The Home Medical Library, Volume 1 (of 6)

Volume I

FIRST AID IN EMERGENCIES

By KENELM WINSLOW, B.A.S., M.D. (Harv.)

Formerly Assistant Professor Comparative Therapeutics, Harvard University; Late Surgeon to the Newton Hospital; Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society, etc.

ASSISTED BY

ALBERT WARREN FERRIS, A.M., M.D.

Former Assistant in Neurology, Columbia University; former Chairman, Section on Neurology and Psychiatry, New York Academy of Medicine; Assistant in Medicine, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College; Medical Editor, "New International Encyclopedia"

GERM DISEASES

By KENELM WINSLOW, B.A.S., M.D. (Harv.)

NEW YORK

The Review of Reviews Company

1907

Copyright, 1907, by

THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS COMPANY

THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK

Contents

PART I

CHAPTER PAGE

I. RESTORING THE APPARENTLY DROWNED 27

Reviving the Patient--How to Expel Water from the Stomach and Chest--Instructions for Producing Respiration--When Several Workers are at Hand--When One must Work Alone--How to Save a Drowning Person.

II. HEAT STROKE AND ELECTRIC SHOCK 39

First-aid Rules--Symptoms of Heat Exhaustion--Treatment of Heat Prostration--What to Do in Case of Electric Shock--Symptoms--Artificial Respiration--Mortality in Lightning Strokes.

III. WOUNDS, SPRAINS, AND BRUISES 50

Treatment of Wounds--Bleeding from Arteries and Veins--Punctured Wounds--Oozing--Lockjaw--Bruises-- Abrasions--Sprains and Their Treatment--Synovitis-- Bunions and Felons--Weeping Sinew--Foreign Bodies in Eye, Ear, and Nose.

IV. FRACTURES 80

How to Detect Broken Bones--Fracture of Rib and Collar Bone--Instructions for Applying Dressings--Bandage for Broken Jaw--Fracture of Shoulder-blade, Arm, Hip, Leg, and Other Bones--Compound Fractures.

V. DISLOCATIONS 118

Varieties of Dislocations--Method of Reducing a Dislocated Jaw--A Dislocated Shoulder--Indications when Elbow is Out of Joint--Dislocation of Hip, etc.--Forms of Bandages.

VI. ORDINARY POISONS 139

Unknown Poisons--Symptoms and Antidotes--Poisoning by Carbolic and Other Acids--Alkalies--Metal Poisoning--Aconite, Belladonna, and Other Narcotics--Chloral--Opium, Morphine, Laudanum, Paregoric, and Soothing Sirups--Tobacco, Strychnine, etc.

VII. FOOD POISONS 147

Poisons in Shellfish and Other Food--Symptoms and Remedies--How Bacteria are Nourished--Infected Meat and Milk--Treatment of Tapeworm--Trichiniasis--Potato Poisoning.

VIII. BITES AND STINGS 155

Country and City Mosquitoes--How Yellow Fever is Communicated--Treatment of Mosquito Bites--Bee, Wasp, and Hornet Stings--Lice--Fleas and Flies--Centipedes and Scorpions--Spiders--Poisonous Snakes--Cat and Dog Bites.

IX. BURNS, SCALDS, FROSTBITES, ETC. 171

General Rules for Treating Burns and Scalds--Hints on Dressings--Burns Caused by Acids and Alkalies--Remedies for Frostbite--Care of Blisters and Sores--Chilblains--Ingrowing Toe Nails--Fainting and Suffocation--Fits.

PART II

I. CONTAGIOUS MALADIES 191

Symptoms and Treatment of Scarlet Fever--Diagnosis--Duration of Contagion--Difference Between True and German Measles--Smallpox--Cure a Matter of Good Nursing--Chickenpox.

II. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 221

Typhoid Fever--Symptoms and Modes of Communication--Duration of the Disease--The Death Rate--Importance of Bathing--Diet--Remedies for Whooping Cough--Mumps--Erysipelas.

