INDEX

ABC DEF GHI KLM NOP QRS TVW Y

A

Accidents, 223.

Acid, carbolic, for Rhus poisoning, 260; in wounds, 231; poisoning by, 253; of fruit, 133, 146; picric, 241; uric, 149.

Acrodinia, 9.

Agaricus campestris, 256.

Air, 181.

Air-space, 45.

Albumin, 105.

Albumins, 98, 104, 117, 131.

Alcohol and its effects, 155; for Rhus poisoning, 260; of no value in snake-poisoning, 270; predisposes to consumption, 183; predisposes to heat-prostration, 244.

Amanita muscarius, 258.

Amanita phalloides, 257.

Ammonia, aromatic spirits of, 259.

Anaphylaxis, 204.

Ancistrodon contortrix, 263.

Ancistrodon piscivorus, 262.

Animals, bites of, 249; location of quarters, 61.

Anopheles, 41, 171, 174.

Antidotes for poisons, see under names of poisons.

Antiseptics, 231, 247.

Antitoxin, for diphtheria, 198, 203; for lockjaw, 233.

Apples, 147.

Arrowroot, 112.

Arsenic, 252.

Arteries, 229.

Artichokes, 136.

Asparagus, 142.

Atropine, 259.

B

Bacillus tuberculosis, 179.

Bacillus typhosus, 186.

Bacon, broiled, 282; curing of, 280; fried, 282; importance of, 121, 122; unsmoked, 282.

Baking, process of, 166.

Baths, for sick people, 221; hot and cold, 13; importance of, 12; sea, 5.

Beans, bad, give lathyrismus, 9; how to cook, 294; value of, 133, 134.

Bed-bug, 9.

Bedmaking, 219.

Beef, broiled, 275; fried, 275; Hamburg steak, 274; hashed, 276; pot-roast, 274; roast, 273; value of, 20.

Beer, 162.

Beets, 136, 138.

Beri-beri, 113.

Beverages, 30; alcoholic, 32; medicinal, 33; “soft drinks,” 32.

Biliousness, 93.

Biscuits, 285.

Bites of animals, flies, mosquitoes and snakes, see under several subjects.

Bleeding, how to stop, 228; in consumption, 180; in typhoid fever, 187.

Blisters, 247.

Blood-vessels, 95.

Bottle, for infants, 73.

Brandy, 160.

Bread, and its relations, 104; baking of, 166; corn-bread, 108, 111, 285; diseases derived from decomposed, 9; graham-bread, 107; rye-bread, 108; why wheat-bread is the best, 106.

Bricks, 40.

Bright's disease, 95, 145, 156, 157, 158, 163, 173, 201.

Broncho-pneumonia, 201.

Bruises, 238.

Brussels-sprouts, 139.

Burns, 240.

Buttermilk, 150.

C

Cabbage, 138.

Cake, 115.

Calomel, 94.

Calories, 102.

Carbohydrates, 98.

Carron-oil, 241.

Carrots, 136.

Cat, conveys diphtheria, 10; harbors tapeworms, 10.

Cauliflower, 139.

Caustic, 213.

Celery, 141.

Cellulose, 131.

Cereals, 284.

Charlatans, 7.

Chewing, 29.

Chicken, baked, 288; boiled, 288; broiled, 290; fried, 287; smothered, 289.

Chickory (salad), 142.

Chilblains, 246.

Child, diseases of, 82, 89; exercise of, 79; hygiene treatment of, 88; ill-treatment of, 64; instruction in cases of accident, 223; sleep necessary to, 79; syringe for, 84.

Chills-and-fever, see Malaria.

Chocolate, 31.

Cholera, 8, 9, 140.

Chromic acid, 209.

Cisterns, 59.

Clams, 122.

Cleanliness, 220.

Clothing, 18.

Cocoa, 31.

Cod-liver oil, 125.

Coffee, 31, 151.

Cold, accidents arising from, 41.

Cole, 139.

Colic, cause of, 67; treatment of, 84.

Collodion, 232.

Color, in clothing, 21.

Constipation, 85.

Cooking, 164, 170.

Copper-head, 263, 266.

Coral-snakes, 262, 263, 267.

Corn, 110.

Corn-starch, 112.

Corrosive sublimate, 231.

Cotton-mouth, 262, 266.

Cows, carry tapeworm, 51; infected with tuberculosis, 182.

Crotalus, 262.

Croup, membranous, 198; treatment of, 86.

Cucumber, 141.

D

Dandelion, 138.

“Death-cup,” 257.

Dextrose, 126.

Diarrhœa, reason for, 144; treatment of, 82.

Diet, for the sick, 221; vegetarian, 130.

Diphtheria, conveyance of, 9; description and treatment, 198.

Dipsomaniac, 157.

Dirt-eaters, 196.

