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THE
FAMILY DOCTOR:
A COUNSELLOR IN SICKNESS, PAIN AND DISTRESS,
FOR CHILDHOOD,
MANHOOD AND
O'-D
AGE
The
the
practice,
BY
Prof.
HENRY
S.
TAYLOR,
M.D.
lui^
Jtrte.
Revised.
" All men ought to be acquainted with the medical art. edge of medicine is the sister and companion of wisdom."
A knowl-
Hippocrates.
PHILADELPHIA
John E.
Potter,
1
617 Sansom
St.
860.
JOHN
Ib the Clerk's
Office of the District
E.
POTTER,
Court of the United States, In and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY WORDS.
PAOB
Regard to
Dieting,
liealtli,
11
12
13
Early
rising,
13
16
Exercise,
Drinks
Bathing,
18 19
Tobacco,
SnufiF,
24 25 25 28
Important paragraphs
Quaint old song,
29 30 31
32
sick,
33
35 38
39
(3)
Cookery
Drinks
Poultices,
'?06050
CONTENTS.
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
PAns
42 50
51
Common
Croup,
Teething,
Tlirush
fits
or convulsions,
,
Whooping congh,
53
56 58 59
61
Cholera infantum
Colic
Hiccough, or hiccup,
Diarrhoea,
63 64
68 69 70 73 74
Costiveuess, or constipation,
Vomiting,
Worms,
Eicketts
Scalled head,
Eingworm,
Chilblains,
79
81
Chapped hands,
Itch
82
83
rash,
Eose
85
The gum,
Nettle rash,
86
88
89 89
92
Chicken pox,
Measles,
Small pox,
Vaccination and cow-pox,
St. Vitus'
94
97 93
101
dance,
or dropsy of the brain,
ear,
Watery head,
CONTEXTS,
DISEASES OF
5
PAOR
Consumption,
Asthma,
Dropsy,
Gout,
118
121
Eheumatism,
123
126
127
Lumbago,
Erysipelas, or St. Anthony's Fire,
Cramp,
Cholera morbus,
120
130
132 13G
Malignant cholera
Diarrhoea
Dysentery,
Diseases of the bladder,
130
142
147
151
Dyspepsia, or indigestion,
Diseases of the
Pleurisy,
liver,
157
1
59
KU
fever, fever,
1 (54
Yellow Typhus
IGS 171
173
177 173
Mumps,
Diseases of the teeth
184
185
187 189
Headache,
Diseases of the ear
6
Diseases of Ibe eye,
CONTENTS.
TAom
192
Neuralgia,
195
Apoplexy,
Insanity,
198
201
Hypocliondria,
Hysterical affections
Paralysis, or palsy,
206
209
211 216 217 219
221 222
Epilepsy,
Eupture, or hernia,
Palpitation of the heart,
Nightmare,
Heartbnrn,
Jaundice,
223 225
227
Vomiting,
Hemorrhage,
Piles,
228
230
231
Mortification,
Hydrophobia,
Venereal
diseases,
233
235
WOUNDS,
ACC1D)!,NTS,
AND MINOR
DISEASES.
244 246
246 247
Gun-shot wounds,
Fever-sore,
White-swelling,
Ulcers,
249
fistulas,
Wens and
Warts
Corns
250
251
Whitlow, or
felon,
252 25o
CONTENTS.
Scrofula, or king's evil,
7
PAOB
254
257
258
Scurvy
Scalds and burns,
Sprains,
2G0
2til
Boils
Bruises,
262
dislocations
263
264
265 266
Locked jaw
Recovery of the drowned,
Becovery of persons struck by lightning,
Choking,
Inversion of a toe-nail,
Sun-stroke,
268 268
270 271 271
273
DISEASES OP
WOMEN.
276 279
General hints
Menstruation,
The
whites,
life,
284
286
Diseases of married
Diseases of childbirth,
295
301
Hints on weaning,
Barrenness,
303
305
MiSCBLLAXEOUS,
ILLUSTEATIONS.
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PAOB
Ornamental heading,
Skunk cabbage,
Catnip,
52
57 66
71
Spearmint,
Tansy,
78
Bnake
root,
84
91
Saffron,
Hoarhound,
Elecampane,
<5eneca snake-root,
106
Burdock
Indian Turnip,
Pennyroyal,
Bayberry, or
Wax
myrtle,
144 145
153 155 169 178 184
Wild
carrot,
Boneset, or Thoroughwort,
WUd
Indigo,
seal,
Golden
213
229
241
Solomon's seal
Mandrake
Plantain,
274
285
Comfrey,
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We
need
not spend
many ^P^mj/jW/"
kindly solicited our
spirit,
As you have
counsel,
we
will
and
in kind language.
We
direct
manner
to
We
ticular system to
make
10
INTRODUCTORY WORDS.
cwn.
Our plan
sense, to
healthy
is
with
all
common
prejudicial to
disease visits
and then
them what
to
do when
them.
affliction,
who
suffer in like
manner.
And we
w^e
do not
understand your
case,
and
we do
not render
you
the service you need, you will at once call in the living
physician in
desire
is to
whom you
in, as
place
most confidence.
;
Our
really
but
if it
it
succeeds in coming
away.
"We hold
that every
man we
a sound
mind
We are sure
and we
know
also that, if
we would
we
We
men, believing as we
Wesley, that
or
**
world-renowned John
not he
the
who
talks best,
who
writes best,
but
who performs
most cures."
We
human
life
may be
very
;
much
that
and
its
physical
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in every year thousands of lives are lost
11
been saved
vast
among
confined
by
physical, mental,
;
might be
avoided
that
means
;
exist, within
gation or removal
effect
infinitely
more than
disease.
"
A man,"
says
'
"may
diet as
Some time
despondent,
since a
young
man
^;afe,
variety
of symptoms.
On
inquiry, I found he
had been
their
ill-
of any thing,
By
this
money and
health too.
He
had, for
some
on bread and
much
12
INTRODUCTORY WORDS.
No
wonder
full
man was an
Dieting
is
invalid
mind
is
and body
of symptoms."
not
starvation.
It is living
sufficient
on
substantial,
nourishing food,
in
amount
to
A man
in little dan-
if
this is a
in the land
ought
to
know.
engender
especially
in cold weather.
And
as
in.
same
if
persevered
Men
also talk
about ^hardening
the
consiitutioTi,''
and
and over
efforts,
ill
sary hardships.
To
dip their
skin,
little
day by day;
their
and
flesh,
water on the
grave; and then they administer to themselves the semicomfort and rather questionable consolation, of
its
being
a mysterious dispensation of
fault
is
Providence, when
in fact the
their
own.
counteract
human
follies.
The
best
way we know
of hardening the
it is
constitution^ is
no more improved by
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harsh treatment than a fine garment or a
better
13
new hat
is
made
fat,'' is
sound philosophical
adage.
Sterne
man
laughs he
And
says,
guidance of inspiration
itself,
"A
good
List
self,
like a medicine."
An
Laughter
is
good
it
is
and
a friend to digestion.
in
Dr.
Sydenham
said a
merry-maker
Even a
The
first
discovered vaccination,
I've dispatched,
my
letter,
very
much
better;
And
Early 2
risiiig is
14
INTRODUCTORY WORDS.
-wliicb in a
volume on
It is
some
far
more
But
we
make
re-
but very
little
difference after
member
between rising
and
amounts
hours
which
which
in fact the
same
lives, in
day
business.
now
calling
of special importance
for while the physician teaches that one hour's sleep before
INTRODUCTORY WORDS.
midnight
is
15
worth two
after,
is
worth two
at night.
Many
books now
in use
to their production.
All such
men who
value their
eminent
Prof'^ssor
of
tl ^
English Bible.
chiefly standing or walking.
at a
1. 2.
Study
window.
feet.
3.
rules.
As you
your usefulness
to society,
we
entreat
you never
wandow.
In such
come
directly
upon
is
near a win-
dow,
sit
your face
is
toward
it
the window, the oblique rays strike the eye and injure
much
when you
sit
sit
in front
of the window.
always to
or stand while
16
INTRODUCTORY WORDS.
left
side
then the light illumines the paper or book, and does not
shine abruptly upon the eye-ball.
light.
what
gas, candles,
or
camphene?
Our answer
is
immaterial which,
A gas fish-tail
a constant oscillation
We
and
oil
wicks, are
diminish
is
the
light,
true of
compounds of
vested of
all their
gummy
four hours.
let it strike
the
left
shoulder.
is
the
from camphene,
oil, etc.,
provided
it
comes through
light,
But the
whatair
ever
the
it
be,
in
room by
may be
steady.
"
INTRODUCTORY "WORDS.
Scarcely less necessary
is it, to
17
of
all,
exercise,
open
air.
"We know
our best
it
appears
pursuit.
We
to his studies.
He
many
years, as is attested
by thousands
is
now
often
humorous
letter,
written
by
a friend to a
man who
fat:
it
Do something
if it
is
feel
fat
for ?
filled
the
or four.
Just work a
little
exert
and
you
be one
hale, hearty fellows,'
Of those
Too lazy
who,
'
to respire themselves,
!'
2*
18
INTRODUCTORY WORDS.
To
say
all in
a word, no
remedy known
to
men
hag
open
it
air
and,
if
in a timely manner,
when medicines
have
lost their
power.
as to the drinks
we
stronger than
tea
or
coffee
are
decidedly injurious.
is
From
all
possessed,
we
have recently
Some very important facts been presented to the public by Dr. Hiram
He
says, that
and forty-nine inspections of various kinds of and has found more than nine-tenths of them
imitations,
Of
hundred
for a basis,
ments.
to
Of
of
made
acid, alum,
Guinea pepper,
INTRODUCTORY WORDS.
horse-radish,
19
alcoholic
spirit.
Cox warrants
there
In his
in-
twenty per
when
it
it
should have
from
acid
forty-five to fifty
and some of
contains sulphuric
enough
through a man's
favorite beverage,
stomach.
As whisky
now
the
An
life
may be
by
the
number of
pulsations he
the
the
common age of man, and sixty in a minute for common measure of pulses, in a temperate person,
of pulsations in his whole
;
number
life
would amount
forces his
to 2,207,520,000
but, if
by intemperance, he
blood into a more rapid motion, so as to give seventyfive pulses in a minute, the
be completed in
fifty-six
The author of
of that country,
The Modern
us:
Syrians^^''
when speaking
tells
"Once on
came
to
Da-
mascus
When
me plenty
20
of fever,'
INTRODUCTORY WORDS.
And
then,
he
said,
'More fever
no
"When
is
?'
this
'A
bath.'
'And what
is
?'
that building
'A
'And
'A
bath.'
'Plague
my mouth/
So he turned
his back,
hasted elsewhere."
Many
all
is
and
people
summer and
night.
day
that
is,
morning and
We
looked prematurely
old,
;
to
since, to
now
us that he never feels even a twitch of the old enemy. In the case of
the
many aged
is,
persons, and
some
others,
cold, but
feels
just
to
be preferred.
or indeed, after
we know
of no greater luxury,
INTRODUCTORY WORDS.
the tepid bath.
It cools the
if it
21
;
and we
it
ought
preva-
now
is
warm
bath
beyond
ladies,
The
French
week
little
sulphur
may
The
general-hot bath, in
tient is
2. 3.
immersed
The
same manner.
The partial
or foot-bath, in which
While a
draught of
should be
patient
air
is
weather
also
have in readiness, a
full
warm
water.
flannel
and
sheet,
of hot
The water of
be as
hand.
warm
as can be conveniently
22
INTRODUCTORY WORDS.
In making use of hot baths, take care
to leave sufS-
cient
room
water, which
tle,
in
same
de-
The
charm,
particularly in
the diseases
of children dependent on
slumbers on
not always
its
mother's arm.
is
advisable,
learned authorities;
when
the
foot-bath
is
to be preferred
hot-bath be persevered in
tation.
when
Any large
vessel,
The
patient should be
immersed
as high as
the
fifteen
not by calculation.
When
warm
sheet,
and
wiped rapidly,
for
it is
than completely.
The
flannel,
wrapped
up
in the
warm
and be put
INTRODUCTORY WORDS.
23
becomes
hot, restless,
it is
and uncomfortable.
difficult to allay the agita-
Sometimes,
tion
extremely
which
children
show
in
coming
in
contact
with
by good sense,
may
only to
immerse the
legs,
of the mother or
fail.
when
all
other methods
The
highly serviceable in
skin.
in
warmth of the
In
dis-
diseases, in rickets,
and
and
legs,
as marble; but if
warmth can be
re
One
by the
clock,
after
making use
The foot-hath
when
the legs are cold, the head hot, and the patient dis;
posed to convulsions
common
The
legs should be
immersed
24
INTRODUCTORY WORDS.
room being
left
for the
Should the
bath,
it
may be
proper to repeat
salt,
it,
water a quantity of
water bath.
Should the
some
two or three
human
family,
will
and indeed of
it.
hence no animal
very properly
is
but
man
touch
Dr. Dixon
proat-
He
in fact,
to,
are subject
too
many Americans,
Bocarme
and
killed
left
no sign whereby
He
tobacco will
kill a large
dog."
"We may
sicians,
prison,
which
is
INTROLUCTORY WORDS.
those
25
who
use
it
German
by
We are equally
Scholars, orators,
and
till
soldiers
have
pursued
this
seri-
habit of snuff-taking
their brains
have become
sunk prematurely
celebrated Abernethy
snuflf
if
No,
sir,"
The eminent
" I
Dr.
Eush
for
some-
Ob-
began
to
mend very
fast.
weeks
after, that
and was
We
by condensing
:
into a few
much thought
26
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healthy stock
A
that
makes
a strong
select
it
who
follow you.
health.
ground
in
damp
situations
and
in close streets.
first
Good
ventilation
importance to health.
Prevent had smells^ which are unpleasant and dangerous
to
life.
is
most
healthful.
your
either before
or
with exercise
cricket and
Air
is
to the lungs
what food
is
to the
body
therefore,
breathe
you
can.
;
let
your bed-room
and furniture.
birds, they roost
It
is
m.ost
healthful
to imitate
the
ground.
Wash
first
waking
act be to
wash your
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body, teeth,
face,
27
rub
nel,
it
then rinse
if
dusty or dirty,
sleep.
Be regular
supper
the
them slowly
three
breakfast,
is
dinner and
:
tea, as
a separate meal,
bad
tea
and
to
at
load.
if
you are
spirits
thirsty,
drink water.
unnecessary
;
Ardent
call
are wholly
the
Indians
them
burn up the
;
vital organs.
woolen
in winter
cotton in summer.
feet
warm,
chest
is
a wise
The
in
it
damp and
cold, for
the chest should have free play, and the clothes should
hurtful and
dangerous to
as tobacco
is
life
this
custom
is
as injurious to
women
to
men.
is
a good adage
cheerfulness
;
and both,
28
To
INTRODUCTORY WORDS.
he arigry is to he contemptihU ; it
destroys self-re-
From Age's
devastation horrid.
this plan in climate cold or torrid,
Adopt
'Twill
make,
Devoted
to domestic quiet,
Be wisely gay
So shall ye, spite old Age's
Resist decay.
fiat.
Seek
not, in
Mammon's
worship, pleasure-
But
find
your
cents.
Make
Opulence.
This
is
defiance,
house
diseases
proving
more
fatal in the
lower or lowest
ens or cellars.
ually and thoroughly ventilated
It
should be contin-
the
window
open, the
draught
room
is
the better
one
the
one too
many
especially those
by a
and by the
effluvia
eewers
pure
air.
The utmost
oil
may be
when dropped
on a hot shovel, 3*
will diffuse a
30
or,
a small piece
of resin dipped in hot water, will add a peculiar property to the room, which will give relief to persons trou-
The heat
by
of the water
resin,
is
sufficient
relief as is afforded
combustion.
ble
is
to
the
combustion,
because
resin
the
evaporation
more durable.
The same
may be
used for
weeks.
as uniform as
say, that
and as a general
rule,
we may
about
most favorable
to the return
of health.
So
it, it
should
also be
its
import-
ance.
Sir
barrack
at St.
Petersburg, have
been
uniformly, for
many
on
south,
it
well
known
to
31
than in
tax
Any
upon
served,
a direct tax
Prosperity.
lent fever.
Of
course, light
Nor
aspect.
is
it
less
important
that,
as far
as
may
It is a characteristic of
that in a Lunatic
Asylum
of
its capital,
music should be
for
improvement
of the patients.
which
all assist
who
ing in the
wards, and
director
is
appointed, for
arrangements.
is
full inspirations,
because nature
except in action.
Hence a high
head,
by cramping both
bad.
is
The head
As you
value your
own
for there is
always a
all
hence the
effluvia
man
is
breathed by you.
82
in a sick room.
Do
But above
all
things,
it is
We
is
one of great
is
obser-
vation,
A sick room
sick
Curiosity in a
needed by a gaspir.g
curiosity led
is
you
be
to that scene
of suffering.
no good word
to
said, or
kind
the
it is
Every new
face,
breath, the
is
breathing
of
an injury in sickness,
is
great.
And
it.
Nine persons
neglect, if
out of ten
they are not invited into a sick room, and a direct insult
if told that
We
B3
into such a room, and sit hour after hour, with their
some equally
This
may
chance to be nigh.
is intolerahle.
We cannot
be to
sufferer, as
some show.
We
have seen
this so
Another
practice
is
very sick,
is
examining the
feet,
of which
whisper.
own
tests of
approaching death,
Think not
that
we would have
from
this
but
let
dis-
tinctly stated to
by such untimely,
It
and,
we may
which
is
going on in the
room, whether
It is
may
unwise
lengthy dissertation
34
nervous system.
