COLIC IN INFANTS
Categories: Patent Medicines and Secret ForumlaDewee's Carminative 1 ounce
Dose: One week old, three to five drops; one month old, five to ten drops;
three months old, ten to twenty drops. One ounce would cost about 15
cents.
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CLUB FOOT (Talipes)
Varieties: 1. The heel may be drawn up and the foot extended (Talipes Equinus). 2. The foot may be flexed, bent up, (Talipes Calcaneus). 3. The foot may be drawn inward, adducted, (Talipes Varus). 4. The foot may be drawn outward, abducted, (Ta... COCAINE HABIT
The drug is taken as a snuff, hypodermically, or in sprays and often the habit is formed when given as sprays, etc., in disease. Symptoms. Large doses cause great excitement, sometimes convulsions, followed by weak heart and respiratory weakness, gene... Cocculus
Poisonous bean-shaped berry of a woody vine (Anamirta cocculus) of the East Indies that yields picrotoxin. ... Cochineal
Red dye made of the dried and pulverized bodies of female cochineal insects. ... Coddle
Cook in water below the boiling point: coddle eggs. Treat indulgently; baby; pamper. ... Codling (codlin)
Greenish elongated English apple used for cooking. Small unripe apple. ... Cohosh (baneberry, Herb Christopher)
Plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries; especially blue cohosh, black cohosh. ... Colchicum
Various bulbous plants of the genus Colchicum, such as the autumn crocus. The dried ripe seeds or corms (short thick solid food-storing underground stem) of the autumn crocus which yield colchicine. ... COLD IN THE CHEST. (Acute Bronchitis. Inflammation of Bronchial Tubes)
This is an acute inflammation of the larger and medium sized bronchial tubes. Causes. Youth and old age are more predisposed to it. Lack of fresh air and exercise, dusty work, poor general health, dampness and changeable weather in winter and e... COLD OR FEVER SORES
These unpleasant afflictions may be cured if taken at the first indication of what is coming--a smarting or burning sensation--by frequent applications of dilute spirits of camphor. ... Colds
"Dover's Powders 20 grains Capsicum 15 grains Camphor 10 grains Quinine 25 grains" Mix. Make up into about 20 capsules or powders. Take one every 2 or 3 hours. This is recommended as a sure cure ... COLDS. (Coryza. Acute Nasal Catarrh. Acute Rhinitis)
This is an inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose. Causes: Exposure to cold or wet when the body is overheated; sudden or extreme changes in the atmosphere; inhaling irritating fumes or dust. Symptoms: A chilly feeling, limbs ache, ten... COLIC
Colocynthis 1X dil. Put ten drops in a glass half full of water and give two teaspoonfuls every fifteen minutes until better. When the pains are cutting, pinching, cramping, as if the bowels were pierced with knives in the region of the navel and when t... COLIC IN INFANTS
Dewee's Carminative 1 ounce Dose: One week old, three to five drops; one month old, five to ten drops; three months old, ten to twenty drops. One ounce would cost about 15 cents. ... COLIC, CHOLERA AND DIARRHEA
Laudanum 2 drams Oil Cloves 15 drops Oil Cassia 15 drops Compound Tincture Catechu 4 drams Alcohol to make 4 ounces Mix. Dose: Teaspoonful every ten minutes to pr... COLLAPSE
1. Place the patient flat on his back. 2. Raise the feet and lower his head, unless blueness of the face occurs. 3. Make the patient warm by applying warm coverings and hot water bottles, bricks or wood. 4. Enema of strong coffee. 5. If necess... Collodion
Highly flammable, colorless or yellowish syrupy solution of pyroxylin, ether, and alcohol, used as an adhesive to close small wounds and hold surgical dressings, in topical medications, and for making photographic plates. ... Colloid cancer; jelly-like substance
The cancer cells have undergone a degeneration in one of the preceding varieties. The material it contains is a semi-translucent, glistening, jelly-like substance. Its special seats are the stomach, bowel, omentum, ovary and, occasionally, the breast. ... Colocynth (bitter Apple)
Old World vine (Citrullus colocynthis) bearing yellowish, green-mottled fruits the size of small lemons. The pulp of the fruit is a strong laxative. ... Colombo (calumba)
Root of an African plant (Jatrorrhiza palmata, family Menispermaceae) containing columbin; it is used as a tonic called calumba root or colombo root. ... COLOR OF THE HAIR
Nature has suited the hair to the complexion in every case, and we cannot improve upon her idea of harmony. That is why any attempt to change the color is so unsatisfactory. The "bleached blonde" is always recognizable; so is the woman who dyes her fade... Colostrum (foremilk)
Thin yellowish fluid secreted by the mammary glands at birth, rich in antibodies and minerals. It precedes the production of true milk. ... Coltsfoot (galax)
Eurasian herb (Tussilago farfara), naturalized in parts of North America with dandelion-like flower heads. Dried leaves or flower heads of this plant have been long used in herbal medicine to treat coughs. ... Common appearances after Vaccination
For a day or two nothing unusual should appear. A few days after that, if it succeeds regularly, the skin will become red, then a pimple will form, and on the pimple a little vesicle or blister which may be plainly seen on the fifth or sixth day. On th... CONGESTION OF BRAIN
Aconite 2X dil. Prepare, and give one to two teaspoonfuls everyone to two hours. Belladonna 3X dil. Prepare and give one to two teaspoonfuls everyone to two hours. When head bounds and throbs much. Bryonia 2X dil. Aggravated by motion; more fullnes... CONGESTION OF THE BRAIN. (Hyperaemia)
The brain is too full of blood. Causes. For Active Congestion. Over-exertion in study, etc.; chronic pletbora (too much blood in the blood vessels); from constant use of alcohol, tobacco, amyl nitrite, and from the stomach. For passive congestion. ...