DYSENTERY
Categories: Mother's DiagnosisThe 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).
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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. ... DYSMENORRHEA or Difficult Menstruation
This term means difficult and painful monthly periods. The pain may occur before, during or after the periods. Causes. It may be caused by a narrow cervical canal, the canal from the inner womb to the vagina. This is often very narrow and almost clos... DYSMENORRHEA, Painful Menstruation
Cocculus 2X dil. Put ten drops in a glass half full of water and give two teaspoonfuls every fifteen minutes. Caulophyllum 3X dil. can be used if Cocculus fails. Pulsatilla 3X dil. used in blondes. Sepia 6X trit. (tablet form) used in brunettes. ... DYSPEPSIA TONIC
Tincture Gentian Compound 2 ounces Tincture Rhubarb 2 ounces Tincture Ginger 1/2 ounce Essence Peppermint 2 drams Sodium Bicarbonate 1/2 ounce Water to make 8 ounce... DYSPEPSIA, ACUTE. (Acute Gastritis, Acute Indigestion)
Distress in the stomach, headache, thirst, nausea, vomiting, tongue heavily coated, foul breath, distaste for food, tender stomach. [3 MOTHERS' DIAGNOSIS] ... EAR AND ITS DISEASES
The external ear is called auricle or pinna. It is an oval funnel-shaped organ. The canal leading in to the membrane (drum) is called the external auditory meatus. It extends inward about one and one-quarter inches and terminates in a membrane. M... EAR, inflammation or
Aconite 2X dil. First stage, followed by Belladonna 3X tablet; then Hepar sulph. 3X trit. (tablet form) or Mercurius 3X trit. (tablet form). DISEASES OF WOMEN. METRITIS, (inflammation of the womb)--Aconite 2X dil. followed by Belladonna ... EARACHE
This is very common in children. It comes frequently as an extension through the eustachian canal of a cold. The ache is only an evidence of congestion or inflammation in the ear. The child bursts out crying violently and nothing seems to make it stop. ... EARACHE
The general belief exists that earache is something which is quite harmless and entirely different from a genuine inflammation of the ear. This belief is strengthened by the fact that the great majority of earaches subside without inflicting any harm up...