THE
   HOMEOPATHIC/^O
iURGIGAL ADVISER
TRAVELER'S COMPANION;
CONTAINING ALSO THE TREATMENT IN
CASES OF POISONING.
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    PHILADBLPHIA:    . _,\ £
F. E. B<ERICKE, 511 CHESTNUT STREET. ~~'
      1859. 
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PREFACE.
  This little work is intended to give clear and easily
understood instructions for the treatment of accidents,
when no medical attendance can be procured, or when
the accidents are of  such a nature that professional aid
is not deemed.necessary.  In every serious case of acci-
dent, a surgeon should be  sent for  immediately—until
his arrival the cases should be treated according to the
rules herein laid down.  A surgeon  should also be con-
sulted in slight cases, which do not get well in a reason-
able time, under the treatment recommended in this work.
  For much of the matter contained in the following
pages, the author is indebted to two of the best surgical
works of the old school, and  to several homoeopathic
works; he is also  under great obligations to  the per-
sonal advice of some of the best homoeopathic practi-
tioners of this city.
  The appendix contains some remarks on Sea-sickness,
a few words on complaints induced by traveling in rail-
road cars or carriages, and the treatment in  cases of
poisoning.
  Marshal Hall's  "ready method" of inducing artificial
respiration, will  be found fully explained.
                                      A. Z., M. D.
  Philadelphia, Feb.,  1859. 
 
BURNS  AND SCALDS.
   By Burns in general, we mean the injuries done
to our  bodies by the  direct contact or too near
approach  of hot or  burning substances;  if these
substances are liquids  we call the injuries scalds.
The effects of intense cold, corrosive  chemicals,
acids as well as alkalies, are very like those created
by hot  substances.
   The  following four  classes of burns are based
upon the degree of the heat, the length of time
the parts  have been exposed to the heat, and the
tenderness of the injured parts :
   1. Burns with superficial inflammation, merely
redness of the skin, but no formation of blisters;
no fever, except when  the extent of the burn is
very great, or in very irritable persons.   The red-
ness of the skin disappears in a few hours or days,
the upper skin peels off.
   2. Burns with  more inflammation and forma-
tion  of blisters.   They  are  generally caused  by 
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hot liquids; there is sometimes fever.  The blisters
either dry up, the  fluid in them being  absorbed,
or if opened and  the fluid is emptied, they dry up
and new skin is formed, or the wound suppurates.
No scar is left by this class of burns.
   3.  Burns with violent, deeply penetrating in-
flammation, and destruction of the true shin and
cellular tissues.   They are caused either directly
by a burning substance, or a longer contact of hot
substances, particularly hot fluids.   These burns
are characterised by grey, yellowish or brown spots,
which are  soft, insensible to slight  pressure, but
painful when hardly pressed  upon;  on  adjoining
parts blisters appear, which are filled with a brown-
ish or reddish  fluid;  the surrounding  parts are
very red and much  swollen.   There is  generally
fever.   Six or eight days after  the injury,  the de-
stroyed parts slough, they are cast off, an ulcer  is
formed, and the wound heals by granulation and
leaves a white shining  scar.
  4. Burns in which  the heat has  destroyed the
skin, cellular tissues, and muscles to the bone, or
in which a whole part of the body is burnt to a 
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coal.   They are caused by long contact with fire,
red-hot or  melted metals and boiling fluids.  The
destroyed part, called " eschar," is perfectly insen-
sible, and,  if  made  by fluids, is soft, brown or
yellow; if caused by direct fire, or dry hot bodies,
brown or  black, dry and hard.  The surrounding
parts are  much inflamed, very painful, and often
covered with blisters.   The  eschar  is cast off by
suppuration of the surrounding parts, a deep ulcer
is formed,  leaving a deep-seated, hard and immov-
able scar, which often interferes with or completely
prevents the movement of the parts.  If  a part
has been  completely burnt to  a  coal, a stump, of
course, will be left.
  The danger from burns is great in proportion to
the depths, and particularly  to the  extent  of the
injury.   It is  a  rule  admitted by nearly all sur-
geons, "that a burn  of the first and second class
covering one-half the body will be likely  to prove
fatal;  that one of the third  class occupying one-
fourth of the body, will most  likely terminate in
the same  manner, whilst the fourth class will be
apt to produce  death if only one square-foot of the 
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body is affected."  Severe  and extensive burns
are apt to  cause  high fever, restlessness, nausea,
vomiting, diarrhoea and delirium.  The pains may
be so excessive as to cause convulsions in irritable
persons.
   The most frequent and severest burns are per-
haps caused by  burning fluid.  In spite of the
almost daily and often fatal accidents of this kind,
people will continue to use fluid-lamps—infernal
machines, as one  of the daily papers calls them—
carelessly;  filling a fluid-lamp while burning, is as
dangerous  as  going with a lighted candle near an
open  keg of  powder; people  forget,  or are not
aware, that the vapor arising from burning  fluid
takes much easier fire than the fluid itself.  The
fluid, in a  lamp that  has been  burning, is always
warm  and gives off  a great  deal  of  vapor.  It
should  be  a rule in  every house-hold to  dismiss
any servant who  ever attempts to fill a fluid-lamp
whilst burning.   •
   Persons, particularly females  aud children, u7to.se
clothes  have taken fire, should immediately lie
down  upon the floor,  and roll  the carpet, rug, 
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table cover, or something of the sort around their
body, or, if nothing of the kind is at hand, they
should  try to stifle the flame between their body
and the floor.  If a man is present, he should at
once pull off his coat and wrap it around the burn-
ing person who is lying upon the floor. The upright
position  is the worst, for it  allows the  flame to
spread  and  to  reach the  neck, face and  head.
Running about is the worst of all.
   Treatment —The best remedy for burns of the
first class is dry heat, applied by holding the in-
jured part as closely as possible to the fire.  This,
of course, cannot be done in all cases.  For  burns
of small extent  on  the hands, there is no better
remedy than  to  cover  them  with  collodium, by
means of a camel's hair brush; or  by a  solution
of gutta  percha in chloroform, or in  oil of turpen-
tine, or by any  kind of varnish,  even glue will
answer;  these applications will  at  first cause an
increase  of pain, but that will soon cease.  For
more extensive burns use warm spirits  of  wine,
brandy, &c.  For  superficial burns on tender  parts,
the mouth or tongue for instance, Glycerine is very 
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serviceable;  apply it with  a camel's  hair  brush.
Glycerine can  be  had in all drug stores;  it is  a
clear, thick,  sweet, and  perfectly harmless fluid,
and can be  mixed with  water in all  proportions.
It may also be used instead of water in  diluting the
Tincture of Cantharides, one part of the tincture
to ten parts of Glycerine. It has the very valuable
property not to dry when exposed  to the  air, it
keeps the parts it is applied to constantly moist
and soft.
   The  best  and  truly homoeopathic  remedy for
burns of all classes, particularly to allay the pain,
is the Tincture of Cantharides;  ten  drops of it
to half a tumblerful of water, applied  by rags or
lint, which should be kept wet with it.
   The blisters, in burns of the following classes,
should be opened with a pin or pair of fine scissors,
to let out the  fluid, but the  skin should not be
removed; in addition to the above remedies, raw
cotton  (carded) may be used;   split  wadding is
most convenient;  it should  be applied in several
layers, and if the burn suppurates, the upper layers
only should be  removed, the lower one remaining 
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 until the wound is healed.  The cotton  should be
 used immediately after the wound is received, and
 before any other application has been made.
   Soap is another good remedy for this and the
 following classes of burns; white castile soap should
 be used in preference to  other soaps, scrape and
 mix  it with  warm water to  a thick salve, which
 spread upon  soft linen  or muslin, and  cover with
 it the whole  burned or scalded surface.  Dress the
 wound  every twenty-four hours, by carefully  re-
 moving the old plaster and replacing it immediately
 by a fresh one, without washing or interfering with
 the wound.
   Flour is another  excellent domestic  remedy,
 dust it  over  the wound  to the thickness of i or
 £  inch;  it is very serviceable in  burns or scalds
 which do not suppurate too much, for the pus
 mixes with the flour, cakes it, dries it and forms
a hard,  irregular crust, which lacerates the wound
at every movemont,  and  causes a  great deal of
irritation or even inflammation.
   For burns of the third and fourth class  Can-
tharides Tincture lotions should b£ used  at first 
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for the  pain, afterwards  soap, as stated  above, or
the liniment of lime-water and linseed  oil, made
by  mixing  and shaking together equal  parts of
linseed  oil and lime-water.   Lime-water  is made
as follows:  Take  about  an ounce  of quick-lime,
slack it with  a little water, dilute  after a while
with  one  quart of water, and keep the whole in
well corked, completely filled,  bottles;  for  use
pour off the clear water, without disturbing the
sediment of lime.  This liniment should be spread
on rags  or split wadding, and laid over the burned
parts; if the smell  of the linseed oil is too offensive,
use olive or sweet-oil instead.   I have found that
the following liniment is  greatly to be preferred,
especially for freely suppurating burns during hot
weather.  Put an ounce of Chloride of Lime into
a quart bottle, fill it with  water, shake  well  and
let it stand  to settle.  Mix one part of the clear
liquid with  an equal quantity of linseed or  any
other oil, and apply as the former liniment.   If
the pain from this liniment is at first too severe,
dilute the liniment by mixing it with some Glyce- 
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 rine, or the  yolk  of an egg, until the unmixed
 liniment can  be borne.
   For very extensive, deep, and freely suppurating
 burns, with a tendency to  sloughing, the cleanest
 and most  serviceable dressing is that with warm
 water.   It can  either be applied by letting it run
 constantly upon  the  part, or  by soft linen rags or
 patent lint, kept wet  with it.  If a  freely sup-
 purating burn is on a part of the  body that can
 be kept  immersed in water, fill a suitable, wooden
 vessel with  warm water, put  into  it the  burned
 part, and cover it with  oil-silk or an india-rubber
 cloth.  The water will be kept in this way at blood-
 heat; the water should be  renewed every twenty-
 four hours, avoiding as much  as possible to expose
 the wound to  the air.   This simple  treatment has
 lately been used  with the very happiest success in
 most frightful burns, particularly  in several cases
 where persons'wcre  most shockingly burnt by an
 explosion in a fire-worker's  laboratory.
  In all  cases keep off the air as much as possible,
do not, therefore, dress the  wound too often, and
when dressing it, do not let  it uncovered longer 
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than necessary.  Cut off the loose skin, do not let
the rag or lint stick to the sore, nor remove the
salve which adheres  to the sore.
   Never use lead-water  and  ointments of lead,
they are always highly injurious, they poison the
patient, causing horrible  suppuration, ulcers and
dreadful scars.   The application of lead-water to
an extensive burn  or scald will  often prove fatal.
It is generally known that one may, with impunity,
suck out«the poison from the bite of a rattlesnake,
but  the smallest quantity of the same  poison in-
troduced into a wound will prove fatal.  On the
other hand we  know that lead, used internally, is
a  dangerous poison,  and yet  people continue to
apply this same poison to extensive wounds caused
by burns or scalds.
   In all kinds  of  burns which  cause a suppura-
ting wound, great  attention must be paid at the
time the scar is forming, because of*its  very great
tendency to contract; the parts should  be kept in
their natural position.  The chloride of lime lini-
ment is most excellent in preventing the formation
of  hard, contracted and  unsightly  scars.   The 
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neighboring parts must be kept apart, to prevent
their growing together, as for instance, the fingers.
   For burns in the mouth, throat or stomach, US3
glycerine, diluted with an equal quantity of water,
or dissolve a few  globules of Arsenicum in a cup-
ful of  water, and take a spoonful occasionally, and
keep it for awhile in the mouth, or gargle with it.
If Arsenicum gives no relief, use Causticum, Rhus
or Carbo vegetabilis.
   Burns from sulphuric or any other acid,  wash
first with a weak  solution of soda, wood ashes or
very diluted  hartshorn; those  caused by an alkali
or lye, wash with a  sour  lotion, of weak vinegar
for instance, treat them afterwards as other burns.
   For burns from  phosphor, the  best  remedy is
sweet or  any other  oil, to be  renewed until the
pain ceases.
   For the  fever which  sometimes  accompanies
burns, give Aconite, ten to  fifteen  globules  of it
dissolved  in 6 spoonsful of water, a spoonful every
3  or 4 hours—for  the  convulsions, give Cham-
omilla, ten or twelve globules dissolved in 8 spoons-
ful of water, a spoonful every hour  or  two—the 
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diarrhoea, which  sometimes  attends  extensive
burns, is beneficial for the patient, it should  not
be interfered with, except when  it lasts  long after
the  wound  has healed, in this  case,  medicine
should be taken; when the diarrhoea is  more fre-
quent  between noon  and midnight, give two  or
three globules of Calcarea once a day; if more fre-
quent after midnight and in the morning, give Ar-
senicum.  If the diarrhoea is attended with much
pain in the bowels, give at once  a  dose  of Pulsa-
tilla and afterwards Sulphur.
  The diet should be light, and  no stimulants  be
allowed; frequent exercise in the open  air is  ne-
cessary to restore persons who have been seriously
burned.   Sudden alterations  of  temperature, and
particularly cold, must be avoided. 
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               WOU N  DS.

