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Mother's Remedies

JAMS AND JELLIES. (continued 3)

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[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

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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

[918 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]

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

Haematuria 156

Haematuria (Herb Remedies) 419, 432 Haemorrhagic, Purpura 253 Haemophilia 254 Causes 254 Condition 254 Symptoms 254 Treatment 254 Hair's, Dr. B. W. Cure 478 Haines's Golden Specific for Opium Habit 478 Hall's Hair Renewer 479 Hamburg Breast Tea 488 Hamburg Drops 479 Hamlin's Wizard Oil 480 Hard Liver 131 Hare Lip 369 Symptoms 369 Operations 369 Harter's Wild Cherry Bitters 487 Hay Asthma 17 Hay Fever 17 Causes 17 Symptoms 17 Mothers' Remedies 17 1. Quick Relief from 17 2. Remedy Worth Trying 17 3. Our Canadian Remedy for 18 4. Medicine that Helps 18 Physicians' Treatment for Hay Fever 18 1. The following gives relief from 18 2. Pill Blennostasin 18 3. The following solution gives temporary Relief 18 4. After using the above Spray 18 5. In Some Cases 18 6. Dr. Ball of London gives the following 18 7. Another from Dr. Ball 18 Headache 268 Sick Headache 268 Nervous Headache 208 Catarrhal Headache 268 Congestive Headache 268 Neuralgia or Gastric (Stomach) Headache 268 Bilious Headache 268 Bowel Headache 268 Womb Headache 268 Rheumatic Headache 268 Headache Sick (Herb Remedies) 413, 414, 427 Headache, Nervous (Herb Remedies) 427 Headache, Bilious. (Herb Remedies) 414 Headache (Rare Prescription) 476 Head, Injuries to 302 Symptoms 302 Treatment 303 What to do First 303 Head Louse 78 Haemoptysis 38 Haematemesis 107 Heartburn (Rare Prescription) 476 Heart Disease 337 Heart Disease (Herb Remedies) 419 Heart Disease, Fluttering, etc. (Rare Prescription) 477 Heat and Chemicals 624 Heat Stroke 375 Hellebore, White and Green, Poison by 404 Hemorroids 137, 145 Hemorrhage, Post-Partum (Bleeding after Delivery) 540 Hepatic Abscess 132 Hepatitis (Herb Remedies) 429 HERB DEPARTMENT (Over 100 Herbs) 408 Common Names 408 Internal and External Use 408 Part of Herb Used 408 When to Gather 408 Flowers When 408 Grows Where 408 Prepared How 408 Diseases, Dose, etc 408

[922 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]

Drying and Preserving Roots, Barks, Herbs, etc 408 Roots 409 Barks 409 Flowers and Seeds 409 Preparation of the Herbs for Medicine 409 Infusion of Tea, to make 409 Decoction, to make 409 Essence, to make 409 Fomentations, to make 409 Ointments or Salve, to make 409 Plasters, to make 409 Poultices, to make 410 Powder, to make 410 Syrups, to make 410 Tincture, to make 410 Achillea Millefolium 446 Acorus Calamus 442 Adiantum Pedantum 428 Ague Root 444 Ague Weed 414 Albany Beechdrops 420 Alder, Spotted 410 Aletris Farinosa 444 Allium Cepa 431 Allium Sativum 423 Altheae Officinalis 429 Alum Root 420 American Valerian 427 Amygdalus Persica 432 Anthemis Nobilis 417 Apple Pern 442 Aralia Racemosa 440 Arbutus, Uva Ursi 411 Arctium Lappa 415 Aristolochia Serpentaria 441 Artemisia Absinthium 446 Arum Triphyllum 444 Asclepias Syriaca 430 Asclepias Tuberosa 434 Asthma Weed 428 Balmony 411 Bayberry 411 Bearberry 411 Bed Straw 417 Beech Drops 412 Bee's Nest 416 Bethroot 412 Bird's Nest 416 Birthroot 412 Bitter Herb 411 Blackberry 413 Black-berried Elder 422 Black Cohosh 418 Black Haw 413 Black Root 421 Black Snake Root 418 Blazing Star 422 Bloodroot 413 Blood Staunch 423 Blue Berry 418 Blue Cohosh 418 Blue Flag 414 Blue Pimpernel 439 Boneset 414 Brooklime 415 Buchu 415 Burdock 415 Burning-bush 445 Calamus 442 Calendula Officinalis 430 Cancer Root 412 Candleberry 411 Carrot 416 Caryophyllus 418 Catch Weed 417 Catmint 416 Catnip 416 Catwort 416 Caulophyllum Thalietroides 418 Celandine 416 Chamomile 417 Checker Berry 432 Chelidonium Majus 416 Chelone Glabra 411 Chenopodium Anthelminticum 446 Chicken Toes 420 Chimaphila Umbellata 435 Cimicifuga Racemosa 418 Cistus Canadensis 437 Cleavers 417 Clivers 417 Cloves 418 Coakum 434 Cock-up-hat 436 Colic Root 444 Collinsonia Canadensis 441 Colts Tail 423 Comfrey 419 Corallorhiza Odontorhiza 426 Coral Teeth 420 Corn Silk 419 Corydalis Formosa 444 Corvallaria Multifiora 441 Cramp Bark 420 Cranberry (Upland or Wild) 411 Cranberry (High) 420 Cranesbill (Spotted) 420 Crawley 420 Cross Wort 414 Crow Foot 420 Crow Corn 444 Cypripedium Pubescens 427 Cucurbita Pepo 436 Culver's Physic 421 Culver's Root 421 Dandelion 421 Datura Stramonium 442 Daucus Carota 416 Deerberry 432 Devil's Bit 422 Dewberry 413 Dioscorea Villosa 445 Dracontium 439 Dragon's Claw 420 Dragon Root 444 Drooping Starwort 422 Elder (Black-berried) 422 Elder Sweet 422 Elecampane 423 Emetic Herb 428 Epigea Ripens 425 Epiphegus Virginiana 412 Equisetum Hyemale 438 Erigeron Canadensis 423 Euonymus Atropurpureus 445 Eupatorium Perfoliatum 414 Eupatorium Purpureum 436 False Unicorn Root 422 Female Regulator 428 Fetid Hellebore 439 Fever Root 420 Fever Wort 414 Fireweed 423 Fish Mouth 411 Five Fingers 423 Flag Lily 414 Flag Root 442 Fleabane 423 Flower de Luce 414 Fragaria Vesca 442 Frost Plant 437 Frost Wort 437 Galium Aparine 417 Garget 434 Garlic 423 Gentian 423 Gentiana Lutea 423 Geranium Maculatum 420

[MEDICAL INDEX 923]

Ginger 423 Ginseng 423 Golden Seal 425 Goose Foot 446 Goose Grass 417 Gravel Plant 425 Gravel Root 436 Gravel Weed 425 Ground Holly 435 Ground Laurel 425 Ground Lily 412 Ground Raspberry 425 Gum Plant 419 Hard Hack 441 Hamamelis 410 Healing Herb 419 Hedeoma Pulegoides 433 Helonias Dioica 422 Hoarhound 426 Hoodwort 439 Hops 426 Horse Balm 441 Horse Chestnut 426 Horse Tail 438 Humulus Lupulus 426 Hydrastis Canadensis 425 Hypericum Perfoliatum 443 Ictodes Foetida 439 Indian Apple 429 Indian Arrow Wood 445 Indian Balm 412 Indian Sage 414 Indian Tobacco 428 Indian Turnip 444 Inula Helenium 423 Iris Versicolor 414 Jack-in-the-Pulpit 444 Jimson Weed 442 Joe-Pye Weed 436 Juniper 427 Juniper Communis 427 Knob Root 441 Lady's Slipper 427 Lamb's Quarter 412 Laurus Sassafras 438 Leontodon Taraxacum 421 Leonurus Cardiaca 430 Leptandra Virginica 421 Life Root 428 Liver Lily 414 Lobelia 428 Lobelia Inflata 428 Madweed 439 Maiden Hair 428 Mandrake 429 Mare's Tail 423 Marigold 430 Marrubium Vulgare 426 Marshmallow 429 May Apple 429 May Flower 425 Meadow Cabbage 439 Mentha Piperita 433 Mentha Viridis 440 Milfoil 446 Mitchella Pepens 432 Milkweed 430 Milk Wort 438 Mortification Root 429 Motherwort 430 Mountain Box 411 Mountain Flag 438 Mountain Pink 425 Mustard 431 Myrica Cerifera 411 Nepeta Cataria 416 Nerve Root 427 Noah's Ark 427 Oak Bark (Red and White) 431 One Berry 432 Onion 431 Orange Root 425 Orange Swallow Wort 434 Panax Quinquifolium 424 Papoose Root 418 Parsley 432 Partridge Berry 432 Peach Tree 432 Pennyroyal 433 Peppermint 433 Petroselinum Sativum 432 Pettymorrel 440 Phytolacca Decandra 434 Pigeon Berry 434 Pigeon Weed 440 Plantain 434 Plantago Major 434 Pleurisy Root 434 Podophyllum Peltatum 429 Poke 434 Polecat Weed 439 Polyagla Senega 438 Polygonum Punctatum 440 Prickly Ash 435 Pridewood 423 Princes Pine 435 Prunus Virginianus 445 Puke Weed 428 Pumpkin 436 Purple Boneset 436 Queen's Delight 436 Queen of the Meadow 436 Queen's Root 436 Quercus Alba 431 Raccoon Berry 429 Rag Wort 428 Rattle Root 418 Red Berry 411 Red Clover 437 Red Elm 439 Red Puccoon 413 Red Raspberry 413 Red Root 413 Rheumatism Weed 435 Rhus Glabra 442 Rich Weed 418 Rock Parsley 432 Rock Rose 437 Roman Chamomile 417 Rumex Acetosa 439 Rumex Crispus 447 St. John's Wort 443 Sage 437 Salt Rheum Weed 411 Salvia Officinalis 437 Sambucus Canadensis 422 Sanguinaria Canadenisis 413 Sassafras 438 Scoke 434 Scouring Rush 438 Scutellaria Latcriflora 439 Senecio Gracilis 428 Seneca Snake Root 438 Shave Grass 438 Sheep Sorrel 439 Silkweed 430 Sinapis Alba 431 Skunk Cabbage 439 Skull Cap 439 Slippery Elm 439 Smartweed 440 Snakehead 411 Snake Lily 414 Snake Root Virginia 441 Snapping Hazelnut 410 Solomon's Seal 441 Spearmint 440 Spignet 440 Spikenard 440

