Larynx (lar'inx). The organ of the voice, situated between the base of the
tongue and the trachea.
Larva (lar'-vah). The first stage of the insect development after leaving
the egg and in which the organism resembles a worm.
Laxative (lak'-sat-iv). Mildly cathartic. Loosening.
Laryngoscope (lar-in'-go-skop). A mirror attached to a long handle for
examining the interior of the larynx.
Laryngotomy (lar-in-got'ome). The operation of cutting into the larynx
(incising the larynx).
Lesion (le'zhun). An injury, wound or morbid structural change.
Lethargy (lith-ar-gi). A condition of drowsiness or stupor that cannot be
overcome by the will; also a hypnotic trance.
Leucorrhea (lu-kor-re'-ah). A white, muco-purulent discharge from the
vagina and womb, popularly called "the whites."
Ligature (lig'-at-ur). A thread or wire for tying a vessel, etc.
Ligament (lig'-am-ent). Any tough fibrous band which connects bones or
supports viscera (internal organs).
Linctus (link'-tus). A thick syrupy medicament to be taken by licking.
Liniment (lin'-im-ent). Any oily preparation to be rubbed upon the skin.
Lithontriptic (lith-on-trip'-tik). An agent that dissolves renal stones.
Lithotomy (lith-ot'o-me). The removal of a stone by cutting into the
bladder (cystotomy).
Lithotrity (lith-ot'ri-te). The crushing of a calculus (stone) within the
bladder by a lithotrite (instrument).
Livid (li'vid.) Discolored from the effects of congestion or contusion.
Lochia (lo'keah). The discharge from the vagina that takes place during
the first week after child-birth.
Lumbago (lum-ba'go). Neuralgia of the loins.
Lumbar (lum'bar). Pertaining to the loins.
Lymph (limf). A transparent slightly yellow liquid of alkaline reaction
which fills the lymphatic vessels.
Lymphatic (limfat'-ic). Pertaining to or containing lymph.
Maceration (mas-er-a'shun). The softening of a solid by soaking.
Macula (mak'-u-lah). A stain or spot; especially one upon the skin not
elevated above the surface.
Malaria (mah-la'riah). A fever disease, now known to be caused by a blood
parasite.
Malarial (mal-a'real). Pertaining or due to malaria.
Malformation (mal-for-ma'shun). Deformity. An abnormal development or
formation of a part of the body.
Malignant (mal-ig'nant). Bad. Threatening life.
Malleolus (mal-le'o-lus). A hammer-headed process of bone.
Mania (ma'ne-ah). A variety of insanity characterized by wild excitement,
hallucinations, delusions and violent tendencies.
Mamma (mam-mah). The breast. Mammary gland.
Marrow (mar'o). The fatty substance contained in the medullary canal of
long bones and in the interstices of the cancellous bone.
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Mastication (mas-tik-a'shun). The chewing of food.
Maturation (mat-u-ra'shun). The formation of pus.
Matrix (ma'trix). The womb. The groundwork in which anything is cast.
Meatus (me-a'tus). A passage or opening.
Medulla Oblongata (med-ul-lah oblong-at'-a). An organ or ganglion of the
brain which connects the
spinal cord with the pons.
Menses (men'sez). Monthly flow from the womb.
Menstrual (men'stru-al). Pertaining to menstruation.
Menstruum (men'stru-urn). A solvent.
Metastasis (met-as'tas-is). The transfer of a diseased process from a
primary focus to a distance by the conveyance
of the causal agents through the blood vessels
or lymph channels, like mumps from face to
the scrotum.
Metatarsus (met-ah-tar'-sus). The bones of the foot--situated between the
(instep) tarsus and toes.
Miasm (mi'asm). Anything harmful contaminating the air.
Micturition (mik-tu-rish'-un). The act of passing urine.
Midwife (mid'wif). A female nurse who attends women in childbirth.
Minim (min'-im). About a drop.
Mitral valves (mit'ral). The valves that control the opening from the left
auricle to the left ventricle.
Morbid (mor'bid). Pertaining to disease or diseased parts.
Morbific (mor-bif 'ik). Producing disease.
Morbus (mor'bus). Disease.
Mucous Membrane (mu'kus). A membrane that secretes mucus.
Mortification (mor-tif-ik-a'shun). See gangrene.
Mucilage (mu-cil'ij). A solution of gum in water.
Mucus (mu'kus). A viscid liquid.
Narcotic (nar-kot'-ik). A drug that produces stupor.
Nausea (naw'sheah). Sickness at the stomach with an inclination to vomit.
Navel (n-a'vet). The umbilicus.
Nauseant. (naw'she-ant). Nauseating; producing nausea.
Necrosis (nek-ro'sis). The death of cells surrounded by living tissue.
Nephritic (nef-rit'-ik). Pertaining to nephritis (inflammation of the
kidneys).
Nervine (nur'-vin). Acting upon the nerves.
Neuralgia (nu-ral'-jeah). Severe pain along a nerve without any
demonstrable structural changes in the nerve.
Neurasthenia (nu-ras-then-iah). A group of symptoms resulting from
debility or exhaustion of the nerve centers.
Nocturnal (nok'-tur-nal). Pertaining to the night.
Node (nod). A knob. Protuberance.
Normal (nor'-mal). Conforming to natural law or order.
Nostalgia (nos-tal'-je-ah). Homesickness.
Nostrum (nos'trum). A quack; secret medicine.
Nutritious (nu'trish'us). Nourishing.
Obtuse (ob-tus'). Dull.
Obesity (obes'it-e). An excessive development of fat.
Oedema (e-de'mah). An infiltration of serum in a part; watery swelling.
Obstetrics (ob-stet'-riks). Care of women during pregnancy, confinement
and after.
Occipital (ok-sip'it-al). Pertaining to the back part of the head
(occiput).
Olfactory Nerves (ol-fak'-to-re). Nerves of smell.
Omentum (o-men'tum). An apron. A fold of the peritoneum connecting the
abdominal organs with the stomach.
Ophthalmia (off-thal'-meah). Inflammation of the eye.
Opiates (o'-pe-ats). A preparation of opium.
Optic (op'tik). Pertaining to vision or to the science of optics.
Optic nerve. Nerve of sight.
Orthopnea (or-thop-ne'ah). A condition marked by quick and labored
breathing and relief is only had by remaining
in an upright position.
Ossific (os-if '-ik). Producing bone.
Ossification (os'if-ik-a'shun). The formation of bone.
Ovary (o'var-e). One of a pair of glandular organs giving rise to ova
(eggs).
Ovariotomy (o-va-re-ot'-o-me). Removal of an ovary.
Ovum (o'vum). An egg; the reproductive cell of an animal or vegetable.
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Oxygen (oks'e-gen). A colorless, tasteless, odorless gas.
Palate (pal'-at). The roof of the mouth.
Palpitation (pal-pit-a'shun). A fluttering or throbbing, especially of the
heart, of which a person is conscious.
Palliative (pal'-e-a-tiv). An agent that relieves or soothes the symptom
of a disease without curing it.
Panacea (pan-a-se'ah). A cure-all.
Papilla (pap-il'-ah). A small nipple-like eminence.
Paracentesis (par'-ah-sen-te'-sis). Puncture of the wall of a cavity of
the body, such as the chest, drum
membrane, etc.
Paralytic (par-ah-lit'ik), Affected with paralysis.
Paralysis (par-al'-is-is). "Palsy." A loss of motion or of sensation in a
part.
Paraplegia (par-ah-ple'jeah). Paralysis of the lower half of the body or
of the lower extremities.
Parasite (par'ah-sit). An animal or vegetable living upon or within
another organism, termed the host.
Paroxysm (par'oks-izm). The periodic increase or crisis in the progress of
a disease.
Patella (pat-el'-ah). The knee cap.
Pathology (path-ol'-oje). The branch of medical science that treats of the
modifications of functions and changes of
structures caused by disease.
Pathognomonic (path-og-no-mon'ik). Characterized by a disease
distinguishing it from other diseases.
Parturient (par-tu're-ent). Giving birth; being in labor.
Parturition (par-tu-rish'-un). The act of giving birth to young.
Pediculus (pe-dik'-u-lus). The louse.
Pelvis (pel'-vis). A basin or basin-shaped cavity. The bony ring formed by
sacrum and coccyx and innominate bones.
Pepsin (pep'-sin). A ferment found in the gastric juice, and capable of
digesting proteids in the presence of an acid.
Percussion (per-kush'-in). Striking upon a part to ascertain the condition
of the underlying organs.
Pericardium (per-e-kar'de-um). The closed membranous sac enveloping the
heart.
Pericarditis (per-e-kar'-di-tis). Inflammation of the pericardium.
Perineum (per-e-ne'um). That portion of the body included in the outlet of
the pelvis, bounded in front by the pubic arch,
behind by the coccyx, and ligaments and on the
sides by the projections of the ichium.
Periodicity (pcr-e-o-dis'ite). Recurrence at regular intervals.
Periosteum (per-e-os'teum). Covering of parts of the bone except where the
tendons and ligaments are attached to the joint surfaces.
Peristaltic (per-e-stal'tik). Pertaining to peristalsis, an wave-like
motion seen in the tubes, like bowels, etc.
Perflation (per-fla-shun). To blow through.
Petechia (pet-e-keah). A small spot beneath the epidermis due to an
effusion of blood.
Permeate (per'me-at). Passing throughout.
Permeable (per'me-able). Capable of affording passage.
Phagedenic (fag-ed-en'ick). Relating to phagedena, a rapidly spreading
destructive ulceration of soft tissues.
Phalanges (fa-lan'ges). Plural of phalanx. Bones of the fingers or toes.
Pharynx (far'-inx), The throat.
Phlegmatic (fleg-mat'-ik). Indifferent, apathetic.
Phlebotomy (fleb-ot'o-me). Opening of a vein for blood letting.
Phlegmon (fleg'mun). An inflammation characterized by the spreading of a
purulent or fibro-purulent exudate within the tissues.
Phthysical (tiz'ik-al). Pertaining to consumption (phthisis).
Physiognomy (fiz-e-og'no-me). The countenance.
Plethoric (pleth'o-rik). A state characterized by an excess of blood in
the vessels and marked by a reddish color of
the face, full pulse, etc.
Pleura (plu'rah). The serous membrane enveloping the lung and lining the
inner surface of the chest cavity.
Pleurisy (plu'rise-e). Inflammation of the pleura (pleuritis).
Plexus (plex-us). A network, especially an aggregation of vessels or
nerves forming an intricate network.
