The Home medical library v. 2, 1910, Volume 2Review of Reviews Company, 1907 |
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... removed by gently sweeping it off the mucous mem- brane with a fold of a soft , clean handkerchief . Hot cinders and pieces of metal may become so deeply lodged in the surface of the eye that it is nec- essary to dig them out with a ...
... removed by gently sweeping it off the mucous mem- brane with a fold of a soft , clean handkerchief . Hot cinders and pieces of metal may become so deeply lodged in the surface of the eye that it is nec- essary to dig them out with a ...
Page 14
... removal , it is best to drop into the eye a solution of boric acid ( ten grains to the ounce of water ) four times daily ... removed speedily by applying , more or less constantly below the lower lid , little pieces of flannel dipped in ...
... removal , it is best to drop into the eye a solution of boric acid ( ten grains to the ounce of water ) four times daily ... removed speedily by applying , more or less constantly below the lower lid , little pieces of flannel dipped in ...
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... removed with a syringe and water as hot as can be comfortably borne . A hard - rubber syringe having a piston , and holding from two teaspoonfuls to two tablespoonfuls , is to be employed - the larger ones are better . The clothing ...
... removed with a syringe and water as hot as can be comfortably borne . A hard - rubber syringe having a piston , and holding from two teaspoonfuls to two tablespoonfuls , is to be employed - the larger ones are better . The clothing ...
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... removed from the ear after syringing by twisting a small wisp of absorbent cotton about the end of a small stick , as a toothpick , which has been dipped into water to make the cotton adhere . The tip of the toothpick , thus being ...
... removed from the ear after syringing by twisting a small wisp of absorbent cotton about the end of a small stick , as a toothpick , which has been dipped into water to make the cotton adhere . The tip of the toothpick , thus being ...
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... removed , as enlarged tonsils , adenoids , and nasal outgrowths . FOREIGN BODIES IN THE EAR . - Foreign bodies , as buttons , pebbles , beans , cherry stones , coffee , etc. , are frequently placed in the ear by children , and insects ...
... removed , as enlarged tonsils , adenoids , and nasal outgrowths . FOREIGN BODIES IN THE EAR . - Foreign bodies , as buttons , pebbles , beans , cherry stones , coffee , etc. , are frequently placed in the ear by children , and insects ...
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acute adenoids adults alcohol appear applied astigmatism attack bath become bladder bleeding blood body boil boric acid bowels brain breathing Bright's disease bronchitis calomel canal cancer catarrh cause chest child chronic cloth cold common commonly consumption cotton cough cure deafness diet diphtheria discharge disorder doses drops drugs eczema enlarged eruption Eustachian tubes eye-strain eyeball fever frequently germs glands gonorrhea gout grains grippe headache Hospital hot water inflammation insane irritation itching joints lens lids middle ear milk mouth mucous membrane muscles nasal neck nervous night nose nostrils obstruction occur ointment ounce pain passage patent medicines patient persons physician pneumonia poison poultice Quinsy relieved remedies removed result rheumatism ringworm rupture sexual organs skin solution sometimes sore throat surface swelling symptoms syphilis syrup of ipecac teaspoonful theria three times daily tion tonsils tooth treatment trouble tumors urine usually vomiting
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Page 250 - Formulary official at the time of investigation: Provided, That no drug defined in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary shall be deemed to be adulterated under this provision if the standard of strength, quality, or purity be plainly stated upon the bottle, box, or other container thereof, although the standard may differ from that determined by the test laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary. Second. If its strength or purity fall below the professed...
Page 250 - Provided, That no drug defined in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary shall be deemed to be adulterated under this provision if the standard of strength, quality, or purity be plainly stated upon the bottle, box, or other container thereof although the standard...
Page 250 - If the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed in whole or in part, and other contents shall have been placed in such package...
Page 259 - Tuberculosis and the Committee on the Prevention of Tuberculosis of the Charity Organization Society of The City of New York, at the Museum of Natural History, from November 27 to December 9, 1905.
Page 250 - If, when a drug is sold under or by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary, it differs from the standard of strength, quality, or purity, as determined by the test laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary...
Page 249 - Second. — No matter what your confidence in the medicine, or how highly recommended it is, consult a physician before using very much of it. Third. — Take no medicine internally without a physician's advice. Throughout this chapter the word " patent medicine " will be used in its widely accepted form, in the everyday sense, without regard to its legal definition, and will be held to include any of the above-mentioned classes, unless a direct statement is made to the contrary. In Germany the contents...
Page 128 - Rupture is three times more frequent in men than in women, and is favored by severe muscular work, fatness, chronic coughing, constipation, diarrhea, sudden strain, or blows on the abdomen.
Page 149 - On the body, ringworm attacks the face, neck, and hands. It appears first as small, red, scaly spots which may spread into a circular patch as large as a dollar with a red ring of small, scaly pimples on the outside, while the center exhibits healthy skin, or sometimes is red and thickened.
Page 152 - Soon little blisters form, and scratching breaks them open so that the parts are moist and then become covered with crusts. The poison is conveyed by the hands to the face and, in men, to the sexual organs, so that these parts soon partake of the same trouble.
Page 146 - An ointment consisting of half a dram of precipitated sulphur with half an ounce each of powdered starch and vaseline applied each night, and hot water used on the face three times daily are also efficacious.