[924 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]

Spindle Tree 445 Squaw Mint 433 Squaw Root 418 Squaw Weed 428 Squaw Vine 432 Stagger Weed 444 Star Grass 444 Stillingia Sylvatica 436 Stinkweed 442 Storkbill 420 Stone Root 441 Strawberry 442 Stramonium 442 Sumach 442 Swamp Cabbage 439 Sweating Plant 414 Sweet Flag 442 Sweet Rush 442 Tall Speedwell 421 Tanacetum 443 Tansy 443 Tetter Wort 416 Thorn Apple 442 Thoroughwort 414 Thousand Leaf 446 Three Leaved Night Shade 412 Tickweed 433 Toothache Tree 435 Tormentil 420 Trailing Arbutus 425 Trifolium Pratense 437 Trillium Purpureum 412 True Unicorn Root 444 Trumpet Weed 436 Tuber Root 434 Tumeric Root 425 Turkey Corn 444 Turnip, Indian 444 Turtle Bloom 411 Ulmus Fulva 439 Vegetable Antimony 414 Veronica 421 Veronica Beccabunga 415 Viburnum Opulus 420 Viburnum Prunifolium 413 Wahoo 445 Wake Robin 413 Water Pepper 440 Waxberry 411 Wax Myrtle 411 White Hoarhound 426 Wild Cherry 445 Wild Carrot 416 Wild Lemon 429 Wild Tobacco 428 Wild Turkey Pea 444 Wild Turnip 444 Wild Yam 445 Wind Root 434 Winterbloom 410 Winter Clover 432 Wintergreen 435 Witch-Hazel 410 Wormseed 446 Wormwood 446 Xanthoxylum Fraxineum 435 Yarrow 446 Yellow Dock 447 Yellow Moccasin Flowers 427 Yellow Puccoon 425 Yellow Umbel 427 Zea Mays 419 Zingiber Officinale 423 Hereditary Ataxia 306 Hernia 122 Herpes Zoster 74 Hesperidin (Medical Use) 669

Hiccoughs 301, 619 Causes 302 Mothers' Remedies 302 1. Vinegar for 302 2. Sugar and Vinegar Stops 302 3. Sugar Win Relieve 302 4. Simple Remedy for 302 5. Home Remedy to Stop 302 6. Vinegar Stops 302 7. Cinchona Bark in Peppermint Stops 302 Physicians' Treatment 302 Hiccoughs (Herb Remedies) 431 Hinkley Bone Liniment 480 Hip Joint Disease 236 Causes 236 Symptoms of the First Stage 236 Second Stage 236 Treatment 236 Hives 89, 620 Causes 89 Medicines 89 Mothers' Remedies 89 1. Slippery Elm for 89 2. External and Internal Home Medicines 89 3. Tea and Powder 90 4. Catnip Tea for 90 5. Mother from Buckhorn, Florida, says 90 6. From a Mother at New Milford, Pa. 90 7. Buttermilk for 90 8. Baking Soda for 90 9. Canada Blue Clay for 90 Physicians' Treatment for Hives 90 For the Itching 90 Hoarseness 24 Causes 24 Symptoms 24 Mothers' Remedies 24 1. Borax for 24 2. Egg and Lemon for 25 3. Horseradish for 25 4. Successful Remedy for Adults 25 5. Lemon and Sugar for Children 25 Physicians' Treatment for Hoarseness 25 1. Rest the Voice 25 2. An Ice Bag 25 3. Tincture of Aconite 25 4. Citrate of Potash 25 5. Full Dose of Ten Grains of Dover's Powders 25 6. For a Cough 25 Hoarseness (Herb Remedies) 423, 426, 428, 429 Hobnail Liver 131 Holloway's Ointment 481 HOMEOPATHY DEPARTMENT 448 Medicines 448 List of Remedies 448 Fluids for External Use 448 Care of Medicines in the Sick Room 448 Directions for using Homeopathic Medicines 448 Chronic Cases, For 449 Acne 459 Ague 460 Aphthae 449 Apoplexy 461 Appendicitis 454 Asiatic Cholera 455 Bilious Attacks 456 Bilious Diarrhea 456 Biliousness, Liver 456 Bladder, Inflammation of 459 Boils 460 Bowel Falling 455 Brain, Congestion of 461 Brain, Inflammation of 461 Bright's Disease 458 Bronchitis, Acute and Chronic 457

[MEDICAL INDEX 925]

Catarrh, Chronic 456 Carbuncle 460 Chicken Pox 460 Cholera, Asiatic 455 Cholera Infantum 453 Cholera Morbus 454 Chorea 462 Cold, Common, Beginning of 449 Colic 454 Constipation 454 Convulsions, in Children 462 Cord, Inflammation of 461 Croup 457 Cystitis (Inflammation of the Bladder) 459 Diabetes Mellitus 458 Diarrhea 453 Diphtheria 451 Diseases of Women 463 Dropsy 455 Dysentery 453 Dysmenorrhea (Painful Menstruation) 464 Ears Boils in the Canal 463 Ear Inflammation of 463 Eczema 460 Endocarditis 458 Enteritis 452 Erysipelas 459 Esophagus, Inflammation of 451 Eyes, Simple Inflammation of 463 Eyes, Stye on Lids 463 Eyes, Weak and Watery 463 Fever, Inflammatory 460 Fever, Intermittent 460 Fever, Spotted 461 Fever, Typhoid 461 Fever, Yellow 461 Gastralgia (Cardialgia) 452 Gastritis, Acute 451 Gastritis, Chronic 451 Glossitis 450 Gout 459 Gums, Diseases of 450 Headache 461 Headache, Sick 462 Heartburn 452 Hematuria 459 Hives 459 Impetigo 460 Influenza 457 Intestine, Large, Inflammation of 453 Itch 459 Jaundice 456 Kidney, Nephritis 458 La Grippe 449 Laryngitis 456 Laryngitis, Chronic 456 Leucorrhea 464 Liver, Enlarged 455 Liver, Inflammation of 455 Lumbago 463 Measles 460 Menorrhagia (too much flow) 464 Menses, Suppression of 463 Metritis (Inflammation of the Womb) 463 Mumps 464 Nerves, Inflammation of 462 Neuralgia 462 Neuritis (Inflammation of the Nerves) 462 Night Sweats 464 Ovary, Inflammation of 464 Painter's Colic 454 Palpitation 458 Palpitation of the Heart 463 Pemphigus 460 Peritonitis 455 Pharyngitis 451 Piles 454 Pleurodynia 458 Pleurisy 458 Pneumonia 457 Psoriasis 460 Pulse, Intermittent 458 Quinsy 451 Renal Calculi 459 Rheumatism 459 Scarlet Fever 460 Sciatica 463 Scurvy 460 Sick Headache 462 Smallpox 460 Spleen, Enlargement 458 Spotted Fever 462 St. Vitus' Dance 462 Stomatitis 449 Stye 463 Teeth, Diseases of 450 Throat feels raw and sore 449 Throat, Inflammation of 450 Tonsils, Tonsilitis and Quinsy 451 Tonsilitis 451 Tonsil, Enlarged 451 Toothache 462 Typhoid Fever 461 Uvula, Inflammation of 450 Veins, Varicose 458 Vomiting 452 Water on the Brain 461 Whites 464 Whooping Cough 457 Worms 455 Yellow Fever 461 Honey (Medical Use) 672 Hordeolum 348 Hot Bath, Hot Air, Vapor and Steam Bath 630 Hot Pack, The 631 Hot Springs of Arkansas 666 Army and Navy Hospital 666 Privileges of Ex-Soldiers 666 Free Baths for Indigent People 667 Physicians' and Medical Regulations 667 Cost of Living at Hot Springs 667 Additional Information 668 Household Articles, their Medical Uses 668 Humid Tetter 63 Hydrochloric Acid, Poison by 404 Hydroperitoneum 135 Hydrophobia 241 Comparative Danger 248 Immediate Treatment of the Wound 248 When to Send Patients to Institutes 248 What to Send for Examination 248 Protection 249 Cities where Pasteur Institutes are located 249 Hydrothorax 43 Causes 43 Physicians' Treatment 44 Hymen, The 491 Hyperaemia of the Brain 295 Hyperaemia of the Kidney 155 Hyperaemia of the Liver 131 Hyperidrosis 75 Hypertrophy of the Prostate 164 Symptoms 164 Treatment, Preventive 164 Hypochondria 427 Hysteria 283 Causes 283 Education 284 Direct Influence 284 Symptoms 284 Symptoms of the Paroxysms 285 During the Convulsion 286 The first thing to do 286 Preventive Treatment of Hysteria 286 Physicians' Treatment 287 1. The Following is Recommended by Dr. Goodell 287 2. Fowler's Solution of Arsenic 287