He
that
who
that
those
patients
way
unworthy
man
to betray
ice as either to
groan or cry.
He
is
time he
cause he
is
undergoing a severe surgical operation, bethat he will thereby soothe his ner-
is satisfied
vous system so as
ble termination.
to prevent fever,
He
to
sixty, in
As
who
as-
and hypochondriacal
when they
are under
some course
them
and cry
all night.
It is also
When
Eush was
young man, he
Many
85
and,
on
and
it
is
said
The importance of
marks on Cookery for
the sick.
taste,
Much
patient,
and
it is
always prude-
extreme
cases, to
make no unnecessary
by the
We
room Indian
variety
an unspeakable blessing.
We
its
will here
cookery,
;
which may
however,
to
know
often the
and boil
it
Pour
little
pepper.
tlie
above
86
upon
Milk and a
little
butter
may be
used instead
of cream.
Ham
way.
or smoked, beef
maybe
prepared in
tlie
same
For a
variety, beat
up an egg and
Chicken tea
is
made by
boiling
Chicken broth
deal,
salt.
is
made by
barley improves
it.
it,
or a
little
parsley
be used to flavor
Chicken Panada
the
broth
and
and nutmeg.
it
Then pour
in a little
boil
five
minutes.
It should be a
is
while
preparation
boil
is
very
a
easy.
two
calf's-feet,
them
in
gallon of
water
all
till it is
reduced to a quart.
all
When
cold,
skim
off
the
it
fat.
put
a
pound of
pint
up
well, let
boil for
a few minutes,
37
is fit
for use.
The lemon
Another
Sago
;
jelly
Tapioca, or from
little
sherry or
raisin wine,
the patient.
It
is,
we presume,
word
manner
in
to
be
may
to
be supposed
an indefinite
we have purposely
While
it
is
the appetite,
is
when they
desire
is
to
Especially
A careful
A fact here
;
may
were considered as
i
little less
than miraculous
multitudes
33
superhuman
skill,
yet
all
and the
The fame
wonder-working drops.
the trembling
is
doctor, " if
known,
nothing
else,
by
all
my
been effected by
diet."
The
whey may
fevers,
much water
till
a day.
In diabetes and uterine hemorrhasre. boil two drachms O of powdered alum in a pint of milk till it is curdled, and
I
39
wine-glassful, or
Give a
fever, boil
pints.
Strain
on a piece of
it
lemon
peel,
makes
few
slices of
water, slightly
make
As
we
this in
which
it
is
important to
re-
member, that
little
good can be
effected
by
a slice of
on the
part.
Such
a poultice should be
made
of
crumbs of
stale bread,
till
warmth
A poultice
is
40
immediately
it
is
necessary to
service,
;
it
should be
its
re-
and over
spread a
surface,
when put on
sweet
oil,
may be
little
lard or
quently
irritate
A linseed-meal
head.
more
eflQcacious
As an
we may
received a very
Her physician
made of
it,
danum
spread over
which he ordered
be renewed
twice a day.
A good
beer, in
yeast poultice
which should
quite thick,
make
it
poultice should
be
Eye-meal poultice
is
made exactly
41
to
make
it
quite
smooth.
Charcoal poultice
is
made
in the
same way
as the
one
two
table-
Carrot poultice
is
made simply
butter,
of bruised carhot-
with a
little
flour
it
and
and as much
into a pulp.
made of
the
powder
common
cream.
It has
useful.
4*
we
from
it.
^
love of American
And
yet with
is this fact
regarded.
We
manner
in
times shows
itself;
fantile disease
and death,
as to
their
first
duties to their
Take, for
improper withholding of
air
from a
^hild, ai-d
be
it
any extent.
This fact
little
is
Our
either not
known
the
;
to
regarded.
it.
The
first
fresh
air,
it
and plenty of
From
moment
a child
is
born,
its
my
first call
on a lady
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
43
with an infant, I saw a heap of blankets lying in a rocking-chair beside the bed, but there
was no baby
in sight.
When
and
poor
after
was the
breath.
little
babe,
gasping for
woman
its
got
in,
with
Per-
blankets.
it
haps
it
was none of
as
my
business
but I think
was.
good a right
to breathe
;
"Madam,"
word of
"
said
I,
"you
You
are
;
making
and no
it
breathe
fit
its
own
over again
air is
child sick."
and
its
if it
to talk,
and been up in
said,
manners,
"Thank
you, Doctor!"
In
many
air will
and prove
itself
the breath
of
life.
Little,
heaven
;;
44
enjoy
full
DISEASES OP CHILDREN.
freedom of respiration.
The temporal
salva-
may
That expansion
by
which are laced round the contracted chest in compliance .with a barbarous fashion.
The
away in
dark,
damp cham-
may be compared
shares
that
is
it
its
confinement.
Look on
how
soon
bows
its
manured
may be
leaf,
the
stem
life is
itself
assumes the
fatal hue.
But even
it
then,
when
at its
town
to
open plains;
light of heaven,
at
once arrested
the
into
little
bud peeps
;
day
all
and revel
change
in the sun.
in the state
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
of the infant as in that of the declining plant
:
45
when life
it
is
from
vital
spark
may
revive.
It scarcely
the health
of children
is
best promoted
from
disease.
sometimes restricted
be prohibited
in
country
if
possible.
A
that
land, discovered
we have much
our children.
children are
nicely kept
1
everywhere
and
so
seems to
us, that
nobody knows
so well
how
They
feed
and are
astonished
that our
young
folks share
Oatmeal porridge
is
infant royalty itself; and a simple dinner at one o'clock, the proper thing for children
46
DISEASES OF CHILDEEN.
Exercise
;
tuously at seven.
necessaries of life
is
not drive
might be
were not
in the fresh
that so
air,
It
if it
many
people in good
immured
in nurse-
or cooped
up
in school-rooms, with
no thought of
We
wish
nothing so
much
directions
may be added
here be-
we
Under
most
ordinary circumstances,
inclination.
Many
children
who have
been reduced
to
drinking
water.
ces, is
freely,
sometimes
almost incessantly,
cold
liquid,
under
all
circumstan-
toasted bread.
When
the child
is
merely
thirsty,
never give
it
barley-
laginous drinks,
water.
or,
worse than
all,
The
child
it
will
; :
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
47
away
in disgust
from
all
such nourish-
ing drinks
In
When
till
a child
is
it
fast
not a particle of
When
ing
it
it
to eat
is
a craving for
if
and raw
fruits,
whose pow:
food,
life
in such instances,
is
it
on
to complain that
it
cannot
take nourishment,
is
we
cannot extinguish a
fire
by pouring on
oil.
a child refuses
kind of nourishment
live
may
without danger
When
two upon
it
exhibits the
let it
symptoms of present or
ap-
proaching disease,
{!parc
diet.
48
thus be averted,
violent
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
or, if inevitable, will
be rendered
less
By
tain
spare
diet,
we mean such
;
things as
are derived
or
rice,
;
captain's bis-
cuit
dry toast
water
potatoes
now and
then as a
variety,
light rice
fat,
fever,
we recommend only
weak
;
tea,
of
apple-tea
lump sugar
cream of
as
weak lemonade
little
to
this
be added a
tongue
is
When
the
bicarbonate of soda
is
exceedingly
ar-
Barley water,
tea,
DISEASES OF CIIILDREIC.
49
though often recommended, are bad, when the chief object in giving
them
is
to
quench
thirst.
Never be persuaded
to administer stimulants,
such as
some
instanfate of
ces as if
arsenic.
The
moment
its fate
hangs quivering
may
however
Saffron, saffron
and
gin, saf-
with deadly
effect.
to children,
of
known
or
unknown
nature.
The
lightest
slumber
may
little
prove destructive.
spark of
reluctant
life still
mortal shrine,
still
yet to
tremulous
;
brightness
now dimly
is
visible
and scarcely
seen,
now
darkness, burning
still
how
D
often
live,
that
unextinin a
1"
quenched
mo-
ment by "that
5
little
COMMON
ITS
FITS,
OE CONVULSIONS.
the
first
fit
it.
endangers
^^^r*/^ /cr^^
the second
may
destroy
When
a child, therefore,
is
^^^)
medical
The
;
clothes
bandage untied
all
if
open
legs,
The
as
feet
and
and
it
sufficiently
dry to
it
prevent
body during the whole of these proceedings being maintained in an upright position, the head inclining rather
(50)
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
forward.
61
Many
by bleeding
in
medical practitioner.
By
all
means
let
may
consult,
may
however unim-
may appear.
The most
judicious measures,
friends.
If superanuated
them
who
will sufficiently
thank them
communications.
Be
it
known
as scarcely to
need a
description.
It is contagious;
62
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
if let
In
this
com-
patient should
digested, kept
from
air.
have change of
The remedies
ble.
the following:
Take
a large tea-spoonful
pounded
fine,
third of the
same quantity of
;
tea,
through a
it.
cloth,
and
sweeten
A large spoonful
fit is
on
When
it
patient a
water-gruel.
A strengthening plaster
is
whenever needful,
We have often,
on
its first
DISEASES OF CHILDREN-.
53
bowels open.
A careful writer says, take the best kind of coffee prepared as for the
the child as
table,
and give
it
it
as a
common
drink to
warm
as
alum
to
suck
as often as
may
all
it,
wish.
urged
but
it
if
they dislike
taste of
will effectually
To
good
for nothing.
We
upon
about the neck a fresh tarred rope, of the size of a bedcord, covered with a thin ribbon.
The aroma
of the tar
venting spasms
two very
manage-
ment of the
disorder.
CEOUP.
Is a
fatal disease.
It is a species
It is
most com-
mon
in crowded
cities
where
air is deficient,
and in
5*
54
DISEASES OF CniLDREN.
districts,
marshy
where the
air is
impure.
It often seizes
who
will, if
probably
At any
rate, as
soon as the
when
asleep, is
somewhat cold
in the ex-
countenance
and the
by
warm
every ten or
With
we have already
oil.
described,
and
Apply
a sponge
it
By
this time
we hope
the physician
may have
arrived.
in-
If not,
come
and six
grains of ipecachuana,
months
old, one-third of it
acts as an emetic.
Keep giving
this
medicine
till
a moisture
is
extremities
become warm.
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
55
from the
tTiront,
The
old people
warm
vinegar to
The
made
known
to give relief;
but in
all cases
be promptly called
One
of the
efficacious
remedies for
of,
and which
is this
:
Mix
fine
powdered sugar
in
enough of lard
to
make
thick paste.
As
goes
off.
If
vomiting
is
produced, so
tells
much
the better.
Dr. Goodman,
of Virginia, also
of administering, in the
made by greasing
with
common
chest.
Scotch
snuff,
and applying
it
to the patient's
violent
This
may
must be
light,
little
arrow- root.
TEETHING.
S always
a time of suflering to chil-
Dr. Arbutlinot
tells
us that
tion
requisite
is
This
at-
tention
fat
Though
debility,
be found
who
by dangerous convulsions.
of teething are too well
The symptoms
any
known
to need
Sometimes
as early as
the fourth month, but more generally about the sixth, the
child begins to be restless,
its
its
gums
swell,
it
often
starts
with pain
much
(56)
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
about
its
its
57
fingers, to
its
rub
if
gums.
now
required.
The bowels,
tliey
to cleanliness
light,
some such
little
pre-
which a
milk
may
em-
be added.
gundy
and
if
tha
irri-
gums
tated, a physician
should be called
in to lance them.
THRUSH.
HIS
^'
is
an infantile disease,
wIiicTi
deits
mands
being
state
fatal.
of
tlie
white ulcers
palate,
The paand
under
feeble pulse,
It is irritable,
fre-
is, first
to give a dose of
;
rhubarb
a wash.
and magnesia
for the
to correct the
stomacb
then
make
moutb of
little
mixed
wash the
A tea made of
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
59
or
means have
failed,
every ulcer
little
milk.
CHOLERA INFANTUM.
As
fatal.
this is the
most
common
of
all
diseases
among
chil-
dren in
it is
neglected,
it is
the most
When
it
it
hood,
skillful attention
Perhaps the most frequent causes of the disease are improper diet and clothing, worms, teething and premature
weaning.
the
Its
symptoms
vary, but
it
generally comes in
it is
The region of
is
often swelled
is
quick.
is
irritable,
We may
pain,
it
and
will
60
DISEASES OP CHILDREN.
swell,
gums
and inflammation
is
almost everywhere
apparent.
As
promptly administer
from four
warm
water,
Should
many
hours, with
little
warm
a day.
tea.
The
When
ing
when
it
they are
and
if
the vomit-
little
weak
lime-
may
This
is
a valuable
In the event
of
all
An
infant seized
live, if possible,
only on
if this
little
gum
arable in
water,
two
at a time.
As
COLIC.
HE
period
wben
liable to colic is
they have
itself
It
shows
by
if in
pain,
and an emission of
for a short time
with costiveness
It arises usually
is
from wet
almost invari-
is
seldom
difficult to cure,
but
is
exceedingly debili-
tating,
and
if
We
have
in
known
bilious colic to
Not unfrequently
it
mother's sys-
tem.
In
all
diet should be
promptly attended
to.
Dr.
Dewees
states
(61)
62
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
infant
after.
months
Her
infant
had by
this
it
colic, that
all his
attempts to administer
To
When
old,
weeks
given
grains
till
relieved
viz.,
twenty
drachm of
well
tincture of foetida
together.
mixed
Of course
must be
in something
warm, as tea or
sweetened water,
may be
Be
back
as
it lies
on the
things.
it.
An
exceedingly
is
safe,
remedy
this.
pepper, with a
little
and
fill it
it,
with
hot water.
When
it
and
by
the time
is all
This
may always
safely be given
on the
first
attack,
DISEASES OF CniLDEEN.
followed by any
63
common
may have been accustomed or a table-spoonful of coldpressed castor-oil may be given, and a fomentation of hops applied to the bowels. Or the warm bath may be taken.
But
little
of digestion.
when
the
HICCOUGH, OR HICKUPS.
The symptoms
scription.
It arises
from
warm,
affec-
It is a
spasmodic
Its
had
to a
tea-spoonful or two of
common
flour- of-mustard,
mixed
When
it
The
patient's
64
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
may be
better,
may be
thus used.
When
effect
may remove
stomach
;
it
or ether
may
be externally applied
A glass of strong cider or mineral water often very useful. A sudden alarm has frequently removed
good.
the affection
failed.
DIAEEHCEA.
Diarrhoea, or looseness of the bowels,
disease,
is
not always a
but
is
sometimes an
effort
would impair
It
even
if it
ought
not, therefore,
When
tlie
by taking
cold, or
an
obstruction of perspiration,
patient
most important
to
keep
warm,
DISEASES OF CHILDEEN.
65
to
employ
all
other
from unsuitable
diet,
ali-
damp
As
a
mentary
remedy
drachm of magnesia,
for a child of four
years old divide this into six powders, and give one in a
little
till
they freely
operate.
They ought
little
to
produce
or no smell.
Where
the disease
is
Turkey rhubarb,
some
6*
66
be
at hand.
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
tea-
it
dis-
charge.
If the disease be occasioned
by excess
an emetic.
in eating or
is
Emetics not
but promote
cretions,
all
the se-
which
great
make
value.
them
of
powder, will
day or two
same
quantity of rhubarb
may
con-
the
discharge
tinues.
A
BPEABMnrr.
diarrhoea
violent
arising
^om
passions
with
must be
extreme caution.
be given.
treated
laudanum
symptoms abate;
at ease.
DISEASES OF CHILDRE5T.
If diarrhoea in children arises from worms, which
67
may
mixed with
We
we
species into
found in
simplest remedies.
blackberries
known and
loved by nearly
the children
who
reside
most strongly
very
the prepa-
cloves.
Then
flannel,
homespun or
and add
to each pint
some time
take
it off,
Dose
for
an adult, half
Always
68
diluting drinks.
especially those
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
Abstain
for the
when
fresh
and mellow,
effect
not only
disease.
upon the
COSTIYENESS, OE CONSTIPATION.
In
many
is
diarrhoea,
and
few
its
same.
we remind
may lead on to convulsions, or to inflammation, which may prove fatal, As a preventive from costiveness there
should be regular open-air exercise, a due regard to
clothing, especially guarding against too
much
of
it,
ab-
stinence from
all
;
abstain, if
fine bread,
and
or
use the
common brown
fruit are
07ie
two days.
Baked apples
good
all
kinds of ripe
in this case
aJid for
drink take
Dr. Arbuth-
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
69
and
midriff.
is
One
regularly
when
it;
A due
let it
re-
sufficient, either
for
be
Epsom
salts
powdered very
fine,
of which the
child
may
of water.
VOMITING.
Vomiting on the part of children does not always
dicate disease.
to take
in-
infants, if
they happen
is
Where
and especially
felt.
if
concern need be
But
if
warm
lauda-
bath,
pit of the
stomach with a
little
70
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
num.
To one
of a year or
more
little
old,
grains of ipecacuanha in a
or, if it
warm sweetened
made
water;
of the leaves
may be
even a
cold water,
commencing with
a teaspoonful, and
ins of a child.
WOEMS.
"Were we influenced by any other motive than that of
telling, in the plainest
manner, what
may be
the ailments
we might on
worms which
by describing
distress the
human
omit
As we
are
more anxious,
we
will
all
that
and simply
tell
how
to get
rid of them.
