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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: complaint; or, better still, a few drops from a preparation of two parts of oxgall to one of Peruvian syrup. Toothache. This very troublesome disease cannot be cured, if the tooth is much decayed, without extracting it. But, frequently, it will be relieved by applying a pledget of cotton, wet with the cajepiut oil, or oil of cloves, or a pill of equal parts of camphor and opium, moistened with a little cajeput oil. Bleeding at the Nose. This is sometimes a very troublesome complaint, and requires prompt attention. During an attack of the bleeding, the patient should apply cold water freely to the neck and head, and put the feet in warm water. The cold hip bath is an excellent remedy where the bleeding is obstinate; it may be taken by filling a wash-tub half full of cold salt water, and sitting in it from ten to twenty minutes. A still better remedy is the powder of nitrate of silver, snuffed up the nostrils, or the fluid extract of matico. In some cases, simply holding up the arms for several minutes will stop the bleeding. The tincture or powder of matico, snufied up the nose, rarely fails to arrest the bleeding. Inflammation of the Eye, or Opthalmia. Inflammation of the eyelid is often occasioned by a small ulcer, at the root of the eye-lash, and may be remedied by the citrine ointment; or an ointment of the nitrate of silver, four grains to an ounce of lard; or by an eye lotion of sulphate of zinc, or nitrate of silver, four grains to an ounce of pure water. If the eye-ball is inflamed, or, if the inflammation of any part of the eye is severe, two or three leeches may be applied around the eye. A dose of the aquaeous extract of senna may be taken. Lukewarm water, and afterwards cold water, may be often applied with a thin linen cloth to the eye. Diseases of...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217791779 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217791778 |
| Weight | 0.23 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.15 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 62 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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