An epitome of the homoeopathic domestic medicine / by J. Laurie. Thoroughly revised, and brought down to the present time by R. S. Gutteridge.

  • Laurie, Joseph, -1865.
Date:
[1888?]
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Credit: An epitome of the homoeopathic domestic medicine / by J. Laurie. Thoroughly revised, and brought down to the present time by R. S. Gutteridge. 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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    Ibis.—!N'ausea, and vomiting of watery sour fluid ; severe and profuse vomiting, with much pain in the stomach; vomiting, with bilious diarrhoea, attended by great prostration, and colic; violent efforts to vomit, little more than flatulence dis- lodged with great force.—A dose every hour. Aejstica, or BELLADOiyTNA, Lachesis.—Appliablo to vomiting resulting from injuries of the head, as blows, concussions, or falls. Seethe articles on External Injuries, and Inflamma- tion of the Brain.—A dose every half-hour, ACCESSORY TREATMEN^T. Ko food or liquid until the sickness abates. A tepid com- press often assists, and ice to such is very grateful. VOMITING EROM RIDING IN A CARRIAGE, SWINGING, OR TRAVELLING. CocciTLirs, Ntjx Yomica, Belladonna, or Yeratrijm: Album.— A dose every two hours. It will be advisable to take the remedy usually efficacious a day before a journey, to prevent a recurrence of the symptoms. Try the medicines in the order here given. Sea Sickness. Sea-sickness is most distressing; and, unfortunately, the patient receives but little sympathy. Its severity and duration depend very much upon temperament, and the condition of the person at the time. Some are sick on the water when it simply ripples, while others experience no unpleasant sensations in the wildest storm. Sea-sickness may arise from a peculiar impres- sion, produced on the brain and nervous system, from the motion of the body, or from passing objects; or from the abdominal viscera, with the motion of the vessel, rising and falling against the stomach, and from a variety of causes. The intense nausea, violent vomiting, and disregard for life, render it unlike any other affection.