Polypus (pol'e-pus). A tumor having a pedicle, found especially on mucous
membranes, as in the nose, etc.
Pregnancy (preg'nan-se). Woman with child; state of being pregnant.
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Prescription (pre-skrip-shun). A formula written by a doctor to the
druggist, designating substances to be administered.
Post-mortem (post-mor'tem). An examination of a body after death.
Potable (po'ta-bl). Drinkable.
Prognosis (prag-no'sis). A judgment in advance concerning the duration,
course and termination of a disease.
Prophylactic (pro-fil-ak'tik). An agent that prevents the development of
disease.
Prolapsus (pro-lap'sus). Falling downward.
Pruritus (pru-ri'tus). Intense itching.
Pseudo (sudo). A prefix meaning false.
Ptyalism (ti'-al-izm). Salivation.
Puberty (pu'ber-te). The period at which generative organs become capable
of exercising the function of reproduction.
Purperal (pu-ur'per-al). Pertaining to, caused by, or following childbirth.
Pulmonary (pul'mon-are). Pertaining to the lungs.
Pulmonitis (pul-mon'itis). Inflammation of the lungs. Better term is
pneumonia.
Pulp. The soft part of fruit.
Pungent (pun'jent). Acrid, penetrating, producing a painful of prickling
sensation.
Purgative (pur'ga-tiv). A drug producing copious discharges from the
bowels.
Purulent (pu'rul-ent). Having the character of or containing pus.
Pus (pus). A liquid inflammation product made up of cells (leukocytes) and
a thin fluid called liquor pures.
Pustules (pus'tuls). Small circumscribed elevations of the skin containing
pus.
Putrid (pu'trid). Rotten.
Putrefaction (putre-fak'shun). The decomposition of animal or vegetable
matters effected largely by the agency
of nucro-production of various solid,
liquid and gaseous matters.
Pylorus (pi-lo'rus). The circular opening of the stomach into the
duodenum.
Pyrosis (pir'os-is). Heartburn; a burning sensation in the gullet and
stomach with sour eructation, due to acid dyspepsia.
Rectum (rek'tum). The lower part of the bowel (of the large intestine).
Recurrent (re'kur'ent). Returning.
Refrigerant (re-frig'er-ant). Coating, lessening fever.
Regimen (rej'im-en). The systematic regulation of the diet and habits for
some special purpose.
Regurgitate (re-gur-je'-tat). Flowing back or against a normal direction.
Resolution (rez-o-lu'shun). The return of a part to a normal state after a
pathologic (disease) process.
Resolvents (rez-ol'vent). An agent that causes resolution.
Respiration (res-pir-a'shun). The act or function of breathing; the act by
which air is drawn in and expelled from the
lungs, including inspiration and expiration.
Restorative (res-tor'a-tiv). Prompting a return to health or
consciousness.
Resuscitation (re-sus-sit-a'shun). The bringing back to life of one
apparently dead.
Retina (ret'in-ah). The delicate innermost tunic and perceptive structure
of the eye, formed by the expansion of the optic nerve
and covering the back part of the eye as far as the
"ora serrata."
Revulsion (re-vul'shun). The diverting of disease from one part to another
by the sudden withdrawal of the blood from the part.
Rheum (rum). Any watery or catarrhal discharge.
Rubefacient (ru-be-fa'shent). An agent that reddens the skin.
Rigor (rigor). The rigidity or stiffening which follows after death, due
to congestion of the "muscle plasm."
Saccharine (sak'kar-in). Sugary; of a sweet taste.
Salvia (sal've-ah). Sage.
Salutary (sal'u-ta-re). Favorable to the preservation and restoration of
health.
Sanative (san'at-iv). Promoting health; health.
Sanies (sa'ne-ez). A fetid, ichorous discharge from a wound or ulcer,
containing serum, pus and blood.
Scab (scab). The crust of a superficial sore.
Sanitary (san'it-are). Promoting or pertaining to health.
Sanitation (san-it-a'shun). The establishment of conditions favorable to
health.
Sanguine (sang-gwine). Abounding in blood. Ardent; hopeful.
Scarf-skin (scarf-skin). The epidermis.
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Scirrhus (skir'rus). A hard cancer.
Sciatic (si-at'ik). Pertaining to the ischium (bone).
Scorbutic (skor-bu'tik). Pertaining to or affected by scurvy.
Scrotum (skro'tum). The pouch which contains the testicles and their
accessory organs.
Scrofulous (skrof 'u-lous). Affected with or of the nature of scrofula.
Sebaceous (se-ba'shus). Pertaining to sebum or suet.
Sedative (sed'at-iv). A remedy that allays excitement.
Sedentary (sed'en-ta-re). Sitting habitually; of inactive habits.
Seminal (sem'in-al). Pertaining to seed or semen.
Serum (se'rum). The clear portion of any animal liquid separated from its
more solid elements; especially the clear liquid which
separates in the clotting of blood from the clot and the
corpuscles.
Serous (si'rus). Pertaining to or resembling serum.
Semiflexion (sem-e-flek'shun). The position of a limb midway between
bending and extension.
Senile (se'nil). Of or pertaining to old age.
Septic (sep'tik). Produced by or due to putrefaction.
Sialagogues (si-al'-ag-og). An agent that produces a flow of saliva.
Sinapism (sin'ap-izm). A mustard plaster.
Sinew (sin'yu). The tendon of a muscle.
Slough (sluf). A mass of dead tissue in or cast out from living tissue.
Sewerage (su'er-ej). Drainage.
Solution (so'lu'shun). A liquid containing dissolved matter.
Solvent (sol'vent). Capable of dissolving.
Sordes (sor'dez). The dark brown foul matter which collects on the lips
and teeth in low fevers (typhoid, etc.).
Spasm (spazm). A sudden, violent, involuntary rigid contraction due to
muscular contraction.
Speculum (spek'u-Ium). An instrument for dilating the opening of a passage
or cavity of the body to view the interior.
Specific (spe-sif 'ik). A remedy especially indicated for any particular
disease.
Sphincter (sfingk'ter). A ring-like muscle which closes a natural orifice.
Spinal Cord (spi'nal). The cord-like structure contained in the spinal
canal.
Spleen (spleen). One of the so-called ductless glands.
Sporadic (spo-rad'ik). Occurring here and there, scattered.
Squamous (skwa'-mus). Scaly or plate-like.
Stertorous (ster'torus). Snoring. breathing.
Sternum (ster'num). Breast bone.
Stertor (ster'tor). Snoring or sonorous breathing, especially that of
sleep or of coma.
Stethoscope (steth'o-skop). An instrument for ascertaining the condition
of the organs of circulation and respiration.
Stimulant (stim'u-lant). Producing stimulation. Increasing the heart's
action.
Stool (stool). The fecal discharge from the bowel.
Stomachic (stom'ak-ik). Pertaining to the stomach.
Strangury (stran-ju-re). Slow and painful discharge of the urine.
Stricture (strik-tur). Abnormal narrowing of a canal, duct or passage.
Strumous (stru'mus). Scrofulous.
Struma (stru'mah). Scrofula.
Stupor (stu-por). Partial or nearly complete unconsciousness.
Styptic (stip-tik). Astringent. To arrest hemorrhage by means of
astringent quality.
Subcutaneous (sub-ku-ta'neus). Beneath the skin.
Submaxillary (sub-max'il-la-ri). Situated beneath the jaw.
Sudor (su'dor). Sweat or perspiration.
Sudorifics (sudor-if-iks). Sweaters.
Suppurate (sup'pu-rat). To produce pus.
Suture (su'tur). A surgical stitch or seam; an unmovable joint.
Symptom (simp'tom). Any evidence of disease or of a patient's condition.
Synocha (sin'-o-kah). A continued fever.
Syncope (sin'-co-pe). A swoon, fainting, or a faint. Sudden failure more
or less of the heart's action.
Syphilis (sif'i1-is). A venereal disease (pox).
Syringe (sir'inj). All instrument for injecting liquids into any vessel or
cavity.
Tepid (tep'id). Luke warm.
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Tetanic (tet'an-ik). Pertaining to or of the nature of tetanus.
Tertian (tur'shan). Recurring every third day.
Tetanus (tet'an-us). An acute disease due to the bacillus tetani, in which
there is a state of more or less persistent tonic
spasm of some of the voluntary muscles.
Tibia (tib'eah). The inner bone of the leg (below the knee).
Therapeutics (ther-ap-u'tiks). The science and art of healing.
Thorax (tho'raks). The chest.
Testicles (tes'tik-kl). The two glands which produce semen.
Tendon (ten'don). A band of dense fibrous tissue forming the termination
of a muscle and attaching the latter to a bone.
Tense (tens). Stretched.
Tension (ten'shun). The act of stretching.
Tincture (tink'tur). A solution of the medicine principle of a substance
in a fluid other than water or glycerol.
Tonsils (ton'sils). Small almond-shaped masses between the pillars of the
fauces on either side.
Torpid (tor'pid). Not acting with normal vigor and facility.
Torpor (tor'por). Sluggishness.
Tormina (tor'minah). Griping pains in the bowels.
Trachea (tra-ke-ah). The wind-pipe.
Tracheotomy (trake-ot'o-me.) The formation of an artificial opening into
the trachea, cutting into the trachea.
Transpiration (tran-spi-ra'shun). The discharge of air, sweat or vapor
through the skin.
Tubercles (tu'ber-kl). Any mass of small, rounded nodules produced by the
bacillus of tuberculosis.
Transudation (trans'-u-da'tion). The passing of liquid through a membrane.
Tumefaction (tu-me-fak'-shun). A swelling. Puffiness.
Tumor (tu'mor). Morbid enlargement.
Tympanum (tim'pa-num). The middle ear.
Typhoid (ti'foid). Resembling typhus.
Typhus (ti'-fus). A contagious fever characterized by a petechial
(spotted) eruption, high fever and great prostration.
Ulcer (ul'-ser). An open sore other than a wound.
Ulna (ul'nah). A bone of the forearm on the side opposite that of the
thumb.
Urea (u-re'ah). A white, crystallizable substance from the urine, blood
and lymph.
Ureter (u-re'-ter). The tube that conveys the urine from the kidney to the
bladder.
Urethra (u-re'thra). A membranous canal extending from the bladder to the
surface.
Urine (u'rin). The fluid secreted by the kidneys, stored in the bladder
and discharged through the urethra.
Uric Acid (u'rik a'sid). One of the nitrogenous end products of
metabolism, found in the urine and spleen.
Uterus (u'ter-us). The womb.
Uvula (u'vu-lah). The pendulum (tip) of the soft palate.
