Chapter II (25)

Symptoms 266
Physicians' Treatment 266
Local Treatment 266
Neuralgia of the Rectum 137
Neuralgia of the Stomach 107
Causes 107
Symptoms 107
Physicians' Treatment 107
Neuralgia of the Trigeminus 265
Neuralgia Trifacial 265
Neurasthenia 230
Neuritis 276
Causes 277
Neuritis, Simple 277
Neuritis, Multiple 278
Neuroma 276
New York Sun Cholera Cure 480
Night Sweats 44
Mothers' Remedies 44
1. Salt Bath for 44
2. Cold Sage for 44
Physicians' Treatment 44
1. Atropine for 44
2. Tonics to Keep up the Appetite 44
Nitric Acid, Poison by 405
Normal Salt Solution 626
Nose, Anatomy of the 6
Nose-Bleed 19
Mothers' Remedies 19
1. Remedy sent us by a Public School Teacher 19
2. Alum as a Cure for 19
3. Remedy that Succeeded in a Severe Case 19
4. Simple Remedy for 20
5. Another Home Remedy for 20
6. Puff-Ball for 20
7. Vinegar and Water for 20
Physicians' Treatment for Nose-Bleed 20
Nose-Bleed (Herb Remedies) 420
Nose, Broken 383
Nose, Chronic Inflammation of the 14
Nose, Things in the 396
Nose, Tumor of the 10
Physicians' Treatment 19
Nursing 565
NURSING DEPARTMENT, Including Care of Sick and Sick Room) 123
Albumin Water 649
Alcohol Sponge Bath 631
Almond Milk 649
Appendicitis, for 633
Apple Water 649
Arrowroot Custard 647
Arrowroot Gruel 652
Baked Custard 647
Barley Gruel 652
Barley Water 647
Baths 629
Bed Pan, How to Use 641
Bed Sores, Prevention and Care of 628
Treatment, Preventive 628
Treatment of Sore Proper 628
Blistered Skin, to Dress 635
Boric Acid 626
Bran Bath 630
Brandy and Egg Mixture 649
Brown Bread 653
Capsicum and Belladonna Plasters 635
Carbolic Acid 625
Care and Disinfection of an Infected Room 626
Care of Discharges (Excreta) 624
Sputum Cups 624
Bed Pans and Urinals 624
Soiled Dressing and Linen 624
Caudle 649
Cereals and Cereal Gruels 651
Chestnut Puree 652
Chicken Broth 648
Chloride of Lime 625
Cinnamon Tea 647
Common Tables of Measures, Apothecaries' Weight 636
Convalescent Diet 644
Cold 632
Cold Compresses 632
Contents of Medicine Chest 637
Cold Pack, The 631
Cornmeal Gruel 652
Corrosive Sublimate or Dichloride of Mercury 625
Counter-Irritants 633
Coughs of Long Standing, Syrup for 650
Cracker Gruel 652
Cream of Celery Soup 653
Cream of Potato Soup 653
Cream Soup 647
Cream Toast 646
Cream of Tomato Soup 653
Crust Coffee 647
Cupping, Wet and Dry 635
Currant Juice 649
Daily Care of the Room by the Nurse 620
Dead, How to Care for the 638
Diabetic Bread 648
Diet 643
Diet in Debility sent us from
one of our Leading Hospitals
May Take 646
Soups, Fish, Meats, Eggs, Farinaceous Vegetables,
Desserts, Drinks 646
Must Not Take 646
Diets in Fevers, Furnished us by a Trained Nurse in Hospital
May Take 645
Food, Drinks--Must not Take 645
Dishes for the Sick Room 646
Disinfection 624
Disinfectants 625
Disinfecting the Room 626
Dose for Children, How to Determine 636
Dose in Drops for Different Ages 636
Rule Usually Followed 636
Douches 641
Dry Cupping 635
Dry Salt Bath sent us with Mothers' Remedies 630
Ear (Aural) Douche 641
Egg Broth 649
Eggnog, Hot 649
Eggnog, Cold 649
Egg Cordial 649
Eggs, Dainty Way to Serve on Toast 648
Egg Gruel 648
Enemata 638
A High 638
A Low 639
Position 639
Amount 639
What Material 639
Syringe 639
Laxative Enema, Sometimes is Necessary 639
Laxative Enema for Infants and Children 639
Formula No. 1 640
Formula No. 2 640
3. Molasses and Laxative Enema 640
Enemata, Astringent 611
Enemata, Nutritive 640
Formula No. 1 640
Formula No. 2 640
Enemata, Salt 641
Enemata, Stimulating 641
Black Coffee 641
Enemata, Turpentine 641

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External Applications 631
Farina Gruel 652
Fever Cases and to Disguise the Taste of
Bad Medicines, Syrup of Lemon for 650
Fever Drinks for 648
Flaxseed Tea 650
Fomentations 634
Foods for Different Meals for Those Who Can
Eat But Who Do not Have Much Appetite 645
Breakfast, Dinner, Supper 645
Foods that May Be Taken Together 645
Foods That Should Not be Taken Together 645
Foods and Drinks for the Sick Room 643
Food, the Kind of 643
Foot Baths in Bed 629
Fruit Juices, How to Albuminize 644
Germicides 625
General and Local, For Dry Heat 631
Germs, The 625
Gluten Gruel 652
Grape Juice 650
Heat and Chemicals 624
Hot Bath, Hot Air, Vapor and Steam Bath 630
Hot Pack, The 631
Ice Bags (India Rubber) 632
Ice Cream 647
Ice Poultices 633
Ice Water Coils 633
Inflammation, To Allay 641
Imperial Drink 650
Jacket Poultice, The 632
Lemonade 649, 650
Lemonade Albuminized 650
Lemon Jelly 646
Lemon Velvet 647
Length of Time to Cook Cereals 651
Light 624
Lime Water 648
Linseed Meal Poultice 635, 631
Liquid Diet 644
Local Baths and Packs 630
Lotions 633
Medicine Chest 637
Mild Plaster for Children 634
Milk of Lime to Prepare 625
Milk Porridge 647
Moist Heat, For 631
Mothers' Flour and Water Poultice 634
Mountain Dew 647
Mouth and Teeth, Care of 628
Spongy and Sore Gums 628
Cloths for Washing the Teeth and Mouth 628
Mulled Wine 650
Mustard Leaves or Sinapisms 635
Mustard Plaster 634, 635
Mustard Poultice 633
Mustard Stupe 634
Neuralgia and Earache, For 631
Normal Salt Solution 626
Nursing Department 623
Oatmeal, Barley or Rice Water, From the Grain 650
Oatmeal Gruel 646, 648, 652
Odors 647
Omelet 648
Orangeade 650
Oyster Stew 653
Peptonized Milk, Cold Process 653
Plasters, Capsicum and Belladonna 635
Poultices of Peach Tree Leaves from Our Mothers' List 634
Pulse 642
Raspberry Shrub 646
Raspberry Vinegar 647
Rectal Douche 641
Respiration (Breathing) 642
Root Beer 646
Sago Custard 647
Salt Water Bath, Tonic Action 630
Soft Diet 644
Soiled and Stained Linen 624
Spice Plaster 634, 635
Spice Poultice 634
Spice Poultice from a Stanlyton, Va., Mother 634
Sponge Bath 630
Starch Bath 630
Starch and Laudanum 641
Starch Poultice 632
Sterilization 624
Sterilizing, A Simple method of 625
Summer Complaint, Prepared Flour for 648
Table 636
Tapioca Jelly 652
Temperature (Fever) Under the Tongue and Arm-pit 612
Temperature of the Room 624
Tongue, The 642
Ulcers 643
High Fevers 643
Dark Brown or Blackish Coating 643
Strawberry Tongue 643
Cankered Tongue 643
Cholera Infantum 643
Constipation 643
Biliousness 643
Tub Bath (Common) 631
Tuberculous Patients, How to Treat Sputum from 627
In Diphtheria 627
Bed Pans 627
Sheet and Clothing 627
Turpentine and Mustard Stupes, for see above 635
Turpentine Stupes 634
Vaginal Douche the, For Cleansing 641
Vanilla Snow 648
Ventilation 623
Warm Baths (90 to 100 F.) 630
Wet Cupping 635
Whole Wheat Bread 653
Yeast Poultices 633
Nutmeg Liver 131
Nux Vomica, Poison by 405

