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Chapter V: Verdigris, see Copper Compounds, 96

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Vermilion, see Mercury Compounds, 96

W.

Water, Accidents on the, 11

White Precipitate, see Mercury Compounds, 96

White Vitriol, see Zinc Compounds, 96

White Lead, see Lead Compounds, 96

Wind or Flatulent Colic, 44

Windpipe, Foreign Bodies in the, 79

Wounds, 116

” Incised, 118

” Lacerated, 119

” Contused, 120

” Punctured or Stab, 121

” Poisoned, 122

Wound or Cut, Bleeding from, 33

Wrist, Dislocation of, 59

” broken, 26

Z.

Zinc Compounds, Poisoning by, 96

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Transcriber’s Notes

▪ Note: Archaic spellings have been retained. Printer’s errors and
apparent misspellings have been changed and are noted below

▪ Pg. 6: Added hyphen: ‘Tooth-ache, Pains in the Face and Jaw, Ear
ache’ to ‘Ear-ache’—Table of Contents only place without hyphen

▪ Pg. 13: Corrected typo: ‘... persons of square stout built’ to
‘build’

▪ Pg. 19: Corrected typo: ‘... or from it’s being bent’ to ‘its’

▪ Pg. 23: Corrected typo: ‘... but not to tightly’ to ‘too’

▪ Pg. 26: Changed formatting: ‘_Hand._ Fracture of the _Hand_.’ to
‘HAND.’—Small Caps elswhere in comparable settings

▪ Pg. 29: Corrected typo: ‘... lifting the latter well of the ground’
to ‘well off’

▪ Pg. 35: Corrected typo: ‘... depends upon the extend’ to ‘extent’

▪ Pg. 37: Corrected typo: ‘... after the paroxism has passed’ to
‘paroxysm’

▪ Pg. 38: Missing period added: ‘... may be cited as amongst the
principal’ to ‘principal.’

▪ Pg. 38: Corrected typo: ‘... should also be taken to strenghten’ to
‘strengthen’

▪ Pg. 38: Spelling retained: ‘oil of vriganum’—most likely an old
variant of ‘origanum’

▪ Pg. 39: Corrected typo: ‘Some children eat much to fast’ to ‘too
fast’

▪ Pg. 51: Corrected typo: ‘... the exercise mast be moderated’ to ‘must
be’

▪ Pg. 56: Missing period added: ‘Neck Place’ to ‘Neck. Place’

▪ Pg. 62: Corrected typo: ‘... the occurrence of insensibilty’ to
‘insensibility’

▪ Pg. 67: Missing period added: ‘difficult to heal Red precipitate’ to
‘heal.’

▪ Pg. 67: Corrected typo: ‘... where there is much imflammation’ to
‘inflammation’

▪ Pg. 76: Corrected typo: ‘... following is recomcommended.’ to
‘recommended’

▪ Pg. 78: Corrected typo: ‘Foreign Bodies n the Gullet.’ to ‘in’

▪ Pg. 87: Corrected typo: ‘one side of the body is attacked
(hemephligia)’ to ‘hemiphlegia’

▪ Pg. 89: Corrected typo: ‘... in a half delining position’ to
‘declining’

▪ Pg. 90: Corrected typo: ‘... lower part of the body that is attacked
(paraphligia)’ to ‘paraphlegia’

▪ Pg. 91: Corrected typo: ‘a decoction of which-hazel’ to ‘witch-hazel’

▪ Pg. 94: Removed extra comma at end of sentence: ‘rat poison, etc.,’
to ‘etc.’

▪ Pg. 96: Corrected typo: ‘often been accidentally swalloed’ to
‘swallowed’

▪ Pg. 100: Corrected typo: ‘At there is no vomiting,’ to ‘At first’

▪ Pg. 106: Corrected typo: ‘Tinture of arnica’ to ‘Tincture’

▪ Pg. 108: Corrected typo: ‘which will distent the gullet’ to ‘distend’

▪ Pg. 110: Corrected typo: ‘... a person soon looses consciousness’ to
‘loses consciousness’

▪ Pg. 117: Corrected typo: ‘forbible entry of pointed weapons’ to
‘forcible’

▪ Pg. 124: Corrected typo: ‘certain given cirumstances’ to
‘circumstances’

▪ Pg. 136: Two entries in index out of order. Moved ‘Phosphorous,
Poisoning by’ and ‘Plants and Seeds’ to their correct place

▪ Pg. 137: Corrected typo: ‘Scheel’s Green, see Arsenic’ to
‘Scheele’s’—Scheele’s elsewhere

▪ Pg. 138: Entry in index out of order. Moved ‘Verdigris’ to its
correct place

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