Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada
Produced by Don Kostuch
Some of the suggestions in this book may be helpful or at least have a placebo effect. Beware of the many recipes that include kerosene (coal oil), turpentine, ammonium chloride, lead, lye (sodium hydroxide), strychnine, arsenic, mercury, creosote, sodium phosphate, opium, cocaine and other illegal, poisonous or corrosive items. Many recipes do not specify if it is to be taken internally or topically (on the skin). There is an extreme preoccupation with poultices (applied to the skin, 324 references) and keeping the bowels open (1498 references, including related terms).
I view this material as a window into the terror endured by mothers and family members when a child or adult took ill. The doctors available (if you could afford one) could offer little more than this book. The guilt of failing to cure the child was probably easier to endure than the helplessness of doing nothing.
There are many recipes for foods I fondly remember eating as a child.
Note the many recipes for a single serving that involve lengthy and labor-intensive preparation. Refrigeration was uncommon and the temperature of iceboxes was well above freezing, so food had to be consumed quickly.
Many recipes use uncooked meat and eggs that can lead to several diseases.
The author claims the material is directed toward non-medical family members, but many passages are obviously copied from medical textbooks. The following glossary of unfamiliar (to me) terms is quite lengthy and does not include incomprehensible (to me) medical terms and many words and names I could not find in several reference books. The book's own 16 page dictionary is on page 893.
I recommend the article on hydrophobia (page 241) as an interesting history of the Pasture treatment.
Don Kostuch
Transcriber's Dictionary
These entries are absent or brief in the original dictionary on page 893. A short cooking dictionary is on page 831. Check there for items not found here.
Thomas Jefferson Ritter
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TABLE OF CONTENTS [vii]
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT [1]
[RESPIRATORY DISEASES 13]
DISEASES OF THE SKIN.
[SKIN DISEASES 97]
DIGESTIVE ORGANS, DISEASES OF.
[106 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]
[DIGESTIVE ORGANS 131]
[146 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]
DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS AND BLADDER.
[KIDNEY AND BLADDER 157]
[KIDNEY AND BLADDER 161]
[KIDNEY AND BLADDER 163]
[KIDNEY AND BLADDER 165]
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
SANITARY CARE OF INFECTED AND SICK PERSONS AND ROOMS.
[INFECTIOUS DISEASES 181]
[212 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]
WHAT EVERY PERSON SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TUBERCULOSIS, WHETHER HE HAS THE DISEASE OR NOT.
[218 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]
[INFECTIOUS DISEASES 243]
DISEASES OF THE BLOOD AND DUCTLESS GLANDS.
DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
GENERAL AND FUNCTIONAL BRAIN DISEASES. NERVOUS PROSTRATION. NERVOUS EXHAUSTION. NEURASTHENIA.
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR
EAR AND ITS DISEASES.
DEFORMITIES.
INTOXICANTS AND SUN STROKES
ACCIDENTS, EMERGENCIES AND POISONS
[ACCIDENTS AND POISONS 399]
[408 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]
[HERB DEPARTMENT 409]
HOMEOPATHY
AP
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
RELIEF FOR ASTHMA.
ANTI-CONSTIPATION PAD.
BLOOD AND LIVER REGULATOR.
AYER'S CHERRY PECTORAL.
SALVE FOR BOILS AND OLD SORES.
AYER'S HAIR VIGOR.
BURNS AND SCALDS.
FOR AGUE, CHILLS AND FEVER.
ROYAL CATARRH CURE.
FOR CATARRH OF LONG STANDING.
BARKER'S BONE AND NERVE LINIMENT FOR MAN OR BEAST.
LAXATIVE BROMO-QUININE TABLETS.
CATHARTIC AND SURE CURE FOR CONSTIPATION.
BRINKERHOFF SYSTEM OF TREATING PILES AND OTHER DISEASES OF THE RECTUM.
COLIC, CHOLERA AND DIARRHEA.
LYDIA PINKHAM'S COMPOUND.
CROUP.
EARACHE.
BULL'S BLOOD SYRUP.
SORE EYES.
CALIFORNIA LINIMENT.
CONSTIPATION.
CANCER PASTE.
COLIC IN INFANTS.
CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS.
FOR DIARRHEA, FLUX AND DYSENTERY.
DYSPEPSIA TONIC.
