vul-sions. Involuntary and violent movements of the body.
Cordial. A medicine that stimulates and raises the spirits.
Cor-ne-a. Tlie transparent membrane in the fore part of the eye.
Cor-rob-O-rants. Tonics or strengthening medicines.
Cor-ro-sive. Substances that consume or eat away.
Coun-ter-ir-ri-ta-tion. Driving disease from one part by Irritating another
part.
Cra-ni-um. The skull.
Cri-sis. The turning point of a disease.
Cu-ta-ne-ous.
Pertaining to the skin.
GLOSSARY.
Cuticle.
Cyst.
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The outer skin.
A bag or sac containing matter or other fluid.
De bil-ity.
Weakness.
De-COC-tions. Medicines that are prepared by hoi ling.
The act of swallowing.
The act of fainting.
Deg-lu-ti-tion.
De-liq-ui-um.
Delirium.
Wildness, temporary loss of the mind.
De-mul-cents. A mucilaginous medicine, as flaxseed or ginr Arabia
Den-ti-tion. The act or process of cutting teeth.
A preparation for cleaning the teeth.
A mild laxative.
Den-tri-friee,
De-ob-stru-ent.
To diminish the quantity of blood by blooo letting or other
Deple-tion.
process.
Cleansing from impure matter.
Dep-u-ra-tion.
Cleansing medicines as laxatives and purgative^,,
I>e-ter-gent.
Di-ag-no-sis.
The act of determining diseases by symptoms.
Medicines which aid or produce perspiraticm OT sweating.
the muscular division between the chest and the
Di-a-pho-ret-ics.
Di-a-phragm.
Midriff
;
abdomen.
Tendency of the body to any form of disease, as scrofulous
Di-ath-e-sis.
diathesis.
Di-e-te-tic.
Relating to diet.
Act of spreading in all directions.
Di-lu-ted. Reducing the strength of liquids with water.
Di-lu-ting. Weakening.
Dis-cu-tient. Medicines which scatter or drive away tumors.
Disinfectants. Articles which purify infected places.
Dis-lo-ca-tion. A bone out of its socket.
Di-u-ret-ic. A medicine that increases the amount of urine.
Dor-sal. Having reference to the back.
Dras-tics. Active or strong purgatives.
Dil-a-ta-tion.
Du-o-de-num.
Dys-cra-sia.
The first of the small intestines.
A bad habit, producing generally a diseased conditiox^ of tlv
system.
Dys-pep-sia. DifScult of digestion.
Dys-pha-gi-a. Difficulty of swallowing.
Dysp-noe-a. Obstructing the breath.
Dys-u-ri-a. Difficulty and pain in discharging urine.
Eb-ul-li-tion. The motion of a liquid by which it gives off bubbles of vapor.
Ef-fer-vesce. To foam as in soda-water.
Ef-flor-es-cence. Redness of the surface, as in measles, etc.
Ef-fiu-vi-a. Exhalations from substances, as from flowers or decaying matter.
Ef-fa-sion.
An escape of fluids from their natural position into the tissues o>
cavities of the body.
E-lec-tri-za-tion.
Medical use of electricity.
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E-lec-tu-ary. Medicines prepared with honey.
E-lim-i-na-tion. To escape from the body, as by the pores ct the skin,
E-mac-i-ate. To waste away; to grow thin.
The early stage of the foetus.
The act of vomiting.
Em-bry-o.
Em-e-sis.
Medicines which produce vomiting.
A medicine which will aid the menstrual discharge.
Emet-ics.
Em-men-a-gogue.
Emollient. A softening medicine, flaxseed, etc.
E-mul-sion. A mucilage from the emollients.
E-nam-el. The outside covering of the teeth.
En-ceph.-a-lon. The whole brain.
En-cys-ted. Enclosed in a cyst or sac
En-dena-ic.
E-ne-ma.
A disease peculiar to certain localities.
An injection by the rectum.
En-er-va-tion. A reduction of strength.
En-te-ri-tis. Inflammation of the bowels.
E-phem-e-ral. Of short duration.
Ep-i-dem-ic. A disease that prevails in a certain district
Ep-i-derm-is. The outer skin; the cuticle.
Ep-i-gas-tric. Pertaining to the upper part of the abdomen.
Trap-door cartilage at the root of the tongue, preventing food
Ep-i-glot-tis.
or drink from entering the wind-pii^e.
Ep-i-lep-tic. Subject to epilepsy, convulsions, or the falling sickness.
A surplus secretion of tears, causing what is termed a watery
E-piph-o-ra.
eye.
Ep-i-spas-tic.
Blistering.
Nose bleed.
Er-e-thism. Morbid energetic action of irritability.
E-ro-sion. Eating away; corrosion.
Er-rhine. A medicine to promote the discharge of mucns from the nose.
E-ruc-ta-tion. Raising wind from the stomach; belching.
E-rup-tion. Pimples or blotches on the skin.
Es-char. The dead part, which falls off from the surface.
Es-cha-rot-ic. An application which sears or destroys the flesh.
Eu-sta-chi-an Tube. A narrow canal leading from the side of the throat
Ep-is- tax-is.
to the internal ear.
