DISEASES OF THE THYROID GLAND
Categories: Diseases of The Blood And Ductless GalndsInflammation of the thyroid gland,
(Thyroiditis),--Acute inflammation of the gland, simple or suppurative. It
may develop in a patient with goitre, or acute infectious diseases, or
from other parts, or from wounds. The gland is enlarged and soft and may
contain abscesses.
Symptoms. Pain, tenderness, and enlargement of the part or of all the
gland. Fever may be present even in cases without signs of pus forming
(suppuration). If there is great enlargement, there may be symptoms of
compression of vessel, nerves or the windpipe.
Treatment. If there is pus it must be carefully opened. The patient must
remain quiet in bed. Sometimes cold applications relieve. Do not use warm
applications. This disease is not frequent and the patient needs care and
watching more than medicine.
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DIET IN DIARRHEA
From the Head Nurse of a Large Hospital. May Take-- Soups. Milk soup well boiled, clam juice, beef tea. Meats. Scraped fresh beef or mutton well broiled, sweetbread, beef juice from freshly broiled steak (all sparingly). Eggs. Lightly boiled o... Diet in Infectious Diseases
Foods that can be used: Milk, milk-water, milk and lime-water, Mellin's food, malted milk, imperial granum, albumin water, rice water, oatmeal water, barley water, egg (white part), and barley water, arrowroot water, whey, whey and cream mixture, cream ... Diet in Laryngitis
Hard and dry toasts should be avoided, for they give pain on being swallowed, same reason applies to highly seasoned foods. Milk, custards, eggs, scraped beef may be taken. Difficulty in swallowing may be overcome by allowing the patient to lie flat on ... Difficult Breathing
This usually comes late in pregnancy and is due to the pressure of the womb upon the diaphragm; the patient should avoid excitement and sleep with the shoulders well elevated. In the ninth month the womb drops lower and the breathing is better. ... Digitalis
Plant of the genus Digitalis, including foxgloves. Drug prepared from the seeds and dried leaves used as a cardiac stimulant. ... Dilatory
Delay or postpone. ... DIPHTHERIA
This disease begins gradually, as a rule, with chilly feelings, pain in the back and limbs, pulse is faster, with a general redness of the throat before the formation of the membrane; with such symptoms there are great weakness, paleness, and a bad smel... DIPHTHERIA
Diphtheria is an acute disease and always infectious. There is a peculiar membrane which forms on the tonsils, uvula, soft palate and throat and sometimes in the larynx and nose. It may form in other places such as in the vagina, bowels, on wounds or so... DIPHTHERIA
Antitoxin is the best remedy. Belladonna 3X dil. Ten to fifteen drops in one-half glass of water and give two teaspoonfuls every one to two hours when there is fever, marked inflammation of the tonsils, no spots as yet, red face and throbbing arterie... Diphtheria,
"One-fourth pound loaf sugar, one-fourth pound gum kino, one-fourth ounce alum; put in a covered porcelain dish on stove in a quart of soft water. Simmer down to one pint, gargle the throat every fifteen minutes, or for small children use a swab. Band... Discomfit
Make uneasy or perplexed; disconcert; embarrass; thwart the plans of; frustrate. ... DISEASE OF THE MIDDLE EAR
The ordinary cold in the head rarely runs its course without one of the eustachian tubes at least is involved to some extent. ... DISEASE OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS
Coryza, cold in the head. Aconite 2X dil. Prepare as usual. Use first twenty-four hours. Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form). One tablet every hour for burning watery discharge from the nose; nose stopped up, discharge makes nose sore. Mercurius 3X ... DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR
The first thing we notice in looking at the eye may be the lids and at each edge are the eyelashes. When this edge becomes inflamed it is called Blenharitis Marginalis or inflammation of the margin of the eyelids. It is called thus from the name of ... DISEASES OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBES
These are named after their discoverer, Fallopian, an Italian anatomist. These tubes begin at the part of the body of the womb that extends out like a horn. This is on the sides near the top of the body of the womb. They are two in number and extend out... DISEASES OF THE GUMS
Hepar sulph. 3X trit. (tablet form) is good when teeth are ulcerated and decayed. Take one to two tablets every three hours. Or use, Mercurius sol. 3X trit. (tablet form) if there is much saliva in the mouth and teeth feel too long. ... DISEASES OF THE RECTUM AND ANUS