  The scientific definition of a wound is "a solu-
tion of continuity in the soft tissues, communicating
externally and  produced by  violence," or in plain
language, according to Webster, "a breach of the
skin and flesh of an animal,  caused by violence or
external force."  The pain  experienced at first is
due  to  the injured  nerves, that  felt afterwards
arises from the inflammation; it is more or  less
severe, according to the kind of violence  causing
the wound, and to the  sensibility of the injured
part, and of the individual.    The hemorrhage is
more or less  profuse according to  the size  and
number of blood-vessels injured, it is always more
considerable in concised wounds than in contused
and lacerated ones.
  Wounds heal in one of the two  following ways :
1st.  If the injured parts have not  suffered by con-
tusion, if the edges of the wound  can be brought 
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into opposition  and kept so, and if the inflamma-
tion is not so great  as  to cause  suppuration, the
wound heals by " the first intention" (by imme-
diate union or adhesive  union).   2d.  If the edges
of the wound cannot be brought together, or if it
fails to heal by the first intention, it will suppurate,
new substance  will be  formed under a cover of
pus; it will heal  by the u second intention" or by
granulation, and leave a scar.
   Wounds are divided into : Incised, lacerated, con-
tused, punctured, poisoned  and gunshot wounds.
For definitions  see further on.
   General Treatment.—Examine the wound, arrest
the bleeding, remove  foreign bodies,  dress the
wound, and attend to other accidental or conse-
quential symptoms.
   1st.  In all wounds the hemorrhage requires our
greatest attention;  if it is  profuse, the stopping
of it is the first thing to be done.   The bleeding
from small wounds will soon stop of itself;  if only
small blood-vessels are cut, the application  of cold
water or  ice will  generally  arrest the  bleeding
Kreosot,  one drop to a tumblerful  of water, may 
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    be used with great advantage for  the  same pur-
    pose.   If a large artery is injured, in which case'
    the blood is bright  red and squirts out as the pulse
    beats, there  is great  danger, and  no time should
    be lost to stop the bleeding.  If the patient  faints,
    leave him  at rest;  fainting is beneficial,  for  in
    this state the blood flows less rapidly, and is more
    apt to congeal in the wound, especially when cold
    applications  are made at the same time.   If  he
    turns quite pale and becomes blue in the face, give
    a dose of two or three globules of China, or a little
    wine  and water, or whisky, brandy, etc., and  water.
      The  readiest way to arrest  the bleeding  is  by
I    pressure upon the artery which  supplies the part.
   This  can be done  by pressing upon the  artery
   above the  wound,  between the wound and the
   heart, either by the thumb whilst the fingers em-
   brace the limb, or by the padded end of a key,  or
   a similar substance.   You will find  the large arte-
   ries upon the interior side of the limbs, and know
   them  by their pulsations.  For continued pressure
   other means must be  used; if you have no instru-
   ment, such  as a tourniquet, you  can make one 
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 with a handkerchief, cork and compress.  Place a
'cork  or  some similar  substance  lengthwise  upon
 the artery, upon the cork a compress 2 to 3 inches
 square and as thick as a finger, and over both and
 around the limb a handkerchief or bandage, folded
 like a cravat, which  tighten until  the bleeding
 ceases.   A  still  more  simple instrument is the
 "Spanish Windlass," which is prepared as follows:
 Fold a common handkerchief into the shape of a
 cravat, roll it into a narrow cord, and  tying a knot
 in its middle portion, carry the cravat around the
 limb, so  that the  knot will come  over the artery;
 then tying the two ends loosely  together,  insert a
 short stick into the loop, and twist it  up until the
 compression  of the artery by the knot, and the
 constriction of the limb arrest the circulation.  In
 order to  arrest the bleeding from a vein, (the blood
 in this case is dark and flows in a constant stream,)
 make the pressure below the wound, and if a  lam-e
 blood-vessel is injured, the pressure should  be  made
 above and below  the wound.   Some  people try to
 arrest the bleeding by piling cloth upon cloth upon
 the wound, they only conceal the bleeding; others 
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   use a variety of trash, such as punk, cobweb, etc.,
   which are useless and often injurious.  The surest
   way of arresting hemorrhage is  by tying  up the
   artery, which, however,  must be done by a surgeon.
   The patient must, of course, keep as quiet as pos-
   sible, and in an easy position.
      2d.  Clean the wound, remove all foreign bodies,
   as pieces of clothing, splinters, etc., and also clods
   of blood.   Splinters of bones  should  only be  re-
   moved  if quite loose,   if they are still  attached,
   they should be put in their proper positions, they
   will either heal or be detached by suppuration.
      3rd.  Dressing.—The  means  for uniting the
\   edges  of the wound are: adhesive  plaster,  collo-
   dium, sutures and bandages.   Proper sutures and
   bandages can only be made by a surgeon, although
   it is quite  easy to sew  up a wound with a  sharp
   needle and waxed thread.   Remember that the
   skin is pretty thick, pass the  needle  from one side
   of the wound,  about \  to $  inch from the edge,
   to the other, and  tie the stitch  so  that the knot
   falls on one side, and   Dot over the wound.   The
   Btitches should be tied separately, and not be closer 
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than 3  to  4 lines, generally not so close; make
the first stitch in the middle of the wound; strips
of adhesive plaster may be applied between them
to take the strain off.   The threads of the suture
should be  removed between the  third and fifth
day.  Adhesive plaster should  be cut  into long
strips } or | inch wide.   It  is best done in the
following way:  Let an assistant take hold of one
end of the  sheet of plaster, and keep it tense, take
hold of the other end, make a slight cut into it in
the direction of the fibres of the muslin, and holding
the scissors partly closed, push them forward; the
edges so cut will be even.  In  order to soften the
plaster for  use, hold the back of each strip against
a vessel  filled with hot water;  fasten  one end on
one side of the wound at  a proper distance from
the edge, bring it across so as to keep the edges
accurately  together, and fasten the other  end  of
the strip on the other side of  the  wound.   Recol-
lect that the plaster is not to be used to cover the
wound, but  to  bring  the  edges together.   Apply
the first strip over the middle of the  wound.   If
the plaster  is to be applied to  parts covered with 
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 hair, they must first be shaved.  For small, super-
 ficial wounds, Arnica  Plaster  will answer  quite
 well.
   In removing the strips take  hold of both ends,
 and raise both ends at  the  same time  carefully
 towards the wound, avoiding thus to reopen  the
 wound.   If possible leave the  dressing until  the
 wound is healed;  in summer, however, and when
 the wound  suppurates freely, the dressing should
 be changed  frequently.   Collodium is sometimes
 useful in slight wounds,  particularly in abrasions
 of the skin;  apply it with a camel's  hair brush.
 It is sometimes convenient to unite the edges of a
 longitudinal wound in the arm or leg by a handker-
 chief,  so  cut as to  enable one  end of it to slip
 through the opposite one.
   For the fever that sets  in,  generally within the
 first twenty-four hours after the reception of a large
 wound, give Aconite, if the skin is very hot and
 dry, and the patient restless;  Coffea if the patient
is very irritable and restless;  China if he has lost
much blood.  Dissolve a few globules of the above
medicines in  six spoonsful of water, give a spoonful 
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every two to four hours, according to the severity
of the fever.  Remedies for particular cases will
be mentioned at the proper places.
  a) Incised wounds are  those made  by a clean,
sharp-cutting instrument.   The pain is  generally
not very great.  Treat them by stopping the bleed-
ing, cleaning and uniting the edges as explained
above.  Arnica Plaster maybe used for small cuts.
Cuts on the fingers are conveniently dressed by a
piece of twine, or thick thread, wrapt tightly around
the finger over the cut, and  leavingitund is turbed
for a few days.   In large wounds rest and proper
position of the patient are indispensable.  If there
is a great deal of swelling and inflammation, cold
water should be applied, either by letting it con-
stantly run  over the swelling, or by applying it by
means of rags kept wet and  cold with it.  If there
is much pain—from  nerves being  injured—use
instead of water a lotion made of one spoonful of
Hypericum tincture to a tumblerful of water.  If
there was a loss of substance, a lotion of one spoon-
ful of Calendula tincture to a tumblerful of water
should be used at once.  If, however, such a wound 
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should fail to unite by the first intention and sup-
puration set in, warm water is better, but care should
be taken not to wash the pus off from the granula-
tions.  If the granulations look healthy, and there
is no inflammation, the wound may be  dressed by
lint spread with fresh  simple cerate, but no other
salve or ointment must be used.  Simple cerate is
made by melting  together two parts of lard and
one part of white  wax.
  b) Lacerated wounds  are  such in  which the
injury is caused by a rough or dull-edged  instru-
ment, as a dull knife, saw, splinters of wood, as
from railroad cars, machinery, etc.   The edges
are uneven, ragged, the bleeding  not  so  free  as
from incised wounds; they heal generally by granu-
lation, because the edges are injured in such a way
that they usually slough, it is therefore generally
useless to. attempt  to unite the edges by sutures or
plaster.
   Treatment.—Arrest the hemorrhage, clean the