E-vac-u-a-tion. The discharge by stool or passing of urine from fee bladder.
Ex-ac-er-ba-tion. Violent increase in a disease.
Ex-an-the-ma. An eruptive disease, as small-pox, scarlet
Ex-ci-sion, The .act of cutting out or off.
Ex-cit-ant.
fever,
measles.
A stimulant; a nerve remedy.
To wear off the skin in any way.
Ex-cres-cence. An unnatural growth of a part, as a wart or tumor.
Excretion. That which is thrown off.
Ex-foliate. Scaling or peeling off.
Exhalation. Throwing off of vapor, air, gas, etc.
Excoriate.
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An unnatural growth from a bone; a bony tumor.
Ex-pec-to-rant. A medicine whicli produces or aids the discharge of mucus
from the bronchial tubes or lungs.
Ex-pee-to-rate. To discharge mucus or saliva from the mouth.
Ex-pi-ra-tion. The act of expiring; breathing out the air from tlie lungs.
Ex-trav-a-sa-tion. A collection of blood into a cavity, or under the skin, a
Ex-OS-to-sis.
blood blister.
Relating to the fseces.
Fae-oaL
The natural discharges of the bowels.
Having reference to the face.
Fse-ces.
Fa-ci-al.
Far-i-na-ceous.
Containing starch, as farinaceous food, meal or flour from
vegetables.
Fau-ces. The pharynx and back part of the mouth.
Feb-ri-fuge. A medicine to drive away fever, producing perspiration.
Fe-brile. Having reference to fever; feverish.
The thigh bone.
Fe-mur.
Fet-id- Having a disagreeable odor.
Fi-brine. Animal matter found in blood.
Composed of small threads or fibres of animal or vegetable mat*
Fi-brous.
ter.
Fil-ter.
To strain through a paper made for that purpose.
Fil-tra-tion.
Straining.
An ulcer.
Fist-u-la.
Flac-cid. Flabby, soft, relaxed; as a flaccid muscle.
Flat-u-len-cy, Fla-tus. To inflate the stomach with gas.
Flood-ing. Uterine hemorrhage.
Flush, A flow of blood to the face.
Flux. An unusual discharge from the bowels, diarrhea.
Foetus. The child in the womb.
Fo-men-ta-tion. Bathing by means of flannels dipped in hot water or medicated liquid.
For-mi-ca-tion. An unpleasant sensation, like the creeping of ants.
For-mu-la. A medical prescription.
Fract-ure. A broken bone.
Fric-tion. Rubbing with the dry hand or coarse cloth.
Fu-mi-ga-tion. Smoking a room or anything to be cleansed.
Fune-tion.
The particular acting of an organ, as the function of the heart.
The anus; the lower extremity of the rectum.
Fundament.
Fungus. A spongy flesli in wounds, as proud flesh, a soft cancer which
bleeds when touched.
Gal-van-i-za-tion. Use of the galvanic current.
Gan-gli-on. A knot or lump on tendons; an enlargement in the course of a
nerve.
Gangrene.
Gar-gle.
Gastric.
Partial death of a part, often ending in entire mortification.
A wash for the mouth and throat.
Belonging to the stomach.
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Gastric Juice.
Secretion of the stomach.
Inflammation of the stomach.
Ges-ta-tion. The period of pregnancy.
Gland. A soft body, the function of which is to secrete some fluid.
Glot-tis. The opening into the windpipe at the root of the tongue.
Glu-te-us. A name applied to the muscles of the hip.
Gran-u-la-tion. The healing of a wound or ulcer witli healthy matter.
Gas-tri-tis.
Thick, clotted, concreted; as grumous blood.
Gru-mous.
Gut-tur-al. Relating to the throat.
Hab-it. A peculiar state or temperament of the body; pre-disposed to do
some particular thing.
Hec-tic. A remitting fever.
Hem-a-le-mes. Hemorrhage from the stomach.
Hem-a-tu-ra. Hemorrhage from the bladder.
Hem-a-to-sis. An excessive or morbid quantity of blood.
Hem-i-ple-gia. Paralysis of one side of the body.
He-mop-ty-sis.
A spitting of blood.
Hem-or-rhage. A flow of blood, as from the lungs, nose, etc.
Hem-or-rhoids. The piles; bleeding piles.
He-pat-io.
Relating to the liver.
Her-ba-ceous. Pertaining to herbs.
Hereditary. Inherited from a parent,
Her-pes. Disease of the skin, as tetter, ringworm, etc.
Her-ni-a. A rupture, and protrusion of some part of the bowels.
Hu-mors. The fluids of the body, excluding the blood.
Hy-dra-gogue.
el*, used
A medicine that produces a watery discharge from the bow-
in dropsy.
Hy-drar-gy-rum.
Metallic mercury, quicksilver; a physician's name for
calomel.
Hy-dro-gen.
One of the elementary principles, always existing in water, of
which it composes the ninth part.
Hy-dro-pho-bia. The rabid qualities of a mad dog.
Hy-gi-ene. The art of preserving health by diet.
Hyp-o-chon-dri-a-cal. Melancholy; low-spirited.
Hyp-not-ics. Medicines which produce sleep.
Hy-po-der-mic. To insert under the skin.