Oatmeal, Barley or Rice Water, from the Grain 650 Oatmeal Gruel 648,652, 646 Obesity 330 Treatment 331 Diet 331 For Breakfast 331 Noon Meal Dinner 331 Supper 331 Before Going to Bed 331 Obesity--(Herb Remedies) 434 OBSTETRICS, OR MIDWIFERY 515 Obstruction, Intestinal 121 Odors 647 Oedema of the Glottis 26 Oedematous Laryngitis 26 Olive Oil (Medical Use) 672 Omelet 648 Onion (Medical Use) 669 Onychia 78 Onychauxis 77 Operations 662 Operations, Special 663 Opium, Poison by 405 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 350 Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Diagnosis of 4 Orangeade 650 Organs, Diseases of the Digestive 97

[MEDICAL INDEX 933]

Organic Diseases of the Spinal Cord 304 Symptoms 304 Treatment 304 Organs of Generation, The Internal 491 Osteopathy 661 Ovaries, The 493 Ovaries, Inflammation of 503 Ovaries, Tumors of 504 Ovaries, Tumors of the Operation for 663 Ovaritis 503 Ovary, Diseases of 503 Oxalic Acid, Poison by 405 Oxyuria Vermicularis 46 Oyster Stew 653 Ozena 16 Causes 16 Physicians' Treatment 16 Home Treatment 16 1. Solution for 16 2. The Following Ointment 16 3. Dr. Ferguson of New York uses the Following 17

Pain or Rheumatism 679
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 679
1. Tansy and Smartweed for 679
2. Horseradish Poultice for 679
3. Liniment to Relieve 679
4. Vinegar and Pepper for 679
Paine's Celery Compound 488
Pain Killer, External 481
Palate, Cleft 369
Palpitation of the Heart 337
Causes 337
Symptoms 337
Mothers' Remedies 338
1. Tea of Geranium Root for 338
2. Hot Foot Bath and Camphor for 338
3. Valuable Herb Tea for 338
Mothers' Remedies for Heartburn 338
1. Home Remedy for 338
2. Soda a Popular Remedy for 338
3. Excellent Remedy for 338
4. Remedy for Stout Person 338
Physicians' Treatment for Palpitation 338
When Caused by the Stomach 338
Difficult Breathing 339
Physicians' Cautions 339
Diet 339
The Heart 339
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 679
1. Salt Baths for 679
Palsy 294
Causes 294
Symptoms 294
(a) Paralysis of the Ocular (eye) Muscles 294
(b) Paralysis of the Muscles of Mastication (eating) 294
(c) Paralysis of the Facial (Face) Muscles 295
(d) Paralysis of the Muscles of the Upper Extremity 295
(e) Paralysis of the Muscles of the Lower Extremities 295
(f) Toxic (Poison) Paralysis, Lead Paralysis 295
Physicians' Treatment 295
Palsy, Shaking 291
Paralysis 294
Paralysis Agitans 291
Paralysis, General of the Insane 298
Paralysis, Infantile 307
Paralysis, Diseases Caused by Animal 44
Paresis, General 298
Paretic Dementia 298
Parotitis 180

Parry's Compound Sarsaparilla Blood Purifier 483
Parry's, Grave's Disease 260
Pasteur Institutes, Location of 249
Patch, Moth 61
PATENT MEDICINES AND RARE OLD PRESCRIPTIONS 465
Ague, Chills and Fever (Rare Prescription) 467
Allen's World's Hair Restorer 465
Anti-Constipation Pad 465
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral 466
Ayer's Hair Vigor 466
Ayer's Sarsaparilla 467
Barker's Bone and Nerve Liniment 467
Blood and Liver Regulator (Rare Prescription) 466
Blotches and Pimples (Rare Prescription) 473
Brinkerhoff System of Treating Piles 468
British Oil 488
Brodie's Liniment for Asthma 484
Bull's Blood Syrup 470
Burns and Scalds (Rare Prescription) 466
California Liniment 470
Cancer Paste 471
Carter's Little Liver Pills 472
Castoria 472
Catarrh Ointment (Rare Prescription) 468
Cathartic and Sure Cure for Constipation 468
Catarrh of Long Standing 467
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy 473
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea (Rare Prescription) 469
Colic in Infants 471
Constipation 471
Corns 472
Coughs 468
Croup 459
Cuticura Ointment 474
Cuticura Resolvent 474
Diarrhea, Flux and Dysentery (Rare Prescription) 472
Dyspepsia Tonic 473
Earache (Rare Prescription) 470
Edward's Alterative and Tonic Bitters 487
Ely's Cream Balm 474
Fellow's Hypophosphites 475
Female Regulator (Rare Prescription) 474
Fever, For (Rare Prescription) 474
Flux (Rare Prescription) 474
General Tonic 475
Genuine White Oil Liniment 476
Good Samaritan Liniment 476
Grandmother's Own Cough Remedy 476
Green Mountain Salve 477
Gunn's Rheumatic Liniment 478
Haines's Golden Specific for Opium Habit 478
Hair's, Dr. B. W., Cure 473
Hall's Hair Renewer 479
Hamburg Breast Tea 488
Hamburg Drops 479
Hamlin's Wizard Oil 480
Harter's Wild Cherry Bitters 487
Headache (Rare Prescription) 476
Heartburn (Rare Prescription) 476
Heart Diseases, Fluttering, etc, (Rare Prescription) 471
Hinkley's Bone Liniment 480
Holloway's Ointment 481
Iron Tonic Bitters (Rare Prescription) 477
Itch Ointment (Rare Prescription) 478
Johnson's Liniment 484
Kellog's Red Drops 481
Kelly's Tonic 486
Kickapoo Indian Oil 481
Kidney and Liver Cure (Rare Prescription) 478

[934 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]

Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets 468
Liniment (Rare Prescription) 479
Liver Pills (Rare Prescription) 479
Lombard's Secret Cancer Remedies 471
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound 469
Madame Rupert's Face Bleach 473
Mitchell's Eye Salve 482
Mother Siegel's Syrup 482
Nervousness (Rare Prescription) 480
Neuralgia (Rare Prescription) 481
New York Sun Cholera Cure 480
Pain Killer, External 481
Paine's Celery Compound 488
Parry's Comp. Sarsaparilla Blood Purifier 483
Patterson's Emulsion of Pumpkin Seeds 483
Perry Davis's Pain Killer 484
Pierce's Compound Extract of Smartweed 488
Poison Oak and Ivy (Rare Prescription) 481
Radway's Pills 488
Relief from Asthma (Rare Prescription) 465
Rheumatism, Internal Use (Rare Prescription) 482
Royal Catarrh Cure 467
Sage's Catarrh Cure 484
Salve for Boils and Old Sores (Rare Prescription) 466
Saul's Catarrh Remedy 485
St. Jacob's Oil 485
Scald Head (Rare Prescription) 482
Scrofula (Rare Prescription) 482
Seven Sutherland Sisters' Hair Grower 485
Skinner's Dandruff Mixture 485
Smith's Electric Oil 470
Sore Eyes (Rare Prescription) 470
Sore Throat (Rare Prescription) 475
Southern Cholera Cure 483
Syrup of Figs 485
Tape Worm (Rare Prescription) 483
Thomas's Electric Oil 486
Tonic, General (Rare Prescription) 475
Toothache (Rare Prescription) 483
Van Buskirk's Fragrant Sozodont 486
Watt's Anti-Rheumatic Pills 487
White's Cough Syrup 487
Whooping Cough (Rare Prescription) 484
Patterson's Emulsion of Pumpkin Seeds 483
Pediculus Capitis 78
Pediculus Corporis 78
Pediculus Pubis 78
Pelvis, The 490
Pemphigus 79
Peptonized Milk 594
Peptonized Milk 653
Cold Process 653
Pericarditis 341
Primary or First Cause 341
Symptoms 341
Treatment of Pericarditis 341
Periproctitis 137, 151
Perineum and Cervix, operation for 664
Peritoneum, Inflammation of the 133
Peritonitis, Acute; General 133
Causes 133
Symptoms 133
Recovery, Prognosis, etc 134
Peritonitis, Local, 134
Symptoms 134
Treatment of Acute Peritonitis 134
For Vomiting 134
Diet 134
Peritonitis, Tubercular 134
Symptoms 134
Treatment 134
Permanent Teeth, Usual Order 619

