Mother, Nurse and Infant A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies.

CHAPTER VI.

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MEDICAL FORMULARY.

Formula 61. FIAT HAUSTUS.

(Let a draught be made.)

℞ Magnesiæ sulphatis drachmas duas. Infusi sennæ fluidunciam. Syrupi rhei fluidrachmam.

Misce et fiat haustus, in jusculo calido, partítis vicibus sumendus.

The above prescription translated into English would read:

Take of sulphate of magnesia two drachms. Infusion of senna one fluid ounce. Syrup of rhubarb one fluid drachm.

Mix and let a draught be made to be taken in divided doses in warm broth.

The following is a convenient form and one not liable to mistakes:

℞ Magnesiæ sulph. ʒ ij. Syr. rhei f ʒ j. Infus. sennæ. f ℥ j. M., et fiat haustus.

S. To be taken in divided doses in warm broth.

62. FOR COLIC.

℞ Magnes. alb. ust ℈ j. Tinct. fœtid gtt. lx. Tinct. theb gtt. xx. Aq. font ℥ j.

_Translation._

Take Calcined magnesia 20 grains. Tincture of assafœtida 60 drops. Laudanum 20 drops. Water 1 ounce. Mix.

S. Dose. 20 drops for a child, in sweetened water.

63. FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM AND DYSENTERY.

℞ Sal tart. vel carb. sod gr. xxx. Gum Arabic. Sacch. Alb aa. ʒ j. Tinct. theb gtt x. Aq. Font ℥ iij.

_Translation._

Take salt of tartar or soda 20 grains. Gum Arabic and loaf sugar each 1 drachm. Tincture of opium (laudanum) 10 drops. Water 3 ounces.

To the above a drop of oil of cinnamon may be added and it may be given in doses of one teaspoonful in lime water and milk, when cholera morbus is followed by diarrhœa and dysentery.

64. FOR CROUP, &C.

℞ Tr. phytolac dec gtt. vj. Tr. aconit gtt. iij. Aqua. ℥ iv. M.

_Translation._

Take Tinct. of poke root 6 drops. Tinct. of aconite 3 drops. Water 4 ounces. Mix.

Dose a teaspoonful every five or thirty minutes, as is necessary.

For a case of mammary abscess it may be given internally, and also rubbed upon the breast in the forming stage.

65. FOR CHRONIC ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN.

Errata. On page 44, for 12, 18, 23, 52, 54, 57, 61, 62, 65, read 10, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 28. On page 43, last line, for 65 read 58.

℞ Tinct. cinch. comp. ℥ viij. Aq. menth. pip. ℥ xij. Ammon. murias ℥ j. M.

_Translation._

Take of Compound tincture of Peruvian bark 8 ounces. Peppermint water 12 ounces. Muriate of ammonia 1 ounce. Mix

S. Dose one teaspoonful three times a day, one hour before meals.

66. CHRONIC RHEUMATISM.

℞ Pulveris guaiaci resinæ, Potassæ nicratas aa. ʒ j. Pulveris ipecacuanhæ gr. iij. Opii gr. ij.

Fiat pulvis in charletas sex dividendus.

_Translation._

Pulverized gum guiac, Nitrate of potash of each 1 drachm. Powdered ipecac 3 grains. Opium 2 grains. Mix.

Divide into six powders.

S. One powder to be taken every three hours in syrup or molasses.

67. FOR SCIATICA AND FOR THE KIDNEYS.

℞ Ol. cubeba, Ol. copaiba aa. f. ʒ jv. Ol. tenebinth. f. ʒ ij. Spts. nit. æth. f. ʒ vj. Mucilagio acacia f. ℥ ij. M.

_Translation._

Take oil of cubebs, Oil of copaiva of each four fluidrachms. Oil of turpentine two fluidrachms. Spirits of nitric ether six fluidrachms. Mucilage of gum Arabic two fluid ounces. Mix.

Mark. One teaspoonful three times a day.

68. FOR GASTRIC ULCER.

℞ Morphine sulphatis gr. j. Bismuth subnitratis ʒ ss. M. S. Ft. Chart. No. vj.

_Translation._

Take morphine 1 grain. Sub nitrate of bismuth ½ drachm. Mix.

Make six powders. Mark. One powder to be taken every four hours.

ANTACIDS.

69. CARBONATE OF MAGNESIA.

℞ Magnesia carbonatis grs. 80. Extracti opii liquidi min. 30. Spiritus etheris fl. drs. 3. Aqua mentha viridis ad fl. oz. 6. Mix.

One fourth part occasionally. Useful where there is much oppression from flatulency.

70. CHALK MIXTURE AND HOPS.

℞ Tincture lupuli ʒ vj. Tinct. cardamomi compositae fl. ʒ jv. Vini ipecacuanhæ fl. ʒ ij. Extractii opii liquidi min. xxx. Mistura creta ad. fl. ℥ vj. M.

_Translation._

Take tincture of hops 6 drachms. Compound tinct of cardamom 4 fluidrachms. Wine of ipecac 2 fluidrachms. Liquid extract of opium 25 minims. Chalk mixture (add to it) 6 fluid ounces. Mix.

Mark. One teaspoonful every three or four hours. Useful in diarrhœa due to acidity in the stomach.

71. FOR HEARTBURN.

℞ Liquor magnes. carb. ℥ ss. Sp. lav. comp. ʒ ij. M. Ft. haust.

_Translation._

Take liquor of carbonate of magnesia ½ ounce. Compound spirits of lavender 2 drachm.

Make a draught. Take immediately and repeat if necessary.

72. FOR ACIDITY OF THE STOMACH.

℞ Pepsin 5 grains. Sub nitrate bismuth 5 grains. Glycerine ½ ounce. M.

Sig. After each meal.

73. FOR INFANTILE COLIC.

℞ Magnesia carb. ʒ ij. Tinct assafœtida min. xx. Aqua. ℥ ij. M.

Sig. Thirty drops and repeat every half hour until relieved.

74. FOR DISORDERED STOMACH.

℞ Aqua ammonia ʒ ij. Essence cinnamon Tinct. ginger aa. ℥ ss. Tinct. pimento ℥ j. Alcohol ℥ ij. Water ℥ viij. Mix.

Of this one teaspoonful may be put in a glass of water, of which the patient may take a teaspoonful every hour.

75. NAUSEA AND VOMITING.

No. 1. Bicarb. potass. grs. xxx. ℞ Water f. ℥ ij. Bromide potass. grs. xxx. M.

No. 2. Citric acid. ʒ j. ℞ Water ℥ jv. Syrup f. ʒ x. M.

Add a table spoonful of No. 2 to a teaspoonful of No. 1 and drink immediately.

76. A POWDER FOR HEARTBURN.

℞ Magnesia calcinatæ ℥ ss. Bicarbonate sodæ Pulveris zinziberis aa. ℈ j. M.

Sig. A small teaspoonful occasionally.

77. CHALK MIXTURE.

℞ Prepared chalk ʒ jss. to ʒ ij. White sugar Pulv. gum Arabic aa. q. s. Peppermint water ℥ vj. M.

Sig. A table spoonful for a dose every two hours. When administered for diarrhœa, astringents and laudanum may be added.

78. CHOLERA MIXTURE.

℞ Chalk mixture ℥ j. Spirits chloroform xx. Tinct. opium min. jv. M.

To be taken every four hours.

79. NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL.

℞ Bicarbonate of potash Pulv. rhei aa. ʒ ij. Mix and add of Boiling water f. ℥ viij. Let it stand for two hours, filter and add Brandy f. ℥ j. Essence peppermint f. ℥ j.

Add white sugar to an agreeable sweetness.

Highly useful in diarrhœa, dysentery, summer complaint, &c., especially of children.

80. FOR DIARRHŒA AND DYSENTERY.

℞ Oil cinnamon Oil cloves Extract ginger aa. ℥ ss. Morphine grs. ij. Rhubarb grs. xx. Aqua ammonia ʒ ij. Spirits camphor ʒ ij. Alcohol ℥ viij. Water ℥ iv. M.

S. Dose, ¼ teaspoonful every two hours, in water.

81. SODA MINT FOR NAUSEA, &C.

℞ Sodæ bicarbonas ℥ j. Aqua Menth. pip. ℥ xvj. Spirits ammon. arom. ℥ ss. M.

Dose. 1 table spoonful.

82. FOR FLATULENT DYSPEPSIA.

℞ Salacylate of bismuth 2 parts. Calcined magnesia 3 parts. Oil of anise 1 part. M.

Of this powder a small teaspoonful may be taken before a meal.

ANTISEPTICS.

83. LAVENDER AND CAMPHOR.

℞ Spirits of camphor min. xx. Spirits of lavender f. ʒ j. Gum trugacanth mucilage f. ʒ vij.

Make a draught. To be taken every six or eight hours by a nervous attendant in a sick room.

84. SOLUTION OF CHLORINATED SODA.

℞ Liquoris chlorinatæ ʒ j. Tinct. opii min. xv. Camphonæ aquæ f. ℥ xij. M.

A table spoonful three times a day relieves the fetor, and is otherwise useful in low cases of fever, gangrene of the lungs, &c.

ANTISPASMODICS.

85. AMMONIA MIXTURE.

℞ Aromatic spirits of ammonia fl. ʒ j. Dilute hydrocyanic acid min. ij. Syrup ginger min. f. ʒ j. Caraway water fl. ʒ vîj.

Make a draught. To be taken twice or three times a day if there be flatulence or languor. In dyspepsia, debility, irritable stomach, &c.

86. FOR ASTHMA.

℞ Tinct. lobelia ℥ j. Ammon. iodide, Ammon. bromide aa. ʒ ij. Syrup tolu. ℥ iij. M.

Sig. A table spoonful every one, two, three, or four hours.

87. FOR WHOOPING COUGH.

℞ Aluminis ℈ ijss. Syrup zinzib. ℥ j. Syrup acaciæ ℥ j. Aqua ℥ j. M.

Sig. One teaspoonful three times a day.

88. FOR ASTHMA.

℞ Ext. Jamaica dogwood fl. ℥ ij. Syrup ipecac fl. ℥ j. Syrup aurant. cortex ℥ ss. M.

Sig. A teaspoonful every hour until the paroxysm should cease. Afterwards every four hours for the day.

89. ASIATIC MIXTURE FOR CHOLERA.

℞ Gum opii, Gum camph. aa. ℥ j. Ol. caryoph. f. ℥ j. Capsicum (cayenne) ℥ j. Sp. æth sulph. Co. Oij. Digest 15 days.

Dose for an adult, 20 to 60 drops every 2, 3, or 4 hours.

90. FOR DYSMENORRHŒA.

℞ Tinct. gelsemium, Tinct. camphor, Tinct. opii deodorized aa. ʒ ij. M.

S. Dose 20 drops every two hours until relieved. Useful in dysentery after the operation of Epsom salts.

91. HOFFMAN’S ANODYNE AND LAUDANUM.

℞ Liquoris anodyne Hoffman’s ʒ iij. Tincturæ thebiacæ gtt. lxxx. Aqua cinnamomi ℥ vj.

Fiat Mistura. Signa, A teaspoonful every hour in hysteria, &c. May sometimes be taken in a dose of a table spoonful.

92. FOR AFTER PAINS.

℞ Morphia sulphas gr. j. Pulv. camphoræ, Creta preparata, Pulv. glycerhiza aa. ℈ j. M.

Given in 10 grain doses and repeated, when required, every 4 hours.

ASTRINGENTS.

93. FOR DYSENTERY.

℞ Acidi tanici gr. xxx. Tinct. camphoræ comp f. ℥ j. Aqua cinnamomi ad. f. ℥ viij. M.

Label. One sixth part three times a day, about an hour before each meal.

94. CINNAMON MIXTURE.

℞ Tinct. cinnamon f. ʒ ij. Cinnamon water f. ℥ j. M.

Make a draught to be taken thrice daily. In menorrhagia especially, but also in other varieties of passive hemorrhage.

95. CHLOROFORM, OPIUM, AND CASTOR OIL.

℞ Chloroform min. x. Tinct. camph. comp. f. ʒ ij. Castor oil f. ʒ iij.

Make a draught to be taken immediately. In choleraic diarrhœa.

96. FOR HEMORRHAGE OF THE URETHRA, &C.

℞ Tinct. ergot, Oil of turpentine aa. f. ʒ ij. Tinct. chloride of iron, Laudanum aa. f. ʒ j. Gum Arabic mucilage f. ℥ viij. M.

Sig. Take one table spoonful hourly.

97. IN HEMOPTYSIS (BLEEDING FROM THE LUNGS.)

℞ Fld. ext. ergot, Paregoric, Syrup tolu equal parts. M.

S. Half a table spoonful every hour if necessary.

98. FOR PHTHISIS WHEN NIGHT SWEATS AND COUGH ARE BAD.

℞ Acidi sulphurici diluti gtt. x. Tincturæ opii deodoratæ gtt. x. Syrupi hypophosphatis f. ʒ j. Extracti Pruni Virginiani fluidi f. ʒ ij. M.

For a dose ter. die.

It will be more convenient to have the above put up according to the following form:

℞ Elixir vitriol ʒ iij. Deodorized laudanum ʒ jss. Syrup hypophosphitis f. ʒ xv. Fld. ext. wild cherry f. ʒ xxx. M.

Sig. Take nearly a table spoonful three times a day. (For an adult.)

99. FOR INFANTILE DIARRHŒA.

℞ Sub. nitrate bismuth ʒ ij. Laudanum min. ij. Gum Arabic mucilage ℥ jv. Mix.

