HYDROCHLORIC ACID, Symptoms
Categories: Accidents, Emergencies and PoisonsThe stomach and bowels are irritated and
inflamed, the mouth may burn and bleed; swallowing is difficult; "coffee
grounds" vomiting.; pulse feeble, clammy skin.
Treatment. Usually the first thing to do is to give an emetic. Send for a
doctor and give an emetic. Then give chalk or, if necessary, take plaster
from the wall, mix it with a glass of water. Also three or four eggs (raw)
in a glass of milk can be taken.
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HINKLEY'S BONE LINIMENT
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Apis Mel. 2X trit. (tablet form). One to two tablets every two hours. ... HIVES, Nettle Rash (Urticaria). Causes
Foods such as shell fish, strawberries, cheese, pickles, pork and sausages. Medicines that may cause it. Quinine, copaiba, salicylic acid, etc. Disorders of the stomach and bowels. Insects, like mosquito, bedbug, etc. MOTHERS' REMEDIES. 1. Hives or... HOARSENESS. Inflammation of the Larynx. (Acute Laryngitis) Causes
Due to taking cold or over using the voice; hot liquids, poisons. It may occur in influenza and measles; from irritating gases; some are subject to it. Symptoms. Tickling in the larynx; cold air irritates, and breathing may cause some pain; dry cough... HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT
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Hungarian noble family, partly of Romanian origin. The first recorded member of the family was Serbe, who settled in Hunyad county in Transylvania from Wallachia. ... Hydragogue
Cathartics that aid in the removal of edematous fluids and promote the discharge of fluid from the bowels. ... Hydrastis
Genus of herbs (family Ranunculaceae) with palmately lobed leaves and small greenish flowers and including the goldenseal (H. canadensis). The dried rhizome and roots of the goldenseal formerly used in pharmacy as a bitter tonic and antiseptic... HYDROCHLORIC ACID, Symptoms
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Rabies and hydrophobia are two different terms, meaning the same disease, the former meaning to rage or become mad. This term applies more especially to the disease as it exists in the maniacal form in the lower animals, while hydrophobia comes from the... Hydrophobia (rabies)
Viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals. Transmitted by a rhabdovirus (genus Lyssavirus) in infected saliva of a rabid animal. Causes increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and paralysis and death when untreated ... HYDROTHORAX
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Salt of hypophosphorous acid. ... HYSTERIA
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Oily substance prepared by the dry distillation of a bituminous mineral containing fossil fishes. Used as a remedy for some skin diseases. ... Ignatia
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Contagious bacterial skin infection, usually of children, indicated by the eruption of superficial pustules with thick yellow crusts, commonly on the face. ... IMPETIGO
Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form). Rhus tox 6X, Graphites 6X. ... In Neuritis from Arsenic
We have disturbance of the stomach and bowels first, then the legs and arms are about equally affected, weakened; may recover in two to six months. Treatment for acute kind. The first thing to do is to rest in bed and control the pain and acute sympt...