Pernicious Anaemia 250
Condition 250
Symptoms 250
Treatment 250
Pernicious Malarial Fever 229
Perry Davis's Pain Killer 484
Pertussis 180
Pterygium 352
Pruritus Ani 143
Pharyngitis, Acute 21
Pharyngeal Catarrh, Acute 21
Pharyngeal Diphtheria 184
Pharyngeal Tonsil 8
Pharynx, Inflammation of 21
Phlebitis 345
Causes 345
Symptoms 345
Treatment 345
Pierce's Comp. Extract of Smart weed 488
Piles 145
Varieties 146
Causes 146
External Piles 146
Skin Piles, (Cutaneous) 147
Mothers' Remedies 147
1. Sulphur and Glycerin for 147
2. Strongly recommended remedy for 147
3. Good Salve for 147
4. Smartweed Salve for 147
5. Cold Water Cure for 147
6. Simple Application and Relief from 147
7. Steaming with Chamomile Tea for 147
Physicians' Treatment for Piles 148
What to do first 148
Lead and Laudannm Wash 148
1. Soothing Ointment for 148
2. Salve for 148
3. For External Piles 148
4. If there is much Itching 148
5. I Use quite frequently 148
Operation for Piles 149
Cutaneous Skin Piles Operated upon 149
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 679
1. Prescription for 679
Piles (Herb Remedies) 410, 420, 423, 426, 442
Piles, Internal 149
Symptoms 149
Recovery, Pain, etc 150
Physicians' Treatment for Piles 150
1. For Inflamed piles 150
2. For Bathing the Piles 150
3. When there is Slight Bleeding 150
4. If the Protruded Piles are Inflamed 150
5. An Ointment 151
6. Tea of White Oak Bark for 151
7. Take a rectal Injection 151
Preventive, Treatment 151
For Constipation 151
Habits 151
Diet 151
Foods Allowed 151
Piles, Itching 143
Pile, Operation for 664
Pimples 61
Pinworms 46
Placenta Praevia 527
Plague 225
Causes 225
Bubonic Plague 225
Septicemia type 225
Pneumonia type 225
Symptoms 225
Pneumonic Plague 226
Septicemic Plague 226
Treatment, Prevention 226
Plague, Bubonic 225
Plasters, Capsicum and Belladonna 635

[MEDICAL INDEX 935]

Pleura, Inflammation of the 41 Pleurisy Diagnosis of 4 Pleurisy, Acute 41 Causes 42 Diet and Nursing 42 Physicians' Treatment 42 1. Home Treatment 42 2. Other Home Remedies 42 3. Fomentations 43 4. Camphorated Oil for 43 5. Adhesive Plaster 43 6. Tincture of Aconite 43 7. Hypodermic of Morphine 43 Pleurisy, Acute (Herb Remedies) 420, 428, 434, 444 Pleurisy, Operation for 664 Pleurodynia 323 Plumbism, Saturnism 374 Pneumonia, Diagnosis of 4 Pneumonia 218 Causes of pneumonia 218 Symptoms 218 Mothers' Remedies 219 1. Salt Pork for Inflammation for 219 2. Raspberry Tincture for Inflammation of 219 3. Herb Ointment 219 4. Mullein for 219 5. Salve for Weak 219 Physicians' Treatment for Lungs 219 Fomentations 220 Pneumonia (Herb Remedies) 434 Pneumonia, Brancho 40 Poisoning 621 POISONS, ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES (Chapter) 376 Poisoning, Bland Drink After 438 Poisoning, Food 374 Poisoning, Ivy 92 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 679 1. Buttermilk and Salt Heals 679 2. Lead Water and Laudanum 679 3. Excellent Cure for 679 Poisoning, Lead 374 Poison Oak and Ivy, (Rare Prescription) 481 Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 680 1. Gunpowder and Lard for 680 POISONS, SYMPTOMS, TREATMENTS, ANTIDOTES AND STIMULANTS 400 Poisoned Wounds 377 Polypus, Nasal 19 Posterior Spinal Sclerosis 305 Post Nasal Growths 8 Poultice (Herb Remedies) 424, 429 Poultice of Peach Tree Leaves from our Mothers' List 634 Pregnancy, Accidents of 524 Pregnancy, Cramps during (Herb Remedies) 420, 439 Premature Labor 524 Prevention of Conception 494 Prickly Heat Rash 76 Symptoms 76 Cause 76 Mothers' Remedies 76 1. Soda Water for 76 2. Relief from pain of 76 3. Burnt Cornstarch for 76 4. Soothing Ointment for 76 Physicians' Treatment for Prickly Heat 77 Chafing 77 Mothers' Remedies for Chafing 77 1. Fuller's Earth Eases 77 2. Good Home Remedy for 77 3. Borax and Zinc stops 77 4. Common Flour Good to Stop 77 Proctitis 137 Podogra 315 Prolapse 137 Proprietary Foods 622 Prostate, Diseases of the 163 Prostate, Hypertrophy of the 164 Symptoms 164 Treatment, Preventive 164 Prostration, Nervous 280 Pruritis 495 Pseudo-Leukaemia 252 Psoriasis 79 Pulse 642 Purifier, Blood (Herb Remedies) 422 Purpura 253 Symptoms 253 1. Symptomatic Purpura 253 2. Type Arthritic Purpura 253 Purpura Haemorrhagic 253 Symptoms 253 Treatment 254 Pyelitis 160 Symptoms 161 Treatment 161 Diet 161 Pyemia 223 Symptoms 223 Local Treatment 223 General Treatment 223 Quinsy 190 Radway's Pills 488 Rash, Nettle 89 Rash, Nettle (Herb Remedies) 442 Rash, Prickly Heat 76 Raspberry Shrub 646 Raspberry Vinegar 647 Rectal Douche 641 Rectocele 514 Rectum, Abscess around the 151 Rectum, Diseases of the 136 Rectum. Neuralgia of the 137 Relief for Asthma (Rare Prescription) 465 Remittent Fever 228 Renal Calculus 161 Respiration (Breathing) 642 RESPIRATORY DISEASES 6 Resuscitate the Drowned, To 397 Retina 347 Retina, Inflammation of the 355 Retinitis, Albuminuric 355 Rheumatism 678 Liniment sent us from a Gentleman in Canada 678 Rheumatic Arthritis 314 Rheumatism Articular 317 Rheumatism Chronic 321 Rheumatism, Chronic (Herb Remedies) 414, 434, 435, 440 Rheumatic Fever, Diagnosis of 4 Rheumatic Rever (Articular Rheumatism) 317 Causes 317 Predisposing 318 Condition 318 Symptoms 318 Fever 318 Mothers' Remedies 318 1. Salicylate of Soda Treatment 319 2. Cotton Excellent for Inflammatory 319 Prevention 319 1. Physicians' Causes 320 2. Hot Fomentations 320 3. The Following is Good 320 4. A Prescription 320 5. A Layer or Two of Gauze Saturated with Methylsalicylate 320 6. Internal 320

[936 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]

7. Dr. Hare Recommend 320
Nursing 321
Diet 321
Rheumatism, Gonorrheal 236
Rheumatism, Gonorrheal (Herb Remedies) 429, 430
Rheumatic Gout 314
Rheumatic Anthritis 314
Arthritis Deformans 314
Causes 314
Conditions 314
Symptoms 314
Acute 314
Chronic Type 315
Monarticular or One Joint Type 315
Recovery 315
General Treatment 315
Local 315
Rheumatic Headache 268
Rheumatism, Diagnosis of Inflammatory 4
Mothers' Remedy (Unclassified) 677
1. Salt Petre and Sweet Oil for 677
Rheumatism, Internal Use (Rare Prescription) 482
Rheumatism, Muscular 323
Rheumatism, Muscular (Herb Remedies) 415, 426, 434
Rhinitis, Acute 10
Rhinitis, Chronic 14
Ribs, Broken 382
Rickets 614
Ringworm 86
Varieties 86
Ringworm of the Body 86
Mothers' Remedies 86
1. Gunpowder and Vinegar for 86
2. Cigar Ashes for 86
3. Kerosene for 86
4. Ontario Mother Cured Boy of 86
5. Another from a Mother at Valdosta, Georgia 86
6. Egg Skin Remedy for 86
7. From a Mother at Owosso, Michigan 86
Physicians' Treatment 86
1. For Infants and Children 86
2. Corrosive Sublimate 87
3. Ammoniated Mercury 87
4. For Ringworm 87
5. For Ringworm 87
Ringworm (Herb Remedies) 413
Ringworm of the Beard 87
Ringworm of the Scalp 87
Cautions and Treatment 87
1. Carbolic Acid 87
2. Oleate of Mercury 87
3. Sulphur Ointment 87
4. Tincture of Iodine 87
Root Beer 646
Rose, Cold 17
Rough on Rats, Poison by 406
Round Worm 44
Royal Catarrh Cure 467
Rupture 122
Location 123
Symptoms 123
Mothers' Remedies 123
1. Poultice for 123
Physicians' Treatment 123
Irreducible Ruptures 123
Strangulated Hernia or Rupture 124
Symptoms 124
Mothers' Remedies 124
1. Hop Poultice 124
Physicians' Treatment 124
To Reduce 124
Caution 124
Mothers' Remedy (Unclassified) 680
1. Herb Remedy for 680
Rupture in a Baby 620
Rupture of the Spleen 256