S. A teaspoonful every two hours.

100. FOR CHOLERA MORBUS.

℞ Spirits am. arom. ℥ j. Spirits lav. co. ℥ j. Tinct. opii camph. ℥ ss. Mix.

S. A teaspoonful in water every two hours or oftener, until relieved. In cholera morbus, colic, dysentery, &c.

101. FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM.

℞ Bismuthi sub carbonatis gr. xvj. Pulv. ipecacuanha comp. gr. j. Pulv. sacchari albi grs. xij. Mix.

For viij. powders. One to be taken every three hours in the mother’s or cow’s milk.

102. FOR CHRONIC DYSENTERY.

℞ Sodæ bicarbonas ℥ ss. Zinci oxide ʒ ij. M.

Sig. 6 grains every six hours.

103. FOR PROLAPSIS UTERI.

℞ Fld. ext. nux vomica f. ℥ j. Fld. ext. blue cohash f. ℥ ss. Fld. ext. ergot ʒ ij. Simple syrup ℥ ij. Chloroform min. x. M.

S. One-half a teaspoonful three times a day.

104. ASTRINGENT POWDER.

℞ Sub. nitrate of bismuth grs. xij. Pulv. geranium root grs. jx. Dover powder gr. j. M.

Divide into six powders. Give one powder every six hours.

CATHARTICS.

105. THE WHITE MIXTURE FOR RHEUMATISM.

℞ Epsom salts ℥ jss. Carbonate magnesia ʒ ij. Peppermint water f. ℥ viij. Wine of colchicum f. ʒ ij. M.

One-sixth part early every morning.

106. FOR DYSENTERY.

℞ Syrup of rhubarb f. ℥ ij. Syrup of ginger f. ℥ iij. Tincture of opium f. ℥ j. Oil of cloves gtt. xxx. M.

S. One teaspoonful every two or three hours.

107. FOR VOMITING OF PREGNANCY.

℞ Rad. columbo (columbo root), Rad. ginger (ginger root), aa. ℥ ss. Fol. senna (senna leaves) ʒ j. Boiling water Oj.

Sig. Wineglassful before meals.

108. COMPOUND LICORICE POWDER.

℞ Powdered senna leaves, Powdered licorice root aa. ℥ vj. Powdered fennel seed, Powdered sulphur aa. ℥ iij. Powdered sugar ℥ xvj. M.

Dose one teaspoonful as a mild laxative.

109. AS A LAXATIVE FOR ANTIPARTEM ADMINISTRATION.

℞ Senna leaves ℥ iij. Sulphate of magnesia ℥ xx. Bruised ginger ℥ x. Boiling water cong. j.

Let the mixture stand over night; filter. Dose, two or three ounces.

110. FOR PILES.

℞ Magnesia sulp., Magnesia carb., Sup. tart. potass., Sulphur sublim. aa. ℥ j. Mix thoroughly.

Sig. One, two, or three teaspoonfuls of the powder before eating in the morning.

111. FOR DYSENTERY.

℞ Mucilaginis tragacanthæ fl. ℥ ij. Aqua cinnamomi fl. ℥ iij. Olei ricini fl. ʒ xij. Tinct. rhei, Syrup aurantii aa. fl. ʒ vj. Tinct. opii min. xxx. Mix.

S. One-eighth part for an adult every three hours. In dysentery where there are scybala in the rectum. Also where an aperient with a sedative is needed.

ANTHELMINTICS.

112. TO EXPEL THE ROUND WORMS.

℞ Santonin gr. 3. Sacchari lactis gr. 10.

Make a powder to be taken early in the morning in a table spoonful of milk or cream. Its exhibition should be followed at the end of six hours by mild physic.

113. FOR TAPE WORMS.

℞ Oil of turpentine 4 drachms. Gruel (not too thick) 3 ounces. Mix well.

Abstain from supper; take a mixture on waking in the morning, and lie down until it operates.

114. FOR WORMS.

℞ Santonin 16 grs. Flu. ext. spigelia 16 drops. Simple syrup 2 ounces. Mix.

Sig. Teaspoonful morning and night.

CAUSTICS AND RUBEFACIENTS.

115. CHROMIC ACID.

℞ Acidi chromici grs. 60. Aqua fl. drs. 4. M.

Apply directly to warts, &c., to destroy them.

116. IODINE PAINT.

℞ Iodini grs. xl. Potassai iodidi ʒ ss. Spirits vini rectificati f. ℥ j. M.

To be applied with a camel’s hair brush.

117. BURNT ALUM.

The alumen ustem is made by depriving the alum of its water of chrystalization by heat. It is applied in powder to fungous granulations of ulcers, and mixed with sugar is used to remove nebulous spots on the cornea.

118. FOR PRICKLY HEAT.

℞ Sulphate of copper grs. xx. Water ℥ ij. M.

Apply daily by means of a camel’s hair brush or a sponge. It is applied after a morning bath, after the skin has been well rubbed with a towel, and it must be allowed to dry on the skin before dressing.

DIAPHORETICS.

119. A PLEASANT DIAPHORETIC IN FEVERS.

℞ Citratis potasæ preparatæ ʒ ij. Aqua distilatæ ℥ jv. to ℥ vi. Olei limonis gtt. ij. Sacchari alba ʒ j. Misce.

S. A table spoonful to be taken every two hours. Spirits of nitre may be added.

120. INFUSION OF BONESET.

℞ Eupatorii perfoliati ℥ j. Aqua bulientis Oj.

Infuse for thirty minutes in a covered vessel; then decant and take a wineglassful every hour till there is free perspiration. The infusion must be taken hot as it can be drunk, otherwise it may produce vomiting.

121. DECOCTION OF BARLEY WATER WITH NITRE.

℞ Decocti hardei Oj. Nitratis potassæ ʒ ij. Succi limonis ℥ j. to ℥ ij. Fiat potus.

_Translation._

Take barley water one pint. Salt petre two drachms. Lemon juice one ounce to two ounces.

Make a drink to be drank warm by the patient.

122. MODIFIED DIAPHORETIC.

Errata. On page 172 for (F. 122) read (F. 108.)

℞ Opii pulv ʒ j. Ipecac pulv ʒ ss. Camphor pulv ʒ ij. Saccharum ʒ iv. Mix thoroughly.

This and the following prescriptions in doses of from two to eight grains may be used as a

123. SUBSTITUTE FOR DOVER POWDERS.

℞ Morph. sulph. ʒ j. Camphoræ, Oreta prep., Saccharum aa. ʒ xx.

124. DIAPHORETIC AND EXPECTORANT.

℞ Potass citrat. ℥ j. Suc. limonis f. ℥ jss. Syr. ipecac. f. ℥ ss. Tr. opii camph. f. ʒ iij. Syrupi q. s. ad. f. ℥ iij. M.

S. Dessert spoonful every two hours. For colds and coughs.

DIURETICS.

125. NITRE, JUNIPER, AND ETHER.

℞ Potassa nitratis grs. 60. Spiritus juniper f. dr. 1. Spiritus œtheris nitrici f. dr. 3. Decocti chimaphilæ ad. f. oz. 8. Mix.

One-sixth part every six hours.

126. DIURETIC AND LAXATIVE.

℞ Potassæ tartratis ʒ iij. Infus. buchu f. ℥ viij. Mix.

S. One-sixth part three times a day.

127. FOR CYSTITS—IRRITABLE CONDITION OF THE BLADDER.

℞ Acidi benzoici, Sodii biboratis aa. gr. x. Inf. buchu ℥ ij. M.

Sig. This amount three times a day.

128. INFUSION OF UVA URSI.

℞ Uva ursi foliorum ℥ j. Aqua bulientis Oj.

Pour the water boiling hot on the leaves and let them macerate for several hours. To be taken cold, from half a pint to a pint daily. Chiefly used for irritable bladder and strangury.

129. FOR SUBACUTE AND CHRONIC RHEUMATISM.

℞ Potass iod. ʒ ij. Vin. calc. rad. f. ʒ ij. Tinct. guiac ammon. f. ℥ iij. Fld. ext. belladonna min. xx. Aqua cinnamon ℥ iij. M.

A teaspoonful in water three times a day.

130. FOR MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM.

℞ Potasii iodide ʒ j. Vini colchici rad. f. ʒ ij. Morphia sulphatis gr. iij. Syrupi f. ℥ j. Aquæ f. ℥ iij. M.

S. A teaspoonful three times a day.

131. FOR DROPSY.

℞ Fld. ext. apocynum Canabinum ʒ ij. Spts. lav. comp. ℥ ss. Syrup simplex ℥ iij ss. M.

S. A teaspoonful every three or four hours.

132. FOR URETHRAITIS.

℞ Tinct. gelsemii ʒ ss. Potassii bromidi ʒ ijss. Potass. bicarb. ℥ ss. Aqua ℥ iv. M.

S. Dessert spoonful in water three times a day.

EMETICS.

133. POWDER OF IPECAC.

℞ Pulvis ipecacuanha ℈ ij. Divide into two doses.

Signa. One to be taken in a little sweetened water or warm water. If one powder does not produce the desired effect within thirty or forty minutes, the second to be taken in like manner. It may be followed by a draught of tepid water after vomiting commences.

134. POWDER OF SULPHATE OF ZINC.

℞ Sulphate of zinc 10 grs. to ʒ ss.

Signa. To be taken in syrup, and followed by a draught of warm water.

135. EMETIC FOR A CHILD.

℞ Very young children in some instances suffer from indigestion. If delicate give five grains ipecacuanha, and after that sickens the child give a dose of castor oil to remove the offending matter from the stomach.

136. EMETIC USED IN CAPILLARY BRONCHITIS OF CHILDREN.

℞ Zinchi sulphatis gr. iij. Pulveris ipecacuauha gr. ij. M.

For one dose; to be repeated every ten minutes until emesis is produced.

EXPECTORANTS.

137. SEDATIVE COUGH MIXTURE.

℞ Vinum ipecacacuanha fl. dr. 1½. Spiritus etheris nitrosa fl. dr. 6. Infusi senega ad. fl. oz. 8. Mix.

One-sixth part every six hours. In chronic bronchitis when an expectorant and sedative is desired.

138. INFUSION OF FLAXSEED, &C.

℞ Seminum lini ℥ j. Radicis glycerhiza ℥ ss. Aqua bulientis Oij.

Macerate for two or three hours near the fire in a covered vessel, strain, and add lemon juice sufficient to make it agreeable. This may be given as a common drink in catarrh.

139. COUGH SYRUP.

Errata. On page 123, for 139, 140, read 81, 107.

℞ Morphine grs. viij. Fld. ext. ipecac. f. ʒ jss. Tinct. bloodroot f. ℥ j. Water ℥ vj. Simple syrup f. ℥ xxv. Chlorate potash ℥ ss. Muriate of ammonia ʒ j. M.

S. Dose for an adult, a teaspoonful three times a day and after each fit of coughing.

140. TAR WATER.

℞ Picis liquida Oij. Aqua Cong. j. M.

Stir them together with a wooden rod for ten minutes, then let the tar subside. Strain the water and keep in well corked bottles. A pint may be taken daily.

141. FOR WHOOPING COUGH.

℞ Ammon. bromide ʒ j. Tinct. strammonii, sem. gtt. xx. Syrup simplex ℥ ij. Aqua ℥ ij. M.

Sig. A teaspoonful three times a day for a child.

142. FOR PNEUMONIA.

℞ Syrup senega ℥ ss. Spirits nitre, Tinct. digitalis aa, f. ʒ ij. Morphine gr. ij. Simple syrup f. ℥ ij. M.

Sig. Dose, a half teaspoonful every three hours or oftener.

143. PNEUMONIA.

℞ Tinct. aconite gtt. xxx. Fld. ext. jaborandi, Spirits nitre dulcis aa. ℥ ij. Aqua ℥ jv. M.

Sig. A teaspoonful every four hours for an adult.

144. FOR COUGH.

℞ Syrup wild cherry ℥ iij Tinct. sanguinaria ℥ j. Morphine grs. ij. Chlorate potash grs. xv. Muriate of ammonia grs. x. Aqua ℥ j. M.

Sig. Dose, ½ a teaspoonful every six hours, and after each spell of coughing.

ENEMATA AND INJECTIONS.

145. FOR ASCARIDES.

℞ Sulphuric ether 5 to 20 drops. Water ½ pint to a pint. M.

Inject into the bowels.

146. INJECTION FOR ASCARIDES OR PINWORMS.

℞ Acid carbolici ℈ j. Potassa chloratis ʒ ij. Aqua Oj. M.

Warm to 98° and inject into the bowels.

147. INJECTION FOR THE VAGINA. (THIS MAY BE USED DILUTED WITH WATER.)

℞ Tannin ℈ j. Zinci sulphatis ʒ ij. Aqua tepidi Oj. M.

Inject with a Davidson or a fountain syringe.

148. ENEMA FOR PINWORMS.

℞ Argenti nitratis (nitrate silver) cryst. 8 grs. Aqua distilat 6 oz. for an enema.

Repeat this each day for four or five days. This will stain clothing.

149. ENEMA TO MOVE THE BOWELS.

℞ Ol. ricini (castor oil) f. ℥ ij. Ol. terebinth. (spirits turpentine) f. ʒ i. Aqua fervent Oij.

To be administered at once.

150. FOR ASCARIDES CAUSING VAGINAL DISCHARGE.

℞ Tinct. ferri chloridi ℥ ss. Aqua calcis Oj. Ft. injectio.

Inject one-half into the rectum at night and the other half the next morning.

151. EMMENAGOGUE ENEMA.

℞ Aloes barbadensis gr. x. Tepid milk f. ℥ M.

