LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Shelf Jta-Vu Zl* UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE MEDICAL GENIUS; A GUIDE TO THE CURE. J By STACY ' JONES, M.D., Practicing Physician, Obstetrician, and Surgeon: Actively Engaged in the Pursuits of the Medical Profession in Eastern Pennsylvania During thb last Thirty-three Years. " Moderation is the best temperance ; Temperance is the best diet ; and Diet is the best doctor." — Lorenzo. A PUBLISHED FOR THE A UTHOR. ^g»?^. JUN 141887 PHILADELPHIA: JOHN C. WINSTON & CO. 1887. y Copyright, 1887, by STACY JONES, M. D. THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY TO ALL THOSE WHO PREFER CURING DISEASES, TO CONTENDING ABOUT DOGMAS. PREFACE. Aside from other designs, a prominent purpose of this book is to exhibit the pure genius of our best drugs ; as attested by the undoubted cures effected by them, in doses both minute and massive. Thus to constitute the work a mirror, in which the advocate of each mode of medication, may see how the other cures. There is a middle belt between the extremists of the two dominant schools of medicine, comprising a noble class of the medical fraternity, who, without let or fear of any fac- tion, aim straight for the cure ; with these is sacredly pre- served, in its entire vitality, the very pith of all the pathies — the sole purpose of healing the sick. It is with these that the author has hoped that his book might find favor ; mainly for these it was written. The general indications given for the employment of remedies, are meant for the use of minute doses exclusively. CONTENTS. Instructions in the Art of Practicing Medicine with Skill and Success. General Indications for the Use of Remedies. Systems of Dosage (Minute, Officinal and Hypodermatic). Specifications of Diseases Cured with Doses Minute and Massive. Statements of Diet Suitable for Infants and Invalids. Description of Food Appropriate in Various Diseases. Rules for the Therapeutic Application of Electro-Mag- netism, Hot Air, Hot and Cold Water, Ice, Bandages, Braces, and Dry Cups. Lessons in the Language of Symptoms. Diagnostic Testimonies of the Tongue. Directions for Conducting Chemical Urinalysis. Glossary for the Use of those Unacquainted with the Meaning of Latin Names of Diseases and Organs. Complete Repertorial Index, giving Ready Reference to every Subject in the Book. rfi THE MEDICAL GENIUS. SECTION 1. ACACIA. Pulverized gum acacia (adult, one teaspoonful), taken after meals, prevents Acidity of the Stomach. Half tea- spoonful of the same, put into a child's nursing bottle, once a day, when filling it with milk, obviates sour stools, and vomiting of sour curds. For Sore Nipples there is nothing better than pulverized gum acacia, applied as often as convenient. Robinia pseudo-acacia, in minute doses (see Sec. 56, B), taken three times a day before meals, is a reliable remedy for Acidity of the stomach — Diarrhcea with sour stools — Heartburn — Waterbrash — Dyspepsia, with burning in the stomach, and vomiting of sour liquids — Colic, with inflation of the bowels, as if they would burst. ^Ethusa cynapium (dose, Sec. 56, B), taken every hour or two, is baby's best remedy for vomiting of breast milk in thick curds t with threatening of spasms. SECTION 2. ACONITE. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Fear and timidity— con- stant foreboding — restless tossing, moaning, lamenting — tingling numbness — fiery burning — excessive tenderness — fainting from pain — giddiness and faintness on rising in bed — desire for wine. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B-C-D. Officinal Dose. — Adult : in all pyrexial affections, 1 drop of the tincture every half hour or hour, until ten doses taken, or until temperature and pulse rate sensibly fall; after which 2 or 3 drops every 3 or 4 hours, always in water. Child, see Section 56, B. Hypodermatic Dose.— Adult, jfa grain of Aconitia in solution. Used especially for Sciatica. In all cases of internal inflammation apply flannel cloths, wrung out of hot water, containing Aconite tincture, a tea- spoonful to the pint of water. (A) Aconite, in minute doses, is the champion remedy for Congestive ailments setting in with a chill and attended with alarm. — Acute Inflammations, parts very sensitive to contact, pains excessive, especially at night, fainting from pain. — Inflammation of the throat — Quinsy — Acute Catarrh — Inflammatory Rheumatism — Peritonitis — Pericarditis — Fever, with restlessness and thirst — Vertigo and faintness on rising up in bed — Puerperal fever — Miliary fever — Ure- thral fever — Measles, often the only remedy needed — Rube- ola — Ailments resulting from fright or exposure, sudden check of perspiration, sudden suppression of menses or lochia, exposure to piercing cold air, especially mountain winds — Hemorrhage from the lungs, from exposure to cold winds 10 SECTION 2.— ACONITE, — Dysentery, at the beginning, often cuts it short — Night- mare — Night terrors, screaming of children— -Irregular action of the heart — Excessive action of the heart, with high tem- perature — Valvular diseases of the heart, even chronic, worse in spring and fall — Hypertrophy of the heart — Palpitation from congestion — Vanishing of sight — Tremor — Twitching beneath the skin — Numb tingling — Insensibility of parts — Apoplexy of full-blooded persons — Asthma with great alarm, fear of death — Asthma of Millar (Sambucus-dose, 56, B) — Sleeplessness with feverish restlessness — Retention of urine from a cold or after confinement (mother or child) — Hemor- rhage from piles, specific. By persevering treatment with minute doses, Aconite has the power of taking hold of and relieving deep-seated chronic ailments, such as Chronic Rheumatism — Gout — Exostosis — Paralysis — Scirrhus— Glaucoma, etc. Drunken Stupor. — " Dead drunk." — Aconite tincture, $ drops in a teaspoonful of water. One dose is mostly suffi- cient. Earache. — Aconite tincture, 1 drop on cotton, in the ear, gives instant relief; when the pain is gone remove the medi- cated cotton and replace it with other cotton, warm, but unmedicated. For Toothache apply the same to the gum until the pain is removed ; no longer. Croup. — Put 10 drops of the tincture of Aconite, and 10 drops of the tincture of spongia tosta, into a new, clean 1 oz. bottle, fill up with alcohol, and shake well. Give 1 drop of this, on sugar, every 10 minutes, and you will see magic. — Jg^T* Spongia tosta, sec. 56, B, is a grand remedy for Laryngitis, acute and chronic — Hoarseness — Aphonia — Goitre — and Orchitis. 11 SECTION 3. ALCOHOL. Officinal Dose. — Adult, % to i drachm, in water. Child, see Section 56, B. Hypodermatic Dose. — Adult, 20 to 30 minims of whiskey or brandy ; when the patient is unable to swallow the stimulant, or the urgency will not admit of delay necessary for absorption by the stomach. Depression caused by hemorrhage is the particu- lar state justifying this practice. J^gf Never give alcoholic stimulants in chloroform narcosis Decay of the Teeth Prevented. — Use dilute alcohol as a tooth wash. Baby's Sore Mouth. — Wash with cold water touched with alcohol. Sore Throat.— Gargle with alcohol and water mixed, 1 part to 4. (A) The same is excellent for Diphtheria — dissolves the patches. Angina Pectoris. — Alcohol : adult, teaspoonful doses in water, frequently repeated — excellent. (B) The same subdues pain in the stump after amputation, and counteracts the poison of a snake bite, or cut of a dissecting knife. Continue the stimulus until intoxication ensues. Burn — Scald — Bruise — Gathering. — Alcohol, chilled in a vessel on ice, applied by cloths saturated therewith, directly subdues the pain. (C) A felon or gathering held in ice-cold alcohol for awhile may be cut without pain. Bed-sore. — Bathe with alcohol, and saturate cloths there- with and apply ; not painful — rapid cure. Dressing for Wounds — Compound Fractures, etc. — Alcohol applied removes offensive odor, prevents inflamma- 12 SECTION 3. — ALCOHOL. tion, fever, swelling and erysipelas, is slightly painful at first, afterward agreeable, and affords great relief. First apply it pure, later mixed with water, equal parts. Keep the surface macerated with it on cotton, covered with oil-silk, and held in place when convenient with rubber bandage, until the parts put on a uniform brown tint. Itch. — Alcohol, strong : " one application, well rubbed in, cures in 5 minutes." Sweating of Hands and Feet, and other Local Sweat- ing Prevented. — Bathe the parts frequently with alcohol. (D) To facilitate general perspiration, thoroughly rub the skin with alcohol, before taking a sweat-bath. Corns removed without pain. — Saturate a piece of cotton with alcohol, and apply it to the corn for a minute, then loosen one edge with a knife or finger nail, and gradu- ally draw it out with forceps, aiding with the knife ; may apply the alcohol several times, to prevent pain. Spotted Fever. — Alcohol, pure deodorized ; put y 2 ounce in 12 teaspoonfuls of water, and take of this solution one, two or three teaspoonfuls, according to age, every half hour, until there is decided amendment, then lengthen the intervals. Free warm sweat is very favorable. Alcohol administered thus in the early stage subdues the disease. Paresis. — Alcohol, small repeated doses, acts well. 13 SECTION 4. ALETRIS. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Constant drowsiness- tendency to faint — distress in the stomach — worse after eating. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, y x to 1 drachm of the tincture ; Aletris cordial, adult, 30 to 60 drops 3 or 4 times a day. " During several years, I have used Aletris cordial for irregular and suppressed menses, and have yet to see one failure. It is alike indicated when the courses are painful, whether scanty or excessive. It cures Leucorrhoea — Falling and displacement of the womb — Sterility. If miscarriage is threatened, it should be taken until the dreaded period is passed some weeks. " For malposition and version of the womb, this tonic is sufficient without supporters. Ladies broken down, and worn out with womb troubles, suffering with debility and loss of appetite, will find the Aletris a positive blessing, restoring to health and bloom." One drachm of Aletris, in 4 ounces of sherry wine, a teaspoonful 3 times a day, may answer in place of the cordial. H SECTION 5. ALOES. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Exhaustion with sweat — gurgling in the bowels — escape of stool when passing wind — feeling worse when standing — soreness and burning relieved by cold water applied. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, B-C. Officinal Dose. — Adult, ]/ 2 to 1 drachm of the tincture. Child, see Section 56, B. Wound Pain. — Powdered aloes applied, removes the pain at once ; and renewed occasionally heals the wound with little or no scar. Aloes glycerole, applied twice a day, is said to banish pimples in two weeks, and cure almost all ill conditions of the skin. Six parvules of Aloes will move the bowels of an adult, in 10 hours, without pain or nausea. One parvule taken three times a day will cure habitual constipation. 15 SECTION 6. ALUM. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, A. Officinal Dose. — Adult, astringent, 5 to 20 grains — Emetic, 120 grains. Child, see Section 56. Alum whey, made by stirring 2 drachms of alum powder into a pint of boiling milk, the curd strained off and the whey sweetened — (adult, a wine glass full, several times a day), arrests Menorrhagia and other Internal Hemorrhages — Diarrhoea and vomiting — Chronic Bronchitis with ropy mucus. Alum water — 5 to 10 grains of the alum powder to the ounce of water — used as a wash, gargle, injection or appli- cation, is excellent for Ulcerated sore mouth — Unhealthy gums — Ulcerated throat — Relaxed throat ', palate down — Otor- rhoea — Ozcena — Leucorrhoea — Falling of the womb, supported with sponge soaked with the same — Pruritus, any local itch- ing — Chronic catarrh of the bladder, injections — Bronchor- rhcea, greatly relieved by alum spray, strong solution. For an eye wash, use the alum powder in rose water, instead of plain water. For purulent ophthalmia and con- junctivitis Alum Curd may be used, or alum poultice, made by rubbing a little powdered alum with white of egg until coagulated, and placed between cambric cloths and applied Nose Bleed. — Snuff alum powder, or alum water. Bleeding after Tooth Extracted. — Dampen a small ball of cotton and roll it in pulverized burned alum, and plug the socket with it. (A) If a cold should settle in the jaw after having a tooth drawn, do the same and directly the pain will be subdued. The same treatment cures Toothache in a hollow tooth. 16 SECTION 6. — ALUM. Bleeding Wound. — Dust it with powdered alum. fl&^Rice flour applied, will stop bleeding from a wound, as effectually as almost any known styptic ; mix lint thor- oughly with the rice flour and apply it as a compress. Diphtheria. — Alum water, saturated solution, a teaspoon- ful every hour or two ; used with marked success. Croup. — Domestic treatment very successful. Frequently repeated teaspoonful doses of strong alum water ; or pul- verized aftim and sugar, equal parts ; or pulverized alum mixed with white of egg ; or pulverized alum with molasses. g^^Lard 2 parts and molasses i part, a teaspoonful every 10 minutes ; if vomiting ensues, still continue the remedy until the breathing becomes free and easy ; also keep the throat anointed with lard and wrapped in flannel. Offensive Foot Sweat. — Put pulverized alum in the stockings, and wash the feet with alum water. Lead Colic. — Alum powder, adult, io grains, in mucilagi- nous liquid, every two hours until relief. On the third day if bowels not open, take an aperient. Reported 150 cures in succession. To Purify Water. — Attach a lump of alum to a string, and swing it around a few times in a vessel containing im- pure turbid water ; presently all impurities will become pre- cipitated to the bottom, and all animal organisms therein destroyed. 17 SECTION 7. AMMONIA. GENERAL INDICATIONS for the Carbonate. —Blue- ness of the lips — burning, watery flow from the nose — burning in the anus — burning in the chest — inability to breathe in a warm room — tendency to faint — feeling, as if sprained, in the joints — ailments worse in wet weather — attacks at new moon — desire for cold food and sweets. GENERAL INDICATIONS for the Muriate.— Bloodless pallor of the face — fiery burning of the lips — coldness in the back between the shoulders — coldness of the feet, pre- venting sleep — corpulence of body with slender legs — con- stipation, with dry crumbling stools. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, A-C. Officinal Dose. — Adult — Aromatic Spirits 15 to 60 minims — Bromide 2 to 20 grains — Carbonate 2 to 10 grains — Chloride 5 to 30 grains — Iodide I to 3 grains — Phosphate 10 to 40 grains — Valerianate 2 to 8 grains. Child — see Section 56, A. Hypodermatic Dose. — Adult, Spirits of Ammonia 60 minims. Used for snake bite. " Give also 1 ounce of whiskey every two hours, and apply raw onion poultice, renewed every half hour ; persevere with whiskey and onions for three days or until recovery is assured." (A) Ammonium Causticum tincture — Adult, I to 3 drops in a wine glass of water, every one, two or three hours, as the case may require — (Child — see Section 56, B), is truly a wonderful remedy for Bronchitis, acute and chronic — Catarrhal Cough — Pneumonia — Pleurisy — Fever y all kinds in the first stage (eruptive, continued, remittent, gastric, typhoid, puerperal). Croupal conditions — Diphtheria — Periodical ail- ments (ague, epilepsy etc.). 18 SECTION 7.— AMMONIA. Cough. — " Peerless remedy." — Bromide of Ammonia, 6 drachms, in water 4 ounces. Adult, 1 teaspoonful in water, before meals and on going to bed. The same for Chronic Bronchial Catarrh — Long standing, grave cough. It insures a splendid appetite and restores warmth to cold extremities. g@°*A one per cent, trituration of Ammonium Bromatum with milk sugar — Adult, 5 grain doses — (Child — see Section 56, A) is "absolutely the best remedy we have for Cough, whether recent or of long standing, and for all colds in the head, whether fluent or dry." Whatever this remedy may leave undone, the Ammonium Iodatum, dose 56, A, most likely will finish. A little sack or satchel containing Carbonate of Ammo- nia, worn suspended on the breast, outside the shirt, is said to cure Bronchial diseases, cough and oppression. Whooping Cough. — Any spasmodic cough — Iodide of Ammonia, officinal dose, " specific." To arrest the violent, spasmodic conditions of whooping cough, set a basin of scalding hot water on the floor, and pour into it an ounce of strong liquid Ammonia; the fumes give instant relief. Asthma. — One hundred cases in succession treated with success — Dip the end of a roll of lint, a few inches long, into a mixture of 4 parts Caustic Ammonia, and 1 part water, and press out all the surplus fluid, and immediately apply it for a few seconds, to the soft palate, not throat. It at once causes a feeling of suffocation with cough and much loosening of phlegm, but this soon passes off, and great relief follows. Loss of Voice. — A case three months' standing cured in three days by inhalations of Hartshorn. Elongated Palate. — Touch it with Muriate of Ammo- nia. Jl^g^Gargle with ginger; adult, 15 drops of the tinct- ure to 1 oz. water. Goitre. — u Cure in three months " — Muriate of Ammo- nia; adult, 10 grains, 3 times a day. 19 SECTION 7. — AMMONIA. Colic. — Aromatic spirits of Ammonia, officinal dose in sweetened water, every 20 minutes. For Colic of baby, 2 to 4 drops in milk, " gives more speedy relief than any other remedy." Suppression of the Menses — or " Painful times." — Aromatic spirits of Ammonia, 20 to 30 drops, several times a day in sweetened water, sure to give relief. Itching Vulva. — Caustic Ammonia % to 1 drachm, in ]/ 2 ounce of water, freely inject — speedy cure. Ring Worm. — Touch it with Caustic Ammonia. Snake Bite. — " First convert the two fang wounds into one by a free cut with a knife, then stuff the wound full of Carbonate of Ammonia dry, also take 5 to 8 grains every 1 5 minutes until a drachm is taken. This is unfailing for the bite of a rattlesnake, or moccasin. Use same treatment for all envenomed wounds!' For stings of bees or insects use Aqua Ammoniae. , Scarlet Fever. — One hundred and fifty cures in succes- sion — " For 17 years have administered carbonate of ammo- nia, alone — in Minute doses (56, A), and never lost a case, or had a case that became dangerous, or gave any anxiety." (B) The Carbonate of Ammonia is one of our foremost remedies for Delirium in any fever, notably so in Erysipelas. It is a glorious remedy for Headache — Hives — Syphilitic Eruptions — Internal hemorrhages — Pneumonia of old people. Rheumatism, Acute and Chronic — Gout. — " The most successful remedy" — Ammonia phosphate, officinal dose, every 3 to 5 hours. (C) The Bromide of Ammonia stands in high repute for acute rheumatism and the chloride for Myalgia. Felon. — Apply a bandage, kept constantly saturated with a mixture of strong aqua ammoniae, and water, equal parts. "This will abort it." Warts. — Take a piece of Sal Ammoniac, wet it, and rub all over the warts, several nights in succession, and away they will go. 20 SECTION 8. AMYL. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, B. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 1 to 2 drops. Child, see Sec- tion 56, B. Hypodermatic Dose. — Adult, 2 to 5 drops in Solution. Used when inhalation is not practical, because of respiration ceasing ; as in Heart-failure — Angina pectoris — Chloro- form narcosis — Surgical shock — Cholera asphyxia. Pain — especially Neuralgia, in head, eyes, face, teeth — Convulsions — Hysteria — Fainting — Asthma — Angina pectoris — Sea Sickness — Nose bleed. — Instant relief. Put 3 to 5 drops of Amyl nitrite on a handkerchief, hold it to the nose, and gently inhale it. When the attack of pain, spasm or sickness, has been arrested, by the inhalation, then 5 or 6 drops may be put into y 2 glass of water, and adult take a teaspoonful every 20 or 30 minutes for a while, to prevent recurrence of the same. Exophthalmic Goitre. — Amyl nitrite, daily inhalations, 5 minutes at a time — " Cure in a few weeks." Whooping Cough. — Amyl nitrite, 10 per cent, solution in alcohol; one drop dose in a teaspoonful of water after each coughing spell. " Magic." Heart affections, with flushing of face and neck— Flushes at the Change of life. — Amyl nitrite. 10 per cent, solution in alcohol, drop doses. Several times a day. Ague. — To break the chill at once, inhale a few drops of Amyl nitrite from a handkerchief, until the face reddens, the chill will then break into a sweat and end. Sleeplessness. — If you cannot sleep, draw the cork of the Amyl bottle, and take two or three very gentle inhala- tions, and lie down ; sleep will come, anon. 21 SECTION 8. — AMYL. Eclampsia of Children. — To break the fit at once, make a 10 per cent, solution of Amyl nitrite in alcohol, and of this put 10 or 15 drops on a cloth, and hold to the nose until the spasm breaks. Epilepsy. — To ward off threatened attacks, draw the cork from the bottle of Amyl, at the moment the warning comes, and take a snuff or two. A convenient way, is to drop about ten drops on a bit of cotton, and put it into an half-ounce bottle, and keep it tightly corked for ready use. Opium poisoning: — profound stupor. — Amyl nitrite. 20 drops were put on a handkerchief and applied to the nose ; after a few seconds, the party " came to," and wanted to know what was the matter. The same should be tried in case of Chloroform or Ether narcosis. 22 SECTION 9. ARBOR VITJE. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Warts upon the skin- teeth decayed at the roots — nails soft and brittle— ailments worse when warm in bed — desire for cold food. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 5 to 30 drops of the tincture in water. Child, see Section 56. Thuja occidentalis, in minute doses is the remedy for Vaccine disease — Small pox — Varioloid — Enuresis of Chil- dren having warts — Spermatorrhoea, 30 cures in succession, officinal dose 3 times a day — Enlarged prostate, urine diffi- cult to pass, with constant desire — Balanitis — Rupia — Ranula — Sycosis — Deafness from dryness of the Ears — Iritis — Sclerotitis. Fig wart — Condyloma. — Apply strong tincture of Thuja three times a day for a week or two ; sometimes the excres- cence falls off in two or three days. Thuja, in officinal doses, may be taken also at the same time. The same treat- ment for removal of Fungous growth — proud flesh. Jt^* If Thuja should fail to remove warts, use Sabina in the same way. 23 SECTION 10. ARNICA. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Heat of the face with cold nose and ears, or heat in the head with coolness of the body — bruised, sore feeling in parts affected — bed feels too hard — inflammatory conditions with excessive tender- ness to the least knock or jolt — ailments from injuries, especially falls and blows. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, B-C. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 3 to 30 drops of the tincture in water. Child, see Section 56, B. In treatment of Ailments from Injuries, and also for Boils, Carbuncles and Shingles, apply flannel cloths wrung out of hot water, containing Arnica tincture — a tablespoonful to the pint of water — reapplying the saturated cloths as often as seems needful. (A) Arnica administered even in minute doses is a superior remedy for Idiopathic Mania — Paralytic conditions — General Cachexia — Vertigo, with heat in the head — Inflammation of the Meninges of the brain, with dropsical effusion — Amaurosis — Nose-bleed — Dysentery, stools bloody — Ex- hausting Diarrhoea — Flooding after labor — Hemorrhage from injuries — Renal colic, stone lodged — Very tender Gout, with greatest dread of being struck — Shingles, con- trols the pain — Rough spots upon the skin — Blisters upon the lips — Roseola — Heat rash ; specific — Carbuncle, morti- fication prevented, and all danger averted : may apply cold cream — Boils, especially crops of small boils, true specific — Squint or Spasm of new-born babes — Abdominal pains of pregnancy, also anoint with Arnica glycerole 1 part to 3 — Baby's breasts swollen, hard and tender ; anoint with Arnica 24 SECTION 10. — ARNICA. oil or glycerole ; same for sore nipples. Ladies subject to sore nipples should bathe the breasts and nipples daily, in advance of labor, with dilute Arnica tincture — Bee sting, Arnica tincture applied gives instinct relief — Deafness, Arnica tincture diluted one-half with water, a few drops in the ear, twice a week, cured a case of long standing in a few weeks. 25 SECTION 11. ARSENIC. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Anxious restlessness- constant sipping, little drinks — waxy pale face (Apis) — fiery, burning pains — ailments worse from i to 2 a.m. — relief by warmth in general — attacks periodical — desire for brandy, coffee, milk — aversion to butter. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, A-C-D. Officinal Dose.— Adult, 2 to 10 drops of Fowler's Solu- tion 3 times a day, in water. Child, see Section 56, A. Hypodermatic Dose. — Adult, 10 minims daily of a I per cent, solution of the Arseniate of Soda. Used especially for Eczema. (A) Arsenic, in minute doses, is the true remedy for Vomiting of drunkards— Habitual vomiting after meals — Black vomit of Typhoid — Asthma, often cut short with one dose, 3 drops of Fowler's Solution — Ague, especially chronic — Skin Diseases, scaly and vesicular — Pemphigus — Prurigo — Chronic Urticaria — Noma — Lupus — Cirrhosis Sarcoma — Anthrax — Dropsy — CEdema, especially marked about the eyes — Bright's disease — Albuminuria — Black Jaundice — Gangrene — Depraved condition of the blood from bad vaccine, or introduction of decayed animal matter into the system — Typhoid or Typhus fevers "sheet anchor" — Puerperal fever, low grade — Neuralgia periodic. Sixty cures in succession, " quiets nerve pain better than any other remedy" — Inflammation and ulceration of the stomach, duodenum and bowels — Gastric cancer — Endometritis — Myelitis — (Plumbum acet. 56, A) — Nephritis — Coryza, watery, scalding — Diarrhoea, fetid, watery — Sudden sinking of strength — Cholera collapse, our best hope — Emaciation, 26 SECTION II. — ARSENIC. with cold limbs — Slow phthisis, wonderful benefit — Chorea, acts wells — Cerebral congestion, bloat under the eye — Religious melancholy — Weak heart, with intermittent pulse, palpitation, faintness — Pericarditis — Endocarditis — Angina pectoris best guard — Obstinate Rheumatic affections with dry skin, that would yield to no other remedy, cured with Fowler's Solution, 3 drops, 3 times a day. The same cured obstinate cases of leucorrhcea. Acne — (Pimples). — Bromide of arsenic, I per cent, solu- tion, 2 drops in a wine glass of water before meals. Keratitis and Conjunctivitis. — Apply ointment — yellow oxide of mercury, 2 grains to the ounce of Vaseline, and take Arsenic. Pityriasis. — Bathe frequently with hot water, rub hard, apply Borax glycerole, 1 drachm to the ounce. Take Arsenic. Psoriasis. — Soak off scabs ; apply salve, yellow oxide of mercury, 2 grains to the ounce of vaseline. Take Arsenic. (B) Iodide of Arsenic, dose 56, A-C-D, is excellent for Hay fever — rose cold — Inveterate skin diseases — Chronic catarrh of the nose, malarial subjects with running ears, enlarged tonsils, puffy eye-lids— Diphtheritic croup, brilliant cures — Asthma — Consumption, great relief — Scrofulous affec- tions of the skin and eyes — Inherited syphilis, with deafness. (C) ^®* Creasote minute dose 56 B, is the specific remedy for syphilis of infants ; and " all the troubles of teeth- ing." The same is a leading remedy for offensive Leucor- rhcea, and offensive Lochia. 27 SECTION 12. ANTIMONY. GENERAL INDICATIONS /or Tartar Emetic— Retch- ing with trembling — cough with trembling — drowsiness with sweating — choking with phlegm — ailments worse by warmth — aversion to tobacco. Minute Dose. — Section $6, A-C. Officinal Dose. — Adult, to control local inflammation, A t° tV grain in water every hour — Wine of antimony 1 5 to 30 drops. Child, see Section 56, A. Tartar Emetic, in minute doses, is the chief remedy for Muscular Rheumatism, especially of the sweating kind, relieves the pain and abates the sweat in 24 hours. The same for Catarrh of the Chest, pipes clogged with phlegm — Pneumonia, lungs gorged with mucus — Mucous Asthma — Emphysema — CEdema of the lungs — Varioloid — Small- pox — Chickenpox — Pustular eruptions and scabs — Ecthyma — Phlebitis — Photophobia. 28 SECTION 13, ASAFOETIDA. GENERAL INDICATIONS. — Hysterical choking, " ball in the throat " — Excessive tenderness of parts affected — Offensive secretions, ulcerations, discharges — disgust for food — desire for wine. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 5 to 15 grains of the gum- Tincture yi to I drachm — Emetic 30 grains, in 4 ounces of water. Child, see Section 56, B. Asafcetida in minute doses, taken 4 or 5 times a day, Increases the flow of milk — Restores the secretion of milk — Prevents Habitual miscarriage — Is curative in Hysteria, ball rising in the throat — Chronic Nasal Catarrh, very offen- sive — Ulceration of the bones, horribly fetid — Diarrhoea, putrid smelling stools — Periostitis, excessively tender to the touch. Nursing Baby's Colic. — " If the mother will take a one grain pill of Asafcetida, once a day for a week, baby's colic will cease." |® n> One scruple of Anise seed boiled in baby's food, will prevent colic. Anise tea taken by the mother also prevents colic in nursing babies, and increases the flow of milk. Fennel seed tea does the same. Oranges, eaten freely, increase the secretion and flow of milk. 29 SECTION 14. BANDAGE. Speedy Labor — No Flooding. — Put the bandage on early ; secure it firmly with strong safety-pins ; as labor advances renew the tightening. Congestion of Lungs and Heart. — Bandage limbs tightly at groin and arm pit — keep the blood in the extremi- ties. (A) This also arrests flooding after labor or miscarriage. The same, done at first approach of coldness, arrests or prevents an Ague Chill. Bandaging the lower abdomen tightly cured Diarrhoea, of a whole ship's crew, in 24 hours. Wearing a buckled strap around the wrist or ankle, and drawing it quickly tight at the first warning of an Epileptic fit, prevents the spasm. A tight bandage around the waist, relieves attacks of colic, that sometimes occur after eating. The same girthed just below the point of the breast bone, stops spells of hic- cough. Pneumonia — Pleurisy — Pleurodynia — Painful Respi- ration. — Apply a firm tight bandage of adhesive plaster all around the region of the chest in which is the seat of pain, and over this a roller bandage. In case of extensive pneumonia, it may sometimes be necessary to bandage from waist to arm pit. This gives entire relief to the muscles of the chest, and throws the whole labor of respiration upon the abdominal muscles. For " Inward weakness " — Dragging down sensations — Falling of the womb or bowel. The one essential thing needed is abdominal and dorsal support. See Brace, Sec- tion 25. 30 SECTION 15. BAPTISIA. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Feverish drowsiness and weariness — soreness all over — the bed feels too hard (Arnica) — putrid discharges and ulcerations — besotted appearance, like typhoid — oppression on waking, must have fresh air. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, % to j4 drachm of the Fluid Extract — Baptisin %to ^ grain. Child, see Section 56, B. In minute doses, Baptisia cured ninety cases of smallpox in succession, all rapid recoveries. It is an efficient remedy for Putrid Sore Throat — Ulcerated mouth and throat — Putrid Diphtheria — Putrid Quinsy — It stands without a peer in the treatment of Typhoid fever. For Consumption it is a remedy of inestimable value, having a marked power over the disease ; it diminishes the fever because it arrests the decay of lung tissue which causes it ; it arrests the forma- tion of pus, ameliorates the cough, and abates the soreness and pain in the lungs. J|@°*A case of Chronic Bronchitis, with distressing cough and progressive emaciation, profuse sweat, day and night — nearly dying condition — was cured completely in a few weeks — with Tinct. of Myosotis symphitifolia ; adult, 5 drops every 3 hours. Drosera rotundifolia, fluid extract; adult, 5 to 30 drops, 3 times a day, has cured consumption in the early stage. Baptisia, in minute doses, has shown itself complete master of Bloody Dysentery with violent colic — and is excellent for Offensive Lochia, especially when aided by injection of the same — j4 oz. of tincture to a pint of warm water. 3i SECTION 16. BARBERRY. GENERAL INDICATIONS/^ Berberis.— Lameness, weakness and pain about the loins — urine full of sediment — joints enlarged — ailments worse by sitting or lying ; better by gentle motion. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, y 2 to 1 drachm of the fluid extract. Child, see Section 56, B. Berberis vulgaris, in minute doses, is the grand specific for various diseases of the kidney and bladder — Albuminuria — Chyluria — Nephritis — Gravel — Urine loaded with sedi- ment — Pains in the loins — Lameness over the- kidneys. JH^Uva ursi; Adult, 10 grain doses; stands in high repute for Gravel — Bloody, slimy urine — Chyluria (Phos- phoric acid) — Cystitis — Nephritis. (A) " Compound decoction of sarsaparilla, adult, 1 pint a day, is a champion remedy for Gravel, and restores the worn-down and wasted system to renewed vigor. It also antidotes the ill effects of mercury ; and in conjunction with the gray powder, 1 grain 4 times a day, is considered our best hope in Constitutional syphilis!' Kidney Colic. — (Lodgment of stone)— -Chief remedy, Berberis vulgaris tincture; adult, 5 drops on sugar every 5 minutes. (B) Hemorrhage from the Womb, at the time of Menses. — Sulphate of Berberine, 5 grain pills; repeated every 2 hours if necessary. Ladies subject to excessive flow, should keep these pills constantly on hand, and may rely upon them with perfect confidence. The same cures Itching of the vulva, and is excellent for Leucorrhcea. 32 SECTION 17. BELLADONNA. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Ailments with delirium — throbbing in the arteries of the neck — starting in sleep — smooth shining redness of parts affected — sudden attacks of pain, throbbing, shifting — intolerance of the least jar — pains worse at 3 p.m., and after midnight — relief by warmth in general — desire for lemons. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B-C-D. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 5 to 20 drops of the tincture — Atropia, T ^ to fa grain. Child, see Section 56, B. Hypodermatic Dose. — Formula: Atropia Sulph., 2 grains; Aquae distil., 1 ounce. Mix. Adult, 2 to 5 minims, or y^ to ^ grain in solution. Used especially for Pains attended with depression of vital powers — Ileus — Pains and fidgets of Locomotor ataxia — Neuralgia — Epilepsy — Dysmenorrhaea — Dysuria — Enuresis — Poisoning from Pilocarpin, muscaria, bromal hydrate and morphia. Jd^f" Duboisia muriat., adult, T ^ to -£$ grain in solution, may be substituted for Atropia, in all diseases for which the latter is now employed. It is more calming and hypnotic, than Atropia, and is especially to be preferred in the treatment of diseases of the mind^ brain and eye. (A) Belladonna, in minute doses, is the leading remedy for Congestive Headache, with red face, and throbbing of the vessels of the neck — Vertigo, with vanishing of sight — Brain fever, with wild delirium — Puerperal fever — Scarlet fever, smooth red. The same in daily doses, continued for a week or two, is our most reliable prophylactic of scarlet fever — Convulsions with red face — Spasm of the glottis — Erysipelas, smooth red — Any inflammation, smooth red, or in streaks, or very sensitive to the least jar — Peritonitis — Nephritis — Meningitis — Encephalitis — Sore throat, scar-, let red — Quinsy, deep red, tender to touch — Aphonia — 3 33 SECTION 17. — BELLADONNA. Mumps, sudden shifting to the brain — Ulceration in the stomach, frightful pain, bloody vomit, no better remedy — Infantile Dysentery, often the only medicine needed — Apo- plexy, early stage — Lock-jaw, spasm renewed by every attempt to drink — Neuralgia, attacks of pain come suddenly and leave suddenly — Locomotor ataxia — Optic neurosis — Ophthalmia, with pain in the eyeball. Introduce also into the eye as often as needed, atropia solution (2 grains to the ounce of water), a drop or two at a time — Iritis — Reti- nitis (Picric acid) — Conjunctivitis — Glaucoma — Blindness — Derangement of sight with appearance of objects fiery, or inverted — Inability to sleep, though drowsy — Starting in sleep, as if frightened — Pain in the back, as if it would break — Falling of the womb, with bearing-down pain — Puerperal Spasms, renewed with every pain — Puerperal Insanity, furious, sleepless — After-pains as if everything within would protrude — Rigid os uteri. Belladonna ointment. Whooping Cough. — Atropia, yfg- to yj-g- grain taken twice a day, cured in 5 days, jfgip* Oxalate of Cerium cured in a week. Taken one dose a day before breakfast (age of one year y 2 grain, and for every year older j£ grain more, to adult age)— Continued treatment during the second week to prevent relapse. Constipation. — Belladonna tincture, adult, 1 drop 3 times a day, taken in a little water — Cured the most obstinate case in a week. Enuresis — Wetting the Bed. — " Belladonna (Fluid ex- tract), J^ ounce; Nux vomica (Fluid extract), J^ ounce. Mix. Child, 7 to 12 years of age, take 2 to 5 drops 3 times a day. Never failed me yet." Neuralgia, especially in Head, Face or Teeth. — Fluid extract of Belladonna, Fluid extract of Viburnum opulus, and Fluid extract of Gelsemium, equal parts of each: Mix. Moisten cotton with this, and put the cotton in the ear of 34 SECTION 17. — BELLADONNA. that side, or in both ears, if on both sides. The pain will abate in 5 minutes. Epilepsy. — "Atropia, 30 per cent, trituration with sugar of milk; adult, 2 grains, taken every 12 hours; cures two- thirds of all cases ; and Nux vomica -^ grain, taken every 12 hours, cures a majority of the rest." Hydrophobia. — Belladonna tincture full doses. Keep the system under its influence for 6 weeks. If spasms set in, increase the dose and repeat often, until victory. Several cures reported. (B) Fluid extract of Cedron seed cured even after spasms had set in — specific for rattlesnake bite. Sweating Hands or Feet — Any Local Sweat. — Apply Belladonna liniment, or use Eau de Cologne instead of spirits in the preparation of the tincture of belladonna. This is very agreeable and effectual. Rub it in several times a day. To " Dry up the Milk." — (Without danger, even when there is inflammation in the breasts.) — Apply ointment made of Belladonna tincture, 1 drachm, and olive oil, 1 ounce, mixed. (C) This is a grand pain liniment, especially for spine injuries. Belladonna Poisoning. — Bromide of Potash, adult, 8 grains, taken every half hour; cured in 4 hours. (D) Belladonna plaster is the right thing for a Lame back, Deep-seated, aching pains in the side (in liver or spleen) — Enlargement of the liver or spleen, cure in from 3 to 6 weeks — Will never have Gathered Breast, if, as soon as the breast gets hard, and threatens to gather, you apply a Bel- ladonna plaster, making a hole for the nipple. For Sore, inflamed eyes, apply the plaster to the temples — For Sore throat, apply it to the throat, excellent — If applied to the back or pit of the stomach, it will relieve the pains and dis- comforts of pregnancy. 35 SECTION 18. BENZOIN. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Benzoic Acid.— Odor of urine, strong pungent, offensive (Nitric acid) — joints stiff, gouty — pains shifting — ailments worse whilst in repose, lying. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 10 to 30 grains of Benzoic acid. Child, see Section 56, B. Benzoic acid, even in minute doses, aided by external application of an ointment, made of 5 grains of the acid, to I ounce of vaseline, has effected the dispersion and cure of tendinous swellings at the back of the wrist — Ganglia — also Windgall of horses. Freckles and Eruptions on the Face. — Benzoin, spirit- ous solution, in 20 parts rosewater, apply several times a day; or mix tincture of Benzoic acid, 10 parts, with rose water, 150 parts, and put a teaspoonful of this in a pint of water, and wash daily. Toothache in Hollow Teeth. — Saturate cotton with compound tincture of Benzoin, and pack it in the hollow tooth (after being cleansed out) ; this gives instant relief, and is a pleasant application. Sore Nipples (Raw, Tender). — Wipe the nipple dry, after the child has nursed, and with a camel-hair brush, apply four or five coats of the compound tincture of Ben- zoin. This forms an artificial skin ; it burns a little at first, but soon affords wonderful relief. (A) The same for chapped skin, and chafing of children — nothing like it — Good protection for cuts and wounds — applied on a soft rag. 36 SECTION 1 8. BENZOIN. Enuresis — Wetting the Bed. — (Especially when the odor of the urine is very strong and offensive) — Benzoic acid 10 drops in an ounce of alcohol with water added to make 6 ounces — Adult, take 3 teaspoonfuls every 3 hours during the day — Child dose, see Section 56, B. (B) " For wetting the bed, use Equisetum hyemale tinc- ture; put 12 drops in half a glass of water; and to a child, 5 to 7 years old, give 1 teaspoonful every 3 hours. This is a remedy that has never yet failed me. I have also used the same for Cystitis and Dysuria with unparalleled success — Adult, 5 drops of the tincture every 3 hours." I saw a case of wetting the bed, of seventeen years' standing from infancy, cured with Phosphoric acid, dilute, taken 5 drops 3 times a day in a wine glass of water. (C) Compound tincture of Benzoin, adult, teaspoonful doses, beaten up with milk, and taken 3 or 4 times a day, is an excellent remedy for Bronchial affections — Obstinate winter cough — Hawking — Catarrh of the throat — Chronic sore throat. 37 SECTION 19. BITTER-SWEET. GENERAL INDICATIONS/^ Dulcamara,— Ailments from colds contracted in cool, damp weather — Mucous dis- charges from catarrh — dry skin with itching eruptions — burning after scratching — ailments worse in cool, damp weather — pains relieved by motion. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, ^ to 1 drachm of the Fluid extract. Child, see Section 56, B. Dulcamara, minute doses, is the true specific for Catarrhal Diarrhoea, mucous stools — Camp Diarrhoea, bloody slimy stools — Catarrh of nose, throat, chest, bowels; contracted in cold, wet weather — Hawking, very troublesome, often at- tended with general dryness of the skin — " Thin slipper," Neuralgia — Lepra — Moist Tetter — Asthma, from repelled hives or other eruptions — or Neuralgia from the same cause — Erotomania. 38 SECTION 20. BISMUTH. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Prostration without cool- ness of the surface — vomiting of liquids, not solids, or vomit- ing of solids as soon as the stomach becomes full — thick white coating on the tongue (Antimony Crude). Minute Dose. — Section 56, A. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 5 to 15 grains of the sub- nitrate, in milk, with or before meals. Child, see Section 56, A. (A) This remedy is especially useful for Headache that occurs immediately after eating — vomiting of food, as soon as the stomach is full. Ulceration of the Stomach, with ex- hausting pain and vomiting (full doses). u Malignant disease of the Stomach; over ordinary dose, to form a smooth layer over the exposed surface, preventing pain." Sore Mouth — Canker. — Apply sub-nitrate of Bismuth powder, sufficient to cover the ulcerated part, several times a day. Immediate relief and prompt cure. Bismuth, sub- nit, minute doses, 56 A, in water, every half hour, cured baby's sore mouth in 2 days. Sore Nipples — Cracked. — Bismuth sub-nit. 2 drachms in Vaseline 1 ounce, mixed, apply each time after the child nurses, and cover with a soft cloth : wash off each time before giving the breast. Perfectly satisfactory. Wound Dressing. — Sub-nitrate of Bismuth as a dress- ing for wounds is antiseptic and non-irritant, and does not require frequent changing in order to keep the wound pure, nor in any way interferes with union by first intention. (B) Bismuth powder is the thing for Chafing — Erythema — Eczema — Erysipelas — Bed sores. A paste made of equal 39 SECTION 20. BISMUTH. parts of sub-nit. Bismuth and water applied, subdues pain and szuelling of Testes. Stomach Pains (coming on soon after meals, sometimes lasting for hours). — Bismuth sub. nit. : adult 5 grains before eating. " Relief at once, cases of years' standing cured in a few days." Dyspepsia — Indigestion (burning pains in the stomach, sour vomit, food retained, but drinks thrown up immediately, or food thrown up as soon as the stomach becomes full). — Bismuth even in minute doses, taken before meals, soon corrects the whole trouble. Diarrhoea and Vomiting, especially of Children. — Bismuth, minute dose, after each passage, or spell of vomit- ing : works wonders. (C) The same is excellent for Diarrhcea of Consumption (Argent, nit.) ; and for Dysentery ', especially when aided by injections of boiled starch medicated with bismuth. Nasal Catarrh. — Celebrated Catarrh Snuff — Bismuth sub. nit. 6 ounces; Morphia Sulph. 2 grains; and Pulv. Gum Acacia 2 drachms : mix thoroughly. Snuff freely of this powder several times a day. Offensive Foot Sweat. — " In 1 5 years I have found but one case that was not cured by sub. nitrate of Bismuth. About one ounce of the powder should be rubbed on the feet, and between the toes, every day. Cure in from 5 to 1 5 days — no after trouble." 40 SECTION 21. BLACK SNAKE ROOT. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Cimicifuga. — Dis- tracted state of mind — inability to sleep, with appearance of strange objects before the sight — muscular soreness — ail- ments relieved by eating and by quiet repose. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 1 to 2 drachms of the Tinc- ture. Fluid Extract ^ to 1 drachm. Child, see Section 56, B. In minute doses, Cimicifuga or Actaea racemosa is a very reliable remedy for Headache, especially of delicate ladies, close students, and intemperate persons — Sleeplessness, with vision of imaginary objects — Sinking, faintness at the stom- ach — Sciatica — Hysteria, at change of life, and from de- ranged menses — Nervous chills and shivers, as in confine- ment — Cough, with every attempt to speak — Catarrh of the nose, alternating with Leucorrhcea. In the larger, ordinary dose, Cimicifuga has proved emi- nently curative in Acute Rheumatism — Myalgia — Neuralgia, especially in the neck, back, chest, hip, ovary and womb. After free sweat, rapid and permanent cures ensue — Chorea, five doses a day, lengthen intervals with improvement — Ner- vous tremor — Irregular heart action, with intermittent pulse — Spinal irritation — Spasms of Meningitis — Photophobia — Suppressed menses, almost specific — Puerperal mania — — Acute Insanity, constant talking, or deep melancholy — After pains. J|@^ What Cimicifuga leaves uncured in the line of its indication, Caulophyllum in same dose will mostly finish. It is especially useful in all Menstrual Irregularities , with 41 SECTION 22. — BLOOD ROOT. attendant ailments, such as spasm, tremor, cramp and sleeplessness — also for False labor — Prolonged "Cleansing;" or Suppressed Lochia — Rheumatism in the wrists, hands, ringers — Caulophyllin J / 2 grain every y^ hour, is safer and often superior to ergot for inducing labor. SECTION 22. BLOOD ROOT. