SENILE (OLD AGE) DEMENTIA may be Primary
Categories: Diseases of The Nervous SystemAcute dementia attacks both
sexes, but it occurs most often in females, though in a milder degree. It
is a disease of youth, being rarely seen beyond thirty years of age. It
seems to depend often upon exhausting influences operating at a period of
rapid growth. Monotony of thought and feeling or want of mental food can
also induce it. Children who are sent at an early age into factories often
pass into the condition of acute dementia. Prison life also tends to
produce such a condition. Acute diseases such as typhoid and other fevers
are sometimes followed by acute dementia. Persons frequently go "out of
their mind" suddenly in this age, and upon recovering from acute dementia,
the patient finds a great "vacancy of memory."
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SCALD HEAD
Acidi Boracici 2 drams Salol 2 drams Balsam Peru 1 dram Carbolic Acid 20 drops Vaselin 1 ounce Lanoline 2 ounces Mix. This is excellent. First wash the head thoroughly with castile s... SCARLET FEVER
Belladonna 3X dil. Put ten drops in a glass half full of water and give two teaspoonfuls every two hours for usual kind. Apis Mel. 2X trit. (tablet form). One to two every three hours when the kidneys secrete less and there is some dropsy. ... SCARLET FEVER. (Scarlatina)
Comes on suddenly with loss of appetite, headache, sick stomach, perhaps vomiting, high fever, sore throat, vomiting may persist. The tongue is coated, edges are red; later it is red and rough; the so-called strawberry tongue. Usually within twenty-four... SCARLET FEVER. Definition
Scarlet fever is an acute infectious disease, with a characteristic eruption. Modes of Conveying. The nearer a person is to a patient the more likely one is to take or convey the disease. Clothing, bedding, etc., may retain the poison for months. Sca... Schaefer Method of Effecting Artificial Respiration In Case of Drowning
After an investigation and comparison of the different methods of artificial respiration, Schaefer suggests one which is by far the simplest and easiest and at the same time one of the most effective and least injurious to the patient. In describing i... SCIATICA
This is as a rule a neuritis of the sciatic nerve or of its cords of origin. It is characterized by pain chiefly along the course of the sciatic nerve. Causes. It occurs most commonly in adult males. The person may have a history of rheumatism or gou... SCIATICA
Rhus tox 6X trit. (tablet form). Pains better on motion, must move. Bryonia 2X dil. must keep quiet. Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form) restless, burning, shooting pains. ... SCROFULA
Iodide Potash 192 grains Fluid Extract Queen's Root 1 ounce Fluid Extract Prickly Ash Bark 1/2 ounce Fluid Extract Yellow Dock 1 ounce Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla 8 ounces Mix. Do... Scrofula (struma)
A form of tuberculosis affecting the lymph nodes, especially of the neck. Common in children. Spread by unpasteurized milk from infected cows. scurf Scaly or shredded dry skin, such as dandruff. ... Scrofulous Difficulties, a Good Remedy for
"A tea made of ripe dried whortleberries and drank in place of water is an excellent remedy." ... Scurvy
Disease caused by deficiency of vitamin C (citrus fruit; oranges, limes,..); causes spongy and bleeding gums, bleeding under the skin, and extreme weakness. ... SCURVY
Carbo Veg. 3X trit. (tablet form). Mercurius 3X tablet. ... SCURVY. (Scorbutus)
A constitutional disease characterized by weakness, anemia, sponginess of the gums and tendencies to bleeding. Causes. This disease has been called "The calamity of sailors." It has been known from the earliest times, and has prevailed particularly in... Second Stage
The pains now become more frequent and severe and last longer, and the patient now manifests a strong desire to expel the contents of the womb. The woman now feels better in bed and when the pains come she involuntarily bears down, with each contraction... SECONDARY ANEMIA. Causes
Hemorrhage form (bleeding). (a) Rapid bleeding from the rupture of an aneurism, from a blow, or eating into the blood vessels by an ulcer. (b) Slow bleeding as from nose-bleed, flow from the womb, piles or in "bleeders" people who bleed readily. 2. I... Sedulous
Persevering and constant in effort or application; assiduous. senna Plants of the genus Cassia, having showy, nearly regular, usually yellow flowers. Dried leaves of Cassia angustifolia or C. acutifolia, used as a cathartic. ... Seidlitz
