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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 ... OPLEXY
Belladonna 3X dil. When arteries beat violently at first. ... Orchitis
Inflammation of the testes, often the result of mumps or other infection, trauma, or metastasis. ... Organdy (organdie)
Stiff transparent fabric of cotton or silk, used for trim, curtains, and light apparel. ... ORGANIC DISEASES OF THE SPINAL CORD. Caisson Disease
This affection occurs in divers, bridge builders, and others who are subject to increased atmospheric pressure. The symptoms develop on coming suddenly to the surface when the atmospheric pressure is greatly lessened. Symptoms. They usually occur o... Origanum
Marjoram. Genus of mint-like plants (Origanum). The sweet marjoram (O. Majorana) is aromatic and fragrant, and used in cooking. The wild marjoram of Europe and America (O. vulgare) is less fragrant. orris Several species of iris with a frag... Other Causes of Insanity
Imperfect Nutrition. Whatever tends to weaken the brain or exhaust the central forces of life must favor the growth of insanity. The brain is not properly nourished. Blows and Falls upon the Head. Sometimes such injuries are forgotten, but they resu... OVARY, inflammation of
Aconite 2X dil. Apis Mel 2X trit. (tablet form). These can be alternated. ... OXALIC ACID. Symptoms
Hot acrid taste; burning, vomiting, collapse, numb and stupid. Antidotes. Lime or chalk. Treatment. Medicines, soothing drinks, flaxseed tea, etc. ... OZENA
(Foul odor from nose, not breath, due to catarrh of the nose). The membrane is dry and shrunken. It is a very offensive odor, thus called "ozena." Causes. It is usually seen in people who are very much debilitated, in young factory girls, and sometim... Padding
This should be of cotton. In case of necessity, handkerchiefs, towels, pieces of muslin, cloths; hay or grass can be used temporarily. ... PAIN KILLER-EXTERNAL
Chloroform 3 drams Tincture Opii 3 drams Tincture Camphor 3 drams Aromatic Spirits Ammonia 3 drams Spirits Vini Gallici 4 ounces Mix. Do not use internally. Good liniment. The...