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.

  • Edward John Waring
Date:
1883
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Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cases which resist these and other remedies yield to a course of Fish Liver Oil (141). Among external applications are Datura Liniment or Poultices (130), Lemon Grass Oil (217), Mustard Poultices (253), and the Camphorated Opium (291), or Turpentine Liniment (366). Nipples, sore or cracked, are benefited by Borax Lotion (56), or Castor Oil (84), or Lime Water (235), locally applied. As a preventive use Infusion of Catechu (90).—[To ensure prevention, the nipple should be carefully washed and dried immediately the j child is removed from the breast, and the tissues may i be hardened by washing them for a short time before delivery, and after each application to the breast, with a little brandy and water. It is also a useful practice to wear over the nipple a metallic shield, which should be constantly applied when the child is not at the breast.—Prof. Ringer.] Nodes, or Painful Sivellings on the Shin-bone. Apply Datura Poultice (130), or other means mentioned in Tumours, painfid. Nose, discharge of Matter from. Use injections of Lime Water (225), or tepid Milk and Water, and give > Fish Liver Oil (138) internally. Maggots in, See Peenash. Nux Vomica, Poisoning by. Follow the treatment advised for poisoning by Cocculus Indicus. Bland Oils, e.g., Til, Cocoa-nut, or Ground-nut Oil, seem to retard its action, hence may be given largely.