wound, remove all foreign bodies  and  bring the
edges of the wound  together as. far as possible.
Apply Calendula tincture (one spoonful to a tumb-
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lerful of water,) by means of rags kept wet with
it, this will answer for the worst pains. Afterwards
cold water-dressing alone will be sufficient.  Calen-
dula  has a most wonderful effect in allaying the
pain and in healing this kind of wounds.
   c)  Contused wounds are those produced by any
cause that  inflict a bruise and wound at the same
time.  They are to be treated as lacerated  wounds,
except that instead of Calendula tincture Arnica
tincture, one spoonful to a tumblerful of water, is
to be used.  If the parts around a contused wound
turn red and look like erysipelas, apply  a lotion of
Ruta  tincture, one spoonful of the tincture to a
tumblerful of water.   See contusions.
   d) Punctured wounds  are those produced by a
pointed instrument.   Deep wounds of this kind
are generally very serious, they ought, if  possible,
be attended to by a surgeon;  if a nerve has been
cut there is danger of tetanus or lock-jaw.  (See
below.)
   Treatment according to the general rules.—It
is very important to prevent the skin from healing
before the deeper parts are fully united.  If a per- 
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son has run  a nail, fish-bone, splinter of wood or
glass,  etc., into his foot, these  substances  cannot
always be entirely removed, not even by a surgeon.
Into such a wound drop at once a little vulnerary
"balsam,  Peru  balsam is  best, but  Canadian will
also answer, and fasten over it a compress   Renew
the application of the balsam every day until  the
wound has healed from within. Occasional walking,
though it should cause pain, will assist in  cleans-
ing the  wound.  In case  of much  inflammation
apply  cold water.   If, after the healing of  such a
wound, violent pain is felt  when walking, there is
very likely still some foreign substance in the foot,
to remove this the following plan  has been  recom-
mended.  Fasten to the sole of the foot a cork-sole,
a piece of thick pasteboard or a thin board, with
a hole cut in it just w- ere it touches the sore part,
and let the patient  walk on it frequently; give at
the  same time  two or three globules of Silicea,
and if no better after a week, two or three globules
of Iltpar.  The foreign  body will generally soon
make its appearance; if you feel something under
the skin,  cut the skin and take it  out. 
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  e) Poisoned wounds  are  those in which,  in
addition  to  the wound, there  is introduced some
poisonous matter;  they may  be from the  stings
of insects, from  the bites  of serpents  or rabid
animals,  the poison may also be  from diseased
animals   The stings  of  insects,  as musquitoes,
bedbugs, spiders, bees, wasps,  etc., are rarely dan-
gerous, but may become so by their great number,
by attacking tender parts, or in  children, irritable
persons or intemperate people.   Smelling of cam-
phor,  and the application of cold water are the
chief remedies.  A  good remedy, if it can be borne,
is to hold the injured part as closely as possible
to the fire, a red-hot  coal, cigar, etc., until the
pain is removed.  The sting of the bee should be
withdrawn, the wasp does not leave its sting behind.
In  these cases  the often  renewed  application  of
damp earth or clay,  honey,  salt and water, etc.,
gives generally relief.   In very bad cases, when the
patient cannot breathe, let him  smell sweet spirits
of nitre, ether or chloroform.  Before getting these
things, try to make the patient breathe fast  by
making  him run between two other persons, or if 
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that cannot be done, open  his  mouth, draw his
tongue forward, put your fore  and middle finger
upon his tongue as far back  as you can, and press
it forward and downward;  if  he commences to
breathe,  lessen your  pressure by degrees;  if he
tries to vomit, release his tongue at once.
   If inflammation and fever follows  a  sting in a
very tender part, give 2 or 3 globules of Apis, if
no better in half an hour, Arnica, or if that  is
not sufficient, Aconite and Arnica in alternation.
              BITES  OP SNAKES.
   All poisonous snakes have in  the upper jaw two
large, long and movable teeth, the poison fangs.
Snakes which have two rows of teeth in  the upper
jaw, and two rows in the lower one, are not pois-
onous.  If the bite of a poisonous snake has been
made through clothing, it is not so dangerous as
if made directly upon the skin.  The pain is gene-
rally shooting  or burning, and often so violent as
to create  short spasms.  The part  bitten swells
rapidly, sometimes to an enormous extent. The fol-
lowing treatment is recommended by Dr.  O Ilering
in his Domestic Physician.  Tie  a  handkerchief, 
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cibbon, strap, rope, or similar thing, tightly around!
the limb, two or three inches above the wound,
to prevent the returning of the blood to the heart,
and leave it as  long as the patient  can  bear it.
Then  every endeavor should be made to extract
the poison;  this is best done by the application of
a cupping-glass, frequently renewed, until  nothing
more  exudes from the wound.  A cupping-glass
may easily be extemporized in the  fallowing way:
Take a small glass tumbler, dip  a  piece of paper
or cotton into brandy, whisky,  or other spirits,
eau de cologne or any other  toilet perfume will
answer, set fire to this and throw it into the tumb-
ler, and  apply the mouth of the tumbler imme-
diately over the  wound, taking care to  press it
closely upon the  skin, so as  to allow no air  to
enter.  If the materials are not at  hand, or if the
wound is so  situated  as to prevent  the application
of cupping-glasses, the wound should be  sucked.
This can  be done without danger, provided  the
person who sucks has no sore on his lips or mouth.
The sucking must be strong and continuous, and
the wound must be well drawn open.  Whilst suck- 
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in2, press your  hands  firmly towards the wound
over the adjoining parts, particularly from the side
next to the heart.  After everything has thus been
drawn from the wound, the  best external remedy
is heat.  Whatever can  be  had soonest, red-hot
iron, coals, or a  burning ciu'v, should be brought
as near to  the wound as possible, without causing
violent pains, and without burning  the  skin.  If
you have  oil or  fat at  hand, smear  it around the
wjund for two or three inches. If you have nothing
else, saliva  will do.   Whatever oozes  from the
wound  must be  carefully wiped away.   Continue
to apply heat  until the  patient begins to shudder
or to stretch; if  this  occurs soon, continue the
application for an  hour  if the patient can possibly
bear it.  After the wound has been treated in this
way, rub into it salt and gunpowder, cigar ashes
or wood ashes.   The patient should  be kept as
quiet as possible.  Give inwardly salt or gunpow-
der, and for  bad symptoms wine  or brandy,  a
spoonful at a time,  frequently  repeated.  If the
shouting pains  grow worse, if they  are  in the
direction of the heart,  if the spot turns blue or 
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becomes spotted, if vomiting, giddiness or fainting
ensues, give immediately two or three  globules of
Arsenicum; if not better  in half an  hour,  give
another dose of it.  If two or  three doses have
no good effect, give Belladonna.
  A common and highly recommended treatment
of such cases is to make the patient drink as much
brandy, whisky, or rum, as he  can;  persons are
known to have drunk under these circumstances as
much as a quart of whisky without becoming in-
toxicated.
  The bite  of a mad dog, or other rabid animals,
should in the  beginning be treaterl  in the same
way as the  bite of serpents, by  the cupping glass
and radiating  heat,  the  last should be  repeated
every day three  or four times,  an hour each time,
or until  shuddering appears.   After a few  days
let the wound heal quietly.  Sometimes, after seven
days or later, particularly when  the patient has a
slight fever, a  small blister will  appear under the
tongue;  have this opened with a pair  of finely
pointed scissors, and let the patient rinse his mouth
with salt water.   A  physician  must,  of course, be
consulted as soon as  possible. 
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   Wounds poisoned by putrid animal substances,
 by blood, pus, or saliva from animals affected with
 glanders, malignant pustule, etc., treat by the ap-
 plication of heat and Arsenicum as stated  before.
   f)  Gunsh t  icounds are  always  serious, and  a
 surgeon should  be called as soon as possible.  They
 may show the characteristics of contused or lacer-
 ated wounds;  the  bleeding is generally  slight;
 usually they are followed immediately by a "shock"
 to the  nervous system.   The  patient turns pale,
 trembles, is covered with cold perspiration, vomits,
 feels giddy, faints.  The opening made by the enter-
 ing ball is  small, often smaller than the ball, the
 edges contused, bluish or livid.   The opening made
 by the escape of the ball is larger, often larger than
 the ball, more or less lacerated.   The course of the
 ball is often marked by a dark red, elevated stripe.
   Treatment.—To relieve  the consequences of the
shock,  give  some brandy and water, or wine and
water, and try to keep up the spirits of the patient
as much as you can.  Examine the  wound, if not
too small and deep  the finger is the best instru-
ment for doing so;  remove all foreign bodies from 
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the wound, as pieces of clothing, and the ball if
you can, but that is not so very important, as many
persons carry a baSl in  their bodies without much
inconvenience.  The course of a ball is often very
curious;  in searching  for a ball the patient should
be put in the same position in which he was when
he received the ball.  Dress the wound with a soft
compress and a loose  bandage, and  apply Arnica
tincture and  water  (one spoonful of the tincture
to a tumblerful of water), as long as there is much
pain and inflammation; afterwards cold water alone,
and if the wound suppurates much, warm water.
The patient  should  be  carefully watched, as  there
is great danger from secondary hemorrhage.


