Injections of Oil of Turpentine (363b).
Measles.
An occasional mild aperient, just sufficient to keep the bowels gently open, the plentiful use of Lemonade (232), or Rice Conjee (322), with or without Nitre (264), together with confinement to bed in a cool, well-aired apartment, and farinaceous diet for a few days, will generally suffice for recovery in mild, uncomplicated cases. To allay irritation of the surface, sponge with diluted Vinegar (376) or Water (385), and dust the surface well over with Rice Flour (322). Should Cough occur, use some of those means enumerated under Coughs. The advanced stages, in bad cases, characterised by great exhaustion, call for the use of Camphor (74), Brandy Mixture (426), and plentiful nourishment.
Menstrual Discharge, Suspension, or Irregularity of (Amenorrhœa).
Aloes (18), Borax (58), and Sulphate of Iron (174*), alone or combined, may prove serviceable. Try also hip bath with Sesamum Seeds (338a). Excessive or long-continued Menstruation, Alum (25) and Vinegar (379). When attended with much pain and distress (Dysmenorrhœa), Opium Liniment (291) or Datura Poultice or Liniment (130) to the loins; also hip bath containing Sesamum Seeds, which also may be tried internally (338a).
Mercury, salts of, as Corrosive Sublimate, Poisoning by.
If vomiting is not already present it must be excited by a Mustard (246) or other emetic, and the stomach having thus been emptied of any of the poison it may contain, prompt recourse should be had to the white and yolk of raw eggs, which may be given alone or beaten up with rice-flour into a paste with milk or water. The after-treatment consists in the free use of Rice Conjee and other demulcent drinks, gargles of Alum (29) or Borax (55), to control the salivation; small doses of Opium, should there be much pain, and a milk or farinaceous diet.
Mesenteric Affections of Children.
Are best treated with Fish Liver Oil (139).