III. MALARIA AND YELLOW FEVER 247

Malaria Caused by Mosquitoes--Distribution of the Disease--Severe and Mild Types--Prevention and Treatment--Yellow Fever not a Contagious Disease--Course of the Malady--Watchful Care and Diet the only Remedies.

INDEX

To First Aid and General Topics

NOTE.--The Roman numerals I, II, III, IV, V, and VI indicate the volume; the Arabic figures 1, 2, 3, etc., indicate the page number.

Abrasions, I, 64

Abscess, alveolar, II, 58

Acids, burns by, I, 176, 177 poisoning by, I, 140

Acne, II, 145

Adenoids, II, 61

Adulterated food, tests for, V, 91

Adulteration of food, V, 87

Ague, I, 247 cake, I, 254

Air-bath, the, IV, 159

Albumen, IV, 262

Alcohol, use of, IV, 44, 153

Alcoholic drinks, IV, 153

Alcoholism, III, 47, 52

Algæ, remedy for, V, 56

Alkalies, burns by, I, 177 poisoning by, I, 140

Amenorrhoea, III, 75

Anæmia, III, 174

Ankle, sprain of, I, 65, 67, 68

Ankle-joint fracture, I, 115

Antitoxin, II, 77

Apoplexy, III, 49

Appendicitis, III, 256

Arm, fracture of, I, 91

Arteries, systemic, III, 168

Artery, bleeding from an, I, 51, 52

Arthritis, II, 177

Artificial respiration, I, 28

Asthma, II, 104

Astigmatism, II, 26

Athletics, home, IV, 69

Auricles of the heart, III, 168

=BABY=, bathing the, III, 109 care of the, III, 108 clothing of the, III, 110 diet for the, III, 134 food for the, III, 132; IV, 261 nursing the, III, 114 teething, III, 113 temperature of the, III, 110 weaning the, III, 117 weighing the, III, 112

Bacteria, destruction of, V, 238-253 in food, I, 147-154 in soil, V, 135

Baldness, II, 167; IV, 21

=BANDAGES=, I, 133 forms of, I, 132, 134, 136, 137 for bruises, I, 62-64 for fractures, I, 83-117 for sprains, I, 65-72 for wounds, I, 51-61

Barley water, IV, 263

Bathing, indoor, IV, 19, 155 outdoor, IV, 16 in convulsions, III, 35 in malaria, I, 259 in pneumonia, II, 94 in scarlet fever, I, 197 in skin irritations, II, 140 in smallpox, I, 216 in typhoid fever, I, 231 in yellow fever, I, 266

=BATHS=, cold, IV, 15 foot, IV, 157 hot, IV, 19, 156 tepid, IV, 19 Turkish, IV, 20, 159 warm, IV, 19

Bed sores, I, 233

Bed-wetting, II, 213

Bee stings, I, 158

Beef, broth, IV, 261 juice, IV, 262 parts of, IV, 198 scraped, IV, 262 tea, IV, 261

Bellyache, III, 247

Bilious fever, I, 247

Biliousness, III, 184

=BITES=, cat, I, 170 dog, I, 170 flea, I, 162 fly, I, 164 lice, clothes, I, 161 lice, crab, I, 162 lice, head, I, 160 mosquito, I, 155 snake, I, 166 spider, I, 164 tarantula, I, 164 wood tick, I, 159

Black eye, II, 14

Blackheads, II, 145

Black water fever, I, 256

Bladder, inflammation of the, II, 215 stone in the, III, 264

=BLEEDING=, from an artery, I, 51, 52 from a vein, I, 51, 52 from punctured wounds, I, 52, 53 from the lungs, I, 62 from the nose, I, 61 from the scalp, I, 60 from the stomach, I, 62 from the womb, III, 82

Blood, deficiency of, III, 174 oozing of, I, 54

Bloody flux, III, 222

Boils, II, 157

Bottles, milk, III, 128

Bowel, prolapse of the, III, 143

=BOWELS=, catarrh of the, III, 205 diseases of the, III, 205 inflammation of the, III, 252 obstruction of the, III, 268 passages from the, IV, 247

Bowleg, III, 162

Brain, anatomy of the, III, 22 arteries of the, III, 22 autopsies of the, II, 230