Subject to hysteria; nervous.
Hy-ster-ic-al.
I-chor. A biting, watery, and acrid discharge from ulcers.
Id-i-op-a-thy. An unhealthy condition not preceded by any other disease.
Peculiarity of constitution or temperament.
Id-i-o syn-cra-sies.
Il-e-ous.
Colic in the small intestines.
Iliac Region. Region of the small intestines.
Im-be cil-i-ty. Weakness of mind.
Im mer-se. To plunge under water.
In a-ni tion. Emptiness; weakness; exhaustion.
In-cor-po-rate. To mix medicines.
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To hatch eggs; slow development of disease.
In-cu-ba tion.
A front tooth.
In-ci-sor.
In-di-gest-i-ble. Not easily digested.
poor state of health.
In-dis-po-si-tion.
In-fec-ti-ous. Contagious.
In-flam-ma-tion. Attended with heat; a redness or swelling of any part.
In-fu-sion. Medicine prepared by steeping, not boiling.
A
In-ges-tion.
Forcing into the stomach.
Injection.
Any preparation sent into some part of the body by means of a
syringe.
Communicating a disease to a healthy person by injecting
In-oc u-la-tion.
contagious matter in the skin.
Is-chu-ra. Not able to pass the urine.
In-spi-ra-tion. Drawing air into the lungs.
In-spis-sa-tion.
The act of thickening by boiling or evaporation.
In-teg-u-ment.
A covering; the skin.
In-ter-cos-tal.
Between the ribs.
In-ter-mit-tent.
Ceasing at intervals; fevers which come
on
at
regular
intervals.
The bowels.
In-tes-tines.
Jug-u-lar. Applied to the veins of the throat.
Lac-er-a-ted. Torn from.
Lach-ry-mal.
Pertaining to the tears.
Lac-ta-tion. Act of nursing, or sucking.
Lan-ci-na-ting. Piercing, as with a sharp pointed instrument; hence lancinating pain.
Lan-guor. Feebleness; lassitude of body,
Lar-ynx. The upper part of the windpipe.
A gentle cathartic; a medicine that loosens the bowels.
A flesh wound.
Laxative.
Lesion.
Leth-ar-gy.
Excessive drowsiness.
A whitish discharge from the womb.
A thread for tying blood-vessels to prevent bleeding.
Leucor-rhe-a.
Lig-a-ture.
Li-ga-tion.
Lin-i-ment.
The art of using a ligature.
A fluid lotion or wash to be applied by friction.
Lith-on-trip-tic.
A medicine to dissolve the stone or gravel in the bladder.
Li-thot-o-my. The operation of cutting to remove the stone in the bladder.
Liv-id. Black and blue spot on the surface.
Lo-chi-al. Pertaining to discharges from the womb after childbirth,
Lum-ba-go. Rheumatic pains in the loins and small of the back.
Lum bar.
Pertaining to the loins.
Lymph. A thin, colorless fluid in the lymphatic vessels.
Lymphatic. Small vein-like vessels pervading the body; absorbents.
Mac-er-a-tion.
Mac u-lar.
Mai-Bad.
Steeping or softening with water.
Colored spots; blemishes.
Mai practice; not according to science.
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Ma-la-ri-a. Bad air; air which tends to cause disease supposed to arise from
decayed vegetable matter.
Mal-for-ma-tion, Irregular formation or structure of parts.
Malignant. Violent; dangerous; liable to produce death.
Mar -row. A soft substance in the bones.
Mas-ti-ca-tion, The act of chewing.
Mas-tixr-ba-tion,
Self-abuse.
The most injurious, self-destroying of
all
habits.
Ma-te-ri-a Medica.
The science of medicine.
Ma-trix. The womb.
Mat-u-ra-tion. The formation of pus or matter in any part of the body,
Me-dul-la Oblongata. A nervous mass in the lower part of the brain.
Men-ses, Menstruation. The monthly sickness of women.
A liquid used to dissolve solid substances.
Men-stru-um.
Me-phit-ic. Suffocating; noxious; pestilential.
Met-a-car-pus, That portion of the hand between the wrist and fingers.
Me-tas-ta-sis. A change of disease from one location to another.
Met-a-tar-su8. The part of the foot between the ankle and the toes.
Miasma, Miasmata. Malaria; exhalations from swamps, lowlands and
decaying matter.
Unhealthy; deseased; corrupt.
Mor-bid.
Producing disease.
Mor-bif-ic.
A disease of the bowels; cholera morbus.
Mu-ci-lage. A glutinous, watery solution of gum.
Mor-bus.
Mu-cus.
Mus-cles.
Animal mucilage secreted by the mucous membrane.
A bundle of fibres; the organs of motion; they constitute the flesh.
Medicines that produce sleep, relieve pain, or stupefy.
Nar-COt-ics.
Nau-se-a. Sickness at the stomach; may increase until vomiting takes place;
Na-vel. Center of the abdomen.
Negus. A liquid made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon juice.
Ne-phr-it-is.
Inflammation of the kidneys.
The kidney.
Neph-ros.
Ner-vine.
A medicine that soothes a nervous excitement.
Neu-ral-gia. Pain in the nerves.