Climate,
seem
to
by no means uncommon
in
It
worms
may be
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
principle that the bowels are in better order while the
child
is
when
the diet
is
more various
and
indigestible.
little
nourishment
from food
an almost con-
pleasant dreams.
Not un-
slow
often
fever,
thrown
by worms
into convulsions.
The remedies
are
plentiful
for
worms
as
black-
berries, so that
we seldom
through the
infallible
one of which we
We
shall, therefore,
only give
to leave pretty
much
in the
hands
By many,
72
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
is
abdomen had
common
soap;
so has a
made
fresh butter,
But
for
usually
and as much of
it
an ounce of salad
salt, to
day
made
As we ought
or ourselves
till
worms
in
our children
we
when
we have
them
expelled them,
we should guard
air,
against having
again.
system.
The
ripe fruits of
it
autumn
will tend to
keep
to
powdered charcoal
DISEASES OF CHILDREN
ill
73
a little tinc-
new milk;
or, as
Dr.
E well
recommends,
EICKETS.
Eickets will not be found in this country so frequently
as in
some
others,
less
regard to
disease,
cleanliness
The
slow
shows
itself in
an enlarge-
especially in the
undue prominence of
become
We
red,
and
and nutritious
diet, will
do
more in
The
child should be
which
tea
it
should be wrapt up in
it
warm
blankets, and
it
warm
wish.
may be given
7
to as great an extent as
may
74
DISEASES OF CHILDREN,
medicine, composed of twenty grains of carbonate
A tonic
also
may
be given
these should be
twenty powders.
To
sugar or
jelly.
in a small tea-cupfifteen
minutes
till
SCALLED HEAD.
Most
diseases
is
Scalled head
much
the
same treatment
same predisposing
cause,
and continual
thirst is the
craving of a diseased
stomach.
by improper or
insufficient food
and
even
if
evidently
by
a sickly
DISEASES OF CHILDEEN.
75
is
would be
as rational to expect to
lotions, as to cure a
by ointments and
man
of his wife's
The symptoms
skin of the head
dis-
to scales
The
disease
is
siderable itching.
all
other con-
sufficiently
warm by
which in
and above
all,
subdue
these
all
When
by external violence or
though
acci-
dentally and mechanically produced, are rendered intractable and frequently incurable.
In treating removed.
must be
76
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
and night
till
now and
little
then,
when
the poultice
changed, rubbing a
lard or
fresh butter
on the
scab.
The
With
removed
by
rubbing
till
ten times
more
When
the surface
is
quite
mediately,
if
any
particle of matter
to the scalp to
apply
above
it
Some
no
DISEASES OF CHILDREN'.
are generany improper
77
;
linen
ex-
is
sometimes
beneficial.
To
Aberneth j,
it
dry,
and anoint."
In their management,
it is
much
safer to soothe
wisdom
in their
management seems,
in the estimation ot
many
infant
fast,
Thus the
compelled to swallow
is
when
it
feels inclined to
and
and, even
by those
who
love
it,
is
difference,
when common
sense and
common humanity
recommends four
and on one-twelfth
let it
For
this
stand
some hours
twenty grains of
salts
of lemon.
Give
this quantity to a
more or
less in
proportion to age.
table-
78
spoonsful of
to
tar,
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
and a
to these a table-spoonful of
flour of
it
make them
on a
it it
bladder, and
as a cap,
wear
changing
it
whenever
dry.
becomes
cases the
In
all
Epsom
cream
or syrup of rhulittle
barb; or a
mixed wdth
molasses.
mended.
of
Of
the ashes
tobacco, green
spoonful.
Add
to
oil,
pouring in a
gill
warm.
Use
this
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
bladder, washing the head every second
soap,
79
day with Castile
the ointment.
is
to
be
also strongly
recommended.
EINGWOEM.
This disease, formerly called
tetter, is
an eruption which
is
often
whom
it
has been
The
the
when
body
The skin
seldom that
medicine
is
Make an
mutton
parts of
flour of sulphur,
together;
cotton-cloth,
and put
it
on during every
night.
Bathe
yellow dock.
Soft soap
into an ointment
80
lias
DISEASES OF CHILDREN".
often been used with success.
So
also lias
common
it
soot,
make
into
Blood-root steeped in
many
cures.
"We consider
this
among
the best of
all
remedies.
The
dies
ot the skin,
which
may
to in this connection.
may be
well to
make
remarks on
arises
from
that,
and by cleansing
effects.
as well as the
The very
This
is
often
applicawill be
tion whatever.
by cooling medicines.
For
this
purpose
If the
many
assists
prescriptions
may
skin.
rilla,
Under
or
made of
sarsapa-
what
in its place,
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
sassafras,
81
drink.
should be used as a
common
In
all
kinds of eruptions
is
it
common
starch,
rubbed on the
skin,
when going
to
bed
will afford
much relief from itching, sleep. Where starch common wheaten flour will
all
In
use the tepid bath, abstain from strong drinks, eat light
food,
mention
CHILBLAINS.
Description
is
scarcely necessary.
mon
life,
to children,
they are
known
at
stages of
in-
by suddenly exposing a
or a heated part to in-
body
to the
fire,
Children themselves
know
had
to
warm
fire,
and the
disease.
When
a person
is
feet, heels,
82
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
it is
important
the nse
we have known
of
warm water
in
boiled,
ana
the boiled
Warm
;
may
Others
or rubbing
all
Warm
name
may
to
which
dry
well
cold.
Wash and
fire,
rub
in
some of
this ointment,
dry towel.
it
should cause
As some
more
we
will here
for
chapped hands.
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
83
Let
well
it
stirring
when
the ointment
on the hands;
washing them;
Pa., says,
from
fifteen
and
can be borne,
If blisters have
it is
put on.
One
chapped hands
to
wash them
or
THE
This
is
ITCH.
or pimples, which
fingers
and on the
wrists,
It
is
accompanied with
84
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
in bed.
when warm
persons
it
have
slept, are
which we know.
is
the
Take
a table-spoonful of sulphur
and a table-spoonful of
lard, or butter
without
salt,
make
them
table-spoonful of
the essence
it
of lemon to give
smell,
a pleasant
and rub
affected
it
freely
on the
four bed.
parts
three
or
to
nights
when going
use, take
For internal
of
two parts
and one
flour-of-sulphur,
mix
mo-
them,
person a tea-spoonful
lasses
morning and
night.
used as a wash.
As
also
in it at
once a day.
roots
rately
may be
used as a wash.
salts.
Keep
EOSE EASH.
HIS
disease
It
is
Measles.
'^^
fingers,
color, often
in patches,
on a ground of a
measles,
faint
pink hue.
it is
It
much resembles
from which
distinguished chiefly
by the brightness of
its
should
or hair-powder,
or starch, and the bowels kept open with or some other cold aperient.
old,
Epsom
salts,
Or
for a child
two years
two grains
in a little
they operate
Increase or
is
cleansed,
(85)
86
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
flake, boiled
an ounce of manna
a pint of water.
every day.
THE GUM.
This disease appears in rather different forms, which
are variously distinguished.
is
called
the
Red Oum.
birth,
of a
number
of red elevated
which are
clear,
vivid red.
It is generally scattered
found on the
feet,
more
distinct,
It is
and
sometimes a clear
found
at the top.
is
somenor
is
no
fever,
in
warm,
lest
known by
of the eyes.
It is
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
87
and indifference
to the breast.
The White
Gum
when
re-
which we have
number of
spots, the
with a
it is
little
appearance of
itch,
is
but
prothis,
Neither
need
cleanliness
and a careful
NETTLE EASH.
This disease appears in two forms; the milder of which
presents white elevations, usually round, but sometimes
The
is
first
form
generally
known by
88
nettle,
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
its
name.
Kubbing
it,
or heat,
The
disease is occasioned
unwholesome
food, such as
which
who show
a susceptibility
We
This
may
warm
water, one-third of
which should
operates
be given every
freely, the
fifteen or
twenty minutes,
till it
by drinking
warm
water.
Two
hours after
if
The skin
may
light,
cool,
Take
special
of the child.
vesicles
are
usually
^^^^
and pointed
flat
at the top;
and never
pox.
The
fluid
first, after-
ward turns
fall
off,
and the
vesicles
mark on
the skin.
The
child
sometimes feverish
for a
Medicine
is
perhaps a dose of
Epsom
salts,
or castor
oil.
Eegard
MEASLES.
We
fatal,
left
8*
(89)
90
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
ill-
cal
The good providence of God has so improved mediscience, that few deaths now follow measles, unless
They
are
more prevalent
in
the latter end of winter and the early spring than at any
seldom
fatal;
The appearance of
by alternate chilliness
the eruptions
usually preceded
thirst
and
heat,
by sickness
eyes,
and sneezing.
The tongue
coated, a
bad
taste in
the mouth, not unlike that of rotten wood, and the dis-
is
abundant.
About
the fourth
flea-bites,
itself appears,
resembling
over the face and body, and particularly about the neck
and
breast.
Many
The eruption
is
purple hue.
days,
and then
times, however,
will
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
there should be any
91
character,
symptoms of a putrid
any
is
in danger
and
in.
Among
let
the
first
warm
of
foot-bath,
by
gentle emetic
service.
may also be
of
saffron
are always
good; so
balm;
clarified
whey, and
all
barley-water are
good
may be
patient
is
sweetened,
if
the
The
diet should
always be low.
Beyond
cases
is
m ordinary
Apply
needed.
danger in the
case.
^2
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
Always administer a
SMALL POX.
This dreadful disease for
many
centuries
was one of
of the
human
family by death.
;
It is
now
comparatively
and when
it
by no means
We
have no fear of
fifty
God
who
life.
As
in
all
cases
of small
pox
there
is
danger, the
are, chills
The
flesh is sore,
fifth
From
day the
them.
They
are
flat
on the
top,
and when
full
seem
to
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
99
the disease.
is
great.
Guard
carefully against
and legs
Keep
him only
milk.
Let his
made
If
by
all
means administer a
As
may be
given
made
of equal parts
this will
;
disease
so
some
physicians,
it
who
mel,
recommend
For a child
and
till
Work them
off
with a
little
gruel without
On
the
divide
six
syrup.
to dry, repeat
one of
these prescriptions; or
feeble, give
DISEASES OF CHILDREN".
is
of the
as small
really a
What,
at first view,
And
yet
it
has
now
become an almost
universal practice,
most
In relation
to
inoculation, the
same might be
it
said,
met with
it,
More
tells us, in
his
amusing work on
Inoculation,
it
"Some
was repugnant
to religion,
thought
it
their
duty
to in-
terfere.
that Inoculation
was
DISEASES OF CHILDKEN.
95
dence."
Lord Wharncliffe,
in his Life of
Lady Wortley
on
its
impiety.
A Mr.
Massy preached,
in 1792,
all
in St.
who
and
infused the
were
hellish
sorcerers^
that inoculation
was
And
parallel
between
ita
the virtue
practice.
It is well
of resignation
known
cow
pox
was, as
we usually
Those engaged in
milking cows
some
who were
thus en-
gaged often took the disease from the cows, which slightly
affected
them
for a
few days,
after
when they
entirely
they called the cow pox never had the small pox; but,
general as was this conviction, the
man who
pox was
with ridicule.
ner to
This
first
make
inquiries
fact that
fully
confirmed the
cow
transferred
96
to the
DISEASES OF CHILDREN'.
act as
an almost
fact
infallible pre-
servative
small-pox, a
now
universally
established.
It is not necessary in this place to say
much on
vacci-
nation or
its
results, as
all affectionate
parents will be
by those whose
of matter,
dis-
As
there are
many
we
cannot too
most
skillful physician
who can be
As
it
when
properly performed,
small jJox,
matter,
not an
infallible
remedy against
we may
is,
which
that a very
a mild form
pox twice
in the natural
way.
ST.
VITUS' DANCE.
disease
HIS
usually
attacks
young
by
generally begins by
and
only on one
it
side, so
that
considered
rather as a
paralytic
it is,
than of
Certain
that as
continues,
calamity.
many
this, it
instances
is
the
per-
formed with
patient
is
difficulty.
With
all
is
found the
so strong that
fear, love,
To
stomach must
first
be thoroughly
cleansed.
By
all
For an
(97)
98
aJult, tbis
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
may be composeJ
tartar emetic.
Mix them
the
warm
walor
spoonsful
first,
fifteen
minutes
till
The day
after this
such as
of powdered
mix and
working them
off
of carbonate of iron in
tea
made
of the Indian
hemp-root
is
this disease.
mental excitement
An
sometimes may
mon
in childhood, in
;
whom
it
its
from birth
in such cases,
will ultimately
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
It frequently
99
usually makes
its
Not
unfre-
convulsions or palsy,
afflict
the patient,
who
nose, squints,
cause.
To recommend
of
is
would be unwise
to inspire too
No
may be
as the
gained, and
life
somewhat prolonged.
As
soon
symptoms
little
common
Mustard
be applied
redness,
to produce a
little
useful.
Dr. Beach
To
add
stand
till it is
cold.
To
100
DISEASES OF CHILDREN
by
He
or
milkweed, as
bear,
much
in quantity as the
stomach would
tive,
which acted
as a diuretic
and laxa-
He
wormwood, and
the
At
first
he gave one
ley- water
powder
the feet
head.
As
common
When
sweet spirits of
nitre.
prompt treatment of
as soon as the
be comits
menced
existence.
the
symptoms of
some minutes,
and
waking
in
an agony of pain.
it
from
months and
always
upward.
It is not
attended with fever, nor are the hands and feet cold,
neither does the infant
draw up
its
abdomen.
By
these latter
symptoms
these
is
to
be
distin-
guished from
press the
colic.
When
symptoms
are found,
You
already formed.
When
but
is
liable
and,
away
As
fill
the
9*
(101)
102
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
mix and
day.
may
be of service.
If the disease does not yield in two days, apply a small
blister
under the
ear,
and
let
relief.
lime-water,
new
milk,
little
tity of
diet
to
department relating to
partly
adults
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
103
We
all,
may add
here, that
liable
some
diseases to
we have
not de-
We
i.iay
demand
the attention of
his
who can
examine
symptoms,
and prescribe
things most essential to health; and the abuse of one or the other of these
will usually be the foundation of disease.
If
language as simple as
we
much
the
common
"
remark, "I
am very
What do
wo think
who
Only a cold!
especially
all
you want
the plague?"
is
The cold,
ed by a cough,
fatal to life.
we proceed
to
add
DISEASES OF MEN"
to the
AND WOMEN.
105
On
this,
the
first
day of taking a
cold, there is a
very un-
go
to
at
such
In
addition, put
your
feet
in a
scribed, as hot as
feet
out than
when
be
in
summer,
for
summer
colds are
the
but drink as
teas;
you
desire of
if
and
at
and
whatever
else
common
sense
tells
would
often prevent a
By
106
DISEASES OF
secure
hound or boneset
through the day.
cold, freely,
it
be a basin
light.
your food be
with
We
three
close
two or
for
simple
:
remedies
coughs
fresh
in a
them well up
add a quarter of
sugar,
pound of moist
and
in an-
mix
a wine-glass-
and
ingredients up,
the whole
it
close.
for use
immediately
take a table-spoonful
HOAKHOHND.
when
is
troublesome.
in bronchial
alum
the most
in a few
minutes.
a scruple or half a
drachm
lowed occasionally.
DISEASES OF
107
Many
be
obtained at the confectioner's store, and whicli are pleasant even to the palate of a child.
Or,
if
a vegetable
These
little
may
be used either
be"
separately or together.
may be taken
INFLUENZA, OR CATARRH.
This
is
common
neglected cold.
at
The very
if
there be a difficulty of
all labor,
till
and go to
108
DISEASES OF
all
MEN AND
WOSIEN.
the physicians
recommended a
Modern
discoveries have
shown
destroyed
much
fever, the
its
wine with
it;
but
if
consumption or asthma.
then be mode-
rate,
and
chiefly of vegetables.
made by
may
not be
the case
if
you
if
or oftener
morning
may
be given.
make
it
thoroughly warm,
is
trouble-
CONSUMPTION.
"When
it
is
remembered
human
it
will
DISEASES OF
109
its
be seen to be of
vast
symptoms, and
to
study
best remedies.
full of
On
a careful
innumerable
cells into
is
a sponge.
which the
air enters
when we
So great
their
to one
number
amount
human
Every one
of these cells
is
When
amount
is
it
we
shall feel
how
necessary
supply pure
air to the
colds,
in
is
a strong
it
hereditary tendency to
it,
in others
results
from dissipated
caution.
habits.
These
of open-air exercise.
On
attacking
in
its
W.
we
will transcribe.
He
10
110
DISEASES OF
ened with
died with
it;
it,
or
if,
relatives having
its
lurking in your
own body;
own
by hugging
by unwise habits or
in
practhe
on exercise
under
all
those
are
among
means of
cure,
con-
and
if,
from
any cause,
is
your misfortune;
to
tremes.
You
will
never
fail
yourself] in
DISEASES OF
the
Ill
it.
way
of exercise,
you
worse
after
The
is
exercise
must be adapted
all
to the strength,
imperative under
circumstances.
But
if
you
say, as
many
'
can't help
it,'
responsibility.
the
means of
health,
you
really
"Have,
if possible,
many
If
first
times better
you walk,
oi
a cracker or
Avoid, during
warm
weather, in the
situations, the
level or
damp
There
is
be
a feeling of chilliness.
in all
forms
an
infallible
preventive, as
my experience
any
and
all
weathers, provided
or snow, unless
It
it is
112
DISEASES OF
in
The only
and
precaution needed
to
temperature uncomfortably
warm when
first
is
entered,
observed on
the surface.
but
weather, or
when
there
is
blowing."