Diseases, avoidable, 171; contagious, 89; contraction of, 8; digestive, 82. See also names of diseases.

Disinfectants, 192.

Dog, conveys diphtheria, 9; dangers of, 62; description of rabies in, 211; harbors tapeworm, 9, 10.

Drinks, see Beverages.

Drowning, 224.

Dry-closet system, 53.

Dysentery, 8, 9, 43, 140.

Dyspepsia, 145, 158.

E

Earth, diseases contracted from, 8.

Eating, 28; importance of, 92; over-eating too prevalent, 95.

Eggs, coddled, 292; in vegetarian diet, 130; nitrogenous food, 118; scrambled, 293; shirred, 293; value of, 123.

Elaps euryxanthus, 263.

Elaps fulvius, 263.

Emergencies, 223.

Emetics, 251-259.

Endive, 142.

Ergot, 108.

Ergotism, 9.

Ethers, compound, 98.

Exercise, 79.

F

Fabrics, 20.

Fats, 98, 103; in vegetables, 131; unwholesomeness of, 115; value of, 123.

Fever, malaria, see Malaria; scarlet, 90; typhoid, contraction of, 8, 9, 43, 140, 221; description and treatment, 185; yellow, 9, 41, 43.

Figs, 146.

Filaria, 9.

Fireplace, 47.

Fish, decomposed, source of ptomaine poisoning, 9; nitrogenous food, 118; value of, 122.

Fly, conveyor of disease, 9, 10, 43; sick-room, 219.

Fly-agaric, 258.

Flukes, 140.

Foods, 28, 99; albuminous, 119; amount necessary, 96; breakfast-foods, 113; diseases contracted from, 8; in sick-room, 221; Mellin's food, 86; nitrogenous, 98, 117; nutritive substances in, 98; raw, 105, 164; starchy, 104, 165, 168; tables, 100.

Formaldehyde gas, 192.

Frost-bite, 245.

Fruits, as food, 30; dangers in, 144; diseases contracted from, 9; not nutritious, 146.

Furnace, 46.

G

Game, 122.

Garlic, 140.

Gin, 160.

Glanders, 10.

Glucose, 126.

Gout, 156, 163.

Grape-fruit, 147.

Greens, 138.

Ground-itch, 195.

H

Haig, a physician, 148.

Ham, boiled, 281; broiled, 281; curing of, 280; fried, 281; wholesomeness of, 121.

Headache, 33.

Health, 5.

Heat, accidents arising from, 241; for house, 45; in sick-room, 218. See also Calories.

Heat-prostration, 244.

Hiccough, 250.

Hog, 51.

Hog-meats, 120.

Hominy, 284.

Hookworm, 8; method of transmission, 50, 52; description and treatment of disease, 193.

Horses, convey glanders, 10; killed by bad corn, 109.

House, materials for, 39; sanitation of, 35.

Husks, 107.

Hydrophobia, from dog's bite, 9, 249; description and treatment, 211.

Hygiene, 1, 6; of infancy and childhood, 63; of the person, 12; of the sick-room, 217.

Hypersensitiveness, 204.

I

Indigestion, 145.

Infants, hygiene and feeding of, 63; weaning of, 67.

Iodine, as antiseptic, 231; in blisters, 247.

K

Kak-ke, 9, 113.

Kala-azar, 9.

Kissing, 89.

L

Lathyrismus, 9.

Lead-water, 261.

Leeks, 140.

Legumes, 133.

Legumins, 98, 118.

Lemons, 146.

Lentils, 133, 134.

Lettuce, 139.

Ligature, 230, 270.

Lime-water, 71, 261.

Liquids, 148.

Liquors, malt, 162.

Liver, 93; cirrhosis of the, 158.

Lockjaw, 227; antitoxin for, 232.

Loeffler, discovered diphtheria germ, 198.

M

Malaria, conveyed by mosquito, 9, 41, 43; description and treatment, 171.

Maltose, 86.

Massasauga, 266.

Mastication, 96.

Meat, cooking of, 168; nitrogenous food, 118; source of ptomaine poisoning, 9; value of, 119.

Medicine, 221; patent, 91, 158.

Meninges, 207.

Meningitis, cerebrospinal, 206.

Micrococcus intracellulais, 207.

Milk, an ideal food, 128; apt to promote indigestion, 150; as a drink, 31-32; in vegetarian diet, 130; infected with tuberculosis, 182; malted, 86; modified cow's, 67; mother's, 65; peptonized, 75; sterilized (Pasteurized), 74; table for calculating proportions of milk to be fed, 70.

Mint, 142.

Moccasin (snake), 261, 262, 263, 266.

Mosquito, 9, 41, 171, 173.

Mouse, 9.

Mushrooms, 256.

Mutton, boiled, 283; chops, 284; cutlets, 283; roast 283; value of, 120.