Vaccine (vak'sin). The virus used in vaccinating.
Variolus (va-ri'o-lus). Pertaining to or of the nature of smallpox.
Varicose (var'ik-os). Swollen, knotted and tortuous blood vessels.
Vagina (vaj-i'-nah). A sheath. The canal from the slit of the vulva.
Vaginismus (vaj-in-iz'-mus). Painful spasm of the vagina due to local
oversensitiveness.
Valetudinarian (val'e-tu-din-a-re-an). A person of infirm or feeble habit
of body.
Vascular (vas'ku-lar). Pertaining to or full of vessels.
Venery (ven'er-e). Sexual intercourse.
Venous (ve'nus). Of or pertaining to the veins.
Venesection (ven-a-sek'shun). The opening of a vein for the purpose of
bleeding.
Ventilation (ven-til'a-shun). The act or process of supplying fresh air.
Vermifuge (ver'mif-uj). Having the power to expel worms.
Ventral (ven'-tral). Pertaining to the belly side.
Ventricle (ven'trik-l). Any small cavity.
Vertebra (ver'te-brah). Anyone of the thirty-three bones of the spinal
column.
Vertigo (ver'tig-o). Giddiness; dizziness.
Virulent (vir'u-lent). Exceedingly noxious or deleterious.
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Virus (vi'rus). Any animal poison; especially one produced by and capable
of transmitting a disease.
Viscus (vis'-kus). Pl.-Viscera (vis'-er-a). Any large interior organ in
either of two great cavities
of the body, especially the
abdomen.
Vesiccant (vis'ik-ant). Causing blisters.
Vesication (ves-ik-a'shun). The process of blistering.
Vesicle (ves'ik-al). A small sac containing fluid.
Veterinary (vet'-er-in-a-re). Pertaining to domestic animals and their
diseases.
Vitreous Humor (vit'-re-us yu'-mor). The transparent jelly-like substance
filling the posterior chamber of the eye.
Volatile (vol'-at-il). Tending to evaporate rapidly.
Vulnery (vul-ne-ra-re). Pertaining to or healing wounds.
Vulva (vul'-vah). The external fleshy part of the female organs of
generation.
Whites (whitz). Leucorrhea or leukorrhea.
Zymotic (zi'mot'ik). Caused by or pertaining to zymosis.
Zymosis (zi-mo'sis). Fermentation. The propagation and development of an
infectious disease known by the growth of bacteria
and their products. Any infectious or contagious
disease.
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MEDICAL INDEX
INCLUDING PAGES 1 TO 682
Abortion (Herb Remedies) 413, 422, 444
Abortion (Accidents of Pregnancy) 524
Abscess 69
External Abscess 69
Mothers' Remedies 69
1. Beech Bark Poultice for 69
2. Milk and Salt Poultice for 69
3. More Good Poultices for 69
Abscess, Ano-Rectal 151
Abscess Around the Anus and Rectum 151
Abscess of the Brain 296
Abdominal Dropsy 135
Abscess, Hepatic 132
Abscess, Ischio-Rectal 151
Abscess of the Liver 132
Causes 132
Symptoms 132
Abscess 132
Recovery 132
Treatment 132
Diet in Liver Troubles 132
May Take 133
Must Not Take 133
Abscess of the Lungs 43
Causes 43
Symptoms 43
Physicians' Treatment 43
Accidents 376
Acne 63
Causes 64
Physicians' Treatment for Acne 54
Tincture of Nux Vomica 54
Calomel 54
Diet 54
Local Treatment 54
External Medication, Ointments and Lotions 54
1. Soothing Ointment 54
2. The Following Used as a Soothing Lotion 54
3. Dr. Duhring's Lotion 55
4. Kummerfield's Lotions 55
5. Stimulating Preparation's 55
6. Ointment of White Precipitate 55
7. The Following Hebra Lotion 55
Caution 55
Aconite, Poison by 401
Actinomycosis 234
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis 307
Acute Bright's Disease 156
Acute Bronchitis 30
Acute Bronchitis, Diagnosis of 2
Acute Catarrhal Angiocholitis 128
Acute Catarrhal Conjunctivitis 349
Acute Congestion of the Kidneys 155
Acute Dyspepsia 100
Acute Gastritis 100
Acute General Peritonitis 133
Acute Indigestion 100
Acute Inflammation of the Kidneys 156
Acute Inflammation of the Smaller Bronchi and lungs 40
Acute Inflammation of the Stomach and Upper Bowel 111
Acute Laryngitis 24-26
Acute Melancholia 312
Acute Nasal Catarrh 10
Acute Nephriti 156
Acute Pharyngitis 21
Acute Pharyngeal Catarrh 21
Acute Pleurisy 41
Acute Rhinitis 10
Acne, Simple 53
Acute Tonsilitis 187
Acute Uraemia 156
Acute Yellow Atrophy 131
Addison's Disease 255
Causes 255
Symptoms 255
Treatment 256
Addison's Disease, Diagnosis of 1
Adenoids 8
Symptoms 8
Treatment 10
Adenoid Vegetation 8
Aestivo-Autumnal Fever 228
Agitans, Paralysis 291
Ague 229
Mothers' Remedies 229
1. Dogwood Good for 229
2. Menthol and Alcohol Effective Remedy for 229
3. Simple Remedy for 229
Ague, Chills and Fever (rare prescription) 467
Albuminuric Retinitis 355
Albumin Water 649
Alcoholism 371
Alcohol (Medical Use) 670
Alcohol, Poison by 401
Alcohol Sponge Bath 631
Anenoids, Operations for 663
All about Baby 544
Allen's World's Hair Restorer 465
Allopathy 660
Almond Milk 649
Alopecia 55
Alopecia Areata 56
Alum (Medical Use) 671
Amenorrhea 505
Amenorrhea (Herb Remedies) 418, 419, 420, 422, 424, 430, 442, 444, 446
Ammonia, Poison by 401
Anaemia 249
Causes 249
Symptoms 249
Treatment 250
1. Blaud's pills are very much used 250
2. Fowler's Solution of Arsenic 250
Diet 250
Anaemia, Diagnosis of 1
Anaemia, Pernicious 250
Anaemia, Secondary 251
Anaesthetica Lepra 240
Anatomy of the Nose 6
Anaemic Congestion 301
Diet 301
Medicines 301
[910 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]
Aneurism 845
Treatment 345
Angina Pectoris 344
Angina, Simple 21
Angiocholitis, Acute Catarrhal 128
Anidrosis 57
Treatment 57
Animal Parasites, Diseases Caused by 44
Anthrax 59, 230
Symptoms 231
Malignant Anthrax (Swelling) 231
Internal Anthrax 231
Charbon or Wool Sorter's Disease 231
Treatment 231
Ano-rectal Abscess 151
Anti-Constipation Pad 465
Antimony, Poison by 401
Anus, Diseases of the 136
Anus, Fistula in 152
Anus, Itching of the 143
Aortic Stenosis 343
Aortic Insufficiency 343
Symptoms 343
Aphasia 291
Varieties 291
Causes 291
Symptoms of the Motor Aphasia 291
Recovery 292
Treatment 292
Appendicitis 116
Symptoms 116
Local Signs 116
Recovery 117
Operations 117
Diet 117
Mothers' Remedies 117
1. Home Treatment found Good for 117
Physicians' Treatment 117
Caution 117
Appendicitis, Diagnosis of 1
Appendicitis, Operations for 663
Appetizer (Herb Remedy) 424
Apple Water 649
Apoplexy 292
Causes 292
Direct Causes 293
Symptoms 293
Subsequent Symptoms 293
What Can I Do at Once? 293
Mothers' Remedies 293
1. Simple yet Effective Remedy for 293
2. Simple Injection for 294
Medical Treatment 294
Caution 294
Arkansas, Hot Springs of 666
Arm, Plate of Bandage 386
Arrowroot Custard 647
Arrowroot Gruel 652
Arsenic, Poison by 402
Arsenical Poisoning, Chronic Case 402
Arteriosclerosis 345
Treatment 345
Arthritis, Rheumatic 314
Articular Rheumatism (Rheumatic Fever) 317
Arthritis, Gonorrheal 236
Ascariasis Lumbricoides 44
Ascites 135
Local Causes 135
General Causes 135
Symptoms 135
Physicians' Treatment 135
Ascites caused by an Ovarian Tumor 135
Asiatic Cholera 223
Asphyxiation, Gas 395
Aphthous Stomatitis 97
Asthma, Bronchial 37
Causes 37
Symptoms 37
Mothers' Remedies 37
1. Raspberry Tincture for Adults 37
2. Simple but Effective Remedy for 37
3. Lobelia Tea for 37
Physicians' Treatment for Asthma 38
1. Inhale Chloroform 38
To Prevent Recurrence 38
2. Vapo-Cresolene burned in a room 38
3. Tartar Emetic 38
Asthma, Bronchial, (Herb Remedies) 420, 426, 439, 442
Asthma, Hay 17
Asthma, Spasmodic 37
Asthma, Spasmodic (Herb Remedies) 427, 438
Ataxia Hereditary 306
Ataxia, Locomotor 305
Atrophic Leprosy 240
Atrophy, Acute yellow 131
Atropine, Poison by 402
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral 466
Ayer's Hair Vigor 466
Ayer's Sarsaparilla 467
BABY, ALL ABOUT (DEPT.) 544
(The following items are divisions and
sub-divisions of the 400 questions and over
in the Baby's Department.)