St. Jacob's Oil 485
Sad Mania 312
Sage's Catarrh Cure 484
Sago Custard 647
Salpingitis 502
Salt (Medical Use) 668
Saltpetre, Poison by 406
Salt Rheum 67
Mothers' Remedies 67
1. Alum Wash and Cathartic for 67
2. Ammonia and Camphor 68
3. Cactus Leaf Cure for 68
4. Pine Tar for 68
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 680
1. Well Tried Remedy for 680
Salt Rheum (Herb Remedies) 416, 434
Salve for Boils and Old Sores (Rare Prescription) 466
Salve, Splendid General 681
Santonin, Poison by 407
Saul's Catarrh Remedy 485
Scalds, Mothers' Remedies for 387
Scalds (Herb Remedies) 420
Scald Head 617
Scald Head (Rare Prescription) 482
Scalding Urine (Herb Remedies) 440
Scalp, Care of 550
Scalp, Ringworm of the 87
Scarlet Fever, Diagnosis of 5
Scarlet Fever 167
Definition 167
Modes of Conveying 167
Remains in the Room, How Long? 168
Age, Occurrence, Susceptibility 168
How Often? 168
Incubation 168
Contagion 168
Onset 168
Rash 168
Fever 168
Sore Throat 169
Tongue 169
Scaling 169
Complications, Nose 169
Ear 169
Eye 169
Kidneys 170
Heart 170
Joints 170
Chorea 170
Diagnosis 170
From Measles 170
Recovery 170
Sanitary Care of Room and Patient 170
City and State Supervision 171
How to Prevent and Avoid Scarlet Fever 171
Sanitary Care of Infected and Sick Persons and Rooms 172
The Room in Which One is Sick with this Disease 172
Soiled Clothing, Towels, Bed Linen, etc 172
The Discharges 173
All Cups, Glasses, Spoons, etc 173
Foods and Drinks 173
Persons Recovering from Scarlet Fever 173
Diet and Nursing 173
During the Sickness 174
Special Treatment 174
Dropsy in Scarlet Fever 175
How Soon May a Convalescent Person Associate with the Healthy 175
Caution 175
Scarlet Fever (Herb Remedies) 422
Scarlatina, Diagnosis of 5
Schaefer Method of Artificial Respiration 397

[MEDICAL INDEX 937]

Sciatica 266
Schools at Medicines 660
Sclerosis of the Liver 131
Scrofula 212
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 681
1. A Good Remedy for 681
Scrofula (Herb Remedies) 415, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 444, 445, 447
Scrofula (Rare Prescription} 482
Scurvy 615
Scurvy (Herb Remedies) 434, 444, 447
Sebaceous Cyst 85
Seborrhea 83
Secretion, Lessened Sweat 57
Senile Cataract 354
Symptoms of Senile (Old Age) Cataract 354
Course 354
Septicemia 222, 223
Seven Sutherland Sisters' Hair Grower 485
Shingles 74
Definition 74
Symptoms 74
Causes 74
Mothers' Remedies 74
1. Herb Remedy for 74
2. Mercury Ointment for 74
Physicians' Treatment 75
Shocked, Electrically 397
Shoulder Joint Dislocation 380
Sick Headache (Herb Remedies) 413, 414
Simple Acne 53
Simple Angina 21
Skin, Diseases of the 52
Macule Spots (Patches) 53
Papule (Pimple) 53
Tubercle (Node Lump) 53
Tumors 53
Wheel 53
Vesicle 53
Bleb 53
Pustule 53
Scale 53
Crust 53
Excoriation 53
Fissures 53
Ulcer (Sores) 53
Scar 53
Pigmentation 53
Skin, Diseases of the (Herb Remedies) 415, 430, 435, 436, 438, 447
Skin Diseases Produced by Lice 78
Skin, Inflammation of the 62
Skin, Inflammation of the (Herb Remedies) 412
Skinner's Dandruff Cure 485
Sleep 603
Sleeplessness 299
Sleeplessness (Herb Remedies} 426, 430, 439
Smallpox, Diagnosis of 4
Smallpox 201
Causes 201
Symptoms 201
Eruptions 201
Confluent Form 201
Varioloid 201
Treatment 202
Diet 202
Nursing 202
General Rule for Disinfection 203
Hands, Body, etc 203
Vaccination and Re-vaccination and its Prevention of Smallpox 203
A Good Time to be Vaccinated 203
Why Vaccinate? 203
Smallpox entirely prevented by re-vaccination 204
Who Should Be Vaccinated 204
Who Should Not Be Vaccinated 205
When Should a Person be Vaccinated? 205
Vaccination after Exposure to Smallpox 205
With what should one be vaccinated? 206
Where Vaccination Should Be Performed? 206
After Vaccination 206
Common Appearances after Vaccination 206
What to do during and after Vaccination? 207
Make a Record of your Vaccination? 207
Lives Saved from Smallpox in Michigan 207
Smith's Electric Oil 470
Smooth Tonsilitis, Diagnosis of 5
Snake Bites 377
Symptoms of a Snake Bite 378
Treatment 378
First thing to do 378
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 680
1. Simple Poultice for 680
2. Onions and Salt for 681
Snake Bite (Herb Remedies) 434
Soda (Medical Use) 669
Salt Water Bath, Tonic Action 630
Softening of the Brain 298
Soft Diet 644
Soothing Syrup, Overdose of 622
Sore Eyes (Rare Prescription) 470, 549
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 681
1. Camphor and Breast Milk for 681
Sore Mouth, Canker 97
Sore Mouth, Canker (Herb Remedies) 410, 420, 442, 444
Sore Throat 21
Symptoms 21
Chronic 21
Prevention of the Chronic Kind 21
Prevention of the Acute Kind 21
Mothers' Remedies 21
1. Used for Years Successfully 21
2. Splendid Liniment for 22
3. Simple Gargle for 22
4. Home Made Salve for 22
5. Cold Packs Sure Cure for 22
6. Ointment for 22
7. Remedy from a Mother in Johnson City, Tenn 22
8. Gargle and Application for 23
9. Vinegar Gargle for 23
10. Alum and Vinegar for 23
11. Kerosene for 23
12. Remedy always at hand 23
13. Simple Remedy for 23
Physicians' Treatment for Sore Throat 23
1. Inhalation of Steam 23
2. Sulphur and Cream for 23
3. Good Old Mothers' Remedies 23
1. Physicians' Local Treatment 24
2. When the Attack is Mild 24
3. I like the following at the beginning 24
4. For Chronic Catarrh 24
5. Other Gargles 24
6. Snuff 24
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 681
1. Mustard Plaster for 681
Sore Throat (Herb Remedies) 418, 420, 431, 434, 442
Sore Throat (Rare Prescription) 475
Sores or Ulcers 72
Sores or Ulcers (Herb Remedies) 410, 412, 413, 416, 431, 434, 447
Southern Cholera Cure 483
Spasms 542, 616
Spasms (Herb Remedies) 420, 432
Spasmodic Asthma 37
Spasm of the Glottis 26
Special Diseases 265
Spice Plaster 635
Spice Poultice 634
Spice Poultice from a Stanlyton, Va., Mother 634

