New York
The Review of Reviews Company
1907
Copyright, 1907, by
The Review of Reviews Company
THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK
Contents
PART I
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | The Eye and Ear | [13] |
| Foreign Bodies in the Eye—Black Eye—Twitching of the Eyelids—Wounds and Burns—Congestion—Conjunctivitis—"Pink Eye"—Strain—Astigmatism—Deafness—Foreign Bodies in the Ear—Earache—Simple Remedies. | ||
| II. | The Nose and Throat | [51] |
| Nosebleed—Foreign Bodies in the Nose—Cold in the Head—Toothache—Mouth-Breathing—Sore Mouth—Pharyngitis—How to Treat Tonsilitis—Quinsy—Diphtheria—Croup—Laryngitis. | ||
| III. | The Lungs and Bronchial Tubes | [87] |
| Acute and Chronic Bronchitis—Coughs in Children—Liniments and Poultices—Cough Mixtures—Treatment of Pneumonia—Consumption—Asthma—Influenza, its Symptoms and Cure. | ||
| IV. | Headaches | [113] |
| Causes of Sick Headache—Symptoms and Treatment—Headaches Caused by Indigestion—Organic Disease a Frequent Source—Nervous and Neuralgic Headaches—Effect of Poison—Heat-Stroke. |
PART II
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | Growths and Enlargements | [123] |
| Cancers—Fatty Tumors—Use of Patent Preparations Dangerous—Symptoms and Cure of Rupture—The Best Kind of Truss—Varicose Veins—Varicocele—External and Internal Piles—Operations the Most Certain Cure. | ||
| II. | Skin Diseases and Related Disorders | [139] |
| Itching, Chafing, and Chapping—Treatment of Hives—Nettlerash—Pimples—Fever Blisters—Prickly Heat—Cause of Ringworm—Freckles and Other Skin Discolorations—Ivy Poison—Warts and Corns—Boils—Carbuncles. | ||
| III. | Rheumatism and Kindred Diseases | [169] |
| Inflammatory Rheumatism—Symptoms and Treatment—Muscular Rheumatism—Lumbago—Stiff Neck—Rheumatism of the Chest—Chronic Rheumatism—Rheumatic Gout—Scurvy in Adults and Infants—Gout, its Causes and Remedies. |