FOOD POISONING. (Bromototoxismus)
Categories: Intoxicants and Sun StrokesFood may contain the specific
organisms of disease, as of tuberculosis or trichinosis; milk and other
foods may become infected with typhoid bacilli, and so convey the disease.
Animals (or insects or bees) may feed on substances that cause their flesh
or products to be poisonous to man. Meat poisoning. Eating sausage or pork
pie or headcheese has caused poisoning. Poisoning from impure milk, shell
fish, pellagra, from using altered maize, etc.
Symptoms. Acute inflammation of stomach and bowels, with great
prostration, ending in collapse. In shell fish poisoning, there are
numbness, weakness, dilated pupils, rapid and feeble pulse, temperature
under the normal and collapse.
Treatment. In all cases empty the stomach by emetics or stomach tube and
the bowels by cathartics. Stimulate if necessary.
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FELON. (Whitlow)
An inflammation of the deeper structures and frequently it is under the covering of the bone, (periosteum). If under the latter it must be opened soon or the resulting pus will burrow and destroy bone, joints, etc. The pain is intense, and after the pat... FEMALE REGULATOR
Carbonate Iron 1 ounce Tincture Gentian Compound 2 ounces Powdered Rhubarb 1/2 ounce Powdered Cinchona 1 ounce Mix. Add to one pint Sherry Wine. Dose: Teaspoonful three to four times a day. ... Ferrocyanate
Salt of ferrocyanic acid; a ferrocyanide. ... FEVER, INTERMITTENT, AGUE, ETC
Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form). Natrum Mur. 30X trit. (tablet form) especially after Quinine has failed. ... FIBROID TUMORS OF THE WOMB or Fibromata, Frequency
Some observers state that twenty to forty per cent of all women over thirty-five years have one or more of these tumors. They are not malignant. They are more common in women who are sterile, unable to become pregnant. They appear early in life and att... FILM ON THE EYE PTERYGIUM
This is a growth beginning near the inner or outer corner and extending with its point towards the center of the cornea. Symptoms. The patient only complains when it has advanced toward the center of the cornea and the vision is lessened or cut off. ... FINGER OR THUMB DISLOCATION
If the joint is dislocated forward pull the front part forward and backward. If it is dislocated backwards, pull the front part of the finger forward and upward. If reduced immediately this needs no bandaging. ... FIRE in Clothing
Keep quiet, and away from a draught. Wrap anything handy around him and roll him. Leave only the head and face uncovered. Keep mouth closed. ... First Thing to do in Sick Headache
It is well to remain in a darkened room away from noise, etc. If the head throbs and beats very hard, either a cold ice bag or hot applications often bring relief. A mustard plaster at the base of the brain with a hot foot-bath often helps. Some people ... Fishbone, Choking from
"Raw egg, taken soon as possible." It helps to carry bone out of throat and is a remedy ready at hand. ... Fistula
An abnormal duct or passage resulting from injury, disease, or other disorder that connects an abscess, cavity, or hollow organ to the body surface or to another hollow organ. ... FITS. (Convulsions)
Loosen all clothing. Put something hard between the teeth to keep the patient from biting his tongue. Allow plenty of sleep afterward. ... Florentina, Iris Florentina)
German iris having large white flowers and a fragrant rhizome. ... Flounce
Strip of decorative, gathered or pleated material attached by one edge, as on a garment or curtain. ... FLUX
Prepared Chalk 2 drams Tincture Catechu 1/2 ounce Tincture Opii 1/2 ounce Aqua Cinnamon to make 8 ounces Mix. Dose: One-half to one teaspoonful every three hours. For adults, only. The above amount... Fly Blister
Blister caused by the vesicating (blistering) body fluid of certain beetles. ... Fondant
Sweet creamy sugar paste used in candies and icings. Candy containing this paste. ... Fontanelles
The soft membranous gaps between the incompletely formed cranial bones of a fetus or an infant. Also called soft spot. ... Food
The food of the pregnant woman should be simple, wholesome, nutritious, of the kind that is easily digested and enough to satisfy the demands of her system; excessive eating should be avoided. A mixed diet is to be preferred, but the diet should be of s... FOOD POISONING. (Bromototoxismus)