                 LOCK-JAW.

   Lock-jaw  may take place after any wound, some-
times it is caused by a very small injury, such as
the prick of a pin.  It is always very dangerous,
a physician should  be  called at the very first sus-
picious symptoms, such as  spadmodic contractions
of the muscles of the  neck, difficulty in swallow- 
m
ing, spasms of the muscles of the face, particularly'
th'ise used in biting—you  may, however, try the
following remedies.   If a patient who is suffering
from a wound feels pains in the  bowels, without
any other cause, give Staphisagria and Colocyn-
this, dissolve  five or six  globules of each in  four
spoonsful of water, and give them alternately every
2 to 4 hours, one spoonful for  a  dose.   If there
is pain  and stiffness in  the neck, cramp  in  the
joints of the jaw, or in the cheeks near the ears;
if there is constant desire to yawn and stretching,
give two  or  three globules of Ignatia,  especially
if those symptoms get worse every time the patient
is touched.  If Ignatia  gives no relief, give  Bella-
donna

      LARGE WOUNDS  IN THE ABDOMEN.

  They are  not always fatal as one would suppose;
do not despair, even if the whole belly is torn open.
If the entrails protrude, replace  them as soon as
possible, having, if necessary, first cleansed them
of sand and  dirt by rinsing with warm water.  Re- 
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place those parts first that protruded  last, use for
this purpose a soft linen towel; if you have to use
your fingers, keep them wet with warm water ; put
the patient in a position in which the replaced en-
trails press in the least degree upon  the wound.
When everything  is replaced, sew up the wound
with as many stitches as necessary, use two needles
and as many  waxed threads as you  want to  make
stitches, put each end of the thread through the eye
of a sharp strong needle, pierce each lip  of the
wound from  within outwards,  and support  the
stitches by long strips of sticking plaster.   If the
patient is stupid,  or  stunned,  give  Opium;  if
much excited,  Coffea; if  he  has   convulsions,
Ignatia;  if he turns pale, becomes cold, China;
and  in all cases Arnica as soon as the first  alarm
is over.   For diarrhoea Colurynthis, and if that is
not sufficient, that and Staphisagria in alternation.
Of the above medicines give two or three globules
for a dose, and repeat, in  serious cases every f to
1 hour, in less dangerous casts every 2 to 3 hours. 
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       SPRAINS  AND STRAINS.
   A sprain is an injury to the parts surrounding
the joints, as the ligaments, tendons, etc , caused
by violence, but without the displacement of bones
from their sockets or articulating surfaces   There
may also be laceration of the surrounding nerves,
muscles  and  bloodvessels,  causing a great  deal
of pain, discoloration of the  skin, swelling  and
inflammation    A  bad  sprain, particularly  that
of the wrist or ankle, is always a  serious injury;
if neglected, it may prove  more  serious than a
fracture.
   Treatment.—One of our best allopathic surgeons
says  in his recent work on  Surgery, "it will be
necessary for him (the patient) to keep  the parts
at perfect rest for  at least two weeks, and that six
weeks, or over three months may elapse  before he
will recover the perfect use of the joint, if, indeed,
he ever recovers it."  Under proper homoeopathic
treatment this time is very much shortened. 
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  The trnctura of Rhus toxicodendron is the chief
remedy, keep  the  part wet with  a lotion of one
spoonful of that tincture to a tumblerful  of cold
water, or a dose of two globules of Rhus  may be
taken internally night and morning, and cold water
be used externally.   For a sprain of the ankle
Ruta tincture,  one  spoonful to a  tumblerful of
water, should be used in preference to any  other
remedy.  If the parts are discolored, Arnica tinct-
ure should be used  instead of  Rhus, at  least at
first.  Any remaining stiffness will be removed by
a dose or two of two globules of Bryonia.  If the
swelling about the  joint is so soft as to  leave a pit
when pressed  upon  by a finger, give Sambucus.
The injured part should be kept at perfect rest.
   Strains.—If lifting or  carrying  heavy loads,
or any sudden exertion  of strength has caused
pain  give Rhus, a few globules dissolved in six
spoonsful  of water, a spoonful  two, three  or four
times a day ;  if there are sharp pains in the small
of the back, worse  at every movement of the body,
Bryonia is better, to be taken in the same way.
For the headache, which was not removed by Rhus, 
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give one dose of two globu es of  Calcarea.   For
nausea,  inclination  to  vom.1:, with  pains in the
bowels,  give  Vcratrum,  which is also  the best
remedy  for an acute pain in a small spot in the
ahlomen and sickness at the stomach, caused by
violent extension and pressure of the abdomen, as
in climbing over a high fence, or in wrestling, etc.
 DISLOCATIONS  OR LUXATIONS.

  The removal of a bone from its articulating sur-
face is called a Luxation or Dislocation.  It may
be simple, or complicated with a wound, fracture,
contusion, etc.  There is pain from the stretching
and laceration  of nerves, or from pressure  upon
them by the  new position of  the dislocated  bone;
there is impaired mobility in the joint and a change
in the appearance of the joint.   This  change will
at once be seen  by comparing  the  injured  and
sound limbs.
  Treatment.—The reduction of a luxation must 
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be done by a surgeon, abortive attempts at it make
matters worse.  Although the sooner the reduction
is  made the better, there  is no necessity for  any
great  hurry.   If the dislocation is a complicated
one, attend to  the  complications in the manner
explained  under wounds, contusions,  etc.   Cold
water, or a lotion of Arnica tincture and cold water,
may always be applied.  There is,  however, one
dislocation  which happens  frequently, sometimes
from yawning, and which  may be easily reduced,
namely, the  dislocation  of the lower jaw.   To
replace it the patient should be placed upon a low
seat, the operator should put his thumbs, wrapped
in a handkerchief or towel, upon the last  molars
of the lower  jaw, press down his thumbs, whilst
with the other fingers he  elevates  the chin, the
bone will then easily slip back into  ijts place with
a loud snap.  Or pieces of cork may be put between
the last molars, and the lower jaw pressed against
the upper one;  if only one side is  dislocated use
one cork.   After the reduction, the jaw should  be
bound up with a handkerchief for a few Uays, and
the patient should refrain from bitiug upon hard 
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substances, or  opening his mouth widely, as in
yawning.
   CONCUSSION  OF  THE  BRAIN

May be caused by a  blow upon the head, a fall,
either upon the head or upon the feet, or a violent
shock to the  whole body;  the bones of the skull
may be cracked or not.   In not very severe cases
there is  giddiness, dimness  of sight, trembling,
sickness  of the  stomach  and disturbance of the
intellectual functions.   In more severe cases the
patient will be found lying motionless, insensible,
partially unconscious, the limbs relaxed, skin cold,
pulse feeble and irregular, breathing difficult and
the pupils dilated.  This state  may last from half
an hour to five hours; when  the patient begins to
recover,  there is a gradual return of warmth of
the body, the pulse becomes fuller, there is a slight
return  of color to the lips, the sensibility is par-
tially restored, the patient can  be  made to answer 
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questions.  He begins now to vomit, and is often
much relieved  after it, his consciousness returns
very gradually.  In  severe cases he  remains  un-
conscious, the body cold, pulse feeble and quiek.
The respiration is very varied, sometimes very
feeble or followed by a deep sigh, and then  by an
almost total absence of breathing for a few seconds.
If the patient does not die  in this state, inflamma-
tion of the brain may follow, which may terminate
fatally in effusion or suppuration.
   Treatment.—A few spoonsful of water may alwa) s
be given immediately  after the injury.   Apply  a
lotion of Arnica tincture, one spoonful  to a tum-
blerful of water, if there is an external injury; if
that is  not the case give Arnica internally;  dis-
solve eight or ten globules iu a cupful of water, and
give a spoonful as  often as  the urgency of the case
may require,  every quarter or half hour, or less
frequently;  keep the head elevated.   The patient
should  be kept perfectly  quiet and avoid every
excitement, the  diet  be of the most simple kind.
Bleeding  should  never be resorted to; all  sen-
sible  surgeons  of  the old school  condemn  it in 
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these teases.   If active inflammation of the brain
sets in, Aconite and Belladonna are  the principal
remedies, but it cannot be  treated of in  a little
work like this, it should be  treated by a homoeo-
pathic physician.
   Among  concussions of other parts of the body
that of the spinal marrow is  cjuite frequent in col-
lisions of railroad trains ; when a person is seated
in  a  car, with his  back resting against the hard
back of a seat, and a collision  occurs, the  back of
the person is violently  knocked  against the back
of  the  seat,  causing a concussion of  the spinal
marrow.  Many sudden deaths, without  any ap-
parent external injury, after accidents on railroads,
are no doubt  the  result  of  such  a concussion.
Arnica tincture and cold water are the principal
external remedies   If the accident was attended
with sudden  fright, give first two or three globules
of  Opium and  a few  hours  afterwards Arnica.
If the patient faints wash his head with  cold water
and give immediately after the accident a few drops
of  wine, but  if 15 or  20 minutes have elapsed,
give two or three globules of Aconite. 
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  Pains in the chest, coughing, spitting of blood,
pain in the belly, may all be caused by concussion;
the best remedy for them is Arnica, eight to ten
globules dissolved in 6 spoonsful of water, a spoon-
ful every 2 or 4 hours.
   BRUISES AND CONTUSIONS,

Accompanied by wounds, have already been treated
of under  contused  wounds.  When there is  no
wound, but only swelling and discoloration of the
skin, owing to the rupture of small blood vessels,
and the consequent effusion  of blood  under the
skin, the best remedy is Arnica.   Dilute one spoon-
ful of Arnica tincture with a tumblerful of water
and apply it to  the injured part by means of rags.
  For bruises and contusions of every description
there is no better remedy known than Arnica.  Its
prompt effect in allaying the pain, reducing the
swelling and inflammation, and causing the speedy
disappearance of the discoloration of the injured part 
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is  so  well known, that it is kept  for sale in all
drug  stores,  it has  become  a necessity in every
household.
   For bruises  on very tender  parts an  excellent
application may be made by mixing one  part of
Arnica  tincture, five parts of Glycerine and  five
parts  of water.
               FRACTURES.

