Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . dywoods, especially inthe Southern root is used asan emetic and is useful in elim-inating water fromthe system, especial-ly when other drugshave failed. It alsopromotes the mensesand gives relief incolic. Iodine is a nonmetallic elementwhich is foundlargely in has a pleasantlypungent smell and aburning taste. It hasa highly irritatingaction, and, whenapplied to the skin,stains the latterdark brown and causes it to peel off in flakes,
Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . dywoods, especially inthe Southern root is used asan emetic and is useful in elim-inating water fromthe system, especial-ly when other drugshave failed. It alsopromotes the mensesand gives relief incolic. Iodine is a nonmetallic elementwhich is foundlargely in has a pleasantlypungent smell and aburning taste. It hasa highly irritatingaction, and, whenapplied to the skin,stains the latterdark brown and causes it to peel off in flakes, while internallyit is a violent irritant poison. It is much used as .an this purpose it is dissolved in alcohol, forming tincture ofiodine, or in water containing iodide of potassium, which rendersthe iodine more soluble, or is made up into iodine ointment. Itis very frequently used to paint enlarged glands, in order tobring about decrease in size. It is painted over the chest in casesof pleurisy to bring about absorption of the pleuritic effusion,and when pain due to this cause appears over the chest in chronic. American Ipecac IPECAC —lODIISrE —INDIAN TURNIP —INOCULATION 1181 consumption, iodine is one of the best remedies. It is a usefulpreventive of chilblains, applied while the hands are still redbefore they have begun to crack. For chronic inflammation ofbones, joints, and bursas it is also very largely used. Tincture of iodine (two and a half per cent.)or alcoholic solu-tion of five per cent, is used to sterilize the skin before opera-tions. The tincture forms one of the best antiseptics, painted oncopiously, to cleanse and dress dirty wounds on work-soiledhands or other parts. Indian Turnip.—This com-mon herb grows all over theUnited States. It is called**dragon root and ^jack-in-the-pulpit, and is found as athree-leaved plant with ber-ries of a bright scarlet fresh the root is a pow-erfully strong stimulant. Itmakes an excellent poultic
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