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3. Asafoetida 287 4. Sumbul or Musk Root 287 5. The Following is Good 287 6. Tincture of Hops 288 7. General Cautions 288 Hysteria (Herb Remedies) 420, 426, 430, 439, 443

Ice Bags (India Rubber) 632 Ice Cream 647 Ice Poultice 633 Ice Water Coils 633 Indigestion, 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 104 Diet 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 Indigestion, Chronic (Herb Remedies) 411, 414, 425 Indigestion in Older Children 602 Imperial Drink 650 Infantile Paralysis 307 Causes 307 Symptoms 307 Treatment 307 Infantum, Chlora 112 Inflammations (Herb Remedies) 431, 444 Inflammation, Douche to Allay 641 Inflammation of the Bladder 162 Causes 162 Symptoms 162 Bladder Trouble 162 1. English Oil of Sandal Wood for 162 2. Effective Herb Tea for 163 Treatment 163 Diet 163 Inflammation of the Bladder (Herb Remedies) 425 Inflammation of the Bladder, Chronic 163 Causes 163 Treatment, Preventive 163 Inflammation of the Bowels 118 Mothers' Remedies 118 1. An Excellent Remedy for 118 2. Red Beet Poultice for 118 3. Hop poultice for 118 4. Griddle Cake poultice for 118 5. Spice Poultice for Child or Adult 118 6. Simple Remedy Always at Hand 118 7. A Rather Unique Remedy for 118 8. Marshmallow Leaves, A Canadian Remedy for 118 9. Syrup of Rhubarb for 118 Inflammation of the Bowels 678 Inflammation of the Smaller Bronchi and Lungs 40 Inflammation of the Brain 296, 617 Inflammation of the Bronchial Tubes 30 Inflammation, Simple, of the Eustachian Tubes 360 Inflammation of the Eyes at Birth, Diagnosis of 4 Inflammation of Eyes of Newly-Born 350 Inflammation of the Iris 352 Inflammation of the Kidneys, Acute 156 Inflammation of the Larynx 24 Inflammation of the Middle Ear 365 Inflammation of the Nail 78 Inflammation of the Nose, Chronic 14 Inflammation of the Nerves 276 Inframaxillary Neuralgia 265 Inflammation of the Peritoneum 133 Inflammation of the Pharynx 21 Inflammation of the Pleura 41 Inflammation of the Retina from Bright's Disease 355 Inflammatory Rheumatism, Diagnosis of 4 Inflammation of the Skin 62 Varieties 62 Physicians' Treatment 62 Inflammation of the Thyroid Gland 258 Inflammation of the Veins 345 INFECTIOUS DISEASES 166 Infection and Contagion 166 Infectious Diseases, Table of 167 Influenza 192 The Onset 192 Mothers' Remedies 193 1. Red Pepper or Cayenne for 193 2. An Easy Remedy for 193 3. Pleasant and Effective Remedy for 193 4. To Allay Fever in 193 5. Poor Man's Herb Vapor Bath 193 6. Red Pepper Treatment from Canada 193 Physicians' Treatment 194 Corn Sweat 194 Fever 194 Irritating Cough 194 Sore Throat 195 Medicines 195 Aspirin 195 Diet 195 Influenza (Herb Remedies) 414, 428 Ingrowing Toe-Nail 395 Causes 395 Treatment 395 Mothers' Remedy for 395 1. Popular Remedy for 395 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 677 1. Home Treatment for 677 2. A Good Canadian Remedy for 677 3. Camphor for 678 Injuries to the Head 302 Symptoms 302 Treatment 303 Injuries to the Spinal Cord 303 Insane, General Paralysis of 298 Softening of the Brain 298 Symptoms 298 Treatment 299 Insanity 308 History 308 Causes or Insanity 309 Other Causes of Insanity, Imperfect Nutrition 311 Blows end Falls Upon the Head 311 Fright is Another Cause 311 Insanity is most Prevalent among the Working Classes 311 Social Pleasure 312 Classification 312 Ischio-Rectal Abscess 151 Insects and Other Bites 378 Insects and Other Bites (Herb Remedies) 434 Insomnia 299 Definition 299 Causes 299 Primary Causes 299 Nervous or Simplest Causes 299 Sleeplessness 299 Mothers' Remedies 299 1. Hop Pillow Stops 299 2. Easy and Simple Remedy for 299

[MEDICAL INDEX 927]

3. Ginger at Bedtime for 300 4. Milk Will Stop 300 Physicians' Treatment 300 Treatment of the Congestive Insomnia 300 1. Hot or Warm General Baths 300 2. Cold Spongings 300 3. The Patient Should Stand in Water 300 4. The Cold Abdominal Pack is Valuable 300 5. Exercise 300 Diet 300 Medicines if you must use them 301 Insomnia (Herb Remedies) 426, 430, 439 Intercostal Neuralgia 265 Internal Piles 149 Interstitial Nephritis, Chronic 159 Intestinal Colic 124 Intestinal Obstruction 121 Causes 121 1. Strangulation 121 2. Intussusception 121 3. Twists and Knots 121 4. Strictures and Tumors 121 5. Abnormal Contents 121 Symptoms and Obstruction 121 Recovery 122 Treatment 122 Diet 122 INTOXICANTS AND SUNSTROKES 371 Intubation, Operation of 664 Iodine, Poison by 404 Iritis, Diagnosis of 3 Iris, The 347 Iritis (Inflammation of the Iris) 352 Causes 352 Symptoms 352 Course and Recovery 352 Mothers' Remedies 353 1. Sensible Remedy for 353 Treatment—What to do first 353 Local Treatment 353 The Diet 353 Cautions 353 Injuries to the Iris 353 Iron Tonic Bitters (Rare Prescription) 477 Icterus 127 Itch, Common 81 Cause 81 Mothers' Remedies 81 1. Mustard Ointment for 81 2. Grandmothers' Cure for 81 3. Herb Ointment for 81 4. Elecampane Root Ointment for 81 5. Oatmeal for 82 6. A Mother at Parma, Michigan, sends the following 82 7. Kerosene for 82 8. Splendid Ointment for Itch 82 Physicians' Treatment for Itch 82 First thing to do 82 Ointments 82 1. Simple Sulphur Ointment Alone 82 2. For Itch 82 3. For Itch 82 4. For Children 83 5. The Following for Adults 83 Second 83 Third 83 Itch, Common (Herb Remedies) 447 Itch, Disease 79 Symptoms 79 Definitions 79 Course of Disease 79 Causes 80 Physicians' Treatment 80 Arsenic 80 1. Local Treatment 80 2. Good Application 80 3. Tar Remedy 80 4. Tar and Sulphur for 80 5. A Good Combination 80 6. Another Good Local Application 81 Itching of the Anus 143 Causes 143 After Operation 144 Symptoms 144 Physicians' Treatment 144 Preventive and Palliative 144 Diet 144 May Take 144 Must Not Take 144 Remedies for Bath 144 1. Separate the Buttocks with Gauze 144 2. Dr. Allingham Recommends 144 3. Local Applications Soothing Remedies 145 4. The Following is Good to Dust the Parts 145 5. The Following is Good for Raw Parts 145 6. The Following is good for the Itching 145 7. For Constipation 145 8. For Injections 145 9. For the Same Purpose 145 Itch Ointment (Rare Prescription) 478 Itching Piles 143 Ivy Poisoning 92 Symptoms 92 Mothers' Remedies 92 1. Buttermilk and Copperas for 92 2. Cure for 93 Ivy Poisoning (Herb Remedies) 410, 434

Jacket Poultice, The 632 Jaundice 127 Causes 127 Symptoms 127 Mothers' Remedies 127 1. Sweet Cider Sure Cure for 127 2. Lemon Juice for 127 3. Peach Tree Bark for 127 4. Mandrake Root for 127 5. Dandelion Root Tea for 127 6. Boneset Tea for 128 7. Mandrake Leaves for 128 8. Mullein Leaf Tea for 128 Physicians' Treatment for Liver Trouble 128 1. For Liver Trouble 128 2. The Following is Good 128 3. Severe Type and Epidemic Form 128 4. The Common, Simple Kind of Jaundice 128 Jaundice (Herb Remedies) 411, 441, 446 Jaundice, Catarrhal 128 Causes 128 Symptoms 128 Physicians' Treatment 129 1. Sodium Phosphate for 129 2. Calomel for 129 Jaundice, Malignant 131 Jaw, Bandage for Broken 382 Jaw, Big 234 Jaw, Dislocation of 379 Jaw, Lump 234 Johnson's Liniment 484 Joint, Shoulder Dislocation 380 June Cold 17

Kelly's Tonic 486 Kellog's Red Drops 481 Kickapoo Indian Oil 481 Kidneys 152 Kidney Trouble 154 Mothers' Remedies 154 1. Cornsilk for 154 2. Flaxseed and Lemons for 154 3. Temporary Relief for 154 4. Buchu Leaves for 154 5. Common Rush Root for 154

