MOTHERS' DIAGNOSIS

STRIKING, CHARACTERISTIC SYMPTOMS

of Many Diseases for Quick Reference and Comparison

WHEN IN DOUBT

BEFORE CALLING THE DOCTOR.

APPENDICITIS.--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 the right groin. Patient

lies on his back with his right knee drawn up. The muscles become rigid on

the right side and later a lump appears in the right groin (iliac fossa).

ANEMIA.--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 difficulty of breathing. Palpitation

on least exertion, tendency to faint, headache, tired, irritable, poor or

changeable appetite, digestive disturbances, constipation, cold hands and

feet, difficult and painful menstruation (dysmenorrhea), irregular

menstruation, leucorrhea. And when the skin is pale, yellowish green

tinge, with perhaps flushed cheeks, it might properly be called chlorosis

or "green sickness."

ADDISON'S DISEASE.--Great weakness, stomach and bowel disorders, weak

heart and dark coloring (pigmentation) of the skin.

BRIGHT'S DISEASE.--Albumin and casts in the urine. The onset is usually

gradual. There is paleness and puffiness of the eyelids, ankles or hands

in the morning. Later increased dropsy of face and the extremities, pasty

yellow complexion, dyspepsia, constipation and heart symptom.

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BRONCHITIS, ACUTE. (Cold on the Chest.)--There is a feeling of

tightness under the breastbone, with a dry hard cough and headache. This

cough may make the chest feel raw and sore, especially in front.

CHOLERA MORBUS.--The onset is usually sudden with nausea, vomiting, and

cramp-like bowel pains; vomits at first the stomach contents. Purging

follows; vomiting and purging with severe cramps in abdomen and legs.

CROUP.--Child wakes up suddenly, perhaps at midnight, with a harsh barking

cough, with difficulty of breathing, and it looks as if it could not get

another breath. Then there is an easy spell and soon the spasm recurs.

CANCER OF THE STOMACH.--There is anemia and a gradual loss of weight. A

peculiar color of the skin (cachexia), irregular vomiting, some bleeding

of "coffee-ground" color. Progressive loss of weight. Dragging or burning

in the region of the stomach.

CHICKEN POX.--Slight fever, chilly feelings. In twenty-four hours the

eruption appears upon the body, face and forehead often only a few

separate red pimples which soon become rounded vesicles; however, there

may be few or many.

DIABETES.--The onset is gradual, glucose (sugar) is persistently in the

urine. Great quantity of urine passed; six to forty pints in twenty-four

hours. Thirst is great. Large quantities of water is taken. Loss of

strength and weight, mouth is dry, tongue is red and glazed, skin is dry

and wrinkled.

DIPHTHERIA.--This disease begins gradually, as a rule, with chilly

feelings, pain in the back and limbs, pulse is faster, with a general

redness of the throat before the formation of the membrane; with such

symptoms there are great weakness, paleness, and a bad smelling breath.

Soon a spot or spots may be seen on the tonsils, uvula or soft palate, but

in a day or two a dirty white patch is seen on the tonsils and this may

spread, and with it there is increased weakness, pallor, loss of appetite

and fever. When the membrane is taken off of the tonsils there is left a

raw surface, and the membrane rapidly reforms.

DYSENTERY.--The onset may be marked by diarrhea, followed by a severe,

cramp-like bowel pain, with frequent small stools containing blood and

mucus and accompanied by much straining (tenesmus).

DYSPEPSIA, ACUTE. (Acute Gastritis, Acute Indigestion).--Distress in the

stomach, headache, thirst, nausea, vomiting, tongue heavily coated, foul

breath, distaste for food, tender stomach.

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ERYSIPELAS.--The onset is sudden, high fever, and a local redness with a

sharply defined margin between it and a healthy skin. It frequently

appears upon the nose and spreads over one cheek or both. It may show only

a smooth raised skin, or there may be vesicles.