The lower part of the alimentary canal is called the rectum, originally meaning straight. It is not straight in the human animal. It is six to eight inches long. The anus is the lower opening of the rectum. In health it is closed by the external Sphinct... DISEASES OF THE SPLEEN
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 o... DISEASES OF THE TEETH
Chamomilla 1X dil. Put ten drops in one-half glass full of water and give one to two teaspoonfuls everyone to three hours. This is especially good in cross, nervous, teething babies. Aconite 2X dil. Prepared and given as above stated. When there is mu... DISEASES OF THE THYROID GLAND
Inflammation of the thyroid gland, (Thyroiditis),--Acute inflammation of the gland, simple or suppurative. It may develop in a patient with goitre, or acute infectious diseases, or from other parts, or from wounds. The gland is enlarged and soft and may... DISLOCATION OF THE JAW
It is not possible to close the mouth. The chin is too far forward. The jaw may turn toward the other side in one-sided dislocation. Treatment. Hold something hard between the teeth in front so that when the jaw snaps in place your thumbs will not... DISLOCATIONS
A dislocation is the putting out of joint some bone, such as the elbow or shoulder bone or bones. The bone has slipped out of its socket. They are called after the joints involved. General Causes. Blows, sudden contraction of the muscles; also due to ... Disorders of Pregnancy
Nausea and vomiting. The simple nausea and vomiting of pregnancy needs no treatment. This kind generally disappears by the third or fourth month, but it may persist in a mild form during the greater part of pregnancy. Generally the regulation of the die... DISPLACEMENTS
Turning back or retro-displacements. This includes retro- version and retro-flexion. Retro-version means turning back, in plain terms. Retro-flexion means bending back, bending of the body of the womb, or the neck, backward. Retro-flexion is more common... Dog Bite, Home Treatment for
"Apply common salt." Salt eats and draws poison out. Use it freely. ... DOG BITES (Not Rabid)
Treat the same as for any torn wound, wash out thoroughly with hot water and an ounce of salt in a pint of water. There is no danger of hydrophobia from the bite of a dog, cat or any animal unless that animal has hydrophobia. No one can take hydrophobia... Dress
The way the abdomen is now constricted, and this is now a prominent feature of women's mode of dress, is without doubt an important predisposing cause in female diseases. This contraction of the normal size of the cavity of the abdomen, with the subsequ... DROPSY
Dropsy should be regarded as a symptom, which may arise from many causes, such as heart disease, lung disease or kidney disease, or it may depend upon obstruction to the normal flow of blood and lymph through the vessels and tissues. From Heart Disea... DROPSY
After scarlet fever. Apis Mel. 3X trit. (tablet form). One tablet every two hours. In feet, ankles, and abdomenArsenicum alb. 3X trit. (tablet form). One tablet every three hours. LIVER, INFLAMMATION (Hepatitis) Bryonia 2X dil. Prepare as usual... Dropsy, Chestnut Leaves for
"A tea made of chestnut leaves taken freely instead of water." These leaves can be purchased at any drug store in five-cent packages. Prepare the same as ordinary tea, only stronger. ... Drunkenness, Chocolate for
"Give patient all the chocolate he can or will eat. This cured one man I know." ... Dry Cupping
See cupping. ... Duration of Pregnancy
This is for all practical purposes two hundred and eighty days. ... DYED HAIR
Dyed hair is a sorry makeshift at best. Far better let nature have her way. There is but one hair-dye that is not positively harmful, this is henna, and its use entails no end of trouble because it must be frequently renewed,--some use it every day. ... DYSENTERY
The onset may be marked by diarrhea, followed by a severe, cramp-like bowel pain, with frequent small stools containing blood and mucus and accompanied by much straining (tenesmus). ... DYSENTERY
A group of inflammatory intestinal affections, either acute or chronic, and of infectious origin, characterized by frequent painful passages, (containing mucus and blood) or by loose movements. Acute Catarrhal Dysentery. This is the most common form i... DYSENTERY AND DIARRHEA
Nux Vomica 3X trit. (tablet form). One to two tablets every one to two hours when there is pain before stool and relieved by the passage. Mercurius 3X trit. (tablet form) same dose, etc. When there is pain and it is not relieved by the passage, stool... Dysmenorrhea
Painful menstruation. ...