The
Diseases
which ought
be more extensively
says that
repair
known than
He
we
"By
"By
proper diet
proper
air,
we
which diet
is
converted.
" By proper exercise,
we promote
"By
"
is
injury.
"By
imparted to
life
tend to
DISEASES OF
113
own punishment,
while attention to
diffuses
else
them brings
spirits a
and
over the
can impart,
Being
itself
enjoined the
its full
enjoyment.
class of persons,
who
ease
which,
when deeply
bidden
care and
By
;
constant attention
current,
it
when
first
threatened,
We
symptoms
consumption.
All
extremes
must be
cheerful.
The
food
fruits
may be
avoided.
Change of
We
warm one
for
its
Instead of accomplishing
10*
114
purpose,
is
it
DISEASES OF
often delusive.
It will
re-
commended no
Our
no
from the
fact that
we have
oil,
not used
many
of them.
Inhalation, cod-liver
and a thou;
but while
may
who
we recomskillful
mend him
physician,
to place himself
ing to
If,
its
peculiar characteristics.
if
the
make
trial
of
it,
spout.
You
may
confectioner
may be
of
strength-
DISEASES OF
115
and
nitric acid
may
Strong chamomile tea has been often drank with advantage in this disease; so also has a decoction of
common
The yolk
tity of tar
of an egg beat
up with a table-spoonful of
mixed
in milk,
twice
decoction of elecam-
disease,
especially
and parELSCAUPAHa.
among
females,
ticularly
when
the menses
ASTHMA.
The symptoms of
this
it
most
fre-
116
DISEASES OF
;
general debility
it is
burn, wind, itching of the skin, pain over the eyes, and
sleepiness.
The
patient
is
life.
He starts
makes
wheezing
difficulty,
noise;
and
feels
speaks with
a propensity to coughing.
To-
off,
but
turn
is
very great.
has often
Bleeding
strongly
disease;
case,
it
been
in this
recommended
highly improper:
indeed to justify
as the
it
at
all.
As soon
pear,
symptoms ap-
produce
and he
feels
a sense of suffocation,
him take a
table-
warm
tea
DISEASES OF
117
recommended,
is
to stew
over a slow
half an ounce
it is
warm
toddy.
Tha
may
The
and
disease
earnestly
on hard
mattresses, to eat
raw eggs,
and
Mustard seed
By
Smoking
and
It
for
such a purpose
its
use
may be
allowed.
light
should be carefully
Ginger
tea,
Mocha
except
may be drank by
DEOPSY.
fiT has been
^jfl
much
IjM
whether
but the
symptom
system.
events,
of
some other
in the
at
all
malady lurking
It
is,
exceedingly
It is a collection
human
treme
is
debility.
Sometimes
hereditary, at others
it
living, seden-
ment.
It is
is
of the feet and ancles at night, passing away in the morning; the swelling gradually ascends, and
fills
the body,
called
it
it is
In
this
In
the
difficult,
thirst is great,
perspiration
(118)
DLSEASES OF
from costiveness.
119
which
latter is usually a
diseased.
When
quench
oranges, or a decoction
made of sorrel.
Recourse should
We
things as
little
wine
or a
little
much used
is
in
Germany by
Exercise
digging,
such as walking or
if possible, if
not on horseback.
The bed
of the
patient should
air of his
apartments
to his skin,
warm and
and rub
He
As
toms,
vary according to
Dr.
as
Benjamin Rush
dis-
strongly
recommended bleeding,
he believed the
120
ease to be
DISEASES OF MEN
inflammatory.
AND WOMEN.
emetics
uanha
in
carefully mixed.
may
be repeated as often as
may
tea
work
it
off.
drachm
of jalap
in
powder, two
tartar,
drachms of cream of
and
the bowels, a
little
chicken
An
tartar
ounce of cream of
dissolved
in
gallon of
at in-
water
may be taken
To
an
promote
adult
^"'^'^-
perspiration,
may
at
bed-time, four
much
into a
syrup of orange-peel as
bolus.
is
sufficient to
make them
During the
niglit
he
may
cup
horn
in
it.
DISEASES OF
121
Many remarkable
by using
a decoction of
burdock which
;
is
made by
boil-
reduced
to two,
of two days.
known
it
to cure
failed.
The
secretion of urine
may
also
be greatly promoted
by taking
of
ale.
drachm of
nitre every
is
morning
in a cupful
The bark
of the elder
disease.
of the
common
them
in
two quarts
and take
morning.
it,
every
When
dies,
simple and
safe,
and
in connection with
we have
be attended
to in time.
GOUT
No
disease so readily excites a smile on the part of
11
122
it is
DISEASES OF
not hereditary,
it
arises
Every
and temperance.
liable to
Nor
its
is it
violent grief.
fit
of the gout
is
generally preceded
by
indigestion,
vomiting.
The
appetite,
for a
The
disease
is
commences
in the
night,
when
the patient
among
the
this
foot,
By
all
the
He
is
stretched
in
on
pieces.
After enduring
all
for
some twenty-four
comes
tion
moist,
in a gentle perspira-
for
several
Toward
paroxysm
returns,
and he must
the disease.
suffer
the various
evacuations carry
ojff
in this
DISEASES OF
123
and
much
glass
habits
of the
patient.
may be
At bed-time a
of
warm
wine- whey.
ration, the
most valuable of
The
anxiety.
friends,
agonizing disease, to
exercise, fresh air,
return
by constant
Peruvian
bark,
orange-peel.
EHEUMATISM.
Much we have
It often
symptoms
by
are similar.
commences with
full,
chills followed
fever, attended
with hard,
124
DISEASES OF
is
and swelling.
The
The tongue
is
is
white,
fol-
sometimes
Physicians have
disis
to
This disease
tion,
is
damp beds
excessive
spirits or
exposure to night
to a ligbt dress,
air,
by
much
as
he should be bled
and
if
A
mix
warm
to produce,
if possible,
a gentle
water
may
He
DISEASES OF
nights, in a
tartar,
125
gum guaiacum
some
in powder.
much
fever,
generally confined to
little
body, having
inflammation or swelling.
little
If
the patient,
by
become greatly
he should
use
the system.
Dogwood
bark,
and
a tea,
Eight or
vitriol,
IMDIAK TUBNIP.
in a wine-glass of water,
may
Mustard
he should wear
warm
clothing
LUMBAGO.
HEONIC
gives so
region, or loins,
called lumbago,
and
much
he
nor
easier,
When
Sciatica.
this
the
name, of
the
In
both
cases
Blisters
may
tial oil
the part
may
removed,
let
a strength-
The
fer
it
is
invaluable, and
we
pre-
any other.
Some
recurrence
for
a26)
ERYSIPELAS, OR
HIS
ST.
ANTHONY'S FIRE
taken
damp
Some-
ground
times
^t
it
Its usual
symptoms
are an
Not unfrequently
the patient
is
Erysipelas
self.
is
it-
Commencing
it
will
sometimes
soon cover the whole body, making the skin shine, and
The
When
it
attacks the
On
128
DISEASES OF
of
may be composed
calomel.
salts,
is
An
emetic
sometimes necessary
the system.
Take equal
and sweet
spirits of nitre, in
doses of a tea-spoonful in a
may be
a day.
;
but by
all
means avoid
the
common
is
poultices.
Many
;
erysipelas
contagious
it is
who
are thus
com
cranberries,
pounded
fine.
and, after
of strength, a
little
wine or other
cordial*
may be given
DISEASES OF
129
CRAMP.
Few
painful
toes,
It is a
spasm of the
muscles of the
indigestion,
cramp be seated
up,
in the legs,
act,
it is
often relieved
by simply standing
which
stomach, a
pill
Ten grains of
the rust
Cramp
moment,
highly dangerous.
It
most frequently
The
patient
is
be
carefully encouraged
or weak chamomile
the stomach
is
perfectly
130
cleansed.
DISEASES OF
water, or apply to
bladders
filled
water.
An
may be
given, or a
also
affected,
friction, either
by
a copious bleeding
Blistering
may
spasm.
or
mustard
may be
must be kept
well open.
camphorated
oil.
Cramp
would be
but
of
often attacks
women
in their legs
and thighs
later.
It
if this
cannot be,
let
salts,
Be very
CHOLERA MOEBUS.
This disease
is
DISEASES OF
131
most
fre-
quent
in
it
climates
year,
It is
brought on
and cold
fruits.
Damp
air,
wet
feet,
poisons, or
It is
clammy
is
is
palpitation
of the heart.
The reader
dangerous
In the treatment of
this disease
no time should be
lost.
The
efforts
must be
aided.
warm
better
what
is
weak chicken
broth.
Apply
to the
stomach
cold.
Or
as an external embrocation.
132
In addition
DISEASES OF
to these
MEN AND
"VTOMEN.
apply a
of a
brown
color,
spring water.
hour.
till
and
any kind of
;
bitters
ought
to
be taken
a day; or tea
made
of black, or Vir-
ginia snake-root.
MALIGNANT CHOLERA.
Scarcely any disease has, within
our remembrance
this.
DISEASES OF
in the
133
morning
in health,
literally laid in
it
Long
though
did
far
altogether bid
defiance to medicine
and
saved from
its
even
still
method of
its
cure.
preservation
from
are
victims.
We
persons
to
good substantial
and
a tranquil
living,
temperate habits,
strict cleanliness,
mind.
They
The bowels
are
two
sometimes
felt
a little sickness
ed by those
disease,
who have
some
eight
12
134
or ten dajs.
DISEASES OF
As
tlie
This
is
succeeded by head-
cramp of the
toes, fingers,
Sometimes the
costive,
become
and then
the looseness
returns with
symptoms become
still
more dangerous.
The
lips,
become
a sodden appearance,
urine, bile,
Withal
mind maintains
clearness
and calmness.
present to the reader a
Even
India,
that
when
this
tells
us
if it
be taken at
commencement, or within an
it is
hour
as
manageable as
it
DISEASES OF MEN
exertions before
it
AND WOMEN.
135
warm
then
bath,
let
and while
him be put
quietly into a
warm
arm encouraged by
wrung
of cloths
This treatment
of itself has often effected a cure, but not less than from
very low.
to the feet, or
spirits,
bags
such
to stimu-
may be
externally, and
warm hand
little
is
or flannel, and
oil,
camphorated
or
powdered
starch.
Warmth
essential to recovery,
and
When
too
weak
We
have
table-
known
composed of three
136
DISEASES OF
a pint
of boiling water.
"When
and add
to
it
Give
extreme care
re-
lapse.
too soon.
and chocolate.
potatoes,
should be avoided.
DIARRHOEA.
This can only be regarded as a disease when an extreme; otherwise
it is it
goes to
on by nature
oppressive.
to free itself
is
It
more frequently
among
weak
constitutions.
Not
no case
is it
contagious.
DISEASES OF MEN"
AND WOMEN.
137
violent passions.
Its
much
it
as
possible
by
it.
If
arises
freely of
weak diluting
bath,
and wear
to
flannel
next
little
the
skin.
A
If
also be
found useful.
the disease
be attended
and applied
ach.
to the stom-
In
all
cases of diar-
PENNTKOTAU
to.
We
of
or what
is better, if it
can be obtained,
fail in
in spirituous cinnamon-water.
If
it
should
the
12*
138
DISEASES OF
first instance, it
may be
the
first dose.
"When
may
off
by warm water
emetic baa
A day or
still
two
after this
been taken,
of rhubarb
if
the looseness
continues, half a
drachm
If diar-
may
we have prescribed
should
it
And
origi-
or purgative
Ten drops of
liquid laudanum,
may be taken
in a
cup
oi
till
symptoms
abate.
In obstinate
may be
a
ad-
vantageously used,
especially
if
mixed with
little
Every reader
Avoid
all
indigestible
may be sometimes
little
allowed; and
if
water a tea-spoon-
Above
flannel
quiet.
avoid wet
feet,
DYSENTEEY.
HIS
it
disease
is
summers,
often
who
reside in
damp and
It is
unwholesome
unripe
fruit,
by
violent cathartics,
irritability
of the intestines.
infection,
But
it
is
most frequently
communicated by
who
Dysentery
is
usually
first
indicated
by cold shiverings
show themselves,
first
evacua-
loss of appetite,
nausea
pulse,
burning
heat,
and
140
DISEASES OF
MEN AND
WO:\tEN.
duce a rupture
agonizing torture.
disease,
he
mav
symptoms.
when
the disease
little
much
fever, will
be of great service
but
if
there exto.
ists
much
half a
drachm of
off with
weak chamomile
tea.
When
warm
Epsom
salts,
it,
let
him take
oil in
one dose.
If these remedies
a piece,
The
disease.
for dysentery,
which com-
DISEASES OF
141
fact that
mends
its
itself, botli
by
its
and by tbe
command,
at
almost
be thus prepared
salt
and mix
it
it
be taken
For a
very healthy.
and leaves
berries is
is
made of
the
still better.
Since
we began
to write this,
an infallihU
remedy
for dysentery.
oil
bottle,
you use
is
the preparation.
for
an
adult
a table-spoonful in a
little
lump
one
142
DISEASES OF MEN
AND WOMEN.
Keep
senna
it
it
from becoming
acid.
tartarized antimony,
hours,
till
the
Be
careful of regimen
much
fresh
air are
demanded.
often be sprinkled
;
Apples boiled
made
till
flour boiled
warm
attention.
We
them
Bloody Urine.
This
is
a discharge of blood
from the
their beis
from
When
pure blood
voided
DISEASES OF MElf
AND WOMEN.
it
148
proceeds
if it
be in a small quantity, of a
and
is
by
a stone formed
within
it,
it
is
stoppage of urine.
In
all
If there be
stone in the bladder, nothing will give relief but a surgical operation;
which, happily,
is
far less
dangerous
at
present than
it
and symptoms
and the
necessary,
state
dis-
the
take the
warm
infusion of roses
one pint
make a mixture
and take
in three parts
The
He
in
two quarts
of water
till
144
DISEASES OF
two ounces of
gum
arabic,
The
ping
stopre-
it,
neck, or in
sure of the
womb when
is
in a state of pregnancy.
This disease
seldom
voracious
appetite
it.
usually accompanies
WAX
back,
MTETLB.
and a
James's
at
this
yourself by taking
opium
in fine powder,
add
to
finely
pounded
saltpetre
mix them
The
DISEASES OF
dose
is
145
from
five to
boiled,
and a tea-cupful
Use the
for half
coarse
towel.
'5.'t5
Alum
water,
dissolved in
and given
will
be serviceChalybeate
able.
water,
when
it
can
be obtained, should
be drank; as should
also
little
weak
WIU) CAEEOT.
lime-water, or sodawater.
better
Or
still,
often,
various
causes,
13
146
blisters,
DISEASES OF
wounds, bruises,
must
lose
ounce of castor
flaxseed
tea,
oil.
He
or water-melon seeds.
great advantage, a
You may
administer
also,
with
every hour
if
necessary.
Walking on
arise
stone ob-
may be known by
pains in
is
often useful.
The
infusion of
better.
is
suppression of urine
often relieved
by a poultice of raw
The
must be
light, of drinks
w*
DYSPEPSIA, OR INDIGESTION.
HE
this disease
among
us demands the
this ac-
we have done
diseases.
some other
volume on the
Pisease,''^
'^Preservation of Health
and Prevention of
twenty and
and
finds
most of
its
subjects in
Its predisposing
when
carried
on in
close
rooms and
body
air,
luxurious living,
ill- venti-
modern
and professional
men had
148
DISEASES OF JIEN
AND WOMEN.
was not
tliouglit
degrading,
if
not decidedly
vulgar, indigestion
was
far less
common
than at present.
however useful
much inferior
to the in
While
mode
Some
by
When smoked
fluid.
or chewed,
causes an unnatural waste of the saliva, and a conseIt has a special influ-
Tobacco
acts as a pleasant
weakens and
exhilarated
first
by
its
use.
those
after
is
equally slow,
and
far
more doubtful.
nervous
149
can rarely,
be
original
country
is
The amount of
would be
that not
use, if told,
wholly incredible.
so extensive as
One concern in
many
the aid of
ten barrels
per
These
pills
an ever-present
any other
illness,
how-
enjoyment of
its
blessings.
A
is
result is to
organs of digestion.
Excessive indulgence of the appetite, a hurried manner
in eating,
in-
mind
to
mental excitement,
passions,
cultivation
of the
tea, coffee,
and alcoholio
13*
150
liquors,
DISEASES OF
may
all
be included in the
of causes which
induce dyspepsia.
and oily meats, soups, and liquid foods are acted upon by
the stomach with great difficulty;
and
if
and
never
sia
fail
of producing the
debility.
when taken
commencement of
some more
them
kind be indulged
in.
But
when
free
from
fat,
and well
and in mode-
when
fried.
with
fish.
Water should be
He
should
himself an hour's
rest,
DISEASES OF
151
exercise in
will bring
the open
tlie
that
greatest
number
afford recreation
Perhaps no
riding.
exercise
is
more valuable
A
to
recommend
it
as a
remedy
any
be taken,
we would recommend
and
when
aloes,
made
Or
a tea-spoonful of
may
If the
stomach can
diet for
he brought to endure
several weeks.
live
on a new milk
is
situated im-
gland
in the
body, and
is
152
DISEASES OF
called lobes.
and
tliougb
its
movements
are slow,
is
diseases,
Any
ceive
body should
re-
prompt
in.
mere
palliatives be
indulged
who knew
late,
and
the
acute
different in their
different
symptoms and
and demand
ourselves
modes of treatment.
