Practice of natural therapeutics / by Henry Lindlahr.

  • Henry Lindlahr
Date:
1923, [©1919]
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Credit: Practice of natural therapeutics / by Henry Lindlahr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Umbilical Cord—when and how severed, care, 342. Unconscious—how to revive u. person, 399-400; how to revive per* son u- through freezing, 401. Unconsciousness—see Fainting, 399. U. S. Public Health Department—estimate of deaths from 1918 influenza epidemic, 14-15. Undertaker—opinion of u. at army camp with reference to deaths from so called pneumonia, 16. Underwear—why it should be light and porous, 174. Uremia—during pregnancy, 337-338. Uremic—convulsions, treatment, 394-395. Uric Acid—a common cause of headache and eye trouble, 231. Urine—treatment for retention of u. 170-171; causes of retention of u., 170; treatment for retention of u. due to mechanical ob¬ struction, 171-172; treatment of retention of u.. due to spastic or paralytic conditions, 172; treatment for retention of u. due to inactivity of kidneys, 172; juniper berry and asparagus teas for u. trouble, 173. Use Heredity—definition, 310; what is “birth age,” 310-311; proves advantage of older parentage, 310-311; most favorable ages of parents at time of procreation, 310-311; advantage to children of increased commercial and professional activity of women, 312; beneficial effects of economic independence of women on proper birth control, 312-313; quotation from Red- field’s Control of Heredity, 313. Vaccine-—•see Serums. Vaseline—and other oils and creams injurious to baby, 345. Vegetables—proper proportion in diet, 92; how to cook, steaming, 94; best method for cooking cabbage, cauliflower, onions, tur¬ nips, etc., 94-95. Vegetarian—general v. regimen, sample menus, 97-98. Veins—how to apply pressure in case of severance of v., illus¬ trated, 403. Ventilation—why good v. is necessary in sick room, 39-40; meth¬ ods of v. of sick room, 40. Verdigris—poisoning, antidotes, 413. Ventral Hernia—see Hernia. Vibratory—and massage treatment for eyes, 218-219. Vinegar—and condiments injurious, 93-94; bandages and com¬ presses, 148. Vitality—important to economize v. in fasting, 126. Vitriol—poisoning, treatment, (h) 410. Vital Force—not derived from food, drink, medicines, etc., 41. Vitamine—how prepared, 99. Vomiting—bilious v. in fasting, 124-125. Walk—morning, 19. Walking—proper w. position, 184-185. Water Bag—breaking of, 342. Water Sniffing—effects, 251-252.