To be injected twice a day when the menstrual flow is due, for one or two days.

152. FOR IRRITABLE UTERUS.

℞ Bromide potash ʒ j. Water Oj. M.

Use as a rectal injection. Where there is pain in the part, one drachm of the tincture of opium hyoscyamus or conium may be used in the same way.

153. VAGINAL INJECTIONS.

Errata. On page 85 for (F. 153, 199) read (163, 214).

The vaginal injections most used when disinfection is the special object, and the usual proportions are the following:

℞ Corrosive sublimate, 1 to 1000 or 2000; carbolic acid, 5 or 10 to 1000; thymal, 1 to 1000; sulphite of soda, 5 to 1000; permangenate of potash, 5 to 1000; liquor sodii chlorinatæ (Labaraques solution), 1 to 2; chlorine water, 1 to 2; salacylic acid, 1 to 1000 hot water.

For medicinal astringent vaginal injections, give alum, sulphate of zinc, or lead, copper, and iron, salts of the strength of one or two per cent.

The permangenate of potash, silver nitrate, and iron solutions all make almost indelible stains on the linen.

If the injections are corrosive, a large straight glass syringe should be used.

154. INJECTION FOR LEUCORRHŒA.

℞ Alum, Sulphate of zinc, Borate of soda, Pure carbolic acid aa. ℥ jss. Water Oij. M.

Of this two table spoonfuls in a pint of water.

155. VAGINAL INJECTION.

℞ Zinci sulphatiz, Aluminis exsiccata aa. ℥ j. Acidi tannici ℥ ij. Mix. Label.

Half a teaspoonful to be mixed with a pint of tepid or cold water to form an injection.

156. INJECTION FOR DYSENTERY.

℞ Mucilage of gum Arabic or starch ℥ ij. Laudanum gtt. xx. M.

For an injection.

157. INJECTION FOR FETID LEUCORRHŒA.

℞ Chlorate of potash ʒ j. Laudanum f. ʒ j. Tar water Oij. M.

S. Three table spoonfuls to be added to the pint of warm water as a vaginal injection.

EMMENAGOGUES—UTERINE THERAPEUTICS.

158. STIMULANT EMMENAGOGUE.

℞ Potassa bromide ʒ j. Tinct. cantharides f. ʒ jss. Tinct. cinnamomi f. ʒ jv. Aqua q. s. ad. f. ℥ jss. M.

S. Teaspoonful three times a day for amenorrhœa and hysteria.

159. FOR CHLOROSIS.

℞ Tinct. ferri per chloridi f. ʒ jss. Potassa chloratis ℈ jss. Tinct. actea racemosa f. ʒ jv. Infusi serpentaria ad. f. ℥ M.

Sig. One-eighth part three times a day.

160. RECTAL SUPPOSITARY.

℞ Ext. opii aq. 3 grains. Ext. belladonna 1½ grains. Buteri cacao q. s. 1½ ounces. M. ft. suppos. No. 12.

S. Apply one to relieve pain in the region of the uterus or rectum.

161. FOR PAINFUL MENSTRUATION.

℞ Ferri carbonate pulv. ʒ iij. Ext. conii mac. ʒ ijss. Ol. cinnamon. min. xx. Syrup tolutani ℥ ij. Syrup simplici, Aqua aa. ℥ vij. M.

S. Dose, a table spoonful four times a day. To be given for a week or ten days before the menstrual period.

162. FOMENTATION FOR PAIN IN THE BLADDER AND UTERUS.

Errata. On page 90 for (F. 162) read (F. 163.)

℞ Flores chamomelæ 3 ounces. Pulv. semen lini 3 ounces. Herb hyscyami, Herb belladoni, Herb strammonii aa. 1 ounce. M.

Sig. Make fomentations. To be applied topically and covered with oiled silk to retain heat and moisture.

163. VAGINAL SUPPOSITARY.

℞ Zinci oxide vel bismuth carbonatis ʒ jss. Extracti belladonnæ ʒ ss. Olei theobroma ℥ j. Olei olivæ ʒ ij. M.

Divide into eight pessaries. Used in chronic leucorrhœa, vaginitis, &c.

NARCOTICS AND SEDATIVES.

164. FOR HEADACHE.

℞ Morphiæ sulphatis gr. ss. Sodii bromidi gr. xj. M. et fiant. charlutas No. ij.

Sig. Take one powder dissolved in a wineglass of water, to be repeated in an hour if necessary.

165. FOR SUBACUTE RHEUMATISM.

℞ Vinum colchici rad. f. ℥ j. Morphia sulph. gr. v. Magnesia sulph. ℥ j. Potassa iod. ʒ iv. Aquæ f. ℥ iij. M.

Sig. Half a teaspoonful in water.

166. EPILEPTICAL SEIZURES AT THE MENSTRUAL PERIOD.

℞ Potassa bromide grs. xx. Tinct. belladonna min. ij. Syrup, Aqua q. s. ad. ft. ʒ jv. M.

S. One dose three times a day.

167. OVARIAN NEURALGIA.

℞ Ammon murias ʒ ij. Tinct. aconit. ʒ j. Syrup aurant. cort. ℥ xij. M.

S. One teaspoonful three times a day.

168. SOOTHING NERVINE AND TONIC.

℞ Pot. bromide ℥ ss. Ferri pyrophos ℥ j. Elixir humuli, Aquæ aa. ℥ jv. M.

Sig. Table spoonful three times a day.

169. FOR HEADACHE.

℞ Ammonia murias ʒ iij. Morphia acetat. gr. j. Caffeine citrat. ʒ ss. Spts. ammon. aromat. ʒ j. Elixir guarana, Aqua rosæ aa. ℥ jv. M.

Sig. Dessert spoonful every ten or twenty minutes.

170. TOOTHACHE DROPS.

℞ Chloroform 4 parts. Mastich 8 parts. Bals. Peru 5 parts. M. ft. sol.

Sig. Place two or three drops in cavity of tooth.

171. FOR FUNCTIONAL PALPITATION.

℞ Tr. digitalis ʒ v. Tr. veratrum ʒ ij. Tr. aconite ʒ j. Tr. ginger ʒ ijss. M.

S. One teaspoonful three times a day.

172. STIMULANT EMMENAGOGUES.

℞ Ferri phosphatis ʒ ij. Manganesii phosphatis gr. xxx. Tincturæ columbæ fl. ℥ j. Syrupi zinziberas fl. ℥ ij. M.

S. One teaspoonful in a wineglassful of water three times a day.

173. FOR NEURALGIA, &C.

℞ Tincturæ aconiti min. xx. Spiritus ætheris fl. ʒ jv. Mistura guaiaci ad. fl. ℥ viij. M.

S. One table spoonful every four hours.

174. FOR NERVOUS DEPRESSION WITH CONSTIPATION.

℞ Spiritus ammoniæ aromatic fl. ʒ iv. Extracti cinchonæ flavæ liquidi fl. ʒ jss. Tinct. rhei fl. ʒ jv. Infusi rhei ad. fl. ℥ viij. M.

S. Two table spoonfuls three times daily.

175. ACID MIXTURE.

℞ Acidi sulphurici aromatici fl. ʒ ij. Syrup aurantii fl. ℥ j. Tincturi cinchonæ compositæ fl. ʒ vj. Infusi cinchonæ flavæ fl. ℥ viij. M.

S. One table spoonful before each meal in depressing disorders; if there is hemorrhage, give larger doses.

176. FOR LEUCORRHŒA.

℞ Water, one pint; sulphate of magnesia (epsom salts), as much as the water will dissolve; sulphate of iron, one drachm. Mix and add aromatic sulphuric acid, one fluid drachm. Dose, a table spoonful or a sufficient quantity to relax the bowels.

177. FOR ERYSIPELAS.

℞ Spiritus etheris nitrici f. ℥ ij. Tinct. Ferri chloridi ʒ ij. Quinia sulphatis grs. xvj. M.

S. A teaspoonful every three hours after the action of a cathartic.

178. AROMATIC INFUSION IN DYSENTERY.

Errata. On page 164 for (F. 178, 179) read (F. 153, 154.)

℞ Bruised calamus root ℥ iij. Coriander seed ʒ j. Black pepper ℥ ss. Water Oj.

Boil to twelve ounces and cool. S. Dose for an adult, an ounce, three times daily; for a child, one to three teaspoonfuls. Sweeten if preferred.

179. INCONTINENCE OF URINE.

℞ Tinct. belladonna ʒ ss. Tinct. ignatia amara ʒ ss. Tinct. cantharides ʒ ss. Tinct. cinchonia comp. ℥ jv. M.

Sig. One teaspoonful in water three times a day.

180. HOP BITTERS.

℞ Tinct. of Hops f. ℥ ss. Tinct. of buchu f. ʒ iij. Tinct. of senega f. ʒ iij. Podophyllin, dissolved in spts. of wine ℥ ss. gr. j. Tincture of cochinael gtt. xx. Distilled water ad. ℥ xvj. M.

This is said to be the same as the nostrum which is sold for one dollar (costing only a few cents).

181. TONIC IN NEURALGIA.

℞ Cinchonidia grs. 5. Ferri carb. grs. 10. M.

One to be taken every four hours, and when the pain is severe give a little opium or Dover powder.

182. FOR CHRONIC CHILLS.

℞ Cinchonidæ ʒ vj. Acid sulph. q. s. ad. solv. Ol. piper niger ʒ ss. Ol. limonis ʒ j. Alcohol q. s. ad. solv. M. E. adde. Aqua q. s. ad. Oj. Syrup Oj. M.

Sig. One table spoonful every four hours.

183. FOR ST. VITUS DANCE. (CHOREA.)

℞ Zinci sulphatis gr. xxx. Ext. valerian (fluid) ℥ j. Syrup limonis fl. ℥ iij. M.

S. A half teaspoonful three times a day, gradually increasing the dose.

184. TONIC AFTER SEVERE HEMORRHAGE.

℞ Tinct. ferri chloridi, Tinct. nucis vomicæ aa. f. ʒ ij. Spiritus etheris nitrosi f. ℥ iij. Misce fiat mistura.

S. Take a teaspoonful in plenty of water three times a day.

LOTIONS, LINIMENTS, COLLYRIA, OINTMENTS, SALVES, &C.

185. FOR SCIRRHOUS TUMORS.

℞ Ext. eucalyptus 2 drachms. Vaseline 1 ounce. Acid salacylic 4 drachms. Ft. Unguent.

Apply to tumor and wear it constantly. Use also for indolent ulcerations where stimulation and purification is needed.

186. TO REMOVE CLOASMA, (BROWNISH DISCOLORATIONS OF SKIN.)

℞ Hydrarg. bichlor. 8 gr. Boracis pulv. 2 drs. Acidi acetic 2 oz. Alcohol 2 oz. Aqua 4 oz. M.

If it roughens the skin too much omit its use and apply sweet cream. Sig. Apply locally to the spots. Poison.

187. SALVE FOR BURNS, &C.

℞ Yellow wax melted and strained f. ℥ j. Linseed oil raw f. ʒ iij. Tannin ʒ j. Sub nitrate of bismuth ℈ j. Mix as follows:

Heat the wax in a clean tin vessel, add the oil and stir till they are thoroughly incorporated; then set off the fire and continue to stir until cold, adding first the tannin and then the bismuth.

188. TO CURE SORE EYES.

℞ Sulph. zinc, Rock salt aa. ʒ j. White sugar ʒ ij. Soft water ℥ xij. Mix and use as an eye water.

189. LINIMENT USED IN CEREBRO SPINAL MENINGETIS.

℞ Oil sassafras ℥ ss. Chloroform ℥ ss. Aqua ammonia ℥ ss. Oil cloves ʒ ij. Tinct. camphor ℥ ss. Alcohol, strong ℥ jv. M.

S. Apply the whole length of the spine.

190. FOR WHOOPING COUGH.

℞ Rectified oil amber, Tinct. opium, Hartshorn, Olive oil aa. ℥ ss. M.

S. Rub well the whole length of the spine two or three times a day, until there is tenderness of the skin.

191. AMMONIACAL GAS FOR DYSMENORRHŒA.

℞ Spirits of ammonia ℥ j.

Put a teaspoonful of this in a chamber and have the patient sit for one or two minutes over it. In cases of severe tenesmus, or strangury, or dysmenorrhœa, relief may be obtained in about two minutes if the first pungent effects of the gas can be borne.

192. ANODYNE LOTION.

℞ Tinct. aconite fl. drs. 12. Aqua ad. fl. oz. 4. Mix.

For acute superficial pain, pruritis, hyperesthesia of the skin, gout, &c.

193. COOLING LOTION FOR INFLAMED EYES.

℞ Pulv. borax ½ ounce. Aqua camphor 1 ounce. Aqua cherry laurel q. s. 4 ounces. M.

S. Drop in the eyes ad. lib. A good vehicle for the addition of one or two grains atropia sulphate when indicated.

194. ANAL TROUBLES.

℞ Stramonium ung. 1 ounce. Extract conium ½ drachm. Sodæ salicyl. 10 grains. M.

Sig. Use quite within the anal folds once or twice a day.

195. LOTION FOR PRURITIS ANI.

℞ Soda bibor. ʒ ij. Morphia muriat. gr. xvj. Acid hydrocyan. dil. ℥ ss. Glycerine ℥ ij. Aqua ad. f. ℥ viij. M.

S. For external use.

196. LOTION FOR TINEA CAPITIS. (SCALD HEAD.)

℞ Acid carbolici ℥ ss. Acid acetici ℥ ijss. Aqua distilata ʒ ijss. M.

