Household surgery, or, Hints on emergenciesHenry Carey Baird, 1850 - 280 pages |
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Page 51 - SOUND. not unfrequently these are followed by convulsive fits, as they are commonly called, which depend on the brain becoming irritated : and sometimes under this condition the child is either cut off suddenly, or the foundation of serious mischief to the brain is laid. The remedy, or rather the safeguard, against these frightful consequences is trifling, safe, and almost certain, and consists merely in lancing the gum covering the tooth which is making its way through. When teething is about it...
Page 225 - April, he was placed in the prone position, on a platform made to be moveable on a hinge in the centre, so that on one end of it being elevated, the other was equally depressed. The shoulders and body having been fixed by means of a broad strap, the head was lowered until the platform was brought to an angle of about 80 degrees with the horizon. At first no cough ensued ; but on the back, opposite the right bronchus, having been struck with the hand, Mr. B. began to cough violently. The half-sovereign,...
Page 91 - ... the peculiar sounds. Mr Youatt attempts a description of the sounds, although he confesses that there are no other sounds resembling them. " The animal is generally standing, or occasionally sitting, when the singular sound is heard. The muzzle is always elevated. The commencement is that of a perfect bark, ending abruptly, and very singularly, in a howl, "a fifth, sixth, or eighth higher.
Page 89 - ... vascularity. The sublingual glands wear an evident character of inflammation; but it never equals the increased discharge that accompanies epilepsy, or nausea. The frothy spume at the corners of the mouth, is not for a moment to be compared with that which is evident enough in both of these affections. It is a symptom of short duration, and seldom lasts longer than twelve hours. The stories that are told of the mad dog covered with froth, are altogether fabulous. The dog recovering from, or attacked...
Page 37 - ... (scar) of a form and size proportioned to the prior inflammation. A perfect vaccine scar should be of small size, circular, and marked with radiations and indentations. These show the character of the primary inflammation, and attest that it had not proceeded beyond the desirable degree of intensity. Many of the most perfect scars disappear entirely as life advances. Until the eighth day, the constitution seldom sympathizes.
Page 81 - vividly affected by spasms ; but a torpor and listlessness pervaded the whole system, and from the moment of the bite had gradually increased.
Page 97 - Shop. — Poultices, Fomentations, Lotions, Liniments, Ointments, Plasters. Surgery. — Blood-letting, Blistering, Vaccination, Tooth-drawing, How to put on a Roller, Lancing the Gums, Swollen Veins, Bruises, Wounds, Torn or Cut Achilles Tendon, What is to be done in cases of sudden Bleeding from various causes, Scalds and Burns, Frost-bite, Chilblains, Sprains, Broken Bones, Bent Bones, Dislocations, Ruptures, Piles, Protruding Bowels, Wetting the Bed, Whitlow, Boils, Black-heads, Ingrowing Nails,...
Page 11 - Is the mildest, blandest, and most cooling ointment, as the old women call it, which can be used, and is very suitable for anointing the face or neck when sunburnt. It is made of fresh elder-flowers stripped from the stalks, two pounds of which are simmered in an equal quantity of hog's lard till they become crisp, after which the ointment whilst fluid is strained through a coarse sieve.
Page x - When the bread has soaked up as much water as it will imbibe, drain off the remaining water, and there will be left a light pulp. Spread it, a third of an inch thick, on folded linen, and apply it when of the temperature of a warm bath.
Page 51 - When teething is about it may be known by the spittle constantly drivelling from the mouth and wetting' the frock. The child has its fingers often in its mouth, 'and bites hard any substance it can get hold of. If the gums be carefully looked at, the part where the tooth is pressing up is swollen and redder than usual ; and if the finger be pressed on it the child shrinks and cries, showing that the gum is tender. When these symptoms occur, the gum should be lanced, and sometimes the tooth comes...