DISEASES OF THE SPLEEN

Categories: Diseases of The Blood And Ductless Galnds

1. Rupture of the spleenThis may occur
spontaneously from no apparent cause, or from hurts received in cases of

typhoid or malaria.



Symptoms. Severe pain, and signs of intestinal hemorrhages.



2. Acute inflammation of the spleen (splenitis). This occurs in acute

infections after injuries.



Symptoms. They are pain, tenderness, and enlargement of the spleen.



Tre tment. Treat the cause and relieve the pain. As this is a serious and

painful affection a physician should be called. The pain is often relieved

by a mustard poultice or hot fomentations. The patient should remain in

bed for acute inflammation of the spleen no matter what the cause.



3. Chronic Splenitis. Causes. It comes from malaria, syphilis or

leukaemia, etc.



Symptoms. There is the feeling of weight and symptoms of pressure on the

lungs or bowel.



Treatment. Remove the cause. If it comes from malaria, attend to that,

etc.



MOTHERS' REMEDIES. 1. Blood Purifier, Molasses and Sulphur as a. "Take a

pint of molasses to five cents' worth of sulphur, and mix well." A

teaspoonful four times a day in the spring will do wonders towards

purifying the blood.



2. Blood Purifier, Sassafras Tea, Known all over as. "Sassafras tea made

from the root and boiled to extract the strength." Drink freely of this

for a few days in the spring. It thins the blood, and is a good tonic.



3. Blood Purifier, Herb Tea Used as.



Burdock Root 2 ounces

Yellow Dock 2 ounces

Slippery Elm Bark 1 ounce

Mezeron Root 1 ounce

Licorice Juice 1 ounce



Simmer gently in three pints of water down to one quart; when cold, strain

and add one-fourth ounce of iodine potassium." A wineglassful may be

taken three times a day. This preparation is a fine blood purifier and can

be relied upon.



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4. Blood Purifier, Sweet Fern for. "Make a tea of this and drink freely.

This is very good to take in the spring of the year, as it thoroughly

cleanses the system."



5. Blood Purifier, Doctor Recommends Senna and Salts for:--"Five cents'

worth of senna leaves, one tablespoonful of epsom salts in one quart of

cold water; cover and let stand over night, then strain and put in

bottles. Take a wine-glass full every morning until you feel well." This

is from Mrs. Jonathan Shaw, she has used it with good results in her

family. A physician in England told her if people would use this the year

round they would seldom need a doctor.



6. Blood Purifier, Remedy Easy to Make for. "We always use one

teaspoonful of cream of tartar, two spoonfuls of sulphur, and mix with

syrup. Any size spoon will do. Take a teaspoonful at a dose." This is an

excellent remedy, and should be taken before retiring; about three times a

week would be sufficient.



7. Blood Purifier, Beech Bark and Blackberry Root a Good. "One gallon

white beech bark (after the rough bark is removed), good big handful of

blackberry root (cut fine), and also of sassafras root. Cover with cold

water and steep to get the strength, then strain. When cool (not cold) add

one pint baker's yeast and one cup sugar. Let it stand twenty-four hours

in a warm place. Then strain and set in a cool place. Take a wineglassful

three times a day before meals. This has been highly recommended to me by

a friend from Kalkaska, Michigan."



8. Blood Purifier, from a Madison, Connecticut, Mother. "Take blackberry

root, black cherry bark, spruce boughs, wintergreens: sarsaparilla roots;

steep in a large vessel, till all the goodness is out; strain and when

lukewarm put in a cup of yeast, let work and bottle up."



9. Blood Purifier, How to make, Celery Compound for a.



"Celery Compound 2 ounces

Chamomile Flower 1 ounce

Sassafras Root 1 ounce

Senna Leaves 1 ounce

Mandrake 1 ounce

Wintergreen Essence 1 ounce

Whisky 1 gill

White Sugar 1 pound

Hops 2 handfuls



Steep three hours in four quarts of water, strain, add sugar, when cold

add wintergreen and whisky. Dose:--One teaspoonful before meals and at

bedtime."



10. Blood Purifier, Another Effective Herb Remedy. "Pour boiling hot

water on four ounces of gentian root with two ounces of dried orange peel,

a sufficient amount of water should be used to exhaust the strength in the

root and orange peel; then boil in a porcelain pot until there is left

one-half pint of the concentrated infusion to every ounce of gentian root

used. Then to every one-half pint add one half ounce alcohol. The effect

of the alcohol is to coagulate it from a quantity of jelly looking

substance which must be separated by straining. This is one of the best

strengtheners of the human system. Dose:--One teaspoonful in an ounce of

water."



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11. Blood Purifier, Burdock for. "The root is the part employed

eliminating very rapidly the specific poison from the blood. Best

administered in decoction by boiling two ounces of the root in three pints

of water, to two pints. Dose:--One tablespoonful four times a day."

Burdock is a splendid blood purifier and is not expensive. It can be

purchased at any drug store for a reasonable amount.