Follow this up with fifteen to twenty drops of what is called the
tincture of steel — that is, "Tr. Ferri Perchlor." bottle, in ihe medicine
chest, so labelled, or else " Liquor Ferri Perchlor." which is a good
deal stronger — combined with three grains of quinine, three times a
day, and powder the part affected over- with fine flour, or else cover
it with cotton-wool sprinkled with flour, or else with the oxide of
zinc powder, if it be within reach.
Painting the inflamed part over with collodion is the practice in
some of our hospitals, and limiting the spread of the inflammation by
pencilling it round with a stick of nitrate of silver — that is, caustic.
ipO THE hearthstone; OR, LIFE AT HOME.
Ingrowing Nail. — First and foremost, give up wearing the absurd
tight boot or shoe that has been the sole cause of this painful — it
may be dangerous — affection. In the next place, do not attempt to
give it relief by cutting away the nail, where it eats into the flesh
of the toe by the side, but proceed to thin the middle of the nail, its
whole length, by scraping it with a penknife.
Poultices. — The ingredients best suited for a poultice are those
which retain heat the longest; of these ingredients, the best are lin-
seed-meal, bran and bread.
Jaundice. — Symptoms. — Yellowness of the skin and of the white
of the eyes. Motions, color of pipe-clay. Urine, dark brown or
green in tint. Loss of appetite, flatulence, sometimes sickness.
Causes. — Intemperance in liquors, over-eating, constipation, exposure
to cold, obstruction in gall-duct from a gall-stone. Treatment. — Low
diet, milk, arrowroot ; no stimulants, no slops ; linseed and mustard
poultices over the pit of the stomach. Give a dose of blue pill and
colocynth at night, and half a Seidlitz powder in a tumbler of water
three or four times a dav, for a week or more. If there has been
severe pain in the bowels for a day or two before the jaundice comes
on, and also severe vomiting, the disorder is probably due to the
passage of a gall-stone out of the gall-bladder. In this case, use hot
bath, and give doses of laudanum (lO to 20 drops every three hours
for an adult) till the pain is relieved. Employ hot fomentations to
the bowels, and give iced milk (if you can get it) and soda-water to
drink. During convalescence, beware of exposure to cold and any
intemperance in diet.
How TO Give Chloroform in Case no Doctor can be had. —
In case you are at sea, with no surgeon on board, and you would
fain .still the agony to the patient, in having to amputate, at the first
or second joint, some dreadfully crushed finger or thumb, then bear
in mind that the administration of chloroform is preferable to, and
safer than, that of ether, unless this last be given by a medical man.
First: Do «(?/ give chloroform unnecessarily; for, even when given
with every precaution, bear in mind that a certain, though very sni^ll,
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Follow this up with fifteen to twenty drops of what is called the tincture of steel — that is, "Tr. Ferri Perchlor." bottle, in the medicine chest, so labelled, or else " Liquor Ferri Perchlor." which is a good deal stronger — combined with three grains of quinine, three times a day, and powder the part affected over- with fine flour, or else cover it with cotton-wool sprinkled with flour, or else with the oxide of zinc powder, if it be within reach.
Painting the inflamed part over with collodion is the practice in some of our hospitals, and limiting the spread of the inflammation by pencilling it round with a stick of nitrate of silver — that is, caustic.
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THE HEARTHSTONE; OR, LIFE AT HOME.
Ingrowing Nail. — First and foremost, give up wearing the absurd tight boot or shoe that has been the sole cause of this painful — it may be dangerous — affection. In the next place, do not attempt to give it relief by cutting away the nail, where it eats into the flesh of the toe by the side, but proceed to thin the middle of the nail, its whole length, by scraping it with a penknife.
Poultices. — The ingredients best suited for a poultice are those which retain heat the longest; of these ingredients, the best are linseed-meal, bran and bread.
Jaundice. — Symptoms. — Yellowness of the skin and of the white of the eyes. Motions, color of pipe-clay. Urine, dark brown or green in tint. Loss of appetite, flatulence, sometimes sickness. Causes. — Intemperance in liquors, over-eating, constipation, exposure to cold, obstruction in gall-duct from a gall-stone. Treatment. — Low diet, milk, arrowroot ; no stimulants, no slops ; linseed and mustard poultices over the pit of the stomach. Give a dose of blue pill and colocynth at night, and half a Seidlitz powder in a tumbler of water three or four times a dav, for a week or more. If there has been severe pain in the bowels for a day or two before the jaundice comes on, and also severe vomiting, the disorder is probably due to the passage of a gall-stone out of the gall-bladder. In this case, use hot bath, and give doses of laudanum (lO to 20 drops every three hours for an adult) till the pain is relieved. Employ hot fomentations to the bowels, and give iced milk (if you can get it) and soda-water to drink. During convalescence, beware of exposure to cold and any intemperance in diet.
How TO Give Chloroform in Case no Doctor can be had. — In case you are at sea, with no surgeon on board, and you would fain .still the agony to the patient, in having to amputate, at the first or second joint, some dreadfully crushed finger or thumb, then bear in mind that the administration of chloroform is preferable to, and safer than, that of ether, unless this last be given by a medical man.
First: Do «(?/ give chloroform unnecessarily; for, even when given with every precaution, bear in mind that a certain, though very sni^ll,