Remarks on the Uses of some of the Bazaar Medicines and Common Medical Plants of India / With a full index of diseases, indicating their treatment by these and other agents procurable throughout India; to which are added directions for treatment in cases of drowning, snake-bites &c.

by Edward John Waring

See Chorea.

Salivation.

Use gargles of Alum (29) or Borax (55), or try Catechu in substance (89).

Scalled Head.

See Ringworm.

Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever.

Commence with an emetic of Country Ipecacuanha (368) or Mudar (241); place the patient in a cool, well-ventilated apartment; give plentifully of Lemonade (232) or rice Conjee (322) to allay thirst and feverishness, and give Capsicum Mixture (78) internally. For the sore throat, inhale the fumes of hot Vinegar (377), and use Capsicum gargle (78). Sponging the surface with diluted Vinegar (376) or Water (385) is attended with great comfort to the patient, and is otherwise beneficial. The advanced stages, complications, and subsequent debility, are treated in the same manner as in Fevers (see Index).

Sciatica.

See Neuralgia. Enveloping the whole of the painful limb in the "Wet sheet" (397b) proves sometimes successful when other remedies fail. Quinine in full doses, five to eight grains thrice daily, may be given at the same time.