Sig. Apply pro re nata.

197. OINTMENT FOR SKIN AFFECTIONS.

℞ Carbolic acid chrys, Sulphate soda aa. ℈ j. Sulphur sublim. ʒ j. Adipis ℥ j. M.

S. Apply two or three times a day. This is effectual for scald head, and either with or without the sulphur is good for the eruption of poison oak, foul ulcers, &c.

198. FOR SORE NIPPLES.

℞ Aqua rosæ, Glycerinæ aa. ℥ ij. Acid tanica ʒ ij. ft. lotion.

Soak lint in the solution and apply to the nipples.

199. TURPENTINE LINIMENT.

℞ Olei terebinthanæ ℥ ij. Olei olivarum ℥ ij. Tinct. camphoræ ℥ j. Aqua ammonia ʒ j. M. Fiat Linamentum.

200. A GOOD LINIMENT.

℞ Oil lavendar ℥ ss. Alcohol ℥ jv. M. Digest then add. Sulph. ether ℥ iij. Laudanum ℥ ij. M. Apply externally.

201. BELLADONNA AND OPIUM.

Errata. On page 88 for (201, 202) read (172, 173.)

℞ Extract belladonna, Extract opium aa. ʒ j. Laurel water ʒ jv. M.

To be painted over painful or inflamed parts. A sheet of tissue paper may be laid over this, and then a hot fomentation.

202. OINTMENT FOR MAMMARY ABSCESS.

℞ Unguentum tabaci ℥ ij. Pulv. camph. ʒ ij. Ext. belladon. ʒ jss. M. ft. ung.

203. FOR PAIN.

℞ Sweet oil, Laudanum aa. ʒ ij.

Rub on the affected parts.

204. BALSAM FOR WOUNDS.

℞ Balsam fir, True Venice turpentine, Oil of almonds aa. ℥ ij.

Add carbolic acid ℥ ss., previously dissolved in warm glycerine ℥ ij. Apply with a camel hair brush, having previously cleansed the wound with very warm water.

205. FOR BOILS.

℞ Tr. arnica flowers ʒ j. Tannic acid ʒ ss. Gum Arabic pulv. ʒ ss. M.

Let the inflamed surface and all around it be painted with the medicine every fifteen minutes. It should be used as soon as prepared.

206. FOR HEMORRHOIDS. (PILES.)

℞ Powdered opium grs. xxx. Tannin ʒ j. Carbolic acid gtt. xv. Oil of tobacco gtt. x. Sol. of sub acetate of lead gtt. xx. Vaseline ʒ j. Mix intimately.

Apply at night and morning.

207. FOR TENDER NIPPLES.

℞ Sulphate zinc gr. j. Cologne water ℥ j. M.

208. Fld. ext. pinus canadenses may be used topically for tender nipples.

209. PILES OINTMENT.

℞ Acidi tannici gr. xx. Morph. sulphatis gr. v. Ext. belladonnæ, Ext. strammonii aa. ʒ ij. Ungt. petrolei ℥ ij. M.

After bathing and cleansing, rub well on the parts once or twice a day.

210. FOR SORE EYES.

℞ Ferri sulphas exsiccata grs. vj. Rain water ℥ jv. M.

S. Use as a collyria. (Eye water.)

211. FOR OPTHALMIA.

℞ Sulph. zinc grs. ij. Sulph. morphia gr. j. Glycerine ʒ jv. Rose water ʒ xij. M.

S. For eye water.

212. CHAFINGS.

℞ Finely pulverized native carbonate of ℥ j. zinc Finely pulverized starch ℥ ij. M.

To be dusted on the parts.

213. FOR ENLARGED TONSILS.

℞ Zinci sulphatis gr. xx. Syrupi mori fl. ʒ jv. Glycerina fl. ℥ j. Infusi krameria ad. fl. ℥ viij. Mix.

S. Use as a gargle.

214. FOR BURNS.

℞ Beeswax melted and strained ℥ j. Flaxseed oil and sweet oil ℥ ij. Tannic acid ʒ j.

Mix as in formula 187, and after adding the tannin, add 6 or 8 drops of carbolic acid to the ounce.

215. ASTRINGENT COLLYRIA.

℞ Zinci sulphatis gr. jv. Aluminis exsiccata gr. jv. Tinct. arnica min. x. Aqua distilata f. ℥ j. M.

216. FOR TETTER AND RINGWORM.

℞ Borax ʒ ss. Tar water ℥ ij. M.

217. FOR PRURITIS OF VULVA.

℞ Borax ʒ ij. Morphine grs. jv. Tar water f. ℥ vij. M.

Sig. Apply three times a day to the affected parts by means of a sponge, &c. First wash with warm water and soap, and dry before applying the lotion.

218. DANDRUFF LOTION.

℞ Tinct. of cantharides ʒ ij. Glycerine ℥ ij. Rose water ℥ iij. M.

219. SULPHATE OF IRON IN ERYSIPELAS.

℞ Ferri sulphas pulverized ℥ j. Aqua Oss.

Apply to affected cuticle with a cotton cloth well wetted in the solution every thirty minutes till the inflamed part is restored.

220. PRURIGO VULVA.

℞ Soda bicarb. ℥ ss. Morph sulph. gr. vj. Rose water ℥ viij. M.

S. Apply locally.

221. MAMMARY SWELLINGS.

℞ Gum camphor ℥ j. Sulph. ether, Tinct. opii aa. ℥ ij. Aqua Oj.

Dissolve the camphor in the ether, then add the opium and the water. Wet linen or cotton cloths and keep applied to the breasts.

222. FOR A BLACKENED EYE.

℞ Muriate of ammonia ʒ ij. Water, Vinegar aa. ℥ ij.

First foment the part with hot water if there is much pain, then keep the contusion wet with the lotion.

223. CHLORAL LINIMENT.

℞ Chloral hydrat. ʒ j. Liniment saponis f. ℥ jv. M.

Sig. For external use. Do not apply so as to cause much soreness.

224. BARBER’S ITCH.

℞ Hydrarg. ammoniat. 10 grains. Bismuth. subnit. 1 drachm. Liq. carbonis deterg. 1 drachm. Lanolin 6 drachms. M.

Sig. To be applied night and morning.

225. COMEDONES.

℞ Sulphuric ether 8 drachms. Ammonia carbonate 1 drachm. Boracic acid 20 grains. Water, to make 16 drachms. M.

Sig. Apply twice a day.

226. OINTMENT FOR FRECKLES.

℞ Subnitrate of Bismuth 2 drachms. Simple ointment 2 ounces.

Apply to the skin at night and remove in the morning with a little cold cream previous to washing.

227. CHILBLAINS.

℞ Acidi carbolici 1 drachm. Tinct. iodini 2 drachms. Acidi Tannici 1 drachm. Cerat simp. 4 ounces. Misce bene ut ft. ungt.

Sig. Apply two or three times a day.

Errata. On page 166 for (F. 234) read (F. 201.)

GLOSSARY.

ABDOMEN. The belly; the portion of trunk between the diaphragm and pelvis.

ABNORMAL. Unnatural; out of the usual rule or order.

ABORTION. Premature expulsion of the fœtus.

ABRASION. A breaking or rubbing off.

ABSCESS. A collection of pus or matter.

ACAPUNCTURE. To insert needles into the skin or flesh.

ACCOUCHEUR. A skillful man midwife.

ACETATED. Combined with acetic acid.

ACETABULUM. The cotyloid cavity that receives the head of the thigh bone.

ACID. A substance that can combine chemically with alkalies and alkaline oxides.

ACINI. Small granular masses.

ACTUAL CAUTERY. Cauterization by red hot iron.

ACUTE, SHARP. An acute disease, has rapid progress and short duration.

ADHESION. A sticking or growing together.

ADIPOSE. Fatty.

ADJUVANTS. Medicines which assist the action of other medicines.

ÆTIOLOGY. The science of causes.

ALA. A wing.

ALA NASI. The cartilaginous sides of the nose which move during difficult breathing.

ALBUMINOID. Resembling albumen.

ALBUMINARIA. The presence of albumen in the urine. A kidney disease.

ALKALIES. Substances that have the power of forming salts with acids.

ALIMENTARY CANAL. The passage from the mouth to the anus.

ALTERATIVE. A medicine that has power to gradually change or improve a disease.

ALVEOLI. The bony sockets of the teeth.

AMENORRHŒA. A suspension or absence of the menses.

ANAEMIA. A lack of red particles in the blood; bloodlessness.

ANAL. Relating to the anus or rectum.

ANASARCA. Dropsy of the celular tissue.

ANESTHETIC. Capable of producing insensibility.

ANGINA. An inflammation of the throat.

ANTACID. A remedy against acidity.

ANTERIOR. In front, or placed before.

ANTHELMINTIC. A remedy against worms, destroying or expelling them.

ANTIFLEXION. Bending forwards.

ANTILITHICS. Substances that prevent the formation of calculi.

ANTIPHLOGISTICS. Such medicines as reduce an inflammatory habit.

ANTISEPTIC. Preventing or resisting putrefaction.

ANTISPASMODICS. Such medicines as reduce spasms.

ANTI-VERSION. Turning forwards.

ANUS. The opening at the inferior extremity of the rectum.

AORTA. The great artery of the body, going from the heart.

APERIENT, Opening. Mildly purgative.

APHONIA. Loss of voice.

APTHÆ. Small white ulcers of the mucous membrane.

APOPHYSIS. A bony process; a prominence on the bone.

AQUA. Water.

AREOLA. A circle around the nipple.

AREOLAR TISSUE. The tissue that connects various compound parts of the body.

ARTICULATION. The joining or union of bones.

ARTERY. A vessel carrying blood from the heart.

ASCARIDES. Pin worms.

ASCITES. Abdominal dropsy.

ASPHYXIA. Apparent death; suspended animation.

ASSIMULATION. The process by which nutriment is converted into the substance of the body.

ASTHENIA. Want of strength; exhaustion; debility.

ASTRINGENT. Having the power of contracting organic textures.

ATROPHY. Wasting.

AUSCULTATION. Listening, observing the sounds in the thorax, &c.

AUTOPSY. A post mortem examination.

AXILLA. The arm pit.

AXIS. A line passing through the center of a body.

BACTERIA. A kind of microscopic organism.

BALLOTTEMENT. The falling back of the displaced fœtus.

BASIS. That part upon which anything rests.

BENIGN. Of a mild character.

BILE. The secretion of the liver; the gall.

BIOLOGY. The science of life in general.

BISTOURY. A small narrow bladed knife used in surgery.

BLASTODERM. The membrane enclosing the yolk of the ovum.

BOUGIES. An instrument for dilating mucous canals.

BRONCHI. The branches from the windpipe leading to the lungs.

BULIENTIS. Boiling.

BULIMIA. Abnormal appetite.

CACHEXIA. A generally depraved condition of the system; a constitutional tendency.

CÆSAREAN SECTION. The operation of removing a fœtus from the womb through the abdomen.

CALCULUS. A stone in the bladder or some part of the body.

CANULA. A small tubular instrument.

CAPILLARIES. The smallest division of blood vessels.

CAPILLARY. Hairlike; small.

CAPSICUM. The red pepper.

CAPSULE. A membranous sac; a gelatinous envelope in which medicine is taken.

CARBONIC. Pertaining to carbon or charcoal.

CARCINOMA. A cancer.

CARDIAC. Pertaining to the heart.

CARDIAC ORIFICE. The upper or left orifice of the stomach.

CARIES. Ulceration of the bone or teeth.

CARMINATIVE. A medicine which tends to expel flatus.

CARTILAGE. Gristle, a substance softer than bone.

CATAMENIA. Menstrual discharges.

CATAPLASM. A poultice.

CATARRH. A discharge of secretion from a mucous membrane.

CATHARTICS. Medicines causing discharges from the bowels.

CATHETER. A tubular instrument for introduction into the urethra.

CAUSTIC. An escharotic ; a burning application.

CELULAR STRUCTURE. A tissue composed of minute cells.

CELLULITIS. Inflammation of celular or connective tissue.

CEPHALALGIA. Pain in the head.

CEREBELLUM. The lesser brain; the posterior portion of brain.

CEREBRAL. Relating to the brain.

CERVIX. The neck.

CHALYBEATES. A liquor or medicine containing iron.

CHARTA. A paper or powder.

CHEST. The body from the neck to the abdomen.

CHIRURGERY. Surgery.

CHOLAGOGUE. Medicine increasing the flow of bile.

CHLOASMA. Liver spots; brownish discolorations of the skin.

CHOLÆMIA. Bile existing in the blood.

CHOLESTERINE. A fatty substance.

CHOREA. St. Vitus dance; a disease.

CHORION. An envelope of the ovum.

CHRONIC. Of long duration.

CHYLE. A milky fluid made from chyme.

CHYME. The pulp into which food is changed in the stomach.

CICATRIX. A scar remaining after a wound is healed.

CILIA. Hairlike appendages.

CLINICAL. At the bedside; pertaining to a bed.

CLITORIS. A little erectile tubercle at the front part of the vulva.

Erratum. On page 66 sixth line from the bottom, for g. vagina, read g. clitoris.

CLONIC. Contracting and relaxing.

CLYSTER. An enema; an injection into the bowels.

COAGULUM. A clot.

COAPTATION. Fitting together properly.

COCCYX., Oscoccygis; a small bone at the lower end of the sacrum.

COLLAPSE. A sudden failing of the vital powers.

COLLIQUATIVE. Causing rapid exhaustion.

COLLYRIUM. An eye water.

COLOSTRUM. The first milk secreted after delivery.

COLON. A portion of the large intestines.

