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Tolu (balsam Of Tolu, Tolu Balsam)
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Aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used in cough
syrups.
TOBACCO. Symptoms
TONSILITIS. (Smooth and Follicular)
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Thrall
Slave or serf, who is held in bondage. One intellectually or morally enslaved. ...
THREAD WORM OR PIN WORM
(Oxyuris Vermicularis.)--This common worm occupies the rectum and colon. They produce great irritation and itching, particularly at night, symptoms which become intensely aggravated by the nightly migration (traveling) of the parasite. They sometimes in...
Threatened Abortion
If a bleeding takes place in the woman who is pregnant, abortion may be assumed to threaten; a careful examination will usually settle this matter. ...
THROAT, INFLAMMATION OF
Aconite 2X dil. Ten drops in a glass one-half full of water and give two teaspoonfuls everyone to three hours, in the first stage attended by fever, hot and dry skin. Belladonna 3X dil. Is better in second stage, when there is some sweating, parts ar...
Thrush
A contagious childhood disease caused by a fungus, Candida albicans. Causes small whitish eruptions on the mouth, throat, and tongue, and usually accompanied by fever, colic, and diarrhea. ...
Thuja (arborvitae)
A North American or east Asian evergreen tree or shrub of the genus Thuja, having flattened branchlets with opposite, scale-like leaves and small cones; used as ornamentals and timber. A similar plant of the genus Platycladus or Thujopsis. ...
Thymol
White, crystalline, aromatic compound, C10H14O, derived from thyme oil and other oils or made synthetically and used as an antiseptic, a fungicide, and a preservative. ...
TO REMOVE BLOTCHES AND PIMPLES FROM THE FACE
Acidi Carbolici 20 drops Powdered Borax 1 dram Listerine 1 ounce Alcohol 1 ounce Aqua Rose to make 8 ounces Mix. For young ladies, this will prove more beneficial than ...
TO RESUSCITATE THE DROWNED
First: Lose no time in recovering the body from the water. Always try to restore life; for while ten minutes under the water is usually the limit, still persons have been resuscitated after being under water for thirty or forty minutes. Do not lose time...
TO USE POWDER
Wash the face; rub a little cold cream over it, rubbing it in well, wipe with a dry towel, gently, then apply the powder with a chamois--a clean one. Do not keep it on unnecessarily. Remove by rubbing with the cleansing cream, then wash the face. Never ...
TOBACCO. Symptoms
Vomiting, terrible weakness. Treatment. Emetics, such as warm salt water, warm mustard water, goose grease, lard, vaselin, etc.; then stimulants such as strong, coffee, brandy; heat to extremities, artificial respiration. ...
Tolu (balsam Of Tolu, Tolu Balsam)
Aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used in cough syrups. ...
TONSILITIS. (Smooth and Follicular)
Commences with a chill, rapid rise of temperature, general aching in the back, and legs especially. The tonsils are large and red and spots may appear on them in a few hours. There may be no spots but a smooth; red, swollen tonsil, sometimes swollen to...
TONSILS, TONSILITIS AND QUINSY
Aconite 2X dil. In the first twenty-four hours when there is fever, full pulse and dry skin. Belladonna 3X dil. instead, when there is much redness and swelling of the parts with much trouble in swallowing, great pain. Prepared as above directed and ...
TOOTHACHE
Aconite 2X dil. Fever, heat, and from cold or wet. Arsenicum 3X trit. (tablet form) when cold brings on a paroxysm or aggravates the pain. Belladonna 3X dil. Throbbing pain, great in extent, aggravated by heat. Mercurius 3X trit. (tablet form). H...
TOOTHACHE
Gum Camphor 1 grain Chloral Hydrate 1 grain Oil of Cloves 2 drams Chloroform to make 1 ounce Mix. Put on some cotton and put around the tooth. No physician can give a better prescription for toothache than ...
Toothache, Benzoin for
"Compound tincture of benzoin applied on batting to tooth," ...
Toothache, Oil of Cinnamon for
"Oil of cinnamon rubbed on gum and on cotton batting and put in hollow tooth." ...
Tormentil (potentilla Erecta)
Plant of northern Europe found in clearings and meadows. The root has been used to stop bleeding, for food in times of need and to dye leather red. ...
Torpid
Lacking the power of motion or feeling. ...
TOXEMIA, SEPTICEMIA; PYEJMIA
Toxemia refers to the group of symptoms and lesions caused by the presence in the blood of toxins (poison) usually resulting from bacterial growths. Septicemia refers to the condition caused by the presence in the blood of bacteria (microbes) as well...
Tragacanth
Thorny shrubs of the genus Astragalus, especially A. gummifer, of the Middle East, yielding a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing. ...