DISEASES OF WOMEN.
DISORDERS OF THE MENSES.
1. SUPPRESSION OF, OR SCANTY MENSES.
HOME TREATMENT.—Attention to the diet, and exercise in the open air to promote the general health. Some bitter tonic, taken with fifteen grains of dialyzed iron, well diluted, after meals, if patient is pale and debilitated. A hot foot bath is often all that is necessary.
2. PROFUSE MENSTRUATION.
HOME TREATMENT.—Avoid highly seasoned food, and the use of spirituous liquors; also excessive fatigue, either physical or mental. To check the flow, patient should be kept quiet, and allowed to sip cinnamon tea during the period.
3. PAINFUL MENSTRUATION.
HOME TREATMENT.—Often brought on by colds. Treat by warm hip baths, hot drinks (avoiding spirituous liquors), and heat applied to the back and extremities. A teaspoonful of the fluid extract of viburnum will sometimes act like a charm.
HOW TO CURE SWELLED AND SORE BREASTS.