A village in Bohemia (also Sedlitz). Seidlitz powders, effervescing salts, consisting of forty grains of sodium bicarbonate, two drachms of Rochell salt (tartrate of potassium and sodium) and thirty-five grains of tartaric acid. The powders a... Senega
Dried root of seneca snakeroot containing an irritating saponin and was formerly used as an expectorant ... SENILE (OLD AGE) DEMENTIA may be Primary
Acute dementia attacks both sexes, but it occurs most often in females, though in a milder degree. It is a disease of youth, being rarely seen beyond thirty years of age. It seems to depend often upon exhausting influences operating at a period of rapi... SENILE CATARACT
The vast majority of these cataracts are found after the age of fifty. They simply come without any known cause. Of course, injury can cause a cataract and it is then called traumatic cataract. ... SEPTIC PUERPERAL ENDOMETRITIS
This is an inflammation of the inner lining of the womb that occurs after child-birth during the first few weeks, and is due to a poison. Symptoms. The attack usually begins with a chill, preceded by a regular increase of the temperature and pulse. T... SEPTICEMIA
The presence of bacteria in the blood, introduced from a local lesion (wound, injury, etc.) or with no obvious local infection. Symptom. If there is a local infection, symptoms of this precede the septicemia. The invasion may be sudden or gradual, wit... Septicemic Plague
This is characterized by symptoms of severe general infection, with hemorrhages, rapid course, and death in three or four days, without the development of swelling of the lymph nodes. Cultures from the blood show bacteria. ... SEROUS MUCOUS EXUDATION INTO THE MIDDLE EAR
The disease just described is often associated with an (exudation) watery oozing of fluid into the middle ear, but the following condition is different. Sometimes a comparatively normal middle ear is found to contain a variable amount of either fluid o... Sesquioxide
Oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, Al2O3 is a sesquioxide. shirr Cook (unshelled eggs) by baking until set. ... SEVEN SUTHERLAND SISTERS' HAIR GROWER
Stearns' Bay Rum 7 fluid ounces Dist. Extract of Witch-Hazel 9 fluid ounces Sodium Chloride 1 dram Hydrochloric Acid (5 per cent) 1 drop Magnesia sufficient ... Sex
Children from the same ovum (egg) are always of the same sex. Of twins in general, more than one-third are males, less than one-third are females, and in the remaining one-third both sexes occur. The after-birth is always, at least at first, double. ... SHAKING PALSY. (Paralysis Agitans)
This is a chronic affection of the nervous system, characterized by muscular weakness, trembling and rigidity. Causes. It usually occurs after the fortieth year, and is more common in men than in women. The exciting causes are exposure to cold and we... SHINGLES (Herpes Zoster). Definition
This is an acute inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by groups of vesicles upon the inflamed base, distributed along the course of one or more cutaneous (skin) nerves. Symptoms. The eruption is preceded by a great deal of neuralgic pain an... SHOULDER JOINT DISLOCATION
There is a depression of the skin over the cavity. The shoulder is flattened. The bone of the arm points to where the head of the bone is. Treatment. Carry the elbow to the side with the forearm at right angles to the arm: turn the arm around until t... SICK HEADACHE
Bryonia 2X dil. Vomiting (bilious) worse from motion. Pulsatilla 3X dil. Blondes with menstrual troubles. Iris vers. 2X dil. Ten drops in water. Bilious sick headache, frequent nausea and vomiting. Sanguinaria 2X dil. Ten drops, etc. Dose every f... SICK HEADACHE. (Migraine. Hemicrania)
Migraine is a peculiar form of severe paroxysms of unilateral (one side) headache often associated with disorders of sight. Causes. It is frequently hereditary, and it has occurred through several generations. Women and members of nervous families ar... SIMPLE INFLAMMATION OF THE EUSTACHIAN TUBE
Causes. Acute colds, inflammation of the nose and pharynx, tonsilitis. Symptoms. The ear may feel full and numb, roaring in the ear may occur. There may be pain on swallowing, shooting up through the tube. Treatment. Remove the cause. Treat the ... Simple Neuritis
This means that a single nerve of a group of adjacent nerve trunks is affected. If a number of nerves are affected at the same time it is called Multiple Neuritis or Polyneuritis. Causes. (a) Exposure to cold. This is a very frequent cause, as for ex... Sinapism
See mustard plaster. ... Sitz Bath
Bathtub shaped like a chair, used to bathe only the hips and buttocks. ...