Neu-ras-the-nia. Nervous exhaustion.
Noc-tur-nal. Occurring in the night.
Nor-mal. Natural and healthy condition.
Nostrum. A patent medicine.
A substance possessing nourishment.
Nutritious.
Ob tuse.
Dull, not acute.
A watery swelling.
Ol-fao-tory Nerves. The nerves of smell.
CE -de-ma.
O-men-tum.
The covering of the bowels.
Oph-thal-mi-a.
Disease of the eye.
Inflammation of the eyes.
Medicines which promote sleep.
Op-tic Nerve. The nerve which enters the back part of the eye.
O-pi-ates.
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Asthma; great difficulty of breathing, caused by diseases of
Or-thop-noB-a.
the heart or diaphragm.
To change flesh or other soft matter into a hard, bony substance;
from osteo, a bone or like a bone.
O-VTim. An egg.
Os-si-fy.
Ox-y-gen. A gas that forms one-fifth of the atmosphere.
Pal-ate. The partition separating the cavity of the mouth from that of tho
nose.
A fluttering or unnatural action of the heart, in which iJ
Pal-pi-ta-tion.
beats too rapidly and strongly.
Pan-a-ce-a.
Pa-pil-la.
A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine.
A red point upon the tongue or elsewhere.
Puncturing of the chest or abdomen for the purpose of
drawing off water.
Pa-ral-y-sis. Palsy; losing control of any part of the system.
Par-a-lyt-ic. One affected with paralysis.
Par-a-ple-gi-a. Paralysis of the lower portion of the body.
Par-a-cen-te-sis.
A
Par-ox-ysm.
fit
of disease at certain periods.
Pa-thol-o-gy. Doctrine of disease.
Par-tu-ri-tion. Childbirth.
Relating to the chest.
Pec-tor-al.
A bony cavity forming the lower part of the trunk of the body.
Pep-sin. A peculiar substance in the stomach which aids digestion.
Pel-vis.
Per-i-car-di-um.
The sac containing the heart.
Per-i-car'dit-is.
Inflammation of the pericardium.
Per-spi-ra-tion.
Sweat.
The part between the anus and organs of generation
Per-i-os-te-um. The membrane covering the bones.
Per-i-to-ne-uin.
The membrane which lines the abdomen and covers the
Per-i-ne-um.
bowels.
Pe-te-chi-se.
Piarple spots which appear upon the skin in low fevers.
Phag-e-den-ie.
Corroding, eating; applied to ulcers.
Phalanges.
The bones which form the fingers and toes.
Phleg-mat-ic. Dull; sluggish; heavy.
Phar-ynx. The upper part of the throat.
Phlo-gis-tic. Tendency to inflammatory.
Phthys-ic-al. A condition of the system tending to pulmonary consump'
tiou.
Phlegm.
A mucus from the bronchial tubes.
Of a full habit of body; corpulence.
Pleu-ra. A membrane that covers the lungs and folds upon the sides.
Pleu-ri-sy. Inflammation of the pleura.
Ple-thor-ic.
Pneu-mo ni-a. Inflammation of the lungs.
Polypus. A pear shaped tumor.
Pre-scrip tion.
Probe.
A physician's formula for the preparation of medicines.
An instrument for examining the depth of a wound.
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Prog-no-sis. Guessing the termination of a disease.
Pro-lap-sus Ani. Falling of the anus.
Pro-lap-sus Uteri. Falling of the uterus.
Pros-tra-tion. Loss of strength.
Pro-phy-lac-tic. A medicine to prevent disease.
Pty-a-lism. A copious flow of saliva; salivation,
Pu-ber-ty. Full growth; perfection.
Pu-er-pe-ral. Fever at or soon after childbirth.
Plu-mon-a-ry.
Pertaining to, or affecting the lungs.
Plll-mon-i-tis. Inflammation of the lungs.
Pulse. The beating of the heart or blood-vessels, especially of the arteries.
Pulp. A soft mass.
Pun-gent. Piercing, biting, stimulating.
A gentle cathartic; a medicine acting on the bowels to loosen
Pur-ga-tive,
them.
Pur-u-lent. Consisting of pus or matter.
Pus. Unhealthy matter.
Pustules. Elevations of the skin containing pus.
Pu-tre fac-tion. To decompose by fermentation.
Pu-tres-cent. Pertaining to the process of putrefaction.
Py-ro-sis. A peculiar disease of the stomach better known as water-brash.
Rectum. The lower portion of the large intestine.
Medicines which lessen the heat of a body.
Re-frig-er-ant.
The regulation of diet and habit in order to restore health or to
Reg-i-men.
cure disease.
Res-o-lu-tion. To return to health; dispersion of an inflammation before pus
has formed.
Re-solv-ents. Applied to inflammations.
Res-pi-ra-tion. The process of breathing.
Re-sus-ci-ta-tion. Reviving from apparent death, as drowning.
Ret-i-na. The internal nervous tissue of the eye.
Ru-be-fa-eients. Medicines that causes redness of the skin, as mustard, radish leaves, etc.
To make red.
Ru-bif-ic.
Having the properties of sugar.
The spittle; the secretions of the mouth.
Sac-cha-rine.
