in humans and other warm-blooded animals involving the blood-forming organs; causes an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the tissues with or without a...
Two deciduous shrubs, Vaccinium myrtillus, of Eurasia, or V. corymbosum, of eastern North America, having edible blackish berries.
Solution of arsenite of potassium in water; named for Fowler, an English physician who brought it into use.
Appear quickly. Terrible convulsions, in paroxysms, devilish grin, the body is curved backward, jaw set. Treatment. Cause vomiting with warm salt water, warm mustard water, lard, v...
Aconite 2X dil., etc. every hour for first twenty-four hours. Bryonia 2X dil., etc. Given same way, when the patient lies quietly, hurts to move, stitching pain in chest when cough...
Bitter-tasting resin from the dried root of the may apple; used as a cathartic.
Small dagger with a slender, tapering blade. Small, sharp-pointed instrument used for making eyelet holes in needlework.
There is a tendency to sleep walking in some families, often more than one child will do this to a greater or less extent. It is very extreme in some cases, and the next morning th...
Eurasian mint (Mentha pulegium) with small lilac-blue flowers that yield an aromatic oil. Aromatic plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) of eastern North America, having purple-blue flowers...
Chronic form of glanders that affects the skin and superficial lymph vessels.
Caustic white solid, KOH, used as a bleach and in the manufacture of soaps, dyes, alkaline batteries.
"Boil handful each of tansy and smartweed together till strong tea is made. Dip cloths in the hot tea and apply." Good local and quieting application.