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Spinal Cord, Injuries of 303
Causes 303
Symptoms 303
Treatment 303
Traumatism of the Cord 303
Symptoms 303
Recovery 304
Treatment, Immediate 304
Spinal Cord, Organic Diseases of 304
Spine, Concussion of the 303
Splinters 621
Splinter, to Extract 682
Splints 381
Spoiled Foods, Poison by 407
Sponge Bath 630
Spots, Liver 61
Spotted Fever, Diagnosis of 4
Sprains 383
Sprains (Herb Remedies) 410
Squint 356
Internal or Convergent Squint 356
External or Divergent Squint 356
Causes of Convergent (Internal) Squint 356
Treatment 356
External (Divergent Squint) 356
Squint, Operation for 664
Stab Wounds 303
Stammering 301
Mothers' Remedies 301
1. Easy Cure for 301
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 681
1. Canadian Mother's Treatment for 681
Physicians' Treatment 301
Starch Bath 630
Starch and Laudanum 641
Starch Poultice 632
Steatoma 85
Sterilization 624
Sterilized Milk 593
Sterilizing, A Simple Method of 593
Stiff Neck 324
Stimulant (Herb Remedies) 433
Stings 379
Mothers' Remedies 379
1. Leaves of Geranium Good for Bee or Wasp 379
2. Simple Remedy for 379
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 681
1. Old Tried Canadian Remedy for 681
2. From Nettles 681
Stings (Herb Remedies) 412, 443
Stomach, Bleeding from 107
Stomach, Cancer of the 106, 334
Stomach Headache 270
Stomach, Neuralgia of the 107
Stomach, Operation for 665
Stomach, Acute Inflammation of the 111
Stomach Trouble 103
Stomach Trouble (Herb Remedies) 439, 442, 443
Stomach, Diagnosis of Ulcer of the 5
Stomatitis Aphthous 97
Stomatitis, Gangrenous 99
Strabismus 356
Strychnine, Poison by 407
Stye 348
Causes 348
Symptoms 348
Course 348
Mothers' Remedies 348
1. Home Method to Kill 348
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 681
1. Common Tea Leaves for 681
Treatment 349
Suffocated, Treatment of 397
Sugar, Kind to Use 578
Sulphuric Acid, Poison by 407
Sulphur (Medical Use) 670
Summer Complaint, Prepared Flour for 648
Sunburn 90
Mothers' Remedies 91
1. Lemon Juice and Vinegar for 91
2. Ammonia Water for 91
3. Relief from Pain and Smarting of 91
4. Preparation for 91
Physicians' Treatment 91
1. For Sunburn 91
2. For Sunburn 91
3. The following is a good combination 91
Sunstrokes 375
Symptoms 375
Prognosis 376
Mothers' Remedies 376
1. Quick Method to Relieve 376
Treatment 376
For Severe Cases 376
Medicine 376
Sunstrokes and Intoxicants (Chapter) 371
Superficial Felons 70
Suppurative Tonsilitis 190
Sweating, to Cause (Herb Remedies) 441, 443, 444
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 681
1. Sweating, to Cause 681
2. Another 682
Sweating, Excessive 75
Symptoms 75
Causes 75
Treatment 75
Application for the Local Treatment 75
White Oak Bark for 75
Sweating, Excessive (Herb Remedies) 426, 432, 434
Sweating, Foul 57
Symptoms 57
Mothers' Remedies 57
1. Alum Water for 57
2. Borax and Alcohol for 57
3. Simple Home Remedy for 57
Physicians' Treatment 57
1. Dressing Powders 57
2. Boric Acid, powdered, may also be used 57
3. Dusting Powder 57
4. One per cent Solution 58
Sweat, Lessened Secretion of 57
Sweats, Night 44
Swellings (Herb Remedies) 429, 443
Swelling of the Glottis 26
Symptoms 26
Sympathetic Inflammation of the Eye 334
Sympathetic Ophthalmia 354
Syphilis 415
Syphilis (Herb Remedies) 415, 429, 434, 435, 436, 438, 440
Syrup of Figs 485

Table 636 Taenia Saginata 48 Taenia Solium 48 Talipes 370 Tape Worm 48 Tape Worm (Rare Prescription) 483 Tapioca Jelly 652 Tartar Emetic, Poison by 407 Taste 307 Taste Buds 307 Taste Buds, Plate of 308 Teeth 563 Teething 560, 618 Tegumentary (Skin) Leprosy 238 Temperature (Fever) Under the Tongue, Arm-pit 642 Temperature of the Room 624 Tetanus 231 Tetter, Dry 63

[MEDICAL INDEX 939]

Tetter, Humid 63
Things in the Ear 395
Things in the Nose 396
Thomas's Electric Oil 486
Thread Worm 46
Throat, Sore 21
Throat, Sore (Herb Remedies) 418, 420, 425, 431, 434, 437, 442, 444
Thrush 551
Thumb, Dislocation 380
Thyroid Gland, Diseases of 258
Symptoms 258
Treatment 258
Thyroiditis 258
Tic Doloureux 265
Tickling in Throat 25
Tinea Trichophytina 86
Tobacco, Poison by 407
Toe-Nail, Ingrowing 395
Tongue, The 642
Ulcers 643
High Fever 643
Dark Brown or Blackish Coating 643
Strawberry Tongue 643
Cankered Tongue 643
Cholera Infantum 643
Constipation 643
Biliousness 643
Tonic (Herb Remedies) 424, 425, 428, 432, 444, 445
Tonic, General (Rare Prescription) 475
Tonsilitis, Diagnosis of 5
Tonsilitis, Acute 187
Follicular, Inflammation of 187
Causes 187
Symptoms 187
Diagnosis Between Acute Tonsilitis and Diphtheria 188
Mothers' Remedies 188
1. Raw Onion for 188
2. Peppermint Oil good for 188
3. Borax Water for 188
4. Salt and Pepper with relieve 188
5. Peroxide of Hydrogen will cure 188
6. A Remedy Effective for 188
Physicians' Treatment for Tonsilitis 189
1. Home Treatment 189
2. Smartweed 189
3. Salt Pork for 189
4. Liniment 189
5. Internally 189
6. Hot Water 189
7. Thyme 189
8. Steaming with Compound Tincture of Benzoin 189
9. For the Pain 189
10. Medicines, Parke, Davis & Co.,
Anti-Tonsilitis Tablet No. 645 is very good 190
11. Aspirin 190
12. Dr. Hare of Philadelphia 190
Tonsilitis, Suppurative 190
Tonsils, Operation for 665
Tonsil, Pharyngeal 8
Toothache 119
Mothers' Remedies 119
1. Dry Salt and Alum for 119
2. Oil of Cloves quick relief for 119
3. Home Made Poultice for 119
4. Clove Oil and Chloroform 119
5. Sure Cure for 119
6. Salt and Alum Water for 119
7. Oil of Cinnamon for 119
8. Reliable Remedy for 119
9. From Decoyed Teeth 120
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 682
1. Benzoin for 82
2. Oil of Cinnamon for 682
Physicians' Treatment 121
Toothache (Herb Remedies) 418
Toothache (Rare Prescription) 483
Tooth Powders 120
Mothers' Tooth Powders 120
1. The Ashes of Burnt Grape Vine 120
2. Tooth Powder 120
3. Tooth Powder 120
4. Tooth Powder 120
5. Tooth Wash 120
6. Commonly Used 120
Torticollis 323
Tracheotomy and Intubation, Operation for 664
Traumatism of the Cord 303
Symptoms 303
Recovery 304
Treatment, Immediate 304
Tremens, Delirium 372
Trichiniasis 50
Modes of Infection 51
Symptoms 51
Physicians' Treatment 52
Tricuspid Stenosis (narrowing) 344
Recovery 344
Treatment: (a) While Compensated 344
(b) The Stage of Broken Compensation 344
Tricuspid (Valve) Insufficiency 344
Cause 344
Trifacial Neuralgia 265
Tub Bath (common) 631
Tuberculosis of the Lungs, Diagnosis of 5
Tuberculosis 211
Forms-The Lungs 211
Ordinary Consumption 211
1. Acute Miliary Tuberculosis 211
(a) Acute General Miliary Tuberculosis 211
(b) Pulmonary (Lung) Type 211
(c) Tubercular Meningitis 211
2. Tuberculosis of the lymph nodes (glands) 212
3. Tuberculous Pleurisy 212
4. Tuberculous Pericarditis 212
5. Tuberculous Peritonitis 212
6. Tuberculosis of the Larynx 212
7. Acute Pneumonia (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)
or Galloping Consumption 212
8. Chronic Ulcerative Pulmonary Tuberculosis 212
9. Chronic Miliary Tuberculosis 212
10. Tuberculosis of the Alimentary Canal 212
11. Tuberculosis of the Brain 212
12. Tuberculosis of the Liver, Kidneys, Bladder, etc 212
13. Tuberculosis of Joints 212
Mesenteric Kind 212
Mothers' Remedies 212
1. Simple Home Method to Break Up 212
2. Physicians' Treatment 212
Physicians' Treatment for Consumption 213
Sanitary 213
Prevention of Tuberculosis 213
Second 213
Individual Prevention 213
General Measures 214
At Home 214
Diet-Treatment 214
Diet in Tuberculosis Furnished by a Hospital 214
May Take 214
Must Not Take 214
What every person should know about Tuberculosis,
whether he has had the disease or not 214
Tuberculosis (Herb Remedies) 437
Tuberculosis Patients, How to Treat the Sputum from 627
Tuberculosis, Cervical 212