COMA. A profound sleep; lethargy.

COMMISSURE. A point of union between two parts.

COMPOUND FRACTURE. One which communicates with the surface; a fracture where the bone has protruded through the skin.

CONDYLE. A protuberance on a bone.

CONFLUENT. Blending; running together.

CONGENITAL. Dating from birth.

CONGESTION. An unnatural fullness or accumulation of blood.

CONJUNCTIVA. The membrane covering the eyeball and lining the lid.

CONTAGION. The transmitting of disease by contact.

CONTINUITY. An uninterrupted connection.

CONTRA INDICATION. An indication against certain treatment.

CONTUSION. Bruise.

CONVALESCENCE. A period of regaining of health.

CONVULSIONS. Involuntary contractions of muscular parts.

COPULATION. Joining together; coition.

COMEDONES. Black spots on the face.

CORONAL. Belonging to the crown or top of the head.

CORTEX. The peel; bark.

CORNEA. The transparent membrane of the front part of the eye.

CORYZA. An acute catarrh; the snuffles.

COUNTER IRRITATION. Irritation excited in one part of the body to relieve another part.

CRANIUM. The skull; the brainpan.

CRASSAMENTUM. Clot; the thick part of the blood.

CREPITUS. Creaking or grating sound.

CRETA. Chalk.

CRISIS. The turning point or change of a disease.

CUMULATIVE. Increasing by successive additions; augmenting.

CUTANEOUS. Belonging to the skin.

CUTICLE. The scarf skin; epidermis.

CYANOSED. Made blue; blue jaundice.

CYSTITIS. Inflammation of the bladder.

CYSTOCELE. Descent of the bladder.

DECIDUA. Afterbirth membranes.

DECOCTION. To prepare by boiling; the results of such boiling.

DECOMPOSITION. Separation of a body into its component parts.

DEMULCENT. Of a bland, mucilaginous nature.

DENTITION. Teething.

DEODORANT. Destroying odors.

DEPURATING. Cleansing from impurities.

DENS. A tooth.

DESQUAMATION. A scaling of the cuticle.

DETERMINATION. Unusual flow to any part.

DEXTER. The right.

DIA. In a day.

DIAGNOSIS. Determining or distinguishing one disease from another.

DIAPHORETIC. A medicine which excites perspiration; sweating.

DIASTOLE. The dilatation of the heart on entrance of the blood.

DIATHESIS. A peculiar bodily constitution or predisposition.

DIETETICS. The branch of medical art that relates to food.

DIGESTION. Conversion of food into chyme and chyle.

DIGITAL EXAMINATION. Examination by the finger, or by touch.

DILATATION. Dilation; expansion; enlarging.

DILUENTS. Medicines or fluids that increase the fluidity of the blood.

DISINFECTANTS. Substances that destroy septic germs.

DISLOCATION. Displacement; out of joint.

DISTAL. Farthest from the heart.

DIURESIS. An unusual secretion of urine.

DIURETICS. Medicines that produce an increased flow of urine.

DORSAL. Pertaining to the back.

DOUCHE. A column or current of water.

DUCT. A tube or canal which conducts a fluid.

DUODENUM. The part of the intestines next the stomach.

DYSPNŒA. A difficulty of breathing.

DYSURIA. Difficult, painful, and burning urination.

ECCHYMOSIS. An effusion of blood into the celular structures.

ECLAMPSIA. Puerperal convulsions.

ECZEMA. An eruption of minute vesicles upon the skin.

EDEMA. Swelling from inflammation of the celular structure.

EFFERVESCE. To foam from the escape of gas.

EFFLUVIA. Exhalation from putrescent matter.

EFFUSION. The escape of a fluid from out of its natural vessels.

ELECTUARY. A medicinal confection.

EMBOLUS. A clot or some plug obstructing a blood vessel.

EMBRYO. The fœtus in its early stage of developement.

EMMENAGOGUE. Promoting the menstrual discharge.

EMOLLIENTS. Substances that soften the animal fibre.

EMPHYSEMA. Air escaped into the celular tissue.

EMULSION. A mixture of oil and water with some other substance.

ENDERMIC. Through the skin.

ENEMA. An injection thrown into the rectum.

ENTERIC FEVER. Typhoid fever; intestinal fever.

EPIDEMIC. Prevalent among the people.

EPIDERMIS. The scarf skin; outer layer of the skin.

EPIGLOTTIS. The cartilage that shuts over the windpipe in swallowing.

EPIGASTRIUM. The region of the stomach.

EPILEPSY. Falling sickness.

EPIPHYSIS. A union of bone by cartilage.

EPITHELIUM. A layer of minute cells covering a membrane superficially.

EPISPASTICS. Substances which cause a blister.

ERRHINES. Substances which cause sneezing.

ERUCTATION. Raising or belching gas from the stomach.

ERYTHEMA. A skin disease with rose colored patches.

ESCHAR. The dead part, killed by caustic or mortification.

ESCHAROTIC. A substance that burns or destroys animal tissue.

ETHERIZATION. The state of the system under the influence of ether.

EXANTHEMATA. The eruptive or breaking out fevers.

EXCORIATION. A wearing off or abrasion of the skin.

EXFOLIATE. The act of throwing off of dead bone in scales.

EXPECTANT. Waiting for the efforts of nature.

EXTEND. To stretch; to pull out.

EXIRAVISATION. The effusion of the contents of vessels into the surrounding tissues.

EXTRA UTERINE. Outside the uterine walls.

FÆCES. Excrement; evacuations from the bowels.

FALLOPIAN TUBES. Two ducts or tubes floating in the abdomen.

FASCIA. Fibrous membrane covering muscles.

FEBRIFUGE. Sedative; assuaging fever.

FEMUR. The thigh bone.

FIBRE. An organic filament or thread.

FILAMENT. A thread-like appendage.

FISSURE. A deep, narrow depression.

FLATULENCE. Afflicted with gas in the alimentary canal.

FLEXION. The act of bending.

FLUCTUATION. The undulation of fluid when pressed.

FŒTUS. The young viviparous animal in the womb.

FOLLICLE. A small secreting sac.

FOMENTATIONS. The application of hot cloths wet with hot water or medicated liquors.

FOREARM. The part of the upper extremity between the elbow and hand.

FORMICATION. A sensation like that of the creeping of ants.

FORMULA. Prescriptions; given forms.

FOSSA. A depression in a bone.

FRENUM. A bridle; a binding or restraining membrane.

FUNDUS. The larger part of a cone shaped organ.

FUNIS. The umbilical cord; the naval string.

FURUNCLE. A boil.

GALL-STONES. Concretions formed from the bile.

GANGLION. An enlargement in the course of a nerve.

GANGRENE. Partial death; mortification.

GARGLES. Solutions applied to the throat.

GASTRIC. Pertaining to the stomach.

GENITAL. Pertaining to generation.

GERM. An undeveloped point of growth.

GESTATION. The period of pregnancy.

GINGLYMOID. Hinge-like.

GLOBUS. A globe or ball.

GLOBUS HYSTERIOUS. A sensation in the throat said to be like a ball.

GLOTTIS. The opening into the windpipe.

GRAMME. The French unit of weight; a little over fifteen grains.

GRANULATIONS. Small red elevations looking like grains.

GUTTA. A drop.

GYNECOLOGY. The science of the diseases of women.

HEARTBURN. A hot sensation in the throat or stomach.

HEMATEMESIS. Vomiting of blood.

HEMOPTYSIS. Raising blood from the lungs.

HEMORRHAGE. A flow of blood.

HEMOSTATIC. An agent to stop bleeding.

HEMATOSIS. Sanguification; furnishing blood.

HEMICRANIA. Pain in one side of the head.

HEMIPLEGIA. Paralysis of a lateral half of the body.

HEPATIC. Pertaining to the liver.

HERNIA. A protrusion of a part that has escaped from its natural cavity.

HOMOGENEOUS. Consisting of similar elements or parts.

HYDROCYANIC ACID. Prussic acid.

HYDATIDS. A mass of watery vesicles.

HYDRARGYRUM. Mercury.

HYDROCEPHALUS. Dropsy of the brain.

HYDROPS. Dropsy.

HYGIENE. Science which treats of the preservation of the health.

HYMEN. The virginal membrane at the orifice of the vagina.

HYPERÆMIA. An excess of blood in an organ.

HYPERESTHESIA. Exalted sensibility.

HYPERTROPHY. Augmented bulk; enlargement.

HYPNOTIC. Sleep producing; soporific.

HYPOCHORIDRIUM. The region under the floating ribs.

HYPOGASTRIUM. The lower part of the abdomen, near the pubis.

ICHOR. Thin, watery, and acrid discharge.

ICTERUS. Jaundice.

IDIOPATHIC. Primarily affecting; not secondary or symptomatic.

IDIOSYNCRACY. Peculiarity of constitution or susceptibility.

ILIUM. The upper part of the hip or haunch bone.

ILEUM. The lower two-fifths of the small intestines.

IMPACTED. Wedged in or driven close.

IMPERFORATE. Having no opening.

INANITION. Exhaustion from want of food.

INCOMPATIBLE. Cannot be properly employed together.

INCONTINENCE. Inability to hold.

INCISOR. A fore or front tooth.

INCUBATION. Hatching; the maturing of contagious virus.

INDEX FINGER. The fore finger.

INDURATION. The act of hardening.

INFECTION. The communication of virus.

INFERIOR. The lower of two parts.

INFUSION. 1st. The steeping of a substance in a fluid; 2d. The liquor resulting from the steeping of a substance in a fluid.

INGUINAL. Pertaining to the groin.

INHALATIONS. Gas or vapor to be inspired into the lungs.

INNOMINATA. Nameless.

INSPIRATION. Breathing in; inhalation.

INTERCOSTAL. Between the ribs.

INTEGUMENT. The skin; that which covers the muscles.

INUNCTION. Anointing; rubbing in an ointment.

INVOLUTION. The reducing of a part to its natural condition.

IRRITATION. Increase of vital movement and sensibility.

ISCHIUM. The inferior part of the os innominatum.

LABIAL. Relating or belonging to the lips.

LABIA MAJORA. Two cutaneous folds that bound the opening of the vulva externally.

LACERATION. A tearing; a breach made by rending or tearing.

LACTATION. Suckling; the period of giving suck.

LACTEALS. The chyliferous vessels; conveying chyle.

LAMINA. Layers.

LAPAROTOMY. Opening the bowels by an incision.

LARYNX. The top of the windpipe; the cavity which contains the vocal ligaments.

LATENT. Concealed; not apparent.

LATERAL. Towards the side.

LAXATIVES. Medicines which render the bowels more relaxed than usual.

LEECH. A cotyloid worm used for the local abstraction of blood.

LESION. A morbid change in the texture of an organ.

LEUCORRHŒA. A whitish discharge from the vagina; the whites.

LIGAMENT. A fibrous band.

LIGATE. To tie; to secure with a string or band.

LIGATURE. A cord or string.

LIQUOR AMII. The fluid in which the fœtus is developed.

LITER. A French measure; 2.113 pints.

LITMUS. A vegetable dye; it is turned red with acids.

LOBE. A division, or projection of an organ.

LOCHIA. Evacuations from the vagina following childbirth.

LOINS. The lateral parts of the lumbar region.

LUMBAR. Pertaining to the reins or loins.

LUXATION. Dislocation, or putting out of joint.

LYMPH. The colorless fluid contained in lymphatics, &c.

LYMPHATICS. Lymph ducts; certain vein-like vessels.

MACERATION. The act of softening or soaking a thing.

MALARIA. Noxious air from decomposed matter.

MAMMARY. Pertaining to the breasts.

MANIPULATION. Handling skilfully.

MARASMUS. A wasting of flesh; a tuberculous disease of the mesenteric glands.

MASSAGE. Kneading and softening of the muscles, &c.

MEATUS. A passage larger than a duct; a channel.

MECONIUM. The first fæces of an infant.

MEDIAN LINE. An ideal line dividing the body longitudinally.

MEDULLA OBLONGATA. The upper or cranial portion of the spinal cord.

MENINGITIS. Inflammation of the meninges or membranes of the brain.

MENORRHAGIA. Profuse menstruation.

MESENTERY. A portion of the peritoneum attached to the small intestines.

METASTASIS. A sudden removing of disease from one part to another.

METRITIS. Inflammation of the womb.

MIASM. Infection floating in the air.

MICTURATION. The act of urinating, or evacuating the bladder.

MINIM. The smallest liquid measure; a drop.

MONAD. The simplest kind of minute animalcule.

MUCUS. A viscid fluid secreted by a mucous membrane.

MULTIPARA. A woman who has had two children or more.

NÆVUS. A birth mark.

NARCOTIC. Producing sleep and stupor.

NARES. The passage through the nose; the nostril.

NATES. The seat; the buttocks.

NECROSIS. Death of the bone.

NEURALGIA. Painful affection of the nerves.

NEURILEMMA. The sheath investing a nerve.

NORMAL. Regular; natural; as it ought to be.

NYMPHÆ. The labia interna; two lateral folds of mucous membrane within the labia externa.

OBSTETRICS. Midwifery.

OBTURATOR FORAMEN. An opening between the pubic and ischiatic arches closed by a membranous ligament.

OCCIPUT. The hinder part of the skull or head.

ODONTALGIA. Toothache.

ŒDEMA. Swelling from the presence of serum in the areolar tissue.

ŒSOPHAGUS. The gullet.

OFFICINAL. Authorized by the Pharmacopœia.

OMENTUM. The caul; a peritoneal fold covering the bowels.

ONYCHIA. A small abscess at the side of the finger nail.