Sa-li-va.
Sal-i va-tion.
Increase of the secretion of saliva.
San-a-tive.
A curative medicine; to heal.
Sanguine
Abounding in blood, or having the color of blood.
Sa-ni-es.
Scab.
A thin discharge from wounds or ulcers.
A formation over a sore in healing.
The outer skin of the body.
Scirrhous. Hard; knotty, generally of a cancerous nature.
Scorbutic. Partaking of the nature of scurvy.
Scro-tum. The bag containing the testicles.
Scarf-skin.
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The separation of any substance from the blood for a particular
Se-cre-tion.
purpose.
The opposite of stimulation.
Sed-a-tive.
A quieting medicine which allays
irritation and soothes pain.
Sed-en-tary.
Sedentary habit; accustomed to, or requiring
much sitting;
inactive.
A
village in Bohemia, from which Seidlitz powders derived its
name.
Sem-i-nal. Pertaining to or contained in seed.
Serous. Thin, watery substance, like whey.
Serum. The watery, or milky portions of the blood.
Sin-a-pism. A mustard plaster.
Sin-ew. That which unites flesh to a bone.
Slough. Death from a part; the part that separates from a wounoSlough-ing. The act of separating the dead flesh from a sore.
Sol-u-tion. Composed of a liquid and a solid substance.
Sol-vent. Having tlie power to dissolve solid substances.
Sor-des. The dark matter deposited upon the lips and teeth in low fevers.
Spasm. A sudden contraction of the muscles; cramps, convulsions.
Spe-cif-ic. An infallible remedy.
Spi-nal Col-umn. The back-bone.
Spi-nal Cord. The nervous marrow in the backbone.
Spleen. The milt; it is situated in the abdomen and attached to the stomach.
Seid-litz.
Squa-mous.
Ster-num.
Having scales.
The breast-bone.
Ster-tor. Noisy breathing; snoring.
Ster-to-rous. The act of snoring.
Stim-u-lants. Medicines that are calculated to excite a healthy action.
Sto-mach-ic.
A cordial for the stomach, exciting its action.
Sto-mat-i-tis.
Inflammation of the mouth.
Stool.
A discharge from the bowels.
Stran-gu-ry.
Difficult and painful passage of urine.
Unnatural contraction of any passage of the body.
Strict-ure.
Stru-ma. Scrofula.
Stupor. Insensibility; numbness.
A medicine which stops bleeding.
Styp-tic.
Sub-cu-ta-ne-ou8.
Sudor.
Under the skin.
Sweat.
Su-dor-if-ics. Medicines that cause sweating.
Sup-pos-i-to-ries. Medicinal substances introduced into the rectum to favoi
or restrain evacuations, or to ease pain.
Sup-pu-ra-tion. The act of forming pus.
Sut-ure. The peculiar saw-like joint uniting the bones of the skulL
Symp-tom.
A sign or token of disease.
Syn-CO-pe.
To swoon; fainting.
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Syph-i-lis. A contagious disease from sexual intercourse with thos.
have venereal disease.
who
Pertaining to the venereal disease or pox.
Syph-i-li-tic.
An instrument for injecting liquids into the bowels, ear, throat,
Syringe.
or other parts of the body,
Tan-nic Acid. An astringent made from oak bark.
-,
Tem-per-a-ment. A peculiar habit of body.
Ten-don. A fibrous cord attached to the extremity of a muscle.
Te-nes-mus. Difficulty and pain at stool; a painful bearing down sensation
in the lower bowels.
Warm, but not hot.
Tepid.
Tertian.
Occurring every other day.
The testicles.
Tes-tes.
Two glandular bodies situated in the scrotum, belonging to the
Tes-ti-cles.
male organs of generation.
Tet-a-nus. Locked jaw.
Tib-i-a. The large bone of the leg below the knee.
Tinct-nre. Medicine dissolved in alcohol.
Thorax.
The chest.
Tor-mi-na. Severe griping pains.
Ton-ics. Remedies intended to strengthen the system.
Ton-sil. Glands situated on each side of the throat.
Torpid.
Dull; stupid;
lifeless.
Trachea.
The windpipe.
Tu-ber-cle.
A pimple, swelling, or small tumor.
Tumefaction. The act of forming a tumor.
Tumor. An enlargement of any part of the body; a swelling.
Ty-phoid. Resembling typhus; weak; low.
Ty-phus. A nervous fever, malignant, infectious, etc.
Ul-cer. A sore which discharges pus.
Um-bil-ic. Pertaining to the navel.
Urea. A substance found in the urine.
U-re-ter. The duct leading from the kidneys to the bladder.
U-re-thra. Duct leading out from the bladder; the canal of the penis through
whicli the urine passes from the body.
U-rine.
"Water from the bladder.
Uterus. The womb.
Vaccinate. To inoculate with the cow-pox by inserting the vaccine in the
skin.
Vac cine.
Vagina.
Matter of the cow-pox.
Tlie passage from the womb to the vulva,
Vag-in-ismus.
Spasm of the vagina, caused by morbid irritability.
A person of a weak, sickly constitution.
Pertaining to small pox.
Val-e-tu-di-na-ri-an.
Variolous.
