The home physician : written especially for the use of families, using "the divided medicines," / which are prepared by Frederick Kraus.

  • Barrows, G. H.
Date:
1871
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Credit: The home physician : written especially for the use of families, using "the divided medicines," / which are prepared by Frederick Kraus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Ipecacuanha No. I, one square, directions as above, when the patient has no desire for food, with vomiting of everything taken upon the stomach; diarrhoea of a yellowish color, and headache, especially in the forehead. Nux Vomica No. II, one square, directions as above, with headache principally in the forehead, with dizziness. Consti- pation with frequent and ineffectual efforts to evacuate the bow- els ; painful pressure of the bowels; vomiting of* indigested food, and soreness of the limbs. Pulsatilla No. I, one square, directions as above, if there is great nausea, with desire to vomit, and diarrhoeic stools of a slimy, bilious nature ; absence of thirst, and vomiting of a greenish substance. Podophyllin No. II, one square, directions as above, when there is a giddiness in the head, with sensation of fullness over the eyes; offensive odor from the mouth, with foul taste; full- ness and pain in the region of the liver; stools yellow, or dark- green, and very offensive; scanty urine; perspiration with sleep. YELLOW FEVER. This is a peculiar disease, and prevails mostly in the South- ern States, and during the hot season of the year, and is con- fined principally to large cities or towns, and principally to seaport towns. Yellow fever appears epidemically, and assumes different types. Sometimes of a typhoid or typhus character, at other times of a bilious nature. The attack is preceded by the ordinary symptoms of fever, and sometimes makes its ap- pearance without any precursory symptoms, occurring in the midst of ordinary health, and most frequently in the night. The patient experiences a sense of chillness, with severe pains in the back and limbs. After the fever is established, the skin becomes hot and dry, the pulse full and frequent, the breathing hurried; the face is flushed, and the eyes red and watery ; the tongue is usually coated with a thick white fur; the throat be- comes sore, and swallowing is rendered very difficult. Nausea and frequent vomiting attend the disease ; the patient com- plains of a burning pain, and feeling of weight in the stomach, and pressure is exceedingly painful. The stomach is very ir- ritable, and often rejects everything upon it. The vomiting is often very violent and distressing to the patient, on account of the soreness and tenderness. Flatulency is very troublesome ;