As we have
and
many
we think we can
on the matter.
The
more frequent
in hot
more temperate.
They
are usually
when
much
alcoholic liquors,
Excessive
DISEASES OF
fatness,
MEN AND
WOlVrEN.
153
on
as
also
much
these diseases.
The
ax:ute
is
distinguished
by
chill,
much resembling an
the
breathes
with
dry
difficulty,
cough,
attended
not
has a
unusually
bilious
with
vomiting.
right side
A pain in the
rises
to the
highest
point
of
the
The bowels
costive,
are
frequently
the
tongue
dry,
and
BLOOD, OR PDCGOON-ROOT.
usually from
of
all re-
be lessened.
Hence the
154
DISEASES OF
ration as possible.
The
must
at
once be placed in
This
the tepid
bath
may
tea-spoon-
two,
till it
freely operates, so as to
till
spiration, or at least
balm or pennyroyal
Fomenta-
and
it
as
warm
as
it
can be borne.
To
allay the
or
tea,
Should, however,
the
symptoms
and
and
Cayenne pepper,
on the pa-
and keep
it
there as long as
it
can be borne.
now
subside, put on a
common
house-
Wear a
The
DISEASES OF
155
what
different
symptoms.
up
much
whole
sent
a
predull
white or yel-
lowish
the
hue;
be-
body
comes
ema-
^^^E! ~
Jk / M ^^1
ciated: in the
region of the
liver is felt a
great fullness,
often with a
shght swelling,
and
is,
too,
a dry hoarse
cough, which
on the right
side.
sometimes under
however,
fatal.
The
this
patient
form in
months.
More
will
depend on
15$
DISEASES OF
An
pills
may be
given,
should be taken.
These
make
oil,
a pill mass
add
to these a
sized
is
This
a very excellent
remedy
and
and
drink to be constantly
of dandelion-root
may be made
mix
may
all
So
if
an abscess
same quarter.
When
the patient
is
recovering, he
may have
recoursa
DISEASES OF
to tonics, of
157
be found highly
serviceable.
Take
cut theni
let it
;
all fine
stand for
take a table-
spoonful in cold
It is scarcely necessary to
may
all
be taken in moderation,
and
garlic,
etc.;
but no
coffee, tea,
A change of
climate will
be
useful,
PLEURISY.
This disease
is
the pleura^ which lines the inside of the breast, and springs
It
characterized
by an acute pain
either side, for the pleura lines the whole cavity of the
chest.
A deep
is
on the side
specially affected.
The
tongue
and
red,
14
158
DISEASES OF
hot.
body
is
The urine
is
The causes of
The symptoms
by
heat,
and
restlessness;
these
are
followed by
violent
pricking pain
among
at
and
fifteen of jalap;
when
tea,
a sweat
comes on.
to bleeding,
and recommends
we
He
side,
com-
An
English physician
as will lie
prescribes as
on the
DISEASES OF MEN
AND WOMEN.
159
We
believe this in
many
would
eflfect
a cure.
On many
treatment
is
the
best.
"Warm cabbage
leaves,
or a
bladder nearly
filled
with
to the side,
in
Where
this
blisters
on the ex-
volatile salts
Keep open
the
oil.
is
recovering.
per-
160
spasmodic
it
DISEASES OF MEN"
colic,
AND WOMEN.
is
often, too,
feet.
It
shows
bowels, which
It
hour.
As
all
feels the
symptoms we have
described, let
him
and send
Avoid
oil
all
bleeding
and
blistering.
warm
This
may
as soon as
it
becomes
cool.
make an
If
keep
on
till
very red.
table-spoonful of sweet
with a
tea-
may
be given with
advantage.
DISEASES OF
be very
light,
161
or of senna,
may be
given.
No
matter
how
small the
is
recovering, he
must be
careful
much
air,
food
let
use the
warm
FEYEKS.
Before
we
come
under
this
general name,
may
not be improper to
We
in
will
more
which are
found
many
In a
section of the
town of
Sheffield, Mass., a
known
as
14*
162
DISEASES OF
and forty-four
died.
Among
fifty
who
pond on the
were
affected.
The cause of
this
pond.
A dam
was
and
at times of
high water,
was overflowed.
oflf,
In dry seasons,
drawn
malaria,
which
who
inhaled
it.
Near the
etc.
Soon afterward
bilious fevers,
the timber
commenced
and ague.
alarmed.
It
were
The owner
dam
destroyed.
The
sickness
ceased soon
after
the
London
"
In some
in
some
room
in a
fever.
The
DISEASES OF
districts in
163
which fever
own names.
In
every district in which fever returns frequently, and prevails extensively, there is
way
If
you
down
you
pare that
sewers,
map
with the
map
of the commissioners of
com-
paratively absent.
the evils
to sixteen thousand,
and
fifty
The
Hence
cleanliness,
to
do with the
evil
when
it
its
very worst
YELLOW FEVEE.
UR
tappy
land,
by the tender
witnessing an almost
plague, so
that
we
trust
may
it
as
symptoms
For
in-
by
a hot skin, a
quick pulse,
lassitude,
show an attack of
present a
of appetite,
thirst,
and a
are, in
diminished secretion.
is
up by vomiting; the
DISEASES OF
165
and loses his sight; the eyes are much inflamed, are
watery, protrude and roll wildly
is
;
of a highly offensive
legs,
shows
skin,
fetid ;
The
to all those
to nox-
or the
filth
ing sun.
This poison
assisted in its
work
of disease
licentiousness,
and
Our
still
it
by
it,
wise enough,
we
on the most
can be obtained.
few directions
may always be
properly regarded.
Hot bathing
feet,
much
practiced.
If there bo a
166
DISEASES OF
vinegar,
felt
it
if
nausea be
much and
is
as soon as possible,
chamomile
tea
and
if
there
and apply a
blister or
mustard plaster
Keep up the
<sago,
Indian arrow-root,
with wine.
may be
needful.
If the
stomach be very
a preparation
violent,
make
powdered
saleratus, a tea-spoonful of
powdered pepper-
a table-spoonful of brandy
loaf sugar,
the
symptoms change.
A system
wort
tea,
entirely vegetable
may be
preferred,
and
is
Half a pint of
course in
all
it
will generally
produce vomiting.
Of
by
this
may be
now
profitably done
DISEASES OF
in a little
1^7
American^
who
knew
of a case termi-
common
oil.
salt,
The whole
to
be taken, by an adult,
at
one dose.
Then
the water
the
patient to be well
wrapped
in blankets,
freely.
On
removal to
wrapped
in the blanket.
and
If the
headache
is
very acute,
After
and
Barley-water,
may
be used in moderation.
TYPHUS FEVER.
N many
i.^,A
respects this
is
somewhat milder
its
diflfer-
form of yellow
f^5^^,.-~X^
'-
fever,
but has
^"^
acting
cordingly bears
among
or slow
The common
fever, is
very
feel-
marked by a
;
there
is
usually
frequent nausea
thirst,
pale
and those
ill-
who
reside in
jails, hospitals,
prison- ships,
and other
ventilated apartments.
(168)
DISEASES OF
169
As soon as the
him take
patient
is
all
Let
and the
little
and
re-
hour
till
it
produces free
vomiting.
Then
let
him
brings on a sharp
purging.
bowels
have
been
well
made
root,
of Virginia snake-
willow; a
also
wine
may
LOBELU, OB tUmiV TOBACCO.
warm
gruel, barley-water,
and rice-water.
Stimulants
patient
jellies,
As the
comes
on,
15
170
DISEASES OF
in fine
powder
mix them,
divide
till
the
diarrhoea ceases.
If the disease has
advanced
form, that
is,
if
brown
or black,
there
is
much
be
intensely hot,
must be pursued.
means must be used
of catnip
tea,
An
to
and above
all,
every possible
promote perspiration.
etc.
Take
Dr.
freely
Beach
with
acid,
Colombo
hours.
wonders
When
made
of an ounce
The
tepid-bath
may
be
In these cases of
food
berries.
DISEASES OF
171
Under
this general
United States.
name from
it,
by
it,
though
it is
most
like
prevalent
among
children.
It
usually commences
by
heats,
The pulse
is
quickened,
the breathing irregular, the eyes are red, and the eyelids
swollen.
It
may be
in
eyes.
little
In
its
may
be given.
When
ease,
this dis-
no time must be
an emetic of lobelia
172
DISEASES OF
While
the fever
is
on, there
is
no danger of
off its clothes
may throw
is
water.
But
begins to peel
the
warm
bath.
and
if
the throat
is
spirits of turpentine,
oil,
applied while
warm.
where
many
made.
Take two
table-spoonsful of
salt,
If
it
be thought
may
be applied to the
bottoms of the
If putrid
feet.
symptoms sbould
appear,
by no means omit
referred, for
always
safe.
when
the
known by
land.
It
needs
to
be
described
cold, hot,
suffice it
and sweating.
is chilled
;
the
body
of the teeth
small, quick
in the
is
cold,
warmth
of the
body gradually
and
is
soon suc-
After
some
ation
in the face
;
and
bowels are
15*
(173)
174
DISEASES OF
more
when
he
is
The common
miasma,
ground
first
plowed
The very
of such land,
when
thus
first
this pestilence
till
To guard
for a
against
the patient
must
live well,
be cautious against
fatigue, anxiety,
for
may
many
years in succession.
is
The almost
by
we
all
At
we recommend
all
that these
and
all
other poisons
We
recommend
its
of
accom-
paniments, as
we have already
recommended.
The emetic
is
half an hour before the cold stage comes on, and the
DISEASES OF
175
These
may be
Mustard
may be
applied to the
;
feet,
which should
drinka
hartshorn in penis
nyroyal tea; a
useful.
warm tamarind
beverage
also
very
South
itself
to
A smaller quantity
and
infants.
A fire should be kept in the room of the patient mornings and evenings, especially in
sun has
risen,
and should
Ague
up
between the
lip
and jaw.
Well soak
176
DISEASES OF
by the
side of a
good
fire
the pain
is
gone.
in writing these
While engaged
pages,
we have met
on
may
it
Lieutenant M.
He
make
F.
Maury
"
it
healthy"
in the neighborhood.
trees
He was
also
The
at
locality of the
about forty-five
feet,
and one
hundred and
fifty
to
which grew
finely.
The
result
This
is
said to
first
year
A repemay
something in regard to
its
sanitary influence.
BILIOUS FEVER.
'''^yf\-
ROM
fever
now
at
there
will
it
treat-
ment demanded,
the pulse
is
In bilious fever
is
more
very hot,
is
cooling drinks.
case,
may be
freely bled.
About
three grains of
powdered
ipecacuanha
may be
more pleasant
with
to the
may be mixed up
gum
arable
(177)
178
DISEASES OF
The
is
the patient
too
weak
be
well
fomented
and a sponge.
A
all
physician should
be called in
these cases
if
;
but
that cannot be
nurse
read
what
BONESET, OK THOBOCOBWOBT.
we
have
written of fevers,
far as they accord
in
almost
somewhat
varied.
Kg
reader
who
has either
felt
of those
subjected to
DISEASES OF
throat, will think
179
IIow
many have
ness,
much
pain, feeblefor a
few
hours.
which the
will
far larger
and
guard against
Con-
such diseases.
stantly tying
up the
than lessens
it.
knowledge:
we
sore throat,
We gradually
we
The
first is
called
Putrid sore
This
contagious.
Its
symp'toma
dry, burning
in swallowing,
and a
mouth and
throat;
it
is
frequently preceded by
debility*
chilliness
; ;
180
DISEASES OF
body
and
if relief
As
to the remedies,
all
we say
first
of
all
avoid bleeding,
purging, and
preparations of mercury.
The
disease
we
A writer
a narrative well
worthy of
who had
all
the
symptoms of malignant
eruption of the face and neck of a dark color; the eruption extended over the
symptoms of
to
articulate intelli-
abdomen
sufficient to flavor,
;
one table-spoonful
Up
DISEASES OF
181
at noon,
when
the skin
his tongue
his fever
and
was allowed
him
freely.
He
more,
when
all that
was required
to constitute
him
per-
fectly well
was strength.
Good
effects
honey, a
may be swallowed
recommends
which
This
is
made
common
make
it
a strong
decoction, add to
it
well with
for use.
When
needed, apply
it
and thougb
cure will
at first
produce a
for
little
irritation, the
may make
ample amends
it.
We
is
very
16
182
feeble,
DISEASES OF
hy
all
may
act as a stimulant,
which
in-
called
Quinsy.
This
the
lines
the throat.
Like
all
similar diseases,
damp
air, in-
most prevalent
or singing, or
in spring
and autumn.
Loud speaking
sitting in a
Whenever
there
a tendency
As
the disease
often epidemic
and
infectious, great
caution should
be always used.
Quinsy manifests
itself
by
a difficulty of swallowing
tongue
foul,
difficult,
and fever
more
We
have
almost suffocation.
Its termination
was
in suppuration,
re-
to
Much
Putrid
that
we have already
said
DISEASES OF
the treatment of Quinsy.
often of great value, and
it is
183
when inflammation
but
slight,
A tea or
breathing
may be
pro-
patient
may
Gargles
distension.
severity,
make
wormwood,
to
hops, and
in equal
catnip,
two hours
means
the patient
may
twenty minutes
ai a time,
till
the symp-
toms disappear.
is
really found
having done
each of sassafras
olive
oil,
and
spirits
of hartshorn
;
after
flannel
184
DISEASES OF
Well soaking
night,
is
the feet in
and
if
food or
should be warm,
light,
and
MUMPS.
To
a great extent this disease
may be
placed in conit
is
chiefly a
It is
its
glands.
work
in the
It is
spring of
the year.
heaviness,
preceded by
lassitude,
and
general uneasiness.
A swell-
sometimes increases
so
as
This disease in
attended
if
it-
with
is
no
danger, but
WILD nisiao.
cold
taken
fatal
in connection with
results
it,
may
follow.
It is
DISEASES OF
is
185
in a
warm
by
the free
feet
Bathe the
If the
and
if
Should there
still
oil,
and
the
liniment
warm
exposed to disease as
in the
somewhat of
this
may be owing to
eating snuff
by women.
Who
can
We
186
DISEASES OF
their enamel.
Few
comes
toothache,
sympathy.
When
an attack
or a gentle emetic
light diet
All this
we hold
affection,
be
merely a local
system.
affected,
warm
made of sage
a
or mulberry leaves
little
beer and
apply
it
often.
Or chew
little
gentian root.
is
It
relieved oftener
by any other
nothing
application.
if
Keep
a vial of
it,
you
it
for
else,
use
to
by
fruit stains.
If the
whole
so,
water,
made by putting a
DISEASES OF
of water, and rinsing the
187
two or three
times a day.
One
which
This
is
the tartar
may be
like quantity of
well, is
common
soot and
But be sure
that
you do
not use acids for this purpose, for they are every
injurious.
way
From
articles
Let
if
his purpose a
disease,
man
who
HEAD-ACHE.
Head-ache varies both in
different times,
its
But these
188
DISEASES OF
much change
in treatment.
and bowels.
and we
it
;
The
last is
by
far the
most common
cause,
this
form of
exercise
judgment
recommend.
In very
far the larger
number of
cases, it
may
be im-
portant as soon as
for an adult
mixed with
little
When
the operation
is
over, an
made
into a pill.
After
it
about two
on
at
any drug
store, is often
a sick head-ache.
As
has
powdered charcoal, or of
little
many
prefer milk.
DISEASES OF
189
re-
When
warm
good.
When
on the
vantage.
direction of a physician.
some-
Decoctions of
in
in equal
quantities taken as
dealt with.
skillfully
various,
and ought to be
in
treated.
We
their
various forms.
190
DISEASES OF
Ear-ache.
The
Many persons
common
teeth,
when-
from decayed
from an accumulation of
it
wax
in that part.
Of
course, if
teeth,
mean
time a
oil,
little
may be
put
it
warm
it
little fine
salt,
it
to the ear; or
make
having
first
put into
it
little fine
cotton wool.
Sore Ears.
We mean by
little
this
where there is
Wash
soap
;
the
warm
this,
water, using
little
soft
and
having done
it.
A
it
grain of calomel
may
If an abscess
in
warm
as
it
can be borne.
also
A warm poultice
may
be used.
Inflammation of
the ear is
and delirium.
It is
usually brought
on by exposure to a
DISEASES OF
191
discharge of
Let the
twice,
once or
and ten
Soap-suds, or a
is
an ex-
remedy.
them
flannel
cation
Perspiration should be
In
its earlier
stages,
however, a
little
may be
injected
botanical physician,
of sassafras
oil,
a few
ad-
An
when
wax
OW beautiful,
^^^
how
intelligent,
is
^^
the eye.
An
accident
which
would
away
infi-
life.
The
human
is
system, and
really pain-
What
to practice far
more on
this
;
on other
mind of
more painfully
more
diffi-
Before
eye,
we
we wish
cer-
no one more
artificial
prudent to
avoid the
(192)
DISEASES OF
193
too deli;
is
to
commence
and always
to
employ such
pleasant.
most
comfortable and
The
spectacles
habitually
to certain
amining maps,
glass,
etc.
To meet
hand reading
strongly recommended.
is
glass
also
recommended
to short-sighted persons in
when examining
Ime
minute
objects.
Our young
in a recent
number of the
" Quarterly
Review."
