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Biliousness (Herb Remedies) 421 Blackheads 61 Symptoms 61 Causes 61 Mothers' Remedies 61 1.--Effective Yet Harmless Remedy for 61 2.--Alum Water for 62 3.--Cream of Tartar and Sulphur for 62 4.--Healing Cream for 62 Physicians' Treatment for Pimples 62 Local Treatment 62 1.--Precipitated Sulphur and Rosewater 62 2.--A Good Combination 62 Bladder, Inflammation of the 162 Bladder, Inflammation of (Herb Remedies) 419-429 Bladder Trouble 162 Mothers' Remedies 162 1.--English Oil of Sandalwood for 162 2.--Effective Herb Teas for 163 Treatment 163 Diet 163 Bladder Trouble (Herb Remedies) 417, 425, 432, 435, 441, 442, 444 Bleeders 254 Bleeding 394 Mothers' Remedies 394 1.--Unusual Way to Stop 394 2.--Cobwebs to Stop 394 3.--Powdered Alum and Hot Water Stops 394 4.--Salt and Flour Successful 394 5.--Boracic Acid Is Excellent for 394 6.--Tobacco Will Stop 395 Bleeding (Herb Remedies) 420 Bleeding After Delivery 540 Bleeding From the Nose 19 Bleeding from the Stomach 107 Causes 107 Symptoms 107 Physicians' Treatment 107 Caution 107 Bleeding from the Wind-pipe and Lungs 38 Symptoms 38 Quantity 38 Mothers' Remedies 39 1.--Salt Water for 39 2.--Herb Tea for 39 3.--Effective Remedy for 39 4.--Tannin and Sugar for 39 Physicians' Treatment for Bleeding from the Wind-pipe and Lungs 39 1.--First Thing to Do 39 2.--If Caused by the Coughing 39 3.--Alum for 39 4.--White Oak Bark Tea for 39 5.--Hot Water and Salt for 40 6.--Other Easily Obtained Remedies 40 Cautions 40 Thirst 40 Diet 40 Bleeding from the Wind-pipe and Lungs (Herb Remedies) 412, 446 Blepharitis Marginalis 348 Causes 348 Symptoms 348 Treatment 348 Local Treatment 348 Blister 92 Mothers' Remedies 92 1.--Linseed Oil for 92 2.--A Method of Raising a Blister 92 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 674 1.--White of Egg for 674 Blister Disease 79 Symptoms 79 Causes 79 Physicians' Treatment 79 Elixir Quinine, Iron and Strychnine 79 Local Treatment 79 Blistered Skin, to Dress 635 Blood and Ductless Glands, Diseases of 249 Blood and Liver Regulator (Rare Prescription) 460 Blotches and Pimples (Rare Prescription) 473 Blood Purifier (Herb Remedies) 437 Blood in the Urine 156 Causes 156 Treatment 156 Blue Stone, Poison by 402 Blue Vitriol, Poison by 402 Boil 68 Causes 68 Mothers' Remedies 68 1.--My Mother's Poultice for 68 2.--Soap and Sugar Poultice for 68 3.--Vinegar and Camphor for 68 4.--Bean Leaf Poultice for 68 5.--Another Remedy for 68 Physicians' Treatment for Boils 69 Boil (Herb Remedies) 431 Borax (Medical Use) 671 Boric Acid 626 Bottle-Fed Babies 612 Bowels, Bleeding from (Herb Remedies) 423 Bowels, Inflammation of 118 Bowels, Inflammation of (Herb Remedies) 413,439 Bow-Legs 370 Treatment 371 Brain, Concussion or Laceration of 302 Brain Diseases, General and Functional 280 Brain Hemorrhage 202 Brain, Softening of 298 Brain, Syphilis of 297 Causes 297 Symptoms 297 Symptoms When Arteries Are Diseased 298 How to Tell What the Disease Is 298 Recovery 298 Treatment 298 Brain, Tumors and