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PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.

PREFACE.

GLOSSARY OF MATERIA MEDICA.

ROMAN NUMERALS.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

TROY WEIGHT.

APOTHECARIES’ WEIGHT.

AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT.

DRY MEASURE.

LIQUID MEASURE.

TIME MEASURE.

CIRCULAR MEASURE.

LONG MEASURE.

CLOTH MEASURE.

MARINERS’ MEASURE.

MISCELLANEOUS.

SQUARE MEASURE.

NUMERICAL TABLE.

SIMPLE FRACTIONS.

METRIC SYSTEM.

METRIC MEASURES OF LENGTH DECREASING.

METRIC WEIGHTS.

METRIC MEASURES OF CAPACITY.

APOTHECARIES OR TROY WEIGHT.

APOTHECARIES’ OR WINE MEASURE.

APPROXIMATE FLUID MEASURES.

TABLES FOR PERCENTAGE OF SOLUTIONS.

SOLUTIONS.

DOSAGE.

POISONS AND ANTIDOTES.

ANTIDOTES.

MISCELLANEOUS FORMULÆ.

SEMMOLA’S MIXTURE.

NORMAL SALT SOLUTION.

CARBOLIC ACID SOLUTION (5 PER CENT.).

1: 20 SOLUTION GLYCERIN FORMALDEHYD.

SATURATED BORIC OR BORACIC-ACID SOLUTION.

SOLUTION OF POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE.

IODIN SOLUTION.

SOLUTIONS OF FORMALDEHYD.

THIERSCH’S ANTISEPTIC SOLUTION.

HARRINGTON’S SOLUTION.

CHLORID OF LIME SOLUTION.

SOLUTION FOR SORE NIPPLES.

NIPPLE OINTMENT.

SOOTHING LOTIONS FOR THE HANDS.

UNNA’S PASTE.

CARRON OIL FOR BURNS.

BORATED VASELIN.

CARBOLATED VASELIN.

BORATED GLYCERIN.

FORTIFIED OIL.

SANITAS JELLY.

SALOL VASELIN FOR BURNS.

ENEMAS FOR FLATULENCE.

GLYCERIN ENEMA.

OX-GALL ENEMA.

COMPOUND OX-GALL ENEMA.

SALINE ENEMA.

1-2-3 ENEMA.

COMBINATION ENEMA.

STARCH-WATER ENEMA.

STIMULATING ENEMAS.

NOURISHING ENEMAS.

AMOUNTS TO BE GIVEN IN CLEANSING ENEMAS.

TEMPERATURE OF ENEMA FLUIDS.

MUSTARD PLASTER.

MUSTARD POULTICE.

FLAXSEED POULTICE.

ONION POULTICE.

TURPENTINE STUPES.

SPICE POULTICE.

CANTHARIDES BLISTER.

APPLICATIONS FOR PEDICULOSIS (LICE).

HAIR TONICS.

FOR MATTED HAIR.

THERMOMETRY.

TABLE OF THERMOMETRIC EQUIVALENTS.

TO CONVERT THERMOMETER READINGS.

RULES OF TAKING TEMPERATURE.

TEMPERATURE OF WATER.

PULSE RATE.

RESPIRATIONS.

URINE ANALYSIS.

TO TEST REACTION.

A SIMPLE AND RAPID TEST FOR ALBUMIN.

TO OBTAIN A 24-HOUR SPECIMEN OF URINE.

INFANT FEEDING.

CONSTITUENTS OF GOOD MOTHER’S MILK.

AMOUNT OF FEEDINGS FOR INFANTS.

RULES FOR STERILIZING BOTTLES.

TO PASTEURIZE MILK.

TO STERILIZE MILK.

MODIFIED MILK.

SUGARS.

PROPRIETARY FOODS.

CARBOHYDRATE FORMULÆ.

FLOUR BALL.

BARLEY GRUEL.

RICE GRUEL AND OATMEAL GRUEL.

SKIMMED MILK

HOMOGENIZED MILK

WHEY.

RENNET TABLET FORMULA.

MILK ALBUMEN.

CHYMOGEN USED INSTEAD OF RENNET.

ALBUMEN-WATER.

LACTOSE SOLUTION.

PARTIALLY PEPTONIZED MILK.

COMPLETELY PEPTONIZED MILK.

BUTTERMILK.

BARLEY JELLY.

OAT-JELLY.

BEEF JUICE.

VEGETABLE SOUP FOR BABIES.

TOOTHACHE: Its Forms, Diagnosis, and Treatment for Relief.

NURSING IN ACUTE FEVERS.

TYPHOID OR ENTERIC FEVER.

PNEUMONIA.

SCARLET FEVER.

MEASLES.

DIPHTHERIA.

POLIOMYELITIS.

DISINFECTION OF FECES AND URINE.

THE MOUTH.

DISINFECTION OF ROOMS.

DISINFECTION IN PRIVATE NURSING.

SURGICAL SUPPLIES.

TO STERILIZE INSTRUMENTS.

TO CLEAN INSTRUMENTS.

TO STERILIZE GLOVES.

TO DRY STERILE GLOVES.

TO CLEAN GLOVES.

TO STERILIZE HORSE-HAIR.

CHROMIC CATGUT.

TO STERILIZE LINEN THREAD.