EARACHE.--This is very common in children. It comes frequently as an

extension through the eustachian canal of a cold. The ache is only an

evidence of congestion or inflammation in the ear. The child bursts out

crying violently and nothing seems to make it stop. It may cry for some

time then stop. When it is very young it is restless, and wants to move

constantly, and refuses to be comforted by the soothing embraces of its

mother. It is quiet only a few moments at a time and again renews its

cries and restlessness. The cries are moaning and seem like hopeless

cries. A child or infant that cries that way and will not be quieted,

should be suspected of having earache, and hot applications of dry or wet

heat should be applied to the ear. If such symptoms are neglected, in a

few days you are likely to have a discharge running from the external

canal (meatus) and perhaps permanent injury may be done to the drum

membrane by ulceration. Warm water poured in the ear frequently relieves

common earache.

GALL STONES.--Sudden agonizing pain in the right upper abdomen in the

region of the liver, with vomiting, prostration, tenderness in that

region. Pain generally comes at intervals in paroxysms. There may be pains

in the stomach during the weeks when the attack is absent and the patient

may think the stomach is the seat of the trouble.

IRITIS.--Pain is severe and worse at night, the iris looks cloudy, muddy,

the pupil is small. There is congestion around the iris (ciliary

congestion).

KIDNEY STONES.--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 usually sudden, with a chill, and all of the

symptoms of an active fever, headache, bone-ache, a general ache all over.

A feeling of extreme weakness; feels miserable and sick.

LOCK-JAW (Tetanus).--History of a wound. The muscles of the jaw may be

stiff and set. When there are spasms the muscles remain stiff and hard for

some time.

MALARIAL FEVER.--Chill, fever, and sweat, or one stage may be absent.

There may be only a slight chilly feeling with fever almost all day and

then remission.

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MUMPS.--The swelling is in front and below and behind the ear. Hard to eat

and the swallowing of vinegar is almost impossible.

MEASLES.--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 cold in the head, but with a

persistent, hard racking cough. The eruption appears first in the sides of

the mouth, in the inner surface of the cheeks, lips, gums and soft palate,

in size from that of a pin-head to that of a split pea. It appears then

about the eyes and then on the face, chest and extremities. It is first in

red spots and then gets blotchy. This is usually three to six days after

the appearance of the cold (catarrh) symptoms.

MEASLES (German).--Chilliness, slight fever, pain in the back and legs,

coryza. The eruption appears on the first or second day, on the face, then

on the chest and in twenty-four hours over the whole body. The glands

under the jaw enlarge.

OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM. (Inflammation of Eyes at Birth).--A severe

conjunctivitis in the newly-born baby, swelling and redness usually of

both eyes, occurring on the second or third day after birth; very soon

there is a discharge and shortly it becomes creamy pus which runs from the

eyes when the lids are parted.

PLEURISY.--The onset may be sudden or gradual. Sudden with a chill, fever,

a severe sharp pain, stitch in the side, made worse by respiration,

coughing or moving. The cough is dry. The pain is near the breast and

sometimes it extends to the back.

PNEUMONIA.--It begins with a chill, fever, pain in the lungs,

expectoration with cough, and the material spit up may be mixed with blood

(rusty sputa). Then also rapid rise of temperature, "grunting" breathing,

the nostrils dilate, and the cheeks are flushed.

RHEUMATIC FEVER OR INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM.--A number of joints become

involved. It spreads from one joint to another, very painful joints;

profuse sweating.

SMALLPOX.--The onset is sudden and ushered in by a chill, nausea and

vomiting, headache, and severe pains in the back and legs, without grip

symptoms. There is a rapid rise of temperature. Usually on the fourth day

after the onset small red pimples appear on the forehead, along the line

of the hair and on the wrists. The temperature falls with the appearance

of the eruption.

SPOTTED FEVER.--Marked loss of appetite, chill, projectile vomiting,

severe headache, pain and stiffness of the back and neck. Later head is

drawn back, often the back is rigid. The muscles of the neck and back are

very tender.