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Sangninaria. — Dry- ness of the throat with tickling cough — headache with nausea unrelieved by vomiting, recurring once a week, relief by lying down in a dark room. Minute Dose. — Section 56, A-B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 5 to 10 minims of the tincture — Emetic 60 minims. Child, see Section 56, B. Sanguinaria, minute dose taken before meals and on going to bed, is a remedy almost unequaled for Indigestion — Dyspepsia — Periodical Sick-headache — Loss of appetite. The same is a prominent remedy for CEdematous Croup — Laryngitis — almost any cough, even long standing with hectic flush, after two or three weeks' course — Chronic Nasal Catarrh. f$^f Sanguinaria nitrate 10 per cent, tri- turation with milky sugar : adult, 5 grains, 4 times a day is claimed to be our very best remedy for Chronic Nasal Ca- tarrh with cough and altered voice. Pulverized Sanguinaria root applied removes proud flesh. 42 SECTION 23. BLUE FLAG. GENERAL INDICATIONS/^ Iris.— Persistent vomit- ing of sour liquids — excessive flow of saliva — loss of taste and appetite — burning liquid stools — sick headache recur- ring every eight days — ailments worse on first starting to move, but better by continued motion (Rhus tox.). Minute Dose. — Section 56, A-B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 5 to 30 drops of the tincture — Irisin j£ to 5 grains — purgative five grains. Child, see Section 56, A. Iris, minute dose, is undoubtedly the champion remedy for Cholera Morbus — Cholera infantum — Bilious Sick-head- ache — Vomiting in general — Sour vomit — Violent colic with vomiting or without — Diarrhcea, with or without vomiting — Dysentery — Bilious fever — Bilious Typhoid, with involuntary stools — Water-brash— Salivation, water stream- ing from the mouth — Loss of appetite — Loss of taste — Disease of the pancreas (Iodine) — Constipation, " purgative dose is not followed by costiveness " — Menorrhagia — Erup- tions and Scabs, especially on head and face. Jf^i^ Viola tricolor, dose Section 56, B, is mostly the only remedy needed for Porrigo ; also for Plica Polonica (Vinca minor dose, 56, B). 43 SECTION 24. BORAX. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Hot mouth— hot palms — hot urine — dread of downward motion, child will not be rocked, wakens on being laid down — pains relieved by pressure upon the part. Minute Dose. — Section 56, A. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 5 to 20 grains — Honey of borax y 2 to 3 drachms. Child, see Section 56, A. Acceleration of Labor. — Borax may be used as a sub- stitute for Ergot. Two scruples of borax dissolved in water, and taken during labor, will directly strengthen the pains. A second dose may be taken if necessary after an interval of 20 minutes. It seldom disturbs the stomach. Sudden Loss of Voice, or Sudden Hoarseness. — Dis- solve a piece of Borax, size of a pea, in the mouth. Imme- diate relief. The same taken 10 minutes before singing or speaking produces an abundant secretion of saliva, which moistens the mouth and throat and prevents hoarseness. Hggf 01 (A) Oxalic acid, dose 56, A, has cured Aphonia, and rendered good service in Spinal Meningitis and Myelitis. Cubeb Lozenge is excellent for throat affections. Chewing the cubeb berries relieves the throat. Smoking the crushed cubeb berries in a pipe is said to cure catarrh of nose and throat. For Hawking and elongated palate, Catechu lozenge is better than anything I know for immediate relief. Baby's Sore Mouth. — Borax dissolved in glycerine or mixed in honey, applied. Itching — (vulva, vagina, urethra, piles) — any local itching. — Borax and lard 1 part to 3, mixed and applied. On sponge in vagina and vulva. On bougie introduced 44 SECTION 24. — BORAX. into the urethra. An ointment of Boracic acid and vase- line applied, promptly allays Itching of vulva, anus, and piles. I®"* Balsam of Peru 120 grains; oil of Almonds 90 grains; Gum arabic 120 grains; and Rose water, quantity sufficient mixed and applied as often as needed, cured cases of Local Itching that had resisted all treatment for years. Dandruff. — Cleanse the scalp thoroughly : take as much Boracic acid as you can dissolve in a given quantity of water, and apply the solution 3 times a day. Nothing better. fUg^* Listerine in full strength, or one or two parts water, said to be very good. Conjunctivitis (Inflammation inside the Eyelids). — Bora- cic acid 5 grains, in water I ounce, a few drops in the eye several times a day. Noise in the Ears. — Boracic acid 10 grains, in water 1 ounce, mix : drop a little in the ear three times a day. Otorrhcea — Offensive discharge from the Ear. — Sponge out the ear with warm water, and swab dry ; then saturate a piece of cotton with glycerine, and squeeze it until only moist, dip it into pulverized Boracic acid, and insert it into the ear every day. "Cure in 12 days." Another way: swab out dry with absorbent cotton, and keep the ear filled with Boracic acid, powdered as fine as flour. It is often necessary at the beginning to re-fill several times a day. Let the patient lie down with that ear up, and proceed to fill it full of the acid. It may be blown in through a quill ; a convenient instrument is an " Insect powder blower ;" when filled, plug the ear with absorbent cotton : as soon as the discharge breaks through, clean out as well as possible and re-fill ; after a few days the running will stop ; do not be in a hurry then to clean out the ear; it will cleanse itself and remain well. Diabetes. — Boracic acid, 12 grains 3 times a day. Cured a case, boy aged 12 years. 45 SECTION 24. — BORAX. Leucorrhoea. — "Apply Boracic acid on sponge, having narrow ribbon or tape attached to it ; moisten the sponge with glycerine, roll it in fine powder of Boracic acid, and push it up to the mouth of the womb ; daily. It can be removed by the tape. You may depend upon this treat- ment with great confidence." H^** (B) Sabina tincture : adult, 5 to 10 drops in water, is not only an excellent remedy for Leucorrhoea, but also for Uterine hemorrhage — Menorrhoea — Chronic Gout, and Joint affections. Eruptions upon the Skin — Eczema, Etc. — Boracic acid, saturated solution, in boiling water, apply 3 to 6 times a day (do not make an ointment of it). Said to effect prompt and permanent cures. Offensive Urine. — " Have not met with a case of offen- sive urine that 10 to 20 grains of Boric acid, taken every 3 hours, would not cure." Offensive Foot Sweat. — Change stockings twice a day, place the stocking/^/ for some hours in a jar containing a saturated solution of Boracic acid ; then dry them ready for use again : wear cork soles, have several pair — change daily. Effectual remedy. 46 SECTION 25. BRACE. (Banning System.) Drooping Shoulders. — Body-balance brace ; or abdo- minal and spinal shoulder brace ; or revolving spinal prop. Lateral Curvature of the Spine. — Centripetal spinal lever. Piles ; also Falling of the Bowel. — Pile and Prolapsus ani brace. Hernia (Rupture). — The Brace truss. Weak Back. — The Spinal prop. Retroversion and Retroflexion of the Womb. — The Curved uterine balance. Anteversion and Anteflexion of the Womb. — The straight Uterine brace. To Prevent Miscarriage. — Pregnancy brace. 47 SECTION 26. BRYONIA. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Stitching and tensive pains, worse from the least motion — desire to lie perfectly quiet — better by pressure on the seat of pain — vertigo on sitting up in bed — lips very dry, parched — stools dry, "as if burnt " — craving for things to eat, which are rejected when offered. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B-D. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 10 to 30 drops of the Fluid Extract — Bryonin 1 to 2 grains. Child, see Section 56, B. Bryonia, in minute doses, is exceedingly valuable in all cases of Inflammation of Serous Membranes, in the Second Stage: when the acute inflammatory action calling for Aconite has diminished or disappeared, and the resulting Effusion is present. Most especially useful in Meningitis with cerebral effusion — Synovitis — Peritonitis — Pericarditis — Pleuritis — Pleuro-Pneumonia — Hydrothorax, when the lungs feel as if they could not expand, patient cannot take a full breath, and there is stitching cough. All pains, espe- cially Rheumatic pains of the joints, worse by the least motion — Intense Congestion — Vertigo on rising up in bed — Typhoid Conditions, with Constipation — Puerperal fever — Vicarious Menstruation. H$^ (A) Asclepias tuberosa — same dose as of bryonia — is almost specific for Pleurisy, Pneumonia and CEdema. It is an expectorant of the first order, invariably increasing the freedom of respiration. 48 SECTION 27. BUG AGARIC. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Agaricus. —Spine ten- der to touch, and painful from the least motion — Trembling limbs, muscles jerking like chorea when awake only, not during sleep — redness of parts, as of the nose or ears, burn- ing tingling, as if frost bitten — feeling as if touched in spots with the point of an icicle. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 5 to 1 5 drops of the tincture every 3 hours. Child, see Section 56, B. Hypodermatic Dose. — Adult, % to }4 grain of Muscarin nitrate in solution. Used especially for excessive perspiration and night sweats. Agaricus, in minute doses, is especially curative in Spinal Irritation, pain and tenderness of the spine — Giddiness with falling — St. Vitus' dance, only manifested when awake — Spasm of eyelids — Epileptic spasms — Trembling, twitching — Convulsions during teething. If the child is in deep stupor, cold; put 5 drops of the tincture of Agaricus into an y 2 ounce bottle, fill it with water, and every hour or two give a teaspoonful ; when the hands, feet and head are hot, give Belladonna prepared in the same way, in alternation with the Agaricus, and thus save all your cases — Chilblains or frost bites with all their burning and itching, vanish after taking Agaricus. Dose 56, B, 5 or 6 times a day, for a week. (A) jfgi^The indications for the use of Physostigma are nearly the same as those for Agaricus. In doses 56, A or B, it has proven useful for Twitching of the eyelids — Oscil- lation of the eyeballs — Acquired Myopia — Extreme giddi- 4 49 SECTION 27. BUG AGARIC. ness — Tremor — Locomotor ataxia — Progressive muscular atrophy — Paralysis, especially of the insane. (B) Eserine; adult, -fa to Jj grain (hypodermatic) is especially useful for Chorea — Tetanus — Iritis, to contract the pupil and prevent adhesions. 50 SECTION 28. CABBAGE. Fresh cabbage leaves, thoroughly cleansed and bruised to a soft pulp, applied and held in place by compress, fre- quently renewed, are said to cure Ulcers — Scabby condition of the skin — Suppurations — Gatherings — Gathered breasts — Hard swelling of glands — Tumors — Abscesses — Boils — Carbuncles — Diphtheria ; by binding the pulp, or bruised leaf to the throat — Inflammation and suppuration of the eyes — Purulent Ophthalmia of infants ; by cleansing the eye thoroughly every y£ or j£ hour with warm water, and then packing the socket full each time with fresh pulp. It may seem to increase the suppuration for a few days, but improvement will be in progress the while, and a " cure soon effected.' ' This same application softens and dissipates Corns and Warts. The first effect of the cabbage applied is to encourage suppuration, drawing the purulent matter to the surface, thus preventing blood poison. The cure is complete, there is no relapse. Applied upon any place adjacent to the seat of ailment, it draws the corruption to that part. Old Frost Bites. — " Bathe the parts in strong tea of white oak leaves, gathered from the ground ; apply the decoction as hot as can be borne for a quarter of an hour, then apply sour krout fresh from the barrel, about one inch thick. Keep it on by bandage over night — well next day." fH^*- Chilblains or Frost Bites. — Dissolve 24 grains of Iodoform in 1 ounce of oleic acid, and apply with camel- hair brush. Two applications generally make a permanent cure. 51 SECTION 29. CACTUS. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Sudden squeezing at the heart, like the grip of an iron hand— binding sensation in various parts — fluttering at the stomach — active bleeding, red blood — ailments worse every day at the same hour. (Cedron.) Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 2 to 5 drops of the tincture. Child, see Section 56, B. Cactus grandiflorus is the analogue of Aconite, and, in minute doses, is indicated in Acute Fevers — Puerperal fever — Congestion — Hemorrhage — Excited action of the heart — Endocarditis — Pericarditis — Congestive palpitation of the heart — Its leading genius symptom is Constriction, or Bind- ing tightness in any part of the body, and especially at the heart — Heart spasm — Spasm of the diaphragm — Angina pectoris — Chronic Bronchitis, with rattling phlegm, spas- modic cough and oppressed breathing — Rheumatism, in- volving the heart — Various Diseased Conditions attended with fluttering in the stomach, such as Cough — Diarrhoea ^Vomiting — Dysmenorrhoea — Sleeplessness, etc. (A) jfglf^Spigelia, dose 56, B, is strongly indicated in Endocarditis — Pericarditis — Angina pectoris — Palpitation of the heart — Heart Stitch — Eye pain — Tender skin. Hggp-If there is any remedy especially deserving our con- fidence in Heart affections, resulting from Rheumatism — and also for various Heart ailment from obscure origin, it is Scutellaria lateriflora — dose 56, B. 52 SECTION 30. CANTHARIS. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Scanty, scalding urine- burning pains — shreddy stools in dysentery — desire for drink with dread of liquids (Cannabis) — pains relieved by rubbing — Coffee disagrees. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B-C. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 5 to 20 minims of the tincture. Child, see Section 56, B. Erysipelas. — Cantharis tinct. 1 drachm, in water 1 pint; bathe 3 times a day — Cure in 3 days. (A) Same for Burns and scalds. Chronic Ulcer on the Skin. — Cantharis tinct. 1 drop 3 times a day — no bandage — Rapid cure. (B) The same for Ulceration in the stomach, with burning pain and retching. Enuresis — (Wetting the Bed). — Why try anything else, when one parvule of Cantharis, every 3 hours, will cure in 5 days? (C) The same is specific for Inflammation of Kidney \ blad- der and Urethra — Strangury — Uremia. fflgg*' If the urine is too thick to flow even by catheter, in- ject 16 to 20 grains of pepsin, dissolved in a little water, into the bladder, and in an hour the urine will flow by catheter. (D) In order to do without the use of the catheter, put Fluid extract, Rhus aromat, 20 drops in half a glass of water ; and adult take a teaspoonful every 3 hours ; or take uva ursi in the same way. When the catheter will not pass, try with the patient standing slightly bent forward ; if this fails, give a grain of opium, and after an hour try again. 53 SECTION 31. CAMPHOR. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Internal trembling— feel- ing of dread when in the dark — coldness of the skin with aversion to being covered (secale) — pains abate by thinking of them. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B-C-D. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 5 to 60 minims of the spirits. Child, see Section 56, B. The tincture of Camphor, adult, 1 drop on sugar, fre- quently repeated, cures cold in the head in a day — Controls convulsions — Arrests strangury from fly blister — Restores suppressed measles — Is the remedy, par excellence, for all complications of labor — gives force to weak, failing labor pains — Dissipates false labor pains — stops after-pains — allays nervous sensitiveness and agitation with sweat — antidotes vegetable poisons. (Strong coffee does the same.) Cholera Infantum — also Violent Pain, Screaming Spells. — Apply menthated camphor (Lambert's) very lightly to region of the navel, and cover with oil-silk or flannel. In a few minutes pain gone, child quiet. Cholera. — Of 50,000 people at Naples, who took drop doses of the tincture of camphor, 3 times a day, as a pro- phylactic of cholera, all escaped it, or, if attacked, recovered ; even carrying Gum Camphor about the person is a guard against taking it. Early in the attack of Cholera — skin cold, patient tossing in agony — take 3 to 5 drops of a strong alcoholic tincture on sugar every 5 minutes, and rub chest, back and abdomen with spirits of camphor, until the coldness gives way to vital warmth. This remedy is almost infallible. 54 SECTION 31. CAMPHOR. The same treatment cures Congestive chill and Ague, treated in the cold stage. (A) It is the proper treatment during the cold stage of Yellow Fever ; then follow with Gelsemium tincture, 5 drops every hour, and conquer every time. Shifting Rheumatism — Rheumatic Paralysis. — Cam- phor tincture, 6 to 10 drops, every 4 to 6 hours, is often the only remedy needed. " Rheumatism may be rubbed out in 3 days with mixture of 1 ounce of Gum Camphor, 1 drachm of Oil of Wormwood, and y 2 pint of alcohol ; rub thor- oughly 3 or 4 times a day." In case of Rheumatism, remove the casters from the bed posts, and put thick pieces of plate glass under each post; it will produce calm and refreshing sleep. (B) Inflammatory Rheumatism reported 250 cures in suc- cession, each in 48 hours, with distilled herring brine, 20 drops, every 2 hours. The same for Lumbago. Sprain. — Wrap the part in flannel or absorbent cotton, saturated with Camphor spirits. Nothing better. Apply Turpentine, with flour and white of egg t as a poultice ; this cures desperate cases. Clay, wet with vine- gar, applied is excellent — Apply daisy poultice and in half an hour the joint will admit of motion. Mumps — Shifted to the Testes. — Pour spirits of cam- phor in a basin, and place the scrotum therein, and bathe and rub well in, over the lower abdomen, and region of the loins and thighs. In 30 minutes, away goes all pain and swelling. Nymphomania. — Mono-bromide of Camphor, 10 grain doses, until brain feels it. Excellent remedy. Sleeplessness. — One granule of Camphor on going to bed will induce sleep — Mono-bromide of Camphor, 2 grains, acts like a charm. Carbuncle.— Camphor spirits and lime water, equal parts, applied early aborts it. jf^^Saponated coal tar, in water, 55 SECTION 31. — CAMPHOR. 5 parts to 20, applied to carbuncle or boil acts like an ano- dyne, soothes to sleep. No remedy equal to it. (C) Menthol, ethereal solution, 10 to 50 per cent., applied by camel-hair brush, averts boils, carbuncles and inflamma- tory gatherings, and cures itching eruptions. 56 SECTION 32. CARBOLIC ACID. Minute Dose. — Section B. Officinal Dose. — Adult, i to 3 drachms of the Syrup ; Declat Syrup 1 tablespoonful every 2 to 4 hours. Child, see Section 56, B. Hypodermatic Dose. — Formula. — Acid carbolic purif. 10 grains; Aquse distil. I ounce; mix. — Adult, 15 to 30 minims. The minimum dose may be injected repeatedly until maxi- mum amount reached in cases depending upon assured results ; usually 3 doses a day. Used principally for Parasitic skin diseases — Erysipelas. (" 5 minims of a 2 per cent, solution at several points around the border, 3 times a day, give good results") — Abnormal growths — Polypi — Epithelioma — Adenoma — Fibroma — Pleuro-Pneumonia — Synovitis — White Swelling — Rheumatism, acute and chronic — Myalgia — Superficial Neuralgia, prompt cures. Diphtheria. — " For 10 years have used only Carbolic acid for diphtheria with uniform success. Dose, I drop of a one per cent, alcoholic solution, given in water — gargle with the same." Hg^ Bromine I per cent, solution in distilled water, pre- pared in a dark glass bottle — kept in dark place — given 1 to 3 drops in sweetened water, from a glass spoon or wine- glass, is claimed to be the triumphant remedy for diphtheria and membranous croup — for diphtheria a dose every hour — for croup every quarter hour. After evidence of improve- ment, reduce the doses, and extend the time between them, but not over two hours. Low diet the first day. The first 3 or 4 doses of Bromine reduced the pulse from 140 to 80 — complete restoration in 3 days. (A) Keep constantly in the room as a preventive of con- tagion and infection. Some Bromine- water in a saucer; renew it twice a day. 57 SECTION 32. — CARBOLIC ACID. Stricture of Prepuce. — Immerse the part in warm water strongly saturated with carbolic acid ; the glans and prepuce will shrink, and being relaxed may be gradually reduced. Abscess opened without pain. — Apply Carbolic acid, 2 parts, with glycerine, 1 part, mixed ; keep it on 5 minutes — then cut — no pain. Burns and Scalds. — " Best of all treatment." Carbolic acid, 1 part to 25 parts sweet oil, apply with camel-hair brush every 2 to 4 hours, or as often as the pain reappears, until new skin is formed. This treatment may be preceded by application of cold water, as an immediate application until the first shock and pain is alleviated. Cancer prevented from returning after Excision. — Carbolic acid, ^ drachm of the Syrup, take once a day for 6 months. Success in six cases. Lupus. — Cured with Carbolic acid, one per cent, solution in alcohol, 5 drops 3 times a day. Compound Fracture. — Germ-proof, dressing — anaes- thetic — Carbolized bran. Avoid excess of acid. " Ammonia Phenate (Declat Syrup) is the true remedy for Fever in general — Hyperemia — Hyperexia — Hectic fever — All diseases attended with elevation of temperature or delirium — Scarlet fever — Yellow fever — Typhoid fever — Puerperal fever — Pyaemia — Septicaemia — Trichiniasis (com- plete germicide) — Asthma, relief in 15 minutes." " Sulpho-Phenique (Declat Syrup) is the remedy for Chronic Diseases, and also acute when the tongue is coated with a dirty white fur — Chronic Gastric Catarrh, almost specific — Chronic Rheumatism — Chronic Cough, relief in 24 hours — Small-pox, prevents pitting — Chronic Nasal Ca- tarrh, aided by snuffing Glyco-Phenique, 1 part to 15 water; superb." " Iodo-Phenique (Declat Syrup) is the remedy unequaled for Scrofula in all its forms — Diseases of the glands, bones, skin — Syphilis — Cancer — Pott's Disease — Hip Disease — 58 SECTION 33. — CASTOR OIL. Malaria, prompt and efficient — Biliousness — Liver Com- plaint." " Glyco-Phenique (Declat) 1 part to 10 or 15 water, ap- plied by washing, compress, gargle or injection, arrests Sup- puration — Ulceration — Anthrax — Gangrene — Offensive dis- charges and odors — Promotes Cicatrization — Prevents infec- tion — Cures Dandruff — Erysipelas — Burns and Scalds, relief in 10 minutes — Throat affections — Leucorrhoea." SECTION 33. CASTOR OIL. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, J / 2 to 1 ounce — infants 1 to 3 drachms. Unlike other purgative medicines, Castor oil allows of being lessened in dose, when the patient who resorts to it does so regularly. An enema may be prepared by the combination of 2 or 3 ounces of Castor oil, with some mucilaginous fluid. Castor oil is particularly valuable in Constipation arising from indurated faeces — for Irritation of the bowels caused from swallowing acrid substances, or from accumulations of the same in the intestines — employed with great advantage in Diseases attended with irritation or inflammation of the bowels — Diarrhoea — Dysentery — Enteritis — A valuable purgative, speedy and mild, when needful in cases of piles and inflammatory or spasmodic diseases of the Urino-gen- ital organs, kidney or bladder — also in Calculous affections and stricture. The advantage of the use of Castor oil as a purgative in these disorders cannot be over-estimated. For infants it is the safest of all cathartics. Larger relative dose may be given to infants than to adults. To mask the taste of the oil, see Section 69, X. A peppermint drop taken into the mouth before taking the dose, and also one immediately after, helps very much to disguise the taste. 59 SECTION 34. CELERY. Rheumatism. — "Cured in two days " — Celery soup, made of stalks and roots of Celery, cut in small pieces and boiled in water until soft; served with toast. Celery tea strong and hot, with cream and sugar if you like, taken by the teacupful, three or four times a day, abates Neuralgia, even Sciatica, sometimes very speedily. The same soothes Menstrual pains, and promotes the flow in case of Suppression ; also controls Hysteria. " Celerina," teaspoonful doses 3 or 4 times a day is highly recommended for all languid and debilitated conditions of the System. " I have yet to meet in my practice the first case of Dysmenorrhcea or Hysteria that Celerina has failed to cure ; moreover, it very materially lessens the Sufferings and Exhaustion of Labor; and if taken 3 times a day during pregnancy there will be no weakness and irritability during that period." " Celerina is the safest and best of all Soothing remedies for Baby's pains ; given in doses of 5 to 10 drops, in hot sweetened water." (A) H^tT" Cyelamen, tincture 10 to 30 drops, every 3 hours, is a very reliable remedy for Suppressed Menses, especially when attended with vertigo and derangement of sight. 60 SECTION 35. CHARCOAL. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Carbo Vegetabilis.— Foul secretions and discharges — offensive flatulence — aver- sion to milk and fat food — feeling worse when warm — desire to be fanned. Minute Dose. — Section 56, A. Officinal Dose. — Adult, y 2 to 3 drachms, better taken at meal times. Child, see Section 56, A. To Augment Fat. — Take 10 grains of pulverized char- coal with each meal. The same purifies the system and sweetens the stomach and breath. In order to fatten cattle, sheep, hogs, etc., give Charcoal powder in their food; 1 pint to 25 head of sheep or lambs; Y± of a pint per head to full grown cattle, horses, and hogs; and half this quantity to young cattle ; two teaspoonfuls to young calves daily. When stock are in ill condition, give Charcoal 2 or 3 times a week. It must be kept perfectly dry, and in well covered jars, or in tight bins. Gangrene, of wound, burn, Carbuncle — Putrid Sore or ulcer. — Keep the part filled or covered with Charcoal powder ; or apply yeast poultice mixed with Charcoal pow- der, renew the poultice frequently, (jfgg^ Gangrene of the lungs, Capsicum, Salicylic acid.) Diarrhoea — Bowel Complaint of Children. — Take plump wheat, carefully burn it to Charcoal, powder it, put a teaspoonful into the nursing bottle, before filling it with milk, once a day ; it will soon cure even Chronic cases. The same in teaspoonful doses for adults, taken before or during meals cures Dyspepsia — Heartburn — Waterbrash. Corn coffee, prepared from flint corn, browned in an 61 SECTION 35. — CHARCOAL. oven, and ground in a coffee mill, flavored with sugar and cream, and not made too thick, taken by the wineglassful, several times a day, is said to be a Sovereign remedy for Diarrhoea of adults and children ; very young children may be given a teaspoonful at a time, older ones more, accord- ing to age. A teaspoonful of Acorns powdered (after being baked brown) and taken in x / 2 glass of milk cures diarrhoea with falling of the bowel in adults ; smaller doses for chil- dren. Baked wheat flour, stirred while baking until brown, adult 1 teaspoonful in y 2 teacup of cold water, every two hours cures bad cases of diarrhoea. Fluid Extract Cota bark, 3 drops in a spoonful of water, 3 or 4 times a day, or after passages, is almost specific for diarrhoea of Children, Obstinate Leucorrhcea. — Cured by insufflation of pow- dered vegetable Charcoal per vagina. The World's Best Tooth Powder. — Charcoal 3 ounces ; Calamus root 5 drachms; Pumice stone 2 Y / 2 drachms; Cate- chu 2*/£ drachms; oil of Burgamot 30 drops; and oil of Cloves 30 drops : mix. Cures disease of the gums and sweetens the breath. 62 SECTION 36. CHLORINE. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, B. Officinal Dose. — Adult, Chlorine water 1 to 4 drachms. Child, see Section 56, B. Spasm of the Glottis. — Can breathe in, but not out — Crowing respiration. The One grand specific is Chlorine ; weak solution in water, so that the odor of Chlorine can just be detected; to a Child 1 teaspoonful of this every 15 to 20 minutes : to adults, tablespoonful doses. The same 3 times a day for Chronic Sore throat. Freckles. — If yellow, wash with Chlorine water, night and morning for several weeks : if brown, apply Chloride of Lime, weak solution in water, to suit the sensation, brush it on every night, and wash it off in the morning, until the freckles are bleached out. Disinfectant — Deodorizer — Antiseptic. — (Clean, stain- less, free from odor, economical.) Piatt's Chlorides — valu- able agent for dressing open cancers — Sloughing ulcers and gangrenous wounds. jgglf" 1 A splendid Disinfectant, at 3 cents a bucketful (pour it down your sinks and sewers, wet cloths with it, and hang them in the foulest places, sweeten all the air) — Ni- trate of Lead Y / 2 drachm dissolve in 1 pint of boiling water, then dissolve 2 drachms of Common Salt in a bucket of water, now pour the two solutions together and allow the sediment to subside. Pour off the clear liquid, this is the disinfectant. Bromo-Chloralum is a disinfectant free from poisonous qualities, and inodorous in itself. Open cancers and putrid ulcers, washed with a 10 per cent, solution in water, and. 63 SECTION 36. CHLORINE. covered with cloths saturated with the same, become divested of offensive odor. Floors sprinkled with the solu- tion and cloths saturated therewith and suspended about the room, purify and sweeten the air. Conjunctivitis. — (Lids raw) — keep the parts constantly wet with a solution of Bromo-Chloralum, 1 part to 9 water Sore Throat — Ulcerated. — "Gargle with Bromo-Chlor alum 10 per cent, solution in water, several times a day — rapid cures." Diphtheria. — " As a remedy for this disease Bromo- Chloralum has no superior. Of a 10 per cent, solution in water, gargle every y 2 hour, and swallow a little each time ; in 6 hours the terrible odor will be gone, in 3 days the Cure will be effected. Inhaling freely thereof from a sponge greatly facilitates the Cure." Foul Breath. — " Gargle and rinse the mouth thoroughly 4 times a day, with a 10 per cent, solution of Bromo- Chloralum in water. If it arises from the stomach, swallow a little each time. If it comes from Catarrh in the head, snuff the solution up the nostrils several times a day. (A) The same cures Ozcena and Chronic catarrh in the nose!' Scarlet Fever. — " Have treated 40 cases of Scarlet fever in succession with Bromo-Chloralum ; giving 5 to 10 drops, of a 10 per cent, solution, in a teaspoonful of water every 2 to 3 hours, also using the same as a gargle; and am happy to state that in every case I have effected a cure. The same treatment is eminently successful in Small-pox, aided by sponging the body therewith once or twice a day." In Typhoid fever, and all contagious ailments ; Sponge the patient all over, at least once a day, with a 10 per cent, so- lution of Bromo-Chloralum, with dilute alcohol added in equal parts : the effect is twofold ; it neutralizes the emana- tions, and prevents re-absorption of poisonous secretions. The recovery will be thus greatly promoted. 64' SECTION 36. — CHLORINE. In Confinement — when discharges are offensive, inject freely, several times a day, Bromo-Chloralum, 10 per cent, solution in water; and directly every trace of the foul odor will dis- appear, the patient feel refreshed, and puerperal fever be pre- vented. To keep the Lying-in Chamber as sweet as a May morning, suspend cloths about the room saturated with the same solution, and sprinkle the floors and bed with it : not even a fly will linger to annoy, and yet in itself the Bromo- Chloralum is inodorous. Leucorrhcea. — "This most obstinate complaint yields submissively to Bromo-Chloralum, and the more foul and offensive it is, the more urgently is the remedy indicated. Inject a 10 per cent, solution, 1 quart, warm, 2 or 3 times a day." C5 SECTION 37. CHLORAL. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, B. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 10 to 20 grains of the Chloral hydrate — Croton Chloral 5 to 1 5 grains. Child, see Section 56, B. Hypodermatic Dose. — Formula. — Chloral hydrate y z ounce ; Aquae destil. I ounce ; mix. — Adult, 10 to 30 minims, or 5 to 15 grains in solution. Inject very superficially, avoid veins. The sleep of Chloral is very much like natural sleep, and there is no after disturbance. It is not suitable in CASE OF weak or FATTY HEART. Is used especially for relief of Pain in general — Obstinate vomiting — Hic- cough — Violent Cholera Morbus — True Cholera. (In one very formidable case recorded, 60 grains were injected during two hours and cure effected.) Asthma — Neurosis of the Chest organs — Cerebral Diseases — Sleeplessness — Excitement of Mania — Puerperal Convulsions — Tetanus — Superficial Neural- gia — Strychnia poisoning. A combination of Chloral and Morphia makes an anodyne and hypnotic of the highest order of excellence ; that which is wanting in one is supplied by the other; each adds to the power of the other. Morphia abates the chief danger of Chloral by preventing the depression of the heart's action. The combination is rendered still more efficient by the addition of Atropia. Suit- able formula for the two would be — Chloral hydrate 3 drs. ; Morphia sulph. 4 grs. ; Aquae destil. 1 ounce, mix. (Twenty minims would contain 7^ grs. of Chloral and \ gr. of Morphia.) Suitable formula for the three would be the same with Atropia sulph. \ gr. added. (Twenty minims would contain ji^ gr. of Atropia.) Neuralgia. — " Perfect charm. Croton chloral 10 grains in water I ounce, bottle — adult, take I teaspoonful every hour until relief, then stop!' Jt^* Oil of Peppermint applied with camel-hair brush, gives instant relief in superficial neu- ralgia. (A) It is also excellent for Burns and Scalds, removes the pain directly. 66 SECTION 37.— CHLORAL. Heart Disease. — (Weak heart, with great oppression and blue lips.) Cured with Chloral hydrate in minute doses, given every 3 or 4 hours. Dysentery. — " Chloral hydrate, adult 5 to 10 grains, in 2 ounces of boiled starch, injected well up into the bowel, every 3 or 4 hours. Child, 1 to 2 grains, according to age, in I ounce of thin boiled starch injected 3 or 4 times a day. Grand success." Wetting the Bed. — Chloral hydrate ^ grain at bed- time ; repeat if necessary. Strangury. — " The quickest and most certain remedy is Chloral hydrate, adult, 15 to 30 grains, repeat if needful." Nettle Rash. — Chloral hydrate, 1 grain every 3 hours — rarely fails. Blister (better than fly). — Take common adhesive plaster and sprinkle it with Chloral, heat it and apply; in 10 min- utes it will blister. The plaster may remain on until the sore is healed. Offensive Foot Sweat. — Bathe with Chloral hydrate 1 per cent, solution in water. In two days all offensive odor is gone. Unhealthy Wounds. — Dress with Chloral hydrate, 2 per cent, solution. Strychnia Poisoning. — Chloral hydrate 1 drachm in a teacupful of water, adult, 1 teaspoonful every 15 minutes. Perfect success. 67 SECTION 38. CHLOROFORM. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Officinal Dose. — Adult, ]/ 2 to 1 drachm. Child, see Section 56, B. Hypodermatic Dose. — Adult, 10 minims, inserted deeply in the immediate locality of the pain. Used especially for Tic Douloureux — Chronic Sciatica (cured 8 out of 12 cases) — Spine pain, strictly localized — Coccyodynia. Pain. — "Magic lotion" — Chloroform, 2 ounces; Alco- hol, 2 ounces ; Aqua Ammoniae, 2 ounces ; Camphor tinct- ure, 2 ounces; Tincture of Aconite, rad, 2 ounces; Spirits Nit. Ether, 6 ounces; Mix. Bathe or apply on cloths. H^p Neuralgia — Chloroform and Aconite tincture each 5 parts and lard 20 parts ; anoint, and cover with light com- press — prompt cure. Earache. — Chloroform 1 drachm, in olive oil, 2 ounces. Mix. Put 20 to 30 drops in the ear, and plug with cotton, instant relief; or wet cotton with chloroform and put it in the bowl of a pipe, place the end of the stem in the ear, put your mouth over the bowl, and blow your breath into it, thus forcing the vapor into the ear. Bleeding from Operations in the Mouth and Throat, Excessive Bleeding of Tonsils, etc. — Spray the parts with chloroform water, 2 per cent, solution. Chloroform closes the mouths of all small, bleeding vessels instantly. Labor Rendered Easy and Painless.— Chloroform i or 2 teaspoonfuls on a handkerchief or napkin, held by the lady, and inhaled only during pain (See 69 B, 2)— Or use Chloroform and Sweet Oil, equal parts, mixed, and applied on flannel saturated therewith. Lay it on the abdomen from navel to pubis, stroke it down smoothly, renew it as often 68 SECTION 38. — CHLOROFORM. as necessary ; usually in from 5 to 10 minutes, it relieves the pain. The same may be applied for any local pain with like result. jggf " Cocaine oleate (4 : 100), applied to the cervix during first stage of labor; and to the vulva and perineum during the expulsion of the head ; removes almost completely the sufferings of parturition." Gall-stone and Jaundice. — " Chloroform dissolves the stone in situ, and prevents recurrence of attacks. A case 23 years' standing was cured by taking 3 drops of chloro- form, on sugar, 3 times a day for a month. It removed all pain, tenderness, distention and jaundice, and the cure was permanent. One drop on sugar three times a day for a month will insure exemption from all attacks." Inguinal Hernia — Rupture. — Put patient under influ- ence of chloroform or ether, and lift the person clear of the bed by the feet for several minutes ; directly the bowel will return into its place. Convulsions — Spasms. — Administer Chloroform by in- halation, until arrested and under control. Puerperal Convulsions. — Dissolve 2 tablespoonfuls of brown sugar in a gill of lukewarm water, and add a table- spoonful of Chloroform — draw it in and force it out the syringe a few times until well mixed, then inject the whole into the rectum ; and cause it to be retained by pressure of a napkin. No more spasms. Retention of Urine — Strangury. — A few inhalations of Chloroform give speedy relief. Tapeworm. — Away in one hour. Adult, take a tea- spoonful of Chloroform on sugar in the morning before breakfast, having taken no supper the evening before, and take a tablespoonful of " Salts " immediately after taking the Chloroform. "In one hour away comes the worm, head and all." jggT'Two or three teaspoonfuls of the tinct- ure of Kamala, after 12 hours' fasting, followed by a dose of 69 SECTION 38. — CHLOROFORM. castor oil, if bowels not moved without, is considered one of the most pleasant, safe and sure remedies for tapeworm. Cholera. — Chloroform, adult, 1 tablespoonful in 4 table- spoonfuls of water; one dose cured in half an hour; soldiers lying in collapse by the roadside, in 30 minutes after taking the dose, were up and on the march again. Chloroform 5 to 10 minims on sugar, every 10 to 20 minutes, affords astonishing relief. Sea Sickness. — Chloroform i.drop on sugar arrested it at once. Vomiting of Pregnancy. — Chloroform, 1 drop in hot, sweetened water, stopped it immediately. Acidity of the Stomach — also Inflation of the Stom- ach from Gas. — Chloroform 10 to 20 drops in a little sweet- ened water, 10 minutes after meals. "The best remedy." Ague. — " Chloroform y 2 drachm in milk, taken just before the expected chill — breaks up the ague." £®* By adding Spirits of Turpentine to Chloroform, 1 part to 5, the inhalation is rendered safer, and yet none the less prompt and efficient in its action. 70 SECTION 39. CHRISTMAS ROSE. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Helleborus niger.— Hot head, rolling upon the pillow — Eyeballs rolled up — sudden shrieks (Apis) — greedy drinking — constant gagging (Podo) — twitching during sleep — motion of jaws as if chew- ing — scanty dark urine with floating black specks ; or red urine with sediment like coffee grounds — Hair and nails fall off — ailments worse in evening from 4 to 8 o'clock (Lycopo), and from thinking of the pains. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 5 to 20 grains — Fluid extract, 5 to 20 drops — Tincture, y?, to 1 drachm. Child, see Sec- tion 56, B. Hellebore, in minute doses, is especially demanded in the treatment of Acute and Chronic Hydrocephalus — Menin- gitis — Fever with alternating chills and heat (Chamomile) — Epilepsy of infants at the breast — Insanity — Apoplexy — Paralysis — Hydrothorax — Sudden dropsical swelling. 71 SECTION 40. CHROMIUM. Cancer Removed Without the Knife. — Apply Chloride of Chromium with a soft swab until the tumor is thor- oughly saturated, then apply Indian-meal poultice, made into a dough with glycerine, and keep it on until the crust is detached ; then apply the Chloride again and the poultice ; so continue until it is entirely extirpated, then let it heal. If the poultice should render the patient restless, mix it with Stramonium-leaf tea. Jt^ 3 ' Daily applications of Fusel oil is said to remove cancers and other tumors, and cure Chronic ulcers. (A) In order to remove cancer without pain or use of the knife, especially open cancer, paint the growth with a 10 or 20 per cent, solution of hydrochlorate of cocaine, then apply an escharotic with which some cocaine should be incorpo- rated ; the process may be completed at one sitting or sev- eral, until the growth is removed. A cancerous growth of the os and cervix uteri 'was destroyed without pain by means of a 10 per cent, solution of cocaine, and stick of Potassa fusa. It is suggested that painless counter-irritation may be made by mixing cocaine with the irritant. Warts.— Chromic acid 100 grains to 1 ounce of water. Apply the solution every other day. The warts soon vanish. 72 SECTION 41. CINNAMON. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, B. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 1 or 2 drops of the Oil on sugar — Tincture 1 to 3 drachms in water — Strong tea, wine- glassful: in extreme cases a dose every 10 minutes. Child, see Section 56, B. This is a pleasant and efficient remedy for Bloody Urine — Hemorrhage from the lungs or stomach — Excessive flozv of Menses — Flooding. H@ tt ' Tincture of Crocus, 10 drops in 2 ounces of water, a tablespoonful of the solution every 20 or 30 minutes, soon arrests flooding. This remedy has also proven useful for Asthenopia. Cinnamon in officinal doses is a good remedy for Faint- ing — Spasmodic Gaping — Paralysis of the tongue — Diarrhoea — Vomiting — Cramp in the Stomach — Colic. J^^ Fluid Extract of Sassafras, teaspoonful doses, taken in hot water, cures stomach cramps and Colic. Sassafras tea is credited with having the power of producing delightful exhilaration and general feeling of well being. Married ladies should know, however, that it may cause abortion. Oil of Cinnamon y 2 drachm, incorporated in 1 ounce of Spermaceti ointment, and rubbed over the face and hands, keeps off Mosquitoes. The oil of Cloves is said to do the same. Jl^^ Oil of Lavender 1 ounce, in cold water 1 quart, well shaken, and sprinkled about, keeps off flies. Quassia tea, rubbed upon the face and hands, is said to keep flies, gnats and mosquitoes off. ^^ Oil of Anise applied to infested parts is sure death to lice and other parasites ; hence it cures Itch. 73 SECTION 42. CLAY. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Alwnina.—Dry harsh skin — Mucus surface dry — hard knotty stools — desire for fruit and vegetables — potatoes disagree — depraved appetite, craving for pencils, chalk, rags and other indigestible things — ailments worse at new or full moon — soreness and burning relieved by cold water applied. Minute Dose. — See Section $6, A. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 5 to 10 grains. Child, see Sec- tion 56, A. Sprain. — Successful treatment. Mix powdered clay or "mineral earth " with water, or still better with Pond's Ex- tract of Witch Hazel, to form a paste, and apply this, quarter inch thick, on muslin, so as to encircle the part ; wrap it up and keep it in place ; renew every 24 hours, washing off each time. Gangrene. — Intolerably offensive — apply dry powdered clay or " mineral earth," keep the part full of the clay dust, and cover with carbolized absorbent cotton. There will be no offensive odor after 12 hours, healthy granulations will spring up, and a cure be effected. Bed Sore — Ulcer. — Cover and keep well covered with clay dust or " mineral earth." The same for Raw Surface ', and all Chafing. Black pores in the skin of the face. — Make a paste of Potter's clay 4 parts ; Glycerine 3 parts ; and Vinegar 2 parts ; and cover the face with it for an hour every day, then wash with pumice-stone soap, or fine sand soap. In a few days this will remove them. Swelling — Gathering — Throbbing tumor — Painful 74 SECTION 43. CLOVER. Enlargement of Scrotum — Gathered breast — Swollen Diseased joint. — Use "Mineral Earth," Potter's clay, or any pure clay, made into a soft paste with water, cosmoline or vaseline, and apply the same in thick layer, and cover with cloth, 3 times a day. The same for wounds difficult to heal. jf^"* Chronic enlargement of glands may be suc- cessfully treated by rubbing them well night and morning with Sapo Viridis Hebra ; when they become tender, wait a few days, then apply again. SECTION 43. CLOVER. GENERAL INDICATIONS/^ Trifolium pratensis.— Flowing saliva — wheezing respiration — Spasmodic oppres- sion. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, ^ to 1 drachm of Fluid Ex- tract. Child, see Section 56, B. Pain of Cancer. — Red clover heads, dry in an oven, and make into tea; adult, take 1 quart during the day, in por- tions before meals and before going to bed. " It subdues the pain of Cancer and improves the general health." The same for Spasmodic Asthma — Whooping Cough, only 4 fail- ures in 50 cases treated ; cure in a few days. 75 SECTION 44. COCA. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 1 to 2 drachms of the Fluid Extract. Child, see Section 56, B. Hypodermatic Dose. — Adult ; 4 per cent, solution of the Muriate of Cocaine, 10 to 15 minims; or Salicylate of Cocaine, 2^ grain in solution. Used mainly for Local Neuralgia — Vomiting of pregnancy (inject at pit of the stomach) ; effectual relief. Opium Habit — Morphinism. — "At the height of excite- ment, a tablespoonful of the Fluid Extract of Coca brings the pulse rate down from 150 to 75 ; if the first dose fails after 3 hours give a second. To cure the habit take a des- sertspoonful of the Fluid Extract of Coca 3 or 4 times a day, or every time the depression and longing for the nar- cotic comes ; gradually diminish the dose. Cure in 6 weeks. The same treatment cures the Alcohol habit. Coca put up as a masticatory in the form of plugs, like tobacco (Coca bola), is very convenient; a chew from which taken from time to time completely satisfies the craving for stimulants and at the same time removes all feeling of de- pression and fatigue." Jf^i^'To master the Opium Habit, take the opium in the usual quantity, with Gamboge added 1 part to 3. Disgust soon follows, and no after hankering remains. Cure effectual." Debility — Extreme nervousness. — Take Coca, (Fluid Extract,) 1 teaspoonful or more, before breakfast and supper. The same banishes the Blues — Cures Dyspepsia — Strength- ens the voice of Singers and public speakers. ;6 SECTION 44. — COCA. Fistula in Ano — Anal fissure, ulcer, stricture — Painful Piles. — Coca butter suppository, containing 10 to 15 grains of Iodoform, unrivaled. The Gluten suppository also ex- cellent, especially in case of Constipation. Diphtheria. — Hydrochlorate of Cocaine, 4 per cent, solu- tion in distilled water, used as a local application, relieved the pain and dissolved the false membrane. Facial Neuralgia. — An application of a 1 per cent, solu- tion of Hydrochlorate of Cocaine, by camel-hair brush or dropper to the bottom of the external auditory canal, arrests the pain of Neuralgia of the facial nerve y and indeed any pain in the temporal region y instantly. Local Anaesthesia. — A 2 per cent, solution of Hydro- chlorate of Cocaine, dropped into the eye at intervals of 5 minutes for 3 times, renders the eye insensible to pain, for operation or extraction of a mote. It produces the same anaesthetic condition when introduced into the ear, nose, throat, vagina, os uteri, urethra. The same in 4 per cent, solution arrests Vaginismus — controls Pruritus — Subdues the pain of an ingrowing nail. Jg^i"*" Complete local anaesthesia may be obtained by applying Aniline oil to the part, for a short time ; useful in opening abscesses and felons, excising nails, and in various minor operations of surgery." Impotence. — " Fluid Extract of Coca, 1 drachm, 3 times a day." H^p* Damiana, 3 drachms of the Fluid Extract, 3 times a day for weeks, cured Impotence, Spermatorrhoea, and Shrunken Testes. Sanguinaria tinct. 