Adding other Food to Milk 586
All about Baby 544
Average Weight 547
Baby's Bed 562
Baby's First Meal 562
Baby's Second Summer 598
Band for Baby 552
Barley and Oatmeal Gruels 574
Bed Wetting 619
Bath 548
Bottle-Fed Babies 612
Bottle-Fed Baby, Special Monthly Rules for 571
Brain, Inflammation of 617
Bread, Crackers and Cheese 600
Bruises 621
Burns 621
Caked Breasts, Prevention of 566
Canker Sore Mouth 551
Cap for Baby's Ears 554
Cereals 600
Chafing 552
Circumcision 549
Clothing for Baby 553
Colds in Babies 620
Colic 608
Condensed Milk, How Shall I Use? 589
Constipation in Babies 611
Convulsions 542, 616
Cow's Milk 575
Cow's Milk, Modified 577
Cracked Nipples 566
Croup 27
Cry, How to Distinguish It 561
Cuts 621
Desserts 601
Diapers, Care of 552
Diarrhea (For Older Children) 611
Diet of Older Children-Fourth to Tenth Year 598
Dressing for Different Seasons, General 554
Drooling 554
Earache 610
Eggs 599
Enlarged Glands 619
Exercise 605
Eyes, Sore, Treatment of 549
Feeding During the Second year 595
Feeding Directions 592
Feeding Intervals 592
[MEDICAL INDEX 911]
Feeding and Nursing, Special Rules and Formula for Each Month 574
First Series of Formulas 581
Fly (Carrying Disease) 564
Food Healthy Infants, For Early Months 580
Food for Healthy Infants During the Latter Months 583
Foods for Special Conditions 588
Foreign Bodies in Throat, Ear or Nostrils 608
Fourth Series 588
Fruits 601
Genital Organs 549
Healthy Child Twelve Months, For 596
Hiccoughs 619
Hives 620
How to Lift a Child 606
Indigestion in Older Children 602
Infant Feeding 565
Inflammation of the Brain 617
Kissing 607
Loose Stools in Nursing Babies 569
Loss of Appetite 587
Malnutrition (Marasmus) 613
Meat and Fish 599
Milk and Cream 598
Milk and Cream, Care of 576
Mosquito Bites 564
Mouth, Care of 550
Mouth, Sore, Canker 551
Navel and Cord 549
Nervousness 607
Nipples, Cracked 566
Nursing 556, 565
Over-Feeding 587
Over-Nursing 587
Peptonized Milk 594
Permanent Teeth, Usual Order 619
Poisoning 621
Pregnancy (40 Questions and Answers) 544
Proprietary Foods 622
Regular Feeding 593
Rickets 614
Rocking Baby 604
Rubber Rings, or Ivory 560
Rules for Using Formulas 584
Rupture in a Baby 620
Scald Head 617
Scalp, Care of 550
Schedule for Three-Year-Old Child 597
Scurvy 615
Second Series of Formulas 581
Sickness, Early Signs of 621
Sleep 603
Soft Spot 548
Soothing Syrup, Overdose of 622
Sore Eyes, Treatment of 549
Sore Mouth, Canker 551
Special Care of the Baby 561
Splinters 621
Sprue 551
Sterilized Milk 593
Stools and Urine, Appearance of 547
Sugar, Kind to Use 578
Teeth 563
Teething 560, 618
Temperature 606
Third Series of Formulas 583
Thrush 551
Toys 607
Urine, Disappearance of 547
Ventilation and Airing 557
Weaning 569
Weighing Baby Frequently 558
Wardrobe, Baby's First 553
Washing Baby 547
Wounds 621
Baby's Second Summer 598
Bald Patches 56
Causes 57
Physician's Treatment 57
Local Treatment 57
Baldness 55
Causes 55
Mothers' Remedies 55
1.--Well Recommended for 55
2.--Vaselin and Quinine for 55
3.--Good Canadian Remedy for 55
Physicians' Treatment 55
1.--Dr. Schalek 56
2.--For Baldness 56
3.--For Baldness 56
4.--Ihle's Mixture 56
5.--Bulkley's Lotion 56
6.--Lassar's Ointment 56
Bandage of the Jaw, Plate of 380
For Fractures 381
Hospital Method, Plate of 394
Spiral Bandage of Foot, Plate of 384
Spiral Bandage of the Finger, Plate of 384
Borsch's Eye, Plate of 386
Spiral Reversed Bandage of Arm, Plate of 386
Barbers' Itch 87
Mothers' Remedies 87
1.--Standard Remedy for 87
2.--Healing Ointment for 88
3.--Reliable Remedy for 88
4.--Sulphur and Lard for 88
5.--Cuticura Ointment for 88
Physicians' Treatment 88
Barker's Bone and Nerve Liniment 467
Barley Gruel 652
Barley Water 647
Basedown Disease 260
Basilar Meningitis 210
Bathing in Polluted Waters 400
Baths 629
Beard, Ringworm of the 87
Bed Pan, How to Use a 641
Bed Sores, Prevention and Care of 628
Treatment, Preventive 628
Treatment of Sore Proper 629
Bed-Wetting 619
Belladonna, Poison by 402
Beri-Beri 230
Bites, Dog (Not Rabid) 377
Bites, Insect and Other 378
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 674
1.--Simple Remedy for 674
Bites, Mosquito 377
Bites, Snake 377
Big-Jaw 234
Alimentary Canal Type 234
In the Lungs 234
Symptoms 234
The Skin 234
Diagnosis 234
Treatment 235
Biliary Calculi 129
Bile Ducts, Cancer of the 130
Biliousness 125
Causes 125
Prevention 125
Diet 126
Mothers' Remedies 126
1.--Lemons for 126
2.--Salt and Water for 126
3.--Dandelion Tea for Chronic 126
4.--A Cheap and Very Safe Plan 126
5.--Salt Lemonade for 126
6.--Boneset Tea for 126
Physicians' Treatment 126
1.--Medicines 126
2.--Twenty Drops of Fluid Extract of Queen's Root 126
3.--The Following Combination 126
4.--For the Attack 127
[912 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]
Biliousness (Herb Remedies) 421
Blackheads 61
Symptoms 61
Causes 61
Mothers' Remedies 61
1.--Effective Yet Harmless Remedy for 61
2.--Alum Water for 62
3.--Cream of Tartar and Sulphur for 62
4.--Healing Cream for 62
Physicians' Treatment for Pimples 62
Local Treatment 62
1.--Precipitated Sulphur and Rosewater 62
2.--A Good Combination 62
Bladder, Inflammation of the 162
Bladder, Inflammation of (Herb Remedies) 419-429
Bladder Trouble 162
Mothers' Remedies 162
1.--English Oil of Sandalwood for 162
2.--Effective Herb Teas for 163
Treatment 163
Diet 163
Bladder Trouble (Herb Remedies) 417, 425, 432, 435, 441, 442, 444
Bleeders 254
Bleeding 394
Mothers' Remedies 394
1.--Unusual Way to Stop 394
2.--Cobwebs to Stop 394
3.--Powdered Alum and Hot Water Stops 394
4.--Salt and Flour Successful 394
5.--Boracic Acid Is Excellent for 394
6.--Tobacco Will Stop 395
Bleeding (Herb Remedies) 420
Bleeding After Delivery 540
Bleeding From the Nose 19
Bleeding from the Stomach 107
Causes 107
Symptoms 107
Physicians' Treatment 107
Caution 107
Bleeding from the Wind-pipe and Lungs 38
Symptoms 38
Quantity 38
Mothers' Remedies 39
1.--Salt Water for 39
2.--Herb Tea for 39
3.--Effective Remedy for 39
4.--Tannin and Sugar for 39
Physicians' Treatment for Bleeding from the Wind-pipe and Lungs 39
1.--First Thing to Do 39
2.--If Caused by the Coughing 39
3.--Alum for 39
4.--White Oak Bark Tea for 39
5.--Hot Water and Salt for 40
6.--Other Easily Obtained Remedies 40
Cautions 40
Thirst 40
Diet 40
Bleeding from the Wind-pipe and Lungs (Herb Remedies) 412, 446
Blepharitis Marginalis 348
Causes 348
Symptoms 348
Treatment 348
Local Treatment 348
Blister 92
Mothers' Remedies 92
1.--Linseed Oil for 92
2.--A Method of Raising a Blister 92
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 674
1.--White of Egg for 674
Blister Disease 79
Symptoms 79
Causes 79
Physicians' Treatment 79
Elixir Quinine, Iron and Strychnine 79
Local Treatment 79
Blistered Skin, to Dress 635
Blood and Ductless Glands, Diseases of 249
Blood and Liver Regulator (Rare Prescription) 460
Blotches and Pimples (Rare Prescription) 473
Blood Purifier (Herb Remedies) 437
Blood in the Urine 156
Causes 156
Treatment 156
Blue Stone, Poison by 402
Blue Vitriol, Poison by 402
Boil 68
Causes 68
Mothers' Remedies 68
1.--My Mother's Poultice for 68
2.--Soap and Sugar Poultice for 68
3.--Vinegar and Camphor for 68
4.--Bean Leaf Poultice for 68
5.--Another Remedy for 68
Physicians' Treatment for Boils 69
Boil (Herb Remedies) 431
Borax (Medical Use) 671
Boric Acid 626
Bottle-Fed Babies 612
Bowels, Bleeding from (Herb Remedies) 423
Bowels, Inflammation of 118
Bowels, Inflammation of (Herb Remedies) 413,439
Bow-Legs 370
Treatment 371
Brain, Concussion or Laceration of 302
Brain Diseases, General and Functional 280
Brain Hemorrhage 202
Brain, Softening of 298
Brain, Syphilis of 297
Causes 297
Symptoms 297
Symptoms When Arteries Are Diseased 298
How to Tell What the Disease Is 298
Recovery 298
Treatment 298
Brain, Tumors and Inflammation of 296
Bran Poultice 631
Brandy and Egg Mixture 649
Breakbone Fever 208
Breast, Broken Abscess 538
Breasts, Caked (Herb Remedies) 434, 443
Breast, Cancer of 335
Breasts, Care of 538
Breasts, Inflammation of 538
Breasts, Inflammation of (Herb Remedies) 434
Breathing, Difficult 339
Bright's Disease, Diagnosis of 1
Bright's Disease, Acute 156
Symptoms 157
Diagnosis 157
Recovery 157
Treatment 157
Diet and Nursing 157
Bowels, Attention to 157
Bright's Disease, Chronic 158
Causes 158
Conditions 158
Symptoms 158
Treatment; Diet 158
Brinkerhoff System of Treating Piles 468
Brodie's Liniment for Asthma 484
Bromidrosis 57
Bromototoxismus 374
Bronchial Asthma 37
Bronchial Asthma (Herb Remedies) 438
Bronchitis, Acute, Diagnosis of 2
Bronchitis, Acute (Herb Remedies) 420
