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

Caterpillar's Hairs, to Extract.

Some Indian Caterpillars are armed with a thick hairy covering, and if these come in contact with the skin the hairs are apt to pierce the cuticle, and by their presence create great pain, irritation, &c. To extract them the following ingenious plan, devised by Dr. Alexander Grant, late Bengal Medical Service, is said to be very effectual. Take a lock of human hair, tie firmly with thread about one-eighth of an inch from the cut end, so as to form a short, firm, even brush, not however to be used as such, but as forceps. This held between the thumb and forefinger, is allowed to descend perpendicularly and uncompressed among the caterpillar hairs. When the two sets of hairs are commingled, the brush is compressed as forceps are, and drawn straight up, bringing the hairs with it, and so on until all the hairs are pulled out.

Centipedes, Bites of.

See Bites, Venomous.

Chest, Pains in, during Fevers.

See Fevers.

Childbirth.

See Labours.

Children, Debility of.

To relieve pallor and wasting, give Country Sarsaparilla (163), and Fish Liver Oil (139), with generous diet, and gentle outdoor exercise. A change of air will often do more good than medicine. Constipation of, see Constipation, Convulsion of, see Convulsions. Colic of, see Colic. Coughs of, see Coughs. Diarrhœa of, see Diarrhœa. Difficulty of Breathing, see Breathing, Difficulty of.