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SCARLET FEVER. (Scarlatina).--Comes on suddenly with loss of appetite,

headache, sick stomach, perhaps vomiting, high fever, sore throat,

vomiting may persist. The tongue is coated, edges are red; later it is red

and rough; the so-called strawberry tongue. Usually within twenty-four

hours an eruption appears, first upon the neck and chest which spreads

rapidly over the face and the rest of the body. The eruption consists of

red pimply elevations about the size of a pin-head, very close together,

so that the body seems to be covered with a scarlet flush. If you look

closely you can see these little pimply elevations.

TUBERCULOSIS OF THE LUNGS.--Irregular temperatures, respiration is more

frequent than normal, pulse is rapid, cough, expectoration, night sweats,

perhaps, and general failure of strength.

TONSILITIS. (Smooth and Follicular).--Commences with a chill, rapid rise

of temperature, general aching in the back, and legs especially. The

tonsils are large and red and spots may appear on them in a few hours.

There may be no spots but a smooth; red, swollen tonsil, sometimes swollen

to an enormous size. The spot and membrane, if any exists, are easily

rubbed off and when this is done a glistening surface is seen, but not

raw, as in diphtheria.

TYPHOID FEVER--There is a feeling of illness for a week or two and the

patient is not able to work much, does not sleep well, dreams, has a dull

headache, back of the neck may be stiff, nosebleed sometimes, with a

feeling as if there was some fever, increasing feeling of weakness, and

sick feeling. Finally the fever, etc., becomes more prominent with

constipation and diarrhea.

ULCER OF THE CORNEA.--Light hurts the eyes very much, tears run freely and

there is a feeling of something in the eye. The eyeball shows a rim of

pink congestion about the cornea. The ulcer can be seen.

ULCER OF THE STOMACH.--Pain, local tenderness, bleeding. Distress after

eating and vomiting of a very acid fluid. Pain in the region of the

stomach and usually sharp pain in the back is the most constant symptom.

It is increased by food at once and relieved by vomiting. The tenderness

upon pressure is usually marked and is localized.

WHOOPING-COUGH.--Begins with symptoms of a cold in the eyes, nose, and the

chest. The cough gradually becomes worse, usually in from seven to ten

days; it comes in paroxysms (spells) and then the whoop.

RESPIRATORY DISEASES [6]

Including CROUP, COLDS, SORE-THROAT, HOARSENESS,

BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, HAY-FEVER, PLEURISY,

ADENOIDS, PNEUMONIA, ETC.

With Definition, Cause, Symptoms, Preventives,

Mothers' Remedies, Physicians' Treatment;

also Diet, Nursing and Sanitary Care; all for Home

Use and Reference.