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Tuberculated Leprosy 238
Tubercular Meningitis 210
Tubercular Peritonitis 134
Tuberculous Tumors 297
Tumors 336
A Benign Tumor 336
A Malignant Tumor 336
Some Varieties 336
Malignant Sarcoma (Sarcomata) 336
Diagnosis 337
Treatment 337
Tumors (Herb Remedies) 412, 434, 447
Tumors of the Brain 296
Causes-Predisposing 296
Gumma 296
Tuberculous Tumors 297
Glioma 297
Sarcoma and Cancer 297
Symptoms 297
Treatment 297
For Headache 297
For Vomiting 297
Tumor of the Nose 19
Turpentine (Medical Use) 670
Turpentine and Mustard Stupes 635
Turpentine Stupes 634
Typhoid Fever, Diagnosis of 5
Typhoid Fever 195
Cause 195
Symptoms 196
Time 196
Incubation 196
First Week 196
Second Week 196
Third Week 196
Fourth Week 197
Special Symptoms and Variations 197
Walking Type 197
Digestive Symptoms 197
Diarrhea 107
Perforation of the Bowel 197
Treatment 197
Prevention 197
Sanitary Care 197
Sanitary Care of the Household Articles 198
Diet and Nursing in Typhoid Fever 198
Cold Sponging 199
The Bath 199
Medical Treatment 199
Management of the Convalescent 199
Typhus Fever 200
Symptoms 200
Eruptions 200
Fever 201
Treatment like Typhoid 200

Ulcers 72
Causes 72
Treatment 72
Chronic Ulcer 72
Mothers' Remedies 72
1. The Potato Lotion for 72
2. Chickweed Ointment for 72
3. Healing Ointment for 72
4. Excellent Salve for 72
5. An Old German Remedy for 72
6. An Antiseptic Wash for 72
7. Chickweed and Wood Sage Poultice for 73
8. Blood Root and Sweet Nitre for 73
9. A Good Combination for 73
10. A Four Ingredient Remedy for 73
11. Carrots will heal 73
12. A Remedy that Cures 73
13. Bread and Indian Meal for 13
Physicians' Treatment for Ulcers 73
Balsam of Peru is good for 74
A Salve 74
Poultice 74
Indolent Sluggish Ulcer 74
Poultice for 74
Ulcers (Herb Remedies) 410, 412, 413, 416, 431, 434, 447
Ulcer of the Cornea, Diagnosis of 5
Ulcer of the Cornea 351
Ulcer of the Stomach, Diagnosis of 5
Ulcer of the Stomach and Duodenum 106
Symptoms 106
Physicians' Treatment 106
1. Rest 106
2. Feed by the Rectum 106
Uraemia, Acute 156
Uraemia, Acute (Herb Remedies) 435
Uraemia, Chronic 156
Uraemia, Toxaemia 166
Urethritis 235
Urethritis (Herb Remedies) 415
Urinary Passage 164
Mothers' Remedies 164
1. Dandelion Root win clean 164
Urinary Passage (Herb Remedies) 411, 415, 432, 436, 443
Urine, Blood in the 156
Urine, Scalding (Herb Remedies) 440
Urticaria 89
Uterus, Cancer of the 334

Vaccination 208 Symptoms 208 Vagina, The 491 Vaginal Douche, for Cleansing the 641 Vagina, Inflammation of 496 Vaginismus 497 Vaginitis 496 Van Buskirk's Fragrant Sozodont 485 Vanilla Snow 648 Varicella 179 Varicose Veins 345 Predisposing Causes 346 Exciting Causes 346 Physicians' Treatment 346 Palliative 346 Varicose Veins (Herb Remedies) 410 Variola 201 Varix 345 Vaselin (Medical Use) 670 Venereal Diseases 494 Ventilation 623 Verucca 80 Vestibule, The 491 Vinegar (Medical Use) 673 Vomiting 115 Mothers' Remedies 115 1. Spice Poultice to Stop 115 2. Mustard Plaster to Stop 115 3. Parched Corn, Drink to Stop 115 4. Peppermint Application for 115 5. Mustard and Water for 115 6. Warm Water for 115 Physicians' Treatment 115 1. For Vomiting 115 2. For Nervous Vomiting 115 3. A Little Brandy 116 4. Oil of Cloves 116 5. Lime Water 116 6. Vinegar Fumes 116 7. Seidlitz Powder 116 8. Mustard Plaster 116 9. One-tenth drop of Ipecac 116 10. One-half drop of Fowler's Solution 116 Vomiting (Herb Remedies) 423, 433, 440 Vulva, Cysts of 406 Vulva, Inflammation of 491 Vulva, Itching of 495 Vulvitis 494

[MEDICAL INDEX 941]

Warm Baths (90 to 100 F.) 630
Wart 89
Mothers' Remedies 89
1. An Application for 89
2. Match and Turpentine for 89
3. Muriate of Ammonia for 89
4. Turpentine for 89
5. Warts, to Remove 89
6. Milkweed Removes 89
7. For Warts 89
Warts (Herb Remedies) 413, 416
Watt's Anti-Rheumatic Pills 487
Weak Back 682
Mothers' Remedies (Unclassified) 682
1. Liniment for 682
2. Turpentine, and Sweet Oil for 682
Weaning 569
Wen 85
Treatment 85
Wet Cupping 635
Whites, The 510
White's Cough Syrup 487
White Swelling 236
Whitlow 69
Whole Wheat Bread 653
Whooping Cough, Diagnosis of 5
Whooping Cough 180
Symptoms 181
The First Stage 181
Spasmodic or Second Stage 181
Stage of the Decline 182
Complications 182
Diagnosis 182
Mortality 182
Mothers' Remedies 182
1. Chestnut Leaves for 182
2. Chestnut Leaves and Cream for 182
3. Mrs. Warren's 182
4. Raspberry Tincture for 182
Physicians' Treatment for Whooping Cough 183
Medical Treatment 183
1. Good Powder 183
2. Tincture of Aconite 183
3. The Best Treatment 183
Diet 183
Whooping Cough (Herb Remedies) 437, 439
Whooping Cough (Rare Prescription) 484
Wine of Antimony (Poison by) 407
Wind-pipe, Bleeding from 38

WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT 489
Abortion (Accidents of Pregnancy) 524
Causes 525
Causes--Due to the Father--Paternal 525
Foetal Causes 525
Symptoms 525
Threatened Abortion 526
Inevitable Abortion 526
Treatment--Preventive 526
Treatment of Threatened Abortion 526
Treatment of the Inevitable Abortion 527
Placenta Praevia 527
Treatment 527
Amenorrhea 505
Causes 505
Symptoms 505
Treatment 505
Bleeding after Delivery 540
Breast Broken, Abscess 538
Breasts, Care of 538
Breasts, Inflammation of 538
Abscess, Broken Breast 538
Treatment-Preventive 538
Mothers' Remedies for Sore Breasts 539
1. A Never Failing Remedy for 539
2. An Herb Treatment for 539
3. A Hot Poultice for 539
4. Fresh Hops for 539
5. A Poultice of Peach Leaves for 539
Mothers' Remedies for Sore Nipples 539
1. A Good Wash for 539
2. A Good Family Ointment for 539
Cervix, Diseases of 497
Tear of the Cervix (Laceration) 497
Causes 497
Symptoms, Immediate and Remote 497
Remote Symptoms 497
Treatment 498
Cervix, Inflammation of the 498
Cause 498
Symptoms 498
Treatment 498
Cervix, Tear of 497
Childbirth 494
Clitoris, The 491
Convulsions (Eclampsia) 542
Treatment 542
Criminal Abortion 494
Cystocele 514
Causes 514
Symptoms 514
Treatment 514
Diseases of Women, Causes of 493
Menstruation 494
Dress 494
Prevention of Conception 494
Criminal Abortion 494
Childbirth 494
Venereal Diseases 494
Dress 494
Dysmenorrhea 507
Eclampsia 542
Endometritis 498
Endometritis, Putrid 500
Symptoms 500
Treatment 500
Diet 500
Endometritis, Septic, Puerperal 499
Symptoms 499
Treatment 499
Fallopian Tubes, Diseases of 502
Fallopian Tubes, Inflammation of 502
Fibromata 501
Genital Organs, Female, Anatomy of 490
Glands of Bartholin, The 401
Hemorrhage, Post-Partum (Bleeding After Delivery) 540
Causes 540
Symptoms 540
Treatment 540
Pulse and Temperature 541
Treatment 541
Diet 542
Hymen, The 491
Labia Majora, The 490
Labia Minora, The 490
Labor 528
Premonitory Signs of Labor 528
Stages of Labor 529
The First Stage 529
Second Stage 529
Third Stage 530
Management of Labor 530
Preparation of the Bed 530
Preparation of the Patient 530
Examination of the Patient 531
Management of the Second Stage 532
Dr. Manton, of Detroit, Says: 532
Management of the Third Stage 534
The Child 534
Another Method 535
The Mother 535
Rest 537
After-Pains 537

