Punctured Wounds
Categories: Accidents, Emergencies and PoisonsFrom a sharp pointed instrument, nail, etc. The first
thing to do is to cleanse the wound thoroughly with hot water and about
one-half ounce of salt to a pint of water. Keep this up constantly for
one-half hour. Then if it is from a nail, put on a bread and milk poultice
hot, and keep changing it every ten minutes to keep it good and hot. Keep
this going for at least an hour. Salt pork can then be put on and kept on;
or a cloth dipped in hot salt water can be applied, and kept on for a few
hours when it can be dressed as other wounds are. There should be no
throbbing pain the next day. A wound of this kind should be dressed every
day, with great care in the matter of cleanliness. It is lack of
cleanliness that usually causes trouble, either the poison that gets into
the wound at the time of injury or that is allowed to get in and infect
the wound afterwards. Clean hands, tools, basins, dressings and boiled
water are essential to a quick healing.
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POTASH, CAUSTIC. Symptoms
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This is a very common practice among civilized women, and it has a most destructive effect upon the pelvic organs, as well as upon the general system. ... Preventive Treatment of Hysteria
In order to be successful in this line of treatment the cause must be found and treated. An English physician writes: "It is pitiable to think of the misery that has been inflicted on these unhappy victims of the harsh and unjust treatment which has res... Prickly Ash
Deciduous or evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Zanthoxylum. ... PRICKLY HEAT RASH
An acute inflammatory disease of the sweat glands; minute pimples and vesicles develop. Symptoms. It occurs upon the body and consists of many pinhead sized bright red pimples and vesicles which are very close together. It appears suddenly, and is us... Probang
Long, slender, flexible rod with a tuft or sponge at the end; used to remove objects from or apply medication to the larynx or esophagus. ... Proctitis and Peri-Proctitis
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Protein. ... Proud Flesh
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Astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry; the bush or tree which bears such fruit. ... Pruritus
Severe itching, often of undamaged skin. ... PSORIASIS
Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form). Rhus tox 6X tablet. ... Pterygium
Abnormal mass of tissue on the conjunctiva of the inner corner of the eye that obstructs vision by covering the cornea. ... Pulsatilla
Dried medicinal herb from a pasqueflower (especially Anemone pulsatilla) formerly used to treat amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea. ... Pulse and Temperature
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Give digitalis, spigelia 2X dil. Gelsemium 2X dil. ... Punctilio
Fine point of etiquette. Precise observance of formalities. ... Punctured Wounds
From a sharp pointed instrument, nail, etc. The first thing to do is to cleanse the wound thoroughly with hot water and about one-half ounce of salt to a pint of water. Keep this up constantly for one-half hour. Then if it is from a nail, put on a bread... Purpura
Hemorrhages in the skin and mucous membranes having the appearance of purplish spots or patches. ... PURPURA
This is not strictly a disease, but a symptom. This includes a group of affections characterized by hemorrhages into the skin. Symptoms. There are hemorrhages into the skin, and this takes the form of small blood spots underneath the skin, (petechia) ... PURPURA HAEMORRHAGIC
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Septicemia (blood poisoning) caused by pyogenic (producing pus) microorganisms in the blood, often resulting in the formation of multiple abscesses. ... PYEMIA
This means the presence in the blood of bacteria with resultant foci (places) of suppuration. Symptoms. They are local at first where the lesion is. The invasion of the general infection is marked by a severe chill, then high fever and sweating, repe... Pyrogallic Acid
White, toxic crystalline phenol, C6H3(OH)3, used as a photographic developer and to treat certain skin diseases. ... Quassia
Tropical American shrub (Quassia amara) with bright scarlet flowers. A bitter substance from its wood is used in medicine and as an insecticide. ... Queen Of The Meadow (meadowsweet)
European herbaceous plant (Spiraea Ulmaria). North American shrubs (Spiraea alba or S. latifolia) having umbel-shaped clusters of white flowers. Perennial herbs of the genus Filipendula in the rose family. ... Quickening
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Western Asian shrub or tree (Cydonia oblonga) with white flowers and hard apple-like fruit. ... Quinine
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Acute inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissue, often leading to an abscess. ... QUINSY. (Suppurative Tonsilitis)
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see hydrophobia ... RADWAY'S PILLS
Aloes 4 parts Jalap 2 parts Zingiber 2 parts Myrrh 2 parts Make into a mass with mucilage and divide into two grain pills, of which about four dozen are put into each box. The above amount would cost about 3... Ranunculus Bulbosus
Perennial Old World buttercup with yellow flowers in late spring to early summer. ... RECTOCELE
The muscle that holds up the lower end of the rectum is relaxed or torn and this deprives the lower end of the rectum of its support so that during expulsion of the feces forward distention of the anterior wall of the rectum into the vagina results. The...