The Home Medical Library, Volume 2 (of 6)

Insanity is the name given to a collection of symptoms of disease of the brain or disorder of brain nutrition or circulation. The principal test of insanity lies in the adjustme...

=CINDERS AND OTHER FOREIGN BODIES IN THE EYE.=--Foreign bodies are most frequently lodged on the under surface of the upper lid, although the surface of the eyeball and the inne...

=NOSEBLEED.=--Nosebleed is caused by blows or falls, or more frequently by picking and violently blowing the nose. The cartilage of the nasal septum, or partition which divides...

No attempt will be made to give an extended account of skin diseases, but a few of the commoner disorders which can be readily recognized by the layman will be noticed. Although...

=GONORRHEA.=--Gonorrhea is a contagious inflammation of the urethra, accompanied by a white or yellowish discharge. It is caused by a specific germ, the _gonococcus_, and is acq...

=COUGH= (_occurring in Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Consumption or Tuberculosis, Asthma, and Influenza or Grippe_).--Cough is a symptom of many disorders. It may be caused by irritati...

=RHEUMATIC FEVER; INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM; ACUTE RHEUMATISM.=--This variety of rheumatism is quite distinct from the other forms, being in all probability due to some special ge...

=TUMORS.=--A tumor--in its original meaning--signifies a swelling. As commonly used it means a new growth or enlargement of a part, which is not due to injury or inflammation. T...

Every individual should know how to care for the sexual organs as well as those of any other part of the body, providing that the instruction be given by the proper person and a...

=SICK HEADACHE.=--This is a peculiar, one-sided headache which takes the form of severe, periodic attacks or paroxysms, and is often inherited. It recurs at more or less regular...

_Former Assistant in Neurology, Columbia University; former Chairman, Section on Neurology and Psychiatry, New York Academy of Medicine; Assistant in Medicine, University and Be...