He
and
common
nature
;
in persons of
refined, or effeminate
light blue,
much
Greenish
Hazel
As
we may
194
It
DISEASES OF
would be
folly in a
must
We
may, however,
re-
insects,
lodging
exposure to a strong
light, or
excessive
are redness, heat, pain, aversion from the light, and the
efitusion
of tears.
is
a violent
feels greatly
re-
there
is
some
whole system.
much
medicine.
may be
cases
Some
;
physicians
recommend
this in
some
may be
it.
but in others
it
ease
is
intended to remove.
DISEASES OF
little
195
parsley,
may be
used.
almost invariably
A few
re-
moving inflammation.
so
elm bark.
The
late
the diseases of
indica-
undue warmth
dropping
all
oil into
writinuj.
NEURALGIA.
The manners
modes of
every thing
suffer.
else,
the very
names of the
diseases
by which we
Hence what
1901
DISEASES OF
The
disease
The pain
in
is
and occurs
The
disease
may
body
neither the head, the face, nor the teeth, the muscles of
the side, the back, nor the limbs are secure from
it;
nor
There
is
a larga class of
who
suffer
who
de-
somewhat
remedy
them.
description
go
to
make up
monotony of
nervousness
broken
upon by a severe
fit
name.
It is called
tic
douloureux,
when
it
is
sciatica,
when
it
is
down
is
the leg.
A severe
affair; for
no
trifling
no suffering
Neuralgia
more
intolerable, or
all
more
to
be
dreaded.
may be induced by
the influences
DISEASES OF
as
197
residence in
damp
exposure to sudden
etc.;
changes of temperature,
excitement, fatigue,
but
its
most
common
cause
stimulants.
We
who
who
opium or tobacco,
we have almost invariably found that the health has improved when these
articles
All
some
particular organs,
and increase
expense of others.
The
when
During
depression, the
individual
becomes
Uneasiness, dis-
any apparent
cause.
The
individual, while
is less
more
sus-
able to bear
them
with impunity.
The
stimulants
is
not perceived
at first.
Hence they
become so
it re-
In like manner,
when
opium
will require
to its
one or two
nervous system
natural vigorous
17*
198
DISEASES OF
condition, although he
Every
you
among
and opium.
None
them
all,
has
its
usually ac-
companied
know,
by depression of
spirits.
;
Of
and
APOPLEXY.
This alarming disease sometimes arises from debility,
immediate cause
is
It
commences
in giddiness,
swimming
memory, drowsi-
The
slightest indication of
DISEASES OF
these
199
and bleeding.
is
fit
of apo-
for.
There
The great
object in such a
pecially to
draw
it
Immerse the
feet as
make
made
much
body with a
dipped in vinegar
blister.
may be
Excepting
extreme
debility, the
more simple
Tamarind
is
sweet spirits
200
DISEASES OF
careful, for
be extremely
bowels
is
If he
the
we would
prescribe for
him a frequent
be
will generally
found the
more aged
an improper place
to a class of
to say a
sympathy due
this disease,
from
warmest sympathy.
because there
is
no other
activity,
He
broken
rest,
and
midst
foot,
exposed
all
dangers, to go to tho
this too
humanity
and
A
frequently
men
of the
their sixtylife,
such
DISEASES OF MEN
AXD WOMEN.
mortality
If
is
201
only
we takg
classes, forty-
and thirty-two
They
themselves.
INSANITY.
to
look
volume
remarks on
is
manage.
This view
is
we
of
evil,
and hence we
It
has been
by
far
world.
Insanity, strictly speaking,
is
is
202
DISEASES OF
The
may be very
It
apparently
involve
all
may
may
good humor,
or in raving
madness
it is
or
it
may be
when
called Monomania.
is
Insanity
first
leaving
in that
weak and
undue
effort,
and
The
causes of this
may
of
habits of
and,
on the contrary,
in the
and
in the imperfect
and
thus
the
greater
excitement and
anxieties
of
those
eituated.
The
difference
DISEASES OF
203
Whatever
The
child,
who,
with a close and restricted play-ground, without permission or opportunity of indulging in the natural, free
and
undue
manhood with a
deficient
development of
his
life
with him in
whom
the
the
way
mental powers.
The one
power of
a drug as alcohol, in
any
though
may not
it.
induce
Even
undue
are over-
essentials of continued
good health.
Under
this
plans of
204
DISEASES OF
judgment,
prudence,
With
is
the increased
less
there
and
less
and willingness
to bear with
Home
The
is
made un-
fails.
now
share these
evil
consequences,
domestic unhappiness,
all
mental
derangement.
These
could be given.
Want
anxiety,
Though
jealousy,
care,
distress,
disappointment,
and
wounded
self-love
maybe
may have
operated with
same
result.
Where
the
power of
self-control is feeble,
mind
readily
Thus, a child
who
full gratification
of all
has come to
feel that it
must be
gratified
grown up
a stranger to disappointment,
DISEASES OF 303N
AND WOMEN.
205
faithfully-
it
like
Many
first
may seem
quite unaccountable to
first
disappointment should
There
is
Among
the
first
of these
symptoms
The
dreaming brain
to
a wakeful one
rapid
the exertions required for the daily and pressing necessities of life.
The mind,
torn
by
conflicting
feelings,
becomes
irritable,
The tem-
pered delights of a
affection has no
power
cannot
the
to soothe
and
warm the heart wasting and withering in decay, and mind is incapable alike of enjo3''ment or of labor. At
morbid
fancies
this stage
feelings,
18
206
DISEASES OP
and then
it is
indeed
anguish,
when
succumbs
If
to the inroads of
some acute
disease.
will not
we have
our
of
remember
that
neglect has, in
multitudes
HYPOCHONDRIA.
However
this disease
may sometimes
both real in
its
much
but
suffering.
is
to suffer
in this
^'low spirits"
is,
how
to get rid
of them.
The
disease of
is
of a nervous
much
to the
mind
as
It is
DISEASES OF
207
We
knew
who
lived
many
In
From
gave themselves no
The
be a
loss of
its
opposite
all
diarrhoea,
to see
new
physi-
cians, or to try
new
medicines.
;
much
in accordance
emetic, such as
we have
and
let
him take a
drops of
spirits of hartshorn,
and a tea-spoon-
mixed
them
This will
208
remove
DISEASES OF
flatulence
It
and nervous
and exhilarate
the spirits.
may be
the symptoms.
strongly
recommended
Above
air,
accompanied with mustard, cayenne pepper, and whatever gently stimulates, according to his
own
taste.
Some most
extraordinary
facts
ments of the
to be dead,
patient.
Some have
their
asserted themselves
after consider-
able
preparations for
or burial;
and
We
who
traveler,
"I saw,
and respectable
young
much
man whom
^
passionately
An
accident occurred at th
covering
which
she
had
altogether
lost
her
marriage, inclusively.
She remembered
At
DISEASES OF
first
209
ac-
companied
it.
Her
more willing
to sup-
impostors.
She
sees her
husband
By
the course
this lady
no doubt that
may be
HYSTERICAL AFFECTIONS.
Many writers have told
females,
is
confined to
young
it
girls;
prevails also
become its
subjects.
to "whether
has
its
the stomach.
Perhaps
would be right
to
concede
that,
18*
210
DISEASES OF
name
and
vomiting,
difficulty of breathing,
not unfrequent
pain on the
an ascending
producing a sense
changeable, alternate
a sensation of pain in
it,
and
loins,
and bladder
urine.
When
in a
fit
sofa or
bed
warm
when
A little cold
is
face,
and the
as likewise
warm
few
ounces of blood
the arm.
The young
lady
afflicted
by
must pay
special attention
to her courses.
DISEASES OF
211
rigid
attention
to diet
is
indispensable;
;
this
but should
Avoid
tea
and
;
cojBfee,
or at most take
them
little
may
Moderate
is
exercise, especi-
on horseback,
In
many
cases,
foul, it will
be found essential
and
so to contribute
PARALYSIS OR PALSY.
This disease also
is,
to a
nervous system.
power of
is
especially
vital
when
it
affects
it
any other
part.
When
212
affects
DISEASES OP IIEN
AND WOMEN.
hemiplegia.
If the
power of
paraplegia.
When
it is
very dangerous
feel cold
to
fail,
there
is
small hope
of re-
Palsy
is
is
It often
Its attack is
it
sometimes unexpected,
is
weeks of
dimness of
transient delirium,
If the attack
and indistinctness of
of a
full habit, at
;
in apo-
plexy
neck.
blister to the
back of the
Purge
if
But
DISEASES OF
213
warm
with a
flesh- brush
of
Daily electricity
for several
weeks on the
often
parts
affected, has
been found
the
patient
useful.
suffer
If
from
neck
may be
vantage.
as nearly as
Spirits of turpentine,
little
water
three
GOLDEN
SEJlU.
this
may be
it
once or twice a
affected.
quietude, a
prefer
little
opium may be
given, but
we decidedly
If he needs a
214
DISEASES OF
him take
the
an ingredient in wine
bitters,
and
in tonic tinctures.
when he
suffers
from
should
be
warm,
nutritious,
and
stimulating,
well
He
air,
damp
and
live, if possible, in
warm
EPILEPSY.
Epilepsy,
ness,
is
or, as it is
sometimes
a sudden privation of
It
by languor,
debility,
and drowsiness.
It is often hereditary
DISEASES OF
in families,
215
and
is
periodical in
in
recurrence; happening
more frequently
Children
up are
most subject
considered so
New
Epilepsy
its
immediate
causes
affections of the
spinal
marrow.
It is also
worms
in the
An
epileptic
fit
is
generally preceded
by unusual
dis-
frequently feels as
In the
makes an
the
starts
and
and
he
is
destitute of sense
and reason.
216
DISEASES OF ilEN
this
AND WOMEN.
it
In the treatment of
disease
cannot be deniv.J
all
them
in
in
alone,
remembering that
causes, so
It
many many
different
it
demands
to
be treated
different ways.
is
lohelia
warm
water,
to
remove
all tight
bandages, and
A preparation
Indies' slipper,
may
also
till
reduced
On
the approach of a
times a day
sufferings.
it
Avill
A rigid
tritious
;
course of diet
is
every
fat
DISEASES OF
217
EUPTURE, OR HERNIA.
This dangerous disease
is
among
it is
generally occasioned
by excessive
it
excessive
straining,
or
carrying
very
heavy
weights.
diet,
Indolence, relaxed
habits,
The
from
its
proper place.
Among
physicians
it
obtains
bowel
affected.
Where
may
be restored to
its
proper place,
said to be reducible;
culty,
it is
luuid
may
19
218
DISEASES OF
retain
its
position.
very low, his body high, and his knees drawn upward
let
him endeavor
if his
by
press-
ure; and
him lay on
renew the
trial
if this fails,
his very
life
depends on the
as
soon as possible.
When
treatment
may be
easily cured.
its
When
the
bowel
warm
water,
its
protrusion into
Make
to
a strong decoction of
down
;
to a gill,
and add
it
brandy
and
itself.
should be pursued.
UCH
unnecessary alarm,
especially
its
is
important
The
pidity,
attended
by
cheeks and
ings.
feel
When
the disease
primary^ that
is,
arising from
may
be
fatal
and sudden
though
is
We
knew
this
(219)
220
DISEASES OF
Aveeks,
far ad-
Of
every
;
avoided
the
many
to
we would recommend
ened water.
may
be, a
When
is if
wine or
spirits
or
at hand, a
The
feet
warm and
;
if
need
be, occasionally
cayenne pepper.
NIGHTMARE
ONSISTS
,,,^_
ft^
in a frightful feeling
r^,
going to
sleep,
with an alarmIt is
late,
^^
after
by drunkenness or
;
in
some
his back.
him be
freely bled
and purged, and set himself for a few days to live on dry
bread and a
little
sometimes
may
steel,
preparations of
root.
or columbo
a glass
is
far
more
likely to bring
on the
fit.
more wisely
he takes a
fair
share
on a hard bed.
19*
(221)
HEARTBURN.
TRICTLY
speaking,
this
disease
It is
has
an
burning
sensation
'0C^
r
It generally arises
from a relaxed
state
of the
stomach, inducing
Yery few
women
nancy.
Its
entirely escape
treatment
is
not
difficult.
A small tea-spoonful of
often remove
it
in half
an hour.
causes of complaint.
a small tea-spoonful in a
spirit,
sometimes
it
DISEASES OF
treatment.
223
this
An
emetic
should be followed by
tonics,
brandy and
If
them
in a tepid bath,
pepper.
The
is
the stomach
this
should be
be careful
and
fre-
should never forget that roasted meats are more nutritious than boiled.
Frying
is
One should
it
eat
it
unless
thoroughly boiled.
eat;
JAUNDICE.
Jaundice arises from the obstruction of the ordinary
passages through which the bile circulates, causing a
224-
DISEASES OF
MEN
AISTD
WOMEN".
commences
by
listlessness
and want of
opposite,
The
urine
is
stomach
is
disordered,
pre-
we have already
it
with a
sometimes the
case, the
stomach.
if
the patient
is
cover them
At
of barberry root
From
ten
water or in herb
DISEASES OF
225
tlie
is
where there
and
should be very
light.
flatu-
but in
all cases a
this disease,
If,
but
we
sus-
however, there be
strongly recom-
we
mend
tue
of blood-root and
till
by
the virsalt,
and
VOMITING.
Vomiting is not always symptomatic of
disease.
Some
it
and
ejects
it.
When
pro-
ceeds from
stomach, or indigestion,
vomiting
dose of ipecacuanha
may be
If
it
taken, and
worked
off with
it
weak camomile
tea.
may be
226
DISEASES OF
figs,
body open by
it,
if
the stomach
it.
weak, a
little
and there
exists a
marmalade of quinces or
are
oranges
may
be taken.
often sufficient to
If the
apply a
;
or an-
very successful in
parts of cloves,
made of equal
;
nutmegs,
allspice,
and ginger
add
sufficient
it
and apply
fail,
And
if
even this
an opium
is
than this
tree.
a simple tea
made of
The
quiet,
be kept very
and
his diet
must be such
as will
keep on the
HEMOEEHAGE
HIS
is
vessels
it.
This
We
need not
The most
is
eminent
skill
should be engaged.
debility,
The
disease
gene-
rally caused
by muscular
needs
all
If the
warm
administered.
table-spoonful of
common
salt,
or a
If there
if
have
the pa-
is
far
tempt to delay.
(227)
228
DISEASES OF
expose
it
open
air,
it,
nose a
little
lint
dipped
in
solution
made
of one
drachm of white
cold water.
and a half of
by the
arm over
head on the
same
side
In
all
taken.
The
diet should
be
light,
and milk.
THE
PILES.
They
are
little
up the internal
part,
disease
is
most
common
to
women
in a state of pregnancy.
;
where
it so,
its
DISEASES OP
tendencies.
It is
MEN AND
WOMEISr.
229
usually brought on
by
too
much
sit-
The
The
first
object to be sought
to
by the
afflicted patient is
by gentle methods
disease
may be
cured in
its
first
stages,
are
more
diflBcult to re-
move.
The
patient, feel-
If he has reason
believe
the
disease
originates in the
morbid
him
by
rouse
it
to
action
made of
nutgalls,
powdered
When a
falling of the
parts of white
Apply
this
20
230
DISEASES OF
The Solomon's
disease.
Its
seal
is
roots should
quantity.
Or
it
makes an
excellent poultice.
after all, while cold
But perhaps,
best
bathing
so
is
one of the
the
preservatives against
the piles,
washing
can be had,
is
application of a
sweet
a gentle aperient,
We
fruits,
all
;
and whatever
Do
not
air.
STITCH,
This
is
OR PAIN IN THE
SIDE.
as
a disease
among many
of our
young
ladies;
habits, followed
by
DISEASES OF
231
To remove
rolled
and
to
guard
against
in future,
make
it
your
health.
Prevention
is
MORTIFICATION.
This word
is
In
its
early stage
called gangrene^
which
is
usually
It has
been
have
and
if
the
life
of the pait
was preserved
at
all, it
could
only be by amputation.
Eecent
;
however, have
proved
all this to
be a mistake
has been
232
DISEASES OF MEN"
AND
WOMEIT.
quently delirium.
a livid color, and are formed on
spots,
The
is
affected part
becomes
soft, is
of
deprived of sensibility.
Blisters
the part,
and the
smell.
is
surrounded by a white
is
But
if
the termination
be
fatal,
irregular,
generally produced
by the blood
ves-
As soon
which we have
spoken appear,
re-
new
it.
cause of mortification,
exciting regimen, and
it
by
recommended
composed
of
and
they are
DISEASES OF
meal, and applied warm.
poultice with
233
powdered charcoal
also good.
In the
it is sel-
dom any
wine.
toes;
thing
is
where
first
tion spreads
up
to the limbs.
HYDROPHOBIA.
Every one knows
that this
word
is
intended to de-
mad dog;
and so
of
it
fatal in its
consequences,
that
not a dog
the world.
to be
when
the rabid
if
this
even
20*
234
DISEASES OF
he
difficulty.
and extend,
his
countenance becomes
of horror, and
though he retains
wild and furious.
If
it
become
rabid animal, the highest love will call for the most vi-
gorous measures.
flesh of the
wound
and even
far
beyond
the physician
to do
it
Take a strong
Promote
Bleeding
per-
is
of
considerable importance.
may be
is
cherished
when
tion,
Preven-
our only
real safety.
ress,
medical science
is
We have
hour
shall
"
we have
we met with
An
am now
in
my
eightieth
year,
DISEASES OP MEN"
AND WOMEN.
It
235
critical study.
when used
mad
fire
dog.
This undoubtedly
owing
to the
over live
VENEREAL DISEASES.
