should be applied at once. Hamamelis is also a good appli-
cation. Should there be an inflammatory pain and swelling,
apply leeches. To produce absorption of the effused fluids
and restore the use of the parts, use friction with a
stimulating liniment, and lastly apply a bandage. After
tenderness has subsided, take of oil of turpentine, spirit of
camphor, water of ammonia and olive oil, each two table-
spoonfuls; mix well together, and rub externally.
Burns and Scalds. Collapse comes on from the ter-
rible shock to the nervous system through the impression on
the widely distributed cutaneous nerves. The pulse is then
very low, the body cold, commonly thirst is great. The
treatment for this prostrated condition must be stimulant as
well as quieting. Whiskey or wine should be given as freely
as in any other condition of positive debility or exhaustion.
The patient's clothes should be gently and carefully removed,
being cut wherever they are adherent to the body. If blist-
ers have formed, they should be pricked and the serum let
out, but the cuticle should on no account be detached. For
a local application nothing is better than limewater and
linseed oil, equal parts, well shaken, on cotton wadding, and
covered with oil silk. When once the dressing has been
applied, it should be changed as seldom as possible — indeed,
only where the discharges render such change absolutely
necessary. In this way, the repair goes on most favorably,
and the patient is saved from much pain and distress. If
the burn is deep, this treatment should be followed for a
few days, and then poultices should be applied. When the
sloughs have separated, the wound should be treated with a
weak solution of carbolic acid until cicatrization is complete.
Catarrh. An inflammation of a mucous membrane,
especially of the air passages of the head and throat, with
^n exudation on its free surface.
The Family Doctor 295
Treatment.- — Simple but effective. Take one ounce
each of fine salt, pulverized borax and baking soda, mix
thoroughly together and dissolve in one-half pint of water.
To use take one tablespoonful of the solution to two or three
of warm water, and snuff up the head at bedtime. The salt
stimulates, the borax cleanses and heals, and the soda
soothes; use soft water.
Cholera. (Asiatic or Epidemic Cholera.) This last
disease seems to have been known in India for centuries,
and to have its natural home or headquarters in the Delta of
the Ganges. In this country the disease has almost always
prevailed in its worst form, in poor, crowded dwellings,
among those whose food supply was bad and whose hygienic
conditions were otherwise unfavorable; but especially among
those who had a tainted supply of water. Very frequently
when cholera prevails, diarrhoea also does.
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should be applied at once. Hamamelis is also a good application. Should there be an inflammatory pain and swelling, apply leeches. To produce absorption of the effused fluids and restore the use of the parts, use friction with a stimulating liniment, and lastly apply a bandage. After tenderness has subsided, take of oil of turpentine, spirit of camphor, water of ammonia and olive oil, each two tablespoonfuls; mix well together, and rub externally.
Burns and Scalds. Collapse comes on from the terrible shock to the nervous system through the impression on the widely distributed cutaneous nerves. The pulse is then very low, the body cold, commonly thirst is great. The treatment for this prostrated condition must be stimulant as well as quieting. Whiskey or wine should be given as freely as in any other condition of positive debility or exhaustion. The patient's clothes should be gently and carefully removed, being cut wherever they are adherent to the body. If blisters have formed, they should be pricked and the serum let out, but the cuticle should on no account be detached. For a local application nothing is better than limewater and linseed oil, equal parts, well shaken, on cotton wadding, and covered with oil silk. When once the dressing has been applied, it should be changed as seldom as possible — indeed, only where the discharges render such change absolutely necessary. In this way, the repair goes on most favorably, and the patient is saved from much pain and distress. If the burn is deep, this treatment should be followed for a few days, and then poultices should be applied. When the sloughs have separated, the wound should be treated with a weak solution of carbolic acid until cicatrization is complete.
Catarrh. An inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the air passages of the head and throat, with ^n exudation on its free surface.
The Family Doctor 295
Treatment.- — Simple but effective. Take one ounce each of fine salt, pulverized borax and baking soda, mix thoroughly together and dissolve in one-half pint of water. To use take one tablespoonful of the solution to two or three of warm water, and snuff up the head at bedtime. The salt stimulates, the borax cleanses and heals, and the soda soothes; use soft water.
Cholera. (Asiatic or Epidemic Cholera.) This last disease seems to have been known in India for centuries, and to have its natural home or headquarters in the Delta of the Ganges. In this country the disease has almost always prevailed in its worst form, in poor, crowded dwellings, among those whose food supply was bad and whose hygienic conditions were otherwise unfavorable; but especially among those who had a tainted supply of water. Very frequently when cholera prevails, diarrhoea also does.