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Uva Ursi
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Common bearberry; a procumbent (trailing along the ground but not
rooting) evergreen shrub 10-30 cm high with red berries.
USE OF POMADES
UVULA, INFLAMMATION OF
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Typhus (prison Fever, Ship Fever, Typhus Fever)
Infectious diseases caused by rickettsia bacteria, especially those transmitted by fleas, lice, or mites. Symptoms are severe headache, sustained high fever, depression, delirium, and the eruption of red rashes on the skin. ...
TYPHUS FEVER, (Filth Disease)
Typhus fever is an acute, infectious disease, characterized by a sudden onset, marked nervous symptoms, and spotted rash and fever ending quickly after two weeks. Also called jail, camp, hospital, or ship fever. Filth has a great deal to do with its pr...
ULCER OF THE CORNEA
Light hurts the eyes very much, tears run freely and there is a feeling of something in the eye. The eyeball shows a rim of pink congestion about the cornea. The ulcer can be seen. ...
ULCER OF THE CORNEA
Causes. Poor general health is an underlying cause or the cornea itself may be poorly nourished. Ulcers are common among the poor classes. They often begin through a rubbing of the cornea by a foreign body. They also come from diseases of the conjunctiv...
ULCER OF THE STOMACH
Pain, local tenderness, bleeding. Distress after eating and vomiting of a very acid fluid. Pain in the region of the stomach and usually sharp pain in the back is the most constant symptom. It is increased by food at once and relieved by vomiting. The t...
ULCER OF THE STOMACH AND DUODENUM (Upper part of bowel)
Round or perforating ulcer. The stomach ulcer is most common in women of twenty or thirty; servant girls, shoemakers, and tailors are frequently attacked. Ulcer of the duodenum is usually in males and may follow large superficial burns. The ulcer in th...
ULCERS. An Eating Away of the Parts, Causes
Diseases like syphilis, tuberculosis, leprosy. Disturbances of nutrition, constitutional ulcers, local conditions. Ulcers are acute and chronic. An acute ulcer is a spreading ulcer, in and about which acute destructive inflammation exists. Treatment....
Ulster
Loose, long overcoat made of rugged fabric. ...
Umbrage
Offense; resentment. Affording shade. Vague or indistinct indication; a hint. ...
URAEMIC TOXAEMIA
This means poison in the blood occurring in acute and chronic nephritis (inflammation of the kidneys). The cause is unknown. The disease is acute and chronic. ...
URINARY PASSAGE. Mother's Remedy
1. Dandelion Root Will Clean. "A decoction made of the sliced root of dandelion in white wine is very effectual for cleansing and healing inward ulcers in the urinary passage. If the fresh root cannot be obtained, buy extract of dandelion and give two ...
USE OF POMADES
Hair that is dry and brittle really requires some oleaginous preparation, used in moderation. Yellow vaselin is good. Part the hair and rub it into the scalp with the tips of the fingers. A sufficient amount will find its way to the hair itself to relie...
Uva Ursi
Common bearberry; a procumbent (trailing along the ground but not rooting) evergreen shrub 10-30 cm high with red berries. ...
UVULA, INFLAMMATION OF
Aconite 2X di1. Ten drops of this in a glass half full of water and give one to two teaspoonfuls everyone to three hours, when there is fever, furred tongue, dry and hot skin. Belladonna 3X dil., prepared and given same as Aconite, instead of Aconite ...
Vaccination after exposure to Smallpox
Vaccination as late as the second day after known exposure to smallpox is believed to have prevented the smallpox; vaccination the third day after exposure has rendered the disease much milder than usual, and in a case in Iowa, vaccination on the seven...
VACCINATION, Symptoms
At first a slight irritation at the place of vaccination. The eruption appears on the third or fourth day as a reddish pimple surrounded by a reddened surface. On the fifth or sixth day this pimple becomes a vesicle with a depressed center and filled wi...
VAGINISMUS
This is a painful reflex muscular contraction of the vaginal orifice, and is most often observed in patients of a nervous and sensitive temperament. Treatment. Any local cause of irritation should be removed. If there is no local irritation, the opening...
Valerianate (valerianic)
One of three metameric acids; the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is from valerian root and other sources; it is a corrosive, oily liquid, with a strong acid taste, and the odor of old cheese. ...
Valvular
Resembling or functioning as a valve. Relating to a valve, especially of the heart. ...
VAN BUSKIRK'S FRAGRANT SOZODONT
The following formula may be regarded as making an article identical with the original in all essential features: Alcohol 1 fluidounce Water 1-1/4 fluidounces Soap 120 grains Oil of ...
VARICOSE VEINS (Varix)
This term means an enlarged, elongated, tortuous, knotty condition of the veins. The term "varicose veins" is restricted in general use to the veins of the extremities, and especially those belonging to the lower extremity. The disease begins with a slo...
Varicose Veins and Piles
Varicose veins: These are due to the pressure on the veins so that the return flow of blood is impeded and occur as a rule late in pregnancy. They are seen oftenest on the inner side of the thighs, the lower extremities, the vulva, and in the region of ...
Varioloid
Mild form of smallpox occurring in people previously vaccinated or who previously had the disease. ...
VASELIN
Under the name of Petrolatum is sold a semi-solid substance derived from certain kinds of petroleum called cosmoline or vaselin. It has very soothing powers and does not become rancid and is used as a soothing dressing in sores, boils, and skin affectio...