N

Necator Americanus, 193.

Nervousness, 88.

Nipple, 73.

Nose, 184.

Nursing, 217.

O

Oatmeal, 114, 284.

Okra, 142.

Opiates, 85.

Opium, 254.

Oysters, 118, 122.

P

Pains, rheumatic, 145.

Paris green, 252.

Parsley, 142.

Parsnips, 136.

Pasteur, 214.

Pastries, 115.

Peaches, 146.

Peanuts, 133, 134.

Peas, 133, 134.

Pellagra, 9, 109.

Peppers, green, 142.

Phosphorus, 253.

Pickles, 144.

Pieplant, 142.

Pilot-snake, 262.

Pit-vipers, 261, 265.

Plague, bubonic, 9.

Plasmodium malaria, 171.

Plaster, for blisters, 247; for sprains, 235.

Poison-dogwood, 260.

Poison-elder, 260.

Poison-ivy, 259.

Poison-oak, 259.

Poisons, acid and alkaline, 252; ptomaine, 9; treatment of poison cases, with antidotes, 251.

Poison-sumac, 260.

Pork, boiled, 280; broiled, 279; fried, 279; roast, 279.

Potassium permanganate, 254, 255, 269.

Potatoes, 135, 136; baked, 294; boiled, 294; cooking of, 167; disadvantages of, 112.

Poultry, 122.

Privies, 49, 52, 198.

Ptomaines, poisoning by, 9.

Puddings, apple, 295; batter, 295; brown betty, 296; caramel custard, 296; cottage, 295; cream of corn-starch, 296; rice, 297.

Pumpkin, 143.

Pus, 232.

Q

Quacks, medical, 4, 7.

Quinine, 173.

R

Rabies, see Hydrophobia.

Radishes, 136.

Rat, 9.

Rat-poison, 25.

Rattlesnake, 261, 262, 264; ground-rattlers, 262, 265.

Recipes, 273.

Resins, 231.

Respiration, artificial, 225.

Rest, need of, 22.

Rhubarb, 142.

Rhus, poisoning by, 259.

Rhus toxicodendron, 259.

Rhus venenata, 259.

Rice, boiled, 285; cooking of, 167; value of, 113.

Rochdale, system of, 53.

Rolls, 286.

Rum, 160.

S

Salad plants, 139.

Saliva, 29.

Sanitation, 35.

Sauerkraut, 139.

Scab, 233.

Schafer, Prof., system of artificial respiration, 225.

Screens, 41, 176, 219.

Sewage, disposal of, 49.

Shallots, 140.

Sheet, rubber, 219.

Sick-room, 217.

Sistrurus, 262.

Sleep, 26, 78.

Sleeping-sickness, 1.

Snake, harlequin, 262.

Snake-bites, 268.

Snakes, columbine, 262, 263; elapine, 263; non-venomous, 264; venomous, 261; viperine, 261.

Soups, meat, 292; vegetable, 290.

Sours, 147.

Spinach, 138.

Splints, 235.

Sprains, 234.

Sputum, 184.

Squash, 143.

Starches, 98, 104; changes in, 165; in cooking, 97; in vegetables, 131; raw, 105.

Steam, 46.

Stove, 47.

Streams, 60.

Strychnine, as antidote, 269; poisoning by, 254.

Sugar, consumption of, 126; from beets, 136; in vegetables, 131; kinds of, 125; raw, 105.

Sunstroke, 242.

Swamp-dogwood, 260.

Syringe, 84.

Syrups, 33; soothing, 255.

T

Tapeworm, 8, 9, 51.

Tea, 31, 152.

Teeth, care of, 80, 248; teething of infants, 80; tooth-ache, 248.

Toadstool, see Mushroom.

Tobacco, 34.

Tomato, 141.

Tonsillitis, follicular, 200.

Tooth-ache, 248.

Treatment, immunizing, 205; pasteur, 214.

Tricina, 18.

Tuberculosis, 94, 95, 156; description and treatment, 178.

Tubers, 135.

Turnips, 136, 137, 138.

V

Vaccination, 88.

Veal, boiled, 277; fried, 277; jellied, 278; roast, 276; stew or pot-pie, 277.

Vegetables, cooking of, 293; digestibility of, 132, 133; diseases contracted from, 9.

Ventilation, 48, 218.

Vinegar, 133, 136, 147.

Vipers, 262. See also pit-vipers.

Vomiting, 67, 87.

W

Waffles, 107.

Wall-paper, 41.

Water, as a drink, 30, 148; dangers of, 140; diseases contracted from, 8; for heating, 46; for poisons, 251; for wounds, 230.

Water-supply, 57.

Wells, 58.

Whisky, 160.

Wines, 161.

Work, 22.

Worms, 140.

Wounds, 227.

Y

Yams, 135.

Yeast, 286.