Malt soup, II, 201 Marasmus, I, 416
Marketing, hints on, II, 166 Marriage relations, I, 211 Meat as food, II, 32 Median nerve, I, 302
Medicine chest, contents of the, II, 177 MEDICINES, PATENT, I, 261 antiphlogistine, I, 280
dangers of, I, 267 hamamelis, I, 278 headache powders, I, 269 Listerine, I, 279
Platt's Chlorides, I, 281 Pond's Extract, I, 278 proprietary, I, 262 Scott's Emulsion, I, 279 vaseline, I, 277 witch-hazel, I, 278 Medulla oblongata, I, 294 Membranous croup, I, 93 Menopause, the, I, 342 Menstruation, I, 339 absence of, I, 347 arrest of, I, 351 cessation of, I, 350
delayed, I, 351
painful, I, 343
scanty, I, 351
Metals, poisoning by, II, 431 Miliaria, I, 162
MILK, as food, II, 33
curd, II, 200 mixtures, I, 396 peptonized, II, 198 poisoning, I, 481, 483 porridge, II, 201
Mind, disorder of the, I, 243 Miscarriage, danger of, I, 352 MOSQUITO bites, II, 257. 445. 448
Mosquito, destruction of the, II, 261 exterminating the, II, 256
yellow fever due to the, II, 256 Motor nerve, I, 310
Mouth-breathing, I, 74
Mouth, inflammation of the, I, 78 sore, I, 78
Muscular action, II, 48
Muscular action, development, by will power, II, 63
MUSHROOM POISONING, II, 298 Mushrooms, edible, II, 301
how to tell, II, 300
poisonous, II, 310
Mutton broth, II, 195
Paranola, I, 251 Paresis, I, 251
Patent medicines, I, 261 Peritonitis, I, 524 Petit mal, I, 312 Pharyngitis, I, 83 Phthisis, I, 110 Pigeon breast, I, 77 Piles, external, I, 149 internal, I, 150 Pimples, I, 159 Pink eye, I, 33 Pneumonia, I, 107 POISONING (See Poisons) by canned meats, II, 440 by fish, II, 438
by meat, II, 8, 440, 441 by milk, II, 438, 440, 441 food, bacterial, II, 437
food, containing parasites, II, 443 food, infected, II, 440 mushroom, II, 298 potato, II, 444 Poison ivy, I, 166
POISONS, acetanilid, II, 436
acid, carbolic, II, 430
acid, nitric, II, 430 acid, oxalic, II, 430 acid, sulphuric, II, 430
acids, II, 430 aconite, II, 432
bichloride of mercury, blue vitriol, II, 431 bug poison, II, 431 camphor, II, 432 caustic soda, II, 431 chloral, II, 433
cocaine, II, 435
copper, II, 431
corrosive sublimate, II, 431
RUN-AROUND, II, 363) Rupture, I, 142
Salt rheum, I, 177
Sanitariums for the insane, I, 259 SANITATION (See Contents II) Sarcoma, I, 138 SCALDS, II, 461 Scalp wounds, II, 350 Sciatica, I, 303
Scorpion sting, II, 454 Scrofula, I, 421
Scurvy, common, I, 194 infantile, I, 196 Seasickness, I, 467 Self-abuse, I, 206
Semicircular canals, I, 60 Sensory nerve, I, 310 Septum, I, 68
deviation of the, I, 74 Serum, anti-venomous, II, 459 Sexual organs, care of the, I, 205 diseases of the, I, 213 relations, I, 208 Shingles, I, 301
Shoulder, dislocation of, II, 412 sprain of, II, 357 Shoulder-blade fracture, II, 381 Sick, food for the, II, 195 SKIN, callus of the, I, 170 chafing of the, I, 156 chapping of the, I, 156 cracks in the, I, 170 discolorations of the, I, 164 diseases of the, I, 153
irritation of the, I, 156
itching of the, I, 153 Sleeplessness, I, 295
Sling, how to make a, II, 377. 378
Snake bite, II, 456, 458
Soap, use of, II, 22
Sore eyes, I, 30
Sore mouth, aphthous, I, 80 gangrenous, I, 81
simple, I, 79
ulcerous, I, 81
Sore throat, I, 83
Soup, malt, II, 201
Soups, II, 141
Spider bite, II. 454. 455 Spinal cord, I, 310
Spine, curvature of, I, 429, 431 Splinters, removing, II, 344
Splints, II, 351, 361, 383. 387, 392, 397; 400, 401, 404, 418
SPRAINS, bandages for, II, 355, 357 treatment of, II, 355, 356 Sprue, I, 80 Squint, I, 47
St. Vitus's Dance, I, 427 Stiff neck, I, 188 STINGS, bee, II, 448 centipede, II, 454 hornet, II, 448 scorpion, II, 454 wasp, II, 448
Stitching a wound, II, 348 STOMACH, bleeding from the, II, 358 catarrh of the, I, 457, 481 diseases of the. I, 450 neuralgia of the, I, 523 Stomachache, I, 519 Stone, in the bladder, I, 537 in the kidney, I, 535 Strabismus, I, 47 Stye, I, 29
SUFFOCATION, from gas, II. 476 Sunstroke, II, 330
Surgical dressings, II, 421
SYNOVITIS, II, 359
Syphilis, I, 220, 226 Syringe, the bulb, I, 511 the fountain, I, 510 the hypodermic, II, 184
Ulcerated tooth, I, 72 Ulnar nerve, I, 302 UNCONSCIOUSNESS, I, 316 due to drunkenness, I, 319 due to epilepsy, I, 320 due to fainting, I, 317 due to head injuries, I, 318 due to kidney disease, I, 320 due to opium poisoning, I, 320 due to sunstroke, I, 320 Underclothing, proper, II, 22 URINE, incontinence of, I, 227 involuntary passage of, I, 227 painful passage of, I, 413 retention of, I, 232; II, 413 stoppage of, I, 232 suppression of, I. 232 Urticaria, I, 157
Varicose veins, I, 146
Veal broth, II, 195
Vegetables as food, II, 34, 157
Vein, bleeding from a, II, 341, 342 Veins, systemic, I, 440
Ventricles of the heart, I, 440
Vision, defects of, I, 35-47
Vocal cords, I, 84 VOMITING, I, 466 of blood, I, 472 of indigestion, I, 471 of pregnancy, I, 468
Wakefulness, I, 295 Warts, flat, I, 168 moist, I, 168 seed, I, 167 threadlike, I, 167
Wasp stings, II, 448 Wasting, I, 416
WATER, barley, II, 197
egg, II, 196
lake, II, 213 lime, II, 202 oatmeal, II, 197 Water, II, 207, 238
rain, II, 212 rice, II, 198 spring. II, 215 well, II, 217-223 wheat, II, 198
Water cure, for nervous exhaustion. I
Water distribution, II, 225
engines for, II, 228
hydraulic rams for, II, 226 pressure systems for, II, 233 storage tanks for, II, 232 windmills for, II, 227
Water supply, laws of, II, 223
plants which pollute, II, 240 pollution of, II, 208 purifying the, II, 238
sources of, II, 205
system for country, II, 233 Wax in the ear, I, 48 Weaning, I, 389
WEEPING SINEWS, II, 365 Wen, I, 140
Wheat water, II, 198 Whey, mixtures, II, 199
wine, II, 200
Whites, I, 359
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