Ven-e-ry.
Sexual indulgence.
Ve-nous.
Relating to the veins.
GLOSSARY.
Ven-ti-la-tion.
Ver-mi-fuge.
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A free admission or motion of air.
A medicine intended to destroy worms.
Ver-ti-go. Dizziness; swimming of the head.
Ves-i-cle. A little bladder of water formed under the skin.
Vir-u-lent. Extremely injurious; malignant; poisonous.
"Vi-rus. Contagious poison.
Viscera. The internal organ of the body.
Vis-cid. Sticky; tenacious.
Volatile.
Easily evaporated; substances that evaporate on exposure to the
atmosphere.
Vul-nera-ry. Pertaining to wounds.
Vul-va. The external opening of the female genitala
Whites.
Floor Albus.
Contagious diseases, such as may be inoculated.
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MEDICAL INDEX.
B A.LS AM— Continued.
A.
Beckham's Genuine, for coughs, etc
.
.
Abdomen, enlargement of, in pregnancy .278 BARBER'S ITCH: Ointment for
ABORTION: Causes and treatment. .258-261
Symptoms
Precautions after
281 BATHING Of new-born child
.153
103
.
4
.
293
Of patient after child-birth
299
ELECTRIC: Farad ic, in sciatica 37
Simple and cheap, how to make and use 36
Beans, a cure for Bnght's disease
154
Bearing down of the womb
270
BEEF: Broth for the sick
308
Essence of
305
Tea, how to make
304, 305
Beefsteak for the sick
317
Beer, alterative, for purfying the blood
163
Belly-aches
252
Best Liniment, the
44
BIG NECK: (See Goitre).
Symptoms
18
Birth. (See Labor.)
86
BILIOUSNESS
86
Cholagogue or bilious tonic
87
Remittent fever and symptoms
142, 143
BITES: Frost, remedies for
131, 243
Of mad dogs, to cure
210
Of poisonous insects, etc
163
BITTERS: Alterative
210
Hop, without spirits
273
Mrs. Chase's magic tonic
137
Stomach
Blackberry balsam and cordial for children 196
253
BLADDER: Inflammation of
4
Symptoms
285
State of, in child labor
BLEEDING: Of lungs, womb, rectum &c., 48
ISO
Styptic for
:
Symptoms
1
Abscess -"What it is, and how to treat
ACCIDENT; Falling into deep water
From chloroform, to prevent
189
96
95
93
94
35
35
314
How to manage
Poisoning by —what to do
ACID: Chromic, for cancer
Citric, for cancer
Drinlis, for the sicli
Gallic, in consumption
Hydrochloric, in croup
118
106
251
In stomach
Sulphurous, for scarlet fever
Acute inflammation of eyes, water for
63
156
Acute rheumatism, new remedy for
38
90
AGUE: Chinoidine, how to give for
Gterman cure for
How to prevent and avoid
91
92, 123
Symptoms
i
Various remedies for
86-97
Alabama, resorts in, for consumptives
115
ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS: Cure for love of. 167
Use of, leaves permanent injury
167
ALTERATIVE: For female debility
For stomach
For syphilis, successful
Or blood puriflei-s
Pill for neuralgia
Relaxing anodyne, for asthma
273
137
202
162-163
75
201
38
BATTERY
Rheumatic
Syrup for boils
60
Ammonia, Giles' Liniment of Iodide of
(See Hemorrhage: Nose.)
42
Ammonia-Saline treatment for diabetes. .177 Blistering in diphtheria
Blisters, blood, to prevent
Animals, Dr. Mason's Liniment for
41
Anodyne for asthma
SiOl
BLOOD: blisters, to prevent
Purifying the, safest way
ANTIDOTE: For poisoning by nux vomica
55
58
58
.
or strychnine
Purifiers, or alteratives
Spitting, valuable remedy for
47
For poisoning by various causes
93, 94
For tobacco chewers' weak stomach. ..180
Milk as, for lead poisoning
Anti-fat medicine
APOPLErS": How to cure
Symptoms
Appetite, to increase or restore.
Arrowroot jelly for the sick
Symptoms
ATROPHY: Cause and treatment of
(See Dysentery).
131
2
152
BOILS: Head, salve for
Symptoms
3
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for colds, etc
Symptoms
Poultice for
Symptoms..
Treatment for
316
3
190
184
234
BLOODY FLUX: Treatment of
62
46
A.STHMA: Quick relief and remedies for. .200
137
162, 163
To scatter
BONE LINIMENT:
White's Nerve and
BORAX: For erysipelas
For nervousheadache
125
4, 14
97
137
4
5B, oo
60
•••
41
43
183
183
value in catarrh, inflamed eyes,
183
dandruff, etc
184
For washing clothes
Its
B.
BABIES: Receipts
BCVVELS: Action of, during pregnancy.. .280
277
Babies.
(See Children).
Back-ache, liniment for
44
BALM OF GILEAD BUDS: For sore lungs.216
Tincture of, for cuts, etc
Balm, Oriental
BALSAIVI: Blackberry, for children
For wounds, cracks, etc
Bandaging
""
215
42
196
98
82
833
Action of, after child-birth
Blackberry tea for difficulties of
Griping of. Golden Oil for
Inflammation of
Inflammation of. poultice for
Inflammation of, symptoms
Loose, remedy for
Of children, to keep regular
(See also Diarrhoea: Dysentery).
