Chapter 114

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

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

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

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

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

[MEDICAL INDEX 929]

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

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

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