OPTHALMIA. Inflammation of eyes.

OPTHALMIA NEOTORUM. Inflammation of the eyes of new born children.

OPTIC. Relating to the vision.

ORBIT. The bony cavity containing the eye.

ORTHOPNŒA. Difficulty of breathing, especially on lying down.

OS. 1st mouth, 2d bone.

OSMOSIS. The passage of a fluid through a porous membrane.

OS SACRUM. The posterior bone of the pelvis.

OSSIFICATION. Conversion into bone.

OS UTERI. The mouth of the uterus; the os tincæ.

OVIDUCT. A duct in the Fallopian tube.

OVULATION. The formation and discharge of eggs or ovules.

OVUM. An egg; an embryo and its membranes.

OXYTOCIC. Having power to increase uterine pains.

OZÆNA. Fetid ulcer in the nose.

PALMAR. Pertaining to the interior of the hand.

PALPATION. Exploring diseased parts by touching and pressure.

PAPILLA. Minute nipple shaped elevations in the skin and mucous membrane.

PARAPLEGIA. Paralysis of the lower half of the body.

PARENCHYMA. The mass or principal part of organs like the lungs or liver.

PARIETAL. Relating to the walls.

PAROXYSM. An exacerbation of severity, in a disorder.

PARTURITION. Delivery; the act of bringing forth.

PATHOLOGY. The science which treats of the nature of disease.

PECTORAL. Pertaining to the chest or breast.

PEDILUVIUM. A foot bath.

PELVIS. The bony structure of the lower extremity of the body.

PERCUSSION. The act of striking on a body to elicit sounds.

PERINEUM. The space between the tuberosities of the ischium, the anus, and the genitals.

PERISTALTIC. Vermicular or wormlike.

PERITONEUM. A serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity.

PERTUSSIS. Whooping cough.

PESSARY. An instrument to support the uterus when introduced into the vagina.

PETECHIA. Spots which appear on the skin in malignant fever.

PHARMACOPŒIA. A treatise describing the preparation of all kinds of medicine.

PHARYNX. The upper part of the œsophagus.

PHTHISIS. Consumption.

PHYSIOLOGY. The science of the properties and functions of living beings.

PLACENTA. The after birth.

PLASMA. The colorless fluid of the blood.

PLETHORA. Overfullness of blood; repletion.

PLEURA. The serous membrane covering the lungs.

PLEURITIS. Pleurisy.

PNEUMOGASTRIC. Belonging to the lungs and stomach; the eighth pair of nerves.

POST MORTEM. After death.

PRESENTATION. The part that presents.

PRIMAPARA. A woman who bears her first child.

PROCESS. A projecting part of bones.

PROGNOSIS. A prediction as to the course and event of a disease.

PROLAPSE. A falling down or falling out of a part.

PROPHYLACTIC. A preventive.

PROXIMAL. Nearest the heart.

PRURITIS. Itching.

PUERPERAL. Pertaining to childbirth.

PUBIS. The anterior part of the bony pelvis.

PULMONARY. Pertaining to the lungs.

PURGATIVE. Cathartic.

PURULENT. Having the character of pus or matter.

PUS. The creamy liquid produced by suppuration.

PUSTULE. Elevations of the skin containing pus.

PYREXIA. Fever; the febrile condition.

PYROSIS. Water brash.

QUARANTINE. Inhibition of intercourse; isolation.

QUARTAN. Recurring every fourth day.

QUICKENING. The first motion of the fœtus felt by the mother.

RALES. Sounds produced in the lungs when there is mucus in the air passages.

RAMUS. A branch.

RECTUM. The terminal part of the large intestines.

REDUCTION. The restoring of displaced parts.

REFRIGERANT. Cooling medicines which lessen the heat of the body.

REGIMEN. The systematic use of the necessaries of life.

REMISSION. Temporary abatement of symptoms.

RENAL. Pertaining to the kidneys.

RESECTION. Taking out a portion of bone.

RESOLUTION. Gradual subsidence of a disease.

RETROFLEXION. Being bent over backwards.

RETROVERSION. Turning or falling backwards.

REVULSIVES. Appliances which remove a disease by causing a determination to some other part.

RHYTHM. Measured beat or movement.

RICKETS. A disease of the bones.

RIGOR. A slight tremor and chilliness.

RIGOR MORTIS. Stiffening of the body after death.

RUBEFACIENT. Making red and warm.

RUPTURE. A protrusion of any of the contents of the belly through the parietes.

SACCHARUM. Sugar.

SACRUM. The os sacrum or os basilaire.

SAGITTAL. The name of a suture that unites the parietal bones.

SALT. A compound of an acid and a base combined chemically.

SANATIVE. Curative; sanitary.

SANGUINEOUS. Full of blood.

SANIES. A thin fluid discharged from an ulcer, having some of the properties of pus and blood.

SARCOMA. A tumor of a fleshy consistence.

SORDES. An accumulation of foul secretions upon the teeth.

SATURATION. The union of one substance with another till no more can be received.

SCARIFICATIONS. Making small incisions.

SCIATIC. Pertaining to the hip.

SCIRRHUS. A hard, knotty, cancerous tumor.

SCYBALA. Hard lumps of feces.

SECRETION. The vital action by which substances are separated from the blood.

SECUNDINES. The placenta and membranes; the afterbirth.

SEDATIVES. Medicines which diminish the action of the heart and nerves, and which are quieting.

SEPTIC. Having power to promote putrefaction.

SEPTICEMIA. Blood poisoning by putrid infection.

SEQUELÆ. Morbid phenomena supervening after disease.

SEROUS. Watery.

SERUM. Watery animal fluids.

SHOCK. Sudden depression of the vital powers.

SIALAGOGUE. A medicine producing an increased flow of saliva.

SINAPISM. A mustard draught.

SINGULTUS. Continued hiccough.

SINUS. An elongated cavity or abscess, having a small orifice.

SITU. Situation.

SLOUGH. A dead or mortified portion.

SOLUTION. The preparation made by dissolving a solid in a liquid.

SPECULUM. An instrument for dilating a passage or facilitating an examination.

SPHINCTER. A circular muscle for contracting a natural opening.

SPINAL CORD. A continuation of the brain through the vertebral column.

SPORADIC. Occurring singly or scattered.

STERCORACEOUS. Mixed with fæcal matter.

STERNUTATORY. Causing sneezing.

STETHOSCOPE. An instrument for conveying sound from the body to the ear.

STRABISMUS. Squinting; an affection causing what is called cross-eye.

STRANGURY. A painful discharge of urine.

STRICTURE. Contraction of a portion of a duct or tube.

STUPE. A fomentation by means of hot cloths.

STYPTIC. Strongly astringent.

SUBCUTANEOUS. Beneath the skin.

SUBJECTIVE. Pertaining to one’s own consciousness.

SUBSULTUS. Twitching of the muscles.

SUDAMINA. Small vesicles caused by profuse sweating.

SUDORIFEROUS. Sweating.

SUDORIFICS. Medicines which produce a flow of perspiration.

SUPERIOR. The upper of two parts.

SUPPOSITARY. Medicine in a solid form, intended for introduction into the rectum, or vagina.

SUPPRESSION. Stoppage of a discharge.

SUPPURATION. The process of forming pus.

SUTURES. 1st. The seams that unite the bones of the skull. 2d. Stitches to hold the edges of a wound together.

SYMPHASIS. A peculiar kind of articulation.

SYMPTOMS. Signs or phenomena which accompany disease.

SYNCHONDROSIS. Union by cartilage or gristle.

SYNCOPE. A fainting or swooning.

SYSTEMIC. Pertaining to the system or body generally.

SYSTOLE. The contraction of the heart.

TÆNIA. A kind of long intestinal worm; a tape worm.

TAMPON. A plug designed to arrest hemorrhage.

TAXIS. Pressure made by the fingers to return a hernial tumour.

TENDON. A cord or bundle of fibres attaching muscle to bone.

TENESMUS. A straining at stool; a painful sensation in the lower part of the rectum.

TENT. A cylinder designed for dilating a part.

TERTIAN. Occurring every third day, or every forty-eight hours.

TETANUS. A disease characterized by continuous muscular contractions; a lockjaw.

THERAPEUTICS. The application of remedies for diseases.

THORAX. The cavity containing the lungs and heart; the chest.

THROMBOSIS. The obstruction of a blood vessel by a small coagulum.

TINCTURE. Spirit containing medical substances in solution.

TONE. A proper state of firmness.

TONIC. A strengthening medicine.

TOPICAL. Local; applied to a particular part.

TORMINA. Twisting, griping pains in the bowels.

TOURNIQUET. An instrument for ligating a limb and making pressure on an artery.

TRANSUDATION. Passing of a fluid through the pores or interstices.

TRAUMATIC. Resulting from a wound or lesion.

TRISMUS. Lockjaw; tetanus.

TRITURATION. The act of reducing to a fine powder.

TUBER ISCHII. The tuberosities of the ischium.

TUMEFACTION. Enlargement; swelling.

TYMPANITIS. Flatulent distention of the belly.

TYPE. Peculiar form of disease.

ULCER. A sore, discharging pus.

UMBILICUS. The naval.

UNCTUOUS. Fat; oily.

UREA. A nitrogenous constituent of the urine.

URETHRA. The canal that conveys the urine from the bladder out of the body.

URINOMETER. An instrument for obtaining the specific gravity of urine.

UTERO GESTATION. Pregnancy.

UTERUS. The womb.

VARICOSE VEINS. Veins that are morbidly enlarged.

VASCULAR. Full of blood vessels.

VEIN. A vessel carrying blood to the heart.

VENA CAVA. A name given to two great veins of the body.

VERTEBRA. A joint of the spinal column, or back bone.

VERTIGO. Dizziness.

VESICANTS. Blistering agents.

VESICLE. An elevation of the cuticle containing serum; a bladder.

VESSEL. A tube or canal for fluids.

VIABLE. Sufficiently developed to be capable of living.

VIBRIONES. A family of minute organisms.

VICARIOUS. Taking the place or office of another.

VILLI. Minute papillary elevations on a membrane.

VIRUS. Organic poison; the contagion of disease.

VISCERA. The contents of the abdomen, thorax, or head.

VISUOS. One of the internal organs.

VITAL. Pertaining to life.

VIVISECTION. The dissection of an animal while alive.

VOLATILE. Capable of easily evaporating.

VULVA. The labia externum.

WHITLOW. A felon; an inflammation near the bone at the end of the finger.

WISDOM TEETH. The last of the molars to appear.

WOUND. A hurt or breach of the skin and flesh of an animal.

ZYMOTIC. Caused by something that acts as a ferment.

INDEX.

Abbreviations used in writing prescriptions, 330.

Abdomen, pain in, 23.

Ablutions after labor, 44.

—— in pregnancy, 20.

—— of the sick, 298.

Abortion, may be accidental, 120.

—— may become a habit, 120.

—— premonitory symptoms, 120.

—— prevention of, 122.

—— in the beginning of pregnancy, 120.

—— treatment of, 123.

Abscess, 166, 360.

Accidents, 279.

Accidents of labor, 168.

Acidity of the stomach, 25, 336.

Acetabulum, 57.

Acetate of copper, poisoning by, 285.

—— lead, 287.

Acid poisons, 284, 287.

Aconite, 265, 283.

Ætiology, 196.

Afterbirth, function of the, 102.

—— structure of, 100.

—— retained, 161.

—— how delivered, 131.

Afterpains, 162, 340.

Age suitable for marriage, 14.

—— at which menstruation begins, 71.

Air should be fully breathed in, 210.

—— —— fresh, 212.

—— —— not contaminated, 211.

Albuminaria, 139.

Alcohol, 283.

Aliment, 49, 52, 225, 313.

Alp, 218.

Alum whey, 320.

Amenorrhœa, 87.

Ammonia mixture, 339.

Ammoniacal gas for dysmenorrhœa, 358.

Ammoniacal liniments, 226.

Amusements, 17.

Anasarca, 216.

Anatomical peculiarities of the fœtus, 110.

Anatomy of the pelvis, 55.

Animal poisons, 288.

Anodynes, 340, 358.

Anodyne lotion, 358.

Anatomy of the pelvis, 60.

Antacids, 336.

Antidotes, 285.

Anthelmintics, 344.

Anteversion of the uterus, 85, 86.

Antiflexion of the uterus, 83.

Antimony, poisoning by, 283.

Antiseptic dressings, 166.

Antiseptics, 238, 338.

Antispasmodics, 339.

Aperients, 343.

Apoplexy, 281.

Apparent death, 280, 288.

Apple water, 316.

Apthæ, 175.

Areola, 105.

Arm presentations, 187.

Aromatic spirits of ammonia, 270.

Arrow root custard, 323.

Arrow root, how to prepare, 322.

Arsenic, poisoning by, 284.

Arteries, 255.

Art of prescribing, 326.

Articles wanted at childbirth, 32.

Artificial respiration, 289.

Ascarides, 150.

Asphyxia, 160, 288.

Asphyxiated persons, 288.

Asthma, 217, 220, 339.

Astringents, 340

Atropine as a poison, 283.

Auscultation, 108, 140.

Bacteria, 169.

Ballottement, 107.

Bandages, applying, 261.

—— making, 251.

—— after confinement, 41.

Barber’s itch, 363.

Bathing, 19, 250.

—— of infants, 53, 54.

—— short rules for, 250.

Baths, blanket and hot air, 249.

—— cold and cool, 248.

—— salt and sulphur, 250.

—— sitz, 298.

—— temperate and tepid, 248.

—— warm and hot, 248.

Bearing down pains, 158.

