Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . course thetreatment of the disease causing thepain. When the pain is due to alocal cause, such as lumbago, theloins must be kept warm by extraclothing or a flannel belt. Bella-donna plaster relieves it, also massage, ironing with a flat-ironthrough a piece of cloth, and, in acute cases, application of mus-tard plaster, hot fomentations, or a hot-water bottle. Weaknessin young persons can be overcome by Swedish drill, calisthenics,and other forms of exercise, with
Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . course thetreatment of the disease causing thepain. When the pain is due to alocal cause, such as lumbago, theloins must be kept warm by extraclothing or a flannel belt. Bella-donna plaster relieves it, also massage, ironing with a flat-ironthrough a piece of cloth, and, in acute cases, application of mus-tard plaster, hot fomentations, or a hot-water bottle. Weaknessin young persons can be overcome by Swedish drill, calisthenics,and other forms of exercise, with regular daily periods of rest,and the careful avoidance of stooping or a twisted position atlessons. Perhaps the best exercise of all for strengthening themuscles of the back is obtained by the use of a skipping-rope. The following tonic is recommended for backache: T^ Bashams Mixture six ounces Dose : One tablespoonful in a wineglass of water, everythree hours. 1^ Iodide of Potash two teaspoonfuls Acetate of Potash two teaspoonfuls Aniseed-water six tablespoonfuls Mix. • Dose: One teaspoonful three times a day after 1456 MISCELLANEOUS HAY FEVER Definition.—Hay fever, otherwise known as hay asthma, summercatarrh, and autumn catarrh, means a peculiar inflammatorycondition of the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose, and air-passages, which year after year affects certain individuals fromthe middle of May till the latter part of September. Causes.—This malady seems to a certain extent to run infamilies, heredity playing a part in about thirty-three per cent,of cases, according to one authority. It is certainly about twiceas common in men as among women, and seems especially toaffect persons of active temperament and high mental develop-ment. Occasionally it appears to be associated with gout. Somehave tried to trace the presence of hay fever to structural defectsin the nose, but even if these be present they have probably littleto do with the malady. The popular idea,
Size: 1089px × 2294px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectmedicin, bookyear1920