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6. Effective and Easy Cure for 154 7. Sheep Sorrel Excellent for 154 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 678 1. An Easily Prepared Remedy for 678 Kidneys (Herb Remedies) 411, 415, 416, 417, 419, 422, 426, 435, 446 Kidneys, Acute Inflammation of the 156 Kidneys, Chronic Congestion of 155 Kidneys, Acute Congestion of 155 Treatment 155 Kidneys, Diseases of 152 Kidney, Floating 154 Kidneys, Hypeaemia of the 155 Kidney and Liver Cure (Rare Prescription) 478 Kidney, Movable 154 Causes 154 Symptoms 155 Treatment 155 Diet for Movable Kidney 155 Kidneys, Plate of 153 Kidneys, Stomach, Prostate, etc., Operation for 665 Kidney Stones, Diagnosis of 3 Kidney Stone 161 Symptoms 161 Treatment 161 Diet 162 Queen of the Meadow 162 Kidney Stone (Herb Remedies) 435 Knee Joint Disease 236 Treatment 236

Labia Majora, The 490 Labia Minora, The 490 Labor 528 Laceration of the Brain 302 La Grippe, Diagnosis of 3 La Grippe 192 The Onset 192 Mothers' Remedies 193 1. Red Pepper or Cayenne for 193 2. An Easy Remedy for 193 3. Pleasant and Effective Remedy for 193 4. To Allay Fever in 193 5. Poor Man's Herb Vapor Bath 193 6. Red Pepper Treatment from Canada 193 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 678 1. Red Pepper Treatment from a Canadian Mother 678 Physicians' Treatment 194 Corn Sweat 194 Fever 194 Irritating Cough 194 Sore Throat 195 Bowels 195 Medicines 195 Aspirin 195 Diet 195 Lard (Medical Use) 672 Laryngeal Diphtheria 181 Laryngitis, Acute 26 Diet in Laryngitis 26 Laryngitis, Oedamatous 26 Larynx, Inflammation of 24 Laudanum, Poison by 404 Laxatives (Herb Remedies) 431, 445 Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets 468 Lead Poisoning 374 Causes 374 Symptoms of Acute Case 374 Chronic Case 374 Symptoms 371 Treatment 374 For Chronic Poisoning remove the cause 374 Constipation 374 For Pain 374 Lemonade 649, 650 Lemonade Albuminized 650 Lemon Jelly 646 Lemon (Medical Use) 669 Lemon Velvet 647 Length of Time to Cook Cereals 651 Lens, for Glasses 335 Lentigo 75 Lepra Anesthetica (Nerve Leprosy) 240 Lepra Maculosa 240 Lepra Trophomenrotica 240 Lepra Tuberosa (Tuberculated, Nodulated or Tegumentary Skin Leprosy) 238 Leprosy 236 Definition 236 History 237 Cause 237 Symptoms 238 Leprosy, Atrophic 240 Leprosy, Skin 238 Leucorrhea (The Whites) 510 Leucorrhea (Herb Remedies) 411, 412, 413, 419, 420, 422, 425, 431, 432, 441, 442, 446 Leukaemia 252 1. Spleen and Bone-Marrow (Spleen-Medullary type) 252 2. Lymphatic type 252 Causes 252 Symptoms 252 Treatment 252 Leukaemia, False 252 Causes 252 Symptoms 253 Treatment 253 Light 624 Lime Water 648 Liniment 678 Liniment (Rare Prescription) 479 Linseed Meal Poultice 631, 635 Lip, Hare 369 Liquid, Diet 644 Liver, Abscess of the 132 Liver, Chronic Congestion of the 131 Liver, Circulatory Disturbances of 131 Causes 131 Symptoms 131 Abscess 132 Recovery 132 Treatment 132 Diet in Liver Troubles 132 May Take 133 Must Not Take 133 Liver, Circulatory Disturbances of (Herb Remedies) 414, 416, 421, 425, 429, 445 Liver, Cirrhosis of the 131 Liver (Description of) 125 Liver, Hard 131 Liver, Hobnail 131 Liver, Gin Drinkers' 131 Liver Pills (Rare Prescription) 479 Liver, Sclerosis of the 131 Liver Spots 61 Causes 61 Physicians' Treatment 61 Local Treatment 61 Local Baths and Packs 630 Local Peritonitis 134 Lochia, The 540 Lochia, The (Herb Remedies) 420, 430, 132 Lockjaw, Diagnosis of 3 Lockjaw 231 Causes 231 Symptoms 231 Recovery 232 1. Successful Remedy for 232 2. Smoke as a Cure for 232 Physicians' Treatment 232 Locomotor Ataxia 305 Lombard Secret Cancer Remedies 471 Loss of Appetite 587

[MEDICAL INDEX 929]

Lotions 633 Louse, Body 78 Louse, Diseases of the Skin Produced by 78 Treatment 78 Louse, Head 78 Lumbago 323 Mothers' Remedy 678 1. Ointment for 678 Lump Jaw 234 Lungs, Abscess of the 43 Lungs, Acute Inflammation of 40 Lungs, Acute Inflammation of (Herb Remedies) 419, 427 Lungs, Bleeding from 38 Lungs, Bleeding from (Herb Remedies) 412, 446 Lungs, Tuberculosis of the, Diagnosis of 5 Lung Fever 218 Lurschkas Tonsil 8 Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound 469 Lye, Poison by 404

Madame Rupert's Face Bleach 473 Malarial Fever, Diagnosis of, 3 Malarial Fever 228 Causes 228 Intermittent Malarial Fever 228 (a) Tertian 228 (b) Quartian 228 (c) Quotidian 228 Symptoms 228 Remittent or Continuous Malarial Fever 228 Pernicious Malarial Fever 229 Treatment—Prevention 229 Malarial Fever (Herb Remedies) 414 Malignant Anthrax 231 Malignant Jaundice 131 Malnutrition (Marasmus) 615 Malta Fever 230 Mania 312 Mastoiditis, Chronic 365 Mastoid, Operation for 663 Matches, Poison by 406 Measles, Diagnosis of 4 Measles 175 Incubation 176 Symptoms and description of ordinary type 176 Eyes 177 Mortality in Measles 177 Diagnosis 177 Treatment—Prevention 177 Mothers' Remedies 177 1. Lemon Remedy from a Canadian Mother 177 2. Elder Blossom Tea to drive out 177 General Treatment 178 Cold Drinks 178 Cough in Measles 178 1. For Measles 178 2. For Measles 178 3. For Irritation of the Skin 178 4. For Scaling 178 Diet 178 Teas 178 Caution 179 Measles, German, Diagnosis of 4 Measles, German 179 Incubation period runs 179 Rash 179 Treatment 179 Medicine Chest 637 Melancholia 312 Causes 312 Acute Melancholia 312 Chronic Melancholia 312 Membranous Croup 184 Meningitis 210 Treatment 210 Meningitis, Basilar 210 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT 1 MOTHERS' DIAGNOSIS 1 Meningitis, Cerebro-Spinal 209 Cause 209 Conditions 209 Symptoms, Ordinary Form 209 Malignant type 210 Spinal Meningitis 210 Meningitis, Tubercular 210 Menopause (Change of Life) 513 Menorrhagia 505 Menorrhagia (Herb Remedies) 420, 441, 443, 446 Menstrual Headache 271 Menstruation 494 Menstruation (Herb Remedies) 415, 428 432 Menstruation Delayed 504 Menstruation Delayed (Herb Remedies) 428, 432, 440 Menstruation Difficult 507 Menstruation Difficult (Herb Remedies) 415, 443 Menstruation and Its Disorders 504 Menstruation and Its Disorders (Herb Remedies) 430 Menstruation Premature 504 Menstruation Vicarious (in place of) 505 Mercuric Chloride, Poison by 405 Midwifery, or Obstetrics 515 Migrane, Hemicrania 272 Mild Plaster for Children 634 Milk Leg 542 Milk of Lime, to Prepare 625 Milk Porridge 647 Milk Poison, Popular Remedy for 680 Miscarriage 524 Miscarriage (Herb Remedies) 413, 422, 444 Mitchell's Eye Salve 482 Mitral Insufficiency or Incompetency 343 Symptoms 343 Mitral Stenosis 343 Moist Heat, for 631 Mole 77 Physicians' Treatment 77 Causes 77 Mons Veneris 490 Morbus Coxarius 236 Morphine Habit 373 Symptoms 373 Treatment 373 Morphinism 373 Morphine, Poison by 405 Mosquito Bite 377 Mothers' Flour and Water Poultice 634 Mothers' Remedies Unclassified 674 Mother Seigel's Syrup 482 Moth Patch 61 Mountain Dew 647 Mouth, Sore 97, 551 Mouth, Sore (Herb Remedies) 410, 420, 442, 444 Mouth and Teeth, Care of 628 Spongy and Sore Gums 628 Cloths for Washing the Teeth and Mouth 628 Mouth Wash, Antiseptic 120 Antiseptic Mouth Wash 120 Simple and Unsurpassed 121 Mouth Wash (Herb Remedies) 410 Mulled Wine 650 Multiple Neuritis 278 Mumps, Diagnosis of 4 Mumps 180 Treatment 180 Muscular Rheumatism 323 Causes 323 Symptoms 323 Lumbago 323 Torticollis (Stiff or Wry Neck) 323 Pleurodynia, Pain in the Chest Muscles, etc 323

[930 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]

