In the Sympathizing Eye
Categories: Diseases of The Eye and EarThere is an inflammation involving the choroid,
ciliary body and iris. There is pain, tenderness, small blocked pupil and
sight is poor.
Course. It usually appears between the third week and the sixth month
after the original injury. "The extreme limits are two weeks and twenty
years." The sound eye is likely to be attacked when the exciting eye is in
a state of active inflammation.
Treatment. The "exciting eye" should be enucleated (taken out) before any
signs of sympathetic inflammation appears in the healthy eye. If it has
appeared, enucleation will be of no value; at all events if there is
vision in the exciting eye, the operation should not be done then.
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Hydragogue
Cathartics that aid in the removal of edematous fluids and promote the discharge of fluid from the bowels. ... Hydrastis
Genus of herbs (family Ranunculaceae) with palmately lobed leaves and small greenish flowers and including the goldenseal (H. canadensis). The dried rhizome and roots of the goldenseal formerly used in pharmacy as a bitter tonic and antiseptic... HYDROCHLORIC ACID, Symptoms
The stomach and bowels are irritated and inflamed, the mouth may burn and bleed; swallowing is difficult; "coffee grounds" vomiting.; pulse feeble, clammy skin. Treatment. Usually the first thing to do is to give an emetic. Send for a doctor and give... HYDROPHOBIA
Rabies and hydrophobia are two different terms, meaning the same disease, the former meaning to rage or become mad. This term applies more especially to the disease as it exists in the maniacal form in the lower animals, while hydrophobia comes from the... Hydrophobia (rabies)
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This is an exudation (liquid) in the pleural cavity. Causes. Comes from disease causing dropsy, kidney disease, lung trouble, pleurisy, etc. PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT. Treat disease that causes it. An operation to remove the fluid may be necessary. A t... Hygiene of pregnancy
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Salt of hypophosphorous acid. ... HYSTERIA
A state in which ideas control the body and produce morbid changes in its functions. Causes. It occurs mostly in women, and usually appears first about the time of puberty, but the manifestations may continue until the menopause or even until old age... Ichthyol
Oily substance prepared by the dry distillation of a bituminous mineral containing fossil fishes. Used as a remedy for some skin diseases. ... Ignatia
Dried ripe seeds of the Saint-Ignatius's-bean used like nux vomica. ... Impetigo
Contagious bacterial skin infection, usually of children, indicated by the eruption of superficial pustules with thick yellow crusts, commonly on the face. ... IMPETIGO
Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form). Rhus tox 6X, Graphites 6X. ... In Neuritis from Arsenic
We have disturbance of the stomach and bowels first, then the legs and arms are about equally affected, weakened; may recover in two to six months. Treatment for acute kind. The first thing to do is to rest in bed and control the pain and acute sympt... In the Sympathizing Eye
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Cause inconvenience; disturb. ... Indigestion and Heart-burn
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