5 to 10 drops, 3 times a day, removed Relaxation of genital organs with Inaptitude. 77 SECTION 45. COFFEE. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Nervous excitement- inability to sleep — excessive sensitiveness to pain — night thirst. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B-D. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 2 to 10 grains of CafTein — Citrate of Caffein, 1 to 2 grains. Child, Section 56, B. Hypodermatic Dose. — Formula: Caffeine citrate, 24 grains ; Aqua, I ounce; Mix. Adult, 10 to 20 minims, or ^ to 1 gram. Used especially for Neuralgia — Neuralgic Headache — Migraine — Insomnia of Chronic Alcoholism (without delirium) — Opium Narcosis — Alcohol Poisoning, Strychnia Poisoning — Cardiac Dropsy. Delirium Tremens. — Repeated draughts of strong coffee. For u dead-drunk " stupor, injections of the same into the bowel. Brain Fag. — " Granulated Effervescent Bromo-Caffeine. Adult, 1 spoonful in y 2 glass of cold water (not ice-cold). Repeat in y 2 hour, if necessary." Con. Tine. Avena for the same. Nervous Sick Headache. — "Caffein, i grain doses every ]/ 2 hour, sure to relieve. The same for Vertigo." (A) " Bromo-Caffeine gives better results than any other agent for headache in general. Adult, 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls in y glass of water. Citrate of Caffein in capsules, every y 2 hour, is excellent for sick headache." Weak Heart. — " Caffein, adult, 5 to 10 grains (or, per- haps, still better, Citrate of Caffein, 2 to 5 grains), 3 times a day is a peerless remedy." Sudden Cardiac Dropsy. — "The one grand remedy is Citrate of Caffein. Adult, 2 to 5 grains, 3 times a day. 78 SECTION 45. COFFEE. It is easily taken by feeble persons, and directly produces free flow of urine with relief of suffering." (B) Palpitation of the Heart from Slight Excitement — Fainting from Sudden Emotion — Nervousness — Sleeplessness. — Caffein, in minute doses, Section 56, D, calms like a charm. Sea Sickness. — Two cups of coffee, good and strong, sugar if you like it, but no cream, taken on an empty stom- ach, an hour or two before embarkation, prevents Sea Sick- ness. It is just as well to prepare it at home, and carry it in a flask, and thus know that it is pure, good and strong. Diarrhoea of Infants with Colic and Vomiting. — Common table coffee, in teaspoonful doses. Excellent. Colic. — First thing, inject coffee ; strong decoction freely, and give to drink hot, repeated draughts — speedy cure. Typhus of Children — Cholera Infantum — Moaning Stupor. — Coffee moderately strong, flavored with cream and sugar, given by the teaspoon, has a quieting influence, gives heat and moisture to the skin, is curative. Hernia (even strangulated, death-door condition). — Drink strong coffee, cupful after cupful, and bathe the rupture with the same; presently gas will escape, and the tumor vanish. Opium Poisoning. — Ply the patient with repeated draughts of strong coffee, hot ; also keep up unremitting muscular exercise. Coffee given in this way before and during the chill will cure Ague. The same will cure Spasmodic Asthma; but Caffein, adult, 10 to 20 grain doses, would, perhaps, be better. Disinfectant. — Ground coffee, sprinkled upon live coals in a shovel, and carried around in a room will, in a few minutes, clear the atmosphere of all impurities, especially of animal effluvia. 79 SECTION 46. COLCHICUM. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Lameness in the joints — distention of the abdomen from gas — stools like scrapings from the bowel, in dysentery — loathing of food, sick and faint even from the smell of it — pains worse by motion, better by stooping. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B-D. Officinal Dose. — Adult, x / 2 to 2 drachms of the wine or tincture. Child, see Section 56, B. Hypodermatic Dose. — Adult, y 1 ^ grain of Colchicine in solution. Used principally for Rheumatic affections of the joints — Neuralgia of the joints. Colchicum, in minute doses, is a valuable remedy for Cataract — Pericarditis — Gout — Rheumatism in small joints — Heart affections from rheumatism — Dysentery, stools like jelly or scrapings from the bowel (Cantharis) — Inflammation of the rectum, proctitis — Excessive nausea, even to fainting from smell of victuals cooking — Tympanitis, 3 drops of the tincture every y 2 hour, specific — Pain after urinating, offici- nal dose, 3 times a day, cured a case 15 years' standing — Arrest of milk secretion, without danger, officinal dose, twice a day, and anoint round the nipple with extract of Belladonna. — Dropsy after scarlet fever, or from checked perspiration, drop doses of tincture in sweetened water hourly (Asclepias Syriaca for the same). (A) Apocynum Androsem. tinct, adult, 10 to 20 drops, every hour or two, cures Rheumatism and Rheumatic gout, also Leucorrhcea and Worm affections. Viola odorata (dose 56, B) cures Rheumatism of the wrist. Caulophyllum (dose 56, B) cures Rheumatism of small joints, 80 SECTION 47. COLD WATER. Hypodermatic Dose. — Adult, 30 to 60 drops. Acts like morphia in subduing pain — Cures Neural- gia (facial, sciatic, lumbar) — Painful affections in general — Morphine habit. Delirium Tremens. — "Pour cold water from a height upon the back of the head and neck, until pulse rate falls to 40 ; sleep will soon ensue, with recovery." Lightning Stroke. — Strip, and dash cold water upon the patient, now on the chest, then on the back, turn about, as rapidly as you can conveniently roll the body back and forth on the left side. If not successful after half an hour, wrap the patient in woolen blankets, and in half-sitting position, cover with fresh earth, except the face, and give a dose of Nux vomica. Amyl nitrite might be tried, a few drops on a handkerchief, held to the nose. Nose Bleed. — Apply cold water or ice to the root of the nose, or back of the neck. Hydrocele. — A small stream of cold water poured daily, from a considerable height, upon the scrotum — cured a case of simple congenital hydrocele. Hernia. — Make bare the abdomen and chest — patient lying on the back, knees drawn up — cover the face with a towel, and without the knowledge of the patient suddenly dash a cup of cold water on the stomach. The sudden shock causes retraction of the bowel and reduces the rup- ture. Night Sweat. — " Place a vessel containing several gal- lons of cold spring water under the patient's bed, fresh every night. Cure in a few days. The same to prevent bed sores in fevers." 6 81 SECTION 47. — COLD WATER. Erysipelas. — " Dip cloths in cold water and apply. Keep the cloths constantly wet and cold. Preferable to all other topical remedies." Cholera. — " Cold water — ice cold — all you can drink, as much as possible. Cure even in collapse." Water alone is often curative of infantile ailments ; such as Colic — Diarrhoea — Fever — Restlessness. Give it by the tea- spoonful every hour or two. When baby cries, offer it water ; it may be thirsty. Washing the baby's mouth daily with cold water prevents Sore mouth. In Dropsy, water should not be withheld, it encourages the Kidneys to action. In Scarlet fever, Measles and other Eruptive diseases, water may be freely drunk, with this precaution, that small quantities be taken at a time. It is the sudden chill from a large cold drink that does harm, not the water itself. A goblet of oat-meal water, taken every morning before breakfast, cures Constipation. 82 SECTION 48. COLLODION. Eruptions on the face from shaving; also pimples. — Collodion y 2 drachm ; Glycerine I drachm ; Rose water 2 y 2 drachms ; mix. Use as a wash. Same for sore nipples. jg^* Barber's Itch, remove the crust with flaxseed poultice, cut off all the beard possible, apply to the face for half an hour hot water on sponge or cloth, then with camel-hair brush apply lotion, of water ioo drops ; alcohol ioo drops ; and creosote i drop ; every other day. In a week double the creosote. Cured in 3 weeks. Lupus — Corroding ulcer in the face. — Dip a camel- hair brush in creosote, then into dry powder of Calomel, apply daily until cure effected. Wen; also Birth-Mark. — Coat with flexible Collodion; renew the coating occasionally, and conquer. Sprains. — With camel-hair brush, paint the sprained joint with flexible Collodion ; when it dries, which will be in a few minutes, paint again, until six coats are applied. This is all the treatment required. Well next day. (A) The same for Inflamed pimples and Sore nipples. Cholera. — "Shave the hair off the abdomen, and paint it with Collodion ; after an hour, if necessary, remove this application and apply another; in very bad cases a third application may be required. The effect of this treatment is immediate stoppage of discharges and vomiting, restora- tion of warmth to the whole body, and resumption of per- spiration, even profuse, which is indispensable to cure." (B) The same for Cholera morbus — Cholera infantum — Diarrhoea with vomiting — Vomiting in general. 83 SECTION 49. COPPER. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Cramps— rigid spasm — blue cold face — tremor — vomiting relieved by draughts of cold water — attacks at new moon. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, A. Officinal Dose. — Adult, }£ grain of the Subacetate. Tincture of the acetate, 5 to 1 5 drops, 3 times a day. Child, see Section 56, A. The acetate of Copper, in minute doses, stands in the front rank of remedies for Heart trouble with anguish and oppression, and rigid spasm — Catalepsy — Rigid Convul- sions, with blue face — Convulsions, with screaming and biting — Spasm of the glottis — Vaginismus — Lockjaw after amputation, no better remedy — Brain affection from re- pelled eruption, study or grief — Delirium with fixed ideas — Scarlet fever with convulsions — Whooping cough with spasms — Cramps — Cramp colic — Cholera morbus, violent retching — Cholera, cramps predominant — Ague, chill beginning in the back, specific — Purpura Hemorrhagica, officinal dose in cinnamon water, 4 times a day, speedy cure. Granulated Eyelids. — With Sulphate of Copper in sub- stance — small piece, polished smooth — rub lightly over the granulations once or twice a day, and follow each time with a warm water wash off by camel-hair brush. Specific. (Alum pencil for the same.) ^@ a * Ointment made of Yel- low oxide of mercury, 2 grains to I ounce of vaseline, ap- plied lightly twice a day cures Granulated lids (trachoma) — Conjunctivitis — Ophthalmia in general. This is " the Royal Eye Salve." 84 SECTION 49. — COPPER. Freckles. — Oleate of Copper; application every night on going to bed. (A) The same for Lepra. Diphtheria developed upon abrasions of the Skin or in Sores.— Apply Sulphate of Copper 20 grains to the ounce of water. (B) The same for Itch and Ringworm. Prickly Heat. — Apply with sponge, 2 or three times a day, a two per cent, solution of Sulphate of Copper ; cure in 3 days. 85 SECTION 50. CORN. GENERAL INDICATIONS/^ Secale (Ergot).— Creep- ing numbness — death-like coldness, with aversion to being covered — stare of terror — withered appearance — disgust for fat food. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, A-B-C-D. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 10 to 60 minims of the Fluid Extract — Tincture j4 to 2 drachms — Ustilago, Fluid Ex- tract 10 to 60 minims. Child, see Section 56, B. Hypodermatic Dose. — Formula : Ergotin (aqueous extract) 2 scruples ; Aquae destil. 2 drachms ; mix. Filter — Adult, 5 to 20 minims. The addition of one per cent, carbolic acid will prevent any change in the solution for several months, and will rather increase than diminish its therapeutic power. Used mainly in the treatment of Hemorrhages in general — Bleeding piles, not inflamed — Cerebral Hemorrhages, gradually deepening coma — Epistaxis — Uterine Hemorrhage, specific — Subinvolution of the Uterus — Chronic Metritis — Hypertrophy of the Uterine walls — Fibroids; the distressing pain, profuse hemorrhage, and debilitating discharges totally disappear — Uterine polypi and Hydated Moles expelled — Hypertrophy of the prostate (inject into the gland) — Varicocele — Aneurism. " Cures by slowing the heart action and contracting the arterioles, thus favoring coagulation of the blood in the aneuris- mal sac." — Varicose Veins — Enlarged Spleen — Leukaemia — Trichinosis — Ex- ophthalmic Goitre — Acute affections of the Meninges of the brain and spinal cord — Cerebro- spinal meningitis in stage of excitement, before depression comes on — Congestive Headache — Migraine, congestive with flushed face and quick pulse, immediate relief — Hemicrania — Tic Douloureux — Apoplexy — Convul- sions — Sunstroke, " superior to all other remedies." — Sciatica, brilliant results — Retention of Urine. Jg^jj?* Sclerotinic acid, the active principle of ergotin, is tasteless, odorless, freely soluble in water and without any irritating effects in the tissue when injected; hence it is perfectly adapted for hypodermatic use — dose y 2 to ^ grain, in solution. (A) A pretty strong tea, or decoction of corn silk, sweet- 86 SECTION 50. — CORN. ened, adult, a wineglassful every 3 hours; or the Fluid Extract of Corn Silk, adult, I or 2 drachm doses is highly recommended for Gravel — Chronic Gout — Chronic Rheu- matism — Cystitis — Catarrh of the bladder. (B) Ergot or Secale, even in minute doses, is an import- ant remedy for Meningitis — Myelitis — Spinal Irritation — Senile Gangrene — Hiccough ; a case that had resisted all other treatment for days was cured at once with T / 2 drachm of the Fluid Extract. (C) Ustilago Maydis — dose 56 A, is a grand remedy for Impotence — Spermatorrhoea — Excessive flow of menses, or too long continued flow, a dose every hour during the time, and once a day for a week in advance to prevent it. Entire Suppression of Menses (with indications of de- cline, cough, chest pains, night sweats, loss of appetite). — Thirteen cases in succession reported cured with Ustilago Maydis (Section 56, A) 3 times a day — it brought the courses without pain. Whenever there is an evidence that the menses will not appear in due time, a few doses of the Ustilago will establish the flow; and when there is a vicarious discharge of blood from other parts, the same will correct the trouble. " In case of delayed menses, I saturate sugar of milk with the Fluid Extract of Ustilago, and give 5 grain powders, 4 times a day; the flow comes naturally and without pain; not failed me in a single instance. Fluid Extract of Ergot, drop doses hourly, will also bring the courses." Flooding. — An obstinate case of continued bleeding from the womb was cured with Ergot parvules, I every 2 hours. A death-door case of flooding reported cured with Ergot tincture, 2 ounces on tampon of cotton, applied through speculum to os uteri. Uterine Fibroid Tumor. — Dispersed with Fluid Extract of Ustilago 10 to 20 drops daily, persevering treatment. Also a reported cure with minute doses of the same. 87 SECTION 50. — CORN. Acute Insanity (with intense congestion of head, face, hands and feet). — Cured with Fluid Extract of Ustilago, adult, 1 drachm, every 6 hours. (D) The same is said to arrest any Inflammation of inter- nal organs. Cancer. — An open cancer reported cured, by application, 3 times a day, of fresh Ergot, ground to an impalpable powder. The ulcer being thoroughly cleansed every day. (E) To remove a morbid growth without pain, blister the tumor, and sprinkle it once daily with a mixture of Arseni- ous acid 1 part ; Morph. sulph. 1 part ; Calomel 8 parts ; and Pulverized Gum Arabic 48 parts — this is a painless caustic. 0* 88 SECTION 51. COTTON. Minute Dose. — Gossypium, Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 1 to 4 drachms of the tincture of cotton root. Chronic Nasal Catarrh. — " Insert a pledget of cotton loosely into each nostril, not so as to interfere with the breathing, renew every day. Cure in a few weeks. The same arrests attacks of sneezing, even in Hay fever." jg^p** Wearing a string of amber beads around the neck is said to have cured Hay fever ; or Rose cold, and even Chronic nasal catarrh. Rheumatism (in joints, head or chest). — Wrap the part in raw cotton. If pains very severe, bathe with solution, made of Carbonate of Potash 1 ounce; and Tincture of Opium (deodorized) 6 ounces; in water 1 pint; also apply the same on cloths, and cover with raw cotton. This gives wonderful relief. Suppressed Menses. — "Oil of Cotton seed, 1 drachm daily, unfailing. If Labor flags, this dose spurs it up, better and more safely than ergot. The same cures Ague." 89 SECTION 52. CUPPING. Carbuncle. — Superior mode of treatment — Upon the appearance of one or more of the little ulcers on the car- buncle, apply a dry cup, saturating the paper used with turpentine before lighting it ; in a moment the suction of the cup will open the cells, and there will exude into it a tea- spoonful of thin pus ; follow this with poultices to keep up the discharge, and in a few days the carbuncle will vanish. In this way we obviate 3 to 6 weeks of suffering. Strangulated Inguinal Hernia. — Cured after collapse had set in, by filling a jar with hot rarefied air (burning a ribbon of paper in it, pasted to the bottom) and applying it as a cup over the abdomen. As the vessel cooled, the bowel was drawn up, and the rupture reduced. Obstruction of the Bowel (with stercoraceous vomit- ing). — Cured thus : A very large bowl, capable of covering the abdomen below the navel, was applied as a dry cup ; in 1 5 minutes there was relief, then rumbling was heard, and in 20 minutes more, by aid of copious injections of hot water, there were several free stools of undigested food. This same process of dry cupping with a large jar or bowl, over the womb, instantly arrested an attack of dangerous Flood- ing. H^* Flooding to death (brain and heart exhausted, insen- sible, pulseless). — A case saved by putting hot sand bags under the back of the head, and to the heart — hotter than the hand could endure — frequently renewed. 90 SECTION 53. DIET. (A) Delirium Tremens. — Beef-tea, red hot with Cayenne pepper, frequent copious draughts. When so strong that you would not dare to tase it, the patient will declare it the most cool and refreshing drink. A London surgeon reports 150 cures in succession with this diet alone. (B) Nervousness. — Nervous persons subject to neuralgia and mental depression , need rich juicy meats, cream toast, sweet bread and butter, also fish and cracked wheat to supply phosphorus. " Fish diet for brain work." (C) Prevention of Colds, Consumption, Catarrh. — Eat fruits and vegetables — no meats. " This diet diminishes the secretion of mucus, and perspiration one half." The same cures eczema, and has a tendency to arrest the progress of cancer and scrofula. (D) Dyspepsia — Indigestion — Defective Appetite — Debility, especially with red tongue. — Demand baked flour in beef-tea, beef peptonoids, malt extracts and pepsin. Beef-tea alone, stimulates but does not nourish. Malt extract is the best food for weak digestion ; many a baby's life might have been saved by the use of it. "Constant excessive thirst may be cured by eating ham, and excessive hunger cured by drinking lemonade." A glass of pure cold water taken a short time before meals, acts as a real stomach tonic, soothing that morbid craving, which impels to excess in eating. (E) Diarrhoea (Obstinate, even Chronic). — Cured by eating plentifully of dried beef, inside part soft and raw. Given to feeble children — shaved very thin and pulpy — it renews the strength and restores to health. Diarrhoea of children may sometimes be arrested by allowing them to 9i SECTION 53. — DIET. suck boiled ham. In wasting summer diarrhoea of children there is no nourishment better than the Beef peptonoids. (F) Constipation. — Obstinate cases cured by drinking as much cold water as possible. (G) Biliousness. — Bilious persons subject to sick head- ache, who think they can take nothing but dry bread, lean meat and tea ; may get well by eating plenty of rich, juicy, fat meats, essence gravies, and cream toast. (H) Baby's Colic— Wind Pain.—" Give Mellin's food, and see the glorious change — only perfect substitute for mother's milk." Some prefer Imperial Granum to all other baby food. (I) Diabetes. — In this disease the storage of grape-sugar in the liver is disturbed, too much passes off by the kidney, the urine is milky — contains sugar — we have Glycosuria, or Diabetes ; we must abstain from food containing starch and sugar; partake only of meats, green vegetables and skim milk. Reported cures by eating nothing but meat and fish, and taking at each meal Lactic acid, 3 or 4 scruples, in 6 ounces of water. Two complete cures by taking 2 tea- spoonfuls of Lactic acid in a goblet of water, once a day, with exclusive meat and egg diet. Useful adjuncts are, Bread made of roasted flour, and Buckwheat cakes. (J) Gravel — Gout — Bright' s Disease. — In these affec- tions, the liver fails to change the meat-waste into soluble urea, and leaves the consequent insoluble urates and lith- ates in the system to be deposited in the joints (Gout) ; in the urine (Gravel); or else to break down the kidney (Bright's Disease). The food from which this trouble comes, the nitrogenized, must be withheld; we must par- take of no meat, eggs or new milk; our food must be mainly farinaceous — bread, cakes, green vegetables and skim milk. (K) Easy Labor. — " Fruit and vegetable diet, as exclu- sive as possible during pregnancy, insures easy labor and healthy offspring." 92 SECTION 53. — DIET. (L) Baby's Best Food. — Sugar of milk 1 ounce, in water ^ pint, boil 1 5 minutes ; then add x / 2 pint of fresh milk and boil again ; give from the bottle moderately warm. Obstinate cases of Dysentery have been cured by this diet. For the sake of a change, if the bowels are loose, crack a teaspoonful of barley in a coffee mill, boil it 15 minutes in Y^ pint of water, with a little salt, skim it, and for a young child add half as much cow's milk as there is barley water, sweeten and give warm from the bottle. If the bowels are- bound use oat meal instead of barley. Cream, skimmed off the milk, two hours after milking in the morning, diluted one-half or three-quarters, with boil- ing water, very slightly sweetened with loaf sugar, often agrees with a child, and stays on the stomach when milk will not. To a quart of milk just boiling, add a heaping tablespoon- ful of corn starch, and as much white sugar, continue the boiling until it thickens, no longer, and feed warm. " This will make the baby fat." Pure unfermented grape juice (preserved without boiling, and without any chemicals, or other substance to prevent fermentation) is the food par excellence for sick children, as well as for adult invalids. They will take it when all other nourishment is rejected. A child 4 years old took 1 y 2 pints a day during scarlet fever. Squeeze the juice from raw lean meat, with lemon squeez- ers, salt it slightly, and dilute it a little, with warm water, put it into the nursing bottle, and give four times a day as much as seems tolerated by the stomach. This cures Summer complaint. Permitting the baby to suck a raw oyster, or the raw, soft part of dried beef held in the nurse's fingers, often proves curative in cases of Bowel complaint. Johnston's liquid beef, Beef peptonoids, and Murdock's liquid food, are very suitable food in such cases. 93 SECTION 53. — DIET. When the baby is losing flesh, vomits food, and has sour stools, a grain or two of milk sugar, placed dry upon the tongue, every 3 or 4 hours, often corrects the trouble. With children brought up by hand, the substitution of milk sugar for loaf sugar, will frequently obviate sour vomit- ing and acid diarrhoea. Rice carefully cleansed and nicely browned in an oven, a tablespoonful in a pint of water, allowed to stand and simmer on the stove for an hour or more, then the watery portion drained off, and cooled to blood heat, and slightly sweetened and colored if you choose, with a teaspoonful of milk, will agree with the most delicate stomach, and is almost as nourishing as milk. Take two tablespoonfuls of ttnbolted wheat flour, and wet it with cold water to thickness of cream, then add this to two quarts of boiling water, and boil thirty minutes, strain and serve. This agrees with children reared upon the bottle, oftentimes when cow's milk does not. It cures cholera infantum. If child's stools are sour, put a tablespoonful of lime water with the milk in its nursing bottle. If the stools are bloody, boil a piece of mutton suet in the milk, and season with a little salt. (M) "Murdochs Liquid food, contains beef, mutton and fruit. It is retained by the most delicate stomach. One tablespoonful four times a day to an adult, will make 10 pounds of blood in 30 days. The new blood cleanses the system of all diseases in from 60 to 90 days. It cures Paralysis — Rheumatism — Consumption — Female's diseases, with internal ulcerations — Obstinate Constipation — Chronic Diarrhoea — Summer Complaint — Loss of Appetite — Wasted, worn-out condition of the System. " In four months by use of 5 to 20 drops of Murdock's liquid food, in the milk at each feeding, sick babies are restored to health ; when they do not thrive you need not 94 SECTION 53. — DIET. change their food, only add liquid food. One week will show their good results." (N) Scarlet fever preventive. — " Milk diet exclusive, is a prophylactic of Scarlet fever — hence children at the breast rarely take the infection. The same diet is reported to have cured Epilepsy" (O) Scrofula — Phthisis — Tubercular Meningitis — Chronic Hydrocephalus. — In these affections the fuel-food (hydrocarbon) is deficient, the system calls for fat, in natural emulsion — rich milk, cream, milk puddings, suet puddings. Ji@ n> Artificial fat emulsions are better borne, and prove more useful when taken 1 x / 2 hours after meals. (P) Rheumatism. — Eat absolutely nothing, and drink only water or lemonade; and all rheumatism, acute or chronic, will vanish in 5 to 10 days. Attest 40 cases. " Fasting and rest is the best possible treatment for all Inflammations , and fevers resulting therefrom. The same cures a cold!' (Q) Emaciation. — In order to get fat, eat all kinds of sweets, nothing sour. " Two ounces of loaf sugar, and two pounds of sweet grapes, three times a day, will fatten a skeleton — and cure consumption." (R) Obesity. — In order to get thin, eat all things sour, nothing sweet. " Abstain from bread, butter, milk, sugar, potatoes, salmon, pork, soups and beer ; eat and drink any- thing else, and you will lose 1 pound per week." (S) Weaning from Liquor. — Flavor with spirits all food and drink taken ; soon will follow intense loathing against all liquor. (T) Cream Mead. — A very agreeable drink for Conva- lescents. Dissolve 3 pounds of white sugar in ^ gallon of boiling water, and when cold add 3 ounces of Tartaric acid, previously dissolved in a pint of cold water; now add the white of 3 eggs, well beaten, flavor to taste, and bottle. When it is to be used, stir into a tumblerful before drinking, 95 SECTION 53. — DIET. a few grains of Bicarbonate of Soda (Baking Soda), and a delicious effervescing drink is the result. (U) Food by Injection. — First empty, and wash the rectum by an injection of clean warm water; when thus pre- pared, slowly force the nourishment up into the bowel, as far as possible, every 2 hours, half-teacupful at a time; temperature 98 to 100° F. Sweet milk or cream slightly salted, beef tea, beef pep- tonoids, egg and cream beaten together, are suitable for nourishment. Always a little pepsin should be added to insure digestion. 96 SECTION 54. DIGITALIS. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Slowpulse— pale bloated face — pale cold skin — ash-gray stools — chest ailments worse by talking. Minute Dose. — See Section 56, B-C. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 5 to 20 drops of the tincture. Child, see Section 56, B. Hypodermatic Dose. — Extract of Digitalis T ^- grain in solution. Used specially in the treatment of Acute Mania — and Chloroform Poisoning (follow with Atropia). Acute Insanity. — Digitalis, officinal dose, every 3 hours. Noise in the Ears. — Digitalis, minute doses, several times a day. (Actaea race., dose 56 B.) Weak Heart. — There is no better recognized fact than that Digitalis, in officinal doses, sustains and strengthens the action of the heart. Hydropericardium — Hydrothorax. (Patient cannot lie down, suffocating, pulse fluttering.) — " Digitalis, adult I or 2 drachms of fresh infusion every 3 or 4 hours, until the quantity of urine increases decidedly; then a dose night and morning may be sufficient. It produces a flow of urine almost magical. Strophantus, adult 5 to 20 drops of the tincture, should be tried if Digitalis fails." Minute doses, (Sec. 56, B-C,) very frequently repeated, effect the same good results, with greater safety. I cured, a desperate breathless case of Dropsy of the heart, with Digitalis tincture; adult, 10 drops every 4 hours. (A) H^p* " For Chest oppression, Difficult Breathing, the true specific is Quebracho, adult 5 to 10 drops in water, 7 97 SECTION 55. — DOGWOOD. every 15 minutes if necessary. Its action is immediate and positive." CEdema — (Especially of feet and eyelids). — Digitalis, in minute doses — (Apis mellifica, Sec. 56, A). SECTION 55. DOGWOOD. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 10 to 30 drops of the Fluid Extract of Jamaica Dogwood. Child, see Section 56, B. Whooping Cough. — " Specific as much as Quinine for ague. Fl. Ex. Jamaica Dogwood, 3 drops in a teaspoon- ful of water every 3 or 4 hours." Neuralgia — Toothache — Tic Douloureux. — " Imme- diate relief with natural sleep and rest, no unpleasant results. — Fl. Ex. Jamaica Dogwood, adult 10 to 12 drop doses. The same co?itrols any cough!' (A) "ffl^f " A cough mixture unsurpassed, is made of Fl. Ex. Jamaica Dogwood ; Fl. Ex. Asclepias tuberosa ; Tinct- ure of Lobelia inflata ; and Glycerine ; equal quantities of each mixed. Dose for adult, 10 drops to 60, at intervals, from y 2 hour to ]/ 2 day." Rumex crispus tincture, adult, 5 to 10 drops, every 2 or 3 hours (child, see Sec. 56, B) is almost specific for cough excited by the least breath of cold air ; must keep the mouth covered with handkerchief, or head covered up in bed to prevent coughing. " Jamaica Dogwood appears to possess the good properties of Opium without the bad. In j£ drachm doses it is an elegant palliative of the pains of Labor. No ill effects. In Delirium Tremens, it is complete master of the situation, in doses of y 2 to 1 drachm of the Fluid Extract." Tea made of the Common dogwood bark cures ague. 98 - SECTION 56. DOSE. The dose should be of a strength no greater than is simply sufficient to induce the needful reaction of the or- ganism ; all in excess of this remains as an obstruction in the system, and delays recuperative action ; hence minute doses frequently repeated are more efficacious than large ones given at longer intervals. By triturations and succussions, the crude particles of a drug become minutely separated and diffused through the menstruum, so that the absorbents can admit them into the circulation with facility. It has been asserted that drugs, administered in hot water, are much more sure and speedy in their action, than when given in cold water, and that half the usual dose will pro- duce the desired effect. If a medicine taken in minute doses, according to the general indications of its genius, should aggravate existing symptoms of the disease, be not too readily discouraged ; it may be a good omen ; wait a little while until the exacer- bation has passed off, when perhaps improvement will set in ; if it does, let it progress undisturbed by further medi- cation to the completion of the cure. In very acute diseases, the dose should be repeated every ten, twenty or thirty minutes until relief is afforded, then the intervals lengthened. In cases less violent the dose may be taken every one, two or three hours. In Chronic diseases, a dose may be taken once, twice or thrice a day until improvement sets in, then an interval of several days without medicine allowed, or as long as im- provement continues. Omitting medicine every third week is a good plan in the treatment of chronic cases. 99 SECTION 56. — DOSE. A SYSTEM OF MINUTE DOSAGE. (basement.) A. Triturations. — One per cent, trituration with sugar of milk (2 x trit). Adult, 5 grains. Child, one year old, one-twentieth of adult dose, and for each year older, one-twentieth more. B. Solutions. — One per cent, solution in alcohol (2 x dilut.). Adult, 5 drops. Child, one year old, one-twentieth of adult dose, and for each year older, one-twentieth more. C. Parvules. — Adult, one parvule every hour, two every two hours, three every three hours or four every four hours. For a child, one parvule three times a day, is the minimum dose. D. Dosimetric Granules. — Adult or child, one' granule, repeated to meet the requirement of the case or age of the patient. Jf^if The Blue Alkametric Granules (taken in the same way as the dosimetric) furnish minute doses of all the principal vegetable medicaments. A SYSTEM OF OFFICINAL DOSAGE. (g. a. w., m.d.) 1. The dose of all infusions is 1 to 2 ounces, except in- fusion of digitalis, which is 2 to 4 drachms. 2. Dose of all poisonous tinctures is 5 to 20 minims, ex- cept tincture of aconite, which is 1 to 5. 3. Dose of all wines is from y 2 to 1 fluiddrachm, except wine of opium, which is 5 to 1 5 minims. 4. Of all poisonous solid extracts you can give y 2 grain, except ' extract of calabar bean, which is -^ to j^ grain. 5. Dose of all dilute acids is from 5 to 20 minims, except dilute hydrocyanic acid, which is 2 to 8 minims. 100 SECTION 56. — DOSE. 6. Dose of all aquce is from I to 2 ounces, except aqua laurocerasus and aqua ammonia, which are 10 to 30 minims. J. Of all syrups you can give I drachm. 8. Dose of all mixtures is from ^ to 1 fluidounce. 9. Dose of all spirits is from y 2 to 1 fluiddrachm. 10. Dose of all essential oils is from 1 to 5 minims. 101 SECTION 57. EGG. Prostration — Faintness from Overtaxation of Body and Mind. — Take yolk of egg beaten up with brandy. Freckles. — Wash them with a mixture of white of egg and water. Milk-whey is considered a good lotion. Goitre. — A case of years' standing cured with pulverized egg shell, 10 grains every morning for 14 days — during decrease of moon. Sore Throat of Public Speakers (wonderful relief). — The yolk of an egg taken raw. Cough from a Cold. — To the white of an egg beaten up with a teaspoonful of sugar, add a teacupful of hot water — stirring the while — and take it on going to bed. Splendid domestic remedy. Nausea — Sick Stomach. — Stir a little of the white of a fresh egg in cold water — ice water if you choose — and beat the remainder of the white to froth, and put it on top of the water — drink freely whenever thirsty. May use the whites of several eggs in a day, and thus be sustained for weeks. Cholera Infantum. — " Nothing stayed on the stomach. I put the white of an egg well beaten, into half a glass of water, seasoned it with a very little salt and sugar, and gave two teaspoonfuls every 2 hours ; there was no more sick stomach. I kept on with the egg for 36 hours, when the child refused it. I then gave pure milk warm from the cow every 2 hours, for a few days, and then went back to the regular food, which was sweet cream and hot water, mixed to consistency of milk." Diarrhoea of Infants at the Breast. — (Mothers' milk not good.) Give in the course of 24 hours the white of one egg, stirred well into 5 or 6 ounces of water, previously 102 SECTION 57. EGG. boiled, and add condensed milk, 3 to 5 drachms. The quantity can be gradually increased to two or three times this amount. Leucorrhcea. — Back feels as if broken. Reported 70 cures in succession, with ova testa (egg shell) one per cent, trituration with milk sugar, 10 grains every night on going to bed. The same is said to have cured a case of cancer of the womb, with fetid leucorrhcea and frightful bleeding ; the first effect of the remedy was control of the pain. There is no better remedy for dyspepsia. Burns and Scalds — Raw Surface — Skin Poisoning — Sore Nipples. — Yolk of Egg 5 parts, and Glycerin 4 parts by weight; mix, and apply with camel-hair brush. One or two applications form a protective coating, and effect a speedy cure. Abrasion of the Feet— Raw Heels.— Apply white of egg. Feet burning, sore, tender after marching, wrap them in greasy cloths, break an egg in the shoe and march on, not remov- ing the shoe for 3 days. Marasmus. — Boil an egg " stone hard" crumble the yolk, and give it to the child. This is good food for baby at any time. 103 SECTION 58. ELM. Constipation. — Take at night on going to bed or in the morning before breakfast, a heaping tablespoonful of pow- dered slippery elm bark in a convenient quantity of water ; continue the daily dose, until the bowels become regular. Chronic cases may require several weeks' treatment. fjg^" For Habitual Constipation, the grand specific is Cas- cara Segrada I ounce; Glycerin 2 ounces; and water 1 ounce ; mixed. Adult, 1 teaspoonful every 4 hours for 2 days, then 4 times a day until stools are loose, then reduce the dose gradually, and lengthen the intervals between them until the cure is effected. This is the hidden treasure. Cascara Cordial is the popular remedy now for Constipa- tion. Acidity of the Stomach — Milk Curdles in the Stom- ach. — Finely pulverized slippery elm bark, added to cow's milk, boiled or unboiled, will prevent it curdling in the stomach. A teaspoonful will serve for a pint of milk, but it may not be best to mix so much at one time. Punctured Wounds. — When you do not want a wound to close, insert into it a tent made of a smooth piece of slippery elm bark ; it will not give pain to introduce it, and it expands gradually, thus enlarging the opening. The same may be used to keep open an incision into an abscess or gathering, if desired. 104 SECTION 59. ETHER. Officinal Dose. — Adult, y 2 to i drachm. Child, see Section 56, B. Hypodermatic Dose. — Adult, 5 to 20 minims ; repeat injections at distant points when prompt action is called for. Employed in case of Depression caused by Bites of Venomous snakes — Surgical Shock — Cholera Asiatica — Cholera Morbus — Pass- age of biliary or renal Calculi — Cardiac failure from hemorrhage — Poisoning of Aconite or Veratrum viride. Local pain (as from stone lodged in gall duct or ureter — pain in an abscess, boil, carbuncle or gathering — superficial Neuralgia, Sciatica, Colic, etc.). — Pour ether on the painful part, until numb and void of sensibility, use it freely until it affords relief. There is no safer external agent for allay- ing pain (avoid getting it into the eye or ear, for it would cause intense smarting). Extraction of teeth without pain. — Into ^ ounce of Sulph. Ether put 3 drachms of pulv. Camphor; soak cotton in this, and apply it around the tooth to be drawn, and in it if hollow, until the gum becomes white, " then the tooth may be extracted without pain." Lockjaw. — Administer Ether by inhalation until the jaw relaxes, and from time to time afterward, to keep up the relaxation — diet, milk and eggs. Sweating fever. — Desperate case, reported ; cured with one dose of Nitrous Ether and Fluid Extract Buchu, each y 2 drachm mixed, relief in half an hour. Local Anaesthesia. — Cover the part with cotton, pour Ether on it, and with bellows blow upon it, and in 5 minutes the part will be devoid of sensibility. 105 SECTION 6 grains in the course of 24 hours, in order to con- trol the affection; when the patient will fall into a refreshing sleep, without the slightest sign of poisoning." (B) Gastralgia — Pain in the stomach — Sufferings from Indigestion. — Take Nux vomica, in minute doses, every quarter hour during attacks, and before meals to prevent them. Cocculus indicus, adult, drop doses of the tincture, taken every y£ hour, is a reliable remedy for Colic, coming on during or soon after meals ; also for menstrual colic. " For pain in the stomach afor eating, occurring usually from a quarter of an hour to an hour after meals ; (a condition that may continue for months and even years.) Bismuth is a good remedy ; but there is a medicine that does not consti- pate and is therefore better; and that is purified Oxide of Manganese. This remedy taken by adults in 10 grain doses, 3 times a day before meals, is sure to give relief. It must be continued for months if necessary, until it cures. The same is excellent for Heartburn and Water-brash. For Distressful feeling like a lump, or something hard, lodged in the stomach or chest, that cannot be removed ; the true pre- scription is Tincture of Abies Nigra 1 drachm ; Pepsin pure y 2 drachm ; Glycerine y 2 ounce ; and Water 4 ounces ; mixed ; adult, take a teaspoonful immediately before meals, and in obstinate cases, repeat the dose directly after meals. Viburnum compound is a sure thing for colic — magnificent 188 SECTION IO3. — NUX VOMICA. for Baby's colic, soothes like a charm, and there is nothing safer to use." Premature Cessation of Labor Pains. — Nux vomica, minute dose (Sec. 56, A), will renew the pains in 10 minutes. If there should be no pains to expel the after-birth, the same will induce them directly. Tedious and distressing labor may be obviated by teaspoonful doses of the Fluid Extract of Ustilago, taken every y 2 hour, until the pains become vigorous and effective. False Labor Pains. — Take a hot sitz bath, remain in until profuse sweat is induced and pains gone, then wrap in blankets and get into bed, and sleep. Gelsemium tincture, drop doses, after each pain arrests false labor. 189 SECTION 104. OATS. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, i or 2 teaspoonfuls of Con. Tine. Avena Sativa, 3 or 4 times a day, in hot water to insure speedy action ; in cold water on going to bed. Child, see Section 56, B. If the dose should prove too strong, causing pain at the base of the brain, a cup of coffee will relieve. Avena, in doses of 5 to 10 drops for adults, taken before meals, affords wonderful relief in Brain Fag, and Nervous Debility. In the usual dose it has been found very effica- cious in the treatment of Chronic Insanity — Sleeplessness — Epilepsy — Hysteria — St. Vitus' Dance — Coldness of the extremities — Shaking palsy — Paralysis. (A) " Hyoscin is gaining ground as a hypnotic in the treatment of Insomnia, of mania, of delirium tremens, of morphia habit, and in stubborn cases not ascribable to any particular cause. An excellent formula is: Hydrobromate of Hyoscin 1 grain; Aqua destil. 9 drachms; alcohol 1 drachm; mix. Adult, 5 drop doses. It should produce sleep in about 20 minutes under favorable circumstances. The same, a dose every night, is one of the most efficient remedies we have for the Severe pains of Locomotor Ataxia? 190 SECTION 105. OLIVE OIL. Officinal Dose. — Adult, i to 2 drachms. Ailments of Infancy. — {Convulsions — Marasmus — Bron- chitis — Catarrh — Pneumonia — Diarrhoea — Constipation — Enlargement of the Liver) — "All these affections may be cured by anointing the Child all over 4 to 1 2 times a day, according to the urgency of the case, with hot Olive oil." Mote in the Eye. — Introduce into the eye a little sweet oil, or white of egg, or cream. A drop of Glycerine in the eye takes out a cinder nicely. Vinegar diluted one-half with water, poured into the eye directly abates the pain from lime in the eye. A loop of horse hair is a handy thing wherewith to remove a mote from the eye. Earache. — Wrap a little black pepper in cotton, saturate it with sweet oil, and insert it in the ear — instant relief. Diarrhoea Adiposa — (Fat in the Stools). — Adult cured by taking olive oil. One pint at a time, once a day. Gall Stone colic — (lodgment of gall stone). — Adult take 1 grain of Podophyllum, and after 6 hours take 3 ounces of olive oil ; and during the period until the bowels are moved, take at short intervals Chloroform by inhalation to subdue the pain. Poisoning. — Give sweet oil freely. The one only excep- tion to this treatment obtains in the case of phosphorous poisoning ; in that case use milk and sugar, and no oil or grease of any kind. 191 SECTION 106. ONION. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Allium Cepa.— Flow- ing eyes and nose--constant sneezing — tearing and split- ting cough — worse in a warm room, better Out doors. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, y 2 drachm of the expressed juice — Syrup 1 drachm. Child, see Section 56, B. To prevent Lockjaw from a wound, apply an onion poul- tice made with Indian meal to the seat of injury, or apply raw onion pounded and mixed with salt. For Earache apply onion poultice hot. For Ague bind to the feet and wrists for several days raw onions bruised to a pulp. For painful Obstruction of urine, apply bruised onions to the region of the bladder. For Falling of the hair apply onion juice to the scalp twice a week. For painful Gatherings, Abscesses, Carbuncles, Boils, apply as a soothing poultice roasted onions. For Dropsy eat freely of onions. For Nervous croup, hold to the nose a bruised onion. For Pain in the stump immediately following amputation, eat a raw onion, or take a teaspoonful of onion juice; the same for Colic. For Baby's Colic, give onion tea ; it has a very sooth- ing and quieting effect without any deleterious results ; do not forget it for the Fretful baby. Onion tea acts as a nar- cotic in cases of Sleeplessness, and subdues Neuralgia. For Kidney colic apply to the seat of pain raw onions mashed to a pulp ; the same for painful Piles. For Bee sting apply the juice of a red onion; the sting of a honey bee is always left in the wound, and should be extracted before applying the juice. For Strangury, sit 20 minutes upon a chamber vessel containing chopped onions steeping in hot water ; the 192 SECTION 1 06. — ONION. same will directly move the bowels in case of Constipation: For Rheumatic pains in the limbs, especially in the tendons of the muscles, prepare an alcoholic distillation of the onion thus : into a quart glass bottle put 2 onions well bruised, and fill the bottle with alcohol, cork it and hang it in the house by a window where the sun can shine upon it \ after 3 days use the alcohol for bathing the affected parts, several times a day, and apply compress of raw cotton ; this is called a sovereign remedy. Allium cepa tincture, minute doses (Sec. 56, B), taken every hour, will break up A Cold sooner than anything else that I have ever used. " Every- body has a hobby for a cold; here is mine: 1 drop of Aconite; 1 drop of Nux vomica; and 3 drops of Gel- semium (tinctures); put in an ounce bottle and fill with water ; and adult take one teaspoonful every hour ; this nips a cold in the bud." Slices of onion upon a dish, placed in the sick room and renewed daily, absorbs malignities, and prevents infection and contagion. If you would eat onions to your heart's content, without any one being able to detect it by your breath, take a tea- spoonful of Listerine at the close of the meal, before taking the dessert. 13 193 SECTION 107. OPIUM. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Profound stupor— moan- ing respiration — profuse sweat — stools like sheep dung — ailments worse from warmth, and after sleep, and from wine. Minute Dose. — Opium, Section 56, B-C — Morphia, Sec. 56, A-C. Officinal Dose. — Adult, y 2 to 1 grain — Extract cf opium y± to ]/ 2 grain — Fluid Extract of opium 10 to 40 drops— Deodorized tincture 6 to 12 minims — Wine of opium 6 to 1 2 minims — Morphia y to y grain — Acetate of Mor- phia }£toj4 grain — Sulphate of Morphia y to y grain — Codeia J^ to 1 grain — Laudanum 5 to 15 minims — Pare- goric y 2 to 2 drachms. Child, see Section 56, A-B. Chil- dren until at least three years of age are extremely sus- ceptible to the poisonous influence of opium and morphia, hence the need of the greatest caution in administering any kind of opiate to children. For older persons the caution needed is lest an opium habit become established by its too persistent use. Always begin with the smallest quantity likely to prove efficient, never sanction a needlessly large dose. Hypodermatic Dose. — Formula.