Oak Poison, Gunpowder and Lard for
Categories: Unclassified Remedies"Mix small quantity of gunpowder and
lard and apply. One application cured me." This is an old, tried, standard
remedy.
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NEURALGIC HEADACHE
This commonly comes periodically, usually, one- sided. It may occur at the same hour for several days in succession. The pains are of all kinds. It may start in the morning or at any time. It involves more especially the eyes, side of the head, face, an... NEURITIS (Inflammation of the Nerves)
Aconite 2X dil. when caused from cold or congestion. Belladonna 3X dil. sore to touch and movement. Arnica 2X dil. when caused by injury, Rhus tox ex trit. (tablet form) when caused by strain. NEURALGIA or pain in the nerves, Tic douloreux... Neuritis from lead
The first symptoms are those of intestinal colic, lead line on the gums, "dropped-wrist." The recovery is quite gradual and the poison may be cast out in three to four months. ... NEW YORK SUN CHOLERA CURE
Essence Peppermint 1 ounce Laudanum 1 ounce Tincture Rhei 1 ounce Tincture Camphor 1 ounce Tincture Capsicum 1 ounce Mix. Dose: Teaspoonful every ten minutes for three doses if necessary.... NIGHT SWEATS
These are common in "consumption" and constitute one of the most distressing features of the disease. They usually occur when the fever drops in the early morning hours, or at any time of the day when the patient is sleeping. They may come on early in t... NIGHT SWEATS
China 2X dil. and Phosphoric acid 3X dil. These can be used alternately, giving each one three times a day. ... Nightshade, Poisonous Nightshade, Woody Nightshade, Solanum Dulcamara)
Perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine (belladonna, Atropa belladonna). ... Nitre (niter, Saltpeter)
Potassium nitrate, KNO3, used in making gunpowder. ... NITRIC 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. ... NOSEBLEED. Mothers' Remedies
1. Nosebleed; remedy sent us by a Public School Teacher. "Make a compress of paper soaked in cold water; put it under the upper lip and have the patient press the lip with the fingers. Remarks. Tried with success in many cases by a school teacher." By ... Nux Vomica
Tree (Strychnos nux-vomica) native to southeast Asia, having poisonous seeds that are the source of the medicinal alkaloids strychnine and brucine. ... NUX VOMICA. Symptoms
Appear quickly. Terrible convulsions, in paroxysms, devilish grin, the body is curved backward, jaw set. Treatment. Cause vomiting with warm salt water, warm mustard water, lard, vaselin, etc.; sixty grains of bromide of potash and thirty grains of c... Oak Poison, Gunpowder and Lard for
"Mix small quantity of gunpowder and lard and apply. One application cured me." This is an old, tried, standard remedy. ... OBESITY
An excessive development of fat; it may be hereditary. It occurs most frequently in women of middle age and in children. Its chief cause is excessive eating and drinking, especially of the starch and sugar foods and malt liquors, and lack of exercise. T... OBSTETRICS OR MIDWIFERY
Small bodies are contained in the ovaries. These are called eggs or ova. The human egg is about 1/125 of an inch in diameter. This egg enlarges and one or more escape from the ovaries, usually about the time of the monthly sickness, and are caught b... Ocher (ochre)
Yellow, brown, or red mineral oxides of iron used as pigments. ... Oil Of Vitriol
Sulfuric acid; highly corrosive, dense, oily liquid, H2SO4, colorless to dark brown depending on its purity and used to manufacture a wide variety of chemicals and materials including fertilizers, paints, detergents, and explosives. ... Oily seborrhoea
Symptoms. This appears most frequently upon the nose and forehead and sometimes upon the scalp. The skin looks oily, glistening, with the appearance of dust adhering to it. Small drops of oil are seen to ooze out of the follicles and when wiped off it r... OLIVE OIL. Sweet Oil (Oleum Olivae)
This is expressed from the ripe fruit. Action and Uses. It is a lubricant. It is added to poultices as an emollient in pneumonia and skin diseases. Internally, olive oil is nutritious and laxative, and a purgative in infants in doses of one teaspoon... Omentum
Folds of the peritoneum (membrane lining the abdominal cavity) that connect the stomach with other abdominal organs. ... ONION (Allium Cepa)
It is supposed that the onion is a native of Hungary. It is now found over the whole civilized world. It contains a white, acrid, volatile oil holding sulphur in solution, albumen, much uncrystallizable sugar and mucilage, phosphoric acid both free and ... Ophthalmia Neonatorum (infantile Purulent Conjunctivitis)
Various forms of conjunctivitis in newborns, usually contracted during birth from passage through the infected birth canal of the mother. ... OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM. (Inflammation of Eyes at Birth)
A severe conjunctivitis in the newly-born baby, swelling and redness usually of both eyes, occurring on the second or third day after birth; very soon there is a discharge and shortly it becomes creamy pus which runs from the eyes when the lids are par... OPIUM. Symptoms
Excitement at first, soon weariness, weighty limbs, sleepiness, pin-point pupils, pulse and breathing slow and strong, patient roused with difficulty and later it is impossible, snoring breathing. Treatment. This is a dangerous poison. A stomach pump ...