Bedrooms, 246.

Bed sores, 246.

Beds, in confinement, 37.

Bee stings, 303.

Bee tea, 302.

Beef-juice, 326.

Beef tea, 325, 326.

Belladonna, poisoning by, 283, 287.

Beverages, 44.

Bismuth, 285.

Bites of mad dogs, 288.

—— venomous snakes, 288.

Bitters, hop, 350.

Blackened eye, 297.

Bladder, state of, after confinement, 163.

Bleeding from the nose, 301.

Blisters, how dressed, 227.

—— why used, 226.

Blood root powder, 264.

Body presentations, 187.

Boiled flour, 40.

Boiled rice and cocoa-nut, 323.

Boils, 360.

Bones of the fœtal head, 108.

—— —— pelvis, 56.

Bowel complaints of children, 268.

Bread jelly, 319, 323.

Bread poultices, 232.

Breast, care of, 48, 165, 166.

—— gathered, 166.

Breathing exercise, 306.

Breech presentation, 184.

Brim of the pelvis, 60.

Broken bones, 257.

Bronchial asthma, 217.

Bronchitis, 220.

Broths, 248

Brown discolorations of the skin, 357.

Bruises, 255.

Burns and scalds, 292, 293.

—— dry, 292

—— salve for, 357.

Cantharides, poisoning by, 286.

Carbolic acid, 273, 284.

Carbonic acid gas, poisoning by, 288.

Care of infant children, 170.

Care of mother during confinement, 42, 43, 163.

—— —— —— labor, 41, 157.

Catamenia, 70.

Cataplasm, 233.

Cathartics, 342.

Catheter, introducing the, 78.

Catheterization, 78.

Causes of disease, predisposing, 196.

—— —— exciting, 196.

—— —— heat and cold, 197.

—— —— the season, 202.

Causes of tedious labor, 142, 151, 155, 179.

Caustics, 344.

Cervex uteri, 66.

Cessation of menses, 72.

Chafings, 171.

Chalk mixture and hops, 336.

Change of life, 73.

Changing clothing, 251.

Charcoal, 240, 299.

Chicken broth, 325.

Chicken tea, 324.

Chilblains, 363.

Children, diseases of, 217.

Chlorate of potash, 272.

Chlorosis, 265, 352.

Cholera infantum, 174, 334.

Cholera mixture, 337, 339.

Cholera morbus, 175.

Choosing food for infants, 307.

Chorea, 217, 218, 356.

Cicitrization, 256.

Cinnamon mixture, 340.

Circulation of blood in the fœtus, 110.

Classification of medicines, 331.

Cleanliness in cooking, 309.

Climate, 198.

Clinical thermometer, 276.

Clothes on fire, 292.

Clothing for the lying in woman, 37.

—— —— —— pregnant woman, 19.

—— —— —— infant, 53

—— how to change, 45.

Coccyx, 59.

Coffee, 303, 321.

Cold applications, 225, 235.

Cold as a cause of disease, 197, 199.

Cold bath, 201.

Cold in the head, 276.

Colds, 265.

Cold water, 235.

Colic, 333, 337.

Collyrium, 236, 362.

Coma, 281.

Common diseases, 263,.

Compound licorice powder, 272.

Compression of the brain, 281.

Conception, nature of, 94.

—— signs of, 112.

Concussion of the brain, 281.

Conduct of mother after marriage, 17.

—— —— during pregnancy, 18.

Confinement, preparations for, 32, 37.

—— bed for, 37.

—— dress for, 37.

Conium, poisoning by, 383.

Constipation, 23.

Contagion, caused by germs, 237.

Contagious diseases, 237.

Contused wounds, 255.

Contusions, 255.

Convalescence, 163.

Convulsions, infantile, 290, 302.

—— puerperal, 194.

Cookery for the sick, 309.

—— —— young children, 309.

Cool bath, 248.

Cooling lotion for inflamed eyes, 358.

Corns, 303.

Corn tea, 317.

Corsets, 19

Coryza, 276.

Costiveness, 22, 171.

Cough, 220.

Cough syrup, 348.

Counter irritants, 225, 226.

Cracked nipples, 168.

Cramps, 26.

Cravings, 295.

Critical period of life, 73.

Croton oil, 286.

Croup, 266, 334.

Cupping, dry and wet, 229.

Cutting the gums, 274, 296.

Cystitis, 163.

Cystocele, 142, 346.

Dandruff lotion, 362.

Dead, care of, 242.

Death, 219, 242.

Decoction of bran, 315.

—— —— barley water, &c., 345.

Deformed pelvis, 182.

Dentition, 274.

Depression of spirits during suckling, 49.

Development of the uterus in pregnancy, 95.

Developement of the fœtus in pregnancy, 105, 106.

Diabetis, 306.

Diagnosis, 217, 277.

—— by palpation, 140.

—— of artificial labor, 126, 138.

—— of diseases in children, 217

—— of pregnancy, 112.

—— by vaginal touch, 126.

Diameter of the pelvis, 61.

—— —— child’s head, 107.

Diaphoretics, 345.

Diarrhœa prescriptions, 268, 338.

—— in a child, 171, 267.

—— in pregnancy, 25.

Dietary after labor, 44, 47.

—— during suckling, 44.

—— of a pregnant female, 19.

—— of the young wives, 17.

Diet for infants and children, 307.

—— —— the sick, 309.

Dietetics, 30.

Differences of pelves, 63.

Difficult labor, 177.

Digital examinations, 140.

Diphtheria, 264, 263.

Diphtheria powder, 263, 264.

Directions for domestic medication, 262.

Directions to the monthly nurse, 33, 43.

—— things to be provided, 33.

—— care of the mother; rest, 43.

—— diet, 43.

—— beverages, 44.

—— the lochial discharge, 44.

—— ablutions, 44.

—— clothing, 45.

—— retention of urine, 47.

—— mother’s breasts, 47.

—— care of child’s food, 49, 51, 52.

—— —— sleep, 53.

—— —— the naval, 53.

—— —— clothing, 53.

Diseases of children, 217.

—— infants, 171.

—— pregnancy, vomiting, 121.

—— morning sickness, 21.

Diseases of the throat, 264.

Disinfectants, 238, 239.

Disinfection, 241.

Dislocations, 259.

—— of elbow, 260.

—— of thumb or finger, 260.

Disorders of menstruation, 87.

—— amenorrhœa, 8-.

—— dysmenorrhœa, 88.

—— menorrhagia, 92.

Displacements of the uterus, 76.

Diuretics, 346.

Domestic medication, 262.

Domestic management of colds, 265.

—— —— diarrhœa, 268.

—— —— fevers, 266.

—— —— dysentery, 269.

—— —— cramp, 266.

—— —— croup, 266.

—— —— fainting fits, 270

Doses for children and adults, 327.

Dress for labor, 37.

Dressing the child, 40, 41.

Dropsies, 216, 347.

Dropsy of the head, 218, 219.

Drowning, 288.

Drugs, list of, 263.

Duration of pregnancy, 124.

Duties of a wife, 19.

—— —— skilled nurse or midwife, 145.

—— making examination, 156.

—— how to act as midwife, 149.

—— turning the child, 185.

—— care of the child, 170.

—— post partem hemorrhage, 160.

—— adherent placenta, 161.

—— after pains, 162.

—— retention of urine, 162.

—— Shock, 163.

—— the lochia, 164.

—— the milk, 165.

—— care of the breasts, 165.

—— convulsions, 144.

—— mania, 169.

—— septicemia 169.

—— care of infant children, 170.

Duties of a nurse in various circumstances, 237.

Dysentery in the infant, 171.

—— —— children 220, 269, 338, 340.

Dysmenorrhœa, 88, 89, 91, 340.

Dyspepsia, 270.

Ear, foreign substance in, 293.

Earache, 218, 219.

Early treatment of disease, 221.

Effects of the season upon health, 202.

Effervescing lemonade, 317.

Elbow joint, dislocation of the, 280.

Elbow presentation, 185.

Elm, slippery, 273.

Embryo, 103.

Emergencies, 279.

Emetics, 347.

Emmenagogues, 352.

Emotion, influence of on child, 21.

Enema apparatus, 33.

Enema for pinworms, 350.

Enemata, 298, 349.

Epidemics, 238.

Epileptical seizures, 290.

Epistaxis, 306.

Erect carriage, 306.

Ergot, 155.

Eruptive fevers, 278.

Erysipelas 253, 362.

Essence of beef, 326.

Etherization, 291.

Excessive sweating, 298.

Exercise during pregnancy, 19, 26, 35.

—— before breakfast, 22.

Expectorants, 348.

Extra uterine pregnancy, 94.

Eye lotion, 357, 361, 362,.

Face presentations, 143, 183.

Fainting, 25.

Fainting in pregnancy, 25.

Falling of the uterus, 76.

Fallopian tubes, 67.

False labor pains, 34, 123.

Father’s influence, 15.

Fecundation, 94.

Feeding infants, 49, 307, 314.

Febrile disorders, 220.

Female weakness, 77.

Fire, clothes catching, 292.

Fissure of the anus, 218.

Fits, 290.

Flatulence, 38.

Flatulent colic, 333, 337.

Flaxseed, 315.

Flexions and versions of the womb, 75.

Flour boiled, 322.

Fluid aliments, 313.

Fœtal circulation, 104, 110, 111.

—— life, 103.

Fœtus its development, 105, 103.

—— size at term, 106.

Fomentations, 231, 234, 352.

Fontanelles, 169.

Food, during pregnancy, 19.

—— for a child, 50, 307.

—— for convalescents, 310.

—— milk and eggs, 312.

—— rules for giving, 310.

—— varieties of, 311.

Foot bath, 298.

Foreign matter in a wound, 254.

—— —— in the ear, 293.

—— —— —— —— eye, 293.

—— —— —— —— nose, 293.

—— —— —— —— throat, 294.

Formulæ for food, 314.

Formulæ for medicines, 332.

Fractured ribs, 296.

Fractures, nurses duties, 258.

Fractures, signs of, 257, 258.

Friction, 269.

Fruits, 313.

Fumigation, 241.

Fundus of the uterus, 65.

Gargles, 306.

Gathered breasts, 166.

Gelsemium, 283.

Generation, 93, 94.

Germ diseases, 237.

Gestation, period of, 94, 124.

Giving medicines, 245.

Giving anesthetics, 291.

Graafian vesicle, 75.

Granulations, healthy, 256.

Green sickness, 237.

Gum Arabic, 272, 315.

Hardening infants, 201.

—— nipples, 27.

Haunch bone, 57.

Head of the fœtus, 108.

Head presentations, 140.

Headache, 219, 354.

Health, 14.

Health of wives, 14.

Heartburn, 25, 336.

—— in pregnancy, 24.

Heat as a cause of disease, 197.

—— a symptom of inflammation, 115.

Hematuria and menorrhagia, 92, 341.

Hemoptysis, 341.

Hemorrhage, unavoidable, 193.

—— during labor, 193, 194.

—— internal, 194

—— post partem, 161.

—— from cuts and incisions, 255.

Hemorrhoids, 275, 360.

Herb teas, 317.

Home remedies for ague and fever, 277.

—— —— apoplexy, 279.

—— —— opthalmia, 275.

—— —— bronchitis, 276.

—— —— constipation, 275.

—— —— diarrhœa, 268.

—— —— dysentery, 269.

—— —— hysteria, 278.

—— —— pneumonia, 276.

—— —— scarlet fever, 278.

—— —— typhoid fever, 278.

Honey, 302.

Hop bitters, 356.

Hot baths, 248.

Hot foot baths, 298.

Hot water, 297.

How to breathe, 210.

How to cook rice, 323.

How to prepare arrow root, 322.

How to use injections, 351.

Hydrocyanic acid, poisoning by, 287.

Hyoscyamus, 283.

Hyperæmia,

Hysteria, 278.

Hypnotic suppositary, 352.

Ice, 235.

Ice bags, 235.

Iliac fossa, 57, 58.

Impacted feces, 142, 151.

Incised wounds, 254.

Incompatible marriages, 16.

Incontinence of urine, 355.

Indian meal gruel, 318.

Indigestible food, 297.

Inefficient action of uterus, 151.

Infant, care of, 40.

Infant feeding, 174.

Infection, 238.

Inflammation, symptoms of, local heat, 215.

—— —— pain, 215.

—— —— redness, 216.

—— —— swelling, 216.

—— —— tenderness, 214.

—— general symptoms, skin,

—— —— —— pulse, 223.

—— terminations, resolution, 214.

—— —— suppuration, 258.

—— treatment of, general, 223.

—— —— topical, 225.

Inflammation of the breast, 165.

Infusion of flaxseed, 315.

Infusions, 317.

Inhalations, 303.

Injections, 298.

Injections for the vagina, 351.

Innominata, 56.

Instructions to a woman before labor, 26.

Instructions to nurses, labor, 147.

—— tedious labor, 151, 178.

—— breech presentations, 184.

—— knee or foot presentations 185.

—— shoulder, body or head presentations, 141.

—— face, 141.

—— inefficient action of the uterus, 151.

—— excess of liquor amnii, 152, 179.

—— powerless labor, 180.

—— obstructed labor, 181.

—— deformed pelvis, 182.

—— adherent placenta, 161.

—— placental presentation, 193

—— to wife and mother, 13.

Instructions to nurse midwife, 145, 156, 192.

—— to the mother before labor, 26.

Internal organs of generation, 66.

—— uterus, 65.

—— Fallopian tubes, 67.

—— ovaries, 68.

—— vagina, 68.

—— ligaments of the womb, 69.

Introducing of catheter, 78.