Diet for Rheumatism from a Head Nurse of a Prominent Hospital 324 May Take 324 Must Not Take 324 Treatment for Stiff Neck 324 Mothers' Remedies for Stiff Neck 324 1. Hot Salt and Oil of Sassafras 324 Physicians' Treatment, Preventive 324 Liniment 325 Menthol Liniment for Lumbago 325 Mothers' Remedies 325 1. Vinegar and Salt for Weak Back 325 2. Simple Remedy for Weak Back 325 3. Good Liniment for Weak Back 325 4. Chloroform Liniment for Lameness 325 5. Plaintain Leaves and Cream for 325 Mothers' Remedies for Rheumatism 325 1. Salt Petre Good In Cases of 325 2. Rochelle Salts for 325 3. Flowers of Sulphur will Relieve Pain of 325 4. Three Simple Ingredient Liniment for 326 5. Sulphur Good for 326 6. Horse Radish for 326 7. Simple Remedy to Relieve pain of 326 8. Liniment for Chronic 326 9. Herb Remedy for 326 10. Three Things that will Help 326 11. Good Liniment for 326 12. Camphor and Alcohol for 327 13. Sweet Fern Tea Excellent for 327 14. Well-known Celery Remedy for 327 15. Flowers of Sulphur Relieves 327 16. Poultice for 327 17. Novel Relief for 327 18. Snake Root and Lemons for 327 19. Another Good Liniment for 328 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 680 1. Mountain Leaf Tea for 680 2. Beef Gall for 680 Mustard Leaves or Sinapisms 633, 635 Mustard (Medical Use) 673 Mustard Plaster 633, 634, 635 Mustard Poultice 633 Mustard Stupe 634 Myelitis 304 Causes 304 Symptoms 304 Recovery 305 Treatment 305 Myocarditis 345 Myxoedema 260 Causes of Cretinism 260 Symptoms 260 (a) Cretinism 260 (b) Myxoedema proper 261 Operative Type 261 Symptoms 261 Treatment 261

Naevus 77 Nail, Enlarged 77 Nail, Inflammation of the 78 Nail Wound, Rusty 393 Mothers' Remedies 394 1. Iodoform and Vaselin Salve 394 2. Turpentine Good 394 Tincture of Myrrh for Fresh 394 Nasal Catarrh, Acute 10 Nasal Growths 8 Nasal Polypus 19 Nausea (Herb Remedies) 424, 433, 440 Neonatorum Ophthalmia 4 Nephritis, Acute 156 Nephritis, Chronic (Diffuse Desquamative) 158

Nephritis, Chronic Interstitial 159 Causes 159 Arteria-Sclerotic Form 159 Symptoms 159 Recovery 160 Treatment 160 Diet as Followed by a Prominent Hospital 160 May Take 160 Must Not Take 160 Nephritis, Chronic (Parenchymatous) 158 Ncphritis, Chronic (Parenchymatous) (Herb Remedies) 419 Nephritis, Tubal 158 Nephro-Lithiasis 161 Nephroptosis 154 Nerves, Inflammation of 276 Nerve Leprosy 240 Nerve Tumors 276 Varieties, True and False Nerve Tumors 276 Symptoms 276 Physicians' Treatment 276 Nervousness 261 Mothers' Remedies 267 1. Catnip Tea for 267 2. Hops will Stop 267 3. Effective Remedy for 267 4. Five-Ingredient Remedy that Relieves 268 5. Lady's Slipper Breaks up 268 Nervousness (Herb Remedies) 416, 423, 426, 430, 439 Nervous Dyspepsia 105 Nervous Exhaustion 280 Nervous Headache 269 Treatment 269 Nervous Prostration 280 Causes 280 1. Hereditary Causes 280 2. Acquired 280 Symptoms 280 Physicians' Treatment 281 First, then, is Rest 282 Nervousness (Rare Prescription) 480 Nervous System, Plate of 262 NERVOUS SYSTEM, Diseases of (Chapter) 261 Nettle Rash 89 Nettle Rash (Herb Remedies) 442 Neuralgia 261 Causes 261 Symptoms 261 Nervous System, Plate of 262 Varieties 263 Mothers' Remedies 263 1. Lemon Juice as Liniment for 263 2. Salt and Vinegar Will Relieve 263 3. Quinine Will Cure 263 4. Four-Ingredient Remedies for 263 5. Good Liniment for 263 6. Menthol Liniment for 263 7. Belladonna Plaster for 263 Physicians' Treatment for 263 1. Cure for 264 2. Antipyrine 264 3. If Caffeine in First Prescription Causes Nervousness 264 Neuralgia (Herb Remedies) 439 Neuralgia (Rare Prescription) 481 Neuralgia of the Fifth Pair of Cranial Nerves 265 Neuralgia and Earache 631 Mothers' Remedy (Unclassified) 679 1. Soothing Ointment for 679 Neuralgia, Facial 265 Treatment 265 Neuralgic Headache 270 Neuralgia, Intercostal 265 Causes 265

[ MEDICAL INDEX 931]

Symptoms 266 Physicians' Treatment 266 Local Treatment 266 Neuralgia of the Rectum 137 Neuralgia of the Stomach 107 Causes 107 Symptoms 107 Physicians' Treatment 107 Neuralgia of the Trigeminus 265 Neuralgia Trifacial 265 Neurasthenia 230 Neuritis 276 Causes 277 Neuritis, Simple 277 Neuritis, Multiple 278 Neuroma 276 New York Sun Cholera Cure 480 Night Sweats 44 Mothers' Remedies 44 1. Salt Bath for 44 2. Cold Sage for 44 Physicians' Treatment 44 1. Atropine for 44 2. Tonics to Keep up the Appetite 44 Nitric Acid, Poison by 405 Normal Salt Solution 626 Nose, Anatomy of the 6 Nose-Bleed 19 Mothers' Remedies 19 1. Remedy sent us by a Public School Teacher 19 2. Alum as a Cure for 19 3. Remedy that Succeeded in a Severe Case 19 4. Simple Remedy for 20 5. Another Home Remedy for 20 6. Puff-Ball for 20 7. Vinegar and Water for 20 Physicians' Treatment for Nose-Bleed 20 Nose-Bleed (Herb Remedies) 420 Nose, Broken 383 Nose, Chronic Inflammation of the 14 Nose, Things in the 396 Nose, Tumor of the 10 Physicians' Treatment 19 Nursing 565 NURSING DEPARTMENT, Including Care of Sick and Sick Room) 123 Albumin Water 649 Alcohol Sponge Bath 631 Almond Milk 649 Appendicitis, for 633 Apple Water 649 Arrowroot Custard 647 Arrowroot Gruel 652 Baked Custard 647 Barley Gruel 652 Barley Water 647 Baths 629 Bed Pan, How to Use 641 Bed Sores, Prevention and Care of 628 Treatment, Preventive 628 Treatment of Sore Proper 628 Blistered Skin, to Dress 635 Boric Acid 626 Bran Bath 630 Brandy and Egg Mixture 649 Brown Bread 653 Capsicum and Belladonna Plasters 635 Carbolic Acid 625 Care and Disinfection of an Infected Room 626 Care of Discharges (Excreta) 624 Sputum Cups 624 Bed Pans and Urinals 624 Soiled Dressing and Linen 624 Caudle 649 Cereals and Cereal Gruels 651 Chestnut Puree 652 Chicken Broth 648 Chloride of Lime 625 Cinnamon Tea 647 Common Tables of Measures, Apothecaries' Weight 636 Convalescent Diet 644 Cold 632 Cold Compresses 632 Contents of Medicine Chest 637 Cold Pack, The 631 Cornmeal Gruel 652 Corrosive Sublimate or Dichloride of Mercury 625 Counter-Irritants 633 Coughs of Long Standing, Syrup for 650 Cracker Gruel 652 Cream of Celery Soup 653 Cream of Potato Soup 653 Cream Soup 647 Cream Toast 646 Cream of Tomato Soup 653 Crust Coffee 647 Cupping, Wet and Dry 635 Currant Juice 649 Daily Care of the Room by the Nurse 620 Dead, How to Care for the 638 Diabetic Bread 648 Diet 643 Diet in Debility sent us from one of our Leading Hospitals May Take 646 Soups, Fish, Meats, Eggs, Farinaceous Vegetables, Desserts, Drinks 646 Must Not Take 646 Diets in Fevers, Furnished us by a Trained Nurse in Hospital May Take 645 Food, Drinks—Must not Take 645 Dishes for the Sick Room 646 Disinfection 624 Disinfectants 625 Disinfecting the Room 626 Dose for Children, How to Determine 636 Dose in Drops for Different Ages 636 Rule Usually Followed 636 Douches 641 Dry Cupping 635 Dry Salt Bath sent us with Mothers' Remedies 630 Ear (Aural) Douche 641 Egg Broth 649 Eggnog, Hot 649 Eggnog, Cold 649 Egg Cordial 649 Eggs, Dainty Way to Serve on Toast 648 Egg Gruel 648 Enemata 638 A High 638 A Low 639 Position 639 Amount 639 What Material 639 Syringe 639 Laxative Enema, Sometimes is Necessary 639 Laxative Enema for Infants and Children 639 Formula No. 1 640 Formula No. 2 640 3. Molasses and Laxative Enema 640 Enemata, Astringent 611 Enemata, Nutritive 640 Formula No. 1 640 Formula No. 2 640 Enemata, Salt 641 Enemata, Stimulating 641 Black Coffee 641 Enemata, Turpentine 641

[932 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]