Bronchitis, Acute 30
Causes 30
Symptoms 31
Mothers' Remedies 31
1.--Camphor and Lard for 31
2.--Grandmothers' Remedy for 31
3.--Antiphlogistine Plaster for 31
[MEDICAL INDEX 913]
4.--One of the Best Home Remedies 32
5.--Camphorated Oil and Steaming for 32
6.--General Relief for 32
7.--Lard Poultice for 32
8.--Mustard Plaster for 32
9.--Well-Known Remedy for 33
10.--Remedy and General Tonic for 33
Physicians' Treatment for 33
1.--Sweating Remedy for 33
2.--Steaming Remedy for 33
3.--Steaming With Pitcher 33
4.--Rub the Chest 33
5.--For Adults 34
Diet in Bronchitis (Similar to Laryngitis) 34
Bronchitis, Acute (Herb Remedies) 422, 426, 444
Bronchitis, Chronic 34
Causes 34
Symptoms 34
Physicians' Treatment 34
Preventive 34
1.--Ammonium Chloride 34
2.--Combination of Ammonium Chloride, Licorice and Water 34
3.--If the Cough Is Troublesome 34
Bronchitis, Chronic (Herb Remedies) 438
Bronchial Goitre 258
Bronchial Tubes, Inflammation of the 30
Brancho-Pneumonia 40
Causes 40
Symptoms 40
Secondary Cases 40
Prevention 40
Mothers' Remedies 41
1.--Herb Tea and Poultice for 41
2.--Home Remedy for 41
3.--Hot Vinegar Applications for 41
Physicians' Treatment 41
Diet 41
Bruises 621, 391
Mothers' Remedies 391
1.--Cold Water Prevents Coloring 391
2.--Kerosene Relieves the Pain of 391
3.--Turpentine to Keep Proud Flesh from 391
4.--Bread and Vinegar Quick Relief for 391
5.--Good Liniment for 391
6.--Liniment used in Ohio for 391
Physicians' Treatment for Bruises 391
1.--Tincture of Arnica 392
2.--Alcohol for 392
3.--Cold or Hot Water Applied With Cloths 392
4.--Raw Beefsteak (lean) is Excellent 392
5.--Lead and Landanum Wash 392
Bruises (Herb Remedies) 410, 429, 443, 446
Bubonic Plague 225
Bunions 95
Mothers' Remedies 95
1.--Remedy from Your Flower Garden 95
2.--A Cure for 95
3.--Iodine for 96
4.--Tested Remedy for 96
Physicians' Treatment 96
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 674
1.-Pulverized Saltpetre for 674
Burns 387,621
Causes 387
Burns 387
First Degree 387
Second Degree 387
Third Degree 387
Mothers' Remedies for Burns 387
1.--Linseed Oil for 387
2.--Common Soda 387
3.--Apply Crushed Onion Poultice for 387
4.--Molasses Takes Pain from 387
5.--Butter a Relief for 387
6.--Oil of Peppermint Draws Fire Out of 387
7.--Sweet Oil and Cotton Batting Relieves 381
8.--Vinegar Prevents Blistering from 387
For a Severe Case 390
For Third Degree Burns 390
Warm Baths 390
Burns from Acid 391
Burns from Alkali (Like Potash or Strong Ammonia) 391
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 674
1.--Lime Water and Sweet Oil for 674
2.--Charcoal for 674
3.--Grated Onion for 674
4.--Easily Prepared Remedy for 674
Burns (Herb Remedies) 429
Burns and Scalds (Rare Prescription) 466
Calculi, Biliary 129
Caisson Disease 304
Caked Breasts 566
Caked Breasts (Herb Remedies) 434, 443
California Liniment 470
Calculus, Renal 161
Calculi or Stones, Operation for 665
Callositas 58
Callosity 58
Causes 58
Symptoms 58
Physicians' Treatment 58
Calvus 58
Camphor (Medical Use) 671
Cancer of the Gall Bladder and Bile Ducts 130
Causes 130
Cancer of the Breast 335
Cancers, Operation for 664
Cancer 332
Cancer is curable if it be operated upon in its early stages 332
Have Operations Failed to Cure? 332
What is Cancer? 333
When to Suspect Cancer and What to Do 333
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 675
1.--Yellow Dock Root for 675
Cancer Paste 471
Cancer of the Stomach, Diagnosis of 2
Cancer of the Stomach 106, 334
Symptoms 106
Course 106
Physicians' Treatment 106
Diet 107
Cancer of the Uterus 334
Canker Sore Mouth 97, 551
Causes 97
Symptoms 97
Mothers' Remedies 98
1.--Raspberry Leaf for 98
2.--Oak Bark Tea for 98
3.--Boracic Acid for 98
4.--Canker Weed Tea for 98
5.--Honey and Borax for 98
6.--Wild Turnip for 98
7.--Alum for 98
8.--Borax Water for 98
9.--Common and Effective Remedy for 98
10.--Shoemaker Root and Borax for 98
Physicians' Treatment for Sore Mouth 99
1.--For Canker Sore Mouth 99
2.--Burnt Alum 99
3.--Nitrate of Silver 99
4.--A Wash of Sage Tea 99
5.--The Juice of a Ripe Tomato 99
Canker Sore Mouth (Herb Remedies) 410, 420
Capsicum and Belladonna Plasters 635
Carbolic Acid 625
Carbolic Acid, Poison by 403
Carbuncle 59
Symptoms 59
Causes 60
[914 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]
Mothers' Remedies 60
1.--Poppy Leaves to Draw and Ripen 60
2.--Slippery Elm and Sassafras Root for 60
3.--Sheep Sorrel Poultice for 60
4.--Bread and Milk Poultice for 60
5.--The Common Scabious for 60
6.--Snap Bean Poultice for 60
Physicians' Treatment 60
Local 60
Cardialgia 107
Care of Discharges (Excreta) 624
Care and Disinfection of an Infected Room 626
Care of the Room by the Nurse 626
Carter's Little Liver Pills 472
Castoria 472
Castor Oil (Medical Use) 671
Cataract, Operation for 663
Cataract 353
Senile Cataract 354
Symptoms of Senile (Old Age) Cataract 354
Course 354
Cataract, Senile 354
Catarrh 14
Causes 14
Symptoms and Course 14
Mothers' Remedies 14
1.--Successful Remedy for 14
2.--Cleansing Antiseptic Remedy for 14
3.--Witch Hazel for 14
4.--Cure for 15
5.--Mullein Leaves, Treatment for 15
6.--Milk and Salt Wash for 15
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 674
1.--Burnt Alum for 674
2.--Bad Case Cured by the Following 674
3.--Borax and Camphor for 675
4.--Pure Lard for 675
Physicians' Treatment for 15
Local 15
1.--Spray for 15
2.--Powders for 15
3.--Solution for 16
4.--Spray for 16
Catarrh (Herb Remedies) 431, 434
Catarrh, Acute Nasal 10
Catarrh Acute Pharyngeal 21
Catarrhal Angiocholitis, Acute 128
Catarrhal Headache 268
Catarrhal Jaundice 128
Catarrh of Long Standing 467
Catarrh Ointment (Rare Prescription) 468
Cathartic and Sure Cure for Constipation 468
Cathartic (Herb Remedy) 429
Cereals and Cereal Gruels 651
Cerebral Anemia 296
Cerebral Hemorrhage 292
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 209
Cervical Tuberculosis 212
Cervix, Diseases of 497
Cervix, Inflammation of 498
Cervix, Tear of 497
Chafing 552
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy 473
Chapped Hands and Face 93
Mothers' Remedies 93
1.--Quince Seed Cream for 93
2.--Soothing Lotion for 93
3.--Glycerin for 93
4.--Carbolic Salve for 93
5.--Glycerin and Lemon Juice for 93
6.--Camphor Ice for 93
7.--Remedy from a New York Lady 93
8.--Rose Cream for 93
9.--Preventive for 93
10.--From a Twin Falls, Idaho. Mother 93
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 676
1.--An Inexpensive Remedy for 676
Physicians' Treatment far Chapped Hands 94
1.--For Chapped Hands 94
2.--Powdered Camphor 94
3.--Ointment of Water of Roses 94
4.--Powdered Zinc Oxide 94
Charbon (Wool Sorter's Disease) 230
Cheese, Poison by 403
Chest, Cold in 30
Chestnut Puree 652
Chicken Broth 652
Chicken Broth 648
Chicken Pox, Diagnosis of 2
Chicken Pox 179
Mothers' Remedies 179
1.--Catnip Tea and Soda Water for 179
Physicians' Treatment 180
Chilblains 96
Mothers' Remedies 96
1.--A Cure for 96
2.--Witch-Hazel for 96
3.--Ointment for 96
4.--Vinegar Cure 96
5.--Home-Made Salve for 96
6.--Common Glue 96
7.--The Onion Cure for 97
8.--The Hemlock Remedy for 97
Physicians' Treatment for Chilblains 97
Internal 97
External 97
1.--Alum as a Wash 97
2.--Ointment of Ichthyol 97
3.--Rosin 97
4.--Lard and Iodine Ointment 97
5.--The Following Is Good 97
Childbirth 494
Child Crowing 26
Cause 27
Symptoms 27
Physicians' Treatment 27
Preventive 27
Cold Sponging 27
Chills and Fever 229
Mothers' Remedies 229
1.--Peruvian Bark and Rhubarb for 229
2.--Horseradish for 230
3.--Dogwood Known to Be Good for 230
Treatment 230
Choking (Foreign Bodies in the Larynx) 396
Mothers' Remedies 396
1.--Fish Bone to Stop 396
2.--Simple Remedy to Stop 396
3.--Pennyroyal Tea and Lard Relieves 396
4.--Grease and Meat Common Remedy for 396
In the Gullet (Foreign Bodies) 396
Chloasma 61
Chloral Habit 374
Chloride of Lime 625
Chloral, Poison by 403
Cholelithiasis 129
Chorea (Herb Remedies) 419, 427, 439
Cholera, Asiatic 223
Causes 223
Symptoms 223
Treatment 224
Cholera Infantum 112
Symptoms 112
Cautions 113
Mothers' Remedies 113
1.--Castor Oil and Warm Applications for 113
2.--First Thing to Do 113
3.--White of Egg and Cathartic for 113
4.--Olive or Sweet Oil for 113
5.--Spice and Whisky for 113
6.--Cabbage Leaf Poultice for 114
7.--Herb Remedy for 114
8.--Tomatoes Will Relieve 114
9.--Injection for 114
[MEDICAL INDEX 915]
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 676
1.--Chickweed for 676
Diets and Drinks 114
Physicians' Treatment for Cholera Infantum 114
1.--Washing Out the Bowel 114
2.--For Vomiting 114