THE ANATOMY OF THE NOSE.--The nose is divided by a middle partition

(septum) into two cavities (nasal chambers or fossae) each being a

wedge-shaped cavity, distinct by itself and extending from the nostril or

anterior nares in front to the posterior openings behind and from the base

of the skull to the hard palate below. Where the posterior opening or

nares ends is called the nose-pharynx, The pharynx joins there with the

cavities and hence called nose-pharynx. The partition (septum) is thin,

one-tenth to one-eighth of an inch in thickness and is composed in front

of cartilage (gristle) and behind of bone. In its normal state this

partition (septum) should be perfectly straight, thin and in the middle

line, The cartilaginous (gristle) portion is seldom found in this

condition as, owing to its prominent location and frequent exposure to

injury, blows and falling on the nose, the partition (septum) is often

bent or turned to one side or the other so far in some cases as to close

the nostril. The posterior part is composed of bone, and being well

protected, is seldom found out of position or displaced, even when the

cartilaginous portion is often badly deformed, The floor of the nose is

formed by the upper jaw bone (maxillary) and the palate bone. The outer

wall of the nose or nose cavity is the most complicated, for it presents

three prominences, the turbinated bones, which extend from before

backwards and partially divide the nose cavity into incomplete spaces

called meatus passages. The turbinated bones are three in number, the

inferior, middle and superior. They vary in size and shape, and owing to

the relations they hear to the surrounding parts, and to the influence

they exert on the general condition of the nose and throat, are of great

importance. The inferior or lower turbinate bone is the largest and in a

way is the only independent bone. The middle and superior are small. They

are all concave in shape and extend from before backwards, and beneath the

concave surface of each one of the corresponding passages or openings

(meatus) is formed. The inferior or lower (meatus) opening or passage is

that part of the nasal (nose) passage which lies beneath the inferior

turbinate bone and extends from the nostrils in front to the passage

behind the nose (post-nasal) (posterior nares) toward the pharynx. The

middle opening (meatus) lies above the inferior turbinate bone and below

the middle turbinate bone. The superior opening (meatus) is situated above

the middle turbinate bone.

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[Illustration: Bronchial Tubes and Lungs.]

The mucous membrane lining the nasal passages is similar to other mucous

membranes. It is here called the Schneiderian membrane after the name of a

German anatomist named Schneider. It is continuous through the ducts with

the mucous membrane of all the various accessory cavities of the nose. It

is quite thin, in the upper part over the superior turbinate bone and

partition (septum) while it is quite thick over the lower turbinate bone,

the floor of the nose cavity and the lower part of the partition. It is

well supplied with blood vessels, veins, and glands for producing the

necessary secretion.

The nose is an organ of breathing (respiration) and it warms and moistens

the air we breathe and arrests particles of dust in the air before they

enter the lungs. If the air we breathe is of an uneven temperature, or of

marked degree of dryness, or if it is saturated with impurities, it always

acts as a source of irritation to the mucous membrane of the upper

respiratory tract, like the larynx. By the time the air reaches the

pharynx, through the nose, it has become almost as warm as the blood, and

also is well saturated with moisture. The mucous membrane that lines the

nose cavity and especially that part over the lower turbinate bone,

secretes from sixteen to twenty ounces of fluid daily. This fluid cleanses

and lubricates the nose and moistens the air we breathe. Conditions may

arise which interfere with this natural secretion. This may be due to the

fact that some of the glands have shrunk or wasted (atrophied) and the

secretion has become thick. This collects in the nose, decomposes and

forms scabs and crusts in the nostrils. In this condition there will be

dropping of mucus into the throat. This condition is usually only a

collection of secretions from the nose,--which are too thick to flow

away,--collect in the space behind the nose, and when some have

accumulated, drop into the pharynx.

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In order to be in good health it is necessary to breath through the nose,

and to do this there must be nothing in the nose or upper part of the

pharynx to interfere with the free circulation of the air through these

cavities. The cavities of the nose may be partly closed by polpi (tumors)

on the upper and middle turbinate bone, a spur on the (septum) partition,

deviation of the partition or enlarged turbinate bones, or adenoids in the

upper part of the pharynx. These troubles almost close up the nose

sometimes and the person is compelled to breathe through his mouth. He not

only looks foolish, talks thick, but is laying up for himself future

trouble. By correcting the trouble in the nose and removing the adenoids

in the upper part of the pharynx the patient can breathe through the nasal

passages. If you take a tube you can pass it straight back through the

lower channel (meatus) into the pharynx. It will touch the upper back wall

of the pharynx. If the tube has a downward bend you can see it behind the

soft palate and by attaching a string to that end you can draw it back out

through the nostrils. In that way we plug the posterior openings (nares).

The upper part of the pharynx reaches higher up behind than a line drawn

horizontally above the tip of the nose to the pharynx. It reaches forward

above the soft palate on its front surface. Its front surface is almost

directly on a vertical line with tonsil, above the soft palate. On its

upper part and on the side near the nose cavity is the opening of the

eustachian tube.

The name naso-pharynx means the junction of the nose and pharynx.

Sometimes the upper posterior wall of the pharynx, called the vault of the

pharynx, especially the part behind each eustachian tube, is filled almost

full with adenoids. These are overgrowths or thickenings of the glandular

tissue in the upper posterior wall of the pharynx (vault of the pharynx).

