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CANCER OF THE UTERUS
What women should know regarding it. The menopause or change of life comes on gradually, rarely suddenly. It is not preceded by excessive flowing or discharge or pain in a healthy woman. By cancer period is understood those years after forty, although... CANCER PASTE
I will tell you how I made it for the last twenty-three years. Take equal parts (by weight) of chloride of zinc, pulverized bloodroot, and wheat flour; mix well, add enough water to form a paste; spread the paste, just the size of the sore, on a rag... Cancer, Yellow Dock Root for
Scrape narrow leaf yellow dock roots and steep in cream to make a salve and apply externally. Add a little alcohol if you wish to keep it for sometime." ... CANKER SORE MOUTH. (Aphthous Stomatitis
This is a variety of inflammation of the mouth where there are one or more vesicles (cankers) upon the edges of the tongue, the cheek or the lips. Causes. They are most common in children between two and six years of age; but are not rare in adults. ... CANKER SORE MOUTH. (Aphthous Stomatitis)
This is a variety of inflammation of the mouth where there are one or more vesicles (cankers) upon the edges of the tongue, the cheek or the lips. Causes. They are most common in children between two and six years of age; but are not rare in adults. ... Cantharis (pl Cantharides) (also Called Spanish Fly)
Brilliant green blister beetle (Lytta vesicatoria or Cantharis vesicatoria) of central and southern Europe. Toxic preparation of the crushed, dried bodies of this beetle, formerly used as a counter-irritant for skin blisters and as an aphrodis... Capsicum
Topical American pepper plants, genus Capsicum, especially C. annuum and C. frutescens. ... Capsid (mirid Bug, Mirid)
Variety of leaf bug. ... Carbolic Acid (phenol)
Caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C6H5OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic. ... CARBOLIC ACID. Symptoms
Immediately burning pain from mouth to stomach; giddiness, loss of consciousness, collapse, partial suppression of the urine; characteristic odor and white color of lips, etc. Antidotes. Epsom salts or glaubers salts, and water very freely to drink; ... Carbuncle
A painful localized bacterial infection of the skin that usually has several openings discharging pus. ... CARBUNCLE
Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form). ... CARBUNCLE. (Anthrax)
A carbuncle is an acute circumscribed inflammation of the skin and tissues beneath, of the size of an egg, orange, or larger. It is a hard mass and ends in local death of some of the tissue and formation of pus, which empties upon the surface through se... Cardamom
Rhizomatous (horizontal, usually underground stem) Indian herb (Elettaria cardamomum) having capsular fruits with aromatic seeds used as a spice or condiment. Plants of the related genus Amomum, used as a substitute for cardamom. ... Care of Medicine in the Sick Room
Use a clean tumbler and when not using cover the tumbler with a small saucer or piece of cardboard. Set it in a cool place and where it is free from odors, as liquid medicines exposed are likely to take up such impurities. DIRECTIONS FOR USING HOM... Care of the Breasts
Careful attention should be given them from the first. The nipples should be bathed after labor, with an antiseptic lotion (bichloride, 1-2000), dried and then covered with castor oil, a small square of clean sterile gauze being laid over each to prot... CARE OF THE HAIR
The hair is kept in order by frequent brushings, which excite the natural oil by which it is fed, and by washing it. Dr. Leonard, an authority on the hair, says once a month is as often as the hair needs washing. As a shampoo, he advises yolk of egg, we... CARE OF THE NAILS
It is a luxury to have one's nails done by a manicure, and if one can not afford this, always, it is profitable to have it done a few times and carefully observe the process, because the nails are a very important part of the care of the hands. Finge... Carminative
Inducing the expulsion of gas from the stomach and intestines. ... CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS
For headache, torpid liver, constipation, and the complexion take one pill every night. As a purgative take four to eight. Weight of twelve pills about seven and one-half grains of which probably two to two and one-half grains is sugar coating. They... Cascara (see Rhamnus Purshiana)
A buckthorn native to northwest North America; the bark yields cascara sagrada. ... Cassia
Tropical or subtropical trees, shrubs, or herbs of the genus Cassia in the pea family, having yellow flowers, and long, flat or cylindrical pods. Tropical Asian evergreen tree (Cinnamomum cassia) having aromatic bark used as a substitute for c...