   A fracture is " a solution of continuity in a bone,
caused  by mechanical violence or muscular  con-
traction."  Fractures have been  classified either
according to the  direction  in which the bone  is
broken, as transverse, oblique, longitudinal,  etc.,
or according to the nature of the injury, as simple
or complicated;  a fracture may  be complicated
with a wound, bruise, etc.
   Symptoms.—There is nearly  always  more  or
less pain ; usually the shape and  direction of the
limb is altered; the functions of the limb are more 
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or less impaired, its motion may be diminished or
altogether lost, or the mobility may be too great
or unnatural.   The  surest sign of  a  fracture is
what is known as " crepitation," a peculiar grating-,
noise or sensation, produced by the rubbing  to-
gether of two broken surfaces of bone,  it has been:
compared to the impression made upon the senses
of touch and hearing  by rubbing  two pieces of
loaf sugar together.
   In  healing,  the ends of a fractured bone  are
either united  by a bony mass called "callus,"  the
bone then becoming as strong as it was before  the
fracture, or the ends do  not unite,  but  remain
movable and a "false joint"  is formed.  The time
for  the  healing  of  a fracture depends upon  the
 age and constitution  of the patient,  the  kind of
 bone  broken  and other  circumstances, it  varies
 from four to twelve weeks.
    Treatment consists of the reduction or "setting"
 of the fracture,  dressings  to keep the ends of the
 bone in their proper place  and  attention to the
 complications, inflammation, etc.  The setting and
 dressing should  be done by a surgeon and that by 
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a good one, for mistakes made in  these cases can
hardly ever be remedied.  The sooner a fracture
is reduced the  better, but  still it is better to wait
even a few days for the arrival of a skillful surgeon
than to make mistakes.  The removal of a patient
with a  severe fracture  should be  done very care-
fully, without jarring  the  broken fragments.   A
door or shutter may be  used, but a settee is much
better.  Before the patient is removed to his room,
it is well to  ascertain the  general arrangement of
the house,  position of the bed, etc., so that the
settee can be carried into the room in such a way
that its back  is not turned towards  the bed.   If
the thigh is broken, the best way to lift the patient
upon the settee and bed is as follows : two strong
men should slip their arms under  the patient, and
grasp each other's hands together  by the "sailor's
grip;"  one pair of hands  should be  placed under
the shoulder and the other under the hip of the
patient, whilst another  careful person lifts the in-
jured limb.   When it  is recollected  that in  some
cases the patient will have to lie upon his back
for many  weeks or months,  the necessity of a 
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properly arranged bed  and bedstead is apparent.
In the absence of a surgeon or person who knows
how to  make  them, the  following  arrangement
may be  used (from Dr. H.  H.  Smith's Work on
Surgery).   " Four clothes-props, or similar pieces
of wood, may  be jointed into a  frame; a sacking-
bottom stretched over it, a hole made in the centre
and tapes tacked along the  edges  to prevent the
sacking-bottom from tearing out.   If the size  of
the frame is such as to project a little beyond the
edges of the bedstead,  a  contrivance is obtained
which will  answer every purpose.   A fracture
sheet, with a  hole cut  into the  centre, being laid
upon it and the patient is  placed on top of the
sheet.  Then,  when he desires to have a stool, the
frame may be easily elevated high enough for  a
vessel to be placed under the hole imthe sacking-
bottom.   In hot weather  the patient may be ele-
vated now and  then by means  of this frame,  so
as  to admit the air to pass beneath him."   The
changing  of a sheet may be easily  done by fasten-
ing the end of  the fresh  one to the old one, by
now carefully  withdrawing the  old one, the fresh
one will be drawn in its place. 
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  The ends of the fractured bone have in almost
all  cases slipped one over the  other;  in  order  to
reduce the fracture it is necessary to draw the two
ends one from the other, this is done by extension
and counter-extension,  they are made by taking
hold above and below the joints of the fractured
bone.  Whilst the ends are drawn sufficiently apart,
the surgeon uses his  fingers to bring the ends  of
the fractured bone in their proper place as far  as
possible.   The  extension  and counter-extension
must be  continued  whilst  the fracture  is being
dressed.   The  dressing  to  keep the  ends of the
fractured  bone in their proper  place consists  of
splints of various kind, bandages, etc.
  The complications,  as wounds, contusions, etc.,
should be  treated as  stated  under the respective
heads.  Cold water, or better Arnica  tincture and
water, (one  spoonful  to a tumblerful of water)
should always be applied before a surgeon arrives;
internally give Aconite, two or three globules every
few hours if  the patient is very weak  or faint.   If
the pains  are very severe,' and  if they cause con-
vulsions, give Chamomilla, dissolve  eight to ten
         B 
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globules  in  6 spoonsful of  water,  and  give 1
spoonful; if no better in 15 minutes, give another
spoonful, until better or worse again.  The Arnica
tincture should  be continued after the dressing.
If the bones  do not heal readily a homoeopathic
physician should be consulted.
   Fracture of the skull may cause compression
of the brain, in which  case the symptoms are
similar to those given under concussion  of the
brain, with  the  exception  that in compression
there is  a full  and  slow pulse,  contracted pupil,
the breathing snoring or stertorous, respiration very
slow, the breath escaping with a peculiar puff from
the corners of the mouth; in marked cases of com-
pression  the patient  is totally insensible.  Treat-
ment like that of concussion of the brain. 
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 APPARENT DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION,
             AS IN DROWNING.
 Dr. Marshall Hall's ready method  of inducing
              artificial respiration.
   Dr. M. Hall's "ready method" of inducing arti-
 ficial respirations is so very  simple  and easy of
 performance, and its great  practical use has been
 so often and so successfully proved by the severest
 trials that it should be generally adopted, and it
 would be a very great oversight even in this small
 work if  it was  not fully explained;  it will be
 done in Dr.  Hall's words  as near as possible.
   Dr.  M. Hall  explains  "that when  a person is
 lying upon  his back, events occur which render
 every attempt at inducing respiration absolutely
 ineffectual;  the tongue  may  fall  backward and
 close the entrance into the windpipe and air pas-
 sages.  Fluids already in the mouth, or regurgitated
from the  stomach, may not only obstruct the air
passage, but be forced or drawn into the windpipe 
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and  so add a new  source of suffocation.   These
obstacles are at once obviated by putting the  sub-
ject  upon his face.  In  this position the tongue
falls  forward and leaves the windpipe  open whilst
all fluids will flow from the  mouth.   The tongue
even may be drawn forward.  In  order  that the
face  may  not come in contact with the ground,
the  patient's wrist  is to  be  carried upwards  and
placed under  the forehead.   The  weight of the
body will  press upon the chest and abdomen  pro-
ducing espiration, which should be made  complete
by additional pressure upon the back and abdomen.
The weight  of the body is then  to  be  removed
from the chest and  abdomen by gently turning it
on one side, and a  little beyond, placing  one hand
under the shoulder and  the  other under the hip
of the side moved.   In this  manner a fair degree
of inspiration is induced.  These changes should
 be regularly alternated, about sixteen times  in a
 minute and not more.  It is scarcely necessary to
 add that  this mode of respiration must be long and
 perseveringly pursued. The clothes of the patient
 may meantime be  changed for  others, warm and 
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dry, which must be contributed by the bystanders.
For I must now observe that I have all along sup-
posed the patient taken out of the water at a dis-
tance from medical assistance.  All who are present
should be constantly employed,  the most able in
effecting respiration, of the rest four  should seize
the limbs with their hands, and rub them with
firm pressure upwards.  The warm  bath is not to
be  compared with this mode of restoring warmth
and improving the circulation if it be pursued with
energy."  Persons who had been under water for
half an hour have been restored to life by continued
and unwearied exertions, and a  case is recorded
where  a  mau was suffocated by a fall of  earth,
beneath which he was buried for  three-quarters of
an hour.   Respiration was restored after keeping
up  the "ready method" for an  hour  and  a-half.
Afterwards  the patient  should be kept in  a cool
place and be  made to take deep inspirations volun-
tarily,  and should take active exercise if possible.
The treatment of a drowned person is therefore as
follows:  Expose the body at once on  the spot to
the open air, if possible to the sun, send for medi- 
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cal  aid,  blankets,  clothes, etc.   Place  the body
upon his face, with one wrist under  his forehead,
press  one of your  hands  upon his  back and the
other  upon  his abdomen, after two  seconds turn
the body upon his side,  and  a little beyond by
putting one  hand  under  his  hip and  the  other
under  his  shoulder, after two seconds put  him
again  upon  his face, press  on shoulder and ab-
domen, after two seconds turn him on the side and
so on, both operations fifteen times in the minute
and not oftener.  Meantime have  the limbs of the
body rubbed briskly  upward  by the bystanders,
with their hands, handkerchief, etc.  Replace the
wet clothes by dry  and warm ones supplied by the
bystanders.   In addition  to the  above  measures
you may put  a dose  of  Tartar emetic  upon the
patient's tongue, and dissolve as much of the third
trituration of Tartar emetic as will lie on the point
of a penknife in  a tumblerful of water and use
this solution  as an injection.   Opium, or  Aconite
are  generally mo*t suitable  for  the removal  of
the symptoms which appear  after restoration  is
established. 
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 APPARENT DEATH FROM LIGHTNING.
  If a person is struck by lightning and rendered
insensible, put him at once  into a freshly made
opening  in the ground in  a  half sitting position,
facing the sun, and cover him all over with fresh
ground.   As soon as be moves his eyes place a few
globules of Nux vomica upon his tongue; this
remedy may be used as an injection, ten or twenty
globules dissolved in  half a  tumblerful of water.
If you cannot put the patient in the ground, place
him  in a current of air, and  dash plenty of cold
water over his  face, neck and chest.   Complaints
following restoration are removed by Sulphur and
Nux vomica.   For blindness give Phosphorus.

