Family practice; or, Simple directions in homœopathic domestic medicine

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Edmund Capper, 1865 - 189 sider
 

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Side 9 - by pouring a little hot water into it, then put a small quantity of finely -ground linseed meal into the basin, pour a little hot water on it, and stir it round briskly until you have well incorporated them; add a little more meal and a little more water, then stir it again.
Side 10 - ... remain in the basin, but stir the poultice well, and do not be sparing of your trouble. If properly made, it is so well worked together that you might throw it up to the ceiling, and it would come down again without falling in pieces ; it is, in fact, like a pancake. What you do next, is to take as much of it out of the basin as you may require, lay it on a piece of soft linen, let it be about a quarter of an inch thick, and so wide that it may cover the whole of the inflamed part.
Side 9 - ... and stir it round briskly until you have well incorporated them; add a little more meal and a little more water, then stir it again. Do not let any lumps remain in the basin, but stir the poultice well, and do not be sparing of your trouble. If properly made, it is so well worked together that you might throw it up to the ceiling, and it would come down again without falling in pieces ; it is, in fact, like a pancake.
Side 9 - Scald your basin by pouring a little hot water into it, then put a small quantity of finely-ground linseed meal into the basin, pour a little hot water on it, and stir it round briskly until you have well incorporated them ; add a little more meal and a little more water, then stir it again. Do not let any lumps remain in the basin, but stir the poultice well, and do not be sparing of your trouble.
Side 65 - Anthony's Fire.— A superficial shining redness, and inflammation of the skin, which disappears under pressure of the finger, but returns as soon as the pressure is removed. There is generally fever, and a burning heat and tingling rather than acute pain. It frequently follows injuries; blisters often form on the inflamed surface (vesicular erysipelas), and it sometimes assumes a severe and dangerous form. The more common exciting causes of erysipelas are debility and loss of resisting power from...
Side 147 - I give an ounce every two, three, or four hours, according to the severity of the case — that will be from twelve to thirty-six grains of quinine in the twenty -four hours according to the case.
Side 11 - ... stir the gruel on the fire while it boils for ten minutes ; pour it into a basin, add a...
Side 134 - ... the tongue be coated with a yellowish deposit. The chronic form of pharyngitis is often due to smoking, which must be stopped. A course of Kali mur., a dose of the third trituration three times a day, will often work wonders. PILES. (Haemorrhoids). — Small tumors or lumps formed by a distention or relaxation of the veins of the rectum. They may be external, or so far within the rectum as to be imperceptible, and they may or may not bleed. Sensation of weight, pain in the back, loins and thighs,...
Side 85 - Natrum phosph. instead. GUMS, SCURVY OF THE— Canker of the Mouth. — Offensive smell in the mouth with a glutinous bloody discharge from the gums, which are hot, red, soft, spongy, very sensitive, retracted from the teeth and subsequently ulcerated along their margins. TREATMENT. — Avoid food that tends to produce acidity, such as sweets, rich food, etc. Kali mur., 3x trituration. Dissolve a powder about the size of a lima bean in half a glass of water and take teaspoonful doses every two hours....
Side 119 - An infectious fever attended with an eruption of a purple rash, consisting of slightly elevated minute dots disposed in irregular circular forms or crescents, preceded by catarrhal symptoms about the eyes, nose, and bronchia, for about four or five days, and accompanied by inflammatory fever.

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