The Home Medical Library, Volume 2Review of reviews Company, 1907 |
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... poultices . When the boil has burst , and pus is flowing out on the surrounding skin , it should be kept very clean ... Poultices mixed with bichloride ( corrosive sublimate ) solution are less likely to encourage inoculation of ...
... poultices . When the boil has burst , and pus is flowing out on the surrounding skin , it should be kept very clean ... Poultices mixed with bichloride ( corrosive sublimate ) solution are less likely to encourage inoculation of ...
Page 163
... poultices as being better germ destroyers , but are not so com- fortable . When the dead tissue comes away and the carbuncle presents a red , raw surface , it should be washed twice a day in the I to 1,000 corrosive - sub- limate ...
... poultices as being better germ destroyers , but are not so com- fortable . When the dead tissue comes away and the carbuncle presents a red , raw surface , it should be washed twice a day in the I to 1,000 corrosive - sub- limate ...
Page 165
... poultice of boiled starch , covered with a muslin cloth , will loosen them in a night . Thickened or horny layers on the palms and soles may be covered with salicylic plaster ( ten per cent strength ) , which is removed after two days ...
... poultice of boiled starch , covered with a muslin cloth , will loosen them in a night . Thickened or horny layers on the palms and soles may be covered with salicylic plaster ( ten per cent strength ) , which is removed after two days ...
Page 175
... poultice may be applied to the back , and repeated as often as it becomes cool . At other times the patient may lie on a hot - water bag . Plasters will give comfort in milder cases , or when the patient is able to leave the bed . A ...
... poultice may be applied to the back , and repeated as often as it becomes cool . At other times the patient may lie on a hot - water bag . Plasters will give comfort in milder cases , or when the patient is able to leave the bed . A ...
Page 217
... poultices or the hot - water bag over the lower part of the abdomen , will serve to relieve the suffering . If , however , the pain and frequency attending urination is considerable , nothing is so efficient as a suppository containing ...
... poultices or the hot - water bag over the lower part of the abdomen , will serve to relieve the suffering . If , however , the pain and frequency attending urination is considerable , nothing is so efficient as a suppository containing ...
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Page 46 - Plate II ANATOMY OF THE EAR The illustration on the opposite page shows the interior structure of the ear. The concha and Meatus, or canal, comprise the external ear, which is separated from the middle ear by the Drum Membrane. Wax is secreted by glands located in the lining of the meatus, and should be detached by the motion of the jaws during talking and eating. If it adheres to the drum membrane it causes partial deafness. The internal ear, or labyrinth, a cavity in the bone, back of the middle...
Page 250 - First. 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 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...
Page 250 - ... Second. If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not so, or 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 or if...
Page 250 - In case of drugs : First. 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 2 - Surgeon Extraordinary to His Majesty, the King of the Belgians ; Consulting Surgeon and Emeritus Professor of Clinical Surgery to University College Hospital ; Fellow of University College ; Late Professor of Surgery and Pathology to the Royal College of Surgeons ; Honorary Member of the Societe de Chirurgie of Paris, etc.
Page 249 - Dakota a law has been passed which requires that a proprietary medicine containing over five per cent of alcohol, or any one of a number of specified drugs, be labeled accordingly. PURE FOOD BILL — A far-reaching and important step, in the movement for reform of patent medicines and for the protection of the public, has now been taken by the United States Government. On June 30, 1906, an act was approved forbidding the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated, misbranded, or poisonous...
Page 259 - The committee on the prevention of tuberculosis of the Charity Organization Society of New York City has announced in decided terms that there is no specific medication for consumption.