C. Hering's Domestic physician : revised, with additions from the author's manuscript of the seventh German edition ; containing also a tabular index of the medicines and the diseases in which they are used.

  • Hering, Constantine, 1800-1880.
Date:
1851, ©1850
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Credit: C. Hering's Domestic physician : revised, with additions from the author's manuscript of the seventh German edition ; containing also a tabular index of the medicines and the diseases in which they are used. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    If he is not quite so far gone, a cloth dipped in cold waterj and wrapped round the abdomen and loins, may afford relief. If the intoxication proceeds from drinking beer, give green tea and milk; if from wine, give him a bitter almond to eat (the latter not to children); if from spirits, give him salt water to drink, and if that does not produce any effect, put grated garlic into his mouth. If the face of a drunken man has a purple hue, his look fixed, he does not come to his senses, the throwing on of cold water producing only a temporary effect—if the muscles of the face are convulsed, or a cramp prevents the opening of the mouth— apply nothing but a piece of cloth, dipped into cold water, to the head, and give Opium every quarter of an hour until he im- proves; if this fails, give Aconite or Belladonna. If children are made tipsy by thoughtless or vile persons—or by accident swallow brandy, wash the head and abdomen with cold water, and give them, every quarter of an hour, a teaspoon- ful of hot water, a pint of which has been poured on a bitter almond. If they do not soon fall into a sound sleep, give JVux vomica. If they fall into a torpid sleep, with snoring, the face red and the head hot, give Opium. If they are too lively and merry, and cannot sleep, give Coffea. If they have fever, give Aconite, and if this does not remove it in two hours, give Bel- ladonna. If they fall into convulsions, give first Opium, if this does not answer, JVux vomica, and if this fails, Chamomilla. Many females, when confined, drink out of ignorance, from habit, or by the advice of stupid midwives, spirituous liquors, to obtain sleep for themselves and the child. This is a horrid, abominable habit; they expose themselves and their child to the greatest danger; and if not attended by immediately bad con- sequences, it may cause the child to become a drunkard, when grown up. Under these circumstances, give to the mother and child the aforesaid medicines. Besides the confirmed drunkard, there are others who only once in a while allow themselves to be led astray and who are ashamed of their conduct afterward. These we advise to put a