A mush poultice (of Indian meal✪ Mush Poultice) is the
warmest kind ; very suitable for application
in internal inflammations, as pneumonia,
pleurisy, dysentery, etc. It may be made by
by using hot mush, prepared just as if it
were to be eaten ; spread, applied, and cov-
ered in the same way as a flaxseed poultice.
In changing or renewing a poultice, be
sure to have the fresh one warm, close by
the patient, so that the part will not remain
for a moment uncovered. Should it do so,
the chill caused might more than undo all
the good effected by the poultice.
A chaj coal poultice is only suitable for a
nasty, and especially a mortifying (gan-
grenous), part suffering from disease or in-
jur^. Finely powdered charcoal should
be used ; two parts of it with one part of
Indian mush✪ Charcoal Poultice. Warmth is not important
for this kind of poultice unless the limb or
other part affected is cold at the time.
Such poultices need to be changed often.
Yeast poultices are sometimes employed,
but I am quite doubtful of their beneficial
action .
Lye (ley) poultices may be made by mix-
ing common lye from ashes, or a druggist's
solution of potassa, with flaxseed or Indian
meal. They are not often used nowadays,
being formerly applied to punctured and
torn (lacerated) wounds, as a means of pre-
venting lock-jaw (tetanus). Better, for this
purpose, is laudanum, applied directly to
the part. If a lye poultice✪ Lye Poultice is so used, lau-
danum should be added to it.
Pumpkin Seeds. — These have a de-
served reputation, as capable of driving a
tapeworm out of the bowels. For such use,
an ounce (about two tablespoonfuls) of the
fresh seeds should, after removal of their
outer skin, be beaten, with a tablespoon ful
of sugar, into a paste, then mixed in milk
or water, and drunk, either at once or in
two draughts half an hour apart. Such a
dose should be taken after fasting for from
twelve to twenty-four hours, and should be
followed in three hours by a tablespoonfyl
dose of castor-oil.
Quassia.- A bitter wood which is a
good, simple stomachic tonic, suitable for
dyspepsia. It is best taken in the form of a
tea. Half an ounce of it may be boiled for
an hour or two in a pint of water✪ Quassia Tea. Dose,
half a wineglassful, two or three times
daily.
Quinine. — What is commonly so called
and used in medicine is the sulphate of
quinia. The alkaloid quinia is the most
valuable of several obtained from Peruvian
bark ; that is, the bark of different species
of cinchona tree.
Quinine is a bitter tonic, but not a
stomach tonic only ; it acts decidedly, also,
on the nei-vous system. When this is
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debilitated, it will do as much good as any
medicine, unelss in cases where won or
strychnia is suitable, to improve its tone.
But the heroic value of quinine is in the
treatment of malarial fevers ; that is, intcr-
viittcnt^ remittent^ and paiiicwus (or con-
gestive) fevers. All of these prevail most
in the autumn, although considerably also
in the spring of the year. All of them are
characterized by periodicity ; that is, more
or less regular spells, following each other at
inter v^als or periods. Chills occur either
once a day, or every other day, or on the
first or fourth da3^s ; sometimes, only once
in seven days. Each chill, also, is followed
by a fever, and that by a sweat. Remittent
fever does not go off during the interval,
but only remits its violence ; hence its
name.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
A mush poultice (of Indian meal) is the warmest kind ; very suitable for application in internal inflammations, as pneumonia, pleurisy, dysentery, etc. It may be made by by using hot mush, prepared just as if it were to be eaten ; spread, applied, and covered in the same way as a flaxseed poultice.
In changing or renewing a poultice, be sure to have the fresh one warm, close by the patient, so that the part will not remain for a moment uncovered. Should it do so,
the chill caused might more than undo all the good effected by the poultice.
A charcoal poultice is only suitable for a nasty, and especially a mortifying (gangrenous), part suffering from disease or injury. Finely powdered charcoal should be used ; two parts of it with one part of Indian mush. Warmth is not important for this kind of poultice unless the limb or other part affected is cold at the time. Such poultices need to be changed often. Yeast poultices are sometimes employed, but I am quite doubtful of their beneficial action .
Lye (ley) poultices may be made by mixing common lye from ashes, or a druggist's solution of potassa, with flaxseed or Indian meal. They are not often used nowadays, being formerly applied to punctured and torn (lacerated) wounds, as a means of preventing lock-jaw (tetanus). Better, for this purpose, is laudanum, applied directly to the part. If a lye poultice is so used, laudanum should be added to it.
Pumpkin Seeds. — These have a deserved reputation, as capable of driving a tapeworm out of the bowels. For such use, an ounce (about two tablespoonfuls) of the fresh seeds should, after removal of their outer skin, be beaten, with a tablespoon ful of sugar, into a paste, then mixed in milk or water, and drunk, either at once or in two draughts half an hour apart. Such a dose should be taken after fasting for from twelve to twenty-four hours, and should be followed in three hours by a tablespoonful dose of castor-oil.
Quassia.- A bitter wood which is a good, simple stomachic tonic, suitable for dyspepsia. It is best taken in the form of a tea. Half an ounce of it may be boiled for an hour or two in a pint of water. Dose, half a wineglassful, two or three times daily.
Quinine. — What is commonly so called and used in medicine is the sulphate of quinia. The alkaloid quinia is the most valuable of several obtained from Peruvian bark ; that is, the bark of different species of cinchona tree.
Quinine is a bitter tonic, but not a stomach tonic only ; it acts decidedly, also, on the nei-vous system. When this is
debilitated, it will do as much good as any medicine, unelss in cases where won or strychnia is suitable, to improve its tone. But the heroic value of quinine is in the treatment of malarial fevers ; that is, intcrviittcnt^ remittent^ and paiiicwus (or congestive) fevers. All of these prevail most in the autumn, although considerably also in the spring of the year. All of them are characterized by periodicity ; that is, more or less regular spells, following each other at inter v^als or periods. Chills occur either once a day, or every other day, or on the first or fourth da3^s ; sometimes, only once in seven days. Each chill, also, is followed by a fever, and that by a sweat. Remittent fever does not go off during the interval, but only remits its violence ; hence its name.
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