ADENOIDS. (Pharyngeal Tonsil, Lursehkas Tonsil, Adenoid Vegetation, Post-

nasal Growth.)--Adenoids are overgrowths or thickenings of the glandular

tissue in the vault (top) of the pharynx. They are on the upper posterior

wall of the pharynx, often filling the whole space, especially the part

behind the ear-tube--eustachian tube.

They are a soft pliable mass, well supplied with blood vessels, especially

in children. Some are firmer and these are the kind seen in adults. The

color varies from pale pink to dark red. The structure is similar to

enlarged tonsils.

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[Illustration: Adenoids]

Symptoms.--Children breathe chiefly or wholly through the mouth. They are

apt to breathe noisily, especially when they eat and drink. They sleep

with their mouth open, breathe hard and snore. They have attacks of slight

suffocation sometimes, especially seen in young children. There may be

difficulty in nursing in infants; they sleep poorly, toss about in bed,

moan, talk, and night terrors are common. They may also sweat very much

during sleep. A constant hacking or barking cough is a common symptom and

this cough is often troublesome for some hours before going to bed.

Troubles with the larynx and pharynx are common and spasmodic laryngitis

appears to be often dependent upon adenoids. Bronchial asthma and sneezing

in paroxysms are sometimes connected with them. The chest becomes

deformed. The prolonged mouth-breathing imparts to adenoid patients a

characteristic look in the face. The lower jaw is dropped and the lips are

kept constantly apart. In many cases the upper lip is short, showing some

part of the upper teeth. The dropping of the jaw draws upon the soft parts

and tends to obliterate the natural folds of the face about the nose,

lips, and cheeks. The face has an elongated appearance and the expression

is vacant, listless, or even stupid. The nose is narrow and pinched, from

long continued inaction of the wings of the nose (alae nasi). The root of

the nose may be flat and broad. When the disease sets in during early

childhood, the palate may become high arched. If the disease continues

beyond second teething, the arch of the palate becomes higher and the top

of the arch more pointed. The upper jaw elongates and this often causes

the front teeth to project far beyond the corresponding teeth in the lower

jaw. The high arched palate is often observed to be associated with a

deflected partition (septum) in the nose.

The speech is affected in a characteristic way; it acquires a dead

character. There is inability to pronounce the nasal consonant sounds; m,

n, and ng and the l, r, and th sounds are changed. Some backwardness in

learning to articulate is often noticed.

Deafness is frequently present, varying in degree, transient and

persistent. Attacks of earache are common and also running of the ears.

The ear troubles often arise from the extension of catarrh from the

nose-pharynx through the eustachian tubes to the middle ear. Sometimes the

adenoids block the entrance to the tubes. The ventilation of the middle

ear may be impeded. Dr. Ball, of London, England, says: "Ear troubles in

children are undoubtedly, in the vast majority of cases, dependent upon

the presence of adenoid vegetation" (growths).

Children with adenoids are very liable to colds in the head, which

aggravate all the symptoms, and in the slighter forms of the disease the

symptoms may hardly be noticeable, except when the child is suffering from

a cold.

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Chronic catarrh is often caused by adenoids. A chronic pus discharge often

develops, especially in children. There is often a half-pus discharge

trickling over the posterior wall of the pharynx from the nose-pharynx.

And yet some children with adenoids never have any discharge from the

nose. There may be more or less dribbling of saliva from the mouth,

especially in young children, and this is usually worse during sleep.

Headache is not uncommon when these growths persist into adult life: they

continue to give rise to most of the symptoms just described, although

these symptoms may be less marked because of the relatively larger size of

the nose-pharynx. The older patients seek relief, usually, from nasal

catarrh symptoms. They complain of a dry throat on waking and they hawk

and cough, In order to clear the sticky secretion from the throat. The

adenoids have often undergone a considerable amount of shrinking, but they

frequently give rise to a troublesome inflammation of the nose and

pharynx. Rounded or irregular red elevations will often be seen on the

posterior wall of the pharynx, outgrowths of adenoid tissue in this

region. Similar elevations are sometimes seen on the posterior pillars of

the fauces. The tonsils are often enlarged. A good deal of thick discharge

will sometimes be seen in the posterior wall of the pharynx proceeding

from the nose-pharynx.