Inflammation of 296 Bran Poultice 631 Brandy and Egg Mixture 649 Breakbone Fever 208 Breast, Broken Abscess 538 Breasts, Caked (Herb Remedies) 434, 443 Breast, Cancer of 335 Breasts, Care of 538 Breasts, Inflammation of 538 Breasts, Inflammation of (Herb Remedies) 434 Breathing, Difficult 339 Bright's Disease, Diagnosis of 1 Bright's Disease, Acute 156 Symptoms 157 Diagnosis 157 Recovery 157 Treatment 157 Diet and Nursing 157 Bowels, Attention to 157 Bright's Disease, Chronic 158 Causes 158 Conditions 158 Symptoms 158 Treatment; Diet 158 Brinkerhoff System of Treating Piles 468 Brodie's Liniment for Asthma 484 Bromidrosis 57 Bromototoxismus 374 Bronchial Asthma 37 Bronchial Asthma (Herb Remedies) 438 Bronchitis, Acute, Diagnosis of 2 Bronchitis, Acute (Herb Remedies) 420 Bronchitis, Acute 30 Causes 30 Symptoms 31 Mothers' Remedies 31 1.--Camphor and Lard for 31 2.--Grandmothers' Remedy for 31 3.--Antiphlogistine Plaster for 31

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4.--One of the Best Home Remedies 32 5.--Camphorated Oil and Steaming for 32 6.--General Relief for 32 7.--Lard Poultice for 32 8.--Mustard Plaster for 32 9.--Well-Known Remedy for 33 10.--Remedy and General Tonic for 33 Physicians' Treatment for 33 1.--Sweating Remedy for 33 2.--Steaming Remedy for 33 3.--Steaming With Pitcher 33 4.--Rub the Chest 33 5.--For Adults 34 Diet in Bronchitis (Similar to Laryngitis) 34 Bronchitis, Acute (Herb Remedies) 422, 426, 444 Bronchitis, Chronic 34 Causes 34 Symptoms 34 Physicians' Treatment 34 Preventive 34 1.--Ammonium Chloride 34 2.--Combination of Ammonium Chloride, Licorice and Water 34 3.--If the Cough Is Troublesome 34 Bronchitis, Chronic (Herb Remedies) 438 Bronchial Goitre 258 Bronchial Tubes, Inflammation of the 30 Brancho-Pneumonia 40 Causes 40 Symptoms 40 Secondary Cases 40 Prevention 40 Mothers' Remedies 41 1.--Herb Tea and Poultice for 41 2.--Home Remedy for 41 3.--Hot Vinegar Applications for 41 Physicians' Treatment 41 Diet 41 Bruises 621, 391 Mothers' Remedies 391 1.--Cold Water Prevents Coloring 391 2.--Kerosene Relieves the Pain of 391 3.--Turpentine to Keep Proud Flesh from 391 4.--Bread and Vinegar Quick Relief for 391 5.--Good Liniment for 391 6.--Liniment used in Ohio for 391 Physicians' Treatment for Bruises 391 1.--Tincture of Arnica 392 2.--Alcohol for 392 3.--Cold or Hot Water Applied With Cloths 392 4.--Raw Beefsteak (lean) is Excellent 392 5.--Lead and Landanum Wash 392 Bruises (Herb Remedies) 410, 429, 443, 446 Bubonic Plague 225 Bunions 95 Mothers' Remedies 95 1.--Remedy from Your Flower Garden 95 2.--A Cure for 95 3.--Iodine for 96 4.--Tested Remedy for 96 Physicians' Treatment 96 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 674 1.-Pulverized Saltpetre for 674 Burns 387,621 Causes 387 Burns 387 First Degree 387 Second Degree 387 Third Degree 387 Mothers' Remedies for Burns 387 1.--Linseed Oil for 387 2.--Common Soda 387 3.--Apply Crushed Onion Poultice for 387 4.--Molasses Takes Pain from 387 5.--Butter a Relief for 387 6.--Oil of Peppermint Draws Fire Out of 387 7.