The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised and enlarged by William Spooner.
- Leach, Harry.
- Date:
- 1901
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised and enlarged by William Spooner. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(UJM-HOIL. •* Tlie pain is very severe, es])ecially at night. A small cut slionld he carefully made into the swelling with an jibscess knife, and instant relief will follow the escape of rnatttu-. HLKMDING FROM THF NOSE. ddiis is Nature’s I’emedy for the cure of headache, and should not be interfered with. If, however, it be very severe, cold a])plied to the nose and to the back of the neck will be all-sutiicient, except in very obstinate cases, when the nostrds must be very gently and carefully plugged with lijit, rag, or a piece of sponge. DISEASES OF THE EVE. 0[)hthalmia is gtmerally caused by cold, d’here is slight redne.ss of the surface of the eye, with a })rickly sensation and a slight discharge of yellow ‘ cured by frecpiently bathing the eye with the ‘Soothing lotion’ (Recipe No. 15j or the Sulphate-of-zinc lotion (Recipe No. 18j. If the ca.se be more severe, and there is pain and intolerance of light, the patient should be ke[)t in the dark or the eyes covered with a shade, and the Caustic lotion](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28992349_0167.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