3.--Subcarbonate of Bismuth 114
4.--Castor Oil 115
5.--Mustard Poultice for 115
Cholera Morbus, Diagnosis of 2
Cholera Morbus 111
Symptoms 111
Mothers' Remedies 111
1.--Castor Oil for 111
2.--Blackberry Root and Boiled Milk for 111
3.--Blackberry Cordial for 111
4.--Tincture of Cayenne Pepper for 111
5.--Nutmeg and Jamaica Ginger for 111
6.--Home Remedy for 111
7.--Old Reliable Remedy for 112
8.--Common Remedy for 112
Physicians' Treatment for Cholera Morbus 112
1.--Heat 112
2.--Morphine by Hypodermic Method 112
3.--For Cholera Morbus 112
Cholera Morbus (Herb Remedies) 418
Chordee (Herb Remedies) 426
Choroid, The 347
Chlorosis (Herb Remedies) 444
Chronic Bright's Disease 158
Chronic Desquamative or Tubal Nephritis 158
Chronic Diffuse Nephritis 158
Chronic Dyspepsia 103
Chronic Gastritis 103
Chronic Inflammation of the Bladder 163
Chronic Indigestion 103
Chronic Melancholia 312
Chronic Inflammation of the Nose 14
Chronic Parenchymatous Nephritis 158
Chronic Rheumatism 321
Chronic Rheumatism (Herb Remedies) 414, 434, 435, 440
Chronic Rhinitis 14
Chronic Splenitis 256
Chronic Uraemia 156
Ciliary 347
Cinnamon Tea 647
Circulatory Disturbances of the Liver 131
Circulation, Poor, Alcohol Rub for 680
Circulatory System, Diseases of 337
Circumcision 509
Cirrhosis of the Kidneys 159
Cirrhosis of the Liver 131
Cleft Palate 368
Clitoris, The 491
Club Foot 371
Cocaine Habit 373
Colds 9, 632
Causes 10
Symptoms 10
Mothers' Remedies 10
1.--Borax for Cold Settled in Throat 10
2.--Valuable Caution and Treatment for 11
3.--Molasses-Vinegar Syrup for 11
4.--Quinine and Ginger for 11
5.--Boneset Tea for 11
6.--Cold or Threatened Consumption 11
7.--Rock Candy Syrup for 11
8.--Skunk's Oil for 11
9.--Lemons and Mustard for 11
10.--Hops or Catnip Poultice 12
11.--Honey for 12
12.--To Break Up at the Onset 12
13.--Mutton Tallow and Red Pepper for 12
14.--Lard and Turpentine for 12
15.--Milk and Cayenne as a Preventive 12
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 675
1.--Capsules for 675
2.--Mullein Remedy 675
3.--An Easily Prepared Remedy for 675
Physicians' Treatment for Colds 12
Preventive 12
1.--Camphor and Vaselin Mixed or Camphor and Cream 12
2.--Camphor Taken Internally 13
3.--Aconite 13
4.--The Following Is Good 13
5.--Lard and Camphorated Oil 13
6.--To Restore Loss of Voice 13
7.--Benzoin Teas for 13
8.--Herb Teas for 13
9.--Dr. Ball, a London, England, Specialist 13
10.--When the Disease Is Rather Marked 14
Colds (Herb Remedies) 414, 423, 426, 437, 440
Colds in Babies 619
Cold in Chest 30
Cold Compresses 332
Cold, June 17
Cold Pack, The 631
Cold, Rose 17
Colic 608
Colic in Infants 471
Colic, Intestinal 124
Causes 124
Symptoms 124
Physicians' Treatment 124
1.--For Colic 124
2.--Severe Case 124
3.--Tincture of Colocynth 124
Colic Intestinal (Herb Remedies) 416, 417, 418, 432, 441, 442, 445
Collapse 376
Comedones 61
Common Itch 81
Common Tables of Measure-Apothecaries' Weight 636
Concussion of the Brain 302
Concussion of the Spine 303
Condensed Milk, How Shall I Use? 589
Condiment (Herb Remedies) 43
Congestion of the Brain 295
Congestive Headache 269
Congestion of the Kidneys, Acute 155
Kidney 155
Treatment 155
Congestion of the Kidney, Chronic 155
Congestion of the Liver, Acute 131
Congestion of the Liver, Chronic 131
Conjunctivitis 349
Constipation 136, 471
Causes 136
1.--Mechanical Obstruction 136
2.--Defective Motion of the Bowels 136
3.--Deficient Bowel Secretions 136
4.--Other Causes-Mechanical Obstruction 136
Defective Worm-Like Bowel Movement 136
Deficiency of the Secretions 136
Sundry Causes 136
Symptoms 137
Fissure 137
Hemorrhoids 137
Prolapse 137
Proctitis 137
Neuralgia of the Rectum 137
Mothers' Remedies for Constipation 137
l.--A Good Substitute for Pills and Drugs 138
2.--Substitute for Castor Oil 138
3.--Hot Water for 138
4.--Excellent Nourishment for Old People 138
5.--Salt and Water for 138
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6.--Water Cure for 138
7.--Tonic and Standard Remedy for 138
8.--Glycerin and Witch-Hazel for 138
9.--Well-known Remedy for 138
10.--Effective Remedy in the Most Stubborn Cases of 139
11.--Remedy from a Mother at Lee, Mass 139
12.--Fruit and Hot Water Cure for 139
13.--Herb Tea for 139
14.--Purshiana Bark Tea Without an Equal 139
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 675
1.--Bran as a Cure for 675
2.--An Old Tried Remedy for 675
3.--An Effective Remedy for 675
4.--Juice from Prunes for (Baby) 675
Physicians' Treatment 139
1.--Stretching of the Sphincter 139
2.--Frequent Rectal and Abdominal Massage 139
3.--Copious Injection of Warm Water (in the beginning only) 139
4.--Applications of Electricity 139
Abdominal Massage (Kneading, Rubbing, etc.) 140
Copious Warm Water Injections 141
Electricity 141
Rules 141
Correction of Errors in Diet 142
May Take 142
Must Not Take 142
Drinks 142
Outdoor Exercise 143
Bathing 143
Clothing 143
Physicians' Treatment 143
1.--One Year to Three years 143
2.--Smaller Children 143
3.--Older Children 143
4.--Fluid Extract of Cascara Sagrada 143
5.--The Aromatic Cascara 143
6.--The Compound Licorice Powder 143
7.--Capsule Dose 143
Constipation (Herb Remedies) 421, 429, 432, 439
Constipation in Babies 609
Constipation, Headache From 270
Consumption 211
Consumption (Herb Remedies) 437
Contagion 166
Contents of the Medicine Chest 637
Continuous Malarial Fever 228
Contracted Kidney 159
Convalescent Diet 644
Convulsions 542
Convulsions (Herb Remedies) 420-439
Copper, Poison by 403
Cord, Traumatism of 303
Cornea, The 347
Cornea, Diagnosis of Ulcer of the 5
Cornea, Ulcer of 351
Cornmeal Gruel 652
Corns 58, 472
Cause 58
Mothers' Remedies 58
1.--One of the Surest Remedies 58
2.--Turpentine and Kerosene for 58
3.--To Remove 'Without Pain 58
4.--Onion a Cure for 58
5.--Castile Soap an Effective Remedy for 59
6.--Iodine a Successful Remedy for 59
7.--Castor Oil for 59
8.--Vinegar and Bread for 59
Physicians' Treatment for Corns 59
1.--For Corns 59
2.--A Good But Weaker Remedy 59
3.--When the Corns Are Soft 59
Ulcerating Corns 59
Corns (Herb Remedies) 416
Corrosive Sublimate or Bichloride of Mercury 625
Corrosive Sublimate, Poison by 403
Coryza 9
Cough of Long Standing, Syrup for 650
Coughs 34, 468
Causes 34
Mothers' Remedies 34
1.--Raspberry Tincture 34
2.--Honey and Vinegar for 35
3.--Excellent Syrup for 35
4.--Reliable Mixture in Severe Cases 35
5.--Mullein Leaf Tea for 35
6.--Lemon Juice and Sugar for 35
7.--Standard Remedy for 35
8.--Ipecac Syrup for 35
9.--Remedy for Adults (Not for Children) 36
10.--Very Simple Remedy for 36
11.--Glycerin, Brandy and Paregoric With Lemon 36
Physicians' Treatment for Coughs 36
1.--A Combination 36
2.--A Good Combination Is the Following 36
3.--A Prescription 36
4.--Another Prescription for 36
5.--Many Other Combinations Could Be Given 37
6.--Onion Syrup 37
Coughs (Herb Remedies) 419, 423, 426, 428, 431, 437, 438, 439
Cough, Diagnosis of Whooping 5
Cough, Whooping 180
Counter-Irritants 633
Counter-Irritants (Herb Remedies) 431
Cracked Nipples 566
Cracker Gruel 652
Cramps (Herb Remedies) 424-430-433-441
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 676
1.--Turpentine for 676
Cramp, Writers' 292
Cranial Nerves, Neuralgia Fifth Pair 265
Cream of Celery Soup 653
Creams, Face 94
Cream of Potato Soup 653
Cream Soup 647
Cream of Tartar (Medical Use) 673
Cream Toast 646
Cream of Tomato Soup 653
Criminal Abortion 494
Crooked Feet 370
Croup, Diagnosis of 2
Croup 27
Symptoms 27
Treatment-Preventive 27
Mothers' Remedies 27
1.--Cold Application for 27
2.--Sure Cure for 28
3.--Immediate Relief from Steaming 28
4.--For Baby and Older Child 28
5.--Remedy That Never Fails 28
6.--Coal Oil (Kerosene) and Sugar for 28
7.--Pork and Onion Poultice for 28
8.--Blood Root for 29
9.--Time Honored Remedy for 29
10.--Ipecac for 29
11.--Vaselin for 29
12.--Ice Application for 29
13.--Salt for 29
14.--Castor Oil Breaks Up 29
15.--Coal Oil, Turpentine and Snuff, a Canadian Remedy 29
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 676
1.--Quick Cure for 676
2.--Salt Water for 676
Physicians' Treatment for Croup 30
1.--Dr. Douglas says 30
2.--Place the Child in a Hot Bath 30
[MEDICAL INDEX 917]
3.--Dr. Hoit of New York Says 30
4.--The Home Treatment 30
5.--Goose Grease 30
6.--Steam Is Very Useful 30
Croup (Herb Remedies) 469, 474, 608
Croup, Spasmodic 27
Croup, Spasmodic (Herb Remedies) 423, 427, 431
Crowing Child 26
Crust, Coffee 647
Cupping, Wet and Dry 635
Currant Juice 649
Cuticura Ointment 474
Cuticura Resolvent 474
Cuts 392, 621
Cuts (Herb Remedies) 430
Cyst, Sebaceous 85