--Sweet Oil and Cotton Batting Relieves 381 8.--Vinegar Prevents Blistering from 387 For a Severe Case 390 For Third Degree Burns 390 Warm Baths 390 Burns from Acid 391 Burns from Alkali (Like Potash or Strong Ammonia) 391 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 674 1.--Lime Water and Sweet Oil for 674 2.--Charcoal for 674 3.--Grated Onion for 674 4.--Easily Prepared Remedy for 674 Burns (Herb Remedies) 429 Burns and Scalds (Rare Prescription) 466

Calculi, Biliary 129 Caisson Disease 304 Caked Breasts 566 Caked Breasts (Herb Remedies) 434, 443 California Liniment 470 Calculus, Renal 161 Calculi or Stones, Operation for 665 Callositas 58 Callosity 58 Causes 58 Symptoms 58 Physicians' Treatment 58 Calvus 58 Camphor (Medical Use) 671 Cancer of the Gall Bladder and Bile Ducts 130 Causes 130 Cancer of the Breast 335 Cancers, Operation for 664 Cancer 332 Cancer is curable if it be operated upon in its early stages 332 Have Operations Failed to Cure? 332 What is Cancer? 333 When to Suspect Cancer and What to Do 333 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 675 1.--Yellow Dock Root for 675 Cancer Paste 471 Cancer of the Stomach, Diagnosis of 2 Cancer of the Stomach 106, 334 Symptoms 106 Course 106 Physicians' Treatment 106 Diet 107 Cancer of the Uterus 334 Canker Sore Mouth 97, 551 Causes 97 Symptoms 97 Mothers' Remedies 98 1.--Raspberry Leaf for 98 2.--Oak Bark Tea for 98 3.--Boracic Acid for 98 4.--Canker Weed Tea for 98 5.--Honey and Borax for 98 6.--Wild Turnip for 98 7.--Alum for 98 8.--Borax Water for 98 9.--Common and Effective Remedy for 98 10.--Shoemaker Root and Borax for 98 Physicians' Treatment for Sore Mouth 99 1.--For Canker Sore Mouth 99 2.--Burnt Alum 99 3.--Nitrate of Silver 99 4.--A Wash of Sage Tea 99 5.--The Juice of a Ripe Tomato 99 Canker Sore Mouth (Herb Remedies) 410, 420 Capsicum and Belladonna Plasters 635 Carbolic Acid 625 Carbolic Acid, Poison by 403 Carbuncle 59 Symptoms 59 Causes 60

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Mothers' Remedies 60 1.--Poppy Leaves to Draw and Ripen 60 2.--Slippery Elm and Sassafras Root for 60 3.--Sheep Sorrel Poultice for 60 4.--Bread and Milk Poultice for 60 5.--The Common Scabious for 60 6.--Snap Bean Poultice for 60 Physicians' Treatment 60 Local 60 Cardialgia 107 Care of Discharges (Excreta) 624 Care and Disinfection of an Infected Room 626 Care of the Room by the Nurse 626 Carter's Little Liver Pills 472 Castoria 472 Castor Oil (Medical Use) 671 Cataract, Operation for 663 Cataract 353 Senile Cataract 354 Symptoms of Senile (Old Age) Cataract 354 Course 354 Cataract, Senile 354 Catarrh 14 Causes 14 Symptoms and Course 14 Mothers' Remedies 14 1.--Successful Remedy for 14 2.--Cleansing Antiseptic Remedy for 14 3.--Witch Hazel for 14 4.--Cure for 15 5.--Mullein Leaves, Treatment for 15 6.--Milk and Salt Wash for 15 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 674 1.--Burnt Alum for 674 2.--Bad Case Cured by the Following 674 3.--Borax and Camphor for 675 4.