 APPARENT DEATH AND OTHER  INJU-
       RIES FROM INTENSE  COLD.
  A person  apparently dead from being frozen
should never  be  carried into a warm house, for
the transition  from the cold to even a moderately 
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warm loom  may kill him.   A cold room or  barn
without any draught is the best place, remove the
patient with care, lest  an  injury be done to the
stiff, frozen limbs.  If you have snow,  cover him
with it, face and all, leaving  only the mouth and
nostrils free; the body should be placed in such a
position that the  melted snow can  run  off easily.
If there is no snow put him in a cold bath, or cover
him with clothes wet with ice-cold water.  In this
manner thaw the body until all parts become per-
fectly pliable, then remove  the clothing  gradually.
When the limbs have become soft and  pliable rub
them with snow or ice-cold water until they become
red;  then place the patient in a dry bed  and rub
him with flannel, stockings, etc. Dr. Hall's method
of inducing artificial respiration may also be tried,
as explained before. If he gives no signs of return-
ing life give him a small injection of camphor and
water, a few drops of spirits of camphor to a  tum-
blerful of water, it  may be repeated after fifteen
minutes.  As  soon  as he revives give an injection
of coffee without milk, and as soon as he can swallow
give him strong black coffee  by the spoonful.  It 
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will sometimes take hours to restore life, and per-
sons have  been saved who had  been apparently
dead from cold for several  days.   For the violent
pains which  are  sometimes felt  afterwards, give
two or three globules of Carbo vegetabilis every
5 to 6  hours,  and  if  no better  soon, Arsenicum
in the same way.   For  heat or pains  in the head
give Aconite, two or three  globules every 4 to 5
hours.   If the patient wants wine or  brandy give
it to him in small quantities;  he should avoid the
heat of  the stove or fire for a considerable time.
  If from the effect of cold the nose, the ears  or
fingers turn white, rub them at once with snow or
ice  water to restore the  circulation, and avoid the
sudden change from the cold to a warm room.   If
your feet or hands have been frost-bitten, put them
in a very cold  bath, rub them well, and avoid a
warm room for  some time afterwards. 
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            SEA-SICKNESS.
  The cause of this distressing complaint is un-
doubtedly the motion of the ship, the pitching as
well as  the  rolling  of the vessel;  by the former
we understand the  alternate rise  and fall of the
stern and bow, by the latter the motion from side
to side;  one may become sea-sick as soon in a calm,
before the waves, raised  by the previous storm,
have subsided, as in a violent storm. The pitching
and rolling being much less in large and in heavily
laden vessels,  people  are  less affected with sea-
sickness in such vessels.
  The motion of a  vessel causes the same  symp-
toms as other unusual motions on  land, such as
swinging, rocking, riding backwards in a  carriage,
turning around quickly.  In sea-sickness the symp-
toms are much more severe, owing to the continued
and unavoidable operation of their cause.
  Nausea and disgust  at  the  sight or  even the
thought of food and uneasiness in the stomach, are 
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sometimes preceded or accompanied by vertigo or
headache ; sickness of stomach and vomiting soon
follow.   The  vomiting is often  exceedingly dis-
tressing, with convulsive heaving of the stomach,
causing the patient to groan.  There  is always a
general feeling  of wretchedness  and  prostration,
becoming in some cases so great as to make the
patient utterly indifferent to everything around him
and even careless of his life.   Almost all cases get
well immediately after landing.  In those very rare
cases which resulted in death, there was probably
a previous disorder, increased or  called into action
by the sea-sickness.
   Some persons are never attacked by sea-sickness,
others on every  voyage, some only on the first one.
With some it lasts  a few hours or days,  others
are sick during  the whole voyage, or become sick
whenever the vessel commences  to pitch or roll.
Infants and very old persons are said to be attacked
by it rarely, and women sooner than men.
   Treatment.—It has been recommended to take,
just before commencing the voyage, a  heavy, sub-
stantial meal, with a glass of good wine or brandy; 
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 no person should commence a  sea-voyage with  an
 empty stomach. A tight girdle around the ab iomen
 is another preventative advised by seamen.   On a
 very short  voyage, and with susceptible p. 1 sons,
 lying  down  near the  centre  of the vessel, and
 keeping the  eyes  closed,  will often  lessen or  pie-
 vent sea-sickness.  But it  is better to follow the
 following rules: From the first make up your mind
 not to  be sick, fix your mind upon something that
 will interest you, be as much as  possible on deck
 in the open  air, do  not lie  down, eat as often  as
 you can, raw salt oysters are particularly accept-
 able to the stomach.
   Lord Byron says in his "Don  Juan" :
      The best of remedies  is  a beef-steak
        Against sea-sickness; try it, sir, before
      You sneer, and I assure you this is true,
      For I have found it answer—so may you.
                                    Cant. II., 13.
   Persons who are about to make  their first voyage,
 or who know by experience their liability to sea-
sickness, should take a dose of two or three globules
of Nux vomica on  each of the two last nights before
sailing, it will greatly modify  and often entirely 
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 prevent sea-sickness.  If subsequently any prelimi-
 nary symptoms come on, one  or  two  globules of
 Xn.c vomica may be taken every few hours; if it
 gives no relief take one or two  globules of Opium,
 repeat it whenever the symptoms increase.  Nausea
 and vomiting are relieved by  Cocculus; much pain
 in  the  pit of the stomach by  P<trohum ; severe
 headache, with longing for sour drink  or food,  by
 S'pia.   For fruitless  retching  upon an empty
 stomach, with  or without great bodily and  moral
 prostration, take Arsenicum.   Of these remedies
 you may either take one or two globules every 2,
 3  or 4   hours, or you may dissolve ten to twelve
 globules in  6 spoonsful of water and take a tea-
 sp ouful at a time.   As soon  as the sickness  of
 the stomach his subsided and there is a desire for
 food, take a cup of coffee without milk.   For the
 giddy, unsteady feeling, often experienced after a
 long voyage, take Bryonia.

 DUST OR CINDERS  IN  THE  EYE.
  In  railroad  travelling it  frequently happens
that  dust or cinders get into the  eye, causing 
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sometimes troublesome irritation and  even inflam-
mation.   Rubbing  the  eye with  the fingers is
worse than useless;  washing with cold water will
generally remove these substances, but if it fails
to do so, examine the eye closely by  drawing the
eye-lids apart or everting them.  In order to evert
the upper eye-lid, take hold of the eye lashes with
thumb and  fore-finger of one hand,  and prfss  a
pencil or similar substance, held in the other hand,
upon the upper part of the eye-lid, directing the
patient  to look downwards.   The  readiest way to
remove  the foreign  substance is  by  means  of  a
small piece of blotting  paper,  the  corner of  a
newspaper, for  instance, rolled up in  such a way
as to have a fine, soft point; the foreign substance
will  adhere to it readily;  the corner of a handker-
chief may be  used for the same  purpose but is
not so handy.   If the eye is red  and painful after
the  removal of the irritating substance, or if you
do not  succeed  in removing it, take two or three
globules  of Aconite, if no  better in  a  few hours
repeat the dose;  application of cold water  may
be made at the same time. 
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            CONSTIPATION.
   Travelling causes frequently constipation of the
 bowels, which sometimes  lasts for days after the
 end of the journey. Platinum is the chief remedy
 in such a case, and especially if only a small quan-
 tity of  feces is  evacuated after much straining,
 with weakness in the abdomen, bearing down and
 oppression of the stomach and ineffectual efforts
 to  throw  up wind, followed by shuddering  over
 the whole body.   Give two or three globules  of it
 at night,  it may be repeated the next morning.
 If there is an inclination to evacuate, but a feeling
 as if the anus were closed, pressure in the stomach
 and abdomen, throbbing  in  the abdomen, thirst,
 congestion of the blood  to  the  head,  head-ache,
 red face, give  Opium in the same way.

              DIARRHOEA,
 If caused by a change of water, and  particularly
 by  lime-water, is  relieved by Pulsatilla,  ten  or
twelve globules dissolved in  6 spoonsful of water,
a spoonful-after every evacuation. 
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      NAUSEA AND  VOMITING
From riding in a carriage or railroad car is relieved
by Cocculus, two  or three globules may be taken
as soon as the first symptoms appear, to be repeated
whenever it gets worse again.

               POISONING.
  In every case  try to get  the  aid of a physician
as quick as possible.  In his absence treat the case
according to the following rules.
  The two principal objects  in the  treatment of
cases of poisoning are :
  1st.  To expel the poison, if introduced into the
stomach,  or to remove the patient at once from its
influence if the poison is foul air or deleterious gas.
  2d.  To neutralize or counteract  the  effects of
the poison by proper antidotes.