Although adenoids, like the normal tonsil, usually tend to diminish and

disappear with the approach of youth, they constitute during childhood a

constant source of danger and trouble and not infrequently inflict

permanent mischief. Also children afflicted with adenoids are less able to

cope with diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, whooping-cough, etc.

Deafness, mouth-breathing habit, and imperfect resonance of the voice, as

well as the characteristic expression of the face, will often remain as

permanent effects of the impairment of function due to these growths in

childhood, even though they have more or less completely disappeared. The

collapsed state of the wings of the nose, and wasted condition of their

muscles, resulting from long disease, often contributes to the

perpetuation of the mouth-breathing habit. On the other hand the rapid

improvement, after a timely removal of the growths, is usually very

striking.

Treatment.--The only thing to do is to remove them soon, no matter how

young the patient may be. An anaesthetic is usually given to children. The

operation does not take long and the patient soon recovers from its

effects. The result of an operation, especially in young children, is

usually very satisfactory. Breathing through the nose is re-established,

the face expression is changed for the better. The symptoms as before

described disappear to a great extent.

COLDS. (Coryza. Acute Nasal Catarrh. Acute Rhinitis).--This is an

inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose.

Causes.--Exposure to cold or wet when the body is overheated; sudden or

extreme changes in the atmosphere; inhaling irritating fumes or dust.

Symptoms.--A chilly feeling, limbs ache, tendency to sneeze, severe

headache above the nose, eyes are dry, stopped-up feeling in the nostrils.

Then there is a thin watery discharge, usually of an irritating character,

very thin at first, but it soon becomes thicker; sometimes the ears ring

(tinnitus). The nose and lining is red and swollen.

MOTHERS' REMEDIES.--1. Colds. Borax for Cold Settled in Throat. "For a

cold in the throat, dissolve a piece of borax, the size of a pea, in the

mouth and don't talk. It will work like a charm." This is an old and well

tried remedy and is very good for colds or sore throat. It acts by

contracting the tissues and in that way there is less congestion in the

parts.

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2. Colds, Valuable Caution and Treatment for.--Mrs. Maxwell, of Cleveland,

writes in the Cleveland Press as follows: "If you intend to treat the cold

yourself, take it up at the outset. Don't wait for it to develop. To break

it up, nothing is better than the full hot bath at bed time, or the foot

bath with mustard, followed by a hot drink. It is old-fashioned, but

scientific, for nine colds out of ten are due to clogged pores. Benjamin

Franklin said a hundred years ago that all colds come from impure air,

lack of exercise, and over-eating, and nobody has ever bettered his

conclusion. Even contagious colds will not be taken if the bodily

resistance is kept at par. More fresh air, less grip. Avoid people who

have colds, and keep out of badly ventilated rooms. Stuffy street cars are

responsible for half the hard colds, not because people get chilled, but

because the air is foul. And when you have a cold keep away from the baby.

If the baby takes a cold, let it have medical attention at once. Don't

experiment upon it with remedies intended for grown-ups."

3. Colds, Molasses-Vinegar Syrup for.--"One-half cup of molasses, butter

the size of a hickory nut, one tablespoon vinegar, boil together. Dose:

One teaspoonful or less as the case requires. Take often until relieved."

This is an old remedy and a good one.

4. Colds, Quinine and Ginger for.--"Give plenty of quinine and drink hot

water with ginger in it." Quinine, as we all know, is an old remedy for

colds and therefore we all know how it acts. The ginger warms up the

system and produces sweating. Care should be taken when using this remedy

not to take cold, as the pores are all opened by the quinine.

5. Colds, Boneset for.--"Boneset tea steeped and drank cold cures a

cold." Boneset simply acts by causing a better circulation in the system

and in that way sweating is produced and we all know that a good sweat

will usually cure a cold if taken in time.

