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Dog Bite, Home Treatment for
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"Apply common salt." Salt eats and draws
poison out. Use it freely.
DISPLACEMENTS
DOG BITES (Not Rabid)
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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). ...