Identifier: lecturesonphysio00cunn (find matches)
Title: Lectures on the physiological laws of life, hygiene, and a general outline of diseases peculiar to females ..
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Cunningham, Henry S., M.D. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Women Women
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind., G. F. Borst & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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mof vapor, directly to the diseased bronchial tubes of the lungs;one such as represented by the cut is sufficient for all ordinaryuses. Use the following solution : R Sodii benzoici giii. Tincturae sanguinarise Jjii. Glycerinaepurae ^ii. Aquae destillatae ad Jvi. M. Sig: Fill the bottle and and inhale the spray twice aday. Keep the bowels regular with (F 3) pills as needed orRochelle salts; bathe regularly, eat regularly, be tem-perate in all things; sleep in a well ventilated roomwith sufficient bedding, kept clean and well aired;never spit on the floor, always in a vessel which shouldbe cleaned every morning. Much depends on hygieniccare, with great persevercnce, to overcome chronic LIFE AND HYGIENE. 185- catarrh; if the patient has constitutional syphilis ortuberculosis, a cure is impossible. Agents to give re-lief and make life more endurable is all that can belooked for. Persons suffering with catarrh as alsocomsumptives would be benefited by going to a warmclimate in the winter.
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TREATMENT OF CHRONIC XASAL CATARRH. The treatment of chronic nasal catarrh consists inantisceptics and curatives locally and alteratives andtonics internally. To correct the offensive breath, per-manganate of potass and carbolic acid are both goodagents ; take five grains of permanganate of potass to apint of lukewarm rain water, use with a fountain syringe 3 86 THE PHYSIOLOGICAL LAWS OF or Tiemans Universal douche twice or three timesa day, or a spray, which is much better; this will notonly correct the fcetor, but will also soften the hard crustswhich frequently form and prevent the annoyance ofblowing them away in a forcible manner, which is veryannoying and often painful; it is necessary to keep theulcerated surface free from those scales or scabs, by thefree use of warm salt water, and the remedy just men-tioned ; then use a snuff (F 8) every three to six hours,snuffing into the nostrils or applying with a powderblower. If there is any syphilitic taint, take twodrachms of iodofor

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