TREATMENT IF THE  NATURE OF THE POISON IS
                 NOT  KNOWN.
  Do not lose your presence of mind, act promptly,
deliberately, and  not at random.   Bend  for the 
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following  articles:   Hot  water,  vinegar,  sugar,
milk, butter, eggs,  sweet oil, soda, pot-ash,  or
wood ashes, castile soap, salt and water, and have
strong  coffee made.   If the  patient vomits,  pro-
mote it by the free administration of warm water,
or warm water  and butter; if he does not vomit,
but  there is any inclination to it, or retching, or
the  slightest suspicion  of any poisonous  matter
being in the stomach, vomiting must be produced
by warm water, mustard, salt and water, (a table-
spoonful  of  mustard, and a teaspoonful of salt
to a tumblerful of water,) by putting the finger
down the throat, tickling the throat with a feather,
or putting snuff  upon  the tongue.   If  children
will  not  take the emetic voluntarily,  the  mouth
must be opened by force to pour down the emetic.
  Emetics of sulphate of copper or zinc, or tartar
emetic, may prove very  dangerous in cases you  do
not know the kind  of  poison taken, because the
emetic may be of the same  nature as  the poison,
or the emetic may not cause vomiting, but remain
in the  stomach.  If the patient's teeth are closed
tightly,  if he cannot swallow  anything, or  if other 
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efforts  to make him vomit have  failed, injections
of tobacco smoke should be made.  In the absence
of a proper  apparatus use  the common  tobacco
pipes, fill one with tobacco, light  it, use the stem
(greased) like the  point of an  injection-pipe, put
the bowl of the other, empty pipe, on the bowl  of
the first, and blow into the stem of this latter.
After blowing four or five times stop;  if no vomit-
ing is produced, blow again until the desired effect
is  obtained.   A lighted cigar has also been used
for the same purpose.  The last resort in such
cases is the stomach pump, with which the stomach
cannot only be emptied but even washed out, by
alternately letting in and pumping out warm water.
   The matter thrown up  should be kept  to ascer-
tain the nature of  the poison, and if  there should
be any suspicion of foul play, everything vomited
should be put into a large vessel, and plenty  of
alcohol  or strong liquor poured over it to keep  it
for examination.    Continue to  excite vomiting
until you can reasonably  suppose that the whole
coutents of  the  stomach  have been  thrown up;
make during  this  time  the greatest exertions  to 
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 ascertain the nature of the poison by asking  the
 patient and persons about him, examining the mat-
 ter thrown up, and what may have been left from
 the patient's food or drink.
   If you still do not know the poison, and if  the
 patient has violent pains in the stomach or bowels,
 with an  inclination to purge, if he has a metallic,
 coppery  or salt  taste in his  mouth,  if he vomits
 red or green  colored substances, give him the  white
 of several eggs, beaten  to a  froth, and water, let
 him drink as much of  it as he can.  Sugar and
 icater maybe given under the same circumstances.
   Give strong, black  Coffee if the patient is stupe-
 fied, sleepy, senseless, giddy, his face red and full
 or pale and cold, or if he is raving.  In all  cases
 of poisoning give Coffee if the patient wishes it.
   If white of eggs gives no relief, or if the matter
 vomited  smells  not  like lye, but sour, give soap
 suds,  made, if possible, of white castile soap and
 warm water,  any other soap  must do  in  case  of
 necessity; let the patient drink a cupful every 3
 to 4 minutes   If the matter vomited smells like
lye, give Vinegar and water.   In similar  cases
 sour milk or lemonade  may be given. 
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    TREATMENT JF THE POISON IS KNOWN.

  In  the following the remedies are enumerated
according to their importance, to those named first
should be given the  preference if you have  the
choice, but the rule is to give what is first at hand.
  Antimony, its salts, as  Tartar emetic and An-
timonial wine.  Give a strong decoction  of gall
nuts, oak bark, strong black tea, strong coffee in
large quantities, mucilaginous drinks.
  Arsenic.—Induce free  vomiting as quickly as
possible  by warm water, the finger, a feather, or
mustard, one or two spoonsful  in a tumblerful of
water,  or use  the stomach-pump.   Give  muci-
laginous  drinks, such as  linseed  tea, flour  and
water, white  of eggs  and water, or  soap-suds.
The proper antidote  is  a preparation  of  iron,
the hydrated peroxide of iron, which should be
given  as soon as it  can  be had,  if you cannot
procure it you may make  the following substitute.
Dissolve some  sulphate of iron, called  also  cop-
peras,  or green vitriol, in  hot water, dissolve some 
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soda  or  pot-ash in another  vessel in  hot water,
and mix the two solutions, pour the thick mixture
upon  a  piece of muslin  or  linen, spread over a
pan, pitcher, or the like,  and let  the water  drain
off, pour over it hot water and let drain again;
the thick matter, remaining upon  the muslin, mix
with  enough water to make  it of the consistency
of thick gruel, and give to the  patient a spoonful
of it every 5 to  10 minutes until he feels relieved.
If you cannot  make this preparation give iron rust
stirred into sugar-water. Calcined magnesia, rubbed
up with water, is also a highly recommended anti-
dote.
  The patient should have  mucilaginous drinks,
as gruel, gum-water, etc., and his  diet should con-
sist of milk, cream, gruel, rice, farina,  etc.
  After the removal of the poison give 3 or 4 times
two or three globules of Ipecacuanha ;  if the patient
is feverish, very uneasy and irritable at  night, give
two globules of  China; if he is worse  during the
day, constipated, or suffers from  slimy diarrhoea,
dissolve  eight to ten  globules of Nux  vomica in
6 spoonsful  of water,  and give a spoonful  every 3 
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to 4 hours.   For vomiting, with heat or cold, and
great weakness,  give  Veratrum in the same way.
  Corrosive  Sublimate.—Excite vomiting; white
of eggs, beat up with water, is the best antidote,
and next in importance sugar-water, starch boiled
in  water,  flour  paste, milk in  large  quantities.
What is first at hand  should be used at once, there
is great danger in delay in this case.
   Copper, Verdigris, and other preparations of
 Copper.—Excite vomiting ;  white of  eggs, sugar
water, milk,  mucilaginous drinks.  Magnesia has
also been recommended.
   Lead,  Sugar of Lead and other preparations.
Excite vomiting. Sulphate of magnesia, or epsom
salts, dissolved in warm water, in  large quantities;
 Glauber's  salts,  white of eggs, soap-suds, milk.
   Nitrate of Silver,  or Lunar Caustic.—Kitchen
 salt, dissolved in water, drunk in large quantities;
 mucilaginous drinks.
    Chloride  and other Salts of Tin.—White  of
 eggs, sugar-water, milk.
    Zinc,  Salts  of, as  White  Vitriol.—White  of
 eggs, carbonate  of soda, milk, mucilaginous  drinks. 
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   Alkalies, as Pot-ash, Soda, Caustic Pot-ash
 and Soda, Liquid Ammonia or Spirits of Harts-
 horn.—No  vomiting should  be induced.   Give
 diluted vinegar or  lemonade,  sour  milk, muci-
 laginous drinks, sweet oil.

   Acids.—Sulphuric,  Muriatic,  Nitric,  Phos-
 phoric, Acetic,  Oxalic,  (the  last is the salt used
 for removing stains of  ink  or  iron  from linen).
 Warm soap-suds;  magnesia  (a  spoonful in a cup
 of water,)  after every fit of vomiting;  powdered
 chalk, mixed in warm water;  wood ashes, a spoon-
 ful in a tumblerful of  water;  soda, or pot-ash,
 dissolve as  much  as will lie upon the end of a
 table-knife  in a large  tumblerful of  warm water;
 gruel, linseed tea, rice, etc.
   Prussic acid.—This is the most rapidly acting
 poison.  Let the patient  smell spirits of hartshorn,
 or give it  internally,  one  drop to a spoonful of
 water.  Undress the upper  part of the patient's
 body, and pour cold  water down the spine from a
pitcher held high; give  as soon  as  possible strong
coffee and use. the same for injections. 
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  Other poisonous  Substances.—Bichromate
of Pot-ash, beautiful orange-red crystals.  Excite
vomiting;  soap-suds,   magnesia,   mucilaginous
drinks.
  Iodine  and its preparations.—Vomiting by a
Weak solution of soda;  starch  stirred  in water,
thin starch-paste, flour-paste, mucilaginous drinks.
  Phosphorus.~-JZx.cite vomiting; magnesia stirred
into water, mucilaginous drinks in great quantities.
If chlorine water can be  procured, stir one part of
magnesia into eight parts  of chlorine water, and let
that be taken;  a spoonful every 5 to 10 minutes.
  Alum -—Excite vomiting by great quantities of
warm soap-suds or sugar-water, mixed with cal-
cined magnesia.
   Saltpetre.—Vomiting by warm water and butter,
then mucilaginous drinks.
  Vegetable Poisons.— Opium and its prepa-
rations, as Laudanum,  Morphium, etc.—Induce
vomiting  by tickling the throat with a feather  or
warm water;  the  stomach-pump  is still better;
the  best antidote  is  strong  coffee,  until that is
ready give vinegar and water.   If the patient lies 
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 insensibly, drag him about the room between  two
 persons, beat  him hard upon the  back until con-
 sciousness is  restored.   Artificial  respiration  by
 M. Hall's method, as stated before, should also be
 induced.   Some apparently  hopeless  cases have
 been  treated successfully by artificial  respiration.
   Stramonium, or Thorn Apple, or  St. James'
 Weed.—Coffee, vinegar or lemonade in large quan-
 tities.
   Poisonous mushrooms.—The poisonous effects'
 do not appear until several hours  after the mush-
 rooms have been taken;  the abdomen  becomes
 much swollen, there is cutting pain in the stomach;
 vomiting and purging;  coldness of the skin, small
 pulse, convulsions.  Promote vomiting, give plenty
 of water, strong coffee; let the patient smell spirits
 of hartshorn.
  For the intoxicating effects of otherplants coffee is*
 the best remedy, taken as a drink and in injections^
  For the accidents from plants which smell like
bitter almonds, proving that  they contain Prussic
acid,  resort to  the same  remedies  as stated under
Prussic  acid.
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  The effects of Poison oak  or Poison vine (dif-
ferent  species of Rhus) upon  the skin  of some
persons, should be treated  by washing with soap-
suds, and  if that is  not  sufficient, by a wash of
copperas, (sulphate of iron) in water.
  The injurious effects from  plants, which have a
pungent, milky juice, are cured by washing with
soap and water, and afterwards with brandy.
  Animal Poisons.—Spanish flies.  The best
remedy, internally as well as  externally,  is the
white of eggs and slimy  substances, as gruel, lin-
seed tea, etc.  Afterwards  smell camphor or take
it internally.
  Poisonous  honey.—Smelling of camphor, and
plenty of strong coffee or tea.
  Poisonous fish and shell-fish.—If  there  is an
inclination to vomit, promote it by warm  water,
etc.  Give powdered charcoal  in brandy, and after-
wards strong  coffee, diluted vinegar, or sugar and
water.
  Poison generated in fat  or halfputrified meat.
Symptoms :  Heartburn and nausea, dryness of the
throat, extending gradually  to the  mouth, nose 
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 and even eyes; after  some days  cracking of the
 skin  of  the eye-lids,  the  sides of the  nose and
 points of the fingers; voice hoarse;  pulse  weak
 and slow ;  hunger and thirst great, with inability
 to  swallow;  pupils of the  eyes dilated; dimness
 of sight, or seeing double; abdomen tight, painful;
 constipation;  finally  stiffness of knees  and feet.
 If,  some hours after having partaken of suspicious
 fat or  meat, as blood-pudding, liver-pudding,
 sausage, sour pork,  bacon or  ham, insufficiently
 smoked meat, one feels  any of the above  symp-
 toms, he should at once  use the proper  remedies.
 If it is 4 or 5  hours after  the  meal, and there  is
 an inclination to vomit, it should be promoted by
 warm water, if not it must be induced by artificial
 means.  As soon as the stomach is  empty, give
 vinegar diluted with water, or diluted lemon-juice;
 these  fluids may also  be  used as a gargle and for
 washing the head.   Occasionally  a drop of  oil of
turpentine on a lump of  sugar  may be given, also
coffee, or better strong black tea.  Mucilaginous
injections, with a little vinegar  or lemon-juice, are
very useful.  Dissolve six globules  of Bryonia 
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jn 4 spoonsful of water, and give a spoonful every
2 to 3 hours.   Afterwards  Veratrum,  Phosphoric
acid and Arsenicum have been found  useful.
   Other animal poisons have been mentioned under
Poisoned Wounds.

