The Eclectic family physicianJ.K. Scudder, 1895 - 884 pages |
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acid aconite action affected appetite applied arrest bath becomes beef tea bilious blood body boiling bones bowels brain cause child circulation clothing commences condition constipation continued cough cure diaphoretic diarrhoea digestion discharge disease diuretic doses drachm emetic employed excitement exercise feeling fever fibrin five drops fluid frequently functions give a teaspoonful half head increased infant inflammation injury intestinal intestinal canal irritation kidneys labor lobelia lungs marked medicine membrane ment milk minutes mother mouth mucous mucous membrane mucus muscles nausea necessary nerves nervous system nurse observation organs ounces pain pass patient pelvis person physician pint podophyllin poison produce pulse quantity quinine remedy removed scrofulous secretion sensation sick simple syrup skin sleep sometimes stimulant stomach suffering surface symptoms teaspoonful temperament tincture tion tissues tongue treatment ulcer urine usually uterus vagina vital vomiting warm womb
Popular passages
Page 468 - You have; I knew it would be your answer. Well, for your favour, sir, why, give God thanks, and make no boast of it; and for your writing and reading, let that appear when there is no need of such vanity.
Page 469 - And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one ; to every man according to his several ability ; and straightway took his journey.
Page 469 - Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
Page 10 - Is there no balm in Gilead ; is there no physician there ? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered...
Page 493 - ... What air can we breathe at night but night air? The choice is between pure night air from without and foul night air from within. Most people prefer the latter. An unaccountable choice. What will they say if it is proved to be true that fully one-half of all the disease we suffer from is occasioned by people sleeping with their windows shut? An open window most nights in the year can never hurt any one.
Page 238 - Repeat these measures alternately, deliberately, and perseveringly, about fifteen times in a minute, until a spontaneous effort to respire is perceived ; immediately upon which cease to imitate the movements of breathing, and proceed to induce circulation and warmth.
Page 102 - All that I have accomplished, or expect, or hope to accomplish, has been and will be by that plodding, patient, persevering process of accretion which builds the ant-heap — particle by particle, thought by thought, fact by fact. And if ever I was actuated by ambition, its highest and warmest aspiration reached no further than the hope to set before the young men of my country an example in employing those invaluable fragments of time called 'odd moments.
Page 239 - The friction must be continued under the blanket or over the dry clothing. Promote the warmth of the body by the application of hot flannels, bottles, or bladders of hot water, heated bricks, &c., to the pit of the stomach, the arm-pits, between the thighs, and to the soles of the feet.
Page 485 - The very elements of what constitutes good nursing are as little understood for the well as for the sick. The same la\vs of health or of nursing, for they are in reality the same, obtain among the well as among the sick.
Page 238 - Then turn down the patient's arms, and press them gently and firmly for two seconds against the sides of the chest.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Eclectic family physician |
| Author | John Milton Scudder |
| Publisher | J.K. Scudder, 1895 |
| Length | 884 pages |
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