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Brownish or orange resin from trees of the genus Garcinia of
south-central Asia and yielding a golden-yellow pigment.
Gallic Acid
GANGRENE
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FRECKLES
These have been poetically called "the kisses of the sun," but no girl cares for evidences of that sort of affection. Prevention is easier than cure. Simple home remedies are lemon juice and glycerin, sour buttermilk, and elderflower soap used in bathin...
FRECKLES. (Lentigo)
Freckles are an excessive deposit of pigment in the skin. Causes. Exposure to the sun's rays aggravates this condition. MOTHERS' REMEDIES for Freckles. 1. Freckles, Buttermilk for. "Buttermilk on the face every night." This is a very simple remedy,...
Frock Coat
Man's dress coat or suit coat with knee-length skirts. ...
From Measles
By the rapid onset, absence of cold symptoms of the nose, eyes, and bronchial tubes, blotchy eruptions that occur in measles. There is no strawberry tongue in measles and no coughing at beginning. Recovery. The prognosis is favorable in uncomplicated ...
FROST BITES
Keep the patient in a cold atmosphere, or put into a cold bath and the frozen part rubbed with snow or ice until sensation is felt and color returns; then discontinue the rubbing and apply ice water compresses. Stimulants such as brandy, coffee and hot ...
Fuller's Earth
Highly adsorbent (attaches to other substances without any chemical action) clay-like substance consisting of hydrated aluminum silicates; used in talcum powders. ...
Fusiform
Tapered at each end; spindle-shaped. ...
Galatea
Durable, often striped cotton fabric used in making clothing. ...
Galax (beetleweed, Coltsfoot, Wandflower)
Stemless evergreen perennial plant (Galax urceolata) of the eastern US, with a rosette of glossy, heart-shaped leaves and small white flowers in spike-like clusters. ...
GALL STONES
Sudden agonizing pain in the right upper abdomen in the region of the liver, with vomiting, prostration, tenderness in that region. Pain generally comes at intervals in paroxysms. There may be pains in the stomach during the weeks when the attack is abs...
GALL STONES. (Biliary Calculi, Cholelithiasis)
Cases of gall stones are rare under the age of twenty-five years. They are very common after forty-five, and three-fourths of the cases occur in women. Many people never know they have them. Sedentary habits of life, excessive eating and constipation t...
Gallic Acid
Colorless crystalline compound, C7H6O5, derived from tannin used as a tanning agent, ink dye, in photography, and paper manufacturing. ...
Gamboge
Brownish or orange resin from trees of the genus Garcinia of south-central Asia and yielding a golden-yellow pigment. ...
GANGRENE
This is the death of a part of the body in mass. There are two forms, moist and dry. Dry Gangrene. This is a combination produced by a loss of water from the tissues. The skin becomes dark and wrinkled and is often hard, like leather. Senile or old a...
GANGRENOUS STOMATITIS
This is a rapidly spreading gangrenous affection of the cheeks and forms a rare occurrence and ending fatally in most cases. The trouble may extend to the jaws and lips. Causes. It is more common in girls and boys and usually appears between the ages...
GASTRALGIA (Cardialgia)
Pains in the stomach. Nux vomica 3X trit. (tablet form) with pressure and cramps in the stomach, more particularly if the patient uses coffee, tea and liquors, or is troubled with piles, constipation, with indoor life and headaches, two tablets every...
GASTRITIS, ACUTE INFLAMMATION
Aconite 2X dil. Put ten drops or fifteen drops in a half-glass of water and give when there is active and violent inflammation with full and rapid pulse, shivering and bilious vomiting. Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form). Give one to two tablets every o...
Gaucherie
Awkward or tactless act, manner, or expression. ...
Gelsemium
Genus of climbing plants. The yellow (false) jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is a native of the Southern United States; the root is used for malarial fevers. ...
GENERAL PARESIS
Wine, worry and women produce a great many cases of this disease. The doctors claim a notorious criminal now committed to one asylum and about whom we have read so much, is a victim of this disease. First stage. There is worry, anxiety, sleeplessness ...
GENERAL PARESIS. (Paretic dementia)
This belongs under diseases of the mind, but there are so many cases that a description of this disease may be instructive and interesting. One author says: "General paresis is a chronic, progressive, diffuse, encephalitis (inflammation of the brain),...
GENERAL TONIC
Citrate of Iron and Quinine 2 drams Simple Syrup 2 ounces Pure Water 2 ounces Mix. Dose: Teaspoonful four times a day. This tonic is good to build up the system and to make rich, new blood. Peo...
Gentian
Plants of the genus Gentiana, having showy, variously colored flowers. The dried rhizome and roots of a yellow-flowered European gentian, G. lutea, used as a tonic. ...
GENUINE WHITE OIL LINIMENT
Carbonate of Ammonium 19 drams Camphor 20 drams Oil of Turpentine 21 drams Oil of Origanum 20 drams Castile Soap 19 drams Water to make 1-1/2 pints Mix. The above ...