Had we been
so,
present
an awful
illustrais
"the way of
transgressors
As we write, we have before the our memory a series of facts which might our ears tingle. A young man connected
hard."
of the highest respectability, early in
the sin which brought on syphilis
;
vivid eye of
almost
make
with a family
indulged in
life
much
full
pense
led, as it
was believed, to a
cure,
and
after a
the
his
community.
of
life
arrived,
236
children
DISEASES OF
surrounded him.
him
that ho
and incurable
;"
disease, arising
and
in a state of chagrin
and
after
ended the
beware !
Young men,
Gonorrhoea^ or Clap^
is
as-
sumes, and
cured.
It
is,
and quickly
from the
commences
in a discharge of matter
;
this is
succeeded by an un-
and soon
orifice,
same
for
it
usually arises
the
patient
is
suffering
from
it.
This
is
a spasmodic
downward and
however, often
pro-
It
is
is,
when
the patient
warm in bed,
In the case
woman,
this
always a scalding
DISEASES OF
sensation in
237
making
unknown
in
mere whites.
The remedy
on,
for this
is,
spasm comes
you
and
if
there
is
In
as
all
cases, nearly as
;
much depends on
cleanliness
on medicine
in a
washed
Professor
paivi
Chapman recommends
the balsam
of co-
disease, in
patient, in a
wine or milk.
It is best given,
however, in another
way.
Take
sweet spirits of
of
powdered
gum
arabic,
and
ounces of water
carefully
a table-
to
be the two
If preferred,
this disease.
may be taken
instead of the
Take
238
DISEASES OF
and one
and take
dracbm
oil
Mix them
well,
eating.
Pox must
die.
the
patient
would
it
The
mischief
many
centuries,
Almost imperceptible
in its origin,
air offensive
to surrounding friends,
rot in the grave.
literally to
It in
commences
in
more
is
and
said
to
be a
itself to
is
infused,
and to
into
whom
its
it,
in
so that
even
moisture,
communicated by
linen or otherwise,
may
corrupt those
who
unfortunately
touch
for
it,
it.
but
is
difiScult to
say
when
it is
really cured
it is
indeed,
may be
DISEASES OF
felt
239
by the unhappy
life,
patient, if there
be a proper regard
for
to say
best
accessible
consulted,
and his
As
nor
tom of which
is it
little
prominent;
Very commonly
will be found
is
with
these
symptoms
This
call Chancre.
When
the inflammation
has
subsided, sprinkle
;
and
if this
but
let
not the
The
gum
ble
;
arable.
As much
by the use of
by warm
210
DISEASES OF
is
Bubo
disease.
pain,
accompanied with
hardness.
much throbbing
pain
much
difficulty.
As
week
but
if
the
large to be dis-
and
After
it
it
may be
treated with
all, strict
cleanliness.
As we have
we now
of
all
proceed to
treatment.
Take
first
of
all
an
obstructions and
causes of irritation.
Or take
and
bitter apple,
;
mix
them well
together,
If the evacuations
feels great
become
weakness,
take from ten to twenty drops of laudanum, or a teaspoonful of paregoric to check the violent operation of
DISEASES OF MEN
the
AND WOMEN.
241
have
medicine.
The
vast
majority of physicians
its
to this treatment,
depend
by
who
the
long depended on
mercury
as
this
disease.
They have
ascer-
in
the
or
all
manIndian
drdlce^
appU^
the pe-
culiar qualities of
mercury, so
far
as this disease is
concerned.
best
Its
of preto pul-
mode
is
paration
verize
the
it
root
masdbaioi.
and mix
with
tartar.
elder
21
242
flowers,
DISEASES OF
and
American or foreign
sarsaparilla.
Put these
into
;
two
boil
them
full
till
the
strength
is
obtained
;
strain
add
pounds of
strain
clarified
sugar
it
let it
and bottle
is
for
use.
to be
taken
After
we have
said,
we repeat our
advice, that in
a disease so dangerous
as this, the
skillful
physician
must be consulted.
No
of which
we have been
It consists in a continual
running or discharge
abated.
It is
after all
the inflammatory
symptoms have
attended
may come
;
long
the
disease
has been
apparently cured
that
indeed,
it
by
possibility
may
They have
simple gleet
neglected, or
not infectious.
will
The
must not be
to
it
when
it
is
remembered
that
DISEASES OF
243
keeps
its
cold sea-bathing.
Next
them
five times a
strong.
obtain a phialful of
it
made of
the
dog-wood bark.
turpentine of the
the
Many have successfully used the common pine-tree, made into pills of
ordinary size
one
of them taken
three
times a
day. This
have
failed.
or stage, the
mouth becomes
sore, a gargle
may be
made
may be
omitted for
a day or two.
exciting
every
symptom
are
all
demand
the
attendance
^^^ffl
of
a professional
man,
and
to
yet
too
important
be neglected.
Small
wounds, such as
the blood, and
if
cuts,
thought proper, in a
air
till
brown
sugar,
If the
wound should be
sticking-plaster.
If the bleeding of a
wound cannot be
readily stopped,
take some
them
to
powder,
little
and put
lint
it
on the wound.
A spider's
web, or a
pose.
(244)
245 proud
flesh,
is
called
wound.
This
by simply
that is
From one
three
applications
is
all
necessary.
It should
to twelve hours.
plished
by laying on the
;
once or twice, a
little
it
may be
It is
becoming common
injuries.
wounds and
The French
surgeons, however,
ice
and
common
insensibility,
so that
surgical
can be per-
to the patient,
it
is
become
violent,
it
but
prevent the
evil.
warm
wood
three hours.
21*
246
as possible
;
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
keep him on spare
If the
diet,
ETC.
and
let
the bowels
be gently open.
ter,
wound begins
to discharge
mat-
more generous
diet will
be necessary.
GUN-SnOT WOUNDS.
These demand immediate and careful
attention, being
others,
from their
dis-
Unless
from
on
as
as early
as
may
by
plasters or bandages.
wound
may
FEVER SORE.
This disease
bone.
flesh
It
is is
and bone
and
at other times
it is
produced by a
lu either case,
general
disease
becoming a
local one.
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
the
ETC.
all
247
acrimonious
from
shows
itself
by an
obtuse,
The
and inflammation.
Apply
opium.
If,
symptoms
about
it
when
it
three
made
of equal
a skillful surgeon.
WHITE-SWELLING.
This painful and
difficult disease is
generally seated
as the
name from
the
inflammation.
the
is
2-18
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
la
its
ETC.
commencement, the
but extends
stiff
till it
and crooked.
As
appears of enormous
size,
the health
fails,
and hectio
generally seizes
and
is
very seldom
is
known
five
but
if
recovery
evitably
fatal.
Many
it,
and soon
grave.
Every one
very
first
stages
after
in,
who
will apply
:
more
a desperate
remedy, but, be
disease.
it
remembered,
it
is
for a desperate
When
the disease
first
worm-
soft soap.
Imme-
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
of laudanum, and
tlie
ETC.
249
;
marrow of
simoint-
mer them
ment.
together,
A poultice
in
may
and catnip
them
flour.
Apply
the
and evening,
a salve
till
After
this,
apply
made
pound of sheep's
tal-
on embers.
Eenew
ULCEES.
An
by
its
ulcer
may be
distinguished from a
common wound
is
often
so acrid as to inflame
skin.
Ulcers are
wounds or
bruises, or
from a
who
and take
to
exercise.
The
principal
difficulty
decide
it
for if
its
con-
tinuance
this
may be
In
250
of
its
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
cause,
ETC.
itself.
when
"When
must be
cautiously healed
but
if
in healing
many kinds
A plaster should
five
pound of lead
This
and
every day.
If the ulcer presents an irritable appearance, that
if
it
is,
the bottom of
it
when touched
is
painful
and
tice or
in this case,
may be
The
wine or bark
may
be taken.
WENS AND
for
FISTULAS.
them
is
easy.
of eggs, beat
fine
salt as
them up
they will
well,
and add
to
much
this
dissolve.
Bind some of
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
affected,
ETC.
251
Let the pro-
and renew
it
fessional
if
man
one
is
necessary.
WHITLOW, OR FELON.
This disease
is
an inflammation of the
fingers,
thumb,
It
commences
to
the sinews
and bones.
The
may be removed
as catnip,
Make
till
a decoction of
wormwood,
tansy,
their strength
soft
ex-
soap
it,
re
by
Con-
and
if
there
is
produce perspiration,
let a
effects.
simmered
in milk, has
been
252
ETC.
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
may be
repeated
if
necessary.
If,
when
the
little
wound
ia
relaxing
ointment or sweet
WAETS.
These
too well
little
known
need description.
The
best remedies
Here
is
one
Bind
re-
moved
Here
another
it
seve-
day with
spirits
of turpentine
this will, in
We
by
daily rubbing
them
for a
in-
Windsor
CORNS.
VERY
suffered
adult
reader
these
feet.
has
probably
from
cences on the
They
brought on by wearing
boots and
shoes,
and
will
be
most
effectually
relieved
by
easy ones.
Two
or three speedy
remedies
may
be mentioned.
Take
them a
soft
which may be
easily
made.
almond
oil.
basin,
and place
it
in
hot water
till
ring
all
Any
better
but medicinally,
is
fit
it
is
When
of
cold,
it
for
use.
Let each of
this
linen
and
not
may
Apply
22
254
stantly,
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
and
in
ETC.
dis-
appear.
Another remedy
is
to take
wax and gum ammoniac, and six drachms of verdigris. Of these make an ointment, of which apply a plaster
which,
if
weeks afterward.
when confined by
weeks
;
cation of a blister a
which has
many
For ages
its
almost
From
the days of
Edward
period,
was that
the sovereign should lay the royal hand on the scrofulous patient, and
height in
Even
the
learned
Dr.
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
ETC.
255
for
The
disease
is
we
it
consider
it
often he-
in
that of puberty.
neighborhoods,
among
and
arises
from a venereal
food,
confined
air,
bad water,
else
unwholesome
usually
which gra-
number and
size, till
it
;
begins to discharge,
it
humor
if
unchecked,
till
the
come away
in pieces.
lip,
or perhaps, the
till
and
toes,
many years,
any
will
must be
succeed in
its
removal
that changes be
made
in the
mode
of treatment at least
256
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
;
ETC.
all,
though, after
cleanliness,
we
believe
nutritious
food,
great
pure
air,
and
more
than
all
We strongly
recommend
mercurial preparations
violent purgatives.
laxations,
be carefully avoided
and
all
The whole
tem.
When
make
and
the
it
cold
on the
part,
till
renew
it
if necessary.
After
made of equal
been derived in
tar.
parts
finely pulverized,
and crackers.
Much advantage
pills
has
this disease
from taking
made of
to
Take common
into pills,
tar, boil it
make
They have
pills
who had
a tendency to
An
two weeks
257
far better
else.
Bathing
is
the
warm
season,
of great advantage
this should
be attended
sea- water
every morning.
SCURVY.
Though scurvy
fula, there are
is
same
as scro-
differences.
;
In
many
common
origin
but perhaps
salt food.
improvements
in ship-building,
this disease.
The
extreme
and bloated
The treatment
fresh air,
of scurvy
is
not
difficult.
all
Cleanliness,
essential to re-
22*
258
covery
;
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
so also
is
ETC.
is
is
much
Take
half a
it
pound of the
;
put
Cover
it
into a saucepan,
and boil
it
let
it
without squeez-
it
twice a day.
light, nutritious,
The
be of a
and someand an
Take plenty of
your appetite may
acids,
as
call for.
Fruit
may
remedies we
know
to cover,
even almost
with the
common
as
it
wheaten
bear.
flour,
binding as
much on
the
wound
will
259
burns
iiig
We
still
one of
fatal,
which,
we take upon
if
or would do so,
and
re-
We
fatal case of
scalding or burning in
which
thirty years'
We have
known
caldrons of
oil,
were rescued by
from
its infallible
death.
the
scalding and
burning
casualities,
it
which
else
so often
destroy
life.
Let us keep
260
WOUXDS, ACCTDEXTS,
ETC.
A
medy
recent
number of
the white of an egg has proved the most efficacious refor burns.
It
re-
newed every
half hour.
air.
SPEAINS.
In a recent sprain, the
flammation.
first
object
is
to prevent in
This
is
best done
by
of wine,
The
part
also
and
but, if
warm
It is
it
always proper to
almost impossible
is
BOILS.
ERY
vX
.
of
the
body,
;
or
near the
'^^v;
shoulder-blades
are found
sometimes they
^^
an egg.
They
are,
gene-
ture to rid herself of the impurities of the system. are most frequent
appetite poor.
Boils
when
the health
is
Many
when
boils
as they say, to
;
ment demanded
is
is
very painful,
it
made
of equal
elm and
flax-seed,
simmered
If these things
it
as a poul-
or a poultice of
ap-
plied.
Any
of these poultices
202
If the pain be
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
still
ETC.
great, a tea-spoonful of
laudanum
may be
mel
to
laid
on
Some good
morning by
green or dark
cleansed,
must be
sus-
by
a generous diet,
and by a pretty
be
liberal use
of bark and
useful.
it
If the
will
tend to
preserve
to take equal
and cream of
BEUISES.
Bruises are often of more consequence than even
not,
They
are caused
by
falls,
by
warm
vinegar, to which a
to
brandy or
rum may be
added, and
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
this preparation for several hours.
ETC.
263
of the country
Some
little
cow-dung, and we
Others have
have seldom
constantly
known this to
fail in its
design.
by them
and laudanum
an application of
the part
is
till
no
longer discolored.
may
The
to de-
which these
assume, and
;
show
in
but
to furnish the
mand
safest
is
altogether a different
after careful
we
be the
method
such
cases,
who can be
We are
;
who pretend
to great skill in
such cases
and we
264:
WO UN PS,
ACCIDENTS, ETC.
many
very successful
but we
still
say, obtain
him on
low
diet,
and
lose
no time in obtaining
may demand.
FALLS.
Great presence of mind
standers
is
requisite
when
accidents occur
by
falls,
may
or
may not
be dangerous.
We
no danger.
stopped,
re-
may be soon
In such a case,
let
admitted or fanned
fill
into
If the breath
the
lungs as
we have recommended
drowning,
such as only
cordial,
from
and
LOCKED JAW.
named from
which moans
\
a Greek
to stretch.
word
The
disease itself
may
be described
as consisting in
rigidity,
all
spasms with
being a contraction of
has been
induced even by
warm
among
is
and
It
numb
stiffness
lowing painful
there
is
at length the
jaws become
is
No
disease
more
difficult to cure,
kinds of treatment.
days,
it
it
must be
fatal
and
23
266
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
ETC.
Make
a strong ley of
wood
ashes,
it
complished wonders.
An
When
it.
this has
may
ad-
the slightest
hope of recovery,
;
do
many have
done, that
is
if
you can
Dr.
no hope.
Preparatory Proceedings.
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
on the
spot, in the
267
ETC.
open
air,
and
Send with
all
of clothing, blankets,
face,
fluids
may
mouth
To Excite Respiration
Turn
the
patient
on
his
side,
Dash
until
warm.
no
time; but,
III.
face,
To
Initiate Respiration
when
trance into
beyond,
face,
(when inspiration
will
making
(when expiration
these measures
must be
re-
peated deliberately,
efficiently,
;
and perseveringly,
fifteen
meanwhile,
Warmth
for
towels.
etc.
268
they comprise
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
all
ETC.
done
for the
warm
bath,
as
of these
fatal.
and regard
all loss
of time in removal,
etc.,
as
infliction
is.
who
at least three
During the
water, and
salt,
this fails to
CHOKING.
This stoppage of substances in the throat
is
too well
known
to need description;
is
dangerous accident
lessness.
well,
Every
to
chew
its
food
and
mouth which
it
would
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
be dangerous
for
it
ETC.
269
if
to
swallow.
And
carefulness
sharp
?
at
once be placed on
its
head turned
downward, and
its
if this
it
may
be that
may bring
from
it
up.
Presence
of
mind and
entire freedom
fear is essential to
success.
No
cept
by an experienced surgeon.
methods prove unsuccessful, and surgical aid
hand, administer an emetic, such as a tea;
If these
is
not
at
or,
by means of
warm and
substance
oiled
wax
sponge
tied to
it,
push the
down
the throat.
23*
INVERSION OF
T may
TOE-NAIL.
moment
usually
may
this
slight
pain,
produce
severe
death.
mortification,
life,
and
in the vigor of
utterly incapa-
from walking
the
flesh, violent
When
once
rest,
which wood-
then
let
elm poultice
flesh, until
the nail
brought on
has been
neighboring parts.
When
it
this
may
be removed by a pen-knife,
taking away a
(270)
little at
a time.
SUN-STEOKE.
FEW
sons against
stroke.
all
far
when
protected
by two or
three
grape leaves.
to the scorching
But
in
the
unhappy event of
sufferer stimulants of
together,
till
he revives
apply mustard
poultices freely
his
to his chest,
head
to be better
known than
272
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
ETC.
is
prussic
acirl,
single
instantly.
Many
if
of
They say
that
the
stomach
is
liable,
Nor can
this
be wondered
at,
when
the reader
ne-
who
desire to live
The
social
cup
is,
Witb
in the
brandy, to give
it "
body,"
" flavor,"
and
" color-
ing," the
man who
drinks
much
of either
it
must be
long.
"
made
No
must be instantly
ejected,
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
or
it
ETC.
273
will
prove
fatal.
but
if his
common
it
flour of
mustard
dissolved
in
warm
water, and
an
emetic
drank
cases.
strychnine in two
refer-
The
oil is to
BITES
many
We
now
and
will
to
some other
calamities
arising from
Bites
much
smaller animals.
from
the Rattlesnake or
from
the
Red Adder
are
dangerous.
