Part 115

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