Bleeding from Internal Organs without Fever.— Keep abso- lutely quiet. Apply cold effusions. Drink lemonade or alum whev recipe ^o. 3. A little opium may bo given. When there is feve’/ give fever mixture, recipe No. 4. From the Nose.— It will generally M 178 The Complete Indian cease if a teaspoon of salt and water is poured down the nostril. ^ If not, try alum and water, twenty grains to one ounce, or turpentine. Burns and Scalds. — Keep out the air at once, hy oil, hutter, or flour, the first thing handy. Then beat up equal parts of liinewater and any kind of sweet oil ; soak a cloth and lay over the whole burnt part. 'Bandage lightly. Do not touch again for thirty-six hours, hut pour more lime and oil over the cloth. If the surface burnt is very large, give a liberal diet. Colds, Catarrhs.— May be almost entirely prevented by small doses of opium. The best remedj' is fifteen drops of chlorodyne at bedtime on the first symptoms, repeated next night if necessary. Quinine in small doses is also good. For children, small doses of compound ipecacuanha powder is best. Ihe fumes of burning camphor or turmeric in the room relieve the stuffing in the nose effectually. Kaye’s essence at night is good for adults. Cholera. — lu cholera seasons check all premonitory diarrhoea with twenty drops of chlorodyne in some ujwuin water. No. 5. It is easy to give an antihilious pill after if the diarrhoea turns out to be bilious. Tlie treatment of pronounced cholera is a disputed point, and what is best in one epidemic often fails in the next, but the acid treatment on the whole seems most successful if commenced in time. One tablespoon of vinegar and one teaspoon of M orcester sauce has long been a fairly successful treatment amongst tea coolies, and of late the merits of twenty drops of diluted acetic acid and ten drops of sweet sjiirits of nitre in a wineglass of water has been gi eatl j extolled. The famous Austrian remedy was diluted sulphuric acid, three drachms; nitric acid, two drachms; syrup, six drachms; water, to make the whole to ten ounces. One tablespoonful in very cold water, and repeated in half-an-hour. Even if collapse ^ts ‘ii, and apparent death, hope should not be given up. Every effort to keep up circulation should be continued, many people having htei- allv been brought back to life by devoted nureing. Hand-ruhlmig, hot bottles, mustard, turpentine, everything should he tried , stimu- lants and opium avoided, and ice given liberally ; and also Ijeef-tea iced to a solid. If the patient fancies any remedy, try it at once, as the “mffron bag worn at the pit of the stomach, as Mr. Caxton ^lys, is of more use in this disease tlian any other. 1 luck and a deter- mination to inill through are ever so many points in tlie P*‘t^nU favour. In fact, at present, the best doctor 111 the world i an o little more in cholera than assist nature to get rid of the lansoii b> keeuiiitf tli6 circulutiou -i i • i DiiSng an ejiidemic be as clean and careful af "',r*'",T'to and bouseliold matters ; keep a separate mashk for * bring drinking water in. See the water is boiled and hlteied before Housekeeper and Cook 179

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Bleeding from Internal Organs without Fever. — Keep absolutely quiet. Apply cold effusions. Drink lemonade or alum whey; recipe No. 3. A little opium may be given. When there is fever, give fever mixture, recipe No. 4. From the Nose. — It will generally M 178 The Complete Indian cease if a teaspoon of salt and water is poured down the nostril. ^ If not, try alum and water, twenty grains to one ounce, or turpentine. Burns and Scalds. — Keep out the air at once, by oil, butter, or flour, the first thing handy. Then beat up equal parts of limewater and any kind of sweet oil ; soak a cloth and lay over the whole burnt part. Bandage lightly. Do not touch again for thirty-six hours, hut pour more lime and oil over the cloth. If the surface burnt is very large, give a liberal diet. Colds, Catarrhs. — May be almost entirely prevented by small doses of opium. The best remedj' is fifteen drops of chlorodyne at bedtime on the first symptoms, repeated next night if necessary. Quinine in small doses is also good. For children, small doses of compound ipecacuanha powder is best. Ihe fumes of burning camphor or turmeric in the room relieve the stuffing in the nose effectually. Kaye’s essence at night is good for adults. Cholera. — In cholera seasons check all premonitory diarrhoea with twenty drops of chlorodyne in some ujwain water. No. 5. It is easy to give an antihilious pill after if the diarrhoea turns out to be bilious. Tlie treatment of pronounced cholera is a disputed point, and what is best in one epidemic often fails in the next, but the acid treatment on the whole seems most successful if commenced in time. One tablespoon of vinegar and one teaspoon of Worcester sauce has long been a fairly successful treatment amongst tea coolies, and of late the merits of twenty drops of diluted acetic acid and ten drops of sweet spirits of nitre in a wineglass of water has been greatly extolled. The famous Austrian remedy was diluted sulphuric acid, three drachms; nitric acid, two drachms; syrup, six drachms; water, to make the whole to ten ounces. One tablespoonful in very cold water, and repeated in half-an-hour. Even if collapse sets in, and apparent death, hope should not be given up. Every effort to keep up circulation should be continued, many people having literally been brought back to life by devoted nursing. Hand-rubbing, hot bottles, mustard, turpentine, everything should be tried ; stimulants and opium avoided, and ice given liberally ; and also beef-tea iced to a solid.. If the patient fancies any remedy, try it at once, as the saffron bag worn at the pit of the stomach, as Mr. Caxton says, is of more use in this disease than any other. Luck and a determination to pull through are ever so many points in the patient's favour. In fact, at present, the best doctor in the world can do little more in cholera than assist nature to get rid of the poison by keeping the circulation going. During an epidemic be as clean and careful as possible, and in household matters; keep a separate masak foro and bouseliold matters ; keep a separate mashk for * bring drinking water in. See the water is boiled and hlteied before Housekeeper and Cook 179

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