274
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
;
ETC.
and
ears.
from the
nose, eyes,
and
Not unfrequently
distress
the patient
and his
The treatment of
be prompt.
dis-
wound, or
poultice
of
quick-
and hon-
great
best of
but
the appli-
Make
PLAiTTAiw.
strong
decoc-
tion of this
common and
plant,
well-known
well bathe the
and
salt
wound with
this,
it
keep
it
and water.
After
the plan-
sweet
oil
is
any
swelling or inflammation.
An
ounce of olive
oil
should
WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS,
be taken daily
in
ETC.
fired
275
over the
two doses
Gunpowder
wound
toms we have
last
as
we have already
pre-
in addition to
little
spirits
of
hartshorn in a
water
hour, and
may
appear,
it
it
has
which has
This
The
Bee-sting.
The pain
of a bee-sting
may be
The
at
once
by wetsting
its
ting
is
root
driven through
in the
by the pressure of
its insertion,
and deposited
wound.
The poison
is
said to be
by
this volatile
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
EFLECTION
for
moment
will
"'"
"'
""
more
liable to them.
In every
;
respect there
is
feebleness
yet,
owing
to the
spirits in
disposition
is
to
please
those
off the
this
is
made
to
throw
To
a certain extent
strong will
the
timely yielding to
It will not
information
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
277
and prescribe
suffer.
for the
women
studied
may be
we
strongly
own
frames, and
by
careful ob-
may
ness
We
is
this
;
volume
that cheerfulis
good health
es-
"A
more
was
much
any other
life,
did
we ever
see a
Quaker
Where
mind or body
as in the untutored or
untaught
young
lady.
It is curious to
observe
how
in general
suspends
all
the
An
24
278
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
;
fear blanches
it
joy
and an instant
thrill electrifies
a million
;
Surprise
deli-
volition
body
at a stroke.
and
The
door-
We
been said
that a bird
stead in
generally be
air
generated
are
by
their
respiration.
In
this
connection,
we have
often
bed-rooms furnished
our
may be
ocean.
air,
We
tight-
because, though
stances, to the
it is
fatal diseases,
not in
itself a disease.
;
folly
and
sin
it
destroys
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
alike beauty and health
nature, lessens comfort,
;
279
the proportions of
opposes
all
and
carries those
who
practice
it
And
it is
who
is
the
We
are afraid,
will
we can
will
say,
young men
who
and injure
their health
throughout
life;
our
premature grave
Young
ladies, there is
no cure here
Leave
three
;
it
off
make
it
and
in six
months
MENSTRUATION.
Phis
is
one of the
earliest
young
girls,
and on
280
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
Menstruation means the
dis-
charge of a bloody
fluid,
from the
womb
comit
mences
at the
has
persons:
women
of delicate constitutions
are robust.
is
who
thrown
artificial state
of living, this
is
seldom the
its
days previous to
thighs,
and sometimes
in the throat
im-
is
variable.
For the
first
is
two
or three times of
apt to
return
becomes regular in
how-
from the
womb
If
it
which
is
is
not menstrual.
DISEASES OF WOirEN.
281
appear in
clots, it is
from
common
a
blood.
girl's
About
the
first
constitution
undergoes
very
considerable
change,
Extreme
suffers,
is
Whatever tends
to
is
dangerous.
We have already
any irregularity in
possible corrected.
said
this
If,
enough
to
that
the patient
let
sit
her use
over a
and
at the
same time
vessel of
boiled,
warm
she
till
is
then
let
her
warm
two.
tea
made
cream of
tartar,
on
an empty stomach
royal,
after
which
motherwort, penny-
Should
considerable pain be
by the
24*
282
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
womb, or
may
and
it
suffer
an
menses.
little,
may
strains, in-
juries,
warm and
enervating
duced much
debility,
it
is
sometimes accompanied,
pecially toward
In
demanded.
The
patient should
air,
and cold
applications should be
made
abdomen, such
as
cloths
wrung out
of cold water, or
cool diet will bo
a glass of water
;
two or three
fifteen
or,
from ten to
drops
may be
same frequency.
We
Where
this help
may bo
It consists of
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
root
;
283
and when
cold,
these should be
made
into a tea,
If the
or spirits of hartshorn,
water.
occasionally, in
little
cold
We
many
instances there
much
cases
Nervous
womb
loins,
marrow become
greatly disfits,
ordered, so
as
to
and
even convulsions.
Perhaps
this occurs
most frequently
late
in
life,
Such women
warm, should
all
green
and raw
drinks.
vegetables, as well as
stimulating food
and
When
the
pains
are
very violent,
bleeding
may sometimes
bath,
warm
means
and a
pill of
By
all
feet.
Dr. Fothergill
in the
recommends
that a grain of
opium be taken
form
of a pill whenever
the pain
comes
on.
A warm bath
week
three times a
284
also
DISEASES OF W^OMEN.
change of
air
exercise,
The
menses
at
what
is
is
called the
turn of
a season deceases
manding
special attention.
constitution again
undergoes a great change, and not unfrequently obstinate and painful diseases
then set
in.
Occur when
it
may,
if
state of the
If
felt,
may
be advisable.
If
wounds or
ulcers break
some
internal organ
may be
thus induced.
THE WHITES.
This disease
is
womb
and
its
passage.
In different
women
it
is
and
is
it
frequently occasions
generally associated
is
DISEASES OF WOMEN".
285
and general
debility.
It
sometimes arises
from
f r e-
quent
miscarriages,
difficult
or
from
labor.
much
of
lying in bed
it
will
bring
on;
and
women
liable to
all
ages are
it.
In the treatment of
this
disease, special at-
tention
must be had to
Care
in
must be taken
the
application of medicines,
lest a too
sudden
stopcomfeet.
We
of the roots of comfrey be boiled in milk, and the decoction given in doses of a tea-cupful three or four times
a day.
Injections of
preparation of one
286
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
aloes,
it
little
tea of beth
root
is
also very
good.
and
;
coffee,
air,
and bathe
in tbe
sea
or as a substitute use a
warm
bath.
pains.
The
does to
to the
and
therefore, to
no part of our
and the
Suffice
desirable,
we
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
able portion of health
favor
it,
287
is
from nineteen
to
twenty-one
is
age at which a
relationship.
woman
from parent to
child,
which do not
many
they are
called
into
action
by some exciting
cause,
marriage.
to disease,
enjoy comfortable
the
disease
lurking
in their system,
to hurry
them rapidly
graves,
them
Every young
therefore, of
lepsy, to convulsions, or to
any similar
affections,
should
consider
lest
it
We
the
not allowing
undue delicacy
happiness of husband
If a
and add
to
the
woman be
conscious of a
288
marriage.
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
woman,
title
too,
who
is
deformed in body,
may
purchase the
perhaps even of
life,
to say
nothing of the
effects
on the children to
word, for a
whom
to
In a
woman
have a
prospect of happiness
its
in the married
full
life,
though
to
it,
where there
neglect, leading
and
it
care,
It
no uncommon
case
that
life,
period
is
the
most
healthy of a woman's
few
fatal
diseases
happen
during
its
know
that
when she
becomes pregnant,
follow,
many new
feelings
and symptoms
There will
at the stom-
especially
in
the
morning,
headache,
giddiness,
;
heartburn,
peculiar
longings,
and indigestion
there
brown
color
DISEASES OF WOMEN".
289
and
irritable;
woman
for
in
being very
much
Not
unfre-
where
it
be
felt
cos-
Two
is,
The
first
that the
is
symptoms of pregnancy
It
sometimes
difficult to distinguish
between
this state
and
means
is,
that were
women
to
renounce
from child-bearing.
It is
one of the
evils attendant
on
far
what
is
endure
more when
poor
women
devoted
to hard labor.
to suppose that
we have
evil, as to
would seek
to procure abortion.
;
they are
let
them,
25
290
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
sisters in like circumstances,
Such
women
life
alas,
still less
is
so usual in
we would recommend
the
common
soda
powders
be made
to
may
but
if
they
fail,
A preparation
and a
table-
on pregnancy, a
warm
foot-bath should be
feet,
may
be applied to the
and
For costiveness,
ail-
should be followed.
It is
it
can
women,
as
it
whether children
womb
result of disappointment in
much
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
disputed, tiiougb
29"!
we
is
some-
times the
fact.
certain
feelings
at
motions of the
;
child, at
but as
vary,
we
patient to a judi-
We
tion,
in
many
cases abor-
many
others
it
arises
sympathy, while
the valuable
life
for the
utmost
skill in
saving
of the mother.
at
month
to the fourth
much
later.
The most
common
The usual
heart,
202
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
stomach;
the
become
flat
and
soft
womb
lowers
its
position,
humor.
To
weak
tea
little
and
open
air,
On
the other
diet
the
woman
be of a
full
be
and a
In
all
loss of a little
cases, the ex-
blood
may
perhaps be desirable.
may
be, gratified.
On
laid,
the
first
her spirits be
nothing can so
heat of the
much
this.
The
Broth,
at
The
loss
medical direction,
is
or water
powdered
the
nitre in
it.
If the bowels
be improperly open,
horn
may be
given
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
medical
direction.
293
The
patient
should be especially
till
much
exercise
well bear
it.
The
falling of the
womb
is
or,
which
of the
body
cases
at
some
after miscarriage.
Women
them
often complain
to stay in their
beds
At
the
commencement of
this
complaint there
is
great
is
There
is
frequent pain-
the appetite
is
often
ir-
regular,
and
is
frequently lost
employment
is
irksome, and
cases, the
almost
appears a burden.
falls
In some
womb
merely
into
tlie
and
friction, it
294
practitioner
is
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
demanded
in
its
cases of this
kind.
The
womb must
fully kept
be restored to
there;
posture,
for
a considerable period.
when
it
can be ob-
lution of
alum or white
vitriol,
;
womb
in its
made weak.
In the event
month,
at least
till
after delivery.
carefully open
by
a dose
and
if
from
five to ten
drops of laudanum
little
may
be taken two
;
the pa-
renounce
all soft
or
sofa,
and
nutritious.
DISEASES OF CIlILD-BIllTH.
tliis
sub-
f^f^
try help
is
always
at
hand
to
meet
all
the
demands of hucare
is
manity.
Too much
than too
hence poor
women
generally
recover at
such
The symptoms
cided.
Restlessness,
usually
the
pre-
womb and
is
abdomen
quently
often subside; a
mucus
During the
labor,
206
to
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
after-
ward.
It is of
all
things after
patient herfeel-
delivery, the
self
ings,
most needful
is
quietude.
The
women who
the circumlittle
weak
generally best
when
little
tain
life.
will
sometimes unex-
In such cases,
let
thighs,
changing them as
also be
preparation
may
made of
a
drachm
of elixir of
vitriol,
necessary.
after delivery, take a little
come on
spirits,
for a
few
fail,
apply a
tea- spoonsful
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
of the tincture of hops in milk or tea.
prevails, give
297
If costivenesa
little
an ounce of castor
if
oil,
or a
senna and
for
manna; and
physician,
fever
is
comes
the
who
the case.
It
is
God
This
is
own
sake,
and
still
more
This
by the mere
effort
of nature, especially
when
it
it is
shows
an inclination to do
so.
This milk at
first is
of a pur-
But
if
on any account
this natural
demand of
is
the child
nurse will
administer a
little
as well, a spoonful of
little
Common whey,
Nor
is it lesa
sweetened with a
honey or sugar,
and
excoriation so frequently
found about
are gener-
young
children.
They
want of
cleanliness,
and should be
warm
water,
298
DISEASES OF
its
WOMEN.
frequently changing
linen.
When
prevailed over
all this,
claws
and
if
become very
add a
sore, tend-
ing to ulceration,
will be proper to
;
little
sugar
or
we would prefer
to anoint the
made by taking
half
a pint of olive
an ounce
a little of
stir
them conis
then
is
fit
for use.
It is
Another matter
nurse.
will
demand
the
attention
of the
The
nostrils
difficult.
The
best
little
to
at
bed-time with a
sweet
dle.
if
oil
or fresh butter, or
evena common
tallow can-
If the case
elaterium
will
infant
In such
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
eases, a soft
299
on them, and
frequently renewed,
The
effects
nurses the
more cautious
to
Let then the young mother take care that the nurse
brings under
the attention of the physician a proper
time,
to
The
discharge
from
the
vagina of irfants
is
a subject
which demands
and
for
has deprived
many
A physician,
or what
is
sometimes
better,
than cure
and medicine,
necessary, should
who
best
understand the
A rupture,
which
is
tumor
300
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
It
should never be
neglected, as in early
life
many
It
long years.
by her
will pro-
duce
in
the doctrines of
the
efficacy
Hahneman, and
infinitesimal
of those
who
believe in
of
doses.
minute
and
by
the mother, will produce frequent vomiting in the suckling; senna tea will gripe it;
iodine,
which, from
its
declare to be inoperative
upon
herself, will,
by
trans-
with
redness,
hardness,
and
other
symptoms
sweet
oil
it
twice a day
till
the
to
suppuration.
Be
sure, in this
its
avoid whatever
may
tend to check
gerous.
If the nipples
become
sore,
apply a
little
pow-
dered
gum
them with
a mix-
beeswax.
In
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
301
is
As
sufficiently
recruited,
and the
state of the
Prudence
in this case is
as injurious to the
mo
HINTS ON WEANING.
A few hints on
volume with a
may be
to its
be made known.
this
The time of
first
separation
of the child
from
its
natural
food,
The
principal indications of
of the mother's
health,
quality
by which
to masticate food.
More-
child
is
in tolerable health
and
if
26
802
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
Of
more
food,
its
is
most apit,
propriate to
whenever
it
may need
this will
it.
or any other
which may
also be
upon
it,
or the
bosom being
a dislike.
In
this
breast.
Of
is
neglect herself.
If she
has
much
milk,
her breasts
composed of equal
She should
carefully
oil,
BAREENNESS.
(T^i
UCH
felt
by
thousands of
husbands
and
we must be allowed
ing subjects
sterility,
to say a
we
;
mean
In
all
ages and
though
we
trate the
as in thousands of cases
we
by
neglect.
may be
placed
among
diseases, as
^onj
in the
who have
;
eral health
women.
The
we
are
now
writing
These lead
to obstruction or irregularity of
(303)
30 i
the menses.
DISEASES OF WOMEN'.
It is certain that barrenness exists
among
among
the poor
prolific in
We
if
make no
fallible
elixir for
childless.
In the absence,
on
this
head,
we
recommend
those
way
chiefly
on a vege-
drinks, careful
the preparation of
all,
steel,
above
By
and by a short
visit to a distant
country,
we have known many husbands and wives made happy with children who had long feared they should die without them.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
E
are disposed, before putting a final pe-
graphs to our
fair read-
^^
ers, interesting
we
hope,
and in some degree valuable to them, but less sombre in their character than
much we have
already said.
Life
is
made
up, to a great
many
we
of the dis-
but
still
we wish
to get rid of
them
if
can.
One
of these
is sea-sickness.
Every year
increases the
number
of our ladies
who
visit
Europe or elsewbere, by
who do
voyagers, especially
among
vessel, to
This suffering
an uncertain duration
it is at-
But
let
no one ever
spirits
keep up your
and be
the
26*
(305)
806
take a
little
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
aperient medicine, and swallow a tea-spoonin a glass of water.
ful of etlier
you
can, tbe
and drink
lemonade,
or, if
you
prefer
live
it,
little
water
and above
all,
that
you
will
soon be better.
Not
young
ladies, thoughtlessly
walking out
" misfortune,"
For such a
we give them
strongly-recommended
remedy.
Roman
for ten
Mix and
stir
well
minutes or
so,
and repeat
this, stirring
three or
till it
up
for use.
A good
the roots
its
influence
on health as
disease in
well as on beauty
to fall
oif.
An
infusion
of
tea,
when not
too strong,
off.
is
The
best plan
to
pour boiling
it
may be drawn
off,
and
A table-spoonful
may
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
of the wash.
piece of
It
307
head with a
should be applied
soft brush.
to the
sponge or a very
it
A little glycerine
oil
;
mixed with
smell
is
its
offensive
corrected
by the perfumed
spirits.
We
may be
rosemary,
on a clean
a strong
With
these ashes
make
at the roots
is
every day,
and keep
cut short.
;
This wash
worm
at
the roots
pomatum
enemy
of the hair.
Not a few
wisdom
of the ladies
careis
no
in this,
When the
to hasten
accident happens, do
milk
this
it
will
be deprived of
power
to
do
injury.
Such of our
fair
freedom from
pimples or enqitions on theface^ will carefully guard themselves from all advertised nostrums for
that
purpose.
308
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
sensible
;
woman knows
skin.
that artificial
poison
unfortu-
our readers henceforth use only an infusion of horsethe juice of house-leek, in milk or
radish, or
cream.
We
of
when
overheated.
We
now and
then hear of a
case where,
loss of sight,
this
and
death.
When
these symp-
toms begin
to appear, let
Ice water
is
indeed a luxury,
costs, it is often
an expensive one.
Take
of five
at intervals
THE END.
IS
SAID OF IT.
advocates no particular
field,
for
such
:
and
effectual
be-
lieving that wherever disease has found a foothold, there the Giver of all
Good
it
has, in
specific.
Neither
does
him
to serve
you.
simple receipts
;
may
it
save
you many
cost in a
a few months
practitioner
of
is
critical
may
in
preserve your
own
life
or that
some member
which
it is
held
may be gathered
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