TO PREPARE RUBBER TUBING.

IODOFORM EMULSION.

TO PREPARE PROTECTIVE STRIPS.

TO PREPARE TINCTURE OF GREEN SOAP.

STERILIZING HAND-BRUSHES.

AN EMERGENCY STEAM STERILIZER.

SURGICAL POSTURES.

OPHTHALMIA.

PURULENT OPHTHALMIA

OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.

EMERGENCIES.

HEMORRHAGES.

FRACTURES.

DISLOCATIONS.

SPRAINS.

BURNS AND SCALDS.

BURNS OF THE EYE.

INJURIES TO THE EYE.

HYSTERIA.

EPILEPSY.

DROWNING.

SUSPENDED ANIMATION FROM NOXIOUS GASES.

METHODS OF ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION.

SUNSTROKE.

BATHS AND PACKS.

WARM PACK FOR PNEUMONIA PATIENTS.

COLD PACK TO REDUCE TEMPERATURE.

SPONGING TO REDUCE TEMPERATURE.

HOT PACKS TO INDUCE PERSPIRATION.

TUBBING.

ALCOHOL SWEAT.

MASSAGE—MECHANO-THERAPY.

ELECTRICITY.

FOOD CONSTITUENTS.

SOURCE AND USE OF CHIEF FOOD CONSTITUENTS.

TO PEPTONIZE MILK.

PEPTONIZED BEEF.

PEPTONIZED OYSTERS.

GUM ARABIC WATER (ACACIA).

LIME WATER.

ARROWROOT WATER.

ALBUMIN WATER.

OATMEAL WATER.

BARLEY WATER.

RICE WATER.

TOAST WATER.

COFFEE.

WHITE-OF-EGG LEMONADE.

CREAM LEMONADE.

FLAXSEED LEMONADE.

MILK LEMONADE.

MILK PUNCH.

KUMISS.

BONNYCLABBER.

WINE WHEY.

JUNKET.

BEEF TEA.

BEEF JUICE.

BEEF EXTRACT.

CHICKEN AND VEAL EXTRACT.

SCRAPED BEEF SANDWICH.

CORNMEAL GRUEL.

CRACKER GRUEL.

OATMEAL GRUEL.

OYSTER BROTH.

SCALLOPED OYSTERS.

OYSTERS ON THE HALFSHELL.

TO BOIL CLAMS.

CLAM BROTH.

MAYONNAISE DRESSING.

COCOA.

CHOCOLATE.

CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE.

VANILLA CREAM SAUCE.

BAKED CUSTARD.

WINE JELLY.

LEMON JELLY.

PLAIN MILK SOUPS WITH VEGETABLES.

TO BONE A BIRD.

STUFFED BAKED POTATO.

FRIED CALF’S BRAINS.

BOILED MUTTON.

SOFT-BOILED EGG.

HARD-BOILED EGG.

POACHED EGG.

OMELET.

WATER WAFERS.

RICE.

RICE CREAM.

CREAM TOAST.

FRENCH OR EGG TOAST.

STEWED PRUNES.

EGG CREAM.

SPONGE PUDDING.

SAUCE FOR THE PUDDING.

ICE CREAM ROYAL.

ICE CREAM.

FROZEN CUSTARD.

SHERBET.

MILK SHERBET.

LEMON SHERBET.

ORANGE SHERBET.

STRAWBERRY SHERBET.

TAFFY.

BRAN BREAD FOR CONSTIPATION.

BRAN BISCUITS FOR CONSTIPATION.

VEGETABLE SOUP FOR BABIES.

BARLEY SOUP FOR BABIES.

FROZEN COCOA CREAM.

GINGER SNAPS.

CORN GRIDDLE CAKES.

BARLEY AND CORN MUFFINS.

JOHNNY CAKE.

BUCKWHEAT GEMS.

POTATO BISCUITS.

NUT BREAD.

CORN MEAL GINGERBREAD.

RICE AND OAT MUFFINS.

PAPER INDICATES OVEN’S HEAT.

VINEGAR PREVENTS COOKING SMELL.

SAUCES FOR MEAT.

FOOD AND NUTRITION IN DISEASE.

DIET-LIST.

DIABETIC DIET.

MOTOR TEST-MEAL.

EWALD’S TEST-BREAKFAST.

OBSTETRICS.

SYMPTOMS OF PREGNANCY.

LABOR.

CARE OF THE OBSTETRIC PATIENT.

LYING-IN PERIOD.

CARE OF THE BABY.

OBSTETRIC SUPPLIES.

SUPPLIES FOR BABY BASKET.

BABY SLEEP.

FETAL CIRCULATION.

A FEW NOTES ON MEDICAL DISEASES.

RHEUMATISM.

GOUT.

DIABETES MELLITUS.

BRIGHT’S DISEASE.

UREMIA.

TREATMENT FOR TUBERCULOSIS.

FOR PATIENT IN SITTING POSITION.

COLDS.

TREATMENT OF HYPERIDROSIS.

TREATMENT OF ERYSIPELAS.

TREATMENT OF FELON.

TREATMENT OF BOILS.

RELIEF FOR EARACHE.

RELIEF FROM FLIES AND MOSQUITOES.

A BIT OF ANATOMY.

BLOOD-CORPUSCLES.

INDEX.