6. Severe Cold or Threatened Consumption.--"One pint of molasses; one pint

of vinegar; three tablespoonfuls of white pine tar; let this boil not

quite half down; remove from the stove and let stand until next day; then

take and skim tar off from the top, throwing tar away. Jar up and take as

often as necessary. Spoonful every half to two hours."

7. Colds, Rock Candy Syrup for.--"Ten cents worth of rock candy; one pint

of whisky; one pint of water; fifteen cents worth of glycerine; mix all

together; this will syrup itself." Take one teaspoonful as often as

necessary. This is excellent.

8. Colds, Skunk's Oil for.--"Skunk's oil has cured colds quickly by

rubbing on chest and throat." The oil penetrates quickly and relieves the

congestion. This remedy can always be relied upon.

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9. Colds, Lemons and Mustard for.--"A hot lemonade taken on going to bed

and put the feet in a hot mustard bath; taken in time will break up a

cold." The idea of the foot bath is to equalize the circulation, as so

many of our colds begin in the head and by drawing the blood from the head

the congested parts of the head are relieved.

10. Colds and Cough, Hops or Catnip Poultice for.--"Hops or catnip put in

little bags and steamed until hot, then placed on lungs and throat." This

is a very good remedy, as the hot bags act as a poultice and draw the

congestion from the diseased parts. It produces not only local, but

general perspiration.

11. Colds, Honey for.--"Eat honey. I have tried this many times and it is

very good." The honey is very soothing, but if a little hoarhound or lemon

is added it would make it much more effective. This is a good remedy for

children, as they most all like honey.

12. Colds, to Break Up at the Outset.--"To break up a cold soak the feet

in hot water and drink all the cold water you can." This has been known to

cure many severe colds if taken at the beginning.

13. Cold in the Chest, Mutton Tallow and Red Pepper for.--"If cold is in

the chest, render enough mutton tallow for one cupful and add one

teaspoonful of red pepper and rub on chest and apply a flannel to keep out

the cold. This is an old-time remedy and a good one."

14. Colds, Lard and Turpentine for.--"Melt a half cupful of lard and add

one and one-half teaspoonfuls of turpentine, rub on chest and apply

flannel cloth."

15. Cold, Milk and Cayenne as a Preventive.--"Drink a glass of milk with a

pinch of cayenne in it. This will warm the stomach and prevent headache."

PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT for Colds.--Preventive. Avoid the known causes of

the trouble. A daily cold bath, if well borne, is held to be an effectual

prevention against taking cold. Have the adenoids removed if your

physician so recommends it. If seen early it can frequently be aborted.

Bathe the feet in hot mustard water, a small handful of mustard to a pail

half full of hot water. At the same time, drink hot teas, like hoarhound,

ginger, lemonade, etc. Then put the patient to bed and place hot water

fruit jars around him. This treatment will produce a good sweat. After the

sweating has continued for some time and the patient feels uncomfortable

because of the sweat, bathe him with a towel dipped in warm water, and dry

the parts as you go along. Of course, all of this is done under cover.

After you have bathed and dried the patient, put on a clean and well-aired

night shirt and clean sheets, also well aired. This simple treatment will

abort most colds. The patient should keep in bed for at least twelve hours

after such a sweating. Plenty of cold water and lemonade can be given,

especially after the patient has become cooler. Plenty of water is good

for any cold; hot outside and cool for the inside. The bowels should be

opened with salts. A Dover's powder (ten grains) will produce sweating,

but why use it when sweating can be produced by the means first mentioned.

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1. Camphor and Vaseline Mixed, or Camphor and Cream, rubbed in the nose is

good to stop the cold and soreness.

2. A few drops (two or three) of camphor taken internally every three

hours will abort some colds, especially if the nose is all the time

pouring out drops of water.

3. Aconite in small doses, one-tenth of a drop, every two hours is a

splendid remedy at the beginning. My experience has shown me that aconite

does better work in these small doses. Put one drop in ten teaspoonfuls of

water and give one teaspoonful at a dose.