MADAME RUPERT'S FACE BLEACH.
TO REMOVE BLOTCHES AND PIMPLES FROM THE FACE.
CHAMBERLAIN'S COLIC, CHOLERA, AND DIARRHEA REMEDY.
CUTICURA OINTMENT.
FLUX.
CUTICURA RESOLVENT.
FOR FEVER.
ELY'S CREAM BALM.
FOR SORE THROAT.
FELLOW'S HYPOPHOSPHITES.
GENERAL TONIC.
GENUINE WHITE OIL LINIMENT.
HEADACHE.
GOOD SAMARITAN LINIMENT.
HEARTBURN.
GRANDMOTHER'S OWN COUGH REMEDY.
HEART DISEASES, FLUTTERING, PALPITATION, ETC.
GREEN MOUNTAIN SALVE.
IRON TONIC BITTERS.
GUNN'S RHEUMATIC LINIMENT.
ITCH OINTMENT.
HAINES'S GOLDEN SPECIFIC FOR OPIUM HABIT.
KIDNEY AND LIVER CURE.
DR. B. W. HAIR'S ASTHMA CURE:
LINIMENT.
HALL'S HAIR RENEWER.
LINIMENT.
HAMBURG DROPS.
LIVER PILLS.
NEW YORK SUN CHOLERA CURE.
HINKLEY'S BONE LINIMENT.
NERVOUSNESS.
NEURALGIA.
KELLOG'S RED DROPS.
PAIN KILLER-EXTERNAL.
KICKAPOO INDIAN OIL.
POISON OAK AND IVY.
RHEUMATISM, INTERNAL USE.
MITCHELL'S EYE SALVE.
SCROFULA.
MOTHER SIEGEL'S SYRUP.
SCALD HEAD.
PATTERSON'S EMULSION OF PUMPKIN SEEDS.
TAPE WORM.
SOUTHERN CHOLERA CURE.
PARRY'S COMPOUND SARSAPARILLA BLOOD PURIFIER.
PERRY DAVIS'S PAIN KILLER.
WHOOPING COUGH.
BRODIE'S LINIMENT FOR ASTHMA.
JOHNSON'S LINIMENT.
SAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY.
SAUL'S CATARRH REMEDY.
SEVEN SUTHERLAND SISTERS' HAIR GROWER.
SKINNER'S DANDRUFF MIXTURE.
ST. JACOB'S OIL.
SYRUP OF FIGS.
KELLY'S TONIC.
VAN BUSKIRK'S FRAGRANT SOZODONT.
WATT'S ANTI-RHEUMATIC PILLS.
HARTER'S WILD CHERRY BITTERS.
HAMBURG BREAST TEA.
PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND.
RADWAY'S PILLS.
BRITISH OIL.
PIERCE'S COMPOUND EXTRACT OF SMARTWEED.
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
CAUSES OF DISEASES OF WOMEN.
DISEASES OF THE CERVIX.
DISEASES OF THE OVARY.
THE MOTHER.
ALL ABOUT BABY
GENITAL ORGANS.
TREATMENT FOR SORE EYES.
QUESTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR SORE MOUTH. CANKER. THRUSH.
WHAT CARE SHOULD BE GIVEN THE DIAPERS?
CHAFING.
CLOTHING FOR THE BABY.
BABY'S FIRST WARDROBE.
GENERAL DRESSING FOR DIFFERENT SEASONS.
WEIGHING BABY FREQUENTLY.
SPECIAL CARE OF THE BABY.
INFANTS' FEEDING.
NURSING.
LOOSE STOOLS IN NURSING BABIES.
WEANING.
SPECIAL MONTHLY RULES FOR A BOTTLE-FED BABY.
BARLEY AND OATMEAL GRUELS.
SPECIAL RULES OF FEEDING AND NURSING FOR EACH MONTH IN CONNECTION WITH THE FORMULA GIVEN.
MODIFIED COWS' MILK.
FOOD FOR HEALTHY INFANTS.—FOR EARLY MONTHS.
FOOD FOR HEALTHY INFANTS DURING THE LATER MONTHS.
RULES FOR USING THESE FORMULAS.
ABOUT ADDING OTHER FOODS TO MILK.
OVER NURSING.
OVER-FEEDING.
LOSS OF APPETITE.
FOODS FOR SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
FEEDING DIRECTIONS.