External Applications 631 Farina Gruel 652 Fever Cases and to Disguise the Taste of Bad Medicines, Syrup of Lemon for 650 Fever Drinks for 648 Flaxseed Tea 650 Fomentations 634 Foods for Different Meals for Those Who Can Eat But Who Do not Have Much Appetite 645 Breakfast, Dinner, Supper 645 Foods that May Be Taken Together 645 Foods That Should Not be Taken Together 645 Foods and Drinks for the Sick Room 643 Food, the Kind of 643 Foot Baths in Bed 629 Fruit Juices, How to Albuminize 644 Germicides 625 General and Local, For Dry Heat 631 Germs, The 625 Gluten Gruel 652 Grape Juice 650 Heat and Chemicals 624 Hot Bath, Hot Air, Vapor and Steam Bath 630 Hot Pack, The 631 Ice Bags (India Rubber) 632 Ice Cream 647 Ice Poultices 633 Ice Water Coils 633 Inflammation, To Allay 641 Imperial Drink 650 Jacket Poultice, The 632 Lemonade 649, 650 Lemonade Albuminized 650 Lemon Jelly 646 Lemon Velvet 647 Length of Time to Cook Cereals 651 Light 624 Lime Water 648 Linseed Meal Poultice 635, 631 Liquid Diet 644 Local Baths and Packs 630 Lotions 633 Medicine Chest 637 Mild Plaster for Children 634 Milk of Lime to Prepare 625 Milk Porridge 647 Moist Heat, For 631 Mothers' Flour and Water Poultice 634 Mountain Dew 647 Mouth and Teeth, Care of 628 Spongy and Sore Gums 628 Cloths for Washing the Teeth and Mouth 628 Mulled Wine 650 Mustard Leaves or Sinapisms 635 Mustard Plaster 634, 635 Mustard Poultice 633 Mustard Stupe 634 Neuralgia and Earache, For 631 Normal Salt Solution 626 Nursing Department 623 Oatmeal, Barley or Rice Water, From the Grain 650 Oatmeal Gruel 646, 648, 652 Odors 647 Omelet 648 Orangeade 650 Oyster Stew 653 Peptonized Milk, Cold Process 653 Plasters, Capsicum and Belladonna 635 Poultices of Peach Tree Leaves from Our Mothers' List 634 Pulse 642 Raspberry Shrub 646 Raspberry Vinegar 647 Rectal Douche 641 Respiration (Breathing) 642 Root Beer 646 Sago Custard 647 Salt Water Bath, Tonic Action 630 Soft Diet 644 Soiled and Stained Linen 624 Spice Plaster 634, 635 Spice Poultice 634 Spice Poultice from a Stanlyton, Va., Mother 634 Sponge Bath 630 Starch Bath 630 Starch and Laudanum 641 Starch Poultice 632 Sterilization 624 Sterilizing, A Simple method of 625 Summer Complaint, Prepared Flour for 648 Table 636 Tapioca Jelly 652 Temperature (Fever) Under the Tongue and Arm-pit 612 Temperature of the Room 624 Tongue, The 642 Ulcers 643 High Fevers 643 Dark Brown or Blackish Coating 643 Strawberry Tongue 643 Cankered Tongue 643 Cholera Infantum 643 Constipation 643 Biliousness 643 Tub Bath (Common) 631 Tuberculous Patients, How to Treat Sputum from 627 In Diphtheria 627 Bed Pans 627 Sheet and Clothing 627 Turpentine and Mustard Stupes, for see above 635 Turpentine Stupes 634 Vaginal Douche the, For Cleansing 641 Vanilla Snow 648 Ventilation 623 Warm Baths (90 to 100 F.) 630 Wet Cupping 635 Whole Wheat Bread 653 Yeast Poultices 633 Nutmeg Liver 131 Nux Vomica, Poison by 405

Oatmeal, Barley or Rice Water, from the Grain 650 Oatmeal Gruel 648,652, 646 Obesity 330 Treatment 331 Diet 331 For Breakfast 331 Noon Meal Dinner 331 Supper 331 Before Going to Bed 331 Obesity—(Herb Remedies) 434 OBSTETRICS, OR MIDWIFERY 515 Obstruction, Intestinal 121 Odors 647 Oedema of the Glottis 26 Oedematous Laryngitis 26 Olive Oil (Medical Use) 672 Omelet 648 Onion (Medical Use) 669 Onychia 78 Onychauxis 77 Operations 662 Operations, Special 663 Opium, Poison by 405 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 350 Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Diagnosis of 4 Orangeade 650 Organs, Diseases of the Digestive 97

[MEDICAL INDEX 933]

Organic Diseases of the Spinal Cord 304 Symptoms 304 Treatment 304 Organs of Generation, The Internal 491 Osteopathy 661 Ovaries, The 493 Ovaries, Inflammation of 503 Ovaries, Tumors of 504 Ovaries, Tumors of the Operation for 663 Ovaritis 503 Ovary, Diseases of 503 Oxalic Acid, Poison by 405 Oxyuria Vermicularis 46 Oyster Stew 653 Ozena 16 Causes 16 Physicians' Treatment 16 Home Treatment 16 1. Solution for 16 2. The Following Ointment 16 3. Dr. Ferguson of New York uses the Following 17

Pain or Rheumatism 679 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 679 1. Tansy and Smartweed for 679 2. Horseradish Poultice for 679 3. Liniment to Relieve 679 4. Vinegar and Pepper for 679 Paine's Celery Compound 488 Pain Killer, External 481 Palate, Cleft 369 Palpitation of the Heart 337 Causes 337 Symptoms 337 Mothers' Remedies 338 1. Tea of Geranium Root for 338 2. Hot Foot Bath and Camphor for 338 3. Valuable Herb Tea for 338 Mothers' Remedies for Heartburn 338 1. Home Remedy for 338 2. Soda a Popular Remedy for 338 3. Excellent Remedy for 338 4. Remedy for Stout Person 338 Physicians' Treatment for Palpitation 338 When Caused by the Stomach 338 Difficult Breathing 339 Physicians' Cautions 339 Diet 339 The Heart 339 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 679 1. Salt Baths for 679 Palsy 294 Causes 294 Symptoms 294 (a) Paralysis of the Ocular (eye) Muscles 294 (b) Paralysis of the Muscles of Mastication (eating) 294 (c) Paralysis of the Facial (Face) Muscles 295 (d) Paralysis of the Muscles of the Upper Extremity 295 (e) Paralysis of the Muscles of the Lower Extremities 295 (f) Toxic (Poison) Paralysis, Lead Paralysis 295 Physicians' Treatment 295 Palsy, Shaking 291 Paralysis 294 Paralysis Agitans 291 Paralysis, General of the Insane 298 Paralysis, Infantile 307 Paralysis, Diseases Caused by Animal 44 Paresis, General 298 Paretic Dementia 298 Parotitis 180

Parry's Compound Sarsaparilla Blood Purifier 483 Parry's, Grave's Disease 260 Pasteur Institutes, Location of 249 Patch, Moth 61 PATENT MEDICINES AND RARE OLD PRESCRIPTIONS 465 Ague, Chills and Fever (Rare Prescription) 467 Allen's World's Hair Restorer 465 Anti-Constipation Pad 465 Ayer's Cherry Pectoral 466 Ayer's Hair Vigor 466 Ayer's Sarsaparilla 467 Barker's Bone and Nerve Liniment 467 Blood and Liver Regulator (Rare Prescription) 466 Blotches and Pimples (Rare Prescription) 473 Brinkerhoff System of Treating Piles 468 British Oil 488 Brodie's Liniment for Asthma 484 Bull's Blood Syrup 470 Burns and Scalds (Rare Prescription) 466 California Liniment 470 Cancer Paste 471 Carter's Little Liver Pills 472 Castoria 472 Catarrh Ointment (Rare Prescription) 468 Cathartic and Sure Cure for Constipation 468 Catarrh of Long Standing 467 Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy 473 Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea (Rare Prescription) 469 Colic in Infants 471 Constipation 471 Corns 472 Coughs 468 Croup 459 Cuticura Ointment 474 Cuticura Resolvent 474 Diarrhea, Flux and Dysentery (Rare Prescription) 472 Dyspepsia Tonic 473 Earache (Rare Prescription) 470 Edward's Alterative and Tonic Bitters 487 Ely's Cream Balm 474 Fellow's Hypophosphites 475 Female Regulator (Rare Prescription) 474 Fever, For (Rare Prescription) 474 Flux (Rare Prescription) 474 General Tonic 475 Genuine White Oil Liniment 476 Good Samaritan Liniment 476 Grandmother's Own Cough Remedy 476 Green Mountain Salve 477 Gunn's Rheumatic Liniment 478 Haines's Golden Specific for Opium Habit 478 Hair's, Dr. B. W., Cure 473 Hall's Hair Renewer 479 Hamburg Breast Tea 488 Hamburg Drops 479 Hamlin's Wizard Oil 480 Harter's Wild Cherry Bitters 487 Headache (Rare Prescription) 476 Heartburn (Rare Prescription) 476 Heart Diseases, Fluttering, etc, (Rare Prescription) 471 Hinkley's Bone Liniment 480 Holloway's Ointment 481 Iron Tonic Bitters (Rare Prescription) 477 Itch Ointment (Rare Prescription) 478 Johnson's Liniment 484 Kellog's Red Drops 481 Kelly's Tonic 486 Kickapoo Indian Oil 481 Kidney and Liver Cure (Rare Prescription) 478

[934 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]

Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets 468 Liniment (Rare Prescription) 479 Liver Pills (Rare Prescription) 479 Lombard's Secret Cancer Remedies 471 Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound 469 Madame Rupert's Face Bleach 473 Mitchell's Eye Salve 482 Mother Siegel's Syrup 482 Nervousness (Rare Prescription) 480 Neuralgia (Rare Prescription) 481 New York Sun Cholera Cure 480 Pain Killer, External 481 Paine's Celery Compound 488 Parry's Comp. Sarsaparilla Blood Purifier 483 Patterson's Emulsion of Pumpkin Seeds 483 Perry Davis's Pain Killer 484 Pierce's Compound Extract of Smartweed 488 Poison Oak and Ivy (Rare Prescription) 481 Radway's Pills 488 Relief from Asthma (Rare Prescription) 465 Rheumatism, Internal Use (Rare Prescription) 482 Royal Catarrh Cure 467 Sage's Catarrh Cure 484 Salve for Boils and Old Sores (Rare Prescription) 466 Saul's Catarrh Remedy 485 St. Jacob's Oil 485 Scald Head (Rare Prescription) 482 Scrofula (Rare Prescription) 482 Seven Sutherland Sisters' Hair Grower 485 Skinner's Dandruff Mixture 485 Smith's Electric Oil 470 Sore Eyes (Rare Prescription) 470 Sore Throat (Rare Prescription) 475 Southern Cholera Cure 483 Syrup of Figs 485 Tape Worm (Rare Prescription) 483 Thomas's Electric Oil 486 Tonic, General (Rare Prescription) 475 Toothache (Rare Prescription) 483 Van Buskirk's Fragrant Sozodont 486 Watt's Anti-Rheumatic Pills 487 White's Cough Syrup 487 Whooping Cough (Rare Prescription) 484 Patterson's Emulsion of Pumpkin Seeds 483 Pediculus Capitis 78 Pediculus Corporis 78 Pediculus Pubis 78 Pelvis, The 490 Pemphigus 79 Peptonized Milk 594 Peptonized Milk 653 Cold Process 653 Pericarditis 341 Primary or First Cause 341 Symptoms 341 Treatment of Pericarditis 341 Periproctitis 137, 151 Perineum and Cervix, operation for 664 Peritoneum, Inflammation of the 133 Peritonitis, Acute; General 133 Causes 133 Symptoms 133 Recovery, Prognosis, etc 134 Peritonitis, Local, 134 Symptoms 134 Treatment of Acute Peritonitis 134 For Vomiting 134 Diet 134 Peritonitis, Tubercular 134 Symptoms 134 Treatment 134 Permanent Teeth, Usual Order 619

Pernicious Anaemia 250 Condition 250 Symptoms 250 Treatment 250 Pernicious Malarial Fever 229 Perry Davis's Pain Killer 484 Pertussis 180 Pterygium 352 Pruritus Ani 143 Pharyngitis, Acute 21 Pharyngeal Catarrh, Acute 21 Pharyngeal Diphtheria 184 Pharyngeal Tonsil 8 Pharynx, Inflammation of 21 Phlebitis 345 Causes 345 Symptoms 345 Treatment 345 Pierce's Comp. Extract of Smart weed 488 Piles 145 Varieties 146 Causes 146 External Piles 146 Skin Piles, (Cutaneous) 147 Mothers' Remedies 147 1. Sulphur and Glycerin for 147 2. Strongly recommended remedy for 147 3. Good Salve for 147 4. Smartweed Salve for 147 5. Cold Water Cure for 147 6. Simple Application and Relief from 147 7. Steaming with Chamomile Tea for 147 Physicians' Treatment for Piles 148 What to do first 148 Lead and Laudannm Wash 148 1. Soothing Ointment for 148 2. Salve for 148 3. For External Piles 148 4. If there is much Itching 148 5. I Use quite frequently 148 Operation for Piles 149 Cutaneous Skin Piles Operated upon 149 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 679 1. Prescription for 679 Piles (Herb Remedies) 410, 420, 423, 426, 442 Piles, Internal 149 Symptoms 149 Recovery, Pain, etc 150 Physicians' Treatment for Piles 150 1. For Inflamed piles 150 2. For Bathing the Piles 150 3. When there is Slight Bleeding 150 4. If the Protruded Piles are Inflamed 150 5. An Ointment 151 6. Tea of White Oak Bark for 151 7. Take a rectal Injection 151 Preventive, Treatment 151 For Constipation 151 Habits 151 Diet 151 Foods Allowed 151 Piles, Itching 143 Pile, Operation for 664 Pimples 61 Pinworms 46 Placenta Praevia 527 Plague 225 Causes 225 Bubonic Plague 225 Septicemia type 225 Pneumonia type 225 Symptoms 225 Pneumonic Plague 226 Septicemic Plague 226 Treatment, Prevention 226 Plague, Bubonic 225 Plasters, Capsicum and Belladonna 635

[MEDICAL INDEX 935]

Pleura, Inflammation of the 41 Pleurisy Diagnosis of 4 Pleurisy, Acute 41 Causes 42 Diet and Nursing 42 Physicians' Treatment 42 1. Home Treatment 42 2. Other Home Remedies 42 3. Fomentations 43 4. Camphorated Oil for 43 5. Adhesive Plaster 43 6. Tincture of Aconite 43 7. Hypodermic of Morphine 43 Pleurisy, Acute (Herb Remedies) 420, 428, 434, 444 Pleurisy, Operation for 664 Pleurodynia 323 Plumbism, Saturnism 374 Pneumonia, Diagnosis of 4 Pneumonia 218 Causes of pneumonia 218 Symptoms 218 Mothers' Remedies 219 1. Salt Pork for Inflammation for 219 2. Raspberry Tincture for Inflammation of 219 3. Herb Ointment 219 4. Mullein for 219 5. Salve for Weak 219 Physicians' Treatment for Lungs 219 Fomentations 220 Pneumonia (Herb Remedies) 434 Pneumonia, Brancho 40 Poisoning 621 POISONS, ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES (Chapter) 376 Poisoning, Bland Drink After 438 Poisoning, Food 374 Poisoning, Ivy 92 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 679 1. Buttermilk and Salt Heals 679 2. Lead Water and Laudanum 679 3. Excellent Cure for 679 Poisoning, Lead 374 Poison Oak and Ivy, (Rare Prescription) 481 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 680 1. Gunpowder and Lard for 680 POISONS, SYMPTOMS, TREATMENTS, ANTIDOTES AND STIMULANTS 400 Poisoned Wounds 377 Polypus, Nasal 19 Posterior Spinal Sclerosis 305 Post Nasal Growths 8 Poultice (Herb Remedies) 424, 429 Poultice of Peach Tree Leaves from our Mothers' List 634 Pregnancy, Accidents of 524 Pregnancy, Cramps during (Herb Remedies) 420, 439 Premature Labor 524 Prevention of Conception 494 Prickly Heat Rash 76 Symptoms 76 Cause 76 Mothers' Remedies 76 1. Soda Water for 76 2. Relief from pain of 76 3. Burnt Cornstarch for 76 4. Soothing Ointment for 76 Physicians' Treatment for Prickly Heat 77 Chafing 77 Mothers' Remedies for Chafing 77 1. Fuller's Earth Eases 77 2. Good Home Remedy for 77 3. Borax and Zinc stops 77 4. Common Flour Good to Stop 77 Proctitis 137 Podogra 315 Prolapse 137 Proprietary Foods 622 Prostate, Diseases of the 163 Prostate, Hypertrophy of the 164 Symptoms 164 Treatment, Preventive 164 Prostration, Nervous 280 Pruritis 495 Pseudo-Leukaemia 252 Psoriasis 79 Pulse 642 Purifier, Blood (Herb Remedies) 422 Purpura 253 Symptoms 253 1. Symptomatic Purpura 253 2. Type Arthritic Purpura 253 Purpura Haemorrhagic 253 Symptoms 253 Treatment 254 Pyelitis 160 Symptoms 161 Treatment 161 Diet 161 Pyemia 223 Symptoms 223 Local Treatment 223 General Treatment 223 Quinsy 190 Radway's Pills 488 Rash, Nettle 89 Rash, Nettle (Herb Remedies) 442 Rash, Prickly Heat 76 Raspberry Shrub 646 Raspberry Vinegar 647 Rectal Douche 641 Rectocele 514 Rectum, Abscess around the 151 Rectum, Diseases of the 136 Rectum. Neuralgia of the 137 Relief for Asthma (Rare Prescription) 465 Remittent Fever 228 Renal Calculus 161 Respiration (Breathing) 642 RESPIRATORY DISEASES 6 Resuscitate the Drowned, To 397 Retina 347 Retina, Inflammation of the 355 Retinitis, Albuminuric 355 Rheumatism 678 Liniment sent us from a Gentleman in Canada 678 Rheumatic Arthritis 314 Rheumatism Articular 317 Rheumatism Chronic 321 Rheumatism, Chronic (Herb Remedies) 414, 434, 435, 440 Rheumatic Fever, Diagnosis of 4 Rheumatic Rever (Articular Rheumatism) 317 Causes 317 Predisposing 318 Condition 318 Symptoms 318 Fever 318 Mothers' Remedies 318 1. Salicylate of Soda Treatment 319 2. Cotton Excellent for Inflammatory 319 Prevention 319 1. Physicians' Causes 320 2. Hot Fomentations 320 3. The Following is Good 320 4. A Prescription 320 5. A Layer or Two of Gauze Saturated with Methylsalicylate 320 6. Internal 320

[936 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]

