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MALARIAL FEVER
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Mother's Diagnosis
Chill, fever, and sweat, or one stage may be absent.
There may be only a slight chilly feeling with fever almost all day and
then remission.
[4 MOTHERS' DIAGNOSIS]
MALARIA FEVER
MALIGNANT ANTHRAX (swelling)
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LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA. Tabes dorsalis. Posterior Spinal Sclerosis)
A hardening (sclerosis) affecting the posterior parts of the spinal cord and characterized by incoordination, which means a condition where a person is unable to produce voluntary muscular movements; for instance, of the legs, etc., loss of deep reflex...
LOMBARD SECRET CANCER REMEDIES
Dr. J. L. Horr says in Boston Medical and Surgical Journal: "Having without solicitation on my part, become possessed of the knowledge of the 'secret remedies' employed by the late Doctor Lombard, the 'famous cancer doctor' of Maine, I feel it my pr...
LUMBAGO
Rhus tox 6X trit. (tablet form). Bryonia 2X dil. ...
Lumbago, Ointment for
Vaselin 1 ounce Belladonna 15 grains Salicylic Acid 1 dram Sodium Salicylate 1 dram Apply. Also good to rub on bunions." ...
Lupulin
Minute yellowish-brown hairs in the strobili of the hop plant, formerly used in medicine as a sedative. ...
Lycopodium
Plant of the genus Lycopodium, including club mosses. The yellowish powdery spores of certain club mosses, especially Lycopodium clavatum, are used in fireworks and as a coating for pills. ...
LYDIA PINKHAM'S COMPOUND
High Cranberry Bark 1/2 pound Partridge Berry Vine 1/2 pound Poplar Bark 1/4 pound Unicorn Root 1/4 pound Cassia 1/4 pound Beth Root 3 ounces Sugar ...
LYE. Symptoms
Intense inflammation of the stomach and bowels, often with bloody vomiting and purging; lips and tongue swollen; violent difficulty in breathing; characteristic odor. Antidotes. Lemon juice and water; vinegar and water, half and half. Treatment. Mi...
MADAME RUPERT'S FACE BLEACH
Analysis assigns the following composition to this cosmetic: Corrosive Sublimate 1 grain Tincture of Benzoin 7 grains Water 10 ounces Mix. The above amount would cost about 15 cents. ...
Madras
Cotton or silk cloth of fine texture, usually with a plaid, striped, or checked pattern. Large handkerchief of madras cloth. ...
Make a record of your Vaccination
Do not fail to procure and preserve the certificate mentioned in the preceding paragraph, and also to make a personal record of the facts with regard to any vaccination of yourself or in your family. From it you may sometime learn that it is ten years s...
MALARIA FEVER
Malarial fever is a group of diseases characterized by intermittent, quotidian (daily), tertian (every other day) or quartan (every fourth day) fever or remittent fever; there are also several pernicious types of this disease and chronic malarial condit...
MALARIAL FEVER
Chill, fever, and sweat, or one stage may be absent. There may be only a slight chilly feeling with fever almost all day and then remission. [4 MOTHERS' DIAGNOSIS] ...
MALIGNANT ANTHRAX (swelling)
In this lesion is a pustule, with very marked swelling. It most frequently occurs on the eyelid and face and the swelling may terminate in fatal gangrene. 2. Internal anthrax. (a) Internal anthrax is caused by the introduction of the bacteria into th...
MALIGNANT DISEASES OF THE WOMB
Cancer or carcinoma is a malignant disease of the neck (cervix) of the womb. Causes. The immediate cause is not yet known. Tears and erosions (scraping off and making raw) are supposed to act as direct causes. Symptoms. Bleeding is the early and ve...
Malines
Thin, stiff net woven in a hexagonal pattern, used in dressmaking. ...
MALTA FEVER
This occurs in the Mediterranean countries, India, China, the Philippines and Porto Rico. The fever is irregular or marked by intervals of "no fever" for two or more days with febrile relapses lasting one to three weeks. Constipation, anemia (scarcity o...
MANAGEMENT OF LABOR
Preparation of the Bed. The bed should be high, springs not soft, with a firm and smooth mattress. It should be placed so that both sides are accessible. The bed should be made up on the right side as a rule, as the woman usually lies on her left side w...
Management of the Second Stage
After the rupture of the membranes the labor proceeds faster and a termination may be expected within a reasonable time. There is a short lull in the pains, usually, after the waters have escaped and during this time the patient should remove her cloth...
Mandrake (may-apple)
Southern European plant (Mandragora officinarum) having greenish-yellow flowers and a branched root. This plant was once believed to have magical powers because its root resembles the human body. The root contains the poisonous alkaloid hyoscy...
MANIA
This type of insanity means a raving and furious madness. There are many cases of this kind. The causes are many and may be the same as those which produce melancholia. In melancholia the shock, etc., causes depression, while in the mania the causes of ...
Marseille
Heavy cotton fabric with a raised pattern of stripes or figures. ...
MASSAGE
Unless properly done, massage may do more harm than good. If one can afford a few treatments by a scientific masseur and study her methods, it is a great help. The thing is not to rub in more than you rub out, by improper manipulation. Rub the face up, ...
MEASLES
Comes on gradually. There is a feeling of tiredness and languor, headache followed shortly by sneezing, cold symptoms, running at the eyes, dry throat, cough, much like an ordinary cold in the head, but with a persistent, hard racking cough. The eruptio...