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The Bladder 537
The Bowels 533
Leucorrhea (The Whites) 510
Causes 510
From a Torn Cervix 510
In Inflammation of the Canal of the Cervix 510
Inflammation of the Body of the Womb 510
If the Inflammation Is Caused by Gonorrhea 510
Symptoms 510
Mothers' Remedies 510
1. Slippery Elm for 510
2. Glycerin for 511
3. Common Tea for 511
4. Witch-Hazel for 511
5. White Oak Bark for 511
6. A Good Herb Remedy for 511
7. Common Vinegar for 511
8. An Easily Prepared Remedy for 511
9. Home-Made Suppositories for 511
10. A Good Home Remedy for 512
11. A New York Doctor's Remedy for 512
Physicians' Treatment 512
Local 512
1. One Ounce of White Oak Bark 512
2. Tannic Acid and Glycerin 512
3. Lloyd's Golden Seal 512
4. This Combination Gives Good Service 512
5. Witch-Hazel in Warm Water 512
6. Many other Simple Remedies 512
Lochia, The 540
Diet 540
Menorrhagia 505
Causes 505
Local Causes 505
Symptoms 506
Physicians' Treatment for Profuse Menstruation 506
1. An Easily Prepared Remedy for 506
2. In Young Girls 506
3. Blaud's Pills Will Do Well 506
4. If the Appetite Is Poor 506
5. Tincture of Nux Vomica 506
6. Golden Seal Root 506
7. Oil of Erigeron or Flea-bane 506
8. Oil of Cinnamon 506
9. Cranesbill (Geranium Maculatum) 507
Menopause (Change of Life) 513
Symptoms 513
Mothers' Remedies 513
1. A Useful Herb Remedy for 513
2. An Old Tried Remedy for 513
3. Good Advice From an Experienced Mother 513
Physicians' Treatment 513
Menstruation 494
Menstruation, Delayed 504
Causes 505
Mothers' Remedies, Obstruction of Monthly Flow 503
1. An Herb Remedy for 505
2. Smartweed for 505
Menstruation, Difficult 507
Causes 507
Symptoms 507
Mothers' Remedies for Painful Menstruation 507
1. A Good Tonic for 507
2. A Home Remedy for 507
Physicians' Treatment 507
1. For the Attack 507
2. If the Patient's Nervous System Is Run Down 508
3. Fluid Extract of Blue Cohosh 508
4. Tincture of Pulsatilla 503
5. Tincture of Cocculus 508
Menstruation, Premature 504
Treatment 504
Menstruation, Vicarious (In Place of) 505
Midwifery, or Obstetrics 515
Milk Leg 542
Symptoms 542
Treatment 543
Diet 543
Miscarriage 524
Mons Veneris 490
Obstetrics, or Midwifery 515
Small Bodies 515
The Embryo or Impregnated Egg 515
Development of the Different Months 515
First Month 515
Second Month 515
Third Month 515
Fourth Month 516
Fifth Month 516
Sixth Month 516
Seventh Month 516
Eighth Month 516
Ninth Month 516
Nausea and Vomiting 517
Breasts 517
Bladder 517
Abdominal Changes 518
Pigmentation 518
Quickening 518
The Blood 518
Nervous System 518
Constipation Is the Rule 518
The Foetal Heart-beat 518
Pelvic Signs 519
Duration of Pregnancy 519
How to Determine Date of Confinement 519
Position of the Womb 519
Twins 519
Sex 519
Diagnosis 519
Hygiene of Pregnancy 519
Clothing 520
Food 520
Bathing 520
The Bowels and Bladder 520
Exercise, Rest and Sleep 521
The Vagina 521
The Breasts and Nipples 521
Nervous System 521
Disorders of Pregnancy 521
Mothers' Remedies 522
1. A Great Aid for 522
2. Nausea of Pregnancy, Menthol and Sweet Oil for 522
3. Bouillon or Broth for 522
4. Indigestion and Heartburn 522
Teeth 523
Constipation 523
Difficult Breathing 523
Varicose Veins and Piles 523
Piles 523
Albumin in the Urine (Albuminuria) 524
Treatment 524
Organs of Generation, The Internal 491
Ovaries, The 493
Ovary, Diseases of 503
Ovaries, Inflammation of the 503
Causes 503
Symptoms 503
Treatment 503
Physicians' Treatment 503
Ovaries, Tumors of the 504
Symptoms 504
Treatment 504
Ovaritis 503
Pelvis, The 400
Placenta Praevia 527
Pregnancy, Accidents of 524
Premature Labor (Accidents of Pregnancy) 524

[MEDICAL INDEX 943]

Prevention of Conception 494
Pruritis 495
Rectocele 514
Causes 514
Symptoms 514
Treatment 514
Salpingitis 502
Causes 502
Symptoms 502
The Symptoms of the Chronic Variety 502
Treatment of the Acute Kind 503
For the Chronic Variety 503
Vagina, The 491
Vagina, Inflammation of 496
Varieties 496
1. Catarrhal or Simple Form 496
2. Granular 496
3. Gonorrheal Form 496
4. Diphtheritic 497
5. Senile Type 497
Symptoms 497
Treatment (In Acute Cases) 497
In Chronic Cases 497
Vaginismus 497
Treatment 497
Vaginitis 496
Venereal Diseases 494
Vestibule, The 491
Vulva, Cyst of 496
Cause 496
Symptoms 496
Condition 496
Treatment 496
Vulva, Inflammation of the 494
Causes 494
Other Causes 494
In Infants 495
Symptoms and Condition of the Parts 495
Treatment 495
1. If There Is Much Pain 495
2. For Chronic Form 495
Vulva, Itching of the 495
Causes 495
Parts Irritable 495
Symptoms 495
Treatment 496
Local 496
Vulvitis 494
Whites, The 510
Womb, Cancer of the Body of 500
Treatment 500
Womb, Displacements 508
Causes 508
Symptoms 508
Treatment 509
Operations 509
Womb, Falling or Prolapse of 509
For the Incomplete Falling 509
For the Complete Falling 509
Mothers' Remedies 509
1. Unicorn Root for 509
2. A Fine Herb Combination for 509
3. A Physician's Treatment for 509
4. A Never-Failing Remedy for 510
5. White Oak Bark for 510
Womb, Fibroid Tumors of 501
1. Interstitial 501
2. Sub-Mucus (Under the Mucous Membrane) 501
3. Sub-Peritoneal 501
Causes 501
Symptoms 501
Mothers' Remedy 501
1. Common Wood Cactus for 501
Treatment 501
Symptoms Calling for an Operation 501
Womb, Inflammation of the Lining of the 498
Causes 498
Acute Variety 498
Gonorrheal Variety, Symptoms 498
Mothers' Remedy 499
1. A Good Tonic for 499
Physicians' Treatment 499
Womb, Malignant Diseases of 500
Causes 500
Symptoms 500
Treatment 500
Womb, Subinvolution 501
Causes 501
Symptoms 501
Results 502
Treatment 502
Womb, Bleeding from the (Herb Remedies) 412, 413, 423
Womb, Cancer of the Body of 500
Womb, Displacements of 508
Womb, Falling or Prolapse 509
Womb, Fibroid Tumors of 501
Womb Headache 271
Womb, Inflammation of the Lining of 498
Womb, Malignant Disease of 500
Womb, Subinvolution 501
Wool Sorters' Disease 230
Worms, Flesh 61
Worms, Pin 46
Worm, Round 44
Symptoms 45
Mothers' Remedies 45
1. Sage Tea for 45
2. Tansy Remedy for 45
3. Peach Leaf Tea for 45
Physicians' Treatment 45
1. Dr. Osler of Oxford, England, recommends as follows 45
2. Dr. Ritter's Santonin Remedy 45
3. Dr. Douglas, of Detroit, Michigan 46
4. The Following Is from Professor Stille 46
Worm, Round (Herb Remedies) 414, 432, 446
Worm, Tape 48
Symptoms 48
Treatment, Preventive 49
Mothers' Remedies 49
1. Pumpkin Seed Tea for 49
2. Another Good Remedy for 49
3. Ontario Mothers' Remedy for 49
4. Successful Remedy for Children or Adults 49
Physicians' Treatment 49
Preparing the Patient 49
Giving the Remedy and Receiving the Worm 49
1. Light Diet 50
2. Pelletierine Remedy for 50
3. Infusion and Emulsion for 50
4. An Old-Time Remedy for 50
Worm, Thread 46
Mothers' Remedies 46
1. Aloes Treatment for 46
2. Pink Root for 46
3. Quassia Chips for 47
4. Lime Water Injection for 47
5. Salt Water Remedy for 47
Physicians' Treatment 47
1. Santonin in Small Doses and Mild Purgative Like Rhubarb 47
2. Santonin for 47
3. Dr. Tooker of Chicago, Illinois 47
4. Dr. Tooker Gives Another Method 47
5. Another Remedy for 47
6. Spearmint Treatment for 47
7. Internal Treatment for 48
8. Tincture of Cina, to Accompany Injection 48