300
315
40
252
137
5
138
193
MEDICAL INDEX.
834
BRAIN:
Inflammation
CHICKEN POX: Treatment for
and concussion
246,247
of
Symptoms..
.
Inflammation of, symptoms
BREASTS: Cold in, remedy for
5
124
CHILBLAINS: Remedies for
Gatliered, salve for
Sore, to avoid and cure
99
275
296
CHILDREN
Swelling of, in newly-born child
Bright's disease of the kidneys, cure for. .154
Brister's Spanish Corn Destroyer
Broken breast, to avoid
159
275
BRONCHITIS: Chronic, remedy for.. 123, 256
Symptoms..
Treatment for
254, 255
BRONCHOCELE:
44, 45
6
44
45
45
Alterative pill for
Alterative syrup for
Dr. Mason's remedy
Symptoms
5
BROTH: For the sick, beef
308
807
307
307
308
44, 215
96
Chicken
Mutton
Veal
Vegetable
BRUISES: Liniment for
Salve for
83
To prevent lockjaw after
92
Buchan's Dr., Preventive for Ague
Bugle-weed; its value in consumption, etc., 184
158, 159
Bunions, remedies for
BURNS: Artificial skin for
142
79, 163
98, 99, 101
135
Remedies for
Salve for
Butternut pills
Symptoms.
7
Cholera infantum
Colds of, onion syrup for
Convulsions in
Diarrhcea
Diseases of
Ftench remedy for hiccoughs iu
Fretful
:
Food for
Having dj^speptic tendency
Jaundice in
Liquid physio for, in constipation
Summer complaint
179, 196
198, 199
Urinary diseases of
Weakly, food for
149, 150
311
Weakly, rice coffee for
CHILLS AND FEVER: Prevention and
avoidance
92, 123
Remedies for
86-92
(See Ague.)
Chlorine Water in Diphtheria
40
CANCER: Esmarch's or German treatment 34
Green ointment for
Liniment for
99
35
33
New painless remedy for
34
,
In ear
Of the womb
271
Poultice for
Relief of pain in
Salve for
33
34
33
6
Symptoms
35
Wild parsnip root in
Canker sore mouth
53
43
7
CHLOROFORM: Liniment
Poisoning by, symptoms
To prevent accident from
Other remedies
35
161
195-199
85
277
277
150
Newly -born, management of
Nursmg, colic
Pap for diarrhoea of
Sore mouth of
Mild eye-water for
Incipient, milk in treatment of
Infallible cure for
c.
226
134
232, 277
277
203
136
193-195
156
293-296
277
316
277
Management of
CHOLERA: Drops and powder for
California Cure for cancer
Calomel, substitute for
Camphor Liniment, strong
224
7
142, 143
95
127
139
60,
127
128, 236
Symptoms
8
141
Vomiting in, to check
CHOLERA INFANTUM: Causes and treat-
ment
Symptoms
CHOLERA MORBUS:
226
8
Causes and treat-
ment
Symptoms
225
8
35
Chromic Acid, valuable for cancer
Chromium, Chloride of, to remove cancer. 34
92, 93
Cinders in the eye. to remove
Citric Acid for relief of cancer
Claret Punch for the sick
35
313
CLEANLINESS: Importance of in children 194
303
In the sick-room
113
Climate, changes of, in consumption
194
Clothing of children
113
for
substitutes
oil,
Cod-liver
Specific for
310
COFFEE: Corn, for the sick
Symptoms
107
sick
headache
of
Cause
to
make
OIL:
Custard,
CASTOR
311
Rice, for the sick
108, 109
To overcome nauseous taste
67.
fever
in
typhoid
of
Value
value
of
183
in,
Borax
CATARRH:
101
57 COLD FEET Ointment for
Gargle for
213, 214
Remedy for
164
Nasal, common sense treatment for.
241
165 Cold, suspended animation from
Ointment for
123
Ophthalmia caused by, wash for .... 1.55 COLDS: General Washington's cure
124
Onion svnip for, in children
165
Snuff for
120-125, 315
To break up, remedies
6
Symptoms
135
(See also Coughs, also Influenza.)
CATHARTIC: Pills, compound
127
..245 COLIC Drops and powder for
Pill, Dr. Chase's
46
German remedy for
315
Catnip Tea, to make
277
Of babies
97, 102
Chafing, ointment for
129
for
Pain-killer
315
Chamomile Tea, a good tonic
230
Painters', treatment
267
Change of Life
197
Quick relief for
CHAPPED HANDS, Etc.: Cold cream of
46
Quinine cure for
102
glycerine and rose for
41
for
liniment
Robinson's
Salve for
96,97.98
8
Symptoms
307
CHICKEN: Broth for the sick
142
burns,
etc
for
pliable,
310
Collodion,
Panada
310
Water
120
9H
Carbolic Salve
CARBUNCLE: Painless treatment for
58
59
6
109
:
.
.
.
:
MEDICAL INDEX.