   Poisoning by inhaling foul air or gases.
Foul air, smelling  like rotten eggs, is generated in
places deprived of a current  of fresh  air,  where
animal matter is decaying.   Such places should be
purified by the burning of bundles of straw or
shavings, or by a few shovelsful  of  quick-lime, or
some  chloride of lime.  If a person has become
insensible  from inhaling  this gas, he should be
brought at once into the fresh air, plenty of  cold
Water should be dashed over his head  and breast;
a sponge, or rag, dipped into a solution of chloride
pf lime, held occasionally before his nose.  A tea-
spoonful of a very much diluted solution of chloride
of lime in water, should be given  to  the patient
every 5 to  10  minutes.  Artificial respiration, by
M. Hall's method,  should be induced if necessary.
If you have no chloride of  lime, use vinegar  and
water instead.  If the patient complains  of cold. 
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inclination to vomit and to go to stool, give  him
coffee; if he  complains of heat and weakness, some
wine, or brandy and water.   Smelling of camphor
is often beneficial.
   Another gas  is generated in deep wells, vaults,
or lime-kilns, which does not smell, but makes a
person who  inhales it  sleepy, giddy,  and lastly
senseless.  Bring the patient into the  fresh air,
sprinkle  his  face and breast with cold water and
vinegar,  and  give coffee.   Induce  artificial respi-
ration if necessary.
   Gas from charcoal or smouldering wood  is a
very  dangerous poison, the more  so,  as  persons
exposed  to its influence and knowing the  danger,
are yet  so feeble that they cannot open windows
or doors, or call for assistance.
  The patient should be exposed to the fresh air,
his face  and breast sprinkled with vinegar  and
water.  If his face is red, and he  begins to rave,
apply ice-cold water to his  head  and warm appli-
cations to his feet. Give strong coffee.  Afterwards
give two  or three globules  of Opium, if worse again
another dose, but if not much better in  a few hours,
Belladonna  is better. 
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   Chlorine gas.—The  best  preventative of  the
bad effects of the vapor from chloride of lime is
smoking of tobacco; taking a piece of sugar with
a few drops of wine, alcohol, or  spirits on it, into
the mouth, is also  useful.  If the gas has been
inhaled and caused pain in the throat and  chest,
a feeling of suffocation and cough, let the patient
smell sulphureted hydrogen, the gas  smelling like
rotten eggs, which rises from a privy.
   Most kinds of bad odors, which are sometimes
unavoidable, as in some sick-rooms, can be removed
very effectually by  the vapors of roasting  coffee.
You can either carry a coffee-roaster with roasting   .
beans about the room, or heat a common fire-shovel
over a fire, put upon it some raw coffee beans,  and
carry the shovel about the room  as soon as vapors
are seen to arise from the  beans.   These vapors
are much more effective in destroying bad  smells
than chloride of lime, which is,  besides, injurious
to many persons;  they are infinitely superior to
perfumeries, smelling salts and similar stuff,  which
only conceal  the bad smell but do not destroy it.
 The  vapors  of roasting  coffee beans destroy  the
bad odors. 
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                I IN" ID EX.

                                              PAGB,
Abdomen, wounds  in.......................................  35
Adhesive Plaster,............................................  22
Apparent Death from Cold,...................... ........  51
  ----     ----    Drowning,........................  55
  ----     ----    Lightning,........................  55
  ----     ----    Suffocation,.......................  51
Artificial respiration,.......................................  51
Bite of rabid  animals,.....................................  32
------snakes,................................................  29
Brain, concussion of........................................  41
 ----,  compression of......................................  50
Bruises,.........................................................  44
Burning fluid lamps,........................................   8
Burns,..........................................................   5
 ----,  scars from............................................  14
Cinders in the eyes,.........................................  61
Cerate, simple, making of.................................  25
Cleaning of wounds,........................................  21
Climbing, injury from......................................  39
Cold, apparent death from................................  55
----, other effects of........................................  ^
Concussion of the brain,..................................  41
  ______  ------spinal marrow,.......................  43
Compression of the brain,.................................  50
Constipation from traveling,.............................  63
Contused wounds,...........................................  26
Contusions,....................................................  44 
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                                               PAQK.
Crepitation,  ...................................................  46
Diarrhoea from traveling,..................................  63
Dislocations,..................................................  39
   -----   of the Jaw,...................................  40
Dressing of  wounds,........................................  21
Drowning, apparent death from..........................  51
Dust in the eyes,.............................................  61
Eyes, cinders and  dust in the.............................  61
False joint,....................................................  46
Fever from wounds,.........................................  23
Fractures,......................................................  45
Fracture-bed, ................................................  48
Fracture-sheet,..............y................................  48
Glycerine,......................................................    9
Gunshot wounds,............................................  33
M. Hall's "ready method," 1..............................  51
Healing of wounds,.........................................  17
Hemorrhage from wounds,................................  18
Incised wounds,..............................................  24
Jaw, dislocation of.........................................  40
Lacerated wounds,..........................................  25
Lead-water  and Ointment,................................  14
Lightning, apparent death from.........................  55
Lime-water, making of.....................................  12
Lock-jaw,......................................................  34
Luxations,  ....................................................  39
Mag dog, bite of,............................................  32
Nausea and vomiting from traveling,..................   64
Odors, bad,  destroying of,.................................   78
Plaster, adhesive,............................................   22
Poisoned wounds,...........................................   28
Poisoning,.....................................................   64
  -----  by acids,.........................................   ^ 1 
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                                               PACK
Poisoning, by alkalies,.....................................  65
  ------  bjr alum,.........................................  72
  ------  by antimony,...................................  68
  ------  by antimonial wine,...........................  68
  ------  by arsenic,.......................................  69
  ------  by charcoal, gas from.........................  77
  ------  by chlorine gas',................................  78
  ------  by corrosive sublimate,.......................  70
  ------  by copper,.......................................  70
  ------  by fat, spoiled,................................  74
  ------  by fish,...........................................  74
  ------  by foul air,......................................  76
  ------  by honey,........................................  74
  ------  by Iodine,.......................................  72
  ------  by laudanum, ..................................  72
  ------  by morphium,..................................  72
  ------  by meat, spoiled,..............................  74
  ------  by mushrooms,.................................  73
  ------  by nitrate  of silver,...........................  70
  ------  by opium,........................................  72
  ------  by phosphorus,.................................  72
 -------by prussic acid,.................................  7l
  ------by rhus, (poison oak,)........................  74
  ------by shell-fish,....................................  74
  ------  by Spanish  flies,................................  74
  ------  by stramonium,................................  73
  ------  by tartar emetic,...............................  68
  ______by tin, chloride  of.............................  70
  ______by zinc, salts of................................  70
PuncturetTwounds,..........................................  26
Respiration, artificial,.......................................  51
Scalds,  .........................................................   5
Scars from burns,............................................  14 
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                                                PAGE.
Sea-sickness,.................................................  59
Simple cerate, making of..................................  25
Snakes, bites of..............................................  29
Spanish .wifitTlass,...........................................  20
Sprains,........................................................  37
Strains..........................................................  37
Sutures,.........................................................  21
Traveling, constipation from.............................  63
  ------,  diarrhoea from..................................  63
  ------,  nausea and vomiting from..................  64
Wounds........................................................  17
  ----  in abdomen,........................................  35
  ----,  contused.............................................  26
  ----,  cleaning of..........................................  21
  ----,  dressing of..........................................  21
  ----,  gunshot.............................................  33
  ----,  healing of...........................................  17
  ----,  hemorrhage of.....................................  18
  ----,  incised...............................................  24
  ----,  lacerated ...........................................  25
  ----,  poisoned............................................  28
  ----,  punctured..........................................  26
Rabid animals, bites of.....................................  32
Wrestling, injuries from....................................  39 
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F.  E.  BCEKICKE,
           CHEMIST,
   511 Chestnut St., opposite the State House,
        PHILADELPHIA.

 All Articles in the Homoeopathic Line
         Wholesale and Retail.

   This pharmacy during  the  last  six
years has been rewarded with the appro-
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tation is established.   Grateful for the
past, a continuance of the favor of the
Profession is respectfully solicited under
the promise that the establishment will
be kept equal  to any in the country. 
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