Food may contain the specific organisms of disease, as of tuberculosis or trichinosis; milk and other foods may become infected with typhoid bacilli, and so convey the disease. Animals (or insects or bees) may feed on substances that cause their flesh ... For a Broken Collar Bone
Place the patient on his back if he is to be moved and put a firm pad in the arm pit and bind the arm to the side with the forearm across the chest; or if you have a roll of adhesive plaster two or three inches wide, after putting a pad in the arm pit (... For a Broken Leg
Pull on the foot gently to make slight extension, and lift the leg on a pillow or some sort of pad, and tie this firmly about the leg; or broad strips of wood may be padded and placed on either side of the broken leg and securely tied. ... For a Broken Thigh, Upper Leg
The splint should extend from under the arm to the ankle, padded and bound to the body and to the leg by means of long towels or pieces of sheeting applied six inches apart. If the patient is in a wagon and no splint can be had, bags of dirt or sand app... FOR AGUE, CHILLS AND FEVER
Quinine 2 drams Tincture Chloride Iron 6 drams Simple Syrup 2 ounces Fowler's Solution Arsenic 128 drops Glycerin to make 8 ounces Mix. Dose: Teaspoonful three time... FOR CATARRH OF LONG STANDING
Menthol 10 grains Gum Camphor 10 grains Chloroform 10 drops Oil Petrolatum 8 ounces This prescription is used by the most successful specialists and physicians. You can have this filled ... FOR DIARRHEA, FLUX AND DYSENTERY
To one teaspoonful of Epsom Salts add eight drops of laudanum in one-fourth glass of water. An excellent medicine. The above amount would cost about 5 cents. ... FOR FEVER
Quinia Sulp 50 grains Capsicum 6 grains It will make twenty-five capsules. Mix. Dose: One every three hours. This has been used for years. You should keep the bowels open to remove the cause. The above amount would cost about 25... FOR SORE THROAT
Listerine 2 ounces Glycerin 1/2 ounce Pure Water to make 4 ounces Mix. Use as a gargle. This will cure any ordinary case, but do not mistake sore throat for diphtheria. The above amount would cost about 25 ... For the Arm
Put on two padded splints from the shoulder to the elbow, one in front and the one behind, and bind on at the bottom and top. Then place the forearm on the chest pointing to the well or sound shoulder and bind the arm with bandages or a long towel to th... For the Forearm
Two padded splints three to four inches wide and long enough to take in the hand also should be applied, one to the thumb, and the other to the back of the forearm, slight extension being made by pulling on the patient's hand. This pulls the broken end ... FOREIGN BODIES IN THE EAR
These are not of frequent occurrence. In the case of children these bodies may comprise such objects as pebbles, beads, beans, pieces of rolled paper, fly, bed-bug; insect of any kind may get into ear of adults. If they reach the drum a very unpleasant ... Formaldehyde
Colorless gaseous compound, HCHO, used to manufacture resins, fertilizers, dyes, and embalming fluids and in aqueous solution as a preservative and disinfectant. ... Formalin
Aqueous solution of formaldehyde that is 37 percent by weight. fossa A small depression, as in a bone. ... FOUL SWEATING. (Bromidrosis). Symptoms
The odor may be very disagreeable, or resemble the odor of certain flavors or fruits. It is generally found in the arm-pit and genital organs. MOTHERS' REMEDIES. 1. Offensive Sweating, Alum Water for. "A wash made with a teaspoonful of alum and a qua... Foulard
Lightweight twill or plain-woven fabric of silk or silk and cotton, often having a small printed design. Necktie or scarf, made of this fabric. ... Fowler's Solution
Solution of arsenite of potassium in water; named for Fowler, an English physician who brought it into use. ... FOWLER'S SOLUTION. Symptoms
Violent burning in the stomach, nausea and vomiting, retching, thirst, purging of blood and mucus, suppressed urine, cramps in the legs, intense thirst, collapse. Antidote. Jeaunel's antidote. Treatment. Emetics freely, mustard water, salt and warm... FRACTURES
They are simply broken bones or cartilage, usually applied popularly to a broken bone. Varieties. Simple fracture means a break of the bone only. Compound fracture is where the broken bone sticks out through the skin. ACCIDENTS AND POISONS ...