— Morphia sulph., 16 grains; Aqua I ounce; mix. Adult, 3 to 15 minims or about T ^ to % grain in solution. In commencing treatment, the dose should not exceed one-third of that ordinarily administered. Used espe- cially to control Severe Pain — Pain of advanced cancer — Abdominal Neural- gia — After Pains — Cramp — Spasm — Irregular heart action — Inflammation of serous membranes, early stage — Cerebro-spinal meningitis, early — Delirium Tremens — Mania — Insomnia — Herpes Zoster — Convulsions of infants, when other treatment fails, -fa to ^ grain doses — In advance of surgical operation, and administration of Chloroform. Morphia and Atropia combined act better than either alone. Atropia in I94 SECTION IO7. — OPIUM. small doses, ^ grain, increases the hypnotic power of Morphia. Atropia ^ grain is equal in toxic power to I grain of Morphia. The only exception in favor of the use of the Morphia uncombined with Atropia, is in the treatment of Acute Brain affections with high temperature and injected eyes. The proportion for the mixture of the two should be : Morphia ^ grain, with Atropia T ^y grain, in solution for adult dose ; this may be increased to double the quantity of each if necessary, in extreme cases. This combination is especially adapted to the treatment of Insomnia — Convulsions — Epilepsy — Petit Mai — Hysteria — Hiccough — Spasmodic jerking and twitching of muscles — Ileus — Spasmodic stricture — Dysuria — Enuresis — Neuralgic Headache — Neuralgia in general — Toothache — Sciatica — Angina pectoris — Emphysema — Asthma — Laryngismus stridulus — Hysterical Aphonia — Diseases of the diges- tive, urinary and genital organs — Spermatorrhoea — Pelvic and uterine pains — Acute rheumatism — Rheumatic gout — Myalgia — Hernia to facilitate reduction — Cholera collapse, full dose — In advance of surgical operation to prevent shock and spasm. ftS^T* (A) Apomorphia, hypodermatic dose, adult, j 1 ^ grain in solution, is the most suitable of all emetics for narcotic poisoning ; when not from opium, repeat the dose if necessary until vomiting is produced. In capillary Bron- chitis to free the tubes — in Croup to dispel the false membrane by vomiting — Foreign body in the CEsophagus to produce emesis — Intestinal obstruction — Asthma — Night sweat. (B) Pain. — Apply Opium liniment, or Laudanum mixed with hot lard; or Laudanum sprinkled on hot flaxseed poultice; or Gum opium steeped in hot water, and the water thickened with cracker dust; this latter especially for painful sprain or violent orchitis. Eye affections.— Opium 1 grain, in Rose water 1 ounce mixed ; a few drops of the solution in the eye several times a day, removes inflammation. A good eye lotion may be made of distilled water I ounce ; pure glycerine 1 drachm ; and crude opium I grain ; mixed. Perhaps the best local stimulus ever employed for clearly pronounced chronic in- flammation of the eye, is the wine of opium, a single drop introduced once or twice a day, until there is produced a permanent reaction. Mucous Polypus. — Apply McMunn's Elixir of Opium full strength, every day ; soon gone. 195 SECTION IO7. — OPIUM. Sleeplessness from pain or cough. — "Take Codeia, adult, 1 grain, on retiring to bed at night ; wake up next morning bright and lively." Drunken Stupor. — Laudanum, adult one teaspoonful. Inveterate Vomiting with cough. — When nothing can be taken into the stomach, inject into the bowel ^ teacup- ful of water mixed with wheat flour to consistency of cream, and containing (stirred into it) 5 to 10 drops of Laudanum. Dysmenorrhcea — Painful Menses. — "Codeia, ^ grain night and morning, is all that is needed." One or two par- vules of morphia every hour will relieve pain without pro- ducing nausea. Puerperal Fever. — " You cannot have too much faith in opium, taken early in puerperal fever to check the occur- rence of inflammation of the pelvic organs. Attacks mostly come with severe pain in the abdomen, and temperature up to 103 or 104 F. ; now you may check all this at the beginning with a suppository of opiurn, or still better with a hypodermatic dose of the same." Post-Partum Hemorrhage. — Laudanum 1 drachm. Colic (all kinds). — " Acetate of Morphia 1 grain, in water I ounce, adult 1 teaspoonful every ^ hour until pain ceases, or sleep supervenes." One or two parvules of morphia every hour arrests pain and induces sleep without producing nausea. Teaspoonful doses of Paregoric, for an adult, in y 2 teacup of hot water every J^ hour, controls bilious colic. Bowel Obstruction. — Opium, adult y 2 grain taken every 4 hours, for two or three days or longer ; arrests the most dangerous symptoms, such as stercoraceous vomiting, and finally brings about free operation of the bowels and cure. " Place patient on right side, hips propped up at an angle of 45 degrees, and (if an adult) inject into the bowel ]/ 2 gallon of warm water containing 1 ounce of strong decoc- tion of tobacco ; keep patient in this position 20 minutes, 196 SECTION I OJ. OPIUM. with external pressure on the anus, then place the person in bed; in about 10 minutes sleep will ensue, and in about 4 hours the patient will waken, and have a passage — well ! " Dry Tickling Cough. — No peace day or night — Deodor- ized tincture of opium, adult drop doses on sugar, after each paroxysm of coughing, sure to relieve. This is the cough charmer. Chronic Asthma. — A case of 30 years' standing, reported cured in 3 weeks with Apomorphia, adult ^V grain, taken 3 times a day, gradually increasing the dose to ^ grain. Sea Sickness. — Put Apomorphia 1 grain in y 2 pint of pure water, and of this solution adult take ]/ 2 teaspoonful at first sign of sickness; repeat the dose every y 2 hour, or as often as the case may demand ; one or two doses sometimes effects the cure. Opium Poisoning. — Child swallowed an ounce of Lau- danum, and in one hour after (being in an utterly uncon- scious state) the tincture of Nux vomica was given, I drop every 5 minutes; and in 2 hours complete restoration was effected. 197 SECTION 108. PASSION FLOWER. Minute Dose. — Passiflora incarnata, Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 30 to 60 drops, every y£ to J& hour. Child, see Section 56, B. Sleeplessness — Neuralgia — Convulsions — Spasms — Tetanus. — " Passiflora incarnata, adult, 30 drops of the tincture every hour, produces quiet, pleasant sleep, altogether different from the stupor of morphia. Even in the worst forms of sleeplessness as that associated with suicidal mania , the drug produces quiet slumber, from which the patient awakes with clear mind. In ordinary doses given every *^ to y 2 hour it completely controls convulsions, spasms, lock- jaw. It never fails to cure lockjaw in a horse. " In the treatment of Erysipelas there is no remedy acts better than Passiflora, given in ordinary doses, as often as occasion seems to require." 198 SECTION 109. PEPSIN. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 2 to 20 grains — Elixir 1 to 2 drachms. Usually taken immediately after meals. Child, see Section 56, A. Vomiting (from any cause, even pregnancy). — The grand specific is Ingluvin, adult, 5 to 10 grains, repeated in an hour if necessary. To prevent recurrence of vomiting take a dose night and morning, or before meals. A baby that vomited almost constantly was cured, by ]/ 2 grain of Pepsin placed upon its tongue. If the baby's bowels are constipated or stools curdy, give it 5 drops of rennet wine or 1 grain of pepsin in a teaspoonful of water, before giving the breast or bottle. Lactopepsin, adult, 10 to 20 grains, or Rennet wine, adult, a wineglassful taken immediately after meals. (Child, see Section 56, A-B); is the approved mode of treatment for Dyspepsia — Liver complaint— Heartburn — Waterbrash — Cholera Infantum — Summer complaint — Marasmus. Peptic salt, a mixture of pepsin with common salt (one grain of which is said to dissolve 200 grains of hard boiled albumen, or 2 ounces of lean cooked beef) may be taken in the place of common salt at the table, to aid digestion in case of Dyspepsia. Pharyngeal Catarrh. — (Especially dry catarrh.) — " Take Jensen's pepsin, adult, 5 grains mixed with y 2 grain of aromatic powder, after each meal ; after 3 days take 10 grains mixed with 1 grain of aromatic powder — Cure in 2 weeks." Indolent Ulcers. — Sprinkle upon them, copiously, every day Lactopeptin; this will soon heal them. 199 SECTION 110. PHOSPHORUS. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Clear, ivory-white com- plexion — soreness in the lungs — tightness across the chest — inability to lie on the left side — bleeding difficult to check — night hunger — ailments better after sleep — desire for very cold food and drink, which for a time relieves — aversion to sweets. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Phosphoric add.— Wa- tery stools light colored — night drains exhausting — growth beyond the strength — night hunger. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B-C. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 1 to 2 drops of the tincture of phosphorus — Elixir 1 to 2 drachms — Phosphoric acid dilute 10 to 60 minims. Child, see Section 56, B. "A preparation of Phosphorus convenient for use, may be made by putting a piece of phosphorus in alcohol, which soon becomes saturated, and of the solution, put according to the age of the patient, from I to 6 drops into x / 2 glass of water, and of this give teaspoonful doses, every one, two or three hours as the case may seem to require ; or drop a little of the solution on sugar, and make it up into powders, to be taken dry, or dissolved in a little water to suit the con- venience and taste of the patient." (A) I regard the tincture of phosphorus as the most valu- able remedy that we possess for the treatment of Melancholy — Failing brain power — Chronic Hydrocephalus — Hydroce- phaloid (keeping the child in recumbent position, with body and limbs warm) — Vertigo — Petit Mai — Hysteria — Eroto- mania — Twitching of facial muscles — Spinal irritation — Tremor — Locomotor Ataxia — Amaurosis— -Glaucoma — 200 SECTION IIO. — PHOSPHORUS. Photophobia — Sleeplessness— Restlessness— Somnambulism — Clairvoyance — Nose-bleed habit (Arnica) — Hoarseness — Loss of voice, especially of public speakers — Croup, almost unfailing — Cough, even consumptive, with soreness of the lungs and tightness across the chest — Pneumonia, all stages — GEdema of the lungs — Diarrhoea, chronic, bloody, or constant oozing from the bowels — Proctitis — Purpura Hem- orrhagica — Measles — Shingles — Smallpox — Neuralgia, 40 cures in succession reported — Intercostal neuralgia — Men- strual irregularities, sudden suppression by cold or fright ; excessive flow watery ; painful flow, sick headache at these times — Fatty degeneration — Chronic Rheumatism and Gout — Periostitis — Bone Caries — Nerve exhaustion, sinking death-door condition in fever. Phosphorus, adult, -^ to y 1 - grain doses produces a general sense of stimulation more complete than that caused by coffee, and more active than that produced by opium. (B) Phosphoric acid dilute, adult 10 drops in a wine- glass of water, is an excellent remedy for Nerve debility — Physical fatigue — Sinking conditions in fever — Melan- cholia — Polyuria — Glycosuria — Alopecia — Homesickness. (C) Phosphorus taken in minute doses during pregnancy will prevent malformation of the offspring, such as clubfoot, twisted hand, spine curve. (D) If a lady during pregnancy is unable to drink water ; (even the sight of it causing nausea) phosphorus taken in minute doses will remove the trouble. If the milk fails to come after confinement, the same also will restore the secre- tion in abundance and of good quality. Baldness — Alopecia. — Phosphorus tincture 1 drachm and Castor oil 1 ounce, mix and apply to the scalp, once a day. Cleanse the scalp each time with warm water with- out soap, before applying the solution. Purification of the air in rooms. — Dip a bundle of phos- phorus matches into warm water, and suspend it in the 201 SECTION 1 10 — PHOSPHORUS. room ; this produces ozone, and nitrite of ammonia, which purify the air directly. (E) " Saccharated wheat phosphoids, dose for child y 2 to I teaspoonful, 3 times a day in a little milk ; or if the stomach is very weak, in coffee ; is an excellent thing to give during teething to conduct the process safely through. It is said to cure scabby incrustation of face and head — wasting disease of the nerves — rickets — marasmus — chronic diarrhoea — scrofula — and to put the system in the most favorable condition to receive in a mild form, scarlet fever, measles, smallpox, whooping cough." 202 SECTION 111. PINE. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, i to 2 drachms of the Fluid extract of Pinus canadens. Child, see Section 56, B. Diphtheria. — " Pinus canadensis, concentrated extract, used locally, and taken inwardly has no superior, as a rem- edy for diphtheria." Over 50 cures in succession reported. For Malignant Diphtheria give Mercurius cyanide, child, 5 to 7 years old, xJ-g- grain doses, and you will be delighted with the result. Tapeworm. — "After having fasted from dinner and supper the day previous, take at about 7 a.m. one teaspoonful of the oil of pine needles, in half a glass of milk ; if no worm comes away by the following morning, double the dose. It is very agreeable to take. One hour after taking the second dose, take a full dose of castor oil, and in two hours the worm will come entire. This remedy succeeded when, for 4 years, all other means failed." Leucorrhcea. — Dissolve a tablespoonful or two of Pinus Canadensis in a pint of warm water, and inject this amount twice a day into the vagina, the more obstinate the case, the stronger make the solution. The white extract does not stain. This is said to be an unfailing remedy. 203 SECTION 112. PLANTAIN. GENERAL INDICATIONS forPlantago major.— Foul breath — pale urine — stomach pain, relieved by eating. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, ^ to 1 drachm of the Fluid extract. Child, see Section 56, B. Wetting the bed (Enuresis). — Specific. Plantago major, ordinary dose, 3 times a day, until the cure is effected. The same cures Toothache with earache involved, and is a grand remedy for Chronic Diarrhoea. Teething. — Rub the gums with the tincture of Plantago major diluted, and give minute doses several times a day; this is very soothing. The true specific for all the troubles of teething is Creasote, in minute doses, Section 56, B. For inflamed, protruding Piles, there is nothing that gives more speedy relief than the application of the broad leaf plantain, reduced to a pulp, and kept bound to the parts by compress, and renewed as occasion requires. Raw onion pulp, in like manner applied is also excellent. 204 SECTION 113. PEONY. GENERAL INDICATIONS/^ Pceonia.— Reeling ver- tigo when moving — constant hawking — soreness, pain, and distress in the anus. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 1 to 2 drachms of the tincture every hour or two. Decoction 1 ounce or more three or four times a day. Child, see Section 56, B. " Paeonia officinalis, in ordinary doses, is the true remedy for Anal and Rectal Diseases (crack, fissure, fistula, ulcer, piles) — Malignant sores, ulcers, wounds — Ulcers from any cause, even of old people — Open Abscesses — Bites of ser- pents. Whilst the drug is being taken internally, an exter- nal application of the dilute tincture, or tea, facilitates the cure; chronic ulcers have thus been cured in 12 days. The Peony is said to cure Epilepsy!' Iodoform and Lard, 1 part to 3, smeared upon a cylinder of lint, and introduced into the bowel twice a day, and after stools, cures fissure, crack and ulcer in ano. A case of anal fissure, existing over a year, was cured with Ratanhia tinc- ture, adult, 1 drop, taken night and morning; together with a local application of a solution of 6 drops of the tincture in 2 drachms of Glycerine. 205 SECTION 114. POKE. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Phytolacca.-— -Tongue red at the tip — throat dry and sore — scabby skin — night pains in the bones — recurrence of headache once a week — desire for food directly after eating. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 5 to 10 drops of the Fluid Ex- tract (Emetic 30 drops) — Tincture }£ to 1 drachm — Phyto- laccin ^ to 1 grain. Child, see Section 56, B. (A) Phytolacca, in ordinary doses, repeated as often as the nature of the case may seem to require (see Section 56), is a very superior remedy for Diphtheria, with dark fetid patches, high fever, aching back and limbs ; many cures reported — Scarlet Fever malignant, the throat dark red — Quinsy, bad type — Aphthous Sore Throat, with inflammation extending into the mouth and to the tongue — Chronic Sore Throat — Syphilitic Throat Affections — Rupia — Leucorrhcea — Prolapsus uteri — Mercurial Cachexia. Inflammation of the Breats — "Caked Breasts," im- possible to draw the milk — Sore Nipples. — The true specific is Phytolacca tincture, 3 drops taken every 3 hours in a wineglass of water, together with local application of the tincture diluted, one-half with warm water, frequently renewed. " For Gathered Breasts, give 20 drops of the fluid ex- tract of Phytolacca every 3 hours in water ; improvement will be manifest in 12 hours; in 36 hours the cure will be effected! The same will just as surely start the Lochia if suppressed ; and if there should be violent pains in the breast whenever the milk flows in, it will directly obviate that trou- ble also." 206 SECTION II4. POKE. (B) Chronic Ulcer. — Reported cure by continued applica- tion of the tincture of Phytolacca ; boils came out around the ulcer in the course of the treatment, but disappeared as the ulcer healed. The same local treatment, combined with internal administration of the Phytolacca, is said to consti- tute our best mode of treatment for Cancer. A malignant tumor on the face is reported to have been dispelled by applying to it, twice a day on a cloth, the juice of poke leaves, dried to the consistency of paste, on a pewter dish in the sun ; in three days the tumor turned black, in twelve days it dropped off, and the ulcer soon after healed ; the cure was complete. 207 SECTION 115. POTASH. GENERAL INDICATIONS for the Carbonate— Bloat under the brow — mucous surface dry — deep stitching pains — pains in the bowels for hours before costive stools — food clogs in the throat (Alumina) — ailments relieved by warmth — aggravation of sufferings from 2 to 3 a.m., especially cough. GENERAL INDICATIONS for the Bichromate.— Mucous discharges tough and ropy — plugs in the nose, " clinkers " — tongue red and cracked — ailments relieved by warmth — worse after eating. GENERAL INDICATIONS for the Bromide.— -Night terror (Aconite) — trembling — sensation of coldness, and sinking down in the bowels — heart distress — sudden numb- ness. GENERAL INDICATIONS for the Iodide.— -Raw sore feeling in the chest — mucous discharges, foul and green — mercurial taint — ailments better by warmth and motion. Minute Dose. — Section 56, A-C. Officinal Dose. — Adult, }£ to y^ grain of the Bichro- mate — Bromide 5 to 20 grains — Chlorate 10 to 30 grains — Iodide 5 to 10 grains — Permanganate ]/ 2 to 1 grain — Phos- phate 10 to 30 grains. Child, see Section 56, A. (A) Bromide of Potash finds its true indication in Heart distress with palpitation and fainting — Night terrors — Night- mare — Dysphagia — Spasmodic tenesmus of bladder and rectum — Sudden numbness — Troubles of teething, threat- ening of spasms — Baby's colic — Wetting the bed. (B) Iodide of Potash is regarded as the specific antidote to the poisonous effects of mercury in the system. The 208 SECTION II5. — POTASH. same is a grand remedy for Periostitis — Nightly bone pains — White Swelling — Chronic Hydrocephalus — Chronic In- flammation and Ulceration of the throat — Syphilitic throat affections — Pimples. It is claimed for Sodium iodide that it can be used for the chief purposes for which the Potassium iodide is used, with similar beneficial results, without the local and general un- desirable effects which are incident to the latter. (C) " Permanganate of Potash (compressed tablets of pure crystal) 2 grains 3 times a day, is perhaps the surest, safest and best remedy yet found to restore the courses after being suppressed by debilitating causes. The drug should be ad- ministered freely for 3 or 4 days, before the time expected. It is not only curative in Amenorrhoea and Dysmenorrhcea, but is also excellent for Gastric Catarrh and Flatulent Dyspepsia. The dose should in every instance be followed immediately by half glass of water, cool, but not cold." Headache over the brow. — Potassium iodide 2 grains in y 2 glass of water, adult, sip it slowly until all taken, cure in 10 minutes. Chronic Hydrocephalus. — Potassium iodide 3 grains, 3 times a day, effected a cure. Sleeplessness. — Burn Nitre Paper in the room, on going to bed. If caused by cough or Asthma do the same. To make Nitre Paper, dissolve 4 ounces of Saltpetre in y 2 pint of boiling water, pour the liquid into a small shallow waiter, wide enough to take the paper, then draw it through the liquid, and dry it by the fire, cut it in pieces about four inches square ready to burn. Tissue paper said to be the best. Chronic Faceache. — Sweet Spirits of Nitre, adult 5 drops, 3 times a day, taken ; and the face bathed with the same during severe attacks, has effected surprising cures. Freckles. — Apply powdered Nitre moistened with water, to the face night and morning. 14 209 SECTION I T5. POTASH. Hay Fever (hay asthma, rose cold). — Cases long stand- ing cured with Hydriodate of Potash, adult 2 to 5 grains, 3 times a day, in water or syrup. Foul Breath — Diseased Gums. — Permanganate of Pot- ash 1 grain, in 1 ounce of water, mix, and rinse the mouth frequently with the solution. Sore Mouth — (babe or mother). — Chlorate of Potash 1 drachm, in Rose Water 4 ounces, mix, wash the mouth well with the solution several times a day — unfailing. (C) Ulcerated Sore Throat.— Chlorate of Potash 5 grains, in water 1 ounce, mix, gargle every hour or two. The same for Gangrene of mouth and Throat — Putrid Sore throat — Fetid Diphtheria. The Chlorate should also be taken internally. Put 10 grains in y 2 glass of water; adult take frequent teaspoonful doses. Child, see Section 56, A or B. Diphtheria. — Bichromate of Potash and Biniodide of Mercury, given in alternation ; at first a dose every y 2 hour, and as improvement advanced, every hour or two ; cured 241 cases of diphtheria in succession. The mode of ad- ministering the medicines was this : Two perfectly clean 2 ounce bottles, with well-fitting corks, were procured ; and into one was put 5 grains of a one per cent, trituration of Bichromate of Potash (Section 56, A); and into the other, 5 grains of a one per cent, trituration of the Biniodide of Mercury (Section 56, A). Then each bottle was filled up with water, and well shaken ; and to a child from 5 to 7 years of age was given a teaspoonful at a dose, alternating the two kinds as above stated. No external applications used ; and no gargle except in some cases, alcohol and water mixed, in the proportion of about 1 part to 4. If the disease seemed held in check for several days, even without positive evidence of improvement, it always finally yielded to the treatment. It croup supervened, the Mercury was left off, and the whole dependence placed upon the Bichromate of Potash alone, which was given in enlarged doses every 15 or 20 minutes, 210 SECTION 115. POTASH. aided by inhalations of steam received into the mouth through a paper funnel, from a vessel containing the pure crystals of the Bichromate of Potash, steeping in hot water. Five cases were cured in this way. (D) These same two medicines (dose Section 56, A), taken in alternation, two doses a day of each, will cure Opacity of the Cornea — Purulent Ophthalmia — Conjunctivitis — Keratitis — Chronic Nasal Catarrh. " For 20 years I have used the following compound for Catarrh without a failure. Sol. Nitre 1 ounce ; Sodae Boras 1 ounce ; Amm. Muriate 1 ounce ; Chlor. Sodium 1 ounce ; mix, and pulv. fine. Then add Oil of Gaultheria 1 ounce to 1 pint of Al- cohol, and put this into 2 quarts of pure water, and add the mixture ; let it stand 48 hours ; in the meantime shaking it well every 2 hours; then filter until you get 2 quarts or more of clear liquid. It is now ready for use. The way to use it is this : take some of the liquid in the palm of your hand, and snuff it up the nose, until it goes into the throat ; spit it out, but do not blow the nose for 20 minutes after ; do this from 4 to 6 times a day, and it will cure any case of Nasal Catarrh." Asthma. — The one grand unfailing remedy, is said to be Hydriodide of Potash, adult 3 to 5 grains, 3 times a day, in water or syrup. In very old chronic cases, improvement may not commence for a month or more, but it will surely come in time. The medicine will give an excellent appe- tite. " It has never failed me in a single case during 25 years' practice." The same in larger doses controls Heaves in horses. Smart weed tea, a pint every day mixed in the feed, is also said to cure Heaves. Bronchial Catarrh. — (Child constantly strives to pick something out of the mouth.) — Chlorate of Potash 2 drachms in y% glass of water, a teaspoonful every hour. The same for croupy cough after measles. For clearing off the dregs of measles, there is no remedy equal to it. 211 SECTION II5. POTASH. (E) " The best general cough mixture I ever used is composed of Citrate of Potash 1 ounce; Lemon juice 2 ounces; Syrup of Ipecac y 2 ounce; and simple syrup to make 6 ounces, adult 1 teaspoonful, 4 to 6 times a day." Consumption. — " Put a teaspoonful of Chlorate of Pot- ash in a glass of water, drink it all during the day, a little at a time ; if too strong weaken it to suit ; persevere and you will gain weight, and if curable, get well." (E 2 ) Enlarged Glands— Also White Swelling.— Make a mixture of Potassium Iodide 100 grains; Iodine 5 grains; water 1 drachm ; and Lard 1 ounce ; (dissolve the Iodine and Potash in the water, and then add the Lard) apply this night and morning, rubbing it in thoroughly, but gently. "A saturated solution of Chloride of Calcium, used as a lotion, will disperse even scrofulous enlargement of glands ; especially if aided by the same taken internally, 3 doses a day, adult 12 to 15 grains in syrup, children I to 3 grain doses. The same for scrofulous caries and suppuration." Cancer on the Tongue (open ulcer). — Case reported cured in one month, with Hydrocyanide of Potassium, one per cent, trituration with sugar of milk, adult I grain every other night. A case of Cancer of the tongue reported cured in three weeks with a decoction of the bark of the root of the black haw, continually applied. I suppose that for cancerous and malignant sores the leading remedy is Chlorate of Potash, 10 grains in y 2 glass of water, adult take one dessertspoonful 4 times a day. Child, see Sec- tion 56, B. Skin Poisoning. — Bathe with solution of Spirits of Nitre in water 1 part to 3 ; or spirits of Camphor ; or Fresh lime water thick as cream. (E 3 ) Itch. — (Before applying anything for itch, wash the parts well with Castile soap and wipe dry.) — The Lye of wood ashes diluted with rain water, to suit the sensation, (smarting somewhat, but not producing pain) apply 3 times 212 SECTION II5. — POTASH. a day ; cure in three days. Daily rubbing with coal oil soon cures the itch. Soft soap freely applied, cures Itch and Psoriasis, also cleanses a Greasy skin. Smallpox. — A strong solution of the Cyanide of Potash sprinkled about the floors of the house and on stairways, wards off smallpox; ho cases will occur in that house." Thuja occidentalis, in minute doses (Section 56, B), taken 3 times a day, is the grand prophylactic of smallpox. Issue without the Knife (opening of a carbuncle, ab- scess, or any gathering). — Apply by compress, a lump of caustic potash, of the size of a small pea. (F) Bright' s Disease. — A case reported in which every trace of the disease was removed in two weeks' time, by the use of Chlorate of Potash, one per cent, solution in alcohol, adult 5 drops, 3 times a day. The same is claimed as a specific for Albuminuria. Surgical Dressing (application after suppuration has ensued). — By the application of Caustic Potash in very weak solution, the formation of pus is greatly diminished, healthy granulations are produced, and inflammation and swelling prevented. Ingrowing Toe. Nail. — Happy plan of treatment. Ap- ply a solution of Caustic Potash (3 drachms to 1 ounce of water) twice a day ; the granulations will soon recede, then raise the nail and insert a wedge of cork, and thus end the trouble. Offensive Foot Sweat. — Bathe the feet with a solution of Chlorate of Potash (5 grains to 1 ounce water) 2 or 3 times a day — quick work and well done. Disinfectant. — Dissolve y 2 ounce of Chlorate of Potash in 1 gallon of water, and saturate towels or cloths in this solution, and hang them about the room ; dash some of the solution down the sewers and sinks, and directly all un- pleasant odors will have vanished. (G) A solution about the strength here indicated is suit- 213 SECTION 1 1 6. — POULTICE. able for injection into the vagina in case of Offensive Leucor- rhcea or Lochia and for irrigation of Fetid ulcers and cancers; in these cases it not only cleanses and sweetens, but is highly curative. The same should be used as an application in case of Offensive Perspiration in the armpits and upon the genitals. SECTION 116. POULTICE. Congestion and Inflammation of internal organs. — The constant application of hot poultices, in all cases, abates the pain and promotes the cure. Failing Labor Pains. — In a case where Ergot in full doses failed to bring them on, hot mush poultices were ap- plied; hot as could be borne, over the fundus of the womb; as soon as they became a little cool they were replaced by others; before the third poultice was applied, pains began to come regularly and with full effective power. The same succeeded in every case subsequently tried. 214 SECTION 117. PULSATILLA. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Tearful moods— con- stant feeling of chilliness — bad taste in the mouth in the morning (Nux vomi) — subject to styes — symptoms ever changing — pains shifting — no two stools alike — ailments worse in the evening, and when warm in bed — better out- doors, cool — aversion to fat food and rich pastry. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 1 drachm of the tincture. Child, see Section 56, B. (A) Pulsatilla, even in minute doses, stands among the foremost remedies for Sty-diathesis; always having a sty (Uranium nitrate, dose Section 56, A). — Inflammation of the edges of the eyelids — Spasms of the eyelids — Excessive flow of tears — Convulsions with floods of tears — Inflamma- tion of the internal ear — Earache, the leading remedy — Loss of taste or smell — Rheumatic Gout, with erratic pains — Inflammation of the Veins — Broken or Knotted Veins — Mucous Diarrhoea, apt to be worse at night, and attended with piles. (B) Menstrual Derangements (scanty, delayed, or sup- pressed from fright or a chill, very painful, black and clotted). — " Pulsatilla, in officinal doses, taken every 3 hours, rarely fails to set things right. The same for Leucorrhcea ; continuing the treatment for several weeks if necessary; at the same time a teaspoonful of the tincture of Pulsatilla should be put into a pint of tepid water, and injected into the vagina, every day." A case of Leucorrhoea that had withstood all other treatment for months, is reported to have been cured by taking of wild cherry tree bark tea, I teacupful 3 times a day. 215 SECTION 1 1 8. — PUMPKIN SEED. Whooping Cough Preventive. — Pulsatilla, taken in minute doses (Section 56, B), a dose every evening during the season of exposure, has proven a prophylactic against the contagion of whooping cough. SECTION 118. PUMPKIN SEED. Officinal Dose. — Adult 1 to 2 ounces of the Fluid Ex- tract of Pepo. Child, see Section 56, B. Tape Worm. — Take light diet for two days, and no drink but lemonade. Then to a pint of hulled pumpkin seed well bruised, add a pint of hot water, rub the mass thoroughly together for a few minutes, strain it through a colander, and in the morning fasting take one-half of it; the rest in one hour after; and in three hours a full dose of castor oil — success sure. An obstinate case reported, in which the patient, an adult, ate 2 quarts of the bruised seed hulled, during 24 hours, and ate nothing else ; then took a full dose of castor oil ; the worm came away entire. Vomiting of Pregnancy. — "Pepo tincture, 10 to 15 drops taken immediately before meals, is a good remedy; but the best drug to use for this affection is the Oxalate of Cerium, in doses of 4 or 5 grains, once a day." Inflammation (internal or external). — Poultice made of stewed pumpkin, applied hot, is excellent. So is smart-weed poultice. 216 SECTION 119. PRICKLY ASH. GENERAL INDICATIONS/^ Xanthoxylum.— Fright- ened feeling — fluttering at the stomach (Cactus) — constant desire to take a long breath. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult 10 to 30 drops of the Fluid extract — Xanthoxylin 2 to 6 grains. Child, see Section 56, B. (A) Xanthoxylin in ordinary doses is a pure lonic y and the most reliable remedy that we have for Amenorrhea — Dysmenorrhea ; and After-pains. Xanthoxylum tincture, taken 3 to 5 drops at a time, on sugar or in a little water, every 3 hours, is the most certain means of bringing on the courses, when suppressed, that I have ever used. (B) Helonias dioica, adult I to 3 drops, taken 3 or 4 times a day, is an excellent tonic, that enriches the blood, and thus cures Anaemia, also improves digestion, restores appetite and stays upon the stomach when other tonics are rejected. By its specific tonic effect upon the womb, it restores the Pro- lapsed uterus to its place, and holds it in position ; it is also equally curative of Amenorrhcea and Menorrhagia. (C) "Sabina tincture, 10 drop doses in water, is a safe and certain remedy for Amenorrhcea, and in 5 drop doses, equally good for Menorrhagia; the same is excellent for Chronic Gout and Rheumatic stiffness of the joints." (D) Apocynum androsem, adult 10 drop doses of the Fluid Extract is considered a specific for Wandering Rheu- matic pains, with exceeding sensitiveness of the parts to touch. 217 SECTION 120. QUINIA. GENERAL INDICATIONS/^ Cinchona. Ringing in the ears — distention of the abdomen from gas — exhaustion from drains upon the system — aggravation of sufferings by the slightest touch upon the skin (Spigelia) — ailments worse after eating or drinking — aversion to warm food and fat — alternate feelings of weakness and strength — every employ- ment seems a hardship, dread of work. Minute Dose. — Section 56, A-B-C-D. Officinal Dose. — Adult 1 to 20 grains or more of Quinia — Tincture 1 to 6 drachms — Tincture of Cinchona I to 4 drachms. Child, see Section 56, B. Hypodermatic Dose. — Formula. — Quiniae hydrobromat. 48 grains; Aquse destillat. 4 drachms (dis- solve by heat if necessary). Adult 20 to 50 minims, or 5 to 10 grains in solu- tion. A given quantity of Quinia injected beneath the integument is said to be equal to five times that amount taken into the stomach. The hypodermatic use of Quinia is mostly preferred in the treatment of Ma- larial Fever; in 150 cases treated in this way only one relapsed; one dose of 5 to 10 grains will often suffice to cure an ordinary Intermittent Fever ; larger doses are required for Fevers of the Remittent type, and especially for Perni- cious Malarial Fever; or Chronic Malarial poisoning; in this type, however, the hypodermatic mode of treatment stands out most conspicuous. Recent Malarial Fevers may be aborted, by one full dose at the beginning of the cold stage, but it is better to anticipate the attack by an hour or two. Quinia, hypodermatically administered, is almost universally successful in the treatment of Sunstroke — Heat Apoplexy — Ovarian Neuralgia, with menor- rhagia — Surgical Shock. "Typhoid Fever should be treated with Quinia combined with minute doses of Morphia. Three injections a day, continued for several days, produces results wonderfully favorable ; the sordes disappears from the mouth and teeth, the headache, meteorism, and gurgling in right iliac fossa gradually diminish ; the spleen becomes reduced in size, and the countenance becomes more com- posed; in a word, the disease is abbreviated; convalescence generally occur- 218 SECTION 120. — QUINIA. ring at the end of the second week. Nothing can be more satisfactory than this mode of treatment." (A) Cinchona, taken in small officinal doses, or even in minute doses, is undoubtedly the remedy par excellence for Ague — Malaria — Malarial Jaundice — Periodical Neuralgia — Nocturnal Enuresis, from onanism — Night Sweat — Re- mittent Fever — Debility from exhausting drains — Pneu- monia, when the fever having abated, returns and is persist- ent. (If the kidney should now become involved, Digitalis is required.) Chronic Urticaria — Laryngismus Stridulus — Lientery (oleander, Section 56, B). Inebriety (habit of being drunk). — If there does indeed exist a specific for the cure of the alcohol habit it is surely now discovered. A solution prepared from the small twigs of the Cinchona rubra shows effects almost miraculous. It is such a powerful tonic and nerve stimulant that it at once begins to take the place of the alcohol, and in a few days the patient feels a strong aversion to alcohol in every form. The time required to effect a cure is from 10 to 20 days. The solution should be taken by the teaspoonful every 3 hours for several days, that is, until the constitutional effects are apparent, then gradually diminish the dose. Hiccough. — An attack that withstood all other treatment for 19 days, was cured in 3 hours, with one dose of Quinia, 10 grains. Whooping Cough. — "Quinia squelches whooping cough as water extinguishes fire ; a child from 5 to 7 years of age should take about 2 grains, every 6 hours." Hay Fever — Rose Cold. — Here is the way to cure this troublesome affection, no matter of how long standing : — Prepare a solution of Sulphate of Quinia 1 part to 750 parts water, lie down upon the back, and having dipped a small camel-hair brush into the solution, apply it to the inside of the nostrils, moving the head about gently, so as to make sure that the solution reaches all parts of the nostril, and is 219 SECTION 120. — QUINIA. felt in the throat ; relief is experienced immediately. Three applications a day, when there is threatening of return of the trouble, will be sufficient to prevent it. Diarrhoea with or without pain — Lientery. — " Nine- tenths of all ordinary cases of diarrhoea, may be cured with Compound tincture of Cinchona 2 parts, and Tincture of Opium i part, mixed. Adult, take 5 drops every hour or two." Labor speedy and safe — no flooding after it. — Let the lady take 9 grains of Quinia, as soon as labor fairly sets in (gelatin coated pills act speedily) ; this renders labor strong and vigorous, often obviates the use of instruments, and prevents after-flooding. Formation of Gall-stones prevented. — Take one par- vule of Quinia, 3 times a day for a month, then twice a day for a month, and lastly once a day for a month ; this is a verified preventive. Ague. — (Cured at cost of a dime.) — Get a stick of Chi- noidine, and cut off a piece of the size of a pea, rub down the sharp edges between your thumb and finger, and put it on the tongue, and take a swallow of water ; it will have no taste unless you chew it ; adult, take one of these pills every 3 hours until the chills are arrested; then take one 3 times a day for 6 days, and wait 4 days ; then take one twice a day for 6 days, and wait 5 days ; lastly take one every day for 6 days and no more. This is equally as good as quinine. An- other way, make a saturated ethereal solution of Chinoidine, and adult take 10 drops every 3 hours, until the fever is vanquished ; then chase it with a dose every night for a fortnight. Grade dose according to age, see Section 56, B. Hyper-Pyrexia. — As an antipyretic, Quinia in control- ling doses (except in cases of inflammation of the brain) is the acknowledged leader. The new wonder in this line is Thallin (sulphate or tartrate) ; the effect of the drug in reducing temperature is perfectly marvelous; when given 220 SECTION 120. QUINIA. in 2 J^ to 3 grain doses, at intervals of 15 minutes, the aver- age fall of temperature was over 4 degrees in 2 hours. One patient who received 1 5 grains during 2 hours was threat- ened with collapse, the temperature fell 10 degrees. " Per- haps J^ to I y 2 grains per hour, until the desired result is obtained, is about the right dose for an adult." (B) Erysipelas. — " Desperate cases, when all else fails Wine of Cinchona, adult, one teaspoonful every hour. The same for Humid Gangrene, and for Puerperal and other Low fevers in the septic stage!' Diphtheritic membranes developed upon abrasions of the skin. — These may be dissolved away, by application of a strong solution of Quinia ; also by solution of sulphate of copper applied. Itching in Ano — Any Local Itching. — Rub Quinia into Vaseline until as rich as it can be made, and with this anoint the parts; it gives instant relief. Flowers of Sulphur 1 drachm, with Petroleum Mass 1 ounce, mixed; or Alum water ( I drachm to the pint, solution); or Baking soda (2 drachms to the pint, solution) applied, will allay almost any local itching.. The bitter taste of Quinia may be very much masked, by taking the dose in milk ; or perhaps still better, by enclos- ing it in a chocolate lozenge. 221 SECTION 121. RESORCIN. Specks on the Cornea. — Treated 32 cases, cured them all with Resorcin applied as a powder. Cholera Infantum. — Cured 85 per cent, of all cases with Resorcin, 1 to 3 grain doses. Catarrh of the bladder. — Cured 150 cases in succession with a 5 per cent, solution of Resorcin. Two or three in- jections cured each case. Cancer. — Epithelioma involving the facial bones with extensive infiltration of the tissues, cured completely, leav- ing nothing remaining but a white scar, by applying an ointment containing 15 parts Resorcin to 20 parts Vaseline twice a day. 222 SECTION 122. RHUS. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Rhus toxicodendron.— Eruptions, like little blisters, burning — tongue red at the tip and edges — reddish liquid stools in dysentery — ailments from a wrench or strain — ailments from getting wet when over-heated — pains worse during rest or repose, and during first motion after rest ; better by continued motion — ailments worse before a storm, especially a thunder storm (Rhodo- dendron). Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 1 to 6 minims of the Fluid ex- tract of Rhus tox. Child, see Section 56, B. Rheumatism (especially if resulting from a chill, when over-heated, or from a cold by getting wet sequent to a wrench or strain). — Rhus toxico. is the specific, even when taken in minute doses. This remedy is most especially indicated, if the sufferings are worse during bodily rest or repose, or during first motion after rest and relieved by continued motion (the exact opposite to the indications for Bryonia in rheumatism). If the indication for Rhus tox. exist, there is not a remedy in the world equal to it for rheumatism or the result of a strain or sprain ; even if it has lasted for years, Rhus will cure it in a few days. f@* " The outer part of my ankle joint was red hot and swollen ; walking was exceed- ingly painful, and had been so for two months ; when hap- pening in a doctor's office, I chanced to take into my hand a stick of Rhus venenata, and directly I felt through my hand, although I had on silk gloves, a tingling sensation, as if from a very weak electric current. I held the stick in my hand but a few moments, and directly after took my depart- ure, but scarcely had I commenced to walk, before I discov- 223 SECTION 122. RHUS. ered that my ankle was entirely free from pain ; the swelling also soon after subsided — I was cured." (A) Rhus tox., alternated with Bryonia, each given in minute doses, (Section 56, B,) every 2 or 3 hours, with good coffee as the main article of diet, constitutes about all the treatment needed in the majority of cases of Typhoid Fever. Eczema (Eruptions in general). — It is said that seventy- five per cent, of all cases of eczema may be cured with Rhus tox., in minute doses (Section 56, B) — a dose taken every 2 or 3 hours. (B) Rhus tox. is almost a specific also for Vesicular Ery- sipelas — Herpes zoster (shingles) — Skin poisoning — Prurigo — Erythema — Pemphigus — Phlyctenular Ophthalmia — Iritis — Paralysis of eye muscles. (C) Enuresis (Constant dribbling of urine). — " Rhus aro- mat, adult, 10 drops of the fluid extract, taken 4 times a day, has effected speedy cures. The same cures Catarrhal flux from the bladder!' Diabetes. — " Rhus aromat., adult, 30 drops of the Fluid extract, taken 3 times a day ; treatment continued for months if necessary — rarely fails to cure." " Pulverized seeds of Sizygium 1 ounce, put into hot water 1 pint, and when sufficiently infused, add Glycerine 1 ounce ; of this solution adult take I teaspoonful 4 times a day; in 10 days there will be no sugar in the urine." (D) Uranium nitrate, taken in minute doses (see Section 56, A) 4 times a day, is the true specific for diabetes; and next to it stands Phosphoric acid, taken in one per cent, alcoholic solution, adult, 5 drops 4 times a day. The Ura- nium nitrate is our anti-sty remedy ; if persons who are subject to styes, will take a few weeks' course of Uranium, they will find themselves exempt from the annoyance there- after. If styes have been suppressed, and stomach troubles have set in, even ulceration of the stomach and duodenum, with terrible pains, Uranium is the remedy. 224 SECTION 123. ROCK ROSE. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Cistus canadensis.— Feeling of coldness in the chest or abdomen — glands of the neck swollen, hard — soreness at the bottom point of the spine (Silica) — the act of swallowing food and drink soothes the soreness in the throat (Ignatia) — acid food or fruit, cause pain in the stomach and diarrhcea. