The dictionary of daily wants / [Robert Kemp Philp].

Robert Kemp Philp

Date:: [1861]

Credit: The dictionary of daily wants / [Robert Kemp Philp]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$easy to be distinguished from the other bees in (he biro by tlie bulkiness of his body, its obtuse termination, and a thick covering of short pale brown iris about the throat; he is also known by the loud humming noise that he makes in his Hight. llie neuter bee, or worker (Fig. 2), is of a 2. nearly black colour, and neither so large as the drone or queen. The abdomen is of a conical shape, and composed of six distinct divisions. The queen bee (Fig. 3) is wholly different in form from the former two, her body is longer and more taper than that of the drone and bee, and she is also dis- tinguislied by the extreme shortness of her wings. 'The breast of tlie queen is of a golden colour, and the upper part of her body is of a brighter line than that of the common bee. Books ; HuLih's '/'realise on /lees. I/arrison on /iees, J/uber’s Trealise, /iee/ceeping for the i/any, and Chylinski's /leekeeper's A/aiiual. Ai’Of’LKXV. — Apoplexy is a disease whicli arrests all voluntary motion, and de- irivcs a person of consciousness, as though le had been struck liy a blow. Sometimes a person is warned of the approacli of apo- ple.xy by various symptom.s, such as gicldi- iiess, drowsiness, loss of memory, twitching of the mu.Hclcs, faltering of the speech, &c.; but most frequently he falls to the groun(l without any warning, and lies as though in a deep sleep. While so lying he breathes hcavny, with a snurling kind of noi.se, and with considerable muscular action of the features, 'flic face is red and swollen, the veins distended, the eyes protruding and bloisl-shot. remaining hall-open or quite Ciosed, and a foam lrc<tuently forms about the mouth. Apoplexy mostly arises from accumnla-; lion of bl(,od in iiie system, but it may be | the result of an enfeebled constituticn, and general want of vitalitjr. Where a person is seized as described, a medical man sliould be sent for, and the patient should be carried into a cool room and placed in a sitting posture, in such a situation that the air may be freely admitted to him. The neckcloth, .shirt collar, waist- band, and other ligatures should be un- fastened, and cold water should be poured over the head. Mu.stard plasters may be applied to the soles of the feet and the calves of the legs, or where the mustard cannot be immediately procured, the feet and legs should be placed in hot water. If the attack occurs with a person of full habit of body, a dozen leeches maybe applied behind the ears and on the temples. It is of great importance that the bowels should be freed of their contents, and as there is a great difficulty of swallowing, one div)/) of croton oil should be placed on the tongue and repeated every two hours, until the object is entirely accomplished. Blood-letting should in no case be attempted by a non-pro- fessional person. Where the tit arises from enfeebled strength (which is indicated by a small irregular pulse) the remedies should be of a milder form, and stimulants may be cautiously administered at intervals. The most common immediate cause of apo- plexy is iiressure of the brain, either from an effusion of blood or serum, or from a distention of the vessels of the brain by an accumulation of the blood in them, inde- pendently of efl’iision. 'I'he predtsposiug causes are the habitual in- dulgence of the ajipetite in rich and gross food, or stimulating drinks, coupled with luxurious and Indolent habits, sedentary employments carried to an undue length; the habit of sleeping, especially in a re- cumbent posture after a full meal; and lying too long in bed. '\'\\o exciting causes are excesses In eating and drinking; violent mental emotions ; the sudden supprtiesion of piles, gout, rheuma- tism; cr any other cause which augments the circuhih'nn of blorni to. or extracts the (low of blood from the brain.$

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