FEEDING INTERVALS.
REGULAR FEEDING.
STERILIZED MILK.
PEPTONIZED MILK.
FOR A HEALTHY CHILD OF TWELVE MONTHS.
BABY'S SECOND SUMMER.
DIET OF OLDER CHILDREN-FOURTH TO TENTH YEAR.
MILK AND CREAM.
EGGS.
MEAT AND FISH.
CEREALS.
BREAD, CRACKERS, AND CHEESE.
DESSERTS.
FRUITS.
INDIGESTION IN OLDER CHILDREN.
SLEEP.
EXERCISE.
HOW TO LIFT A CHILD.
TEMPERATURE.
NERVOUSNESS.
TOYS.
KISSING.
FOREIGN BODIES.
COLIC.
EARACHE.
CROUP.
CONSTIPATION IN BABIES.
BOTTLE-FED BABIES.
RICKETS.
INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN.
[618 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]
CARING FOR BURNS, BRUISES, CUTS, WOUNDS, ETC., IN BABY.
PROPRIETARY FOODS.
EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS.
HOW TO DETERMINE THE DOSE FOR CHILDREN.
DOSE IN DROPS FOR DIFFERENT AGES.
DIET
FOODS FOR DIFFERENT MEALS FOR THOSE WHO CAN EAT, BUT WHO DO NOT HAVE MUCH APPETITE.
DISHES FOR THE SICK ROOM.
CEREALS AND CEREAL GRUELS.
OPERATIONS.
SPECIAL OPERATIONS.
MEDICAL USES OF SOME COMMON HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES.
MANNERS AND SOCIAL CUSTOMS FOR OUR GREAT MIDDLE CLASS AS WELL AS OUR BEST SOCIETY
CONCERNING INTRODUCTIONS.
INVITATIONS.
WEDDING INVITATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DINNERS AND LUNCHEONS
LUNCHEONS.
TABLE ETIQUETTE.
RECEPTIONS.
HOSPITALITY IN THE HOME.
WEEK-END VISITS.
VISITING ETIQUETTE FOR GIRLS.
THE ETIQUETTE OF BALLS.
AT SMALL ENTERTAINMENTS.
"STAG" DINNERS.
THE MUSICAL AND INFORMAL TEA.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ENGAGEMENTS.
WEDDING PREPARATIONS.
THE FORMAL CHURCH WEDDING.
THE HOME WEDDING.
THE SIMPLEST OF WEDDINGS.
CHRISTENING CEREMONIES.
MOURNING ETIQUETTE.
MOURNING GARMENTS.
THE ETIQUETTE OF CORRESPONDENCE.
[760 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]
MANNERS FOR MEN.
THE ETIQUETTE OF THE HAT.
RULES FOR PRECEDENCE.
ABOUT SMOKING.
BACHELOR HOSPITALITY.
THE ETIQUETTE OF DRESS.
MEN'S DRESS.
APPROPRIATE DRESS FOR WOMEN.
DRESS FOR ELDERLY WOMEN.
DUTIES OF A CHAPERON.
GOOD FORM IN SPEECH.
SUBJECTS OF CONVERSATION.
CHURCH ETIQUETTE.
NEIGHBORHOOD ETIQUETTE.
CIVILITY IN PUBLIC.
DUTIES AND DRESS OF SERVANTS.
SUMMARY.
BEAUTY AND THE TOILET
THE FACE-HEALTH AS AN AID TO BEAUTY.
THE PRAYING OF A CHILD.
FROM JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER'S "BAREFOOT BOY."
THE BABY-CLASS TREE.
LOVE.
FROM "THE CHILDREN'S HOUR"
THE HUMAN FACE.
THE MYSTERIOUS FUTURE.
AFFECTION.
ALL GIRLS AND BOYS.
FROM LOWELL'S "AFTER THE BURIAL."
PROGRESS.
ROCK ME TO SLEEP.
WEDDING CELEBRATIONS.
A SONG OF LONG AGO.
NOW OR NEVER.
THE NOON OF LIFE.
FOUR THINGS.
[820 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]
SOME HINTS ON CHAFING DISH COOKERY.
SOME FAVORITE CHAFING DISH CONCOCTIONS.
JAMS AND JELLIES.
MEDICAL INDEX INCLUDING PAGES 1 TO 682