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 10 to 20 drops of the tincture every 3 hours — Decoction or tea, strong infusion, a wine- glassful 4 times a day. Child, dose, see Section 56, B. Cistus canadensis, usually given in the form of a decoc- tion or tea (Rock rose tea) has effected some truly wonder- ful cures of Scrofula — White swelling — Hard swollen glands — Ulceration of glands — Decay of bones — Hip joint disease — Purulent inflammation of the eyes. SECTION 124. SAGE. Officinal Dose. — Adult, y 2 to 1 drachm of the Fluid Extract of Salvia. Child, see Section 56, B. Chronic Nasal Catarrh. — A case of years' standing re- ported cured by snuffing strong sage tea, from the palm of the hand, up into the nostrils until it dripped back into the throat, six times a day. Relaxed throat — Palate down. — Into 1 pint of strong sage tea, hot, put 1 drachm of powdered Alum, and y 2 tea- cupful of Honey ; use y 2 teacupful of this solution at a time as a gargle, 4 times a day. 15 225 SECTION 125. SALICYLIC ACID. Minute Dose. — Section 56, A-C-D. Ordinary Dose. — Adult 5 to 15 grains — Salicin 2 to 8 grains. Child dose, see Section 56, A. (A) Wounds. — "The most simple and safe, and therefore the best dressing ever used for a wound or amputation is Salicylic acid. Wipe the wound dry, dust it thickly with the acid, and apply the bandage ; re-dust every other day ; there will be no pain; no fetor, no inflammation, no pus formation, no fever nor headache. Use the same for a cut or abraded surface!' Naphthalin is now coming to be con- sidered invaluable as a dressing for suppurating wounds and Ulcers ; under its influence granulations rapidly appear and cicatrization speedily follows; its use causes neither pain nor irritation ; it serves well to remove false membranes and fetid odors. It has also been used internally with success in Typhoid Fever. Yellow Fever Guard. — Salicylic acid, adult 5 to 10 grains, taken daily, prevents infection of Yellow Fever ; this was thoroughly tested on board a boat, during two weeks; while lying at the wharf of an infected city. Rheumatism. — "I have the first case yet to see of Acute Rheumatism that would not yield to Salicin. Suspend 4 drachms of Salicin in 8 ounces of hot water, and adult, take 1 ounce of the solution every 3 hours, until all taken ; then prepare fresh and take y 2 ounce every 3 hours, for 48 hours; then *^ ounce 3 times a day until entirely well. Or to cure any case of rheumatism without fail : adult take one dessertspoonful of Elixir Salicylic acid Comp. every 4 hours, with a 2 grain Quinia pill each time; when improve- ment has fairly set in, take the same 3 times a day until 226 SECTION 125. — SALICYLIC ACID. entirely well. For Chronic Rheumatism take the same doses 3 times a day from the beginning of the treatment, and persevere until the cure is effected." In a case of Acute Rheumatism when the stomach re- jected the medicine, a compress saturated with a ten per cent, solution of Salicylate of Soda, was applied to the joint affected, and covered with oil-silk ; next day the pain and swelling had vanished, and power of motion was restored to the joint. Gangrene of the Lungs. — A case reported cured with Salicylic acid in minute doses (Section 56, A). Capsicum is said to do good work in such cases. Tape Worm. — A case of nine years' standing, adult, reported to have been successfully treated by taking 8 grains of Salicylic acid hourly for 4 hours, followed by a table- spoonful of castor oil. In half hour after taking the oil the worm came away entire. In the morning fasting (having taken a light supper in the evening before), take Filix Mas, ethereal extract, adult 3 drachms, followed in 2 minutes with castor oil 4 y 2 drachms : (may take a cup of coffee after the dose to remove the taste from the mouth) this is a sure remedy. 227 SECTION 126. SALT. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Chloride of Sodium,.— Greasy appearance of the skin — blisters around the mouth, especially with ague — wasted condition of the neck, espe- cially in summer complaint of children — ailments worse at 10 a.m., especially ague — aggravation of suffering from heat, and after eating — desire for salt — aversion to bread and coffee. Minute Dose. — Section 56, A. Officinal Dose. — Adult 10 to 20 grains — Emetic 1 ounce. Child, see Section 56, A. Gray Hair from fright. — A case reported of hair re- stored to its natural color, by bathing the scalp with hot salt water daily. The same encourages the growth of hair and prevents baldness. Sore Eyes. — Apply hot salt water, of strength to suit sensation, morning and evening ; sopping and bathing the ( eyes therewith and then wiping them off dry ; it has a won- derfully curative effect. Diphtheria. — Gargle with salt water, strong solution, several times a day, this greatly aids in effecting the cure ; and is said to prevent the contagion of diphtheria. Heartburn — Water-brash. — Common salt, adult y 2 tea- spoonful in a little cold water, taken as occasion may require; gives instant relief. (A) Dyspepsia. — Common table salt, adult y 2 teaspoon- ful in a glass of cold water, taken every morning before breakfast, is said to cure dyspepsia in 10 days and restore Lost taste. The same taken twice a day has cured Bron- chitis, 228 SECTION 126. — SALT. Bowel Obstruction (vomiting of food eaten days before). — Inject forcibly, with a barrel syringe, hot salt water, 3 pints at a time, repeating the injection as often as necessary. Colic. — Insert into the anus a teaspoonful of salt ; the same treatment with larger quantity of salt cures colic of cattle. (B) Seat Worms. — Inject into the bowel at bedtime, 3 nights in succession, half a teacupful of salt water, luke- warm ; this kills the worms. When children have spells of choking caused by worms rising in the throat, give them a drink of salt water; or let them smell spirits of turpentine; or suspend around the neck a string saturated with turpen- tine. (C) Ague. — A case reported cured by putting fine salt in the shoes and keeping it there for several weeks. We may stave off an ague by taking a teaspoonful of salt just before the chill. Steep a dozen peach leaves in a pint of hot water, and when the tea is cold, adult take 1 tablespoonful 4 times a day ; it will cleanse the system of Malaria even in chronic cases ; may have to take the decoction for 3 weeks. It is said that half a dozen peach pit kernels, cracked and dropped into a cask of turbid water will clarify it in a couple of hours. Drowning (apparent death). — Strip and rub the patient all over with fine salt thoroughly, especially over the chest, temples and joints ; or pack the person naked in salt, all but the face. This treatment restored a patient to conscious- ness after being under water for an hour. A dog after being two hours under water was restored to life by being packed in salt. A new and very superior method of resusci- tating the drowned, is to place the patient on the back, upon a board, or small ladder, across a suitable support, and See Saw the person ; by now lifting the head and then the feet, high up: at a speed about that with which we draw a breath ; persevere for an hour. 229 SECTION 126. SALT. Bee Sting — Spider Bite. — Apply salt and soda mixed in equal parts ; it affords instant relief. Suppurating Wounds — (profuse discharge). — Apply strong salt water solution freely — this will prove a success, Ulcer. — Bathe with a weak solution of salt in hot water, 3 evenings in succession, 20 minutes at a time ; then wait 3 evenings, and bathe again, and so continue the course, until the cure is effected ; use an oil-cloth covering : no salve. Felon. — Roast some common salt on a hot stove until dry as you can make it, and then to a teaspoonful of this, add a teaspoonful of pulverized Castile soap, and a teaspoon- ful of Venice turpentine; mix them well together, and apply the mixture to the felon, renewing the application twice a day. In four or five days it will be open to the bottom ; or if it had been previously opened, the applica- tion will arrest the gathering at once — the pain will abate in eight hours, and in three days it will be well. This is the best treatment for a felon ever yet devised. Corns. — Rub up some fine salt with beef tallow, pare away the hard part of the corn, and apply the mixture every night ; in a week, no corn. Fistula (in neck or shoulder of a horse). — Mix salt and alcohol together, until the mixture is thick as mush, then tie the horse's head up, and pack the ulcer full, clear to the bottom, push it in with a swab, refilling it every day ; it will heal from the bottom, and be thoroughly cured. Antiseptic — Disinfectant. — Salt is the cheapest and most effectual and harmless antiseptic that we have. In solution applied or injected, it will in every case abort sup- puration and induce healthy action. A little vinegar added to a dish of salt makes a perfect disinfectant. Half an ounce of sulphuric acid, poured upon half a teacupful of salt in a suitable vessel and placed in a closed room, the salt being resaturated with the acid every half hour, will completely disinfect the room in six hours. 230 SECTION 126. — SALT. Bottles filled with brine, make first-class home-made Fire Grenades. Salt is death to bed bugs ; sprinkle their haunts with salt, and that is the end of them. Cod-Liver Oil may be rendered palatable by being salted. 23 1 SECTION 127. SANTONINE. GENERAL INDICATIONS/^r Cina.— Excessive peev- ishness — gagging, especially in the morning — boring into the nose with the finger — urine milky white after standing — desire for food soon after meals. Minute Dose. — Section 56, A-C-D. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 2 to 3 grains of santonine once a day for three days. Child, see Section 56, A or B. Santonine should be taken in oil when given for Worms. In paryules or minute doses (Section 56, A) santonine holds a masterly control over various Worm Affections — Intermit- tent fever of children — Morning cough, or cough whenever exposed to cold damp air — Gagging spells in the morning — St. Vitus' dance, caused by worms — Wetting the bed, of wormy children — Extreme Fretfulness, and Crossness of children — Leucorrhcea of little girls. One of our prominent medical writers states that his plan of treatment for worms is to give to an adult in the evening on going to bed 2 or 3 grains of santonine in a tablespoon- ful of cream ; and to a child, from 5 to 7 years of age, in the evening after a light supper, 1 grain of santonine, rubbed into sugar of milk and mixed with cream ; next morning a dose of castor oil. If one dose is not sufficient repeat it, even three times if necessary. Reported 100 cases of successful treatment, with Chenopodium anthelmint. Child, 2 to 3 years old, 3 to 8 drops of a one per cent, alcoholic solution, 3 times a day. 232 SECTION 128. SILICA. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Silicea.—A peculiar mental abstraction, marked by a propensity to toy by the hours, with pins or needles — night sweats — night spasms — coldness of the head with constant need to have it wrapped up — icy cold feet — ailments with coldness or want of vital heat — suppuration going on in the system somewhere (He- par sulp.). Minute Dose. — Section 56, A. (A) Silicea, in minute doses (like Calcium sulph.) is the true remedy for Ailments attended with pus formation — Em- pyema — Purulent discharges — Suppurative fever — Suppu- rative inflammation of bone or joint — Hip joint disease — Chronic enlargement of glands with suppuration — Broken breast — Fistula — Felon — Pustule, boil, carbuncle — Burn and scald, suppurating — Ulcerative Chilblains — Ulcers in general — Open Cancer — Blood Tumor upon the scalp of new- born infants — Hard Lumps upon the scalp — Fontanels open — Brain fag — Purulent discharges from the eyes — Inflam- mation of the lachrymal sac — Hypopyon — Cataract — Ulcer- ation on the cornea — Weak sight after diphtheria — Swelling in the ear — Thick yellow discharge from the ear — Ozaena with bone decay — Bronchorrhcea — Night sweats — Night spasms, epileptic — Hardening of tissues — Enchondroma — Induration of the tongue — Induration of the testes — Dry, hard eruptions — Small hard boils — Eczema from impure vaccine. *@- Other Tissue Salts. (B) Ferric phosphate — dose Section 56, A. The first remedy in all Congestions, Inflammations, and Inflammatory 233 SECTION 128. — TISSUE SALTS. Fevers, before effusion takes place ; parts tender and painful to pressure, and pains worse from motion — Headache, specific — Vertigo — Nose bleed — Painful Diarrhoea — Undigested stools — Vomiting of food — Suppression of urine — Stiff neck from a chill. Typhoid and Typhus Fevers: first stage (hyperaemia) Ferrum phos. ; second stage (infiltration) Po- tassium chlori; third stage (ulceration) Calcium sulph. "Thus we lay hold directly upon the process of the disease, control and cure it." (C) Potassium chlori — dose, Section 56, A. The second remedy in all inflammatory aihnents ; that is during effusion, exudation, engorgement, formation of false membrane ; tongue coated white, pains worse during rest — Diphtheria — Croup — Hoarseness — Hawking up phlegm — Bronchitis — Pneu- monia — Scarlet fever — Measles — Smallpox — Shingles — Cy- cosis — Dandru ff— Engorgement of glands — Enlarged ton- sils — Mumps — Orchitis — Encephalitis — Meningitis — Hy- drocephalus. (D) Calcium sulph — dose, Section 56, A. The third remedy in all Inflammatory ailments ; that is during suppura- tion, formation of abscess and ulceration. (E) Calcium phos — dose, Section 56, A. Anaemia — Chlorosis — Scrofula — Gouty Diathesis — Delay in teething — Open fontanels. (F) Potassium sulph — dose, Section 56, A. Ailments attended with yellow slimy tongue — Yellow scales or scabs on the skin — Yellow slimy discharges from eyes, ears, nose, chest or other parts — Assists in the process of desquamation after eruptive diseases. (G) Sodium sulph — dose, Section 56, A. Derangement of the system attended with bilious conditions ; vomiting bile, greenish tongue, bitter taste, excessive flow of urine — - CEdema — CEdematous inflammation — Dropsy, especially after scarlet fever. (H) Potassium phos — dose, Section 56, A. Ailments 234 SECTION 128. — TISSUE SALTS. of pale, sensitive, peevish persons, with brownish yellow tongue, foul taste, foul eructations, offensive breath, fetid perspiration, putrid discharges, Diarrhoea — Dysentery — Gangrenous conditions — Diphtheria — Scarlet fever — Small- pox — Brain softening — Melancholy — Insanity — Hysteria — Bleeding gums — Purpura Hemorrhagica, septic bleeding, dark thin blood — Collapse of cholera or typhoid fever, face blue — Croup in last extremity, face livid — CEdema of the lungs, livid countenance — Whooping cough, choking, with blue face — Convulsions from fright — Feeble labor pains — Menstrual irregularities of pale, feeble ladies — Weak sight after diphtheria. (I) Magnesia phos — dose, Section 56, A. All ail- ments purely nervous and spasmodic — Spasmodic Cough — Spasmodic Stricture — Spasmodic Colic — Menstrual Colic, bending double — Spasm of the glottis — Tetanus — Lockjaw — Cramp — Chorea — Brain troubles of teething with green glairy stools — Spasms of the eyelids — Squint — Seeing sparks, colors and things double — Pure Neuralgia; pains relieved by warmth and pressure. (J) Sodium phos — dose Section 36, A. All ailments with acidity, sour taste, vomit, stool — Yellow scabs — Green, slimy, catarrhal discharges. 235 SECTION 129. SILVER. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Argentum nitricum.— Mental weakness and confusion — head feels large — straining to belch, with loud and violent eructations — urine escapes involuntarily — desire for sweetmeats or for strong cheese — daily attacks of suffering soon after dinner (cedron). Minute Dose. — Section 56, A. Officinal Dose. — Adult, % to }4 grain pill, every 4 to 6 hours. Child, see Section 56, A. (A) The nitrate of silver, in officinal doses, stands in the first rank as a Nerve tonic \ controls the most violent Hys- terical mania, as in childbed ; and Convulsions during or at the beginning of labor. Whilst the system is under the influence of the nitrate of silver, Epilepsy stands aloof, even for years. It is excellent in Typhoid Fever, and very effi- cient for the Diarrhoea of Phthisis. (B) The Argentum nitricum, in minute doses, dispels weakness of mind and body ; controls Trembling of the limbs — Paralytic conditions — Paralysis of the eyelids. — Said to ward off the invasion of Consumption, by increasing the influence of oxygen in the organism, thus exchanging an earthy complexion for the freshness of youth. It relieves the oppression of Emphysema as if by unbinding a cord at the waist. Cures Clergyman's sore throat — Indigestion, when the stomach is gorged with wind, very difficult to eructate — Ulceration of the stomach with horrible pains, especially after eating — Flooding at the change of life — Incontinence of urine, dribbling constant — Wetting the bed. Purulent Ophthalmia of Infants. — Keep the eyes con- stantly cleansed, by sponging them day and night with Bo- 236 SECTION I29. — SILVER. racic acid water, 4 per cent, solution, and brush the everted lids daily with Nitrate of Silver solution in water, 1 grain to the ounce. If the cornea is affected there may be need to use Atropia solution, yi grain to the ounce of water, one drop in the eye every 3 hours. Beside the topical treatment, Argentum nitrate should be administered internally, in minute doses, 3 times a day. (C) Chronic Nasal Catarrh. — Argentum nitricum, in minute doses, taken twice a day, is the remedy that has survived as the fittest. The same for Chronic Gastric Ca- tarrh. Fissure in Ano. — Apply a solution of Nitrate of Silver, 5 or 10 grains to the ounce of water; make the application thorough, and if one application is not sufficient repeat the operation. The most obstinate case may be cured in 3 weeks by this mode of treatment. Offensive Foot Sweat. — Wash the feet thoroughly, and wipe them dry ; then apply Nitrate of Silver in solution, 40 grains to the ounce of water ; do this once a week, making the application with a sponge. 237 SECTION 130. SOAP. (A) Old Burns (that will not heal). — Apply a plaster made of Castile soap, using a little water, and heat to make the paste ; this will do the work. Soap plaster is also the thing for a Bunion. Constipation — Costive stools. — In order to move the baby's bowels, moisten a little ball of soap, size of a large pea, and insert it into the anus, well up ; directly there will be an expulsive effort of the bowel and a passage secured. For older children a ball as large as a marble. For adults, a ball as large as a hulled walnut, push it far up ; it will soon operate. (B) A ball of Aloes, of size suited to age, inserted high up into the anus, is sure death and destruction to seatworms. Liniment for Rheumatism. — Soap liniment 3 ounces, with oil of wintergreen 1 ounce, mix. Apply as often as convenient. 238 SECTION 131. SODA. GENERAL INDICATIONS for the Carbonate.— -Vio- lent continuous hawking — griping pains after eating — milk disagrees — ailments worse before a thunder storm (Rhodo- dendron) — aggravation of suffering during full moon. Minute Dose. — Natrum carb., Section 56, A. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 10 to 60 grains of the Bicar- bonate — Carbonate dry 5 to 15 grains. Child, see Section 56, A. (A) Bicarbonate of Soda (baking soda), saturated solution in water, frequently applied, banishes Eczema — Crusta Lac- tea — Itching Eruptions — Itching of piles. Applied to the head hot, it always soothes, and frequently cures Headache. A saturated solution of baking soda, in full doses, frequently repeated, is the most rapid and complete antidote to the soluble salt poisons (corrosive sublimate, acetate of lead, blue vitriol, etc.). Ophthalmia — Blepharitis. — Keep the crusts soaked off of the lids with a solution of the carbonate of soda, 10 grains to the ounce of water ; and anoint with salve, made of the yellow oxide of mercury 2 grains to the ounce of vaseline, and take internally mercury biniodide, dose, Sec- tion 56, A. Offensive Nasal Catarrh. — Reported cures by snuffing up into the nostrils a saturated solution of soda in water, 4 times a day. Acidity of the Stomach. — Baking soda in water, satu- rated solution, adult, a tablespoonful or less, taken from time to time as occasion may require ; this neutralizes the acid. Tinea Versicolor. — Wash the parts with soap suds and wipe dry ; then apply Hyposulphite of soda 1 drachm, to 239 SECTION I3I. — SODA. Rose water 1 ounce, mixed ; this treatment is specific. The same, 10 grains to the ounce of Rose water applied, dispels Pityriasis , and gives great relief in Erysipelas. (B) Bisulphate of soda in solution, 1 5 grains to the ounce of water, applied, quickly subdues Pruritus or any Local Itching. Burn or Scald. — The most approved treatment is to put ]/ 2 pound of baking soda into a quart of cold water, and with this solution saturate lint or soft cloths, and apply them to the injured part; keep them constantly wet with the solution; make no attempt to remove the dressing for several days ; when it is removed, if no suppuration has ensued, finish the treatment with Zinc ointment. If, however, pus has formed, then dust the ulcer frequently with Fuller's earth, or " Mineral earth"; if very offensive use charcoal powder, and as soon as the sore becomes healthy, finish the cure with Zinc ointment. Dropsy after Scarlet Fever. — In a suitable amount of hot water in a basin, dissolve enough baking soda to make it slippery ; with this solution sponge the patient all over, twice a day, bathing a small surface at a time, and wiping dry the parts bathed, as you proceed. In 200 cases of scar- let fever treated in this manner, not one case of dropsy oc- curred. 240 SECTION 132. STARCH. (A) Chapped Hands. — Rub them with starch powder, especially after taking them out of suds or dish water. The same applied to erysipelas allays the heat and pain. (B) Discoloration from a Bruise. — Moisten starch powder or arrow root, with cold water, and lay it on the bruised part. The same is very soothing when applied to a raw oozing surface. For the removal of a cicatrice or scar, cut it cleanly off, and dress it daily with perchloride of iron i drachm, and collodion 2 drachms, mixed ; a barely perceptible line will be the result. (C) Dysentery (very painful with excessive straining). — " Inject into the bowel from time to time as occasion re- quires boiled starch, adult, 2 ounces at a time, containing 20 drops of Laudanum, or 5 grains of Chloral hydrate. For child, adapt quantity to suit age." The same enema, greatly relieves the pain from stone lodged in the ureter. 16 241 SECTION 133. ST. JOHN'S WORT. GENERAL INDICATIONS >r Hypericum.— Ailments resulting from injuries, especially from crush and puncture wounds in the hands or feet, and from falls on the back — pains in the scars or seats of old wounds — craving for pickles and hot drinks. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, ^ to 1 drachm of the Fluid Extract — Tincture ^ to 1 drachm. Child, see Section 56, B. Hypericum, in minute doses, is the right remedy to take in case of Hurts of various kinds — Nervous disorders from falls and injuries — Nervous shock, from fright or fall — Ail- ments from falls upon the back, even of years' standing, such as cough, asthma, pain in the spine, pain in the head, men- ingitis, inability to retain the urine or stool, inability to walk. Hypericum administered in minute doses, and applied as a lotion 10 to 20 per cent, solution in water, is the best pos- sible treatment for sprains involving the nerves — Pains after amputation — Pains from wounded nerves — Neuralgia in seat of old wounds — Pains from bites of animals, or mangled wounds — Convulsions after every slight injury, as a fall or pinch of the fingers — Threatened Lockjaw from injuries received in the soles of the feet or palms of the hands, or from the prick of a pin or nail. Leucorrhcea of Little Girls (milk white, corroding). — Hypericum, in minute doses, taken before meals and on going to bed (Iodia). 242 SECTION 134. STONE ROOT. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Collinsonia.— Habitual constipation with piles, and pain in stomach and bowels. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, 2 to 15 minims of the Fluid extract — Tincture 10 to 30 drops — Fresh decoction of the root, strong, a wineglassful 3 times a day, before meals ; this is the preferable way of using it. Child, see Section 56, B. (A) Collinsonia in ordinary doses, especially in decoction of the root, is the true remedy for Constipation and the Ail- ments attendant upon constipation, especially Gastralgia, Colic, Griping pains in the bowels, Piles, Painful irregular menses, Suppression or overflow of menses — Hemorrhage from the lungs — Loss of voice — Catarrh of the chest — Ver- tigo — Loss of memory, especially of old people — Loss of appetite; first-class stomach tonic — Diarrhoea — Dysentery — Proctitis — Cholera Infantum — Cholera Morbus Piles. — The one grand specific remedy is Collinsonia, taken in ordinary doses, 4 times a day, cure in a week. Gluten suppositories are certainly excellent for Piles, especially if attended with constipation. Piles coated with common varnish, applied with a brush, soon vanish. The greatest comfort in the world for sore painful piles, is ob- tained by application of bruised leaves of the broad leaf Plantain. Gravel. — Collinsonia, in full doses, 3 times a day for a week, then twice a day for a week, lastly once a day for a week, breaks the diathesis, and establishes the cure. (B) " Boil a red beet in a quart of water, eat the beet and drink the tea in the course of three days, and you will 243 SECTION I35. — SUGAR. have no more gravel. The same is a very efficient em- menagogue" (C) " Chimaphila tincture, adult, 5 to 10 drops in a wine- glass of water, taken every 3 hours, is the remedy for gravel, bloody mucous urine , and catarrh of the bladder with mucus discharges!' SECTION 135. SUGAR. Wound Dressing. — Keep the wound completely cov- ered with pulverized sugar ; this is equal to Iodoform. Baby's Sore Mouth. — Reduce granulated sugar, by moisture, to consistence of an ointment, and with the finger rub this upon the sore surface several times a day. Diabetes. — A case reported cured by eating freely of maple sugar. Speedy Purgative. — Sugar of milk, adult, 3 teaspoonfuls in half teacup of hot milk or hot water ; taken one hour before breakfast, will move the bowels in two hours. Universal Antidote to Poison. — Sugar in water, solu- tion thick and rich as can be swallowed, fill the stomach full. If the kind of poison taken is not known, give white of egg and strong coffee with the sugar — If metallic, give white of egg and soap water with the sugar — If acid or corrosive, give chalk water, or magnesia water, with the sugar — If alkaloid, give sour milk or vinegar with the sugar. 244 SECTION 136. SULPHUR. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Sulphur.— -Unhealthy skin — itching eruptions — heat at the top of the head and soles of the feet — flushes of heat with sweat and faintness (Sepia) — feeling of exhaustion at 1 1 a.m., must eat some- thing before dinner — stooping gait — most uncomfortable when standing — better moving about slowly — aversion to being washed, dread of taking a bath. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Sulphuric acid.— Feel- ing as if trembling, yet not trembling — doing everything hur- riedly — undigested stools, watery — aversion to the smell of coffee — ailments worse in cool, wet weather — pains come on gradually, and cease suddenly. Minute Dose. — Sulphur, Section 56, A — Sulphuric acid, Section 56, B. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 1 to 3 drachms of precip. or sublim. — Stimulant dose 5 to 10 grains — Laxative dose 20 to 60 grains, best taken in milk, honey or treacle — Sulphuric acid dilute 5 to 10 minims in a wineglass of water — Sul- phurous acid 30 to 60 drops. It is claimed that any disease curable by Sulphur, may be better treated with sulphurous acid. Child dose, see Section 56, A or B. (A) Rubbing the parts affected with sulphur powder is highly beneficial for Cramps in the calves — Lumbago — Sciatica — Locomotor Ataxia — Paralysis — Rheumatism ; if the rheumatism is in the legs, then the inside of the stockings should be dusted with the powder. Sulphur dusted upon an Open Cancer, kills the cancer cells. Carrying sulphur about the person serves as a guard against the infection of cholera, and is claimed as a preven- 245 SECTION I36. — SULPHUR. tive of piles, rheumatism, colic and cramp. Burning sulphur in camp, keeps cholera and smallpox at a respectful distance. (A 2 ) Sulphurous acid in water, 1 part to 7 solution, fre- quently applied, cures Parasitic Skin Diseases — Favus and Ringworm. It also makes an excellent Dressing for wounds, gives instant relief to Wound Pain, and promotes union by first intention ; it is equally suitable for open Un- healthy Wounds, even gangrenous, and is a very suitable application for Bruises — Sprains — Chilblains and Sore Nip- ples. The same solution added to Rose water, in the pro- portion of 1 drachm to 4 ounces, constitutes an excellent gargle for Relaxed Sore Throat — Palate down — Clergyman's Sore Throat and Sore Mouth. Sulphuric acid in water, 1 part to 4, solution applied cures Pruritus. (B) Sulphur in minute doses is the true remedy for Itch- ing eruptions, and Skin affections with itching, burning after scratching — Prurigo — Pruritus. // acts powerfully upon the eye, and cures Ophthalmia, acute and chronic — Pterygion — Pannus — Hypopyon — " Ground glass cornea " — Adhesions and Opacities. Night Terrors — (case reported). — During two years every night after falling asleep, patient suddenly started up and screamed, leaped from the bed and ran about the room, like a maniac. Cured with sulphur in minute doses. Diphtheria. — " Sulphuric acid concentrated, 4 drops in a tumbler of water, adult, take all at one dose (child, see Section 56, B). Relief in 10 minutes, one dose cures." Sulphur powder blown through a tube into the throat upon the patches, is said to dissolve the pseudo-membrane and cure the disease. Diarrhoea. — Sulphuric acid dilute, in officinal doses, is one of our best remedies for diarrhoea, especially of children teething. Typhoid Fever (reported case). — Delirious stupor, tongue black. Sulphurous acid 60 drops in a tumbler of 246 SECTION I36. — SULPHUR. water : of this solution adult, took 1 teaspoonful every hour; next day the tongue was clean and mind clear. Disinfectant. — To disinfect a room, use 1 ounce of sul- phur to every cubic yard of space in the room. Have two earthen vessels, one small to set within the other ; in the larger one put some wet sand, and in the smaller one the sulphur powder, moistened with alcohol ; when ready set fire to the sulphur and keep the room closed for twenty-four hours ; remove metallic substances, or those that must re- main anoint with oil. All germs and microbes are directly destroyed by the fumes of the burning sulphur. A few drops of sulphurous acid, mixed with an equal quantity of alcohol, sprinkled in the bottom of a trunk completely dis- infects the whole contents. (C) Bromine in a bottle uncorked, allowed to stand in a closed room, during twenty-four hours, will effectually destroy all insects, and germ life therein ; it is a perfect disinfectant, and guard against infection. (D) Hay Fever — Rose Cold. — Put 10 grains of the flowers of sulphur into a cup, and moisten it with alcohol, and set it on fire, and inhale the fumes during 5 or 10 minutes at a time, 4 times a day ; this is claimed as a specific. The same for Chronic Sore Throat — Follicular Pharyngitis — Chronic Bronchitis — Chronic Catarrh— Consumption. Hgg" " During 44 years in my factory where a large quan- tity of sulphur is evaporated daily, none of the many labor- ers have ever been affected with consumption; but fre- quently persons in the beginning stage, have been cured in a few weeks. Bronchial catarrh and other bronchial affec- tions were invariably cured in a short time. Consumptive patients during the first eight or ten days, had an increase of cough and expectoration, then this aggravation ceased, and recovery was rapid." Pimples. — Dust the face with sulphur powder, every night on going to bed — reported cures. 247 SECTION 137. TANNIN. Carbuncle. — Sprinkle Tannin upon it in dry powder as long as it will dissolve ; wash this off, and apply fresh every day ; the effect is magical. Same for Sore Nipples. Ranula. — Apply a weak solution of Tannic acid. Nipples prepared. — Tannic acid 4 ounces ; Glycerine 1 drachm; and water 2 drachms; mix. Apply daily for a week or two in advance of confinement. Same for Tender Feet. Hemorrhage. — "Dissolve a 15-grain powder of Gallic acid in a little water, and toss it off at one gulp. Sure success." (A) Piles. — Tannin and Glycerine equal parts by weight: mix, and apply several times a day. Same for Sore Nip- ples; and for excoriation and abrasion from any cause. (B) Glycerine of Tannin (1 drachm of Tannin to 4 ounces of Glycerine), applied with camel-hair brush, is a very superior remedy for Nasal Catarrh ; sometimes a single application will effect a cure ; it should be applied freely without hesi- tation. It may be poured into a basin with a little water, and snuffed up the nose until it drips back into the throat. It is equally good for Catarrhal Affections of the Throat — Relaxed Sore Throat — Elongated Uvula. Swab out the throat thoroughly with the Glycerole, the patient will make a fuss for a moment, but be grateful forever after. For Dis- charge from the Ears a. few drops of the Glycerole should be poured into the ear, and retained by a plug of cotton ; a few applications will generally cure the most obstinate cases. Deafness may be cured in the same way. 248 SECTION 138. THORN-APPLE. GENERAL INDICATIONS/^ Stramonium.— Painless ailments — rapid speech — trembling limbs — feeling worse when in the dark, and alone, and immediately after sleep — staggering when walking in the dark — desire for light and company. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 2 to 4 drops of the Fluid Ex- tract — Tincture, 10 to 20 minims. Child, see Section 56, B. (A) Stramonium, in minute doses, is the right remedy for Meningitis with loquacity. Furious, immodest Delirium — Erotomania — Mania for light and company — Religious Monomania — Loss of memory — Convulsions without loss of consciousness (Nux vomi) — Stuttering, stammering speech. Asthma. — Stramonium leaves, 20 grains ; put in a pipe and smoke it, or roll the same into cigarettes and smoke them. St. Vitus' Dance. — Stramonium, minute doses ; provided Hyoscyamus, dose 56, B, first tried, should fail. Puerperal Convulsions. — " I never failed yet with stra- monium tincture, 20 drops; repeated in half an hour, if necessary." Puerperal Mania.— " Stramonium tincture, 10 drops, taken every 3 hours, soon restores calm and renews the flow of milk. The same in full doses controls Hydro- phobia." fg^T (B) Hyoscyamus — The nearest congener to stra- monium, stands as the foremost remedy for Loss of memory — Monomania — Sunstroke — Prostration from heat — Ner- 249 SECTION I38. — THORN-APPLE. vous Palpitation of the heart — Choking spells (Cocculus) — Shaking Palsy — Night Cough — Habitual Vomiting after eating — Black vomit in typhoid. For Hypodermatic Use. — The Formula — Hyoscyamia (crystals) 2 grains; Glycerine 100 minims; Aquae destil. 100 minims; Acid carbol. y z grain. Mix. Filter. Adult, 1 to 2 minims ( T ^ 7 to -fa grain in solution). This is the usual dose, but in extreme cases of Maniacal Excitement -fa to \ grain may have to be employed. Used especially for Mania, acute and chronic — Epileptic Mania — Mental Delusions — Chronic Dementia — Insomnia — Paralysis Agitans — Mercurial Trembling — Senile Trembling — Chorea — Hiccough — Pains of Locomotor Ataxia. 2SO SECTION 139. TURPENTINE. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Urine bloody, or having a smoky appearance — tongue red, glassy, smooth — abdomen bloated from gas. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 5 to 60 drops of the Oil of Turpentine — stimulant, antispasmodic, diuretic, 10 to 30 minims — Anthelmintic purgative 2 to 4 drachms — Enema 1 ounce in 15 ounces of Mucilage of Starch. Child, see Section 36, B. (A) Pain. — Into a suitable bottle put 2 tablespoonfuls of the Oil of Turpentine and 3 tablespoonfuls of Vinegar; then beat the yolk of an egg until thin, and add to it 6 tablespoonfuls of water, and stir well ; then put this into the bottle, and shake it well before using it ; cloths saturated with this mixture and applied to the seat of pain soon quell the suffering. The most perfect hypodermatic pain subduer yet dis- covered is Theine, a most powerful anodyne, quick and persistent in its influences, not at all poisonous to the higher nerve centres, like morphia and agents of that class. It relieves pain by acting from the centre toward the periphery, hence the dose should be inserted above the seat of pain, that is, between it and the spine, and in the immediate neigh- borhood of the pain. It relieves pain in five minutes, and by daily repetitions of the dose, will cure in a few days the most obstinate, long standing, painful affections. Adult, tV to \ grain. Even \ grain doses are entirely free from dangerous consequences; we have used a one per cent, watery solution 10 minims usually at a dose, with perfect satisfaction ; larger doses are required in some cases. 251 SECTION 1 39. — TURPENTINE. Anaesthesia. — The pure rectified spirits of Turpentine administered by inhalation is said to be a better and safer anaesthetic than ether or chloroform. During the inhala- tion the eyes of the patient should be protected, by suitable bandage, from the smarting fumes of the turpentine. Pains— Cramps— Spasms. — Turpentine by inhalation relieves and subdues them instanter. Flannel cloths wrung out of hot water, and saturated with oil or spirits of tur- pentine and applied, directly relieve deep-seated pain in the chest, stomach, abdomen or kidney. Diphtheria. — Oil of Turpentine (to a child 7 years old) 1 teaspoonfulin j£ teacupful of warm milk, given morning and evening, acts like a charm. Cases considered lost, patient already at death's door, reported cured, by burning in the room, near the patient, a mixture of turpentine and tar in a pan or deep dish ; the room becomes filled with the fumes, and directly the pa- tient breathes more easily, the false membranes become detached and are expectorated — in a few days recovery complete. Croup. — Turpentine on sugar, 3-drop doses every J^ hour taken ; and topical applications made to the throat and chest, by flannel cloths wrung out of hot water and saturated with the turpentine; (the applied cloths covered with dry com- presses) is considered a sovereign remedy. Whooping Cough. — A case reported cured by dropping oil of Turpentine upon the child's pillow, so that the fumes of it might be inhaled during sleep. The inhalation of common burning gas, 5 minutes at a time, 5 times a day, soon puts an end to whooping cough. Asthma. — Pour turpentine upon boiling water, contained in a bowl, and inhale the fumes ; this gives instant relief. Reported 50 cases of asthma cured in succession, with fluid extract of Jaborandi; adult, 4 drops, taken morning and noon, and 8 drops on going to bed at night. 252 SECTION I39. — TURPENTINE. Hemorrhage from the Lungs — (raising blood). — Sprinkle Turpentine upon a cloth and hold it to the mouth and nose ; the fumes inhaled will arrest the bleeding. The Oil of Turpentine taken in milk, 5 drops for an adult, taken as often as the case may require, arrests almost any hemor- rhage from internal parts; in urgent cases an adult may take 30-drop doses. Purpura Hsemorrhagica. — Case reported (child 3 years old) cured in 5 days, by taking 7 drops of turpentine every 3 hours. Consumption. — A case reported cured in 3 months by inhaling fumes of turpentine from a sponge, sprinkled there- with and held to the mouth and nose 5 minutes at a time, 5 times a day. Typhoid Fever. — " Oil of Turpentine, Gum Arabic, and Sugar ; 2 drachms of each ; mix ; and while triturating them" in the mortar, slowly add 4 ounces of cinnamon water. Of this to an adult give 1 teaspoonful every 4 hours. This is the only treatment required for typhoid fever; no matter how relaxed the bowels are, all goes well — a perfect triumph." (A 2 ) If Tympanitis should ensue, aid the treatment by injections of Turpentine in milk. Lock -J aw from a Wound. — Pour hot Oil of Turpentine into the wound, and keep it saturated therewith. (B) Bright' s Disease— Nephritis. — Turpentine, in small doses, frequently repeated, we regard as the best remedy that we have for this disease. The same for Dropsy with albuminuria — Enuresis — Bloody urine. Worms. — Turpentine, 5 to 10 drops, in milk or on sugar, taken on an empty stomach, 3 mornings in succession, is sure death to worms. Oil of Turpentine, adult, 3 teaspoon- fuls, taken in milk and combined with a little castor oil, kills Tapeworm. (C) Prolapsus Ani — (bowel down). — Replace the bowel ; 253 SECTION 1 39. — TURPENTINE. then sprinkle turpentine upon some live coals in a chamber vessel, and sit upon it. The same for Dysentery. Lumbago. — Venice Turpentine. Adult, drop doses of the tincture repeated every 20 minutes relieve the pain in 3 hours. (Lithiated Hydrangea.) Hospital Gangrene. — Oil of Turpentine. Most efficient application. Corns. — Before retiring to bed at night, bind cotton on the corn, and saturate the cotton with turpentine. Four or five applications will remove the corn. 254 SECTION 140. VERATRUM. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Veratrum Album.— Retching and violent straining to vomit — cold sweat upon the forehead — coldness from pain — desire for very cold drinks. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Veratrum Viride.— Rapid pulse with slow breathing — tongue yellow along the central line — feeling worse when rising up in bed. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Officinal Dose. — Adult 2 to 4 minims of the Fluid Extract of Veratrum album — Veratrum Viride, Fluid Ex- tract 2 to 4 minims — Tincture 2 to 8 drops. Child, see Section 56, B. (A) Veratrum Viride, adult usually 1 to 5 drops of the tinc- ture taken in water, repeated according to the requirements of the case, see Section 56, controls in a masterly manner Acute Brain Congestion — Brain Fever with threatening of Spasms — Convulsions — Chorea— Acute Insanity — Puerperal Mania and Spasms — Spasms of Meningitis, in extreme cases 15 drops maybe given at the first dose and in an hour 10 drops more, then 5 drops every 3 hours — Fever in gen- eral — Yellow fever, almost specific — Puerperal fever, 5 drops every 10 minutes until relief, then lengthen the intervals — Milk Fever — Pneumonia, cuts the disease short in a week — Pleurisy — Hemorrhage attended with nausea "unfailing" — Erysipelas, aid the internal treatment, by painting the parts affected several times a day with the tincture of Vera- trum Viride diluted — Tympanitis, attendant upon typhoid fever; adult take 10 drops of the tincture every 2 hours, until free emesis is produced, after which not a trace of the meteorism will be seen. 255 SECTION I4O. — VERATRUM. Spine Curve. — Veratrum ointment — 8 grains to the ounce of Vaseline, applied to the seat of pain and weakness gives great relief. (B) The same for Inflamed joints, from sprains or inju- ries ; and Inflamed Bunions. The veratrum ointment is a good general anti-pain unguent. 256 SECTION 141. VIBURNUM. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, ^ to 1 drachm of the Fluid Extract of Viburnum opulus — Viburnum prunifolium Fluid Extract 1 to 2 drachms. Child, see Section 56, B. Easy Labor Insured. — Begin 2 weeks in advance of time expected, and take viburnum opulus tincture, 5 drops, 3 times a day, the result is said to be an easy labor, without an after-pain. It is advertised that Viburnum Compound renders labor quick and easy, and prevents cramp and after pains. Membranous Dysmenorrhcea. — A case long standing reported cured ; with Viburnum Opulus, 3 drops, 3 times a day. Miscarriage Prevented (even after membranes rup- tured). — Viburnum prunifolium, (fluid extract) take 1 drachm every hour until the pains are assuaged, and after- ward as a guard, y 2 drachm, once or twice a day, as long as seems needful. (A) Vibernum compound taken in the same way will prevent miscarriage, and induce quiet sleep, even when opium cannot be tolerated. It is the great Lady's remedy ; every derangement of 'the female function , it is said to benefit or cure; also Neuralgia and Colic ; especially Baby's Colic and Children's Spasms — claimed to be the safest soothing medicine ever used for fretful babies. Flooding. — A case reported, patient sinking; when Viburnum Compound, 2 teaspoonfuls in a little water sweetened, was given every 10 minutes and saved the life. " For all Internal Hemorrhage it is the sheet-anchor." 17 257 SECTION 142. VINEGAR. Officinal Dose.— Adult i drachm of the Acetic acid. Child, see Section 56, B. Hypodermatic Dose. — Adult, 8 to 10 minims of Glacial Acetic Acid in solution. Employed in the treatment of Carcinoma, by injections into the tumor, and for Ununited Frac- ture, by injection between the fractured ends (Iodine used for the same). (A) Acetic acid in officinal doses, has been employed with great benefit in the treatment of Chronic Pneumonia — Consumption — Hectic Fever — Night Sweat — Hemorrhage — Anaemia — Dropsy. A case reported in which the fumes of boiling vinegar, inhaled 5 minutes at a time, 5 times a day, arrested Consumption. (B) Rubbing the spine thoroughly 3 times a day with hot vinegar, especially that part nearest the seat of ailment, is said to have effected cures of Paralysis of the limbs, and of internal organs — Incontinence of Urine — Involuntary stools — Asthma— Pains of various kinds in different parts of the body. Crusta Lactea — Milk Crust. — Cut off the hair closely, wash the scalp thoroughly with Castile soap, and apply to the scalp twice a day pure cider vinegar diluted with water 1 part to 3. Viola tricolor, (fluid extract) 3 drops, 3 times a day, effects rapid cures. " Use ichthyol soap." Nose Bleed. — Plug the nostril with cotton saturated with dilute vinegar. Nasal Polypus. — Inject into the tumor, 5 drops of Acetic acid ; in four or five days it will drop off. Influenza (recent cold in the head). — Saturate a small pledget of cotton with vinegar and insert it into one nostril loosely; and after an hour remove it, and insert one in the 258 SECTION I42. — VINEGAR. other nostril ; not so large as to obstruct the breathing — cure in two hours. Black specks in the skin of the face. — Wash the face with vinegar every night on going to bed, and in the morn- ing wash it off with sand-soap. Diseased Gums (foul, spongy). — Use dilute vinegar as a mouth wash ; this heals the gums after diphtheria. Croup.— il All that is needed to cure croup, is pure vine- gar ; give the child T / 2 teaspoonful, every J /£ hour in a little water. I have not had need to give anything else in croup for years." Hiccough. — A morsel of sugar dipped in vinegar, and placed in the mouth, stops it directly. Spinal Weakness. — Bathe the spine twice a day with vinegar and wine, equal parts, mixed. Typhoid and Typhus Fever. — " Pure vinegar, adult 5 drops on sugar, every hour or two, is often the only remedy needed ; at the same time the body should be sponged all over with dilute vinegar 3 times a day." ^ Smallpox — Varioloid. — Of all methods devised for the prevention and cure of varioloid or smallpox, none have proven equal to the vinegar treatment. As a preventive, an adult should take 2 tablespoonfuls of pure cider vinegar, or still better, raspberry vinegar, with or without a little water, one hour after breakfast, and one hour after supper, daily for 14 days; half-grown children and feeble adults may take half this quantity. During an attack of the disease, admin- ister the vinegar in the same way, and fumigate the sick room, twice daily, with vinegar evaporated from a hot shovel. Itching Nettle Rash. — Bathe with vinegar diluted with warm water. Birth Mark. — Soak cotton in strong vinegar, and apply to the naevus by compress ; this coagulates the blood in the vessels, the spot becomes hard and yellow, and is thrown off by exfoliation. 259 SECTION I42. — VINEGAR. (C) Ring- Worm. — Apply by sponge or cloth, Acetic acid (8) twice a week for 3 weeks if needful so long. Chry- sophanic acid salve 20 grains to the ounce of base ; applied daily, and at the same time the acid taken internally (dose, Section 56, A), cures many skin affections, including Ring- worm — Eczema — Herpes — Dry and Humid Eruptions, acute and chronic. Ulcer. — Pure vinegar, 10 percent, solution in water, used as a wash, 3 times a day, gives invariably good results. Burn or Scald. — Apply vinegar full strength, until the pain abates, then remove scabs with poultice and heal with zinc ointment. Warts. — Apply vinegar full strength daily — Soon gone. Corns. — Apply pure cider vinegar, or acetic acid, with camel-hair brush night and morning ; in a week no corn ; or apply bread crumbs soaked in strong vinegar every night for a week, and then you can pick them off dead. Mad Dog Bite. — "Bathe the wound with hot vinegar and wipe dry, then pour into it several drops of nitric acid ; this is an unfailing preventive of Hydrophobia." (D) Chronic Gout — Enlarged Joints. — Into a given quantity of hot vinegar put as much salt as it will dissolve, and with this solution bathe the parts affected, rubbing the lavement well in with the hands for 1 5 minutes, then dry them by the fire ; do this four times a day, until decidedly better, then twice a day for a while, and lastly once a day until the cure is complete. A case of Chronic Diarrhcea reported cured, by taking of a saturated solution of salt in vinegar, adult, 1 drachm, three times a day. 260 SECTION 143. WILD YAM. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Dioscorea. — Person subject to felons — seizures of violent pain in the bowels, sometimes suddenly shifting to the fingers or toes — some relief by walking and rubbing the seat of pain, none by bending double — hot fluid stools. Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Officinal Dose. — Adult, ^ to 1 drachm of the Fluid Extract — Tincture 20 to 60 drops. Child, see Section 56, B. Colic (screaming with pain and vomiting; the pains sometimes suddenly shifting to the extremities.) — " Diosco- rea, (fluid extract) adult, 1 teaspoonful, every 5 minutes, is the true specific. I believe it will cure any case of colic. The same by aid of hot sitz baths cured a case of Renal colic in 30 minutes." Nocturnal Emissions. — Dioscorea villosa tincture, 5 drops 3 times a day, rarely fails to cure. Sinking at the Stomach Pit — Gone feeling in the Stomach — Pyrosis. — There is no remedy equal to Dios- corea for this condition, even when the drug is taken in minute doses. 261 SECTION 144. WITCH HAZEL. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Hamamelis. —Passive bleeding, dark blood — enlarged, knotted veins — cold sweat upon the genitals — pains in the region of the groin — aver- sion to water, nausea even from the thought of drinking it (Phosphorus). Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Ordinary Dose. — Adult, ]/ 2 to 2 drachms of the Fluid Extract — Hamamelin, 1 to 5 grains. Child, Section 56, B. (A) Hamamelis, even in minute doses, is as near the spe- cific remedy as possible for Passive Hemorrhage — slow, con- stant bleeding from any part — Purpura Hemorrhagica — Nose Bleed — Bloody Urine — Vomiting of Blood — Bleeding Piles — Bleeding after the Extraction of a Tooth — Raising Blood from the lungs, coming into the mouth like a warm current — Overflow of Menses — Stupor instead of Menses — Phlebitis — Varicose Veins — Ulcers from broken veins — Leucorrhcea bloody — Very sore tender Rheumatism — In- flammation and Enlargement of the Scrotum — Cold Sweat on the Scrotum — Neuralgia of the Testes, worse at night — Inflammation of the Ovaries , intense pain in the groin region — Painful Menses — Vicarious Menstruation — Prolapsus ani, inject 20 drops of the tincture in 4 ounces of water, into the bowel after each passage. Varicose Veins. — Inject 20 minims of Hamamelis Tinc- ture behind the vein, whilst the vein is being lifted up with a fold of the skin : the only after treatment needed is rest; one injection is generally sufficient to effect a radical cure. No inflammation follows the injection. Throat Affections — (acute and chronic inflammation and ulceration — catarrhal affections of the air passages — 262 SECTION I44. — WITCH HAZEL. hoarseness — affections of the voice of public speakers). — The one grand leading remedy is Hamamelis and pure English Glycerine mixed, in the proportion of 1 part to 2, and used as a lavement, gargle or spray, as often as the case may require. Eye Affections — (ophthalmia — inflammation and ulcera- tion — purulent ophthalmia of infants — excessive lachryma- tion). — Distilled extract of Witch Hazel (or Pond's extract), diluted with water to suit the case, poured warm into the eye, as often as convenient (it causes no pain), is the most soothing and effective eye lotion that I have ever used. In purulent ophthalmia of infants, the eye must be kept constantly cleansed, and the solution poured into the open eye warm after each cleansing ; it will certainly cure. Milk Secretion Arrested (when needful in case of wean- ing). — Rub the breasts with Hamamelis unguent., 4 times a day. If it be desired to dry up the milk in one breast only, then only anoint that breast. Milk Leg. — Place the limb affected upon a cushion or pillow in a horizontal position ; let patient take Hamamelis in minute doses hourly, and have the limb bathed every 3 hours, with Pond's extract of Witch Hazel or Hamamelis tincture, mixed with Rum in equal parts, applied hot, and the limb wrapped in raw cotton and covered with oil-silk. After the acute stage has passed, bandage the leg, from toes to hip, and keep it bandaged as long as the swelling con- tinues. If pus forms, let it out ; the leg must not be used until all of the disease has disappeared. Chafing (rawness in the folds of the skin). — Bathe with Pond's extract of Witch Hazel and water, equal parts. Boil — Carbuncle. — Take Hamamelis in minute doses, and apply Hamamelis tincture in solution (20 drops in y^ teacup of water), keeping the part constantly macerated with the solution by compress. Pond's extract may be used 263 SECTION I45. — YEAST. instead of the tincture of Hamamelis. This treatment is all that can be desired. (B) Anal Affections (fissure, sore, tender piles). — Hama- melis Unguent., frequent applications soon relieves. The same for a sty. Leucorrhoea. — Pond's extract of Witch Hazel, 1 table- spoonful in a teacupful of warm water, inject into the vagina, forcing it well up, 3 times a day, this cures most obstinate cases in a few weeks. SECTION 145. YEAST. Purgative. — What aperient have we so pleasant, safe and sure as a cup of fresh yeast ? (A) In case of Bowel obstruction inject yeast by the quart. Boil-Diathesis (subject to boils, coming in crops). — Take brewer's yeast, adult, a tablespoonful, twice a day for a week ; no more boils. Colic. — Adult, take a teacupful of yeast; anon, the pain is gone. Child dose, according to age. Inflammation. — Apply upon the seat of suffering, poul- tices made of Indian meal, boiled in brewer's yeast, and saturated with laudanum ; apply them hot and renew them as often as they become cool. (B) In case of threatened mortification of the bowels; take brewer's yeast, adult, a tablespoonful every 2 hours, and apply yeast poultices upon the abdomen. 264 SECTION 146. YELLOW JESSAMINE. GENERAL INDICATIONS for Gelseminm.— dumb- ness of the tongue (Aconite) — blurred vision — feverishness with drowsiness and desire to be alone, perfectly quiet — ail- ments induced or made worse, by mental worry — feeling of need to be constantly in motion to prevent the action of the heart from ceasing — (Digitalis, exactly the reverse). Minute Dose. — Section 56, B. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 5 to 20 drops of the Fluid ex- tract — Tincture 10 to 50 drops. Child, see Section 56, B. (A) " Gelsemium, adult, 5 drops of the tincture taken every hour until vision becomes blurred ; then in abated doses and lengthened intervals, is the true remedy for Ague ; it is the grand specific; better than Quinia because it abso- lutely cures. By a 3 days' course of Gelsemium, once a month, adult, 5 drops every 5 hours, you may bid defiance to malaria." There is no better remedy than Gelsemium for Fevers in general — Convulsions — Local Spasms — Paroxysms of Choking — Vaginismus — Tetanus — Hydro- phobia, perhaps our best hope. Elecampane root, adult, 2 ounces at a dose, every third morning until 3 doses taken; (the root, being bruised and boiled in a pint of new milk down to half pint) is said to be an infallible preventive, if given before spasms have set in. Gelse- mium has been used with success for Paralysis following diphtheria, drop doses of the tincture — Paralysis of the eyelids, drop doses — Retinitis — Inability to retain the urine, constant dribbling — Delirium Tremens — Apoplexy, first remedy, to restore consciousness — Cold in the head — Sore throat, even diphtheritic — Catarrhal loss of voice — Hiccough — Renal colic, one drop of the tincture every 5 minutes — 265 SECTION I46. — YELLOW JESSAMINE. Measles, minute doses, almost specific — Night sweat, drop doses of tincture every 2 hours — Death-like goneness, and sinking at the pit of the stomach — Toothache, drop doses of the tincture every ^ hour ; also if the tooth is hollow satu- rate a pledget of cotton with the tincture and insert it into the tooth, sure relief. Noise in the ears. — Gelsemium tincture, diluted one- half with water, a few drops in the ear. Pimples. — Gelsemium tincture : take 3 drops 3 times a day for 3 weeks; reported cures. Nitric acid dilute, 5 drops in a wineglass of water, take night and morning, also bathe the face with the same diluted to suit the sensation — reported cures in six weeks. Nocturnal Emissions.— -GelsemiinJ^ grain and Lupulin 3 grains, mixed, in one powder, take a powder every night and be cured. (B) Lady's Blessing. — If labor pains are insufficient, or irregular, or the os uteri rigid, let patient take 3 drops of the tincture of Gelsemium every ]/ 2 hour; the same to arrest False pains and After pains. Drop doses of the tincture taken 3 times a day during pregnancy, obviate various ailments incident thereto. Macrotin, 10 per cent, trit., with milk sugar in 3 grain doses, taken every y 2 hour, is complete master of After pains. 266 SECTION 147. ZINC. GENERAL INDICATIONS.— Twitching of the mus- cles — knotted, varicose veins — fidgety feet — no appetite for breakfast — aversion to sweets, and to warm cooked food — ailments worse from wine. Minute Dose. — Section 56, A-D. Officinal Dose. — Adult, 1 to 2 grains of the Valerianate — Phosphate 1 to 3 grains Sulphate, emetic 15 to 20 grains. Child, see Section 56, A. Zinc val. in minute doses, has effected astonishing cures of Violent Neuralgic Headache, and various Neuralgic Affec- tions of the face and eyes. Zinc phos. in minute doses, is a valuable remedy for Mental Derangement, resulting from bodily disease — Enfee- blement of mind and body from habitual inebriation — Hys- teria, foremost remedy — Hypochondriasis — Chorea — Loco- motor Ataxia — Somnambulism — Pterygion reported cures with minute doses. (Ratanhia.) Affections of the Eyes (ophthalmia, inflammation of the eyes and lids). — Never fail to relieve with lotion made of Acetate of Zinc 2 grains ; Sulphate of Morphia 2 grains ; and water 1 ounce, mixed. A few drops of the solution poured into the eye 4 times a day. 267 SECTION 148. SUPPLEMENTARY. (C) Cicuta Virosa. — Dose, Section 56 B-C-D. General Indications. — Vertigo with reeling — jerking of the head and arms — distention of the abdomen — pains abated by thinking of them (Camphor) — morbid craving for charcoal. A prominent remedy for Mental Derangements — Mono- mania — Spasm of oesophagus — Somnambulism — Trembling action of the heart — Jerking of the arms and hands — Ver- tigo with reeling — Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Specific — Paralysis of the bladder — Mentagra. (C 2 ) Cocculus Indicus. — Dose, Section 56, B. General Indications. — Tottering head, weak neck — wind pain, taking the breath — numb limbs, going to sleep — nausea when cold, or when riding — every little thing annoys — desire for food without appetite — aversion to acids. Cures Stomach Pains occurring soon after meals — Men- strual Colic — Chlorosis — Nervous Affections — Chorea — Dysphagia — Giddy lightness of the head — Sick stomach, when cold — Paralytic weakness of legs — Paraplegia. (C 3 ) Colocynthis. — Dose, Section 56, B. General Indications. — Bowel pains with nausea — colic, forcing to bend double and press upon the seat of pain — constrictive pains, binding like a band (cactus) — jelly- like urine, fetid — ailments worse by eating and drinking — better by drinking coffee. Cures Spasmodic Colic, paroxysms every 5 to 10 minutes — Dysentery and Diarrhoea, with colic — Scaling of the skin in spots — Stiffness of joints, as if by shortening of the ten- dons — Sciatica. 268 SECTION I48, C 4 . C 5 . F. I. (Q) Condurango. — Dose, 56, B. Used for Rhagades, or deep cracks and fissures, especially about the mouth, and on the tongue — Malignant Sore Mouth — Cancer, almost specific — Gastric Cancer — Gastric Ulcer. (C 5 ) Conium Maculatum. — Dose, Section 56, B. General Indications. — Tremulous weakness — giddiness on turning in bed — interrupted flow of urine, it stops and starts — ailments worse during rest, better by walking — de- sire for salt and acid things. Adapted to the treatment of ailments resulting from bruise of gland, or shock of spine — Shaking Palsy — Para- lytic Condition of elderly people — Locomotor Ataxia — Vertigo on turning in bed — Loss of memory — Apoplexy — Asthma of old people — Induration of testis — Induration of ovaries — Hard lumps in the breasts — Cancerous In- duration of glands — Orchitis from a bruise — Enlarge- ment of the liver — Liver spots — Petechias of old people — Weakness of sight — Photophobia — Paralysis of eyelids — Cataract from injury. Jt^p 1 Hemeralopia (Evening or night blindness), may be cured in 4 or 5 days by procuring some liver of calf y sheep, goat, or ox, and placing a slice on some live coals, and holding the face over it so as to receive the fumes upon the eyes, 10 minutes at a time, twice a day. Over twenty cases in succession, reported cured in this way. (F) Fluoric Acid, also Fluoride of Calcium. — Dose, Section 56, B. — Cures Felon — Onychia — Nail Disease — Alopecia — Goitre — Varicosus — Caries — Exostosis — Decay of tooth enamel — Syphilitic Affections of throat and tongue (Condurango) — Opacity of the cornea — Specks on the cor- nea — Induration of testis — Hard knots in the breasts — Ozaena. (I) Ignatia Amara. — Dose, Section 56, B. General Indications. — Silent grief, sighing — gone, sunken feeling at the stomach — stitches in the rectum — ailments 269 SECTION I48, 1. 1 2 . worse on waking in the morning — sufferings aggravated by the slightest touch, also by the smell of tobacco, or drink of coffee — desire for acids — aversion to warm food. Suitable remedy for ailments resulting from grief or fright — Hysteria, alternate laughing and crying — Hiccough — Spasmodic Yawning — Clavus — Intercostal Neuralgia — "Gone feeling " at the stomach pit — Coldness or Numbness of the feet — Convulsions from worms, from indigestion from fright or punishment — Spasm of the glottis (choking) from fright — Twitching about the mouth — Prolapsus ani, with deep stitches in the rectum — Copious flow of pale urine. (I 2 ) Ichthyol (fish fossil oil, non-poisonous). — Ordinary dose of the salt, Ammonium-Sulpho-Ichthyolicum ; for an adult, 15 grains per day in water — Of the alcoholo-ethe- real solution (5 per cent.) 20 drops, 3 times a day — Unguent, Ichthyol and vaseline (or other base), equal parts — Wound dressing, prepared Ichthyol absorbing cotton. " By combining, when practicable, the internal and ex- ternal use of Ichthyol, we become armed with the most efficient means yet devised for the treatment of Blood and Skin Diseases — Eczema in all forms and varieties, acute and chronic — Pruritus — Prurigo — Acne Rosacea — Psoriasis — Erysipelas — Lipoma — Acute and Chronic, Articular and Muscular Rheumatism — Acute and Chronic Gout — Tume- faction of Joints — Catarrh of nose and throat (gargle) — Gastric Catarrh — Chronic Constipation — Piles — Wounds — Lesions — Infectious cuts with the dissecting knife." " In twenty-seven years' practice, having treated over sixty thousand cases, I have never seen such magical cures as those effected with Ichthyol." Chronic Eczema y 8 years' standing, ulcerated, cured in four weeks ! Goat, the excruciating pain assuaged at once, and cure effected in an incredibly short time ! Infection from the cut of a dissecting knife, immediate relief and effectual 270 SECTION 148, L. M. cure ! Lipoma removed without the knife, unprecedented results ! Lepra vanquished as by a giant's hand ! (L) Lactic Acid. — This acid when applied in solution, at first from 20 to 30, and afterward from 50 to 75 per cent. and sometimes in full strength, on cotton or sponge, to the parts affected, is said to be the best agent yet discovered with which to combat Fungous Caries — Lupus — Epithelioma — Tubercular Inflammation and Ulceration of the pharynx and larynx. (M) Moschus (musk). — Minute dose, Section 56, B. General Indications. — One cheek or one hand pale and cool, the other red and warm (Chamomile) — chewing mo- tion of the jaw during sleep — evacuation of the bowels during sleep (Arnica) — ailments worse when out doors, better indoors and moving about. (A) In minute doses Moschus is an excellent remedy for Hysteria and Nervous Palpitation of the heart. " Musk administered by rectal injections, for an adult 10 grains, with laudanum 20 drops, suspended in an ounce of mucilage of Acacia, effects marvelous results in cases of exhaustion of vital powers — Giving out of nerve centres — Extreme degree of coldness or heat — Sudden Collapse — Death-door conditions in Typhoid Fever — Adynamic Py- aemia — Delirium Tremens of chronic topers — In Hyper- pyrexia it reduces the temperature 3 degrees in 20 minutes. In no case repeat the injections until emergency demands it!' Note. — Antipyrin, adult, 15 to 20 grains, taken every 3 or 4 hours, is the lauded remedy of the day for reducing temperature, especially for the pyrexia of phthisis. " In erysipelas , if temperature is very high, 1 5 grains may be given, every hour for 3 times, then wait ; if necessary, after some hours repeat it in a stronger dose. In sunstroke, the use of Antipyrin, either hypodermically, or per rectum, or by mouth, has given excellent results. For the attendant spas- modic conditions the most certain remedy is morphia, thrown 271 SECTION I48, N. N 2 . P. under the skin. The system should be kept full of liquids ; give water by injections. In Acute Articular Rheumatism, Antipyrin, adult, 60 to 90 grains affords immediate and complete relief." (N) Naphthalin. — Dose, Section 56, A. Cures Hay Fever in a week by taking a dose every hour during the day — Whooping cough, almost specific — Chronic urethral dis- charge (acute discharge Gelsemium tincture 5 drops every 3 hours ; or Cannabis indica tinct, I drop 3 times a day). (N 2 ) Nitric Acid.— Dose, Section 56, B. General Indications. — Ulcers upon the mucous surface of any of the orifices or avenues of the body, with sticking pains as from splinters — dark urine, very strong, rank — ailments worse on waking, and by contact, touch — better when riding — desire for smoked herring and fat food — aversion to bread and meat. Suitable remedy for Nerve Debility, with weak digestion, and morbid craving for undigestible things — Ulceration upon mucous surfaces, as in mouth, throat, vagina, anus, with pricking sensation, as from splinters — Otorrhcea — Puru- lent Ophthalmia, with ulceration of the cornea — Mad dog bite (" apply the acid in full strength, immediately to the wound, this never fails to prevent hydrophobia ") — Burn produced by nitric acid, may be successfully treated by ap- plication of a dilute solution of sulphurous acid — Birth Mark, insert into the naevus the point of a needle imme- diately after dipping it into pure nitric acid, this will effect its removal, leaving but little scar — Condyloma — Node — Sycosis — Syphilis. (P) Paraldehyd. — Ordinary dose, for adult, 20 to 80 drops. Child, see Section 56, B. " This remedy lulls pain and produces refreshing sleep, without after bad effects — splendid for Insomnia following a debauch — simply invalu- able for colic, screaming spells, and sleeplessness of infants ; the result is all that can be desired ; the dose should be 272 SECTION I48, P z . R. R . S. S . S 3 . given in sweetened water, if pure it tastes somewhat like peppermint, not disagreeable. It warms the stomach and gives a delightful sense of rest." (P 2 ) Prussic Acid, also Lauro-cerasus (Laurel water). — Minute dose, Section 56, B — Ordinary dose, adult, 2 to 5 drops of the dilute acid — Laurel water ^ to 1 drachm (this is preferable to the acid in most cases). Suitable for Acute Mania — Melancholy — Nervous Palpi- tation of the heart — Whooping Cough — Spasmodic Cough, with affection of the heart — Dyspepsia, with red tongue — Gastrodinia — Cyanosis. (R) Ranunculus Bulbosa. — Dose Section 56, B. Valu- able remedy for Rheumatism of the chest — Pleurodynia — Chest Pains of Phthisis — Intercostal Neuralgia — Infra- mammary pains — Shingles — Sciatica. (R 2 ) Rosemary Oil. — Smelling of this oil relieves or dis- sipates Nervous Headache and Hysteria. It is also used in the formation of a pomade for promoting the growth of hair, and preventing the hair from falling out ; it is also said to keep the hair in curl. (S) Senega. — Minute dose Section 56, B. Officinal dose, for adult, 20 to 40 drops of the fluid extract — Tincture y 2 to 2 drachms. Child, see Section 56, B. General Indications. — Painless cough with bluish expecto- ration — weakness in the chest — dropsical condition. Suita- ble for Bronchitis of old people with oppression of breath- ing, bluish sputu, and weak chest. (5 2 ) Squilla (squills).— Minute dose Section 56, B. Offi- cinal dose for adult, 10 to 30 drops of the fluid extract — syrup y 2 to 1 drachm. Child, see Section 56, B. Used with great success for Chronic Bronchitis of feeble persons, with pipes clogged with phlegm and wheezing respiration. (5 3 ) Sticta Pulmonica. — Minute dose Section 56, B. General Indications. — Light floating sensation in the limbs, when lying down — hard racking cough, especially in 18 273 SECTION I48, S 4 . V. W. the evening and night with sleeplessness — dry, sore scabby nostrils — ailments worse at night. Very superior remedy for Hay Fever — Catarrhal Cough — Acute and Chronic Bronchitis — Acute and Chronic Nasal Catarrh — Acute muscular Rheumatism — Sick Headache, specific — Sleeplessness. " One drop of the tincture on sugar, taken on retiring to bed, insures a good night's rest." (S 4 ) Sumbul. — Ordinary dose for adult 10 to 30 minims of the tincture — Fluid extract ^ to 1 drachm. Child, see Section 56, B. This is a remedy much praised for its efficacy in the treat- ment of Delirium Tremens — Epilepsy — Nerve Disorders — Hysteria — Neuralgia ; perhaps more valuable than any other remedy for Facial Neuralgia, Sciatica, and neuralgia of the ovary — For Insomnia and Restlessness of pregnancy it stands preeminent; is also highly useful for Hypochon- driasis. (V) Valeriana. — Minute dose, Section 56, B. Officinal dose for adult 1 drachm of the fluid extract — Tincture 1 to 4 drachms. Child, see Section 56, B. General Indications. — Feeling of coldness about the head — sensation like a string hanging down the throat — fright- ened feeling when in the dark. This remedy stands in the first rank for Nervousness — Fidgets — Hysteria — Flushes of heat from the least exer- tion — Sudden Bloating of the bowels from gas — Hypochon- driasis — Copious flow of pale urine. (W) Remedies recommended in minute doses (see Section 56). — l Ambra for nervousness, sleeplessness, vertigo, pruritus vulvae. — 2 Bovista for eczema, tetter, metrorrhagia, ailments attended with sensation of enlargement of the whole head. — 3 Causticum (caustic potash) for cataract, aphony, cough attended with escape of urine, or when the expec- toration only comes up far enough to be swallowed, no power to spit it out, paralysis especially of the face or eye- 274 SECTION I48, W CONTINUED. X. lids, or of the organs of deglutition, as after diphtheria, enuresis, azoturia (senna), rheumatic arthritis. — 4 Chamomilla for violent, insufferable pains with great irritability of tem- per, affections from anger, neuralgia, earache, toothache, jaundice (C/ielidon), griping diarrhoea with green stools, bilious colic, menstrual colic, after-pains, metrorrhagia, or- chitis, ailments attendant upon teething, child exceedingly- cross, only quiet when carried, one cheek red, head damp with warm sweat, especially around the edge of the hair, more when taking food. — 5 Clematis for blepharitis, iritis, foul eruptions upon the head, eczema, ill effects of mercury, urethral stricture, orchitis, indurated swelling of the testes. — 6 Graphites for falling of the hair, inflammation of the eyelids, noise in the ears, induration of the breasts or ovaries follow- ing inflammation, scanty or delaying menses, eczema, pso- riases in palms of the hands, exudation of thin sticky fluid from raw places as in the folds of the skin and behind the ears, constipation, stools large and knotty, fissures in the anus, hydrocele. — 7 Hecla lava for bone tumors, especially of the jaw bones, and for gum-boils. — *Juglans regia (" vege- table arsenic ") for ecthyma, eczema, suffocating pains in the chest when walking, must stop frequently and rest for relief. — * Lapis albus for cancerous ulcers, and malignant growths. — 10 ' Lycopodium for acute pneumonia, with fan-like motion of the nostrils, acute articular rheumatism, enteritis of in- fants, water-brash, sour eructations, flatulence, feeling con- stantly full, as after eating too much, itching in the anus, congestion of the liver, earthy yellow complexion, gravel, lithiasis, red sand in the urine, plica polonica, intertrigo, aneurism, phthisis, chronic pneumonia with offensive ex- pectoration, chronic bronchitis with muco-purulent sputa, " Fan-like motion of the nostrils is the key-note for Lycopo in any ailment." (X) 1 Melilotus officinalis for headache, " the mere inhala- tion of the aroma from the mother tincture of sweet clover ?7§ SECTION I48, X CONTINUED. immediately arrests headache, whether nervous or conges- tive." — 2 Mentha piperita (peppermint) for dry cough, " spe- cific," cures almost any dry cough in twenty-four hours, and greatly relieves the cough of consumption. — 3 Mercury (best form for general use is the iodide) for congestion of the liver, " torpid liver," jaundice (carduus mari). Inflammation of the eye, eyelids, iris, retina, internal ear, mammary glands, liver, kidney (corrosiv.), peritoneum, joints, bones and coverings of the bones. Ulceration upon external and internal sur- faces, especially of mouth, throat, intestines, bones. Mumps, measles, scarlet fever, small-pox, intertrigo, syphilis, scrofula, paralysis agitans, earache, toothache in decayed teeth (kreos), ptyalism, vomiting milk, especially nursing babies, ailments attended with indescribable uneasiness and peevish, irritable temper. — A Mizereum for impetigo, pityriasis, ulceration, peri- ostitis, prurigo (rumex crisp), nodes and nocturnal, pains, shingles, itching of the skin at night in bed, worse by scratching, itching in the vagina, leucorrhcea with terrible irritation in the vagina. — 5 Millefolium for hemorrhage in general, especially from the bladder and lungs (acalypha). — 6 Oleander for lichen, eruptions upon the head, skin of the whole body very sensitive to friction of the clothing, becomes sore from the chafing, gnawing itching of the skin when un- dressing as from an eruption, attack of extreme debility, can not talk aloud. — 7 Oxalic acid for inflammation of the spinal cord and meninges, also of the tongue, lungs and stomach, " universal success with grain doses in gastritis," chronic throat affections, palpitation of the heart on first lying down at nights, numbness of the finger ends. — 8 Petroleum for chronic catarrh in general, (nasal, bronchial, urethral, uterine, intestinal), consumption "the true remedy," ailments attended with the sensation of a cold stone in the heart, gastric trou- bles with aversion to fat (pulsatil.) daytime diarrhoea, dysen- tery (alternate ipecac), fetid foot sweat with tender feet, fetid sweat in the armpits, unhealthy skin tending to fester. — 276 SECTION I48, X CONTINUED. Y. 1 Picric acid for boils in the ears, inflammation of the retina, and internal structure of the eye, softening of the spinal cord, profound anaemia with prostration and vomiting, ero- tomania, cold weak legs, heavy like lead, or covered with cold clammy sweat. — l0 Platina for sycosis, syphilis, excessive menstruation, ovarian affections, melancholy of women, with self-exaltation and contempt of others, " horrifying thoughts," hysterical asthma, ailments attended with putty- like stools hindering expulsion. — ll Prunus spinosa for deep- seated eye pains, and inflammation of internal structure of the eye — 12 Pulsatilla for false presentation, attest fifteen cases in succession of spontaneous version after taking a few doses. — lz Sabadilla for hay fever, "cure in a week," chronic nasal catarrh, rheumatic arthritis. — 1A Sabina for excessive flow of menses — " hemorrhagic metritis," miscarriage, pain- ful affections of the small joints, constant irritation in the vagina and rectum, ailments attended with pain extending from the sacrum through to the pubes. (Y) — * Sepia succus for displacement of the womb, pain- ful menses, vulvitis, chronic nasal catarrh, " cure two-thirds of all cases," migraine (cyclam.), ring-worm, liver spots, congestion of the liver and whole portal system, lithiasis, pink sediment in urine adhering like paint to the chamber vessel, wetting the bed in the first nap, ailments attended with sudden fainty spells. — ^Spongia for valvular affections of the heart, patient awakes suddenly at night with sense of extreme suffocation (see Section 2, sponge) — z Staphisa- gria for blepharitis, sty-diathesis, toothache in decayed teeth, sea sickness, preventive if taken before vomiting sets in (petroleum), prostatitis, spermatorrhoea, ailments attended with exceeding sensitiveness to mental and physical impres- sions (asafoetida).— 4 Stannum for hypochondriasis, bronchi- ectasis, bronchorrhcea, chronic cough with greenish sputa of sweetish taste, feeling of great weakness and emptiness in the chest, great fatigue from talking, and from going 277 SECTION I48, Y CONTINUED. W. down stairs, phthisis, marasmus, migraine, periodical neu- ralgia, pains coming on slowly, increasing gradually to a high degree, then as gradually abating, abdominal pains relieved by firm pressure, baby's colic relieved by placing the child upon its stomach, or with breast over the nurse's shoulder — worms, worm affections excellent, ailments at- tended with intolerable uneasiness and discontent. — h Stil- lingia for scrofula, syphilis, nodes and attendant pains. — 6 Tellurium for irritation of the spinal cord, otitis media with thin discharge " specific " (for thict discharge pulsatil.). — 7 Teucrium for seat worms " specific," nasal polypus, poly- uria (uranium, scilla). — 8 Verbascum for hemicrania, facial neuralgia, enuresis, there is no better remedy for " wetting the bed." (W) Excerpts. Chronic Nasal Catarrh, Ozcena. — Cleanse the nostrils with warm salt water, dry the surface with absorbent cotton, in- troduce daily into each nostril loosely a bit of cotton moist- ened with a few drops of the essential oil of turpentine, the disagreeable odor of the ozaena will almost immediately vanish, and a permanent cure of the disease be effected in a month. Earache. — Drop into the ear a few drops of cocaine, 2 per cent, solution ; this will stop the pain instantly ; if it should return after an hour or two, repeat the application. Asthenopia and Headache involving the eyes. — The fore- most remedy is onosmodium virgin, dose Section 56, B, taken three or four times a day. Headache at time of men- ses, involving the eyes, and affecting the sight with vertigo, finds its true remedy in cyclamen europ., dose Section 56, B. Cataract. — Take ammonia four times a day and apply ammonia to the temples ; persevere and see. Hawking.^-Hepstica triloba, dose Section 56, B, taken four times a day, completely breaks up a habit of hawking and cleanses the lungs of bad sputa, also cures dyspepsia. 2?8 SECTION I48, W CONTINUED. Consumption and Chronic Lung Affections. — The remedy upon which rests our hope for the future treatment of chronic organic affections of the lungs, is mutisia viciaefolia, a rem- edy that is claimed positively to cure phthisis, promptly and thoroughly. It is said that consumptives should resort to, or seek employment in lead factories, or be occupied in busi- ness where they may daily inhale the fumes of burning rosin or sulphur. Falling of the Womb. — Lappa majora, dose Section 56, B, taken four times a day, will in a short time completely restore the prolapsed uterus to its place. Sciatica. — Adult, take one drop of the tincture of apocy- num cannab., in a little water, every half hour, until pain abates, then every hour or two until the disease is van- quished. This is the remedy of first choice in all cases. Typhoid Fever (all stages and types). — Eucalyptus, minute doses (see Section 56, B), controls the high temper- ature better than any other antifebrile remedy, and conducts the case safely through from beginning to end. In case of tympanites or hemorrhage from the bowels, aid internal treatment by enemata of eucalyptol ; to 1 drachm of the oil, beaten up with the yelk of an egg, add a mixture of 1 pint each of milk and water, and throw it well up into the bowel. 279 SECTION 149. ELECTRO-MAGNETISM. (Therapeutic application.) General Rules (to be strictly adhered to, except when expressly mentioned otherwise). — Apply the positive pole lower than the negative ; that is, farther from the head. The currents are at times to be divided into two or more branches from the main ; thus applying one current to sev- eral portions of the body; this will be observed in the directions given for the treatment of quite a number of diseases. Never stop the treatment with a current reverse to that with which yon started. Abbreviations. — P stands for positive pole ; N for nega- tive pole ; Saddle, for the plate on which the patient sits. Headache, especially sick headache. — P to saddle and small of back : N to back*of neck and stomach. Delirium. — P to hands, feet and lower end of spine : N to temples and back of neck. Dropsy on the brain. — P to hands, feet and saddle : N to back of neck and both sides of the head. . Baldness, falling of the hair. — P to saddle : N (the sponge saturated with salt water) to back of neck and all over the scalp ; morning and evening. Obscure Vision ; also Nearsightedness. — P to saddle : N to back of neck, and upon the eye. Blindness.— P to saddle: N to eye. Apply 15 minutes, the reverse 5 minutes. See general rules. Weak eyes. — P to saddle: N to spine and over and about the eyes. 280 SECTION I49. — ELECTRO-MAGNETISM. Deafness. — P to saddle or back : N (with sponge pole) in the ear. After 15 minutes' application, reverse 5 minutes. See general rules. Toothache. — P to saddle, hands and feet : N to affected tooth. Stammering speech (impediment). — P to saddle, hands and feet : N to throat and spine. Diphtheria. — P to saddle, hands and feet : N to throat. Sore Throat (quinsy — ulceration). — P to saddle, hands and feet : N to throat and back of neck. After 1 5 minutes reverse 5 minutes. See general rules. Goitre. — P to saddle: N to the tumor by downward strokes, and to spine between the shoulders. Croup. — P to saddle and back of neck : N to throat and chest. Asthma. — P to breast, spine and saddle : N to hands and feet. After 15 minutes, reverse the current for 5 minutes. See general rules. Bronchitis. — P to saddle and back of neck : N to throat and chest. Whooping Cough. — P to hands, feet and saddle : N to arm pits, back of neck and over the chest! Pneumonia (lung fever). — P to saddle and small of back: N to spine between the shoulders and to the breast. After 1 5 minutes, reverse the current for 5 minutes. See general rules. Weak Lungs (threatening decline). — P to hands, feet and saddle : N to breast, arm pits and back between the shoulders. Apply 1 5 minutes, then reverse 5 minutes ; don't forget general rules. Spitting blood (hemorrhage from the lungs). — P to saddle and small of back : N to arm pits, breast, and back between shoulders. No change in current. Pleurisy and Chest pains. — P to hands, feet and saddle: N to breast and seat of pain — stroking the conductor slowly downward. 281 SECTION I49. — ELECTRO-MAGNETISM. Heart Disease. — P to saddle, hands and feet: N to breast below the heart and over the chest. Dropsy in the Chest. — P to saddle and small of back : N to back between shoulders and over the chest. Apply for 15 minutes, then reverse current for 5 minutes. See general rule B. When there is oedema, apply P to feet. Injury to the Spine. — P to lower end of spine, hands and feet : N to spine and over the back ; light current, reverse 5 minutes every quarter hour. See general rules. Curvature of the Spine. — P to saddle, hands and feet : N to front and sides of the body, once a day, an hour at a time, for five days ; until the system is fully charged. Then once a day, P to the concave side of the curvature, a few inches away from the spine ; and N on the opposite side of the curvature a few inches away. Occasionally shift P to the saddle. Dyspepsia. — P to saddle, small of back and stomach : N to back of neck and along the spine behind the chest and stomach. " Liver Complaint." — P to saddle and small of back : N to breast, stomach, sides of the body and back of neck. After 1 5 minutes, reverse current for 5 minutes. See general rules. Jaundice. — P to feet, hands and stomach : N to sides of body and to spine. Cholera; also Cholera Morbus. — P to stomach and spine behind the stomach : N to saddle. Piles ; also Fistula, Fissure and Ulcer. — P to saddle and sometimes in ano : N to spine, whole length. Diabetes (kidney and bladder diseases). — P to saddle : N over kidney region and lower abdomen. Inability to retain the Urine. — P to spine, hands and feet : N over kidney region and lower abdomen. Gravel. — P to kidney region and all over the lower ab- domen : N to saddle. Apply for 1 5 minutes ; then reverse 5 minutes. See general rules. 282 SECTION I49. — ELECTRO-MAGNETISM. Impotence. — P to saddle and small of back : N to spine whole length, and over the lower abdomen. Apply 15 minutes; then reverse current 5 minutes. See general rules. "Inward Weakness" (womb disease). — P between shoulders and over the abdomen : N to saddle. Apply 1 5 minutes; then reverse 5, and apply again as before, and so on. See general rules. Menstrual Irregularities. — P to saddle and over lower abdomen (in bad cases P per vagina) : N to small of back and sides of the body. Excessive flow of Menses (flooding). — P to navel and spine opposite : N to lower end of spine and sides of ab- domen. Threatening Miscarriage. — P to navel and spine oppo- site : N to saddle and lowest point of spine ; light current. Leucorrhcea (whites). — P to saddle (in very bad cases, P per vagina) : N to lower part of the abdomen, loins and whole length of spine. After 15 minutes' application, re- verse current for 5 minutes, then proceed as before and so on : see general rules. Cancer or tumor in the womb. — P to hands, feet and saddle : N to small of back and abdomen over region of the womb. In extreme cases apply P internally, and N to small of back and over kidney region. Cancer in the breast. — P to the tumor : N to saddle. Sore nipples, gathering breasts. — P to saddle: N to parts affected, reverse current frequently. Frost bite (Chilblain). — P to parts affected : N to saddle, hands and feet. If face or ears frosted, reverse the current. Fracture (to facilitate union, and obviate inflammation). Commence treatment on the third day after the fracture, apply once or twice a day, 30 minutes at a time : P below the seat of fracture : and N above it, close proximity as pos- sible. Reverse current every 5 minutes. 283 SECTION I49. — ELECTRO-MAGNETISM. Hip-Joint Disease.— P to the foot of the affected side: N to the affected joint. Corns and Bunions. — P to parts affected : N held in the hand: reverse the current every 10 minutes. Chafing. — P to hands and feet : N to the affected part. Poisoning of the skin. — P to hands and feet : N (sponge saturated with strong alum water) to the affected parts. Felons — Carbuncles — Boils — Bites — Bruises. — P to the part affected, or as near as possible : N to hands, feet and saddle. Erysipelas. — P to saddle and back : N to parts affected, and adjacent region. Ague. — P to hands and feet : N to spine, whole length. Apply for an hour before time of expected chill. Dumb ague, reverse the current every 10 minutes. Hay Fever. — P to saddle, small of the back, hands and feet : N to back of neck and root of nose. Reverse the current for a little while, every 1 5 minutes ; see general rules. Scarlet Fever. — P to hands and feet : N to the spine, full length. Reverse the current for a few minutes, every quar- ter hour : see general rules. Yellow Fever. — P to hands and feet, and occasionally passed all over the front of the body : N to the spine, top, bottom, and all along the whole length. Brain Fever. — P to hands, feet and saddle : N to back of neck and over the head. Typhoid Fever. — P to hands, feet and saddle : N to back of neck, and occasionally along the whole length of the body, back and front. Measles. — P to hands, feet and saddle: N to nape of neck, and over the loins. Apply for 1 5 minutes, then re- verse the current for 5 minutes, then continue as before ; see general rules. Scrofula. — P to saddle, hands and feet : N to back of neck, along the spine and upon the affected parts. After 284 SECTION I49.— ELECTRO-MAGNETISM. 15 minutes' application, reverse the current for 5 minutes, then continue as before and so on. See general rules. Rheumatism. — P to feet : N to hands ; strong current daily for several days. Then if the pain is in the extremi- ties, apply P to the parts affected ; but if the head or about the body, apply N to the seat of pain. Gout. — P to hands, feet and saddle : N to back of neck and to parts affected. Reverse the current for 5 minutes after each quarter-hour application. See general rules, B. Neuralgia. — P to saddle, hands and feet : N to back of neck, along the spine and to seat of pain. Paralysis. — P to hands and feet : N to spine, along the whole length ; strong current once a day for several days. Then P to saddle : and N to spine and part affected. Epilepsy. — P to hands and feet : N to spine. St. Vitus' Dance. — P to feet and lower end of spine : N to back of neck and held in hand. Reverse the cur- rent every 15 minutes, for a little while. See general rules. Lightning Stroke. — P to hands and feet : N to nape of neck; strong current, remit a minute or two every five min- utes; after a few such shocks, reduce the power and con- tinue constant current. Drowning. — "Patient may be restored if rescued from the water, after 20 or 30 minutes in warm weather, or after 10 or 15 minutes in cold weather." Lay patient down on right side and apply P to breast and between shoulders : N to lower end of spine and over the breast. Every 1 5 min- utes reverse current for 5 minutes, then continue as before. See general rules. Lock Jaw. — P to hands, feet and saddle : N to back of neck and under the ear. Hysteria. — P to feet and saddle : N to spine and held in hand. Reverse current for a minute or two, every 10 minutes. 285 SECTION I49. — ELECTRO-MAGNETISM. Convulsions. — P to feet and saddle : N to spine and held in hand. Sun Stroke. — P to hands, feet and saddle : N to nape of neck and along upper part of spine. After 1 5 minutes' ap- plication, reverse for 5 minutes, then return to the same. 286 GLOSSARY. Acne. Pimple. Adenitis. Inflammation of a gland. Agalactia. Lack of milk in the breasts. Albuminuria. Albumen in the urine. Alopecia. Falling of the hair. Amaurosis. Loss of sight. Amblyopia. Obscure sight. Amenorrhoea. Suppression of menses. Anaemia. Deficiency of blood. Anaesthesia. Nulled sensibility. Aneurism. Dilated artery. Angina. Sore throat. Angina pectoris. " Heart-pang." Anthrax. Malignant carbuncle. Antipyretic. Subduing fever. Antiseptic. Preventing putrefaction. Anus. End of " the seat bowel." Aphonia. Loss of voice. Aphthae. Thrush. Apoplexy. " Paralytic stroke." Arthritis. Inflammation of a joint. Asphyxia. Suspended respiration. Asthenopia. Weak sight. Asthma. Laborious breathing. Astigmatism. Defective cornea. Atheroma. Encysted tumor. Atrophy. Wasting away. Axilla. The arm-pit. Balanitis. Urethral discharge. Blear-eye. Eye obscured with mucus. Blepharitis. Inflammation of the eye- lids. Blepharo-spasm. Spasm of the eye- lids. Bright' s Disease. Disease of the kidney. Bronchitis. Inflammation of wind- pipe. Bronchocele. Enlarged thyroid gland. Bursa. Enlarged joint- sac. Cachexia. Vitiated constitution. Calculi. Lime stones. Cardiac. Of the heart. Cardialgia. Stomach-ache. Caries. Decay of a bone. Catalepsy. Motionless fit. Catamenia. The courses. Cataract. Opaque lens of the eye. Cephalalgia. Headache. Cerebro-spinal meningitis. Inflam- mation of the coverings of the brain and spine. Chlorosis. Impoverished blood. Chorea. St. Vitus' dance. Choroiditis. Inflammation of the choroid coat of the eye. Cirrhosis. Yellow liver. Clavus. Pain, as from a nail driven in. Collapse. Utter prostration of strength. Coma. Stupor. Condyloma. Fig-wort. Conjunctivitis. Inflammation of the eyelids, inside. Cornea. " The white of the eye." Crusta lactea. Scald-head. Cyanosis. Blue disease of infants. Cystitis. Inflammation of the bladder. Dementia. Unsound mind. Diabetes. Increased secretion of urine. Diaphragm. The midriff. Diplopia. Double vision. Diuresis. Excessive flow of urine. Duodenum. Short bowel leading from the stomach. Dysphagia. Difficult swallowing. Dysmenorrhoea. Painful courses. Dyspnoea. Difficult breathing. Dysuria. Difficult passing urine. Eclampsia. Ecthyma. Spasm in child- bed. Pustular eruption, 287 GLOSSARY. Eczema. Vesicular eruption. Emphysema. Air in the lung- tissue. Empyema. Pus collection in the system. Encephalitis. Inflammation of the brain. Enchondroma. Cartilage growth on bone. Endocarditis. Inflammation within the heart. Endometritis. Inflammation within the womb. Enteritis. Inflammation of the in- testines. Enuresis. " Wetting the bed." Epilepsy. Habitual convulsions. Epistaxis. Nose-bleed. Epithelioma. Skin cancer. Erotomania. Love madness. Erysipelas. Inflammatory skin dis- ease with fever. Erythema. Redness of the skin. Excrescence. An out growth. Exostosis. Bone-tumor. Favus. Scald-head. Fistula. Narrow burrowing ulcer. Ganglion. Tumor within the sheath of a tendon. Gangrene. Mortification. Gastralgia. Pain in the stomach. Gastritis. Inflammation in the stom- ach. Glaucoma. Opaque vitreous humor of the eye. Glossitis. Inflammation of the tongue. Glycosuria. Glycose in the urine. H Haematemesis. Vomiting blood. Haematuria. Passing blood with urine. Haemoptysis. Spitting blood. Hemorrhage. Loss of blood. Hemorrhoids. Piles. Hemeralopia. Night blindness. Hemicrania. One side headache. Hemiplegia. One side paralysis. Hepatic. Of the liver. Hernia. Rupture. Herpes. Tetter. Hydrocele. Scrotal dropsy. Hydrocephaloid. Brain affection, from bowel disease of children. Hydrocephalus. Dropsy on the brain. Hydrothorax. Dropsy in the chest. Hyperaemia. Capillary congestion. Hyper-pyrexia. Excessive fever heat. Hypertrophy. Enlargement. Hypochondriasis. Melancholy. Hypopyon. Pus in the eye chamber. Hysteria. Hysterics. Icterus. Jaundice. Ileus. Bowel obstruction, with deep- seated twisting pain. Imbecility. Weakness of mind. Impetigo. Moist itching tetter. Inguinal. Of the groin. Insomnia. Sleeplessness. Intertrigo. Chafing. Iritis. Inflammation of the iris. Ischuria. Painful flow of urine. Keratitis, ball. K Inflammation of the eye- Lachrymation. Excess of tears. Laryngismus Stridulus. Spasm of the larynx ; " crowing respiration." Laryngitis. Inflammation of the larynx. Lepra. Skin disease ; scaly patches. Leucorrhcea. " The whites." Leukaemia. White blood. Lichen. Itching eruption, forming crusts after scratching. Lientery. Diarrhoea, with stools of undigested food. Lithiasis. Gravel. Lochia. " The cleansings." Locomotor ataxia. Unsteady gait. Lumbago. Pain in the small of the back. Lupus. Corroding ulcer on the face. M Mammae. The female breasts. Mania. Madness. Marasmus. " Bowel consumption." 