CONCUSSION: Of brain
Symptoms
nancy
279
CONSTIPATION: During pregnancy
Hot-water cure
Newer remedies
Of weakly women and children
Symptoms
Syrup for
251
280
46
47
136
9
135
46, 136
Valuable pills for
CONSUMPTION: Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
125
112
113
118
118
110
101
109
113
112
for
Crude petroleum for
EiTect of climatic changes on
Gallic acid in
Hot water cure for
New French remedy for
Ointment for cold feet in
Pulmonary, prevention of
Simple home cure
Substitute for cod liver oil
Symptoms
9
TrouDlesome cough in, to ease
109
184
114,-117
Contfigious diseases. Disinfection for
68, 69
37
Contracted cords, liniment for
and
milk
in
312
Convalescence, raw egg
232
CONVULSIONS: In children
10
Symptoms
68
Copperas, Solution of, as disinfectant
196
CORDIAL: Blackberry
195
For children
37
Cords, Contracted, liniment for
310
Corn coffee for the sick
311
Corn tea for the sick
.308
Corn meal gruel for the sick
159
CORNS: Brister's Spanish Destroyer
158-160
Remedies for
160
Salve for
Costiveness, (see Constipation).
COUGH: Attending slight hemorrhage of
50
lungs
125
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for
109
In consumption remedies
153
Peckham's Balsam for
121-124
Remedies for
120-125, 216
Various remedies for
125, 126
Whooping, remedies for
(See also. Colds Consumption).
100
Counter-iiTitant, Croton Oil as
Cow's teats, warts on, hand remedy for. .161
96, 97, 98
Cracks, salve for
285
CRAMPS: During child labor
193
In the stomach
78
Creosote, solidified, for toothache
100
Croton Oil. for counter-irritation
106
CROUP: Emetic for
External remedy.
106, 210
105
Instantaneous, internal remedy
106
Onions a sure cure for
106, 107
Preventive of
Valuable remedy for
Where to go to cure
.
—
;
.
Symptoms
11
Cure All liniment
Currant Shrub for the Sick
Custard, Castor oil, to make
CUTS: balm of gilead for
Bleeding from, remedy for
Hot water poultice for
Remedies for.-.
Salvefor...-
•
.
D.
246
5
Confinement, probable date of in pregCongestion of lungs
835
43
313
109
215
50, 84
164
163,164
97,98,101
130
Dance, St. Vitus, cure for
Dandruff, value of borax for
183
42
Deafness, and Earache.valuable remedy for 77
Davis', Perry, Pain-killer
Debilitating Diseases, milk treatment of.
DELIRIUM TREMENS: Treatment of
.
61
.
Symptoms
DIABETES
Ammonia— Saline treatment
:
for
190
12
177
178
Ergot in
Incontinence and dribbling of urine
178
Other remedies
179, 180
Symptoms
12
176
184
308
188
138
195
60, 139
128
316
150
valuable diet for.
Valuable remedy for
DIARRHCEA Gruel for
C!hronic, remedies for
:
Compound for
Cordial for
Milk in treatment of
Muscovite, or raw beef cure for
Of children, pap for
Of children, drink for
Of infants
Powder for
Remedies for
138,
1.51
Symptoms
DIET For patient after child-birth
13
300
304
61, 149
56
176
242
55
53
:
For the sick
Milk, for indigestion
To avoid diphtheria
Valuable, for diabetes
Dilation of strictures
DIPHTHERIA:
277
127, 128, 138, 139
Blistering in
Chlorine water for
Cure for.
5*.
Dr. Scott's treatment for
54
55
54
French remedy
Homeopathic remedy
Ice a remedy for
Latest Allopathic treatment for
Specific and preventive for
51
55
52
Successful remedies
Sulphur treatment
53
50,
51
Symptoms
To avoid
13
56, 107
(See Disinfectants.)
Diseases of Children
Diseases of Women
195—199
261—272
For contagious disDISINFECTANTS
68
eases, how to use, etc
:
Nitrate of lead, in small-pox
Diuretics, valuable
71
216
Donahue's Rheumatic Liniment
42
Draft in sick room
DRINKS: Acid for the sick
For thirst of fever patients
Pectoral
317
314
314
314
314
127
78
Raw egg, for invalids
DROPS Cholera
:
Toothache, Dr. Chase's
DROPSY: Hepatic, substitute for calomel
161
in
Remedy for
Symptoms
46
13
Syrup for
45
Drowned Persons, resuscitation of
80, 81
Duties of nurse during pregnancy, etc. 278-301
92, 93
Dust in the eves, to remove
DYSENTERY: Milk in treatment of. 60,189
195
In children
139
Sticces-^f ul remedy for
.
Symptoms
.
4,
14
MEDICAL INDEX.
836
DYSPEPSIA: Gascons, effectual remedy. .151 FELON: Hot water poultice for
Hot water for
Lime water and milk for
Liquid remedy for
152
'
Other foods for..
59, 61, 149
135
148, 149
Symptoms
14
Tamarind water for
309
150, 151
Various simple remedies for
Voltaire's food for
147|
Dysuria (see Children, Urinary Diseases of).
E.
EAR: Ache, remedies for
76, 77
Fungous KFo wth in
35
77
216
143
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