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Worm, Thread (Herb Remedies) 423, 432, 446 Wounds 621 Wounds, Punctured 393 Wounds, Rusty Nail 393 Wounds, Stab 392 Wounds, Torn 393 Wounds, Torn (Herb Remedies) 430, 434, 443 Writer's Cramp 292 Causes 292 Symptoms 292 Recovery 292 Physicians' Treatment 292 Wry Neck 324 Yeast Poultice 633 Yellow Fever 224

INDEX TO MANNERS AND SOCIAL CUSTOMS INCLUDING PAGES 683 TO 790

MANNERS' AND SOCIAL CUSTOMS 683
Afternoon Wear 768
Incongruity in Dress 768
Appropriate Dress for Women 768
Bachelor Hospitality 704
Bachelor and the Chaperon, The 764
Cheaper Ways of Entertaining 765
Bachelor's Chafing Dish, The 765
Village Society, In 766
Should He Offer His Arm? 766
The Outside of the Walk 766
Minor Matters of Men's Etiquette 766
Cards and Calls 766
Bad Habits 767
Car Fare Question, The 767
Balls, the Etiquette of 722
Calls, the Etiquette of 690
Time and Manner 690
Men's Demeanor 690
"Pour Prendre Conge" 691
Girls' Manners 691
First Calls 691
Calls After Wedding 740
Card, Calling, Etiquette 688
For Women 688
A General Rule 688
After Social Functions 688
After Absence 688
For Men 689
Letters of Introduction 689
At a Hotel 689
Styles in Cards 689
Uses of Names 689
Carriage Etiquette 777
Minor Items 778
Children's Parties 727
Games 727
Supper 727
Games for Older Children 727
Christening Ceremonies 747
Ceremony, The 747
Sponsors 748
Church Christenings 748
Church Etiquette 776
Friendly Advances 776
Demeanor 776
Civility in Public 778
Rude Tourists 778
Telephone Etiquette 779
Concerning Introductions 685
Women and Introductions 685
When Calling 685
General Introductions 686
Men and Introductions 686
A Few Things Not to Do 686
In Company 687
School Girls' Etiquette 687
Cook's Work, The 781
Should Understand Duties 781
Nurse, The 782
Debutante, The 721
A Grave Mistake 721
Her Dress 721
If Not a Belle 722
Decollette Gowns Are Worn When? 769
Wearing the Hat 769
Ornaments 769
Debutante's Dress, The 769
Dressing on Modest Allowance 770
Dinner, The Informal 700
Family Dinners 701
Requirements 701
Setting the Table 702
Dinners and Luncheons 698
Formal Dinners 698
Serving the Dinner 698
The Help Required 699
Precedence 700
Be Prompt 700
Dress for Elderly Women 770
Suitable, The 770
Duties of a Chaperon 771
Mothers as Chaperons 771
Chaperon's Lot Not Easy 771
Chaperon a Social Help 771
Chaperon of the Motherless Girl, The 772
Avoid Espionage 772
Girls and the Chaperon, The 772
Chaperon in Middle Class Society, The 772
Duties and Dress of Servants 779
Maid, The One 779
Instructing the Maid 780
Maid's Serving, the 780
Duties of Waitress and Cook 781
Engagements, Announcement of 729
How Disclosed 729
After the Announcement 730
Girl's Behavior, The 730
Length of Engagement 730
Breaking Off 731
Wedding Trousseau, The 731
Engagements, Concerning 728
Parental Wishes 728
Entertainments, At Small 723
Card Parties 724
At the Party 724
Etiquette for Children 726
First Lessons 726
Etiquette of Correspondence, The 755
Essentials, The 756
Letter Forms 756
Abbreviations 757
What Not to Do 757
Placing the Stamps 758

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When to Write 758
Care in Writing 758
Keeping Letters 759
Letters of Congratulation and Condolence 759
Etiquette of Dress, The 767

Garden Parties 723
Refreshments 723
Guests, What is Expected of the 712
Dress at Week-End Visits 712
Men's Wear 712
Guests, The Obligations of 715
About Being Thoughtful 715
Outside Acquaintance 716
Other Points to Observe 716
Concerning Departure 716
At Home Again 717

Hat, The Etiquette of the 761
Coachman's Salute, The 762
Hat, When to Raise the 762
At Other Times 762
Hat and Coat When Calling 763
Home Wedding, The 740
Correct Attire 740
After the Wedding 742
Wedding Gifts 742
What to Give 742
Acknowledgments 743
Wedding Decorations 743
Hospitality in the Home 708
Real Hospitality 703
Short Visits 709
The Unexpected Visit 709
The Inopportune Arrival 709
Visits that Save Expense 710
Hostess, The Duties of 713
The Visitors' Comfort 713
Preparing for Company 713
The Hostess's Invitations 714
The Visitor's Entertainments 714

Invitations 692
Invitations, Formulas for 692
Replies 693
Must Not Ask Invitations 694
Other Particulars 694
Informal Invitations 694
Afternoon Tea 695
The Verbal Invitation 695

Luncheons 703
Formal Luncheons 703
Minor Particulars 703
Large Luncheons 704

Manners for Men 760
Value of Courtesy 760
Manners of the Gentleman, The 760
Training, A Matter of 761
Politeness an Armor 761
Manners and Social Customs 683
Importance of Knowledge 684
A Matter of Habit 634
Men's Dress 767
Mourning Garments 751
Expense of Mourning, The 752
Mourning Wear 752
Period of Mourning, The 753
French Mourning 753
Mourning for Men 754
Duties of Friends, The 754
Mourning Etiquette 749
Funerals, Conduct of 749
Undertaker, The 749
Duties of the Next Friend, The 750
House Funeral, The 750
Church Funerals 751
Flowers 751

Neighborhood Etiquette 777
Borrowing 777
Receptions 707
Receiving 707
Decorations 707

Rules for Precedence 763

Smoking, About 763
Smoke, Where not to 764
Expectoration, About 764
Social Affairs, The Young Girl's 718
Girl and the Chaperon 719
Girl and the Young Men, The 719
About Gifts 720
Telephone, The 720
Speech, Good Form in 773
Use of Slang and Colloquialisms 773
Form of Address 774
Courtesy of Conversation 774
"Stag" Dinners 725
Subjects of Conversation 775
Discourtesies 778
Some Things to Avoid 775
The Speaking Voice 776
Summary 782

Table Etiquette 704
At the Table 705
Using the Fork 705
Vegetables, Fruits, etc 705
The Spoon 706
Finger Bowls 707
Tea, the Musical and Informal 725
Visiting Etiquette for Girls 717
Deference to Age 718
Wedding-Anniversaries 745
Wedding, The 745
Silver Wedding, The 745
Golden Weddings, The 746
Courtesies of the Occasion, The 746
Gifts 747
Wedding Festivities 732
Engagement "Showers" 732
How Presented 732
Refreshments 733
Wedding Invitations and Announcements 696
Correct Form 696
The Bridegroom's Family 697
Other Items 697
Wedding Preparations 738
The Expense of the Wedding 733
Bride's Privileges, The 734
Who Pays? 735
Wedding Gown, The, 735
Later Wear of the Wedding Gown 735
Bridal Flowers 736
Widow's Bridal Attire 786
Man's Wedding Garments, The 736
Bride's Mother, The 737
Church Wedding, The Formal 737
Bride's Father, The 738
Another Form 738
Best Man's Duties, The 738
Duties of the Ushers 739
Wedding Reception, The 739
Refreshments 739
Going Away 739
Weddings, The Simplest of 744
Week-End Visits 710
Invitation, The 710
Amusements 711
Hostess's Arrangements 711
Young Girls' Parties 724
Birthday Party 725

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MISCELLANEOUS INDEX PAGES 790 TO 908 Including Chapters on "Beauty and the Toilet," "Nursery Hints and Fireside Gems," "Domestic Science," "Canning and Pickling," "Candy" "General Miscellaneous" and "Glossary"

Acid or Lye, Burns from 858 Account Book, Kitchen 867 "Affection" (Quotation) 808 "After the Burial," from Lowell 809 "All Girls and Boys" (Quotation) 808 Almonds, Salted 830 Ants, Troubled With 886 Apples, The Quickest Way to Core 877 Awkwardness Due to Eyes 811