288 GLOSSARY. Mastitis. Inflammation of the breasts. Meningitis. Inflammation of the coverings of the brain. Menorrhagia. Excess of menses. Menses. The courses. Mentagra. Fungous ulcer. Meteorism. Distention of the abdo- men, drum-tight, with wind. Metritis. Inflammation of the womb. Metrorrhagia. Hemorrhage from the womb. Micturition. Act of passing urine. Migraine. One side headache. Miliaria. Fine red rash, with fever. Monomania. Insanity on one sub- ject only. Myalgia. Pain in a muscle. Myelitis. Inflammation of the spine. Myopia. Short sightedness. N Naevus. Birth-mark. Nephritis. Inflammation of the kid- ney. Neuralgia. Nerve-pain. Node. Lump on a bone. Noma. " Water-canker." Nyctalopia. Day blindness. Nymphomania. Love madness of females. O Obesity. Excessive fatness. Gulema. Dropsical swelling. Oesophagus. The Gullet (food chan- nel). Onychia. Whitlow. Ophthalmia. Inflammation of the eye. Orchitis. Scrotal inflammation. Os uteri. Mouth of the womb. Ossification. Turning to bone. Ostitis. Inflammation of bone. Otalgia. Pain in the ear. Otorrhoea. Running from the ear. Ovary. The egg-vessel. Ozaena. Ulcerative nasal catarrh. Pannus. Opaque cornea, anteriorly. Paresis. Partial paralysis. Pemphigus. Blistery eruptions. Pericarditis. Inflammation of the heart sac. Periostitis. Inflammation of the bone coverings. Peritonitis. Inflammation of the bowel coverings. Petechia. Spots like flea-bites occur- ring upon the skin during fever. Petit Mai. Epilepsy without the spasm. Pharyngitis. Inflammation of the throat. Phlebitis. Inflammation of the veins. Photophobia. Dread of light. Phrenitis. Brain fever. Phthisis. Consumption. Pityriasis. Rough, scaly patches on the skin. Pleurisy. Inflammation of the lung coverings. Pleuro-pneumonia. Pleurisy and pneumonia combined. Plica Polonica. Disease of the scalp characterized by matting of the hair. Pneumonia. Lung fever. Polyuria. Frequent passing of urine. Porrigo. Scabby scalp. Pott's Disease. Disease of the spine bones. Proctitis. Inflammation of the seat bowel. Prolapsus ani. " Falling of the bowel." Prolapsus uteri. " Falling of the womb." Prurigo. Itching eruption. Pruritus. Itching. Psoriasis. Scaly patches on the skin. Pterygion. Vascular growth coating the eyeball. Ptyalism. Salivation. Puerperal. Pertaining to child-bed. Purpura hemorrhagica. Purple spots on the skin, and oozing of blood. Pyaemia. Pus in the blood. Pyelitis. Inflammation within the kidney. Pyrexia. Fever heat. Pyrosis. Heartburn. R Rachitis. Rickets. Ranula. A lump under the tongue. Rectum. The " seat bowel." Renal. Of the kidney. 19 289 GLOSSARY. Retinitis. Inflammation of the retina. Rhagades. Cracks. Roseola. French measles. Rupia. Scabby ulcerating eruption. Sarcocele. Scrotal swelling. Sarcoma. Fleshy tumor. Satyriasis. Love madness. Scabies. The itch. Sciatica. Neuralgia in the back of the thigh. Scirrhus. Induration of tissue. Sclerotitis. Inflammation of the sclerotic membrane of the eye. Scorbutus. Scurvy. Seborrhoea. Oily or flaky skin. Septicaemia. Unhealthy blood. Inflammation in Squinting. Inability to urinate. Stomatitis. mouth. Strabismus. Strangury. Struma. Scrofula. Sycosis. Fig-wort. Syncope. Fainting. Synovitis. Inflammation within cavity of a joint. the the Tabes. " Bowel consumption." Tampon. A plug. Tenesmus. Straining down upon the bowel or bladder. Tetanus. Lockjaw. Tic Douloureux. Neuralgia in the face. Tinea. Scald-head. Tinnitus Aurium. Ringing in the ears. Tonsillitis. Quinsy. Trachoma. Granular eyelids. Traumatic. From an injury. Trichiniasis (Trichinasis). Disease from eating "measly pork." Trismus. Lockjaw. Tuberculosis. The morbid condition giving rise to tubercles. Tympanites. Distention of the abdo- men with gas ; drum-tight. U Uraemia. Poisoning of the blood by urine retained in the system. Urticaria. Nettle rash. Uterus. The womb. Uvula. The middle of the soft pal- ate, that hangs down. Vagina. The channel to the womb. Vaginismus. Spasmodic constriction of the vagina. Varicocele. Dilated condition of the scrotal veins. Varicose veins. '* Knotted veins." Variola. Smallpox. Vertigo. Giddiness. 29O REPERTORIAL INDEX. The numbers used in this index refer to sections, not to pages. The numbers enclosed in parentheses refer to sections noting the remedies, which, in minute doses, are suitable for the diseases named, although in the sections referred to, it is not so stated. Em. refers to Electro-magnetism. Sec. 149. When several remedies are recommended for the same disease, the preference for one or the other may be determined by consulting the general indications given for each. Abrasion — see Skin. Abscess — apply, 28, 31 C, 42, 83, 91, 106: take (17 A), 128 A, D — speedy to head, 8^ B — opened without pain, 3, 32, 44 — opened without the knife, 115. Acacia — I. Acidity — 128 J — see Stomach. Acne — see Face. Aconite — 2 — poisoning, 59 hypo- derm. Actaea — 21. Adenitis — see Gland. Adenoma — 32 hypoderm. iEsculus — 72. ^Ethusa — (sub.), 1. After-birth, expelled — 14, (50), 103. After-pains — 17 A, 21, 31, 49, 86, 1 19, 148 W (4),146 B — hypoderm., 107 — prevention, 141. Agalactia — see Milk. Agaricus — 27. Agnine (sub.), 66. Ague — take 7 A, 8, 11, 31, 32,38, 45, 49, 5 1 , 55, 61,70, 77 A (78), 80, 101 B (103, 117), 120 A, 126 (140 alb), 146 A — of children, 127 — hypoderm., 80, 120: apply, 14, 74, 106, 126 — cure for a penny, 69 1 3 — cure for a dime, 120 — guard against ague, 67, 69 O, 126, 146 A — Chronic, II, 74, 120 hypoderm. — from worms, 127 — with jaundice, .77 A - Air in doors purified, 35, 36, 69 J, no— ozone, no — see Disinfect- ants. Albuminuria — II, 16, 80, 96 (no), 115 F, 128 A, 139 A. Alcohol — 3 — alcoholism, habit, 44, 74 B, 103 A, 104, 120, 147 — hypo- derm., 45, 103 — surfeit, 53 S. Aletris — 4. Allium — 106. Aloes — 5. Alopecia. — see Hair. Alum — 6. Alumina — 42. Amaurosis — 10, 1 7 (84, no) — para- lytic, 103 hypoderm. — see Sight. Ambra— (sub.), 51—148 W (1). Amblyopia — (103, 127), 103 hypo- derm. — see Sight. Amenorrhcea — see Menses. Ammonia — 7. Amputation dressing — 3, 61, 91, 125 — pain prevented, 3 B, 106, 133 — see Wound. Amyl— 8. Anaemia— (10), 79, 119 B, 128 E, 142 A, 148 C 2 , 148 X (9). Anaesthesia — preparation, 107 hypo- derm. — general : 38, 59, 60, 139 — safe in labor, 38, 69 B 2 , 139 — by rapid breathing, 69 A 2 , — by gazing at a bright object, 69 A 2 — local : to the throat, 44 — to any in- ternal surface, 44 — to teeth, for extracting without pain, 59, 68 — to felon, abscess, etc., for opening without pain, 3, 32, 38, 44, 59 A, 75 — to abdomen, during labor, for nulling pain, 38 — to fissure, or ulcer in ano, 44, 77 I — painless caustic, 40 A, 50 E — anaesthetic condition of parts — see Numbness. Aneurism — 50 hypoderm. — 69 N 3, 148 W (10). 29I REPERTORIAL INDEX. Anger— 148 W (4). Angina faucium — see Throat. Angina Pectoris— 3, 8, II, 29 (49), 101 A (148 P 2 )— hypoderm. 8, 107 — best guard, 11. Aniline — (sub.), 44. Anise — (sub.), 13, 41. Anthrax — II, 32 (128 H). Antidotes — to poisons in general, 105, 131 A, 135 — to animal matter, 3, 11 (32) — to impure vaccine, 9, 11, 128 A — to vegetable poisons in general, 31 — to aconite, 59 hypo- derm. — to arsenic, 88 — to atropia or belladonna, 1 7 — to acetate of lead 131 A — to blue vitriol, 131 A — to mercury and lead in the system, 115 B — to opium or morphia, 8, 45, 75, 107 — to phosphorus, 105 (turpentine) — to nux vomica or strychnia, 37 hypoderm., 45, 103 — to veratrum, 59 hypoderm. — to snake venom in general, 3, 7, 67, 77, 113: copperhead, aconite : rattle- snake, 67, 77 — to skin poisoning, apply, 36, 57, 88, 115 : take, 122 A. — for invenomed wounds, 3, 113. Antimony — 12. Antipyretics — see Fever. Antiseptics— apply 35, 36, 37, 42, 77 J, 90, 91, 115 A, 126, 136 A: take, 11, 13, 15, 32, 120, 128 H— " vinegar stands head " — see Disin- fectants, also Fetid odor. Anus — fissure, 44, 69 R 3 , 113, 115 D, 129, 144, 148 W (6)— fistula, 69 S 3 — ulcer, 44, 113, 115 D, 128 A, 148 N 2 — prolapsus ani : apply, 25, 139, 144 A : take, 72, 76, 79 B, 92, 103 A, 103 hypoder., 148 1— itching in the anus — see Pruritus — symp- toms of the anus, under general in- dications: burning, 7, 23 — dry- ness and pricking, 72 — tingling, tickling, 100 — soreness relieved by cold water applied, 5, 42, 70 — stitches, 148 I. Aphonia — see Voice. Aphthae — see Mouth. Apis — 70. Apocynum andro — (sub.), 46. Apocynum canna — (sub.), 68. Apoplexy— 2, 8, 17 A, 39, 79 A (103-107), no, 146 A, 148 C5 — hypoderm., 50— from heat, 120 hypoderm., 138 B — during the fit, 2, 146 A — guard, 69 R 4 , 79 A. Apparent death — at birth, 69 R, 69 D 3 — from anaesthesia, 8, 69 R, 101 — from coal gas, 69 R — from convulsions, 74 — from hemorrhage, 74— how to discriminate between real and apparent death, 69 S, 69 Y, 69 A 2 , 69 O 3 — what to do in case of doubt, 69 Y — signs of approaching death, 69 O 3 — see Drowning, Frozen Condition, Lightning Stroke, Sunstroke. Appetite — symptoms under general indications : — defective, lost, 4, 7» (10), 22, 23, 53 D, M, 65, 79 A, 119 B, 134 A — no appetite for breakfast, 147 — aversion to all food, 13,46, 78: to warm food, 9, no, 140, 147, 148 I: to bread, 126, 148 N 2 : to meat, 64, 88, 148 N 2 : to fat, 35, 50, 117, 120, 148 X, (8) : to milk, 35 — milk disagrees, 88, 131 — potatoes disagree, 42 — morbid craving, as for chalk, pen- cils, etc., 42, 88, 148 N 2 : for char- coal, 148 C : for strong drink, 74 B — ravenous hunger, 68, 77 — night hunger, no — desire for food soon after meals, 77, 114, 127 : for cold food, 7, 9, no, 140, 147 : for fat, 103, 148 N 2 : for eggs, 88 carb : for herring, 1 48 N 2 : for salt, 126, 148 C 5 . Arbor vitae — 9. Argentum nit — 129. Arm-pit — see Axilla. Arnica — 10. Arsenic — n — arsenic poisoning, 88. Arthritis — see Joints Asafoetida — 13. Asclepias syria — (sub.), 46. Asclepias tuber — (sub.), 26. Asphyxia — see Apparent Death. Asthenopia— (21, 41 A, 62 A, 126) 148 Z— see Sight. Asthma— Em. 2, 7, 11, n B, 32, 43, 45, 54 ,69 IA 77, 78, 80, 87 Yerba, 101 B, 115, 138, 139, 142 B, (148 C 5 ) — hypoderm., 37, 80, 107 A — apply: 7, 77 — instant relief, 8, 139 — especially for old people, (148 C 5 )— hysterical, 148 X (10) 292 REPERTORIAL INDEX. from repelled eruption, 19, (136) — from a fall, 133 — choking with phlegm, (12, 78) — chronic 107 A, 115, 139 — fifty cures in succession, 80, 139 — not failed once in twenty- five years, 115. Asthma of Millar — 2 (17), 36, 49, 120 A, 128 1, 148 I — hypoderm., 107. Astigmatism — 70 A — see Sight. Atheroma — 69 N 3 (no). Athetosis — (103). Atrophy — (marasmus) — 11, 65, 66 B, 77 A, 79 E, 88 A, 105, 109, 110 E, (128 E), 148 Y*— diet, 53 L, M, 57 — progressive muscular, 27 A, (84, no); hypoderm., 103. Atropia — 1 7 — poisoning, 1 7 . Aurum — 64. Aversion — see Appetite. Axilla — abscess, apply : 28, 83 — take: 128 A, D — sweat, see perspira- tion. Azoturia — 148 W, (3). Baby's card — syncope at birth, 69 R, 69 D 3 — squint at birth, 10 — spasms at birth, 10 (128 D) — scalp tumor at birth (128 A, 148 F) — restless, feverish, colicky, cross, 31, 34, 47, 106, 127, worms, 141 A, 148 P, 148 W, (4)— best food, 53 L, M. Back — lame, weak, giving out, 16, 17 D, 25, 72, 103 hypoderm. — cold between the shoulders, 7. Balanitis — (9). Baldness — see Hair. Bandage — 14. Baptisia — 15. Barber's Itch— 32, (48). Barberry — 16. Barrenness — see Sterility. Beard removed from lady's face, 69 T 3 . Bed-bug, avaunt — 126. Bed-room kept pure — see Air. Bed-sore — 3, 20 B, 42, 69 A — con- taining maggots, 90. Bee sting — 10, 69 G 4 , 85, 106, 126. Belching — see Eructation. Belladonna — 17 — plaster, 17 D — poisoning, 17. Benzoic acid — 18. Benzoin — 18. Berberis — 16. Better — (symptoms under general in- dications). After eating, 21, 77, 112 — after drinking coffee, 148 C 3 — after sleeping, no. By cold water applied : 5, 42, 70 — by drinking cold water, 49, 1 10 — by eating cold food, 1 10 — by pressing upon the painful part, 24, 26, 128 I, 148 C 3 — by rubbing the parts affected, 30, 76, 143 — by thinking of the pain, 31, 148 C — by stooping, 46 — by wrapping up the head, 128 A. During motion, 16, 19, 23, 85 A, 79, 1 15 (iod.), 122, 136, 143, 148 C 5 — during rest or repose, 21, 26, 146. When warm, 11, 17, 77, (115, carb. bichro. iod.) 128 I — when warm in bed, 85 — when lying down in a dark room, 22 — when out doors, 106, 107 — when rid- ing, 148 N 2 — when swallowing, 123. Biliousness — 32, 86, 92, 128 G — diet, 53 G. Birth-mark — see Naevus. Bismuth — 20. Bites — of flies, 41, 69 B 2 — of mos- quitoes, 85 — of spiders, 126 — of snakes, 3, 7, 17 B, 67, 69 E 3 , 77, 113: hypoderm., 3, 7, 59 — of ani- mals Em. 88, 133 — of mad dogs, see Hydrophobia. Bittersweet — 19. Bitter taste — see Taste. Black snake root — 21. Black specks — see Face. Bladder — irritation, inflammation Em. 16 A (17), 18 A, 30 C, 50 A (68 indica), 70, 81, 89, 94 A (103), 121, 122 aroma — paralysis of the sphincter, 50 hypoderm. See Urine Dribbling. Blear eye — 62 (146). Bleeding (hemorrhage) attended with nausea, 78, 140 A — from the blad- der, urine bloody, 7 B (10), 16 A (17), 41, 134 C, 139 B, 144 A, 148 X (5) — from the bowel, 7 B (10), 78, no A, 144 A — from the 293 REPERTORIAL INDEX. gums (99), 128 H, 144 A — from the lungs Em., 2, 7 B (10), 29, 41, 50 hypoderm., 69 C 3 78, 87, 102 (110), 134 A, 137, 139, 142 A, 144 A, 1 48 X ( 5 ) — after exposure to cold wind, 2 — from mouth or throat after surgical operation, 38 — from the navel (6), 69 T 2 ; guard, 69 Z 3 , 79 G — from the nose, 6, 8, 10, 47, 50 hypoderm., 69 Q 3 , 69 H 4 , 71, 78, 93, 110 A, 128 B, H, 142, 144 — grasp the nose with thumb and finger, breathe only through the mouth — from piles, 2, 50 hy- poderm. (79 G), 144 A — from the stomach, bloody vomit (10), 41, 78, 137, 140 A, 144 A — from the socket, after tooth drawn, 6, 69 Z 3 , 144 A — from the womb, 6, 10, 14 A, 16 A, 24 B, 41, 50, 50 hypo- derm., 52, 65, 68, 69 M 2 , 74, 77, 78, 79, 86, 129 B, 137, 140 A, 142 C, 144 A — last extreme, 52, 74 — guard against flooding, 14, 69 M 2 (78, 120) — from a wound, 3, 6, 10, 38, 74, 79 G. Blepharitis — see Eye. Blepharospasm — see Eye. Blindness — 2, 17 A— see Sight. Blisters on the lips — 10, 126. Blistering plaster — 37, 98. Bloat — see CEdema. Blood poison — see Pyaemia. Bloodroot — 22. Blood tumor on scalp — 128 A, 148 F. Blue Flag — 23. Boil — apply Em. 10, 28, 31 C, 42, 69 S 2 (83), 106, 144 — to abort it, 31 C, 69 S 2 — take 10, 17, 128 A, D, 145 — small hard boils, 128 A — preventives, 10 (136), 145 — boils in the ears, 148 X (9). Bone — inflammation : ostitis and peri- ostitis (13, 64), no A, 114 A, 115 B (128 A, B), 148 X (3), 148 X. (4) — ulceration caries, 13, 32, 64, 88 B, 94 C, no A, 115 E 2 , 123, 128 A, D, 148 F, 148 L, 148 X (3) — nightly bone pains, 64 (114 A), 115 B, 148 X (4)— bone tumor, 2, 128 A, 148 F, 148 W( 7 ). Borax — 24. Bovista— 148 W (2). Bowel — obstruction, 52, 69 J 2 , 107, 126, 145 A: hypoderm., 17, 107, 107 A — involuntary passages, 5, 23 (107), no, 133: especially in sleep, 10 — inflammation; see En- teritis — ulceration, 148 X (3) cramp, 49, 75, 107 hypoderm., see Diarrhoea, Constipation, Colic. Brace — 25. Brain — congestion Em., 2, 11, 17 A (26, 49), 50 B, 101, 128 B, 140 A, 146 — inflammation, phrenitis, men- ingitis, 2, 10, 17 A, 26, 27, 39, 50 B, 128 B, C, 138 A, B, 140 A: hypoderm., 50, 107 — cerebro-spinal meningitis, 3, 17 A, 21, 24 A, 49, 78, 88 E sweat, (128 B, C), 140 A, 146, 148 C, 148 X (7) : hypo- derm., 50, 107 — brain fag, 45, 104, no A, 128 A: diet, 53 B — anae- mia, atrophy, paralysis of brain (no A, 147) — serous exudation upon the brain, hydrocephalus, acute, 10, 26, 39 (54), 68 (70), 69 E 2 , 80 hypoderm., 128 C: chronic, 10, n (32, 39,530), 88 A, 110 A, 115 B, 128 C — exhaustion of the brain, from diarrhoea, hy- drocephaloid, no A (147) — irrita- tion of the brain from teething (17 A), 92, 128 I, 140— shock, 101, 133: hypoderm., 8, 59, 107 hypoderm. guard — softening of the brain (no), 128 H — brain trouble from repelled eruption, or from study or grief, 49. Breasts — inflammation, threatening to gather. Apply Em., 17 D, 28, 42, 74, 114: take 17, 114, 128 B, C, 148 X (3) — suppuration, see Ab- scess — pain in the breasts when the milk flows in, 114 — induration of the breasts, hard lumps, 77 G, 128 A, 148 C 5 , 148 F, 148 W (6)— ma- lignant growths, 77 G, 148 C 5 see Cancer — shrunken breasts, 75 — preparation of the breasts before confinement, 10, 69 Q 3 , 86 — baby's breasts, swollen, hard and tender, 10 — for other particulars, see Milk. Breath foul, 35,36, 63, 115, 128 H — from eating onions, 106 — from smoking tobacco (36). Breathing — see Respiration. 294 REPERTORIAL INDEX. Bright's Disease— 11 (54), 68 (70), 74, D 2 (79, 84), 94, 115, 1-39— — diet, 53 J, 94 — indications of the disease, 69 V, 69 A 4 . Broken breasts — 128 A, D — see Breasts. Broken leg — hint, 69 P 3 . Bromal-hydrate, poisoning — 17 hypo- derm. Bromidia — (sub.), 68. Bromine — (sub.), 32, 77, 136. Bromo- Caffeine — (sub.), 45. Bromo-Chloralum — (sub.), 36. Bronchiectasis — 148 Y (4). Bronchitis — acute (always a cough) : Em., 2, 7 A (12; 26), 77 C (78), 80, 87, 105 (no, 115), 126 A, 128 B, C, 148 S 3 — stitching pains (2, 26) — hoarse cough (2, no, 115) — pipes clogged with phlegm (12, 78) — hypoderm., 80, 107 A — Chronic — Em., 6, 7 A (11), 15, 18 C, 29, 65, 66 B, 77 C, 80, 86, 87, 88 B,D (110,117, 128 C,D, 136 D, 148 S, S 2 , S 3 , 148 W (10), 148 Z : diagnostic hint, 79 F 2 — see Cough. Bronchocele — 77 D, I. Bronchorrhoea — 6 (18), 80, 128 A, 148 Y (4), hypoderm , 80. Bruise, contusion — Em., 3, 10, 74, 84, 91, 133, 136 A 2 — to remove discoloration, 132 — bruised sore feeling : under general indications, 10, 15, 21. Bryonia — 26. Bug Agaric — 27. Bunion — Em., 130 A, 140 B. Burn and scald— apply, 3, 30, 32, 35, 37 A, 44, 57, 66, 74, S3, 84, 88, 131, 142 — take, (11,30, 122, tox.) — burn from nitric acid, 148 N 2 — ulceration from a burn : apply, 35 : take, 128 A, D — very obstinate, 130 — see Ulcer. Burning pains — general indications : 2, n, 30, 122. Bursa— 18 (128 A). Bursitis— (128 A, 148 S 3 ). Cabbage — 28. Cachexia — general, 10 — see Quinia. see Mercury. Cactus — 29. Caffein — 45. Calabar bean — (sub.), 80. Calcarea — 88. Calcium phos. — (sub.), 128. Calcium sulph. — (sub.), 128. Calculi — see Liver and Kidney. Calendula — 91. Calomel — (sub.), 77. Camphor — 3 1 . Cancer — Em., 2, 9, 11, 20, 32, 36, 40, 43, 50, 63 (65), 69 L 3 , 77 A, 86, 88, 90 (no), 114 B, 115, 121, 128 A, 136 A, 148 C 4 , 148 C 5 , 148 W (9) — especially of the glands, 148 C 5 — of the tongue, 115, 148 C 4 — of the womb (9, n), 50, 57, 77 A, 115— of the stomach, 11, 20, 32, 66 B, 148 C 4 — bleeding cancer (79 G), 88, 90 (no) — pain subdued, 43, 86, 107 hypoderm. — fetor obviated, 36, 63, 90, 115 G — relapse prevented after excision, 32 — removal without the knife, 40 A, 50 E, 121— diet, 53 C. Cannabis — 68. Cantharis — 30. Capsicum — (sub.), 125. Carbolic acid — 32. Carboline — (sub.), 61. Carbo veg. — 35. Carbuncle — apply Em., 10, 28, 31, 52, 77, 84, 91, 106, 115, 137, 144 — take 10 (n, 17), 128 A, D— aborted, 31, 77, 91, 137 — opened without the knife, 115. Carcinoma — 142 hypoderm. — see Cancer. Cardiac — see Heart. Cardialgia — 103 hypoderm. — s e e Stomach. Caries — see Bone. Castor Oil — 33, rendered palatable, 69 X 2 . Catalepsy — (21), 49 (68, 128 I, 148 C). Catamenia — see Menses. Cataract — 46 (127), 128 A, 148 C 5 , 148 W (3), 148 Z. Catarrh (see Mucus) — acute nasal see Colds — chronic nasal, apply 6, 20, 24, 32, 36 A, 51, 77 K, 124, 131, 136 D, 137 B, 144, 148 Z— take 7 brom., 11 B, 13, 21, 22, 24 A, 32, 64, 65, 87, 88 A, 115 D (117, 128 A, C, D), 129, 136 D, 295 REPERTORIAL INDEX. 148 F, 148 I 2 , 148 N 2 , 148 S 3 , 148 X (8), 148 X (13), 148 Y, (1) — pharyngeal see Throat — bronchial, 7, 88 B, 115, 134, 136 D see Bronchitis — gastric (12, 19), 32, 74 D 2 (78, 103), 115 C, 129 C, 148 1 2 see Dyspepsia — catarrh of the bladder 6 (18, 19), 30, 50 A, 81 (89, 94), 121, 122 aromat., 134 C see Cystitis — guard against catarrh, 53 C. Catarrhal fever — see Fever. Catechu — (sub.), 24. Catheterism — 30 D (92). Caulophyllum — (sub.), 21, 46. Caustic, painless — 40 A, 50 E. Causticum — 148 W (3). Cedron — (sub.), 17. Celery — (celerina), 34. Cephalalgia — see Head. Cerebro-spinal meningitis — see Brain. Cerium oxal. — (sub.), 17. Chafing — see Skin. Chamomilla — 148 W (4). Change of life — 8, 21, 22, 80, 101 (136, 148 V) — flooding, 129 B. Charcoal — 35. Chelidonia — (sub.), 92. Chapped lip and hands — (5), 18 A, 66, 132. Chenopodium — (sub.), 127. Chest — diagnostic symptoms, 69 X, 3 C — chest pains in general, Em., 69 R*, 77 H, 148 R, 148 W (S): hypoderm., 37, 80 — under general indications : burning, 7 — coldness, 89 — weakness, 77, no, 148 S, 148 Y (4). Chewing motion of the jaw in sleep — 39, 148 M. Chicken-pox — 9, 12, 69 G 2 . Chilblain — apply Em., 28, 61, 66, 86 — take, 27, 128 A, C, D, 136 A 2 . Child -bed— -fever, 2, 7 A, 11, 17 A, 26, 29, 32, 103, 107, 120, 128 B, 140 A, 146 A: low grade, II, 1 20 A — preventive, 36 — m ania, 17 A, 21, 68 (128 H, 129), 138, 1 40 A: hypoderm., 37, 107, 138 B: deep gloom, 21 (128 H) — spasms (2), 17 A, 37 hypoderm., 38, 69Q (101), 128 1, H, 129A, 138, 140 A — see Labor. Children's ailments — 105 — see Baby's Card. Chill— congestive (14), 31, 88 E, sweat — sudden chill from exposure, 2 — nervous, shivers, 21 (146) — want of vital heat, 85, 117, 128 A. Chimaphil — (sub.), 134. China (cinchona) — 120. Chloral — 37 — poisoning, 103 hypo- derm. Chlorine (chlorides) — 36. Chloroform — 38 — narcosis, 38 : hy- poderm., 8, 54. Chlorosis — (n), 79 (84, 119 A), 128 E (129), 142 A, 148 C 2 . Choking— 13, 115 A, 138 B, (146 A), 148 C, C 2 — hysterical, 13 — under general indications : from food, 42, 1 1 5 — from liquids, 30 — from worms, 126 B — from phlegm (12, 78) — see Spasm. Cholera — Em., (2), n, 31, 38, 47, 48,49 (S°)» 74 (no), 136, 140— hypoderm., 37, 59 — collapse, 11, 59, 128 H : hypoderm., 8, 107 — cure with one dose, 38 — over one hundred cures in succession, 74 — guard, 31, 1 36 A. Cholerine — (78, no). Cholera Infantum — I yEth. (2), 23, 31, 45, 48 B, 63 L diet, 57, 88, 109,121, 128 B, 134 A, 135. Cholera Morbus — Em., 23, 48 B, 49, 78, 109, 134 A— hypoderm., 37, 59. Chorea — (St. Vitus' dance), Em., II, 21, 27 (49), 104, 128 I, 138 B, 140 A (147), 148 C 2 — from worms, 127 — hypoderm., 138 B. Choroiditis — 78. Christmas Rose — 39. Chromic acid — (sub.), 40. Chromium — 40. Chronic Diseases — 32, 53 M. food cure, 64, 74 — hot water cure, 1 10 B, 128 C. Chrysophanic acid — 142 D. Chyluria — 16 A. Cicatrice removed — 132 B. Cicuta — 148 C. Cimicifuga — 2 1 . Cina (santonine) — 27. Cinchona — 1 20. Cinnamon — 4 1 . Cirrhosis — 2, n (no). 296 REPERTORIAL INDEX. Cistus — 123. Citric acid — 86. Clairvoyance — (2,68), no A. Clavus— 103 A (117, 128 I), 148 1. Clay — 42. " Cleansings " — see Lochia. Clematis— 148 W (5). Clergyman's sore throat — (10, no), 129 B, 136 A 2 , 144. Climacteric ailments — see Change of Life. Climate cure — of consumption, 69 P, of malaria, 69 O — of rabies ; " none on the Pacific coast." Clover — 43. Cloves — (sub.), 47. Club-foot and other deformities pre- vented — 110C. Coca — 44,40 (sub.). Cocaine oleate — (sub.), 38. Cocculus — 148 C 2 . Coccyodinia — 38, hypoderm. Codeia — (sub.) 107. Cod-liver oil — (sub.), 66 — rendered palatable (66), 69 X 2 , 126. Coffee — 45. Colchicum — 46. Colds (coryza, influenza, acute, catarrh)— 2, 7, 11 (17), 19, 31, 53 P. 57. 73— sweat, 74, 80 B, 82, 86, 88 E sweat, 96, 106 (128 B), 142, 146 A — cold settled in the jaw after having tooth extracted, 6 A — diet guard against disposition to colds, 53 C. Coldness — (under general indica- tions), 85, 117, 128 A — from pain, 140 alba. — in spots as if touched with the point of an icicle, 27 — in- ward, 123 — in the chest, 89 — in the bowels, 115 brom. — about the head, 128 A, 148 V — of the feet see Feet. — of the back, 7 — ail- ments attended with coldness, 85, 117, 128 — cold sweat on the fore- head, 140 alb. — cold sweat on the genitals, 144. Cold water — 47. Colic— apply Em., 14, 38, 45, 74, 75 —take 1 (2), 7 (17), 23, 41, 45, 49, 74 (84), 103 B, 106, 107, 127, 1281, 134 A, 140 alb., 141 A, 143, 145, 148 C 2 , 148 C 3 , 148 P, 148 W (4), 148 Y (4) — baby's colic, I, 7, 13, 31, 34, 45, 47, 53 L food, 71, 83, 103 B, 106, 1 15 A, 128 1, 141A, 148 P, 148 W (4), 148 Y (4)— preventive of colic, 136 A: in in- fants, 13, 69 T 2 , A — bilious colic, 23, 107 (128G), 143, I48W(4) — gall-stone pain, and gravel pain see Liver and Kidney — lead colic, 6, 107 — menstrual colic, 128 I, 148 C 2 — see Menses painful. Collapse — 7, 11, 101, 107 (no A), 128 H, 148 M. Collinsonia — 1 34. Collodion — 48. Colocynth— 148 C 3 . Coloring for medical tinctures and powders — 69 A 3 . Coma — (2), 45, 75, 79 A — of infants, 92 — hypoderm., 50 — when menses should appear, 144. Complexion beautified — 18, 69 W 3 , 69 R 4 . Compound fracture — 3, 32, 84, 91, I 33> *3° A — see Wound. Concussion — 10, 133. Condurango — 148 C 4 . Condyloma — 9, 148 N 2 — see Syco- sis. Confinement — see Child-bed. Congestion — in general, 2, 14, 50, 88 E, 93, 116, 128 B, 140 A, 146 — see Organs affected. Congestive chill — see Chill. Conium — 148 C 5 . Conjunctivitis — see Eye. Consciousness, lost — see Apparent Death. Constipation — 17 (26, 42), 47, 53 M, 58, 69 L, 69 I 2 (84), 103 A (107, 109), 134, 148 W (6)— habitual, 5, 58, 74 D 2 , 92, 103 A, 134, 148 I 2 — with piles, 103 A, 134 — of infants, 33, 53 L food, 65, S3, 92, 103 A, 105, 135 — character of the stools, under general indications : dry and crumbly, 7 — dry and hard as if burnt, 26, 42 — in balls like sheep dung, 84, 107 — pain for hours before stool, 115 carb. — pur- gatives, 5, 23, S3> 63, 92, 106, 130, ^ 135, 145. Consumption, decline — Em., 11,11 B, 15, 53 M, O diet, 66 A, B, 69 P, 69 F 2 hint, 69 1 4 , 69 R 4 sleep cure 297 REPERTORIAL INDEX. 74 A, 77 L, 86, 87, 88 B, D, 94 B,C, 97.110, 115, 128 A, 129 B, 136 D. 139, 142 A, 148 L, 148 M, 148 W (10), 148 X (8), i-i8 Y (4), 148 Z, — from suppressed menses, 50, 87 — restoration in twelve weeks, 139 — climate cure, 69 P — guard, 53 C, 129. Contagion, guard — in general, 32 A, 36, 69 Z 2 , 67, 106, 1*36 C— against scarlet fever, 17, 53 N, 69 V 3 — against smallpox, 9, 115, 136, 142 — against malaria, 67, 69 O, 126, 146 A — against yellow fever, 125. Convalescence — diet, 53 T, 94 C. Convulsions — see Spasms. Copper — 49. Cornea — inflammation, 11, 62, 64 (70), 115 D, 128 A, B (144, 147)— ulceration (11) 61, 64, 115 D, 128 A, D, 136 B, 144 (H7), 148 N 2 — opacity (62, 58 sativa), 115 D, 128 A, D, 136 B, 148 F — " ground glass cornea" 136 B — specks on the cornea, 121, 128 A, D, 148 F — adhesions, 136 B. Corns — Em., 28, 126, 139, 142 — re- moved without pain, 3. Corpulence, reduced — 53 R. Coryza — see Colds. Costiveness — see Constipation. Cosmetics — 18, 69 W 3 . Cotton — 51. Cough— 7, 22, 26, 29, 32, 55, 57, 69 J3, 78, 86; 87, 97, 106, 107, 110 A (i28B,C,I), 148P 2 , 148S, 148S 2 , 148 S 3 , 148 X (2)— from suppressed menses, 50, 87 — night cough, 107, 138 B, 148 S 3 — winter cough, 7, 18 C, 97 — complete con- trol, 55, 107 — cough with every effort to speak, 21 — with escape of urine, 148 W (3) — with trem- bling (12), 1 10 A — with stitching pains (2), 26 — with tearing, split- ting pains, 106 — from relaxed pal- ate, 69 K 2 , 98 — croupy cough, 2, 7 A, 1 10 A, 115 E — -sequel of measles, 115 E — from worms, 127 — from a fall on the back, 133 — chronic cough, 7, 15, 18 C, 22, 32, 66 A, B, 77 B, 79 B, 88 A, B, no A, 148 W (10), 148 X (8), 148 Y (4), 148 Z — see Bronchitis. Courses — see Menses. Cracks — (upon lips or hands) (5), 18,66,148 c 4 . Cramps— (2, 21, 37), 38, 41, 49, 690,75 (84), 106, 107 hypoderm., 1281, 134 A, 136, 139 A, B, (141) — in the limbs at night, 69 G, 136 A — preventive, 136 A. Craving — see Appetite. Cream mead — 53 T Crocus — (sub.), 41. Cross — see Baby Card. Croup — Em., 2, 6, 7 A (12, 17), 22 (26), 32, 69 K*, 74, 77 A, C (78), 80, 110 A, 128 C,H, 139, 142— membranous, 2 sponge, 6, 7 A, C, 32, 61, 77, 80, 107 A hypoderm., 110 A, 115 (128 C,H) — last ex- tremity, face livid, 128 H — diph- theritic, 11 B, 61, 77, 82, 115 (128 C,H). Crowing respiration — see Asthma of Millar. Crusta Lactea — see Scalp. Cubeb — (sub.), 24. Cupping— 52. Cuprum — 49. Cuts — 125 — with dissecting knife 3 B, 148 I 2 — see Wounds. Cyanosis— 69 B, 148 P 2 . Cyclamen — (sub.), 34. Cystitis— 6, 16 A (17 A), 18B(i9), 30, 33, 50 A (68), 70, 81, 89, 94 B (103), 121, 122 C, 128 B, C, D,i 34 C. Damiana — (sub.), 44. Dandruff— 24, 32, 66, 88 A, 128 C. Datura poisoning — 80 hypoderm. Deafness — Em., 9, 10 (n B), 66 (77), 85, 88 A, 95, 128 A, C, 137 B — with noise in the ears (54, 120, 125). Death signs — 69 Y, 69 N 2 , 69 D 3 . Debility — in general, 44, 53 D, M, 79, 94 C, 103, 104, 1 10, 1 19 A, B, 120, 129 B, 148 N 2 , 148 X(6), 148 Y(4) — from exhausting drains, 120 A — . from heat of the weather, 26, 103, 138 B — of old age, 148 C 5 — espe- cially of ladies, 4, 34, 50, 87, 119 A, B — as if in decline, 15, 50, 77, 87, 94 C, no A — from chronic discharges, 94 C. Decay — see Bone, Teeth. 298 REPERTORIAL INDEX. Decline — see Consumption. Deformity — prevention, 1 10 C. Delirium — see Mind. Delirium Tremens — (12, 27), 45, 47, 53 A, 55, 68, 103 A, 104 A, (138 B), 146 A, 148 M, 148 S— hypoderm., 103, 107. Dementia — see Mind. Dentition — see Teething. Desires — see Appetite. Diabetes — Em., 24, 53 I, 61, 69 U, 94, 1 10 B, 122, 128A, G, 135. Diagnosis — 69 X 3 . Diaphragm — inflammation (2, 26, 128 B) — myalgia (21, 26) — spasms (29, 1281,129, 148 C). Diarrhoea — 6, 10, 11, 13, 14 band., 19, 20, 23, 31, 33, 35, 41* 48, 53 E, L, M, diet— 57, 74 A, 78, 79, 80, 86, 88 A, 92, 94 A, milk— 102 A — fainting, 105, 110 A, 112 (117), 120, 128 B, H, 134 A, 136 B, 148 X( 8) — of consump- tion, 20, 97, 1 29 A — especially of children, 11, 13, 20, 23, 35, 45, 47, 53 L, diet, 57, 79 E, 88 A, 92, 105, 110 A, E, 128 B, I, 136 B, 148 W (4) — sour stools, 1, 88 A, 128 J — with falling of the bowel, 35 J (7 2 )» 9 2 , see Anus — with vom- iting, 6, 20, 23, 48 B, 78, ^SB- see Cholera Morbus — with undi- gested stools, 79, 120, 128 B, 136 — watery stools, 11, 80 A — hot, fluid stools, 5, 11, 23, 143, 148 W (4) — black stools, 11, 79, 128 H, 138 — gray or white stools, 54, 92, 88 N — fatty stools, 105 — diarrhoea from drinking bad water, 86 — camp diarrhoea, 19, 79 E (117 A) — chronic diarrhoea, 19, 53 M, 79 E, 87, 88 A, 110 A, E, 112, 128C, 142 C. Diet for infants and invalids — 53. Digitalis — 54. Dioscorea — 143. Diphtheria — Em., 3 A, 6, 7 A, 15, 28, 32, 36, 44,49, 61, 69 R 4 , hint (70), 79, 80, 82, Q4C, 114 A, 115, 126, 128 C, H, 136, 139— developed upon the skin,49, 1 20 ( 1 25 A) — bro- mine treatment, cure in 3 days, 32. Diphtheritic croup — 11 B, 61, 77, 82, 115, 128 C,H. Diphtheritic paralysis — (103, 128, A, H) 146 A— see Paralysis. Diplopia — see Sight. Discoloration from a bruise — 69 G*, 132. Disease preventive — (67) — see Con- tagion. Disinfectants — 36, 45, 126, 136 — see Antiseptics. Dislocation of hip — 69 P 3 . Dissecting knife cut — 3 B, 148 I 2 . Diuresis — 80 A, 110B, 128 G (139), 148 1, 148 V — see Polyuria and Diabetes. Dogwood — 55. Dose (minute and officinal) — 56. Dread — (symptoms under general in- dications) ; of crowds, 2 — of being in the dark, 2, 31, 138 — of swal- lowing liquids, 30 — 68 indica. Drinking greedily — 39. Dropsy— (2), 11, 26, 39, 45, 46, 47, 53 J, 54, 68 A, 69 E 2 , 70, 73, 80 hypoderm., 87, 88 E, 94 B, 128 G, 139 B, 142 A, 148 S, 148 S 2 — sud- den acute (2), 39, 46, 70 (139, 148 S 2 ) — especially after scarlet fever, 11, 46,68, 70, 128 G (139 B) — dropsy in the heart sac, 39, 45, 54,68,83, 128G: hypoderm., 45, 80 — in the chest, Em., 11,26, 39, 45, 54, 68, 70, 128 G, 139 : hypoderm., 80 — upon the brain, Em., 26, 39, 54, 68, 69 E 2 , 70, 80 hypoderm., 128 C — chronic upon the brain (n, 88 A, no, 115B, 1 28 C)— of the ovary (68, 70, 128 G)— of the scrotum, 47, 77 E, 85 A — dropsy with acute albuminuria, 80 hypo- derm., 139 — dropsy of old people, 94 B — see Bright's Disease. Drosera — (sub.), 15. Drowning — Em., 126. Drowsiness — symptoms under general indications, 4, 12, 15, 17, 102, 107, no, 146. Drunkenness — stupor, 2, 45, 107 — nervousness, 21, 68, 103 A, 147 — see Alcohol. Drying the breasts — see Milk. Dryness of the mouth and throat on waking — 102. Duboisia — (sub.), 17. Dulcamara — 19. 299 REPERTORIAL INDEX. Duodenum — inflammation, n, 92 (128 C) — ulceration, 11, 88 C, 115 B, 122 D (128 A, D). Dyscrasia — 10, 88 A. Dysentery — 2, 5, 10, II, 15, 17 A (19), 20 C, 23, 33,37,46,74 E, 78, 94 A, 103 (122, 128 H, 132, 134 A (136), 139 C, 148 C3, 148 N 2 ), 148 X (8)— shreddy stools, 30, 46 — reddish, watery dejections, 122 — of infants especially, 2, 17A, 23, 53 L, 78 (128 C, H, I) — chronic, 19, 79 E (128 C). Dysmenorrhea — see Menses. Dyspepsia — Em., I (n), 20, 22 (26) 35 (42), 44, 53 D, 57, 65, 66 B, 71, 74, 94 C, 102, 103 A, 109 (no), 115 C (117), 126 A, 128 B (129), 148 P 2 . Dysphagia — 115 A, 138 B, 146, 148 C, C 2 — see Choking. Dyspnoea — see Respiration. Dysuria — see Urine. Ear — earache, pain in the ear, 17, 38, 74, 105, 106, 117, 148 X (3), 148 W (4), 148 Z — internal inflamma- tion (2, 17), 74, 106, 117 A (128, B, C) — swelling, 1 28 A — boils in the ear, 148 X (9) — offensive dis- charge, 11 B, 24, 6r, 64 (65), 91, 128 A, D, F, 137 B, 148 X (3), 148 Y (6) — yellow, slimy discharge, 128 F — noise in the ears, 21, 24, 54, 120, 146, 148 W (6) — foreign substance in the ear, 69 Z — redness of the ears as if frost bitten, 27 — ear signs of longevity, 69 W. Eclampsia — see Spasm. Ecthyma — see Skin. Eczema — see Skin. Effusion — 26, 128 C — see QEdema. Egg— 57- Elaterium — (sub.), 68. Elm— 58. Emaciation — n, 77 A — see Atrophy. Emetic — 6, 78, 126, 147 — hypoderm., 107 A. Emissions — see Spermatorrhoea. Emphysema — 12, 54 A, 80 (128 H), 129 B — hypoderm., 80, 107. Empyema — 11, 32 (120, 128 A, H). Encephalitis — 128 C — see Brain. Enchondroma — 128 A. Endocarditis — see Heart. Endometritis — see Uterus. Enteritis — (2), 11, 17, 33, 92 (128 B, C, D)— of infants, 148 W (10). Enuresis — see Urine. Epilepsy — Em., 7 A, 8, n, 17, 27, 49, 53 N, 69 F*. 76 (84, 88), 93, 94 (103), 104 (no, 113, 1 15 A, 128 A, H), 129 A (138, 148 I, 14S C, 148 C 2 , 148 P 2 ), 148 S 4 — hypo- derm., 17, 107 — of infants at the breast, 39 — guard against the fit, 8, 14 — to break the fit, 69 U 2 , 77 A : lay on left side. Epistaxis — see Bleeding. Epithelioma — 69 N 4 , 148 L — hypo- derm, 32, 50. Equisetum — (sub.), 18. Ergot— 50. Erigeron — (sub.), 68. Erotomonia — 19, 30, 31, no A, 138 A, B, 148 X (9). ' Eructation — in general, 131 — food, 10, 35, 128 H — loud and violent, 129 B — bitter, 128 G — sour, 128 J, 148 W (10). Eruptions — see Skin. Erysipelas — Em. 2, 7 carb., 10, 17 A, 20 B, 30, 32, 47, 66, 69 H 3 , 70, 79 D, 80, 84, 90, 108, 120, 122 B, 131 A, 132 A, 140 A, 148 l 2 , 148 M, note — smooth red, 17 A, 70 — vesicular, 30, 122 B — cure by three applications, 30 — when all else fails, 120 — after amputation, 90 — on the scalp, 77. Erythema — see Skin. Eserine — (sub.), 27. Ether — 59. Ethyl— 60. Eucalyptus — 61. Eupatorium pur — (sub.), 68. Euphrasia — 62. Excitement of mania — hypoderm., 37,.i3?B. Excoriation — see Skin. Excrescence — 9, 148 N 2 . Exhaustion — 57, 94 C, 1 10 A, B, 148 M, 148 Y (4) — before dinner must eat (77), 136 B — from hem- orrhage, 3, 74, 120: hypoderm., 3, 120. Exostosis — see Bone. Expectoration — blue, 148 S — red, 3OO REPERTORIAL INDEX. 148 S 2 — yellow,i28F, 148 W (10) — green, 115 iod., 128 J, 148 Y (4). Exudation — 128 C — see (Edema. Eye — hints as to cause of eye affec- tions, 69V 2 , 69 H 3 — -pains in the eyes, Em., 17 A, 17 D, 21, 29 A, 61, 62, 144, 148 X (9), 148 X (n) — exceedingly painful ulcera- tion, 61, 115 D, 144, 147 — acute inflammation in general, 2, 6, 17 A, 17 D, 36, 49, 62, 69 H3, 131,144, 147, 148 X (3) — chronic inflam- mation in general, sore eyes, Em., 28, 49, 107, 115D, 126, 128 A, 136 B, 144, 147, 148 X (3) — weak eyes, Em., 126, (144) — inflamma- tion in particular : — of the choroid coat, (26, 78, 127, 146) : of the cornea, see Cornea: of the iris (9), 17 A, 27 B, 62, 115 D, 122 B, (128 B, C), 139, 148 W (5), 148 X (3) : of the sclerotic coat, 9, 128B, C: of the retina, 17 A, I28B,C (127), 146 A, 148 X (3), 148 X (9), 146 A: of the lachry- mal sac, 128 A (144, 147) : of the eye lids, apply : 6, 24, 28, 49, 131, 144,147; take: 62, 115D, 117A, 128B, C,D, 148 W (5), 148 W (6), 148 X (3), 148 Y (3): of the lining membrane of the lids, apply : 6, 24, 28, 36, 49, 144, 147; take (2, 11), 17 A, 62, 115 D, 117 A, 128 B,C — granulated lids, 49, 65 (144) — phlyctenular ophthalmia (49, 62, 115 carb.), 122 B (147) — yellow slimy discharge, 128 F — purulent ophthalmia of infants (the same for older children and adults) apply : 6, 28, 77 G, 91, 129, 144: tiUe: 115 D, 123, 128 A,D (129, 136 B, 148 N 2 ) — scrofulous oph- thalmia, 11 B, 88 A, 123 (128 E), 136 B, see Scrofula — hypopyon, 1 28 A, D, 136 B — cataract, 46, 128 A, 148 C 5 , 148 W (3), 148Z, — glaucoma, 2, 17 A, 64, 1 10 A (128 I, 148 C 3 )— Os- cillation of the eyeballs, 27 A — eyeballs rolled back, 39 — spasm of the eyelids, twitching, 27, 1 17 A, 128 1, 147, 148 C — constant blink - , ing, 62 — paralysis of the eyelids, 62, 122 B, 129 B, 146 A, 148 C 5 (148 S) — excessive flow of tears, 62, 80 A, 106, 117 A, 144— blear eye,62 (146) — sty, 77, 117, 122D (128 A, D), 148 Y (3)— bloat about the eye (11, 70), especially under the brows, 115 carb. — mote in the eye, 105. Face — diagnostic indications, 69 X, 3 B — pain in the face, faceache, 115, see Neuralgia — black pores in the skin of the face, 42, 136, 142 — hair on lady's face removed, 69 T 3 — eruptions on the face from shaving, 48 — freckles, 18, 36, 49, 57, 115 : complexion improved, 18, 69 W 3 , 69 R 4 — pimples, 5, 11, 48, 66, 69 C 4 , 88 A, B, 1 15 B, 128 A,D, 136, 146, 148 1 2 , 148 N 2 — rosa- cea, 148 I 2 — lupus, 11, 32, 48 (65),66,88C(ii5bichro.),i48L— facial paralysis, 103 hypoderm. — symptoms of the face under general indications : bloodless pallor, 7, 79 — one cheek pale the other red, 148 M — pale and bloated, 54 — blue and cold, 49, 128 H — ivory clear, no — yellow, 148 W (10). Fainting— 2, 4, 7, 8, 41, 45 B > 102: with heart distress, 115 A — from pain, 2 — from surgical operation, 101. Fall — concussion, 3, 10, 91, 74, 133, 136 A. Falling of the womb or bowel- Uterus or Anus. False labor pains — see Labor. False presentation — 148 X (12). Fatigue, faintness, 34, 4* > 57, 1 10 A, B,see Exhaustion. Fattening diet— 35, 53 Q. Fatty degeneration — no A. Favus — see Scalp. Fear, timidity — 2 (49) — in the dark, 2, 31 — afraid to walk, staggering, 138. Feet — cold, 7, 75, 104 (128 A), 148 1, 148 X (9) : cold and damp, 88 carb. — hot burning soles, 22, 57, 136 — offensive sweat, 6, 20, 24, 36,37, 88 A, 115G, 129, 148 X (8) — sore, tender, 36, 57, 88 A, 137 : from walking (10), 57 : from perspiration, 88 A (128 A) — swell- -see 94, 301 REPERTORIAL INDEX. ing oedema, 54, 70, 79 C, 85, 128 G — light feeling in feet and legs, as if floating, when in a recumbent position, 148 S 3 . Felon— Em., 3, 7, 69 O 4 , 74, 82, 126, 128 A-D — aborted, 7 — relief of pain in ten minutes, 82 — opened without pain, 3 C, 44. See Anaes- thesia — felon diathesis, 143. Fennel — (sub.), 13. Ferrum — 79. Ferrum phos. — (sub.), 128. Fetid odor — of wound, ulcer, cancer, 32, 35, 36, 63, 90, 91, 115 G, 125A, 128 H. See Disinfectants — see Breath, Feet, Perspiration. Fever — in general, 2, 7 A, 17 A, 29, 32, 53 P, 83, 128 B, 140 A, 146A— especially of infants (2, 47, 128 B, 146 A) — with alternate chills and heat, 39 — bilious fever (2, 7 A, 23, 32, 78, 92, 128 G, 146 A, 148 C 3 ) — catarrhal fever (2, 7 A, 12, 19, 78, 128 C, 146 A) — gastric fever (2, 7A,12, 23, 32,78, 128B, 146A) —hectic fever, 15, 22, 32 (87, 120, 128 A, D), 142 A, 148 M— inflam- matory fever, 2, 17 A (26, 29, 80 B), 128 B, 146 A — intermittent fever, see Ague — Puerperal Fever : See Childbed — remittent fever, 7 A (106), 1 20 A, 146 A: pernicious, 120 hypoderm. — rheumatic fever (2, 12, 26, 29, 122, 128 B) — spotted fever, 3, 17 A, 21, 49, 50, 78 (88 E), 107, 140, 146 A, 148 C — sweating fever, 59, 80 — traumatic fever (2), 10,61 — urethral fever, 2 — worm fever, 127 — guard against fevers, 36, 67, 69 L 2 , 146 A. See Contagion Guard — for other fevers ; see Scarlet, Typhoid, Typhus, Yel- low. Fibroid tumours — 32, 50 hypoderm. Fidgets — 147, 148 V — of the feet, 147 — attendant upon locomotor ataxia, 17 hypoderm. Fissure — see Crack, see Anus. Fistula — lachrymal dental, 69 S 3 , 1 10, 1 28 A, 148 F — in ano, see Anus — fistula of horses, 126. Fit — see Spasm. Flatulence — 1, 35, 38, 46, 102., 129, 148 V, 148 W (10)— fetid, 35. Flies off— 41, 69 B 3 . Floating, light sensation in the limbs — 148 S 3 . Flooding — see Bleeding. Fluoric acid — 148 F. Fluoride of Calcium — 148 F. Flushes— 8, 76, 79, 80 A, 136 B, 148 V — see Change of Life. Fluttering at the stomach — 29, 119. Fomentations — 74. Fontanelles open — 88 B, 128 A, E. Food — for infants, 53 L, M — for in- valids nervous, 53 B : dyspeptic, 53 D : bilious, 53 G : diabetic, 53 I : ailing with gout, gravel, or Bright's disease, 53 J: chronic ailments, 53 M: scrofula or consumption, 53 O : emaciation, 53 Q : obesity, 53 R — -food by injection, 53 U. Foot — see Feet. Foul — see Fetid. Fracture— ununiting, Em., 62A(88 B), 128C: hypoderm., 142 — compound fracture, 3, 32, 84, 91, 133; see Wound — how to carry patient with a broken leg, 69 P 3 . Freckles — see Face. Fright— 2 (128 H, 138), 148I — frightened feeling, 2, 119, 148 1. Frost bite — see Chilblain. Frozen — (10, 27), 74. Fungus — (9), 22. Fusel oil — (sub.), 40. Gagging — (12), 49, 78 — from worms, 127 — from teething, 92. Gait unsteady— see Locomotor Ataxia. Gallic acid — 137. Gall stone — 8, ^, 59> 74 E, 105, 107, 120 — hypoderm., 59, 107 — preven- tives, 38, 59, 120 — dissolved in situ, 38, 59- Gamboge — (sub.), 44. Ganglion — 18, 69 N 3 . Gangrene— 11, 32, 35, 37, 42, 50 B, 90, 91, 115 C, 120, 128 H, 136 A — of the throat, 115 C — of the lungs, 125, 128 H — of bowels, 145 B — Senile, 42, 50B, 128 H — hospital, 90, 139 — humid, 120B (128 H). Gaping yawning, spasmodic — (12), 41, 148 I. Gastralgia — 103 hypoderm., 134A: see Stomach. 302 REPERTORIAL INDEX. Gastric — see Stomach. Gastritis — see Stomach. Gathering — see Abscess, see Felon. Gelsemium — 146. Genitals — itching : see Pruritus — sweating : see Perspiration — relaxa- tion, 44 sang. Giddiness — see Vertigo. Glanders — (115 bichro.). Glands — acute inflammation and swelling, 17 A, 28, 32, 42,77 F > 8o hypoderm., 88 A, 114, 115 (122 tox.), 123, 128 C, 148 C 5 — chronic enlargement, 42,77 A, F,88 A, 115, 123, 128 A, C — induration, 77 A, 88 A, 123 (128 C), 148 C 5 — suppu- ration, 1 28 A, D : see Scrofula. Glaucoma — see Eye. Glonoine — 101. Glossitis — see Tongue. Glottis — oedema, 70 (128G) — spasm, 2, 17, 36, 49, 77 A, 107 hypoderm., 1 28 1: see Choking. Glycerine — 66. Glycosuria — 53 I, 1 10 B. Goitre — Em., 2 sponge, 7, 8, 57, 77, 88, 148 F — exophthalmic, 8, 50 (70) : hypoderm., 50. Gold— 64. Golden Seal — 65. Gossypium — 5 1 . Gout — Em., 2, 7, 10, 18, 46, 50 A, 53 J> 72, 73, 74, 81, 88 E sweat, 89, 92, 96, no, 117, 1 19 A, 128 E, 148 1 2 : hypoderm., 107 — chronic, 2, 24 B, 50 A, 85, 1 10 A, 119C, 128 E, 142, 148 I 2 — sweat cure, 73, 74, 88 E. Granulated eyelids — see Eye. Graphites— 148 W (6). Grating of the teeth — 17, 92, 127. Gravel — Em., 16, 50 A, 53 J, 74, 81, 134 C, 148 W (10) — stone lodged, 8, 10, 16 (17), 38, 59, 74 E, 106, 107,132 C, 143, 146 A: hypoderm., 59, 107 — position to pass water, 69O 2 (132). Gray powder — (sub.), 16. Grief — no B, 148 I. Groin pain — 68, 144 A. Gums — diseased, 6, 35, 36, 77, 99, 115, 142 — bleeding, 99, 128 H (129, 144 A) — gum boil ( 1 28 A, D), 148 W (7). Gunpowder — 67. Haematemesis — see Bleeding. Hematuria — see Bleeding. Haemoptysis — see Bleeding. Haemorrhoids — see Piles. Hair — falling, baldness, Em. (il), 32, 61, 80 A, 106, no, 148 F, 148 W (6): hypoderm., 80 — gray from fright, 126 — removed from lady's face, 69 T 3 . Hamamelis — 44. Hankering — see Appetite. Hardening of the tissues — 128 A, C : see Induration. Hawking— 18 C, 19, 24 A, 32, 69 J 3 , 88 B, 113, 128 C, 131, 148 Z. Hay fever (hay asthma, rose cold) — Em., 11 B, 770,51,115, 120, 136, 148 N, 148 S 3 , 148 X (13)— cure in a week, 148 N — cured in three days, 120. , Head — headache in general — Em. (2), 7B, 8 (10), 17 A, 20 A, 21, 45 A, 50 hypoderm., 68, 69 J 4 , 69 R 4 , 74, 79 A, 93, 96, 98, 101 A, 103, 128 B, 131 A, 147, 148 R 2 , 148 R 4 sleep, 148 X (1) — involving the eyes, 148 Z — congestive headache, 2, 93, 101 A, 148 X (1) : cured by inducing nose bleed, 98 : hypo- derm., 50 — sick headache, 22, 23, 45, 65, 69 K 3 , 69 Q 4 , 101 B, 128B: from riding in carriage, 69 M 3 , 148 C 2 : in car, 69 M 3 : re- curring regularly every seven or eight days, 22, 23, 69 Q 4 , 1 14 : re- curring every two weeks, 69 Q 4 (114) — during menses, no A — nervous headache, 45, 69 J 4 , 101 A, 128 I — clavus, 103 A (117, 128 I), 148 I, 148 R 2 , 148 S 4 — migraine, 148 Y (1), 148 Y (8) : hypoderm., 45, 50, 103 — neuralgic headache, 8, 17 A, 21, 45, 69 J 4 ,101 A, 128 1, 147, 148 S 4 : hypoderm., 45, 107 see Neuralgia — headache of deli- cate ladies, and close students, 21 — pain over the brow, cured in fif- teen minutes, 115 — morning head- ache, 103 A — headache coming and going with the sun, 96 — headache from a fall or blow, 10, 133 : from constipation, 103 A — head symp- toms under general indications : 303 REPERTORIAL INDEX. head feels too large, 129, 148 W (2) — feels cold, 128 A — feels warm whilst the body is cold, 10 — child's head hot and rolling upon the pil- low (17 A), 39 — hot sweat on head, 148 W (4) — head wet with sweat when sleeping, 88 carb. — cold sweat on the forehead, 140 alb. Hearing defective — see Deafness. Heart — -pain, distress in the region of the heart, Em., 2, 21, 29, 49, 54, 64, 69 C 2 , 69 R 4 sleep, 96, 115 A, 148 P 2 — Congestion, inflammation, 2, 11(26), 29, 46, 54 (96, 128 B, C) — anaemic condition, 11, 79, 128C — weak heart, II, 37, 45, 54, 101 — failure from hemorrhage, hy- poderm., 8, 59 — failure from chloro- form, 101 — excessive action of the heart, 2, 29, 96 — irregular action, 2, 11, 21, 29, 54, 96: hypoderm., 107 — enlarge??ient of the heart, 2 (10) — valvular affections, 2 (29, 54, 94 B, 140), 148 Y (2) — ossifica- tion of the valves, 94 — -palpitation of the heart, congestion, 2, 29, 54, 77, 128 B, nervous, 11, 45 B (115 A, 128 1), 138 B, 148 P 2 , 148 M, 148 X (7) — shocks at the heart, 89 (101) — spasm of the heart, 29 (128 1), see Angina Pectoris — rheu- matic affections of the heart, 29 A, 46, 96 — indication of organic affec- tion of the heart, 69 C 2 — oedema see Dropsy — symptoms of the heart under general indications: sensation of heat at the heart, or like water dropping down from the heart, 68, sativa — sensation like a cold stone in the heart, 148 X (8) — purring sound at the heart, 101 — sudden seizure at the heart as from the grip of an iron hand, 29 — feel- ing as if the least motion of the body would stop the heart's action (54) — feeling as if constant motion of the body were needed to keep the heart in action (146). Heartburn— 1,35,88 A, 103,109, 126 (129, 131), 143 — see Waterbrash. Heat apoplexy — (103), 138 B hypo- derm. Heat rash — 10, 49, 122, tox. Hecla lava— 148 W (7). Hectic — see Fever. Hellebore — 39. Helonias — (sub.), 119. Hemeralopia — 148 C 5 . Hemiopia — (64, 89). Hemicrania — 50 hypoderm. — see Head. Hemiplegia — 103 hypoderm. — see Paralysis. Hemorrhage — see Bleeding. Hemp — 68. Heparsulph. — 128 D. Hepatic — see Liver. Hernia— 25, 38, 45, 47, 52, 59 (84, 103), 107 hypoderm. — inflamed (2). Herpes — see Skin. Hiccough— 14, 50 B, 69 X, 77, 80, 101 (102, 107), 120, 138 B (140 alb.), 142, 146 A (148 C), 148 1— hypoderm., 37, 80, 107, 138 B. Hints — 69. Hip-joint disease — Em., 32, 42, 88 B, 94 Q 123, 128 A, D— hip-joint dis- located, 69 P 3 — see Joints. Hives— 7 B, 11 (19), 37, 69 E 4 , 70, 80, 100, 120 (125) — chronic, 120 A. Hoarseness — see Voice. Homesickness — (49), 1 10 B. Honey bee — 70. Hop — 71. Horsechestnut — 72. Hot air — 73. Hot fomentation — 74. Hot water cure — 74. Housemaid's knee — 69 F 3 , 77 E, G (128 A). Hunger excessive — 53 D (68 indica) — soon after meals, 77, 114, 127 — night hunger, 1 10 A — see Appetite. Hurried feeling — 136, acid. Hurt — see Injury. Hydrangea — (sub.), 81. Hydrarthrosis — 77 E. Hydrastis — 65. Hydrocele— 47, 77 E, 85 A (117), 148W (6). Hydrocephaloid — (no, 147). Hydrocephalus — 69 E 2 — see Brain. Hydrocyanic acid — 148 P 2 . Hydrogen perox. — (sub.), 91. Hydropericardium — see Dropsy. 