Cystitis 162
Cystitis (Herb Remedies) 411-419
Cystocele 514
Dandruff 83
Definition 83
Varieties 83
1.--Oily Seborrhoea 83
2.--Dry Sehorrhoea 83
3.--Mixed Type of Both 83
Causes 84
Local 84
Mothers' Remedies 84
1. Home Preparation from New York Mother 84
2. A Barber's Shampoo for 84
3. Lemon Juice for 84
4. A Brook, Ontario, Lady Prevents 84
5. Simple and Harmless 84
6. Talcum Powder an Excellent Remedy for 84
Physician's Treatment for Dandruff 84
Local 85
Remedies 85
1. For Dandruff 85
2. For Dandruff 85
3. A Good Combination 85
4. For Dandruff 85
Dangue 208
Symptoms 208
Physicians' Treatment 208
Deadly Night Shade, Poison by 403
Dead, How to Care for the 638
Deafness 307
Treatment 367
Mothers' Remedies 367
1. Quick and Effective Remedy for 367
2. Often Tried Remedy for 307
3. My Mother, in Galt, Found Good for 367
Deformities 369
Delirium Tremens 372
Symptoms 372
Treatment 372
Chronic Alcoholism 373
Mothers' Remedies 373
1. Effective as Cure for 373
Treatment 373
Delirium Tremens (Herb Remedies) 427, 439
Dementia 313
Primary Dementia 313
Secondary Dementia 313
Senile (old age) Dementia may be primary 313
Chronic Dementia 313
Dermatitis 62
Deviation of the Nasal Septum 19
Causes 19
Physicians' Treatment 19
Diabetes, Diagnosis of 2
Diabetes, Insipidus 330
Causes 330
Symptoms 330
Treatment 330
Diabetes, Mellitus 328
Causes 328
Symptoms 328
Recovery 329
Treatment, Preventive 329
Diet 329
The following is a list of articles which
a Diabetes patient may take 329
Must Not Take 330
Medicines, Codeine 330
Diabetic Bread 648
Diagnosis, Mothers' 1
Diarrhea 108
Causes 108
Symptoms 108
Mothers' Remedies 108
1. Wild Sage Tea for 108
2. Egg and Nutmeg for 108
3. Scorched Flour and Sugar for 108
4. Excellent Compound for 108
5. Spice Poultice for 108
6. Blackberry Tea for 108
7. Hot Milk for 109
8. Castor Oil for 109
9. Former Canadian's Remedy for 109
10. A Goderich Lady found this good 109
11. Inexpensive Remedy for 109
12. Fern Root Good to Relieve 109
13. Milk and Pepper a Common Remedy for 109
Physicians' Treatment for 109
1. Rest in Bed 109
2. Dose of Castor Oil for 109
3. For Children an Infusion of pathweed 109
4. For Infants an Infusion of Chamomile 109
5. Another for Infants 110
6. Ginger is Frequently of Good Service 110
7. Infants of Six Months 110
Diet in Diarrhea from the Head Nurse of a Large Hospital 110
May Take 110
Must Not Take 110
Infants 110
Diarrhea (Herb Remedies) 410, 411, 412, 413, 417, 418, 420, 422,
424, 429, 431, 434, 439, 442, 443
Diarrhea (Older Children) 613
Diarrhea, Flux and Dysentery (Rare Prescription) 472
Diet 643
Diet in Older Children, fourth to tenth year 598
Diet in Debility sent us from one of our Leading Hospitals
May Take 646
Soups, Fish, Meats, Eggs, Farinaceous 646
Vegetables, Desserts, Drinks, must not take 646
Diets in Fevers--Furnished us by a Trained Nurse in a Hospital
May Take 645
Foods, Drinks--Must Not Take 645
DIGESTIVE ORGANS, DISEASES OF 97
Diphtheria, Diagnosis of 2
Diphtheria, Diagnosis between Acute Tonsilitis and 188
Causes 184
Symptoms 184
Pharyngeal Diphtheria 184
Laryngeal Diphtheria (formerly called Membraneous Croup) 184
Diagnosis of 185
Recovery 185
Mothers' Remedies 185
1. Cure and Preventive for 185
2. Kerosene for 185
3. Hops and Hot Water Relieves 185
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 676
1. A Marine City Mother Gives the Following Cure for 676
Physicians' Treatment 185
Local Treatment 186
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When in the Larynx 186
Diet 186
Cautions 186
Diphtheria, Laryngeal 184
Diphtheria, Pharyngeal 184
Dishes for the Sick Room 646
Diseases of Women, Causes of 493
Disinfectants 625
Disinfection 824
Dislocations 379
General Causes 379
General Symptoms 379
General Treatment 379
Dislocation, Finger or Thumb 380
Dislocation of the Jaw 379
Treatment 380
Dislocation of the Shoulder Joint 380
Divergent, Squint 356
Dog Bites (Not Rabid) 377
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 676
1. Home Treatment for 676
Dose for the Children, How to Determine 636
Dose in Drops for Different Ages 636
Rule usually followed 636
Douches 641
Drink, Bland after Poisoning 438
Drooling 554
Dropsy 165
From Heart Disease 165
Mothers' Remedies 165
1. Juniper Berries for 165
2. Wild Milkweed for 165
3. White Bay Buds 165
4. Canada Thistle for 165
5. Very Effective Remedy for 165
6. Common Herb Remedy for 165
7. Queen of the Meadow 166
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 677
1. Chestnut Leaves for 667
Physicians' Treatment for Dropsy 166
Dropsy (Herb Remedies) 416, 426, 429, 432, 438, 440
Dropsy, Abdominal 135
Drowned Persons, How to Find 400
Drowning, How to Keep from 399
Drowned, Treatment of 397
Drunkenness 676
Chocolate for 676
Dry Cupping 635
Dry Salt Bath Sent us with Mothers' Remedies 630
Dry Tetter 63
Ductless Glands 249
Duodenum, Ulcer of the Stomach and 106
Dyspepsia, Diagnosis of Acute 2
Dyspepsia, Acute 100
Causes 100
Symptoms--In Mild Cases 100
Severe Cases 100
Mothers' Remedies 100
1. Mustard and Molasses for 100
2. Wormwood Tea for 100
3. Dry Salt for 100
4. Chicken Gizzard Skin for 101
5. An Excellent Tonic for 101
6. Fruit Diet for 101
7. Hickory Ashes for 101
8. Salt and Water for 101
9. Slippery Elm for 101
10. Cold Water for 101
11. Hot Water for 101
12. Yolk of Egg and Salt for 101
13. Lemon Remedy for 101
14. Hops Excellent for 102
15. Tested Remedy for 102
16. Chamomile Tonic for Aged Persons and Children 102
Physicians' Treatment in Severe Forms 102
Diet 103
May Take 103
Must Not Take 103
Dyspepsia, Acute (Herb Remedies), 411, 417, 421, 425, 445, 446
Dyspepsia, Chronic 103
Causes 103
Symptoms 103
Mothers' Remedies 104
1. Spice Poultice for 104
2. Oil of Hemlock for 104
3. Ginger and Soda for 104
4. Oil of Peppermint for 104
5. Mustard Poultice and Eggs for 104
6. Hot Plate for 104
Physicians' Treatment for Chronic Gastritis 104
Diet 105
Cautions 105
Home Treatment 105
1. Drink Cold Water 105
2. Do Not Eat Much Meat 105
3. If the Stomach Wants Tone 105
4. Charcoal in Small Doses 105
5. If a Bitter Tonic is Needed 105
Dyspepsia, Chronic (Herb Remedies) 423, 424, 445
Dyspepsia, Nervous 105
Dyspepsia, Tonic 473
Dysentery, Diagnosis of 2
Dysentery 226
Acute Catarrhal Dysentery 226
Symptoms 226
Mothers' Remedies 226
1. Sweet Cream for 226
2. One Ounce Dewberry Root for 226
3. Colts Tail Remedy for 227
4. Sugar and Brandy for 227
5. Herb Remedy for 227
6. New Method to Cure 227
7. Starch Injection for 227
8. To Cure Bloody 227
Physicians' Treatment 227
1. Remain in Bed 227
2. Bismuth Subnitrate 227
3. Irrigation of the Colon 227
4. Ipecac 227
Nursing and Diet 228
Dysentery (Herb Remedies) 411, 420, 422, 424, 429,
432, 434, 439, 442, 446
Dysmenorrhea 507
Dysmenorrhea (Herb Remedies) 417, 419, 420, 422, 423,
428, 435, 443, 444
Ear, Diseases of 358
Membrana Tympani 358
Membrana Tympani (the Drum) Membrane 358
The Tympanum or Middle Ear 358
The Eustachian Tube 359
Ear, Diseases of (Herb Remedies) 410
Earache, Diagnosis of 3
Earache 367, 610
Treatment 368
Mothers' Remedies for Earache 368
1. Hot Raisin for 368
2. Flax and Cornmeal for 368
3. Soothing Home Remedy for. 368
4. Horse Radish Leaves for 368
5. Onion Sure Cure for 368
6. Temporary Relief for 368
7. Sweet Oil and Pepper for 368
8. Steaming with Hot Water for 368
9. Castor Oil for 369
10. Fresh Warm Milk for 369
Earache (Herb Remedies) 431
Earache (Rare Prescription) 470
Ear (aural) Douche 641
Ear, Things in 395
[MEDICAL INDEX 919]
Eclampsia 542
Eclecticism 661
Electrically Shocked 397, 400
Eczema 63
Definition 63
Varieties 63
Symptoms 63
Eczema Vesiculosum (Vesicular Eczema) 63
Eczema Pustulosum (Pustules) Pustular Kind 63
Eczema Papulosum (Papular Variety) 63
Eczema Rubrum (Red) 64
Eczema Squamosis (Scaling) 64
Recovery 64
Causes 64
Mothers' Remedies 64
1. Lemon or Vinegar for 64
2. Olive Oil and Powder for 64
3. Herb Tea for 64
4. Potato and Camphor for 64
5. Sulphur and Lard for 64
6. Burdock Tea a Standard Remedy for 64
7. Blood Purifier for 65
8. Reliable Remedy for 65
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 677
1. Lard and Sulphur for 677
2. Gasoline for 677
Physicians' Treatment 65
In Chronic Sluggish Cases 65
Local Treatment 65
1. Black Wash 65
2. Lead and Laudanum Wash 65
3. A Solution of Boric Acid 65
4. Soothing Application for 65
5. Dusting Powders 66
6. Oxide of Zinc 66
7. McCall Anderson's Ointment 66
The Black Wash Should be Used 66
8. Pastes 66
9. For the Itching 66
External Treatment of Chronic Cases 66
1. Tincture of Green Soap 66
2. Tar 66
3. Salicylic Acid 66
