Moist Gangrene. Causes
Categories: Diseases of The SkinWounds, fractures, injuries, pressure from lying
in bed and frost bite.
PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT for Moist Gangrene. Remove the cause if possible.
This kind is more dangerous, and a physician should be called as the best
treatment that can be given is none too good.
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Menstruation
Many of the disorders of menstruation are due to carelessness and neglect of this function. There should be rest of both body and mind at this time, and especially at puberty. Rest is seldom allowed, but the daily routine is gone through, regardless of ... MENSTRUATION AND ITS DISORDERS
Normal menstruation occurs monthly in the female. There is a flow of blood from the cavity of the womb. The time for its beginning is different in different countries, it being earlier in warm climates, ten to twelve years, and later in cold ones (fifte... Menstruum
Solvent used to extract compounds from plant and animal tissues and preparing drugs. ... MERCURIC CHLORIDE. Symptoms
Burning heat in stomach and bowels, vomiting, diarrhea, with bloody stools, tongue white, shriveled, suppressed urine, gums sore, salivation. Antidote. Milk or white of eggs; one egg for four grains of drug, flour paste. Treatment. Cause vomiting ... Messaline
Lightweight, soft, shiny silk cloth with a twilled or satin weave. ... Methyl Salicylate
Liquid ester C8H8O3 obtained from the leaves of wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) or the bark of a birch (Betula lenta); now made synthetically, and used as a flavoring and a counterirritant. ... Mezereon
Poisonous Eurasian ornamental shrub (Daphne mezereum) with fragrant lilac-purple flowers and small scarlet fruit. The dried bark of this plant was used externally as a vesicant (blistering agent) and internally for arthritis. ... Miliary
Appearance of millet seeds. Small skin lesions with the appearance of millet seeds. ... MILK LEG
This is due to infection. It usually arises from an extension of a blood clot (thrombosis) of the womb or pelvic veins, to the thigh (femoral) vein, resulting in a partial or complete obstruction of the vein. It may come in less frequent cases, from a l... Milk Poison, Popular Remedy for
Yellow Poplar Bark 4 ounces Wild Gooseberry Roots 4 ounces Slippery Elm Bark 4 ounces Put in an earthern vessel with two quarts of water; put over a slow fire and simmer to one pint, then strain and add it to one gallon o... MITCHELL'S EYE SALVE
Saxoline Snow White 175 grains White Wax 65 grains Zinc Oxide 22-1/2 grains Oxide of Mercury 2-1/2 grains Oil of Lavender 5 drops Melt the white wax and saxoline together, and stir ... MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY OR INCOMPETENCY
This is the most common valvular disease. The segments of the valve may be shortened and deformed. There is often stenosis (narrowing) caused by this deformity. The effects are regurgitation, flowing back of blood from the left ventricle into the left ... MITRAL STENOSIS
This is the narrowing of the valve opening. It is most common in young persons, chiefly females. The narrowing of the valve opening may be due to thickening or hardening of the valve segments, adhesion of their edges, thickening and contraction of the t... Moist Gangrene. Causes
Wounds, fractures, injuries, pressure from lying in bed and frost bite. PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT for Moist Gangrene. Remove the cause if possible. This kind is more dangerous, and a physician should be called as the best treatment that can be given is n... MOLE. (Naevus)
Mole is a congenital condition of the skin where there is too much pigment in a circumscribed place. It varies in size from a pin-head to a pea or larger. The face, neck and back are their usual abiding place. PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT for Moles. They sh... Mons Veneris
This is a rounded eminence surmounting the pubic bones, and is composed of fatty tissue, covered by skin and hair. ... MORPHINE HABIT. (Morphinomania--Morphinism)
This is usually acquired by the repeated use of the hypodermic syringe for pain. It is also used by the mouth or opium smoking. Symptoms. At first it causes a sense of well-being and exhilaration, but it must be gradually increased to produce the res... MORPHINE. Symptoms
Excitement at first, soon weariness, weighty limbs, sleepiness, pin-point pupils, pulse and breathing slow and strong; patient roused with difficulty and later it is impossible; snoring breathing. Treatment. This is a dangerous poison. A stomach pump ... MOTHER SIEGEL'S SYRUP
Conc. Decoction of Aloes (1 to 4) 60.0 m. Borax 1.3 gm. Capsicum, Powdered 0.13 gm. Gentian, Powdered 2.3 gm. Sassafras Oil 0.3 gm. ... MOTHERS' REMEDIES
1. Pregnancy, A Great Aid for. "Soothing syrup or Mother's friend, while pregnant. Two ounces each of cramp bark, blue cohosh, slippery elm, raspberry leaves, squaw vine, orange peel and bitter root. Simmer gently in sufficient water to keep herbs cover... MOTHERS' REMEDIES FOR PILES. Sulphur and Glycerin for
"Equal parts of sulphur and pure glycerin. Grease parts." This preparation is very healing, and will often give relief even in severe cases. 2. Piles, Strongly Recommended Remedy for. Extract Belladonna 15 grains Acetate lead ... MOTHERS' REMEDIES for Toothache, Dry Salt and Alum for
1. "Equal parts. Take common salt and alum. Mix and pulverize these together, wet a small piece of cotton and cause the mixture to adhere to it and place in the hollow tooth. At first a sensation of coldness will be produced, which will gradually disap... MOTHERS' REMEDIES. 1. Asthma, Raspberry Tincture for Adults
"Take a half pound of honey, one cup water; let these boil, take off the scum; pour boiling hot upon one-half ounce lobelia herb and one-half ounce cloves; mix well, then strain and add one gill of raspberry vinegar. Take from one teaspoonful to a dess... MOTHERS' REMEDIES. Bronchitis, Camphor and Lard for
1. "Grease a cloth well with lard to which has been added some camphor gum, then sprinkle on some dry baking soda and lay it on the chest. The camphor and lard should be made into a salve, then put on the soda. The lard and camphor gum penetrates the a... MOTHERS' REMEDIES. Constipation
1. Constipation, a Good Substitute for Pills and Drugs"Two ounces each of figs, dates, raisins, and prunes (without pits) one-half ounce senna leaves. Grind through meat chopper, and mix thoroughly by kneading. Break off pieces (about a level teaspoonf... MOTHERS' REMEDIES. Croup, Cold Application for
"Apply to throat a flannel wrung out of cold water, lay a dry cloth over it." This is an excellent remedy for a mother to try in case of an emergency when no other medicine can be obtained. This very often will relieve a child until other remedies can ...