304 REPERTORIAL INDEX. Hydrophobia— 17, 73, 80, 88, 138, 142, 146 A, 148 N 2 — hypoderm., 80 — eighty cures in succession, 73 —guard, 69 E3 (146), 148 N 2 . Hydrothorax — see Dropsy. Hyoscyamus — (sub.), 138. Hyperemia — 32 (47), 128 B — see Fever. Hyperexia — 32, 128B — see Fever. Hypericum — 133. Hyper- pyrexia — 32 (47), 120, 148 M. Hypertrophy — see Heart. Hypochondriasis — 103 A — see Mind. Hypopyon — see Eye. Hysteria — Em., 8, 13, 21, 34, 64, 102, 104, 107 hypoderm., 110 A, 128 H, 129 A, 147, 148 1, 148 M, 148 S 4 , 148 V. Ice — 75 — preservation of ice in sick room, 75. Icterus — see Jaundice. Ignatia — 148 I. Ileus — (17, 84, 103) — hypoderm., 103 — see Bowel. Imbecility — see Mind. Impetigo — see Skin. Impotence — Em., 44, 50 C, 104 (no acid). Incontinence — see Urine. Indigestion — 22, 53 D, 65, 66 B, 74 D, 102, 1?09, 119 A, 128 B, 129 B — milk disagrees, 88, 131 — potatoes disagree, 42 — pastry dis- agrees (117) — see Appetite, and Dyspepsia. Indigo — 76. Induration — of tissues (28), 77, 128 A, C, 148 C 5 — of the tongue, 64, 128 A — of the testes, 128 A, (144), 148 F — of glands, 77 A — see Glands. Infant — see Baby. Infection guard — see Contagion. Inflammation — in general, 2, 12, 17 A, 26 (33), 50D, 53 P, 74, 80 B, 84, 88 E sweat, 116, 118, 128 B, C, D — cedematous, 128G — of serous membranes especially, 2, 26, 107 hypoderm. Influenza — see Colds. Infra - mammary pain — (2 1 , 1 1 7 , 148 R) — see Chest pain. Ingrowing nail — see Nail. # Injection of food — 53 U. Injury, mechanical — 10, 74 G, 84, 85, 91, 133, 144 — to the head, 74 C— to the hands and feet, 133 — see Sprain, Bruise and Wound. Inguinal — see Hernia. Insanity, mania — 10, 17 A, 37, 39, 50, 54, 68, 104, 107, 120, 128 H, 138, 140, 148 C, 148 P 2 — hypo- derm., 54, 107, 138 B — hysterical mania, 129 puerperal see Child- bed — from bodily disease, 147 — from alcohol, 21, 103 — see Mind. Insect bite — see Bite. Insensibility of parts, numbness — 2, 50, secale, 68 indica (103), 1 15 A. Insomnia — see Sleep. Intercostal — see Neuralgia. Intermittent — see Fever. Intertrigo — see Skin. Intestine — see Bowel. Involuntary passages — 5, 10, 23 (no A), 133, 142 B — especially during sleep, 10, 148 M — see Pa- ralysis. " Inward Weakness " — Em., 4, 14, 25 — see Uterus. Iodine — 77. Iodoform — (sub)., 77 — odor masked, 77 K, 77 J — substitute, 77 J. Ipecacuanha — 78. Iris — 23. Iritis — see Eye. Iron, 79. Irritability — 103, 127. Ischuria — see Strangury. Itch — 3, 41 anise, 49 B, 69 E 4 83 A, 115 (136) — cure in five minutes, 3 — cure in three days, 1 15 — bar- ber's itch, 32, 48 — itching erup- tions, 31 C, 131 A, 136 B (142) — itching piles, 131 A. Itching local, pruritus — 6, 7, 16 sub., 24,44,66, 69 E 4 , 120, 131 A, B, 136 A 2 — itching jaundice, 80 hypo- derm. — itching at night, 148 X (4) — when undressing, 148 X (6) Jaborandi — 80. Jaundice— Em., n (54, 64), 65, 69 Q 4 , 77 A, 79 E, 92, 110,120, 128 G, 148 W (4)— of children, 148 W (4), 148 X (3)— with stupor, 92 — chronic (64), 77 A, 79 E (no), 128 G— from gall stone, 38 —black jaundice, 11,17 — malarial 20 d°S REPERTORIAL INDEX. II, 1 20 A — itching jaundice, 80 hypoderm. Jerking, twitching — 27, 107 hypo- derm., 110,1281, 147, 148 I — of the head and arms, 148 C. Joint Affections — 24B (32), 42, 85, (117), 123, 128 A, D, 140 B, 148 1 2 — sprained feeling in joints, 7 carb., 85 A — stiffness, 119 C, 148 C 3 , 148 I 2 — enlargement, 32, 42, 115 B, 123, 148I 2 — inflamma- tion, 140 B, 148 W (3), 148 X (3) — see Gout, Rheumatism,Synovitis. Juglans reg.— 148 W (8). Kali — 115. Kalmia — 96. Kamala — (sub.), 38. Kava-kava — 81 Kerosene — 82. Keratitis — see Eye. Kidney — congestion, inflammation Em., 2, 11, 16, 17 A, 30 C, 33, 70, 74, no, 116, 128 B,C, 139— after pneumonia, 1 20 — fatty degenera- tion, 1 10 A — stone lodged, see Gravel. Koumis — how made, and for what ailment useful, 94 C. Kreosote — (sub.), II. Labor — speedy and safe (14), 24, 34, 38, 53 K diet, 55, 59, 74, 120, 141 — painless, 38 — complications, 14, 31, 146 B — pains insufficient, irregular, nagging (14), 21, 24, 31, 34, 50, 51, 78, 103, 116, 120, 128 H, 146 B — rigid os uteri, 17, 146 B — false pains, 21, 31, 70 A, 74, 103, 141, 146 B, see Miscar- riage — flooding prevented, 14, 50, 69 M 2 , 78, 120 — spasms, see Childbed. Lachrymation — see Eyes. Lady's card. — 4, 25, 34, 53 M food, 77 B, 95> I 4 I A, 146 B — inward weakness, 4, 25, see Uterus — see Menses. Lanolin — (sub.), 66. Lapis alb. — 148 W (9). Lard— 83. Laryngismus stridulus — see Asthma of Millar. Laryngitis — 2 spong., 22, 77> ri 5 bichro., 128 B,C, 148 L — see Croup and Voice. 3C6 Laurocerasus — 148 P 2 . Lavender — (sub.), 41. Lead — 84 — lead colic, 6, 107. Ledum — 85. Lemon — 86. Lepra — (11), 19, 49 A, 1481*. Leptandria — (sub.), 79. Leucorrhcea — Em., 4, 6, 11, 16 B, 21, 24, 32, 35, 36 (42), 46 A, 57 (65), 74 E, 75 B, 77 A, 88 A, D, 111, 114 A, 115 G, 117 B (128 C, H),144 (148 N 2 ), 148 X (4)— very fetid, 11 C, 15, 36, 77 A, 115 G, 128 H — bloody, 144 A — of little girls, 77 B, 127, 133 (144). Leukaemia — 50 hypoderm. Lice — see Parasites. Lichen — see Skin. Lientery — 79 E, 120 A, 128 B. Life prolonged — 94 B. Life root — 87. Lightning stroke — Em. ,47. Lilium — (sub.), 70. Lime— 88. Lipoma — 148 I 2 . Lips — symptoms under general indi- cations: blue, 7, 54 — burning, 7 mur. — cracked, 148 C 4 — parched, 26 — blistered, 10, 126. Lithia — 89. Lithiasis — 53 J,i48 W(io), I48Y(i). Liver— "liver complaint," Em., 32, 71,74 D 2 , 92, 109, 128 G(i48C 5 ), 148 X (3) — atrophy, no — conges- tion, inflammation (26),79E, 92, 103, 116(136), I48W(io), 148 X (3), 148 Y(i) — cirrhosis, 2, n (no) — enlargement, 17 D, 64, 74 D 2 , 105, 148 C 5 — pain in the liver, 17 D — fatty degeneration, 1 10 A — " liver spots," 148 C 5 , 148 Y 1 — biliousness, 32, 53 G, 86, 92— gall stone, 8, 38, 59, 74, 105, 107, 120. Lobelia — (sub.), 69 O 4 , 77. Local application for pain — see Pain — see Anaesthesia. Lochia, " cleansings " — abnormal, 11C, 17 A, 21, 36, 79 A » 114 — suppressed, 2, 21, 79 A, 80 C, 114: suddenly, 2 — prolonged, 21 — fetid, 11C, 15,36, 115G. Lockjaw — Em., 2, 10, 17 A, 27, 38 49-59, 74, 103, 108, 1281, 133J REPERTORIAL INDEX. 139, 146 A — hypoderm., 27 — °f horses unfailing, 108. Locomotor Ataxia, 17 A, 27 A, 104, 1 10 A, 136 A, 147, 148 C 5 — hypo- derm., 138 B — for the severe pain, 17 A, 104 A, 138B hypoderm. — for the fidgets attendant, 17 hypo- derm., 147 — caused by a fall, 133- Logwood — 90. Long life — sign, 69 W — promoted, 94 B. Lumbago — (2, 12, 21, 26) 31 B, 83 (115 bichro., 122 tox.), 136 A, 139 — see Rheumatism. Lumbar Caries — 88 B (128 A). See Bone. Lungs — congestion, Em. (2), 14, 74, 116 (128 B, 140 A, 146 A) — oede- ma (12), 26, noA(i28H) — gan- grene, 32, 35, 125, 128 H— lung fever (87), see Pneumonia — sleep cure for lung affections, 69 R 4 — see 148 Z. Lupulin — 71. Lupus — see Face. Lycopodium — 148 W (10). Macrotys — 21, 146 B. Mad dog bite — see Bite. Maggots in ulcers — 90. Magnesium phos. — (sub.), 128. Malaria guard — 32, 67, 69 O, 69 L 2 , 126, 146 — hypoderm., 120 — see Ague. Malformation preventive — 1 10 C. Mammae — see Breasts. Manganese — (sub.), 103. Mania — see Insanity. Marasmus — see Atrophy. Marigold — 91. Mastitis — see Breasts. Mastodynia — (21, 114, 148 C 5 ). May apple — 92. Measles — Em., 1, 31, 47, 49, 62, 110 A (117), 128C,146A, 148X (3) — suppressed (26), 31, 49 (78): with spasms, 49 — with croupy cough, no, 115 — system prepared, noE — dregs, 115 (117). Medication by inunction, 66, 69 T. Melancholy — see Mind. Melilotus — 93, 148 X (1). Membranous — see Croup. Memory defective — see Mind. Meningitis — see Brain. Menorrhagia — see Menses. Menses — stippressed, Em., 2, 4, 7, 21, 34 A, 50 C, 51 (73, 74), 75, 79 F, 87 (101), no, 115 C, 117 B, 119 A, B, C (128 H), 134 A, B, 141 — sudden suppression, Em., 2, 34, 50, 74 (101), no A, 117 B, 119 — sup- pression with stupor, 144 — scanty flow (39, 87, 115 carb., 126), 1 17 B, 148 W (6) — excessive flow, Em., 4, 6 ( 1 1), 16 B, 23, 24 B, 41, 50 C, 6 5 (79)> 86 > 8 7> 88 A, no, 119 B, C, 134 A, 141, 144 A, 148 N 2 , 148 W (2), I48W(4),I48X (10), 148 X (14) — too early, 87, 88, 103,* 1 10 A — too long continued, 50 C, 87, 88, 1 10 A — irregular, Em., 4, 21, 87, no A, 128 H, 134 A, 141 A — vicarious (26), 50 C, 144 A — painful, Em., 4, 7 (17 A), 21 (24), 29, 34 (73), 74 E, 75, 87, 107, 1 10 A, 1 15 C, 117 B, 119 A, 128 I, H, 134 A, 141, 144 A, 146, 148 C 2 , 148 W (4), 148 Y (1) — membran- ous, 128 C, 141 — in black clots, 117 B — hypoderm .,17. Mentagra — (128 C), 148 C. Mental — see Mind. Menthae pip. — 148 X (2). Mercury — 148 X (3) — ill effects, 16 A, 64 (77 B), 114 A, 115 B (128 D, 148 N 2 ), 148 W (5). Mesenteric glands affected — (77, 88). Meteorism — (13), 46 (120), 129, 139, 140 (148 C), 148 V. Metritis — see Uterus. Metrorrhagia — see Bleeding. Mezereum — 148 X (4). Miasm — see Malaria. Micturition — see Urine. Migraine — see Head. Miliaria — 2. Milk — 94 — disagrees, 58 : with baby, 53 L, M — milk crust, see Scalp — milk fever, 2, 140 A — milk secre- tion safely arrested in case of wean- ing, 17B, 46, 144 — scanty flow of milk, 13, 79 A, 80 (82 A), 100 (117): it fails to come (13), 110D — milk drawn by bottle, 69 Q 3 — breasts prepared, 69 Q 3 . Milk-leg — 144. Millefolium— 148 X (5). 3°7 REPERTORIAL INDEX. Mind — mental weakness, dementia, 10,104, 110A, 128H, 129B, 138 B: hypoderm., 148 C 5 — deli- rium of fever, Em. (2), 7 B, 17 A, 32,49, 68, 138 A, B, — hypochon- driasis, 11 (17 A), 21, 44, 64, 76, 103 A (126, 129, 140 alb.), 147, 148 C 5 , 148 S 4 , 148 V— melancholy 11 (17 A), 21 (39), 44, 64, 76(84, 103), 1 10 A,B, 128 H (147), 148 P 2 , 148 X (10), 148 Y (4): suicidal, 64 : with epilepsy, 76 ; religious, 1 1, 64, 138 A, B — insanity, mania, II, 17 A, 37, 39, 50, 54, 68, 104, 107 (120), 128 H, 138 A,B, 148 C, 140 A, 148 P 2 : hysterical, 129 A: hypoderm., 54, 107, 138 B: puer- peral, see Child-bed : from bodily disease, 147 : from alcohol, 21, 103, 147 — monomania (68), 138 A, B, 148 C — memory defective, lost, 134 A, 138 A, B, 148 C 5 — mind symptoms under general in- dications: confused, 21 (146) — weak, 129 — magnified ideas, 68 — irritable, 103, 127, 148 W (4), 148 X (3) — weeping, 76, 117 — ex- ceedingly sensitive, 148 Y (3^ — uneasiness, discontent, 148 X (3), 148 Y (4). Mineral earth — (sub.), 42. Miscarriage — guard, Em., 4, 13, 21, 2 5> 6 9Q, 7 oA > 141 A, 146 B, 148 X (14) — unavoidable, 78. Mistletoe — 95. Mole — 69 N 3 . Monomania — see Mind. Monthly — see Menses. Morbid — see Appetite. Morning sickness — see Vomiting. Morphia — 107 — poisoning, 8, 17,45, 75, 103, 107: hypoderm., 17, 45, 47, 103— habit, 44,47, 104 A. Mortification — 145 B — see Gangrene. Moschus — 148 M. Mosquitoes off. — 41, 69 B 3 . Mountain Laurel, 96. Mouth cavity — soreness, ulceration, 3,6, 11, 15, 20, 24, 36, 47,65, 77 D, 99, 114, 115, 135, 136N 2 , 148 X (3) — syphilitic patches, 114 A, 115 B — inflammation (70), 114 (128 B) — preventive of sore mouth, 3, 47 — mouth symptoms under general indications : dry, 42, 102 — hot, 24. Mucous discharges — under general indications : ropy, 64, 1 1 5 bichro. — green, 115 iod., 128 J — yellow, 128 F — scalding, watery, II. Mullein — 97. Mumps — 17 A, 31, 80 B (122 tox. 128 C), 148 X (3)— hypoderm., 80 — shifting, 17 A, 31 : to testes, re- lief in twenty minutes, 31. Muscaria — 27 — poisoning, 17 hypo- derm. Mustard — 98 — plaster, 37, 98. Myalgia — 7 C (10), 21, 32 — hypo- derm., 32, 107 — from injury, 10,133. Myelitis — 1 1(17 A), 24 A, 27 A, 50 B (84). Myopia — see Sight. Myosotis — (sub.), 15. Myrrh — 99. Nsevus— (9), 48, 84, 142, 148 N 2 . Nails — diseased, 128 A, 148 F: soft and brittle, 9 — falling off, 39 — in- growing, 44, 69 G 3 , 74, 84, 79, 115 — nail removed without the knife, 44, 84. Naphthalin — 148 N, 125 sub. Narcotic poisoning — 75, 103, 107 A hypoderm. — see Antidote. Nasal — see Catarrh. Nasal bleeding — see Bleeding. Natrum — 131. Nausea— 23, 46, 57, 75 A, 78, 98— after surgical operation, 101 — when riding in car, or carriage, 69 M 3 , 148 C 2 — from drink of water, 110D. Neck— stiff (2, 19, 21, 26, 46), 74 G 2 , 128B — emaciated, 126. Nephritis — see Kidney. Nerve — nervous debility, exhaustion, 44, 94 C, 104, 1 10 A, B, 128 H, 129 (148 N 2 ), 148 M — nervous- ness, 13, 31, 34, 44, 45 B, 53 B, 94 C, 104, 1 28 H, I, 148 C, 148 S 4 , 148 V, 148 W (1) — over-sensitive- ness, 13, 3i,45» 128 H, I, 148 Y (3) — nervous shivering, 21 (146) — injury to nerves, 133 — diagnosis by nerve symptoms, 69 X 3 (E). Nettle — 100. Nettle rash — see Hives. Neuralgia — in general Em. (2), 8, 308 REPERTORIAL INDEX. 11, 17 A, 21, 29 spig., 32, 34, 37, 38, 44, 45, 55, 59, 68, 72, 73, 74 F, G, 84, 88 E, 95, 96, 101 A, 106, 107, 108, 1 10A, 115 bichro., 120 A, 128 G, 133, 141 A, 142, 147 (148 C 3 ), 148 1, 148 R, 148 SS 148 W (4)— hypoderm., 7, 32,37, 38, 44, 45, 47, 103, 107, 120, 139 theine — chronic, 103 hypoderm. — especially facial, 17, 44, 69 J*, 69P*, 96, 101 A, 147, 148 Y (8) : (hypoderm., 17, 50, 107) — intercos- tal (95,96) , 1 10 A (128 1), 148 I, 148 R — in joints, 46 hypoderm. (95, 96) — abdominal, 107 hypoderm. — ovarian and uterine, 21, 68, 95 (96, 120, 128 I, 144), 148 C 3 , 148 S 4 : hypoderm., 120 — rectal, 6, 44 (95, 96), 148 1 — in bead, ter- rific, 17 A, 69 J 4 , 69 P* (95,96, 128 1), 147 — " thin-slipper neural- gia," 19 — neuralgia in old scars, 133 — periodical, 11, 120 A, 148 Y (4) — screaming pains, 8, 81 (95, 96) — inflammatory, 2, 17 (95, 96) — instant relief, 8, 44 — see Pain — see Anaesthesia. Night cough— (17), 138 B (148 C 5 , 148 S 3 ). Nightmare — 2 (103, 113), 115A. Night spasms — 115 A, 128 A. Night sweat — 27 hypoderm., 47, 80 A, 87, 94, 120 A, 128 A, 142 A, 146 A — hypoderm., 27, 107 A. Night terrors — 2, 115 A, 136. Nipples — sore, cracked, ulcerated, 1, 10, 18, 20,48,57,65,66,91,114, 136 A 2 , 137 A: guard, 10, 86, 137. Nitre paper — how made and for what used, 115. Nitric acid — 148 N 2 . Nitro-glycerine — 101 . Nocturnal emissions — see Spermator- rhoea. Nocturnal enuresis — see Wetting the bed. Nodes— (64, 128 A), 148 N 2 , 148 X (4)-i 4 8Y(5). Noise in the ears — see Ears. Noma— 11 (148 N 2 ). Nose — nosebleed, see Bleeding — for- eign substance in the nose, 69 I — inflammation of the nose (64,148 F) — red nose, 27, 148 I 2 — nasal ca- tarrh, see Nose — yellow, slimy, discharge, 128 F — green discharge, 128 J — symptoms under general indications : watery flow, 7, 62, 106 — dryness, 42, 148 S 3 — redness as if frost-bitten, 27 — plugs in the nose, "clinkers," 115 bichro. — boring with finger into the nostrils, 127. Numbness, insensibility of parts affected — 2, 50, 68, 103, 115 A — of the limbs as if asleep, 148 C 2 — of the tongue, 2, 146. Nutmeg — 102. Nux moschata — 102. Nux vomica — 103. Nyctalopia — 148 C 5 . Nymphomania — see Erotomania. Oats — 104. Obesity — 53 R. Obstruction — see Bowel. Odor offensive — see Fetid. OZdema — of the glottis, 70 (128 G) — of the lungs (12), 26, 1 10 A, 128 H hypoderm., 80 — of the feet, 54, 8 5» 79 c (128 G) — of the face, 54 — of the eyelids, 11, 11 B (70, 128 G) — under the brows, 115 carb. — under the eye, 11, 70 — of the scrotum, 47, 77 E, 85 rhodo. — in general, 11, 128 G — see Dropsy. CEsophagus — foreign body lodged in it, 107 A hypoderm. Offensive — see Fetid. Oleander— 148 X (6). Olive oil — 105. Onion — 106. Onychia — 77 I, 84, 148 F. Opacity — see Cornea. Operations, surgical — preparations for them — see 107 hypoderm. Ophthalmia — see Eye. Opium — 107 — poisoning, 8, 45, 75, 101, 103— hypoderm., 17, 45, 47, 103 — restoration in three minutes, 8 — opium habit, 44, 47, 104. Oppression — see Respiration. Orange— (sub.), 13. Orchitis — 2 spong., 77 F (85 rhodo.), 107 B (117), 128 C, 144, 148 C 5 , 148 W (4), 148 W (5)— with indu- ration (64, 148 C 5 ). Os uteri, rigid — 17 A, 78, 146 B. 309 REPERTORIAL INDEX. Ossification of arteries prevented — 94 B. Ostitis — see Bone. Otalgia and Otitis — see Ear. Otorrhoea — see Ear. Ovary — inflammation (30), 70 (i 17), 128 B,C, 144 A (148 C 5 J, 148 X (10) — induration (64, 77, 128 C), 148 W (6) — neuralgia, 21, 68, 95 G 6 , 120, 128I, 144 (148 C 3 ), 148 SS 148 X (10)— oedema (68, 70, 115, brom., 128 G) — tumor, 70. Oxalic acid — (sub.), 24, 148 X (7). Oxygen — home treatment, 69 U 3 — increased supply, 129 B. Ozsena— 6 (13), 36 A, 64, 65, 77 K, 115 D, 128 A, D, 148F (148N 2 ), 148 Z — see Catarrh. Ozone supply — no. Pdeonia — 113. Pain — treatment internal, 37, 55, 68, 81,95, 107, 108, 141, 148 W (4)— external, 2, 3, 10, 17 C, 31, 38, 44, 59, 7i, 73>. 74 G, 82, 88 E, 91, 107, 116, 140 B, 142 B — hypoderm., 17, 21, 27, 32, 37, 38, 44, 45, 46, 47, 103, 107, 139 A — by inhalation, 8, 3 8 , 59, 139— b y perspiration, 73, 88 E — diagnosis by pains, 69X 3 ,E. Painless caustic — 40 A, 50 E. Palate down — relaxed throat, 6, 7, 24 A, 98, 124, 136 A2, 137B. Palms hot — 22, 24. Palpitation — see Heart. Palsy (shaking) — 104, 129, 138 B, 138 B hypoderm, 148 C 5 . Pancreatic ailments — (23, 77). Pannus — 136B. Paraldehyd— 148 P. Paralysis — Em., 2, 10 (17 A), 27 physos., 31, 39, 53 M (84), 103 hypoderm. (no), 129 B, 136 A, 142 B, 146 A, 148 C 5 — chronic, 103 hypoderm., especially of the face, 103 hypoderm., 148 W (3) — of the wrists from lead, 103 hypoderm. — of the sphincters, 103 hypoderm. — of the tongue, 41 — organs of deglu- tition, 148 W (3) — of the eyelids, 62, 122 tox., 129 B, 146 A, 148 C 5 (148 S), 148 W (3) —following diphtheria, 103, 146 A, 148 W (3) — rheumatic, 31 (122 tox.) — para- plegia (17 A), 103 hypoderm. (no), 129B (148C 5 ) — agitans, 148 X (3). Parasites (lice) — 41, 69 B 3 , 82, 91 — "crab-lice," 82 — microbicide, 91. Pareira bra — (sub.), 81. Paresis — 3 — see Paralysis. Parthenium — (sub.), 61. Passiflora (passion flower) — 108. Patches, syphilitic — see Mouth; see Throat. Peevishness — 127, 128 H. Pelvic pain — (68, 107). Pemphigus — see Skin. Peppermint — (sub.), 37. Pepsin — 109. Peony — 113. Pericarditis— see Heart. Periostitis — see Bone. Peritonitis— 2, 17 A, 26, 70, 116, 128 A,B,C, 148 X (3). Perspiration — sudden check, 2, 73, 122 tox. — excessive, 27 hypo- derm., 80 A (120) — of hands, feet, armpits, genitals, 3, 17, 74, 80 A, 144 — offensive, 6, 20, 24, 36, 37, 115G, 128 H, 129, 148 X (8j— spicy odor, 85 A — to promote per- spiration, 3 D, 73, 80, 88 E. Petechia — 248 C 5 . Petit mal — 107 hypoderm., no A (115 A, 128 H) — see Epilepsy. Petroleum— 148 X (8). Pharyngitis — follicular, tubercular, ulcerative, 109, 136 D, 148 L — see Throat. Phlebitis— (12), 89, 117 A, 128 B,C, 144 A. Phosphoric acid — no. Phosphorus — no — poisoning, 105. Photophobia — 12 (17 A), 21, 77 D, 103 A, 1 10 A, 148 C 5 . Phrenitis — see Brain. Phthisis — see Consumption. Physostigma — (sub.), 27. Phytolacca — 114. Picric acid — 148 X (9). Piles— Em., 2 (5), 25, 44, 69 R 3 , 72, 74, 88, 97, 103, 106, 112, 113, 117, 134, 136 A, 137, 144, 148 I 2 — very painful, 24, 112 — itching, 131 — bleeding, 2, 144 A — cure by op- eration, 69 R 3 — preventive, 72, 136 A. 3IO REPERTORIAL INDEX. Pilocarpin — 80 — poisoning, 17 hypo- derm. Pimples — see Face. Pine — in. Piper meth — 81. Pityriasis — see Skin. Plantain — 112. Platina— 148 X (10). Pleurisy— Em. (2), 7 A, 14, 26, 70, 77 A, 1 16, 128 B, C, 140 A — fal. e pleurisy, pleurodynia (10, 21), 77 A, 148 R — chest pains (10), 77 A, 148 R. Plica polonica — 23, 148 W (10). Plumbum — 84. Pneumonia and pleuro pneumonia — Em., 2, 7 A, B, 12, 14 (22), 26, 32, 54, 69 J*, 74, 77 A, 80, 105, 110 A, 116, 120 A, 128 B,C, D (136), 140, 148 W (10), 148 X (7)— hypoderm. 32, 80, 120 — cut short 77, 140 A — typhoid type, no, 120 A, 128H — sequel, 79 B — chronic, 7 B, 66 B, 69 R 4 , 79 B, 87, 128 C (136), 142 A (148 C 5 ), 148 W (10). Podophyllum — 92. Poisoning — see Antidote — see Skin poisoning. Poke — 1 14. Polypus — 9, 50,88 A, 107, 110B, 148 Y (7) — hypoderm., 50, 107 — bleeding, no — uterine, 50. Polyuria— 1 10 A, 128 G, 148 1, 148 V, 148 Y (7) — see Urine. Porrigo — see Scalp. Position, posture, as diagnostic indi- cations — 69 X 3 , F. Potash — 115. Potassium chlor — (sub.), 128. Potassium phosph — (sub.), 128. Potassium sulph — (sub.), 128. Pott's disease — 32, 53 M, 88 B, 94 C. Potter's clay — (sub.), 42. Poultice — 116. Prairie itch — 69 E 4 — see Itch. Pregnancy — incident ailments, 10, 17 D, 34, 69 R, 146 B — repugnance to water, no D, see Vomiting — early signs, 69 F — indications of sex, 69 D 2 . Preparation of the system for invasion of contagion — no E. Prepuce stricture — 32. Prickly ash — 119. Prickly heat — 10, 49. Proctitis — 46, no A (128 B,C), 1 34 A. Prolapsus — see Anus or Uterus. Prostate gland — enlargement, 9, 50 hypoderm., 70 (74), 77 I, 89 — irri- tation, inflammation, 9, 70 (74), 89 (117), 148 Y (3). Prostration — 57, 94 C — from heat, 50 hypoderm., 103, 138 B — see Ex- haustion. Proud flesh — (9), 22. Prunus spi — 148 X (11). Prurigo — see Skin. Pruritus, local itching — 6, 7, 16 B, 24, 44, 66, 69 E 4 , 120, 131 A, B, 136 A 2 , 142, 148 I 2 — of vagina, 148 X (4)— of vulva, 148 W (1), 148 Y (1)— of anus, 148W (10). Psoriasis — see Skin. Pterygion — 136 B. Ptyalism— 23, 43 (77), 80, 148 X (3)- Puerperal — see Child-bed. Pulsatilla — 117, 148 X (12). Pulse — under general indications : — slow and weak, 54, 96 — rapid, 2, 32, 140 — intermittent, II (126) — see Heart action. Pumpkin seed — 118, Purpura haemorrhagica — 49, 110 A, 128 H, 139, 144 A. Purulent ophthalmia — see Eye. Pus formation — see Suppuration. Pustule — (9), 12, 1 28 A, D. Putrid — see Fetid. Pyaemia, septicaemia — 3 (10, 11), 32, 61 hypoderm., 120 B, 128H, 148 1 2 , 148 M. Pyelitis — (uva ursi) — see Kidney. Pyrexia of phthisis — 32, 142 M. Pyrosis — see Heartburn. Quassia — (sub.), 41. Quebracho — (sub.), 54. Quinia — 120 — ill effects in the system, 10, 88 A — taste masked, 120. Quinsy— Em. , 2, 15, 17 A, D, 69 R 4 , 70, 74, 75, 80 B, 82 (83, 98), 114 A, (128 B, C) — bad type, pu- trid, 15, 114 A (115 G, 128 H). Rabies — see Hydrophobia. Rachitis — see Rickets. Ranula— 9, 80, 88 A, 137. Ranunculus bulb. — 148 R. 311 REPERTORIAL INDEX. Rash — of new-born infants (10) — heat rash, 10, 49 — scarlet (2, 122 tox.). Rattlesnake bite — 17 B, 77 — see Bite. Raw surface — see Skin Rectum — inflammation — see Procti- tis, see Anus. Red gum — (10). Remittent — see Fever. Renal — see Kidney. Resorcin — 121. Respiration — painful, 14, 26, 77 H, 148 R — oppressed, 15, 26,43, 54, 80 hypoderm., 128 H, 129 — wheezing, 43, 148 S 2 — rattling, 12, 78 — snoring, 107 — slow, 140, see Asthma, see Emphysema. Restlessness — 2, II, 77, 110 A, 127, 147, 148 S 4 — of infants, 47, see Baby's card. Resuscitation — see Apparent death. Retching — 12,49, 7$, 92, 127,140 alb. — from worms, 127. Retention of urine — see Urine. Retina detached — (64, 146). Retinitis — see Eye. Retroversion of the uterus — 4, 25 (50, 141). Rhagades— 5, 18, 66, 148 O. Rheumatism — acute, Em., 2, 7 C, 11, 12,21, 26, 29,31,32,34,46, 50 A, 51, 53 P, 71. 72, 73. 74G, 81, 85 A, 86, 88 E, 95, 96 (107), 117, 119, 122, 125, 136 A, 144 A, 148 1 2 , 148 M note, 148 R— exter- nal treatment, 2, 10, 31, 51, 72, 73, 74, 106, 116, 122vene, 125, 136, 148 I 2 — sweat cure, 73, 88 E — acute articular specific, 148 Mnote, 148 W (10) — especially from get- ting wet (85 A, 96), 122 tox.— attacking the chest (26, 96), I48 R — small joints, 21, 46, 62 A, 85 A, 89, 119C: hypoderm., 46— wan- dering, 31, 1 17 A, 119D — invad- ing the heart, 29, 96— chronic, 2, Hi 32, 5 oA » 8 5 A > 88B > 1 10 A, 125, 148 1 2 — " cold rheumatism " in the joints, 11, 85 — syphilitic, 1 14 A, 1 15 B— diet cure, 53 M, 53 P— two hundred and fifty cures in succession, each in forty-eight hours, 31 B — guard, 136 A. Rhododendron — (sub.), 85. 3 1 Rhus (varieties) — 122. Rice flour — (sub.), 6. Rickets— 66 A, 88 A, B, 110E (128 A, E). Rigid os uteri — 17 A, 78, 146 B. Ringworm— 7, 49 B, 84, 136 A 2 , 142 C, 148 Y (1). Roaring — see Ears. Robinia — (sub.), I. Rock rose — 123. Rosacea — see Face. Rose cold — see Hay Fever. Rosemary — 148 R 2 . Roseola — 2, 10 (122 tox.). Rough spots upon the skin — 10. Rubeola — 2. Rumex — (sub.), 55. " Run round " — see Onychia. Rupia — 9, 114 A. Rupture — see Hernia. Rush of blood — 2, 128 B — see Con- gestion. Ruta — (sub.), 62. Sabadilla— 148 X (13). Sabina — (sub.), 9, 24, 114X (14). Sage — 124. Salicin — 125. Salicylic acid — 125. Salivation — 23, 43 (77), 80 A — slob- bering of horses, 69 B 4 . Sanguinaria — 22. Santonine — 127. Sarcocele — (64, 85 A) — see Testes. Sarsaparilla — (sub.), 16. Sarcoma — n, 69 N 3 — see Tumor. Sassafras — (sub.), 41. Satyriasis — see Erotomania. Scab — 66, 1 10 E — yellow, 128 F, J — see Skin. Scabies — (128D, 136) — see Itch. Scald — see Burn. Scalp — scabby incrustation,scald head —(19), 23, 24, 28, 66, £8 A, 110 E, 115, 128 A, 131 A, 136 A 2 , 142, 148 W (5), 148 X( 6)— dandruff, 2,4 32, 66, 88 A, 1 28 C— hard lumps on the scalp, 128 A — blood tumor on scalp of new-born babe — (128 A, 148 F) — open fontanels, %% B, 128 A, E — erysipelas, 77. Scar removed — 132 B. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) — Em., 2, 7, 17 A, 31, 32, 36, 47> 53 U grape juice, 68, 70, 83, 94 C, koumiss, REPERTORIAL INDEX. 114 A (122 B), 128 B, C, H, 131, 146 A, 148 X 3 — smooth (17 A, 70) — rough (7, 122 B) — sup- pressed, 31, 49 — with spasms 1 7 A, 49 (146 A) — aid in desquama- tion, 128 F — system prepared, no E — preventives, 17 A, 53 N, 69 V 3 , — preventives of dropsy following, 83, 131 — dregs, 88 A. Sciatica — 2 (n), 21,34, 59, 69 U, 74 F, 95, 100 (122, 128 I), 136 A, 148 C 3 , (148 R), 148 S 4 , 148 Z, — hypoderm., 2, 38, 47, 50, 107. Scilla— 148 S 2 . Scirrhus — 2, 148, C 5 — see Cancer. Sclerotitis — see Eye. Sclerotinic acid — (sub.) — 50. Scorbutus — 86, 128 H — see Gums. Scrofula— Em., 11 B. 32, 66 A, B, 77 B, 88 A, 1 10 E, 123, 128 E (136, 148 C»), 148 X (3), 148 Y (5)- with suppuration and caries, 115 E 2 , 123 (128 A, D) — curative diet, S3 C, M, O. Scrotum — inflammation^ welling,pain, 42 (64), 85 B, 107, 144 A — oedema, 47, 77 E, 85 B — cold sweat, 144 A — see Testes. Scurvy— 86, 128 H. Scutellaria — (sub.), 29. Sea Sickness— 7, 8, 38, 45, 69 W 2 , 69 M 3 ,69 R*, 107 148 C 2 , 148, Y (3) — from riding in car, 69 M 3 — from riding in carriage, 148 C 2 — from swinging 69 W 2 . Seat Worms — see Worms. Seborrhoea — 66 — see Skin. Secale — 50. Seminal — see Spermatorrhoea. Senecio — 87. Senega. — 148 S. Sepia— 148 Y (1). Septicaemia — 3 (10), 11,32, 61 hypo- derm., 120 B, 128 H, 148 I 2 , 148 M. Sex presaged — 69 D 2 . Shaking — see Palsy. Shingles — 10, 30, no A, 122 B, 128 C, 148 R, 148 X (4) — local, 10, 30 — hypoderm., 107. Shivers, Nervous Chills — 21 (146) — see Nerve. Shock — see Brain. Shortsightedness — 27 A — see Sight. Shoulder Droop — 25. Shrieks — 39, 70 — see Night Terror. Sick Headache — see Head. " Sick-Room "v Air, Kept Pure — 35, .36, 69 J. Sick Stomach — see Nausea, Vomit- ing, Gagging. Sight — obscure vision (asthenopia, amblyopia, amaurosis) — Em., 2,10, 17 A (21), 34 A, 41 A, 62 A, 70 A (103, no A, 127, 128 A, H), 148 C 5 , 148 — after diphtheria (108), 128, A, H, 146 (148 C*)— nearsightedness, 27 A — astigma- tism, 70 A — dread of light, see Photophobia — night-blindness, 148 C 5 — appearance of colors, 17 A, 128 T — appearance of things double (34 A), 128 I (146)— blurred vision 62 (117), 146. Silicea — 128 A. Silphium — (sub.), 77 L. Silver Nit. — 129. Sinking of Strength — sudden (7),H, 75, no A, B, 148 M — see Exhaus- tion, see Collapse. Sinking at the Stomach-pit, " gone- ness," — 21, 65, 143, 146 A, 148 I — with deathly nausea, 54, 146 A. Sizygium — (sub.), 122. Skin Affections — eruptions in general take 7 B, 11, 11 B, 19, 32, 66 A, B, 77 B, 110 E, 122 B, 128 A, C, 136 B, 142 C, 148 I 2 : apply, 5, 18, 24, 31 C, 32, 49, 66, 142 C, 148I 2 — dry, hard eruptions, 128 A — un- healthy skin 128 D, 136 B, 148 I 2 , 148X (8) — greasy skin 115 E 3 — ec- thyma, 9, 12, 66 (122 B), 148 I 2 — eczema, take 11, n hypoderm., 20 B, 23, 53 C, 66, 77 B, 84, 122, 128 A, 142, 148 I 2 , 148 W (2), 148 W (5), 148 W (6), 148 W (8), apply: 5, 20 B, 24, 66, 84, 131 A, 142 C, 148 I 2 from impure vaccine, II, 128 A — erythema 10 (17 A), 20 B (66), 70, 122 B, 148 W (8),— ex- crescences, 9, 148 N 2 — -favus, see scalp — herpes, tetter 19, 66, 122 B, 136 A 2 , 142 C, 148 W (2)— moist tetter, 19 : circinatus, see Ring Worm : zoster, see Shingles — in- tertrigo (abrasion, chafing, excoria- tion) Em., 5, 18 A, 20 B, 42, 57, 313 REPERTORIAL INDEX. 65 (66), 125 A, 132 B, 137 A, 144, 148 W (10), 148 X( 3 ), 148 X (4) : abrasions of the feet, 57, 106— lepra (11), 19 (49), 148 I 2 — lichen, 5, 1 1 , 66, 70), 85, 148 X (6) — liver spots, 148 C 5 — nodes (128 A), 148 N 2 — parasitic eruptions — 5, 32, 32 hypoderm., 66, 136 A 2 — pemphigus, II, 122 B — pityria- sis, 5, 11, 66, 131 A, 148 X (4), — prurigo, II, 66, 122 B, 136 B, 148 I 2 , 148 X (4)— pruritus, local itching, 6, 7, 16 B, 20, 24, 31, C, 44, 66, 69E±, 120, 131 B, 136 A 2 , B, 148 I 2 , 148 N 2 — psoriasis, 11 (32, 36), 115 E 3 , 128 A, D, 148 I 2 , 148 W (6)— scaling of the skin, 11, 66, 148 C 3 — tinea, 131 — urticaria, nettle-rash, hives, 7 B, 11, 19, 37, 69, E*, 70, 80, 100, (120, 125) — medication by inunc- tion, 66, 69 T, 148 I 2 . Skin Poisoning — apply Em., 36, 57, 88, 115: take 85, 122 B. Skin Symptoms— tender,easilychafed, 148 X (6) — diagnostic indications, 69 X 3 D. Skull — bones thin, 88 B — fonta- nels open, 88 B, 128 A, E — see Scalp. Sleep — sleeplessness, insomnia, 2, 8, 17 A, 21, 31 (34), 45 B, 55, 68, 69 R 2 , 69 C 3 , 71, 87,104 A, 106, 107, 108, no A, 115, 141 A, 146, 148 S 3 , 148 P, 148 W (1) : hypo- derm., 37, 45, 107, 138 B— of pregnancy, 148 S 4 — of infants, 2, 34, 69 C 3 , 106, 141, 148 P: start- ing in sleep, 17 A — sleepy but can- not sleep, 17 A — grinding teeth in sleep, 17 A, 92, 127 — motion of the jaws like chewing in sleep, 148 M — sleeplessness from cough or pain, 55, 107, 108, 115 : from alco- holism, 21, 45, 108: from mania, (104), see Mind — sleep walking, see Somnambulism — drowsiness under general indications, 4, 12, 15, 102, 107, 146. Small-pox — 9, 12, 15, 32, 36, 69 E, no A, 128 C, F, H, 142, 148 X (3) — promoting desquamation, 128 F — preparation of the system, 110E — preventions, 9, 115, 136 A, 142 — face guard, 77 — pitting pre- vented, 32, 66, 69 G 2 , 115. Smell Lost — 117 A (128 A). Snake Bites — 3 B, 7, 17 B, 67, 69 E 3 , 77, 113— hypoderm , 3, 7, 59. Sneezing — 51 (106). Soap —130. Soda — 131. Sodium iod. — (sub.), 115. Sodium phos. — (sub.), 128. Sodium sulph. — (sub), 128. Softening — see Brain. Somnambulism — no A (115 brom.), 147, 148 C. Sore — see Bed Sore, and Ulcer. " Sore eyes " — see Eye. Soreness — under general indications : 5, 10, 15, 21, 42, 70 — in the chest, no, 115 iod. Sore Mouth — see Mouth. • Sore Nipples — see Nipples. Sore Throat — see Throat. Sour — see Eructations, Stomach, Taste. Spasms (Convulsions) — in general, Em., 1, 8, 17 A, 27, 31, 38, 49, 69, 74,75,93, 101,103,105,108,115 A, 127, 128 I, 138, 139, 140 A, 141, 146 A, 148 I — hypoderm. ,37, 50, 80, 107 — threatening, I, 17 A, 128 I, 140 A — any local spasm, 103 hypoderm., 146 A — urcemic (30, 32): hypoderm., 37,80, 107 — puerperal, see Child bed — from fright, 2, 128 H, 138, 148 I — from injuries, 85, 133 — from whooping cough, 49 — from worms, 76, 127, 148 I — of new-born babes, 10 — of infants teething, 1 17 A, 27, 31,49, 74, 93, 105, 107 hypoderm., 108, 115 A, 128 I, 141 A, 146 A (147) — spasms of the glottis, spasmodic choking (2, 17 A), 36, 49, 77 A, 103 hypoderm., 120, 128 I, 146 A, 148C — of the eyelids 27, 117, 128 I, 146 A — of the sphincters, spasmodic tenesmus, 103 hypo- derm., 115 A, 1 28 1 — of the wrists, " wrist cramp," " writer's cramp," Em., 103 hypoderm. (128 I) — of the heart, cardiac spasm, see Heart — guard against the fit, 8, 14, 69 A, 128 I, 140, 146 — to arrest the fit, lay patient on left side, 69 3H REPERTORIAL INDEX. U 2 , 74, 75 — symptoms under general indications : face blue, 49 — face red, 17 A — face pale and wet with sweat, 103 — flow of tears, 117 — patient conscious, 103, 138 A — occur during sleep at night, 1 1 5 A, 128 A — with vomiting of thick curds, 1. Specks — see Cornea. Speech — rapid, 138 — stuttering, stam- mering, Em., 69 M — cure in a week, 138 A. Spermatorrhoea — 9 (23,30), 31, 44A, 5oC(54, 103, 110 B), 120, 143, 146, 148 Y (3) : hypoderm., 107. Spigelia — (sub.), 29. Spine — affections in general : chronic, 103 hypoderm. — from a fall or hurt, Em., 17 C, 133 — curvature, Em., 25, 88 A (94 C), 128 A, 140 B, 142 B — pain in the spine, 17 C, 27, 38 hypoderm. (59 local), 68 — irri- tation (17 A), 21, 27, 50 B, 1 10 A, 140 (146), 148 X (7), 148 Y (6)— tender to touch and painful from motion, 27 — softening, 148 X (9), inflammation, see Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis — soreness, tenderness, at the bottom point of the spine, 123 (128 A). Spitting blood — see Bleeding. Spleen — inflammation, 10, 26, 120 — pain, 17 D — enlargement (10), 17 D (27), 50 hypoderm. — gan- grene (n). Splinter — pain, spasm, 85, 133 — see Wound. Sponge tent — 69 Z 2 . Spongia — (sub.), 2, 148 Y (2). Spotted Fever— 3, 17 A, 21 (49), 50, 78 (107), 140 (146 A), 148 C. Sprain— 10, 31, 42, 48, 74 G, H, 84, 107 B, 122 (133), 146 A 2 , 140 B, 144 — cure in a day, 48— nerve hurt, 133 — inflammation, 140 C — sprained feeling in joints, 7 carb., 85 A. Squilla— 148 S 2 . Squint — see Strabismus. St. John's wort — 133. St. Vitus' dance — see Chorea. Staggering, when walking in the dark — 138. Stannum — 148 Y (4). Staphisagria — 148 Y (3). Starch — 132. Sterility— 4 (24), 44, 69 Y 2 , 74 E (77, H8 C 5 ). Stibium — 12. Sticta— 148S 3 . Stiff neck — (2, 19, 21, 26, 46), 74 G, 128 B. Stillingia— 148 Y (5). Stings — 7, 10, 69 G 4 , 85, 106, 126 — instant relief, 10, 69 G 4 . Stitches — stitching pains, 26, 115 carb — in the brain (10), 97 — in the heart, 26, 29 spig., 97. Stomach — acidity,}, 38, 58, 74 D 2 , 88 A, 94, 128 J, 129, 131— baby, 1, 58, 88 A — pain, distress, stom- achache, gastralgia, 4, 20 (26), 61, 74 D 2 , 75, 88, 103, 109, 129 B, 134 A, 143, 148 C 2 , 148 P 2 — hypo- derm. 103, 107 — cramp, 41, 49, 148 C 2 — gastric catarrh : see Ca- tarrh — hemorrhage: see Bleed- ing — inflammation, 2, 11 (22, 30, 110A), 128B, 148X (7)— ulcer. ation,\\, 1 7 A, 20 A, 30, 32, 61, 63, 69 M 4 , 88 C (115 bichro), 122 D, 129 B — sinking, gone feel- ing, 21, 65, 143, 146 A, 148 1: with deathly nausea, 54, 146 — flut- tering at the stomach, 29, 119. Stomatitis — see Mouth. Stone root — 134. Stool — diagnostic indications, 69 X 3 , G — see diarrhoea, constipation, etc. Strabismus — (34 cycla., 127), 128 I (138 B, 148 C)— at birth, 10. Strain — of muscle, 10, 122, 74 G — ■ straining, see Tenesmus. Stramonium — 138. Strangury, 30 C, 31, 37, 38, 68 A, 70, 75, 87, 106 — spasmodic 115 A, 128 I — from fly blister, 31. Stricture — of prepuce, 32 — of rec- tum, 44 (no A) — of urethra, 107 hypoderm., 128 A, 148 W (5) — spasmodic, 128 I. Strophantus — (sub.), 54. Struma — 53 M, O — see Scrofula. Strychnia — 103 — poisoning : hypo- derm., 37, 45, 77, 103. Stupor, sopor — see Coma. Stuttering, stammering — see Speech. St y— 77> 1 '7 A, 122 D (128 A, D), 315 REPERTORIAL INDEX. 144 B — ailments from styes sup- pressed, 122 D. Sub-involution — 50 hypoderm. — see Uterus. Sugar— 135. Sulphur, and acids — 136. Sumbul— 148 S 4 . " Summer complaint " — 53 L, 53 M see Diarrhoea. Sunstroke— Em., 101, 138 B, 148 M hypoderm., 50, 120 — heat apoplexy, faint, 103, 120, 138 B. Suppuration — (10), 28, 32 (77 A), 90, 91, 115, 125 A, 128 A, D— see Ulcer. Surgical dressing — 3,91, 115, 125 — see Wounds. Surgical operations — guard against shock, 107 hypoderm. (120) — ex- haustion after, 94 C — fainting after, 101 — excessive pain after, 105, 133- Sweat — see Perspiration — sweat cure, 73, 88 E. Swelling — see CEdema — see Gland, etc. Swoon — 68. Sycosis— 9, 128 C, 148 N 2 , 148 X (10) Syncope — see Fainting. Synovitis — 26, 32 (70, 128 C) : hypo- derm., 32. Syphilis— 7 B, 16 A, 32, 64, 77 B, 1 14 A, 115 B, 148 F, 148 O, 148 N 2 , 148 X (3), 148 X (10), 148 Y (5) — hypoderm., 77 — inherited, 1 1 B, 1 1 C. Tabes — (sicca 147) — see Atrophy. Tampon — 69 Z 2 . Tannin, and Tannic acid — 137. Tapeworm — see Worms. Tartar emetic — 12. Tartar on teeth — 3, 77 D (142). Taste — lost, 23, 1 17 A, 126 A — bitter, 128 G — sour, 128 J — foul, 128 H: foul in the morning (103, 1 17). Teeth — decay, 3, 9, 11 C, 148 F — guard against decay, 3, 35 — extrac- tion without pain, 59, 68. Teething— 2, 11 C, 17 A, 27, 53 L, M, 80 B, 88 A, B, 92, 110E, 112, 115 A, 128 E, 128 E, I, 136, 148 W (4) — conducted safely through, 110 E< — grinding of the teeth or gums (17 A), 92, 127— early decay (9, ii C, 148 F). Tellurium— 148 Y (6). Temperature — normal, 98.6 — dan- gerously high, 105 — usually fatal, 107 — collapse, 95 — dangerously low, 93 — usually fatal, 92 . Tenderness — symptoms under gen- eral indications : 2, 10, 13, 17; especially of the abdominal walls, 70 — rheumatic, 1 19 D. Tenesmus — 69 D 4 — spasmodic, 115 A, 128 I. Terebinthina — 139. Terror — see Night — see Fear. Testes — induration, 128 A (144,148 C 5 ), 148, 148 W (5)— shrunken condition, 44 — pain, 20 B, 64, 144 A : as if bruised, 54, 85 A — neu- ralgia, 144 A. Tetanus— 2, 10, 17 A, 27 B, 49, 59, 74, (103), 108, 128 1, 133, 139, 146 A, 148 P 2 (of the horse, 108) —hypoderm., 37, 103. Tetter — see Skin. Teucrium — 148 Y (7). Thallin — (sub.), 120. Theine — (sub.), 139. Thirst — excessive (2, 11), 53 D, 74, no, 140 — for very cold drinks, no, 140 — with dread of liquids, 30, 68. Thorn apple — 138. Throat — acute inflammation, sore throat, quinsy Em., 2, 3, 17 A, D, 57, 69 J«, 69 R 4 , 70, 74, 75, 80, 82, 83, 98, 114, 128 B,C, 136 A, 137, 144, 146 A — hypoderm. for quinsy, 80 — ulceration, Em., 6, 15 (17 A), 36, 77 D, 99, 114 A, 115 C, 128 D, 137 B, 148 I 2 , 148 N 2 , 148 X (3) : putrid, 15, 114 A, 115 C, 128 H; syphilitic, I14D, 115 B — clergyman's sore throat (10, no), 129, 136 A 2 , 144 — relaxed throat, palate down, 6, 7, 24 A, 98, 124, 136 A 2 , 137 B — chronic affec- tions of the throat, 18 C, 24, 32, 36, 69 J3, 69 R 4 (72), 94 C, 114A, 114 B, 128 C, 136 D, 137 B, 144, 148 L, 148 X (7) — strangulation, see Choking — symptoms under gen- eral indications : dryness, especially on waking, 22, 42, 102, 114 — feel- 16 REPERTORIAL INDEX. ing like a string hanging down the throat, 148 V — ftf^* view of the throat far down, 69 C. Throbbing in the arteries of the neck, 17, 54, 101. Thrush — see Mouth. Thuja — 9. Tic douloureux — see Neuralgia, fa- cial. Tinea — see Skin. Tinnitus aurium — see Ear. Tissue salts — 128. Tobacco — antidote and substitute — 69 J3. Tongue — diagnostic indications, 69 X 3 , A — tongue symptoms, under general indications : coated white, 20, 32, 128 C — brown, 128 H — greenish, 128 G — yellow, 128 F, 140 — red edges, 114, 122, 140 — red and cracked, 115 bichro — smooth red, 139 — inflamed, 70, 128 B, 148 X (7) — swollen, 70 — numb, 2, 146 — paralyzed, 41 — in- durated (64), 128 A — cancer, 115, 148 C*. Tonic— 4, 79, 94 C, 103, 119 A, B, 120, 129 A — see Debility. Tonsils — inflamed, see Quinsy — chronic enlargement, 1 1 B, 88 A, B, 128 C, 144. Toothache— Em., 2, 6, 8 (17 A), 18, 55, 81, 101, 112, 128 B, 128 1, 146 A, 148 W (4)— hypoderm., 107 —in hollow tooth, 148 X 3 , 148 Y (3) — instant relief, 6 A, 8, 18— de- cay, see Teeth. Tooth extraction without pain— 59, 68. Tooth -powder — 3 5 . Trachoma — see Eye. Trance — 68. Traumatic Fever — 2, 61. Tremor, trembling — 2, 21, 27, no A, 115 A, 129 B, 138 B hypoderm. (148 C 5 ), 148 X (3)— of the head, 148 C, C 2 — mercurial, 138 B hypo- derm. — senile, 138 B hypoderm. (148 C 5 ) — internal, 31 — sensation of trembling, 136 acid. Trichinosis (trichiniasis) — 32, 50 hy- poderm., 66 (70) — destroys the parasite in the stomach, 66. Trifolium — 43. Trismus — see Lockjaw. Tuberculosis — 53 M, O, (diet), 148 L — see Consumption. Tumor — 1 1, 28, 40, 42, 50 E, 69 N 3 , 70 (88), 114B, 128 A, 148 C5, 148 W (9) — fibroid : hypoderm. 32, 50 — ovarian, 70 — resulting from a blow, 133 — removal and cure with- out the knife, 40, 50 E, 69 N 3 — see Cancer. Turpentine — 139. Twitching — 2, 27, 107 hypoderm., 1 10 A, 128 I, 147, 148 1 — beneath the skin, 2 — especially about the mouth, 148 I — face, no A — eye- lids, 27 — in sleep, 17, 39. Tympanites — (13), 46, 120, 139 A 2 , 140 A — in typhoid, 139 A 2 , 140 A — hysterical (13), 148 V. Typhoid Fever— Em., 7 A, 11, 15, 23. 26,32,36,45, 77 A, 94 C (no), 120B, 120 hypoderm, 122A, i2qA, 128B, 1 29 A, 136, 139, 142, 148 Z — collapse, n, 101, 1 10 A, B, 128 H, 148 M. Typhus — 11, (32),94C (no), 120B, 128 B, 142— of children, 26, 45. Ulcer upon the skin — apply 28, 35, 40, 42, 44, 63, 65, 69 H 3 , 74, 77 J, 88, 90, 91, 109, 113, 114, 115, 125, 126, 142: take 11, 13, 30, 32, 88 B, C, 113, 123, 128 A, D (136), 148N 2 , 148X (3), i 4 8X( 4 )— chronic, 40, 88, 114, 130 — sloughing, putrid, gangrenous, 11, 13, 32, 35, 36, 42, 63, 77 J, 90, 91, 113, 115 G, 128 A, D, H — scrofu- lous, 88 B, 123, 128E, see Scrof- ula — varicose, 144 A — maggots in ulcer, 90 — ulcers upon internal surfaces : see the various organs affected. Uraemia — 30 C (32), 80, 107 — hypo- derm., 80, 107. Uranium nit — (sub.), 122. Urethra — irritation, inflammation, 30 C, 68 sativa, 70, 89 — discharge, 148 N — urethral fever, 2. Urinalysis — 69 Y 3 . Urine— painful flow, 16, 1 8 B, 30, 31, 46, 68 sativa., 70, 81, 89, 106 — hypoderm., 17, 107 — obstructed flow, 30, 69 O 2 , 92, 106, 148 C 5 : from enlarged prostate, 9, 70, 3 1 ? REPERTORIAL INDEX. see Gravel — retention, 2, 38, 50 hypoderm, 75, 92, (107), 128 B — see Strangury — suppressed secre- tion : see Dropsy — incontinence, dribbling, Em., 92, 103, 122 C, 129 B, 139 B, 142 B, 146 A, 148 W (3) : hypoderm., 17, 103, 107 — from a fall, 133: see Enure- sis: see "wetting the bed" — ex- cessive flow, 128 G: see Diuresis Diabetes, Polyuria — urinary symp- toms under general indications : urine hot, 24, 30, 68 sativa — pale, 148 I, V— offensive, 18, 24, 148C 3 , 148 N 2 — loaded with sediment, 16, 134 C — milky white, 127 — like coffee grounds, 39 — urging to urin- ate (30, 89), 103 — bloody urine (10), 16 (17), 41, 134 Q 139, 144 A — red sand sediment, 148 W (10), 148 Y(i) — pink sediment, 148 Y (1). Urtica — (sub.), 100. Urticaria — see Hives. Ustilago — 50. Uterus ( Womb) — inflammation, acute, 2, 11, 17, 32 (103, 107, 128 B, C): see Child-bed Fever: chronic, 50 hypoderm, 128 C — ulceration, 74 E, see Leucorrhoea, fetid — pains, 21 (68 hemp.), 95 : see Neuralgia — prolapsus, Em., 4, 6, 17, 25, 70 A, 74, 75 B, 77 B, 79B(92), 103 A, 103 hypoderm., 114A, ii7,U9B, 141, 148 Y(i), 148 Z — "the womb anchor," 69 H 2 — replacement by position, 69 H 2 — sub-involution, 50 hypo- derm. — flexion, version, 4, 25 — hy- pertrophy, 50 hypoderm. — polypus, mole, fibroid tumor, 50 hypoderm. Uva ursi — (sub.), 1 6, 30. Uvula elongated — 137 B — see Palate. Vaccine disease — 9, 11, 128 A. Vagina — itching, 148 X (4): see Pruritus — irritation, 148 X (4), 148 X (14) — spasmodic constriction, vaginismus., 44, 49 (84, 128 A), 146 A — ulceration, 6, 74 E : see Leucorrhoea, fetid. Valeriana — 148 V. Valvular disease of the heart — 2, 29, 54, 94- Varicocele — 50 hypoderm. 3 Varicose veins — 5ohypoderm.,69 N 3 , 89, 117 A, 144 A, 147, 148 F— with severe pains, 89, 144 — radical cure, 144. Variola, varioloid — see Smallpox. Veratrum — 140 — poisoning, 59 hypo- derm. Veins — inflammation, see Phlebitis — broken, see Varicose. Verbascum — 97, 148 Y (8). Vertigo — 2, 10, 17 A, 26, 27, 34 A, 45, 72, 77, 101 A, 1 10 A, 1 13, 128 B, 134 A, 148 C, C 2 , C 5 , 148 W (1), 148 Z — epileptic (27), 110B — when rising up in bed, 2, 26 — when turning in bed, 148 C 5 — falling, 27 (no) — guard, 72. Viburnum — 141. Vicarious — see Menses. Vinegar — 142. Viola odo. — (sub.), 46. Viola tri. — (sub.), 23. Viscum — 95. Voice — failing, lost, 2 spong., 7, 17 A, 24, 44, 110 A, 134 A, 144, 146 A, 148 W (3) — hysterical aphonia, 101, 107 hypoderm. — hoarseness, 2 spong., 24, 80 hypoderm., 88 A., no A, 128 C, 144 — especially of public speakers and singers, 44, no A, 144. Vomiting — in general, 1, 11, 20, 23, 41, 48 B, 49, 53 L, 69 K, 74 D, 75 A, 77, 78, 88 A, 98 (103), 109 (no), 138 B — hypoderm., 37, 107 — of drunkards, n, 103 — from etherization, 74 D — during preg- nancy, 38, 48, 69 K, 69 P 2 , 71, 75 A, 77, 78, 109, no D, 118 — during typhoid fever , II, 75 A, 78, 138 B — symptoms under general indications : ejection of liquids, not solids, 11, 20 A, no — of solids when the stomach is full, 20 A, 128 B— of milk, 1, 88 A, 148 X (3)— of bile (78), 128 I— of food, 128B; directly after eating, 11, 20 A, 78, 138 B — of sour liquid, 1, 23, 88 A, 123 J — of sour curds, 1, 88 A— constant straining to vomit, 78, 109, 140 alb. — liquids come up as soon as swallowed, 1 1 : as soon as they become warm in the stomach (no A, 140 alb.). 18 REPERTORIAL INDEX. Vulva — ■ itching, see Pruritus — in- flammation, 148 Y (1). Wakefulness — see Sleep. Warts — 7, 9, 28, 40, 69 D, 142 — take 9 (88 A). Wasting diseases — 66 A, B, 110E — see Atrophy, see Consumption. Water brash — 23 (26), 35, 103, 109 (117), 126 (131, 140, alb.), 148 W (10). Water — stagnant or turbid rendered innoxious, 86 — clarified, 6, 126 C — diarrhoea from drinking impure water, 86 — nausea from drinking water, no A 2 — "water on the brain," see Brain. Weakness — see Debility. Weak heart — see Heart. Weaning — see Milk — from liquor, 53 S, 74 B. Weariness — see Fatigue. Weeping moods — 76, 117. Wen— 48. " Wetting the bed"— g, 17, 18, 30, 37,74, 79, 112, 115 A, 120 A, 122 A, 129 B, 148 W (3), 148 Y (1), 148 Y (8) — hypoderm., 17, 103, 107 — preventive, 74 — from worms, 127 — see Urine. White leg — see Milk leg. White swelling — 77E, G, 115E 2 , 123 — hypoderm., 32 — see Joints. " Whites " — see Leucorrhcea. Whitlow — see Felon. Whooping cough — Em., 7, 8, 10, 17, 43, 49, 55 (98), 95, 120, 127, 128 H, 139, 148 N (148 P 2 )— choking with blue face, 49, 128 H — preven- tive, 117 — cure in a week, 17 — cure ninety-five per cent, of all cases, 43 — as much a specific as quinine for ague, 55 — with spasms, 49 — system prepared, no E. Wild Yam — 143. Wind gall— 18. Winking, involuntary — 62. Witch Hazel — 144. Womb — see Uterus. Worms — common large worms, 46 A, 79, 127, 139, 148 Y (4)— seat worms, S^ A, 100, 126, 130 B, 148 Y (7) — tape worm, 38, 67, in, 118, 125, 139, away in an hour, 38. Worse — conditions, under general indications : — After, eating, 4, 102, 115 bi- chro., 120, 126, 148 C 3 : especially after dinner, 129 — after drinking, 102. 120, 148 C 3 : especially after coffee, 148 1: after wine, 107, 147 — after sleeping, 107, 138 : especially in morning on waking, 148 I, 148 N 2 — after talking, 77 — after riding, 77 — after walking, 77 — after lying down, 78 — after getting wet, 88, phos., 122. At 10 A.M., 126 — at 3 P.M., 17. Before dinner, 136 — before a thunder storm, 85 A, 131. By slight touch or contact, 2, 13, 27, 128 B, 148 N 2 : anywhere upon the skin, 120, 148 I — by the least knock or jar, 10, 17 — by pressure upon the parts affected, 128B — by smell of tobacco, 148 I— by smell of victuals, 46. During cold, damp weather, 7 carb., 85 A, 136 — during hot weather, 92 (103) — during the evening, 117: from 4 to 8 p.m., 39 — during middle of the night, II : from 2 to 3 A.M., 115 — during the morning, 92, 103 — during new moon, 7 carb., 42, 49, 88 carb. — during full moon, 42, 88 carb., 131 — during every 7th or 8th day, 22, 23, 114 — during active motion, 26, 46, ioi,128B: during first motion, but better after continued gentle motion, 24, 122 — during rest, re- pose, 85 A, 122, 128 C, 148 C 5 : especially sitting, 79. When alone, 138 — when in the dark, 2, 31, 138 — when ascending a hill or stairway, 11, 88 carb. — when dropping off to sleep, 96 — when indoors, 62, 106,117 — when outdoors, 103, 148 M — when think- ing or studying, 103 — when lying down, 16, 18, 78, 89 — when lying on the left side, 1 10 — when sitting, 16, 97 — when standing, 5, 136 — when walking, 77 — when riding, 77 — when waking, 148 N 2 : in the morning, 148 I — when rising up in bed, 2, 26 — when turning in bed, 148 C*. 319 REPERTORIAL INDEX. Wound — in general, 3, 5, 10, 32, 37, 61, 74 G, 84, 85, 91, 106, 113, 125, 126, 133, 135, 136 A 2 , 148 1 2 — — hemorrhage, 3, 6, 38, 74, 79 G — gun-shot, 3, 91 — puncture, 3, 85, 133— contusion, 3, 10, 74, 91, 133 — incision, cut, 18 A, 48, 91, 125 A —poisoned, 3, 7, 32, 1 13, 148 I 2 — unhealthy, apply, 32, 35, 36, 37, 42, 90, 91, 115, 136 A 2 : take, 11, 120— painful, 5, 84, 85, 133, 136 A 2 — pain in old scar, 133 : pain after amputation, 106, 133 — compound fracture, 3, 32, 84, 91— guard against lockjaw, 105, 133, 139 — to keep a wound open, 58. Wrist Cramp — Em., 103 hypoderm. (128 I). Wrist Drop — Em., 103 hypoderm. Xanthoxylum — 1 19. Yawing, spasmodic — 148 I. Yeast — 145. Yellow Fever — Em., 31 A, 32, 140 A, 146 A — guard, 125. Yerba Santa — (sub.), 87. Zinc — 147. Zoster — see Skin. 17 320 W