The Oxford medical adviser for the home / by John D. Comrie.

  • Comrie, John D. (John Dixon), 1875-1939.
Date:
1931
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Credit: The Oxford medical adviser for the home / by John D. Comrie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vlll VIII. DEATH.—In cases of supposed death, see the article on Death, Signs of. IX. PERSONAL HEALTH. — With regard to the preservation of personal health, numerous references to various articles throughout the book are given under the article Health. X. CARE OF CHILDREN. —Information regarding infants is given under Rabies, Care of, and Infant-Feeding. Matters that require special attention in older children are given under Children, Peculiarities of, and School Children. The measures for pre¬ venting infectious diseases are given under Infection. Back¬ wardness in children is treated under Mental Defectiveness ; and other conditions to which children are specially liable are mentioned under Deafness ; Ear, Diseases of; Nose, Diseases of (section Adenoids) ; Vision, Disorders of; Squinting; and Spectacles. See also Bronchitis ; Croup ; Glands, Diseases of; Joints, Diseases of; and Rickets. XI. NURSING.—Directions regarding attendance on the sick are given in the article on Nursing, from which references are also made to various special subjects, and descriptions of applications like Bandages, Bed-changing, Fomentations, Poultices, Blisters, Plasters, etc. XII. SYMPTOMS OF DISEASE.—The symptoms most likely to attract attention are mentioned, and the diseases which most commonly produce them are indicated, under the following headings : Biarrhcea ; Vomiting ; Expectoration ; Breathlessness ; Urine ; Stools ; Inflammation ; Fever; Headache ; Backache ; Colic ; Dropsy ; Paralysis ; Abdomen, Diseases of; Chest, Diseases of ; Nervous Diseases. Under these headings references are given to other places where the individual diseases are fully treated.