Diseases of females and children and their homoeopathic treatment : containing also a full description of the dose of each medicine / by Walter Williamson.

  • Walter Williamson
Date:
1854 [©1853]
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Credit: Diseases of females and children and their homoeopathic treatment : containing also a full description of the dose of each medicine / by Walter Williamson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    | riage; taking a share in the duties of housekeep- \ i ing, &c.; being careful to avoid fatigue or excessive | exercise, and exposure to a draft of air when in | a state of perspiration. Sedentary habits and too \ close application to study are very injurious. Cul- \ \ tivate cheerfulness of disposition, and endeavor to \ i promote it by choosing such pastimes as will at { \ once amuse and divert the mind. Pay proper at- \ \ tcntion to dress—let the clothing be seasonable ; \ and changed to suit the variations of the weather; 5 protect the feet and lower limbs against cold, and \ \ carefully avoid exposure to wet and dampness. The medicines chiefly employed in the cases \ j alluded to above, are—Arsenicum, Belladonna, Bry- \ \ onia, Cocculus, Cuprum, Lacliesis, Lycopodium, Phos- ', ' phorus, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Sulphur and Veratrum. Arsenicum, if the face is pale and swelled in the \ \ morning on rising, with swelling of the feet in the \ \ evening, and a sensation of heat in the circula- \ i tion with prostration of strength. \ \ 1 Dose.—Three globules night and morning for a week, or until J 1 improvement takes place. \ Belladonna, if bleeding of the nose, redness of \ \ the face, injected eyes with dread of light attend, \ j or if there be a full pulse, dark redness of the [ \ face, and giddiness after stooping. Aconite may \ be given alternately with Belladonna. \ 2* I _ vvvvvw .,<