--Pure Lard for 675 Physicians' Treatment for 15 Local 15 1.--Spray for 15 2.--Powders for 15 3.--Solution for 16 4.--Spray for 16 Catarrh (Herb Remedies) 431, 434 Catarrh, Acute Nasal 10 Catarrh Acute Pharyngeal 21 Catarrhal Angiocholitis, Acute 128 Catarrhal Headache 268 Catarrhal Jaundice 128 Catarrh of Long Standing 467 Catarrh Ointment (Rare Prescription) 468 Cathartic and Sure Cure for Constipation 468 Cathartic (Herb Remedy) 429 Cereals and Cereal Gruels 651 Cerebral Anemia 296 Cerebral Hemorrhage 292 Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 209 Cervical Tuberculosis 212 Cervix, Diseases of 497 Cervix, Inflammation of 498 Cervix, Tear of 497 Chafing 552 Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy 473 Chapped Hands and Face 93 Mothers' Remedies 93 1.--Quince Seed Cream for 93 2.--Soothing Lotion for 93 3.--Glycerin for 93 4.--Carbolic Salve for 93 5.--Glycerin and Lemon Juice for 93 6.--Camphor Ice for 93 7.--Remedy from a New York Lady 93 8.--Rose Cream for 93 9.--Preventive for 93 10.--From a Twin Falls, Idaho. Mother 93 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 676 1.--An Inexpensive Remedy for 676 Physicians' Treatment far Chapped Hands 94 1.--For Chapped Hands 94 2.--Powdered Camphor 94 3.--Ointment of Water of Roses 94 4.--Powdered Zinc Oxide 94 Charbon (Wool Sorter's Disease) 230 Cheese, Poison by 403 Chest, Cold in 30 Chestnut Puree 652 Chicken Broth 652 Chicken Broth 648 Chicken Pox, Diagnosis of 2 Chicken Pox 179 Mothers' Remedies 179 1.--Catnip Tea and Soda Water for 179 Physicians' Treatment 180 Chilblains 96 Mothers' Remedies 96 1.--A Cure for 96 2.--Witch-Hazel for 96 3.--Ointment for 96 4.--Vinegar Cure 96 5.--Home-Made Salve for 96 6.--Common Glue 96 7.--The Onion Cure for 97 8.--The Hemlock Remedy for 97 Physicians' Treatment for Chilblains 97 Internal 97 External 97 1.--Alum as a Wash 97 2.--Ointment of Ichthyol 97 3.--Rosin 97 4.--Lard and Iodine Ointment 97 5.--The Following Is Good 97 Childbirth 494 Child Crowing 26 Cause 27 Symptoms 27 Physicians' Treatment 27 Preventive 27 Cold Sponging 27 Chills and Fever 229 Mothers' Remedies 229 1.--Peruvian Bark and Rhubarb for 229 2.--Horseradish for 230 3.--Dogwood Known to Be Good for 230 Treatment 230 Choking (Foreign Bodies in the Larynx) 396 Mothers' Remedies 396 1.--Fish Bone to Stop 396 2.--Simple Remedy to Stop 396 3.--Pennyroyal Tea and Lard Relieves 396 4.--Grease and Meat Common Remedy for 396 In the Gullet (Foreign Bodies) 396 Chloasma 61 Chloral Habit 374 Chloride of Lime 625 Chloral, Poison by 403 Cholelithiasis 129 Chorea (Herb Remedies) 419, 427, 439 Cholera, Asiatic 223 Causes 223 Symptoms 223 Treatment 224 Cholera Infantum 112 Symptoms 112 Cautions 113 Mothers' Remedies 113 1.--Castor Oil and Warm Applications for 113 2.--First Thing to Do 113 3.--White of Egg and Cathartic for 113 4.--Olive or Sweet Oil for 113 5.--Spice and Whisky for 113 6.--Cabbage Leaf Poultice for 114 7.--Herb Remedy for 114 8.--Tomatoes Will Relieve 114 9.--Injection for 114

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