4. Dr. Schalek Uses 66
Glycoge1atin Dressing 67
Special Varieties of Eczema and what to do for them 67
Eczema of Children 67
Physicians' Treatment for Eczema 67
Eczema of the Scalp, Milk Crust 67
Eczema of the Face 67
Eczema of the Scrotum 67
Eczema of the Hands in Adults 67
Diet in Eczema 67
Eczema (Herb Remedies) 416
Edward's Alterative and Tonic Bitters 487
Egg Broth 649
Eggnog, Cold 649
Egg Cordial 649
Eggs, Dainty Way to Serve on Toast 648
Egg Gruel 648
Eggnog, Hot 649
Ely's Cream Balm 474
Emetic 431
Emphysema 43
EMERGENCIES, ACCIDENTS AND POISONS 376
Endocarditis 341
Simple Kind, Cause 341
Symptoms 341
Treatment 341
Diet 341
Caution 341
Endocarditis, Chronic 342
Endometritis 498
Endometritis, Putrid 500
Endometritis, Septic Puerperal 499
Enemata 638
A High 638
A Low 639
Directions 639
Position 639
Amount 639
What Material 639
Syringe 639
Enemata, Astringent 641
Enema, Laxative for Infants and Children 639
Formula No. 1 640
Formula No. 2 640
3. Molasses and Laxative Enema 640
Enemata, Nutritive 640
Formula No. 1 640
Formula No. 2 640
Enemata, Stimulating No.1, Black Coffee 641
Enemata, Salt No. 2 641
Enemata, Turpentine 641
Enlarged Glands 619
Enlarged Nail 77
Treatment 77
Inflammation of the Nail 78
Enteralgia 124
Epilepsy 288
Causes 288
Symptoms 288
Characteristic Paroxysm of Major Attacks 288
Clonic Spasm Stage 289
The Minor Attack or "Petit Mal" 289
Recovery 289
Physicians' Treatment 290
What to do during the Attack 290
Preventives and General Treatment 290
Diet 290
Causes 290
Medicines 290
Caution 290
Epithelial Cancer 335
Eruptions (Herb Remedies) 442
Erysipelas, Diagnosis of 3
Causes 220
Symptoms 220
Mothers' Remedies 221
1. Slippery Elm Bark for 221
2. Bean Poultices for 221
3. Soda Wash for 221
4. Easy Remedy for 221
5. Copperas Liniment for 221
6. Cranberry Poultice for 221
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 677
1. Antiseptic Wash for 677
Physicians' Treatment for Erysipelas 221
1. Local Treatment 221
2. Paint thoroughly with Tincture of Iodine 222
3. The following is a splendid application 222
4. Tincture of Chloride of Iron 222
Diet 222
Nursing 222
Erysipelas (Herb Remedies) 420, 422, 428, 432
Erythema Pernio 96
Excessive Sweating 75
Exophthalmic Goitre 260
Causes 260
Symptoms Acute Cases 260
Chronic Cases 260
Treatment 260
Expectorants (Herb Remedies) 434, 444
External Applications 631
EYE AND EAR, Diseases of 346
Eye, Bandage of 386
Eyelids, Sore (Herb Remedies) 434
Eyes, Sore (Baby's) 549
Face Creams 94
Mothers' Preparations 94
1. Cream of Pond Lilies 94
[920 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]
2. When facing our North Winds in Canada 94
3. Lanolin Cream for 94
4. Cucumber Lotion 94
5. Almond Lotion to Whiten and Soften the Skin 95
6. The Cold Ontario Wind Harmless When using this 95
Facial Neuralgia 265
Fainting 376
Falls 396
Falling of the Bowel 137
Falling of the Bowel (Herb Remedies) 410
Falling Sickness 288
Fallopian Tubes, Diseases of 502
Fallopian Tubes, Inflammation of 502
False Leukaemia 252
Fatty Heart 344
Fattiness 330
Fattiness (Herb Remedies) 434
Fibromata 501
Film on the Eye 352
Filth Disease 200
Finger and Thumb Dislocation 380
Fire in Clothing 396
Fistula in Anus 152
Physicians' Treatment 152
Fish Bone in Throat 677
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassifed) 677
1. Choking from 677
Fits 395
Fitting Glasses 355
Feeding During the Second Year 595
Fellow's Hypophosphites 475
Felon 69
How to open the Felon 70
If in the Palm 70
Felon, Superficial 70
Mothers' Remedies 70
1. A Cure if Taken in Time 70
2. Treatment until Time to Lance 70
3. Strong Remedy for 70
4. Lemon to Draw Inflammation from 70
5. Hot Water Cure for 70
6. Soap and Cornmeal Poultice for 70
7. Smartweed Poultice for 71
8. Hot Application for 71
9. An Old Tried Remedy for 71
10. Turpentine Cure for 71
11. Weak Lye Application for 71
12. Rock Salt and Turpentine for 71
Physicians' Treatment for Superficial Felon 71
1. Some Hold the Finger in Hot Lye 71
2. Yolk of Egg and Salt 71
3. The Membrane of Egg Shell 71
Felon, Superficial (Herb Remedies) 434
Female Regulator (Rare Prescription) 474
Fever, Aestivo-Autumnal 228
Fever, Breakbone 208
Fever Cases and to Disguise the Taste of Bad Medicines-
Syrup of Lemons for 650
Fever, Continuous Malarial 228
Fever Drinks 648
Fever, Hay 17
Fever, Intermittent Malarial 228
Fever, Malarial, Diagnosis of 3
Fever, Malaria 228
Fever, Malaria (Herb Remedies) 414
Fever, Malta 230
Fever, Pernicious Malarial 229
Fever, For (Rare Prescription) 474
Fever, Remittent 228
Fever, Rheumatic, Diagnosis of 4
Fever, Rheumatic 317
Fever, Scarlet, Diagnosis of 5
Fever, Scarlet 167
Fever, Scarlet (Herb Remedies) 428
Fever, Spotted, Diagnosis of 4
Foul Sweating 57
Fever, Typhoid, Diagnosis of 5
Fever, Typhoid 195
Fever, Typhus 200
Fever, Yellow 224
Flatulency (Herb Remedies) 424, 432, 442
Flaxseed Tea 650
Flesh Worms 61
Floating Kidney 154
Flux (Rare Prescription) 474
Fomentations 634
Foods and Drinks for the Sick Room 633
Foods for different meals for those who can
eat but do not have much appetite 645
Breakfast, Dinner, Supper 645
Foods that may be taken together 645
Food for Healthy Infants 583
Food, the kind of 643
Food Poisoning 374
Foods, Spoiled, Poison by 407
Foods that should not be taken together 645
Follicular Tonsilitis, Diagnosis of 5
Foot Baths in Bed 629
Forearm, Bandage for 381
Foreign Bodies in the Gullet 396
Foreign Bodies in the Larynx 396
Foreign Bodies in the Throat, Ear or Nostril 608
Fowler's Solution, Poison by 404
Fractures 380
Fractures, Bandage far 381
Freckles 75
Causes 75
Mothers' Remedies 75
1. Buttermilk for 75
2. To Remove 75
3. Alcohol and Lemon Juice for 75
4. Excellent Lotion for 76
5. Borax Water for 76
6. Canadian Remedy for 76
Physicians' Treatment for Freckles 76
Friedrich's Disease 306
Frost Bites 95
Mothers' Remedies 95
1. Remedy from Northern New York 95
2. Roasted Turnips for 95
Fruit Juices, How to Albuminize 644
Functional Brain Disease 280
Furunculus (Furuncle) 68
Gall Bladder, Cancer of 130
Gall Stones, Diagnosis of 3
Gall Stones 129
Gangrene 91
Dry Gangrene 91
Mothers' Remedies 91
1. Remedy from New York 91
Physicians' Treatment 92
Moist Gangrene 92
Causes 92
Physicians' Treatment for Moist Gangrene 92
Gangrenous Stomatitis 99
Causes 99
Symptoms 99
Treatment 99
Salivation 99
Chlorate of Potash Solution, Soda Solutions 100
Boracic Acid Solutions 100
Gas from Wells, Cisterns, Mines, etc 395
Treatment 395
Gastralgia 107
Gastric Headache 270
Gastritis, Acute 100
Gastritis, Chronic 103
Gastrodynia 107
General Brain Diseases 280
General Paralysis of the Insane 298
General Paresis 298, 314
Softening of the Brain 298
Symptoms 298, 314
Treatment 299, 314
[MEDICAL INDEX 921]
General Tonic 475
General Tonic (Herb Remedies) 424, 428, 432, 435, 444, 445
Genital Organs, Female, Anatomy of 490
Genuine White Oil Liniment 476
Genu Valgum 370
Genu Varum 370
German Measles 179
Germicides 625
Germs, The 625
Gin Drinkers' Liver 131
Ginger (Medical Use) 672
Glanders 233
Causes 233
Symptoms 233
1. Acute Glanders 233
2. Chronic Glanders 233
3. Acute Farcy 233
Treatment of Glanders 233
Glands of Bartholin, The 491
Gland, Thyroid, Diseases of 258
Glasses, Fitting 355
Gleet (Herb Remedies} 435, 438
Glottis, Oedema of the 26
Glottis, Spasm of the 26
Glottis, Swelling of the 26
Symptoms 26
Gluten Gruel 652
Goitre (Bronchial) 258
Causes 258
Symptoms 258
Recovery 258
Mothers' Remedies 258
1. Three Ingredient Remedy for 258
2. Simple Remedy for 259
3. Inexpensive Remedy for 259
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified} 677
1. A Good Remedy for 677
2. Iodine for 677
Physicians' Treatment 259
1. Locally Tincture of Iodine 259
2. Use the Comp, tincture of Iodide 259
Externally 259
3. An Ointment 259
4. Other Medical Remedies 259
5. Colorless Iodine 259
6. This is Very Good 259
Goitre, Exophthalmic 260
Gonorrhea 235
Gonorrhea (Herb Remedies) 411, 413, 417, 425, 429, 432, 438, 442
Gonorrheal Rheumatism 236
Inflammation of the Joints 236
Symptoms 236
Treatment 236
Good Samaritan Liniment 476
Gout 315
Causes 315
Symptoms, Acute Type 315
Retrocedent Gout 316
Chronic Gout--Causes, etc 316
Treatment, Preventive 316
Diet in Gout 316
Dr. Osler of England says 316
Diet from a Prominent Hospital for Gout Patient 317
May Take 317
Must Not Take 317
Treatment 317
Dr. Hare of Philadelphia says 317
Gout (Herb Remedies) 435, 442
Grandmother's Own Cough Remedy 476
Grape Juice 650
Gravel (Herb Remedies) 424, 438, 441, 442
Green Mountain Salve 477
Gruel, Farina 652
Gunn's Rheumatic Liniment 478