Breasts, care of, after childbirth, III, 105 inflammation of the, III, 140

Breath, holding the, III, 153

Breathing, how to test the, IV, 248 to produce artificial, I, 28, 34, 43, 178, 186

Bright's disease, acute, II, 220 chronic, II, 222

=BROKEN BONE=, I, 80 ankle, I, 115 arm, I, 91 collar bone, I, 85 finger, I, 101 forearm, I, 94 hand, I, 101 hip, I, 104 how to tell a, I, 80 jaw, I, 89 kneepan, I, 109 leg, I, 111 rib, I, 83 shoulder blade, I, 91 thigh, I, 106 wrist, I, 99

Bronchial tubes, diseases of the, II, 87

Bronchitis, II, 88, 91

Broth, beef, IV, 261 chicken, IV, 261 clam, IV, 263 mutton, IV, 261 oyster, IV, 267 veal, IV, 261

=BRUISES=, bandages for, I, 63 treatment of, I, 62, 63

Bunion, I, 72

=BURNS=, I, 171 about the eyes, II, 16 from acids, I, 176 from alkalies, I, 177 from electric shock, I, 45 first class, I, 172 second class, I, 172 third class, I, 173 severe, I, 174

Callus of the skin, II, 156

Camp comfort (See Contents VI)

Camp cookery (See Contents VI)

Camp cure (See Contents VI)

=CAMPING=, in the North Woods, VI, 195 in the Western Mountains, VI, 214 outfit, VI, 212

Cancer, II, 123 of the breast, II, 124 of the lip, II, 125 of the stomach, II, 125 of the womb, II, 125

Canker, II, 68

Capillaries, systemic, III, 168

Carbuncle, II, 161

Carotid arteries, III, 22

Catarrh, II, 41, 54, 55 of the bowels, III, 205 effect of, on the ears, II, 38, 41 of the stomach, III, 185

Catarrhal deafness, II, 39 inflammation of eye, II, 18

Cat bite, I, 170

Catheter, how to use a, II, 219; IV, 252

Centipede sting, I, 164

Cereals as food, IV, 35, 229

Cerebellum, III, 22

Cerebral arteries, III, 22

Chafing, II, 142

Chagres fever, I, 256

Change of life, III, 70

Chapping, II, 142

Chicken broth, IV, 261

Chickenpox, I, 217

Chilblains, I, 182

Childbed fever, III, 107

Childbirth, after-pains in, III, 105 articles needed during, III, 96 bleeding after, III, 86 care after, III, 103 care in, III, 98

=CHILDREN, DISEASES OF=, III, 140 adenoids, II, 61 bed-wetting, II, 213 bowel, prolapse of the, III, 143 bowels, catarrh of the, III, 209 bowleg, III, 162 breath, holding the, III, 153 breasts, inflammation of the, III, 140 chickenpox, I, 217 cholera infantum, III, 211 chorea, III, 155 colic, III, 267 constipation, III, 238 convulsions, III, 34 cord, bleeding of the, III, 142 cough, II, 91 croup, II, 83 diarrhea, III, 208, 209 diphtheria, II, 77 dysentery, III, 213 epilepsy, III, 39 earache, II, 48 fever, III, 146 food for, III, 132-139 foreskin, adhering, III, 141 glands, enlarged, III, 149 hip disease, III, 161 holding the breath, III, 153 knock knees, III, 163 larynx, spasm of the, III, 153 measles, I, 198 German measles, I, 203 membranous croup, II, 79 milk poisoning, III, 209, 211 mumps, I, 235 navel, sore, III, 142 pains, growing, III, 146 Pott's disease, III, 157 rickets, III, 151 ringworm, II, 149 rupture, II, 128 scarlatina, I, 192 scarlet fever, I, 192 scrofula, III, 149 scurvy, II, 182 sore mouth, II, 65 spine, curvature of the, III, 157, 159 St. Vitus's Dance, III, 155 stomach, catarrh of the, III, 209 urine, painful passage of, III, 141 urine, retention of, III, 141 wasting, III, 144 whooping cough, I, 238 worms, III, 240

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