Introduction, 9.

Inversion of uterus, 168.

Ipecac, 271.

Irritable uterus, 350.

Irritation, 229.

Itchings, 298.

Jaundice, 176.

Jelly water, 316.

Joints of the pelvis, 59.

Knee chest position, 80.

Labor, difficult, 177.

—— directions for conducting, 39, 149, 156.

—— false, 34.

—— true, symptoms of, 36.

Lactation, 165.

Laxatives, 343.

Leeches, 229.

Leucorrhœa, 351.

Light, effects of, 46.

Lightning, 290.

Lineo ilio pectinea, 60.

Liniments, 226.

Liniment used in cerebro spinal meningetis, 357.

Liquor amnii excessive, 152.

Lister’s dressing, 166.

Little ailments, 297.

Lochia, profuse, 165.

—— scanty, 164.

—— fetid, 165.

Lochial discharge, 45, 164.

Locked jaw, 253.

Longings in pregnancy, 19.

Lotion for pruritis, 362.

Lotion for tinea capitis, 359.

Lotions, 357.

Mad dog bites, 288.

Mammary abscess, 166, 362.

Mammary inflammation, 165.

Manner of feeding infants, 313.

Marriage should not be at too early an age, 14.

Marshall Hall’s method, 289.

Measles, 274.

Meatus of the urethra, 64.

Measures, 61.

Mechanical phenomena of labor, 133.

Mechanical presentations and positions, 135.

—— how distinguished, 126.

Meconium, 171.

Meddlesome midwifery, 192.

Medicines, classed, 331.

—— in pregnancy, 28.

Medicated bath, 250.

Meningitis, 218.

Menorrhagia symptoms and varieties, 92.

—— treatment of, 93.

Menses, cessation of, 73.

Menstruation, retarded, 72.

—— its disorders, 73.

—— painful, 90, 91.

—— profuse, 92.

Midwifery, 140, 145.

Milk, as food, 312.

—— fever, 165.

—— in the breasts of new-born infants, 171.

—— mother’s influence of diet on, 172.

—— porridge, 319.

Miscarriage, cause of, 121.

—— flooding in, 121, 123.

—— prevention of, 122.

—— treatment of, 123.

Mismenstruation, 87.

Mistakes in giving medicine, 245.

Mode of administering medicine, 328.

Morning sickness, 105.

Morphine, poisoning by, 297.

Mother, 19.

Mucilage of starch, 322.

Mumps, 274.

Mush and milk, 320.

Mustard plasters, 226.

Mutton broth, 326.

Mutton soup, 325.

Narcotic poisons, 286.

Narcotics, 353.

Natural labor, 149.

Nausea, 337.

Naval, soreness of, 170.

Naval string, 101.

Naval string, dressing of, 53.

Nervous disorders, 220.

Nervous shock, 163.

Neuralgic dysmenorrhœa, 89.

Night nursing, 245.

Night sweats, 341.

Nipple, cracked and sore, 360.

—— retracted, 41.

—— to harden, 26.

Nose bleed, 301.

Nutricious coffee, 321.

—— laxative, 321.

Nurses, duties of, 33.

—— general rules, 243.

—— qualifications of, 30

—— responsibilities of, 33.

—— should be well paid, 31.

—— skilled, 145.

Nursing, rules for, 33.

Nux vomica as a poison, 283, 287.

Oatmeal gruel, 318.

Observation of symptoms, 221.

Obstructed labor, 181.

Obturator foramen, 57.

Oil, 302.

Ointment for skin affections, 359.

Operation cases, 251.

Opium, 224.

—— for labor, 155.

—— poisoning by, 287.

Opthalmia, 373.

Ordinary hurts, 297.

Organs of generation, 64.

Os coccygis, 59.

Ossa innominata, 56.

Os sacrum, 55.

Os tincæ or os uteri, 66.

Outlet of the pelvic canal, 62.

Ova, 98.

Ovarian neuralgia, 89, 353.

Ovaries, 68, 69, 74.

Ovum, its development, 98.

Oyster broth, 324.

Oysters, 312.

Pains, 128, 129.

Palpation for diagnosis, 140.

Palpitation of the heart, 26, 354.

Panada, 318, 322.

Paralysis, 217, 218.

Paregoric, 268.

Parotitis, or mumps, 280.

Parturition, 123, 125.

Passion, ill effects of during pregnancy, 21.

Pelvis, 55, 60, 62.

Percussion, 106.

Perineum, 65.

Period of gestation, 124.

Persons asphyxiated, 288.

Phthisis, tubercular, 277.

Phosphorus, poisoning by, 286.

Physician should be selected, 28.

Physiology of fœtal life, 109.

—— of uterus and ovaries, 70.

Physiological phenomena of labor, 126.

Piles in pregnancy, 24, 273.

Piles ointment, 361.

Placenta, 100, 101.

—— adherent, 131, 160.

—— previa, 193.

Placental presentations, 101, 193.

Pleurisy, 225.

Pneumonia, 220.

Poached eggs, 324.

Poisons and their antidotes, 281, 284.

Position of patient during parturition, 148.

Position of the fœtus in utero, 107.

Post partem hemorrhage, 161.

Potus imperialis, 321.

Poultices, alum, 233.

—— bread, 232.

—— charcoal, 234.

—— conium, 234.

—— yeast, 233.

Powerless labor, 180.

Precocious unions, 14.

Precursory symptoms of labor, 35, 36.

—— —— the menses, 71.

Pregnancy and confinement, 13.

—— disorders incident to, 22, 139.

—— duration of, 124.

Premature infants, 54.

—— labor, 120.

Premonitory symptoms of labor, 126.

Preparation for labor, the bed, 37.

—— —— —— —— dress, 37.

—— —— —— —— room, 38.

—— of food, 309.

Presentation of the face, 141, 183.

—— —— feet or knees, 185.

—— —— head, 140.

—— —— shoulder, 185, 187.

—— —— side, 185, 187.

—— —— superior extremities, 141, 185.

Presentation and positions, 135, 126.

Process of generation, 93.

Procidentia, 76.

Profuse menstruations, 92.

Prolapsis, 76.

Pruritis vulva, 26, 362.

Puberty, the age of, 71.

—— the change it works, 71,.

Pubis, 58.

Puerperal convulsions, 194.

Puerperal mania, 169.

Puerperal septicemia, 169.

Pulse. The rate, 206.

—— —— regularity, 207.

—— —— hardness, 207.

Pure air, 211.

Purgatives, 342.

Pus, 166.

Pies, 313.

Pyemia, 253.

Qualities transmitted by parents, 315.

Quickening, 116.

Quinsy, 275.

Quiet after confinement, 43.

Recipes for sick cookery, 314.

Reckoning, how to make the, 124.

Regimen, 262, 302.

Remedies for common use, 262.

Remedies to prevent costiveness, 302.

Removal of the placenta, 39.

Reproduction, 93.

Restorative soup for invalids, 324.

Respiration, 209.

—— a diagnostic symptom, 210.

Retention of the urine, 47, 152, 174.

Retroflexion of the uterus, 83.

Rheumatism, 335, 347, 353.

Rice gruel, 318.

Rice cream, 319.

Rickets, 218, 219.

Rigid os uteri, 154.

Rigid perineum, 155.

Rigor mortis, 242.

Ringworm, 362.

Rubeola, measles, 274.

Rules in nursing, 243.

Rules of diet for convalescents, 310.

Rupture of the naval, 170.

Sacrum, 55.

Sage tea, 316.

Sagittal suture, 108.

Salt water, 299, 300.

Sanguinaria powder, 263.

Saucepans, 310.

Scalds, 292.

Scarlatina or scarlet fever, 278.

Sciatica, 335.

Secretion of milk, 165.

Sedatives, 224, 353.

Septicemia, 169.

Setons, 229.

Shock, 163.

Show, a sign of labor, 128.

Shower bath, 201.

Sick headache, 270.

Sick room, 38.

Signs of approaching labor, 35, 127

Signs of death, 242.

Signs of pregnancy, 113, 118.

Size of the pelvis, 61.

Size of the fœtus, 106.

—— —— —— head, 107.

Skilled nursing, 145.

Sleep during pregnancy, 21.

—— position in, 21.

Sleeping rooms, 20, 212.

Sleeplessness, 303.

Slight hurts and ailments, 295.

Slippery elm bark tea, 316.

Soda and water, 301.

Soda mint, 338.

Solution of chlorinated soda, 351.

Sore mouth, 175.

Sore nipples, 27, 359, 360.

Soup, 312, 321, 324.

Sour stomach, 270, 336.

Sour milk, 311.

Spirit vapor bath, 249.

Sponge baths, 45, 249.

Sponges, 252.

Sprains, 297.

Spurious labor pains, 124.

Stays, 19.

Strangury, 302.

Strapping, 254.

Stupes, 231.

Subacute rheumatism, 353.

Suckling the child, 48.

Summer complaints, 268.

Sunstroke, 280.

Suppositories, 173, 352.

Surgical cases, 251.

Surgical nursing, 251.

Sutures, sagittal, 108.

—— coronal, 108.

—— lambdoidal, 108.

Sweating, excessive, 298.

Symphasis pubis, 61.

Symptomotology, 196.

Symptoms of disease, subjective, 204, 206.

—— —— objective, 206.

—— —— character of the pain, 205.

—— —— tenderness, 205.

—— —— itching, 205.

—— —— nausea, 205.

—— —— thirst, 206.

—— —— the pulse, 306.

—— —— —— temperature, 208, 215.

—— —— —— respiration, 209.

—— asthma, 217

—— hydrocephalus, 218, 219.

—— hysteria, 278.

—— earache, 218.

—— brain affections, 219.

—— chorea, 219, 217.

—— bronchitis, 220.

—— sunstroke, 280.

—— inflammation, 214.

—— poisoning, 282.

Syncopes fainting, 270, 281.

Syrup of ipecac, 267, 271.

Table tea, 320.

Table of abbreviations, &c., 330.

Tampons, 80, 81.

Tartar whey, 317.

Tar water, 45, 300.

Teething, 296.

Tedious labor, 151, 178.

Temperature of the patient, 207.

—— —— sick room, 213.

—— —— baths, 248.

—— how taken, 208.

Temperaments, 16.

Temperate bath, 248.

Tepid baths, 248.

Tetanus, 253.

The first few months after marriage, 16.

Thermometer, 276.

Throat diseases, 264.

Tenderness, 253.

Terminations of inflammation, 215.

Tin, poisoning by, 285.

Tieing the cord, 39.

Tinea capitis or scald head, 359.

Tincture of iodine, 228.

Thirst, 44.

Thrush, 175.

Tongue, coated, 220.

Treatment of infantile diseases, 217.

Treatment of inflammation in emergencies, 224.

—— —— —— in the incipient stages, 223.

—— —— —— by veratrium, 224.

—— —— —— by aperients, 224.

—— —— —— by opium, 224.

—— —— —— by counter irritants, 225.

—— —— —— by vesicants, 225.

—— —— —— by topical applications, 225.

—— —— —— by liniment, 226.

—— —— —— by mustard, 226.

—— —— —— by blisters and cupping, 227.

—— —— —— by leeches, 229.

—— —— —— by fomentations, 231.

Toast, 322.

Toast water, 316.

Tonics, 355.

Tonic in neuralgia, 356.

Toothache drops, 354.

Touch, 126.

Turn of life, 72.

Tuber ischii, 58.

Tubercular phthisis, 277.

Typhoid fever, 278.

Typhus fever, 278.

Ulcer, gastric, 334.

Umbilical cord, 101.

Umbilical artery and vein, 101, 111.

Undilatable os uteri, 154.

Urethra, 64.

Urinary and generative organs, 65.

Urine, incontinence of, 355.

—— retention of, 47.

—— should be examined, 29.

Uses of the pelvis, 63.

Uterine derangements, 65.

Uterus, description of, 65, 66, 67, 70.

—— displacement of, 76.

—— antiflexion of, 84.

—— anti-version of, 85.

—— retroflexion of, 83.

—— retroversion of, 85, 81.

—— prolapsis of, 77.

Utero gestation, 95.

Vagina, 68, 142.

Vaginal cystocele, 142, 182.

Vaginal injection, 351.

Vaginal touch, 140.

Vapor baths, 248.

Vegetable soup, 321.

Ventilation, 20, 212.

Ventilation of bedrooms, 213.

Veratrium viride, 224, 265.

Versions of the uterus, 85.

Vesical calculi, 142.

Vesicants, 225, 227.

Vinegar whey, 315.

Vomiting, 324.

Vomiting in pregnancy, 22.

Warm baths, 248.

Warm water, effects of, 250.

Washing the child, 40, 52.

Waters, breaking of the, 152.

Water, cold, 44, 298.

—— hot, 297.

Water bed, 247.

Weaning, 308.

Wet girdle, 299.

Wet cups, 229.

Wet nurse, 51, 174.

Wet pack, 248.

Wet sheet pack, 248

Whites or leucorrhœa, 355.

Whooping cough, 303, 339.

Witch hazel, 271.

Woman, and her diseases, 75.

Womb, 66.

Worms, 350.

Wounds, incised, 254.

—— contused, 255.

—— punctured, 256.

—— poisoned, 256.

THE END.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. P. 20, changed “out to be” to “ought to be”. 2. P. 160, changed “dark lived color” to “dark livid color”. 3. P. 277, changed “pulse is below 90°” to “temperature is below 90°”. 4. Made corrections mentioned in the Errata sections. 5. Changed all double period (..) ditto marks in the Index to 2 em dashes (——). 6. Silently corrected typographical errors. 7. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed. 8. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.

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