Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . ybe taken in wineglassful doses. Syrup of tar is simply tar-water sweetened with sugar. Tansy.—This well known aromaticherb is a native of Europe, growingin moist pastures and on borders ofcorn-fields. It is a valuable tonicand stimulant for obstructed the form of a tea it is found valu-able for fevers. In dropsy it relievesthe congestion. Tartar is a concretion that formson the teeth near the margin of thegum, consisting chiefly of phosphateof lime depo
Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . ybe taken in wineglassful doses. Syrup of tar is simply tar-water sweetened with sugar. Tansy.—This well known aromaticherb is a native of Europe, growingin moist pastures and on borders ofcorn-fields. It is a valuable tonicand stimulant for obstructed the form of a tea it is found valu-able for fevers. In dropsy it relievesthe congestion. Tartar is a concretion that formson the teeth near the margin of thegum, consisting chiefly of phosphateof lime deposited from the with this are food particles,and in it flourish numberless is important that it should be pre-vented from forming by regularbrushing of the teeth, or removedafter it has formed, because it givesrise to wasting of the gums andloosening of the teeth, as well as todyspepsia, bad breath, and ill health. Tartar Emetic, tartrated anti-mony, or tartrate of potassium andantimony, is a white crystalline substance, which in minutedoses acts as a diaphoretic and expectorant, in larger doses (one. Tansy 1224 MATERIA MEDICA to two grains) as an emetic, and in very large quantities or insmall quantities administered over a long period as an irritantpoison. It must not be confounded with cream of tartar, whichis another name for bitartrate of Dotassium, a harmless sub-stance. When this substance has been taken in poisonous amount,it produces a strong metallic taste and soreness of the mouthand throat, followed speedily by vomiting, pain in the abdomen,and purging, and at a later stage by great depression and col-lapse. The treatment of acute poisoning consists of encouragingthe vomiting by copious drinks of warm water, milk, fiour inwater, or other mucilaginous substances which have the furtherbenefit of soothing the irritated mucous membranes. Tanninacts as a direct antidote to this poison by forming a harmlesstannate of antimony, and therefore a str
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