- Lundyfoot snuff and as-abaracca leaves, of each two ounces. ae
lavender flowers, two drachms ; essence of bergamot and oil of |
cloves, of each four drops. Grind the lavender with the snuff
and leaves to a fine powder; then add the perfume. Much
recommended in headaches, dimness of sight, etc.
1010. Bilious or Sick Headache.
Headache is, in general, a symptom of indigestion, or de-
ranged general health, or the consequence of a confined state of
the bowels. The following alterative pill will be found a valu-
able medicine: Take of calomel, ten grains; emetic tartar,
two, three, or four grains ; precipitated sulphuret of antimony, ©
one scruple; guaiacum in powder, one drachm. Rub them
well together in a mortar for ten minutes, then, with a little
conserve of hips, make them into a mass, and divide it into
twenty pills. Dose.—One pill is given every niu or ae
other night, for several weeks in succession.
1o11. Hiccough.
This may usually be removed by the exhibition of warm
carminatives, cordials, cold water, weak spirits, camphor julep,
or spirits of sal-volatile. A sudden fright or surprise will often
produce the like effect. An instance is recorded of a delicate —
young lady that was troubled with hiccough for some months,
and who was reduced to a state of extreme debility from the
loss of sleep occasioned thereby, who was cured by a fright,
after medicines and topical applications had failed. A pinch
of snuff, a glass of co/d soda-water, or an ice cream will also
frequently remove this complaint.
Io1z2. Cramp.
When cramp occurs in the limbs, warm friction with the —
naked hand, or with the following stimulating liniment, will —
generally be found to succeed in removing it:
The Linitment.—Take of water of ammonia, or of spirit of =
hartshorn, one ounce; olive oil, two ounces. Shake them ~
together till they rates a
When the stomach is affected, brandy, ether, laudanum, or —
tincture of ginger affords the speediest means of cure. The ~
following draught may be taken with great advantage: Laud- ©
anum, forty or fifty drops; tincture of ginger, two drachms a
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syrup of poppies, one drachm; cinnamon or mint water, one
ounce. Mix for a draught. To be repeated in an hour, if
necessary.
In severe cases, hot flannels, moistened with compound
camphor liniment and turpentine, or a bladder nearly filled
with hot water, at 100 deg. or 120 deg: Fabr., should be applied
to the pit of the stomach ; bathing the feet in warm water, or
applying a mustard poultice to them is frequently of great
advantage.
*,* The best preventatives, when the cause of cramp is con-
stitutional, are warm tonics, such as the essence of ginger and
camomile, Jamaica ginger in powder, etc., avoiding fermented
‘iquors and green vegetables, especially for supper, and wearing
flannel next to the skin.
1013. Neuralgia (Greek zxeuvon, a Nerve, and aos, Pains
A painful affection of the nerves: when it occurs in those
of the face, it is termed /ace-ague, or tic-doloreux ; when it
affects the great nerve of the leg, it. is called sceatzca , other parts,
such as the fingers, the chest, the abdomen, etc., are also liable
to this agonizing pain, one of the most severe and wearing to
which the human frame is liable ; 23 the exact nature of it is not
very Clear, that is to say, the origin of the disease, for although
its immediate seat iS a nerve, or set of nerves, yet there must
be some originating cause. It can frequently be traced to
some decay, or diseased growth of the bone about those parts
through which the nerves pass; and in some severe cases it
has been found to depend upon the irritation caused by foreign
bodies acting upon those highly sensitive organs.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
- Lundyfoot snuff and asafoetida leaves, of each two ounces. and lavender flowers, two drachms ; essence of bergamot and oil of | cloves, of each four drops. Grind the lavender with the snuff and leaves to a fine powder; then add the perfume. Much recommended in headaches, dimness of sight, etc.
1010. Bilious or Sick Headache.
Headache is, in general, a symptom of indigestion, or deranged general health, or the consequence of a confined state of the bowels. The following alterative pill will be found a valuable medicine: Take of calomel, ten grains; emetic tartar, two, three, or four grains; precipitated sulphuret of antimony, one scruple; guaiacum in powder, one drachm. Rub them well together in a mortar for ten minutes, then, with a little conserve of hips, make them into a mass, and divide it into twenty pills. Dose.—One pill is given every nine or ten other night, for several weeks in succession.
1o11. Hiccough.
This may usually be removed by the exhibition of warm carminatives, cordials, cold water, weak spirits, camphor julep, or spirits of sal-volatile. A sudden fright or surprise will often produce the like effect. An instance is recorded of a delicate — young lady that was troubled with hiccough for some months, and who was reduced to a state of extreme debility from the loss of sleep occasioned thereby, who was cured by a fright, after medicines and topical applications had failed. A pinch of snuff, a glass of co/d soda-water, or an ice cream will also frequently remove this complaint.
Io1z2. Cramp.
When cramp occurs in the limbs, warm friction with the — naked hand, or with the following stimulating liniment, will — generally be found to succeed in removing it:
The Liniment.—Take of water of ammonia, or of spirit of hartshorn, one ounce; olive oil, two ounces. Shake them together till they unite.
When the stomach is affected, brandy, ether, laudanum, or tincture of ginger affords the speediest means of cure. The following draught may be taken with great advantage: Laudanum, forty or fifty drops; tincture of ginger, two drachms;
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syrup of poppies, one drachm; cinnamon or mint water, one ounce. Mix for a draught. To be repeated in an hour, if necessary.
In severe cases, hot flannels, moistened with compound camphor liniment and turpentine, or a bladder nearly filled with hot water, at 100 deg. or 120 deg. Fahr., should be applied to the pit of the stomach ; bathing the feet in warm water, or applying a mustard poultice to them is frequently of great advantage.
*,* The best preventatives, when the cause of cramp is constitutional, are warm tonics, such as the essence of ginger and camomile, Jamaica ginger in powder, etc., avoiding fermented liquors and green vegetables, especially for supper, and wearing flannel next to the skin.
1013. Neuralgia (Greek νεῦρον, a Nerve, and ἄλγος, Pains
A painful affection of the nerves: when it occurs in those of the face, it is termed /ace-ague, or tic-doloreux ; when it affects the great nerve of the leg, it is called sciatica , other parts, such as the fingers, the chest, the abdomen, etc., are also liable to this agonizing pain, one of the most severe and wearing to which the human frame is liable ; 23 the exact nature of it is not very Clear, that is to say, the origin of the disease, for although its immediate seat iS a nerve, or set of nerves, yet there must be some originating cause. It can frequently be traced to some decay, or diseased growth of the bone about those parts through which the nerves pass; and in some severe cases it has been found to depend upon the irritation caused by foreign bodies acting upon those highly sensitive organs.