7. Dr. Hare Recommend 320 Nursing 321 Diet 321 Rheumatism, Gonorrheal 236 Rheumatism, Gonorrheal (Herb Remedies) 429, 430 Rheumatic Gout 314 Rheumatic Anthritis 314 Arthritis Deformans 314 Causes 314 Conditions 314 Symptoms 314 Acute 314 Chronic Type 315 Monarticular or One Joint Type 315 Recovery 315 General Treatment 315 Local 315 Rheumatic Headache 268 Rheumatism, Diagnosis of Inflammatory 4 Mothers' Remedy (Unclassified) 677 1. Salt Petre and Sweet Oil for 677 Rheumatism, Internal Use (Rare Prescription) 482 Rheumatism, Muscular 323 Rheumatism, Muscular (Herb Remedies) 415, 426, 434 Rhinitis, Acute 10 Rhinitis, Chronic 14 Ribs, Broken 382 Rickets 614 Ringworm 86 Varieties 86 Ringworm of the Body 86 Mothers' Remedies 86 1. Gunpowder and Vinegar for 86 2. Cigar Ashes for 86 3. Kerosene for 86 4. Ontario Mother Cured Boy of 86 5. Another from a Mother at Valdosta, Georgia 86 6. Egg Skin Remedy for 86 7. From a Mother at Owosso, Michigan 86 Physicians' Treatment 86 1. For Infants and Children 86 2. Corrosive Sublimate 87 3. Ammoniated Mercury 87 4. For Ringworm 87 5. For Ringworm 87 Ringworm (Herb Remedies) 413 Ringworm of the Beard 87 Ringworm of the Scalp 87 Cautions and Treatment 87 1. Carbolic Acid 87 2. Oleate of Mercury 87 3. Sulphur Ointment 87 4. Tincture of Iodine 87 Root Beer 646 Rose, Cold 17 Rough on Rats, Poison by 406 Round Worm 44 Royal Catarrh Cure 467 Rupture 122 Location 123 Symptoms 123 Mothers' Remedies 123 1. Poultice for 123 Physicians' Treatment 123 Irreducible Ruptures 123 Strangulated Hernia or Rupture 124 Symptoms 124 Mothers' Remedies 124 1. Hop Poultice 124 Physicians' Treatment 124 To Reduce 124 Caution 124 Mothers' Remedy (Unclassified) 680 1. Herb Remedy for 680 Rupture in a Baby 620 Rupture of the Spleen 256

St. Jacob's Oil 485 Sad Mania 312 Sage's Catarrh Cure 484 Sago Custard 647 Salpingitis 502 Salt (Medical Use) 668 Saltpetre, Poison by 406 Salt Rheum 67 Mothers' Remedies 67 1. Alum Wash and Cathartic for 67 2. Ammonia and Camphor 68 3. Cactus Leaf Cure for 68 4. Pine Tar for 68 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 680 1. Well Tried Remedy for 680 Salt Rheum (Herb Remedies) 416, 434 Salve for Boils and Old Sores (Rare Prescription) 466 Salve, Splendid General 681 Santonin, Poison by 407 Saul's Catarrh Remedy 485 Scalds, Mothers' Remedies for 387 Scalds (Herb Remedies) 420 Scald Head 617 Scald Head (Rare Prescription) 482 Scalding Urine (Herb Remedies) 440 Scalp, Care of 550 Scalp, Ringworm of the 87 Scarlet Fever, Diagnosis of 5 Scarlet Fever 167 Definition 167 Modes of Conveying 167 Remains in the Room, How Long? 168 Age, Occurrence, Susceptibility 168 How Often? 168 Incubation 168 Contagion 168 Onset 168 Rash 168 Fever 168 Sore Throat 169 Tongue 169 Scaling 169 Complications, Nose 169 Ear 169 Eye 169 Kidneys 170 Heart 170 Joints 170 Chorea 170 Diagnosis 170 From Measles 170 Recovery 170 Sanitary Care of Room and Patient 170 City and State Supervision 171 How to Prevent and Avoid Scarlet Fever 171 Sanitary Care of Infected and Sick Persons and Rooms 172 The Room in Which One is Sick with this Disease 172 Soiled Clothing, Towels, Bed Linen, etc 172 The Discharges 173 All Cups, Glasses, Spoons, etc 173 Foods and Drinks 173 Persons Recovering from Scarlet Fever 173 Diet and Nursing 173 During the Sickness 174 Special Treatment 174 Dropsy in Scarlet Fever 175 How Soon May a Convalescent Person Associate with the Healthy 175 Caution 175 Scarlet Fever (Herb Remedies) 422 Scarlatina, Diagnosis of 5 Schaefer Method of Artificial Respiration 397

[MEDICAL INDEX 937]

Sciatica 266 Schools at Medicines 660 Sclerosis of the Liver 131 Scrofula 212 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 681 1. A Good Remedy for 681 Scrofula (Herb Remedies) 415, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 444, 445, 447 Scrofula (Rare Prescription} 482 Scurvy 615 Scurvy (Herb Remedies) 434, 444, 447 Sebaceous Cyst 85 Seborrhea 83 Secretion, Lessened Sweat 57 Senile Cataract 354 Symptoms of Senile (Old Age) Cataract 354 Course 354 Septicemia 222, 223 Seven Sutherland Sisters' Hair Grower 485 Shingles 74 Definition 74 Symptoms 74 Causes 74 Mothers' Remedies 74 1. Herb Remedy for 74 2. Mercury Ointment for 74 Physicians' Treatment 75 Shocked, Electrically 397 Shoulder Joint Dislocation 380 Sick Headache (Herb Remedies) 413, 414 Simple Acne 53 Simple Angina 21 Skin, Diseases of the 52 Macule Spots (Patches) 53 Papule (Pimple) 53 Tubercle (Node Lump) 53 Tumors 53 Wheel 53 Vesicle 53 Bleb 53 Pustule 53 Scale 53 Crust 53 Excoriation 53 Fissures 53 Ulcer (Sores) 53 Scar 53 Pigmentation 53 Skin, Diseases of the (Herb Remedies) 415, 430, 435, 436, 438, 447 Skin Diseases Produced by Lice 78 Skin, Inflammation of the 62 Skin, Inflammation of the (Herb Remedies) 412 Skinner's Dandruff Cure 485 Sleep 603 Sleeplessness 299 Sleeplessness (Herb Remedies} 426, 430, 439 Smallpox, Diagnosis of 4 Smallpox 201 Causes 201 Symptoms 201 Eruptions 201 Confluent Form 201 Varioloid 201 Treatment 202 Diet 202 Nursing 202 General Rule for Disinfection 203 Hands, Body, etc 203 Vaccination and Re-vaccination and its Prevention of Smallpox 203 A Good Time to be Vaccinated 203 Why Vaccinate? 203 Smallpox entirely prevented by re-vaccination 204 Who Should Be Vaccinated 204 Who Should Not Be Vaccinated 205 When Should a Person be Vaccinated? 205 Vaccination after Exposure to Smallpox 205 With what should one be vaccinated? 206 Where Vaccination Should Be Performed? 206 After Vaccination 206 Common Appearances after Vaccination 206 What to do during and after Vaccination? 207 Make a Record of your Vaccination? 207 Lives Saved from Smallpox in Michigan 207 Smith's Electric Oil 470 Smooth Tonsilitis, Diagnosis of 5 Snake Bites 377 Symptoms of a Snake Bite 378 Treatment 378 First thing to do 378 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 680 1. Simple Poultice for 680 2. Onions and Salt for 681 Snake Bite (Herb Remedies) 434 Soda (Medical Use) 669 Salt Water Bath, Tonic Action 630 Softening of the Brain 298 Soft Diet 644 Soothing Syrup, Overdose of 622 Sore Eyes (Rare Prescription) 470, 549 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 681 1. Camphor and Breast Milk for 681 Sore Mouth, Canker 97 Sore Mouth, Canker (Herb Remedies) 410, 420, 442, 444 Sore Throat 21 Symptoms 21 Chronic 21 Prevention of the Chronic Kind 21 Prevention of the Acute Kind 21 Mothers' Remedies 21 1. Used for Years Successfully 21 2. Splendid Liniment for 22 3. Simple Gargle for 22 4. Home Made Salve for 22 5. Cold Packs Sure Cure for 22 6. Ointment for 22 7. Remedy from a Mother in Johnson City, Tenn 22 8. Gargle and Application for 23 9. Vinegar Gargle for 23 10. Alum and Vinegar for 23 11. Kerosene for 23 12. Remedy always at hand 23 13. Simple Remedy for 23 Physicians' Treatment for Sore Throat 23 1. Inhalation of Steam 23 2. Sulphur and Cream for 23 3. Good Old Mothers' Remedies 23 1. Physicians' Local Treatment 24 2. When the Attack is Mild 24 3. I like the following at the beginning 24 4. For Chronic Catarrh 24 5. Other Gargles 24 6. Snuff 24 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 681 1. Mustard Plaster for 681 Sore Throat (Herb Remedies) 418, 420, 431, 434, 442 Sore Throat (Rare Prescription) 475 Sores or Ulcers 72 Sores or Ulcers (Herb Remedies) 410, 412, 413, 416, 431, 434, 447 Southern Cholera Cure 483 Spasms 542, 616 Spasms (Herb Remedies) 420, 432 Spasmodic Asthma 37 Spasm of the Glottis 26 Special Diseases 265 Spice Plaster 635 Spice Poultice 634 Spice Poultice from a Stanlyton, Va., Mother 634

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