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Home Medical and Vet Remedies, as Recommended by 19th and 20th century Doctors and Vets! |
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Home Medical and Vet Remedies, as Recommended by 19th and 20th century Doctors and Vets! |
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Stye.It seems to begin, in most cases, in a hair follicle. The affection is so familiar that no description is necessary. Treatment* - At the first indication that a stye is forming, it is sometimes possible to prevent, or at least mitigate it by touching the point gently with a stick of the nitrate of silver. It is, at any rate, well to try this, since no injury is done, even though it may fail to accomplish the desired object. As soon as it becomes evident that the stye is too far advanced to be arrested, the object should be to hasten the formation of matter. The best means for accomplishing this is the application of warmth and moisture. This may be done by applying a soft cloth saturated with hot water, or by making a small linseed poultice. So soon as matter appears at the surface it will be well, in order to shorten the patient's discomfort, to open the boil and squeeze out the contents. Some persons are troubled with a succession of styes, which follow one another at short intervals. Such individuals will be benefited by a tonic, and by regular evacuation of the bowels. The following prescription may be administered : Sulphate of quinine, - Half a drachm. Dilute nitro-muriatic acid, - - Four drachms. Tincture of the chloride of iron, - Six drachms. Syrup of tolu, - One ounce. Water, - To make four ounces. A teaspoonful of this may be taken in a tablespoonful of water before meals. For children the following prescription will be beneficial : Powdered cinchona, - Half a drachm. Bicarbonate of soda, - Half a drachm. White sugar, - Forty grains. Mix and make twelve powders ; one of these may be taken morn ing and night. Smaller children will find the following mixture more pal atable : Tincture of gentian, - Four drachms. Dilute muriatic acid, -' - Four drachms. Syrup of orange peel, - One ounce. Peppermint water, - To make four ounces. A teaspoonful may be given in water before meals. If the child be pallid and bloodless, the following prescription may be ordered instead of the last: Citrate of iron and quinine, - - Forty grains. Syrup of tolu, . _ . One ounce. Water, - - Three ounces. A teaspoonful of this may be taken at mealtime. When the skin of the cheeks is raw and sore, and the edges of the lids are extensively ulcerated, benefit will be derived from the use of Fowler's solution, three or four drops of which may be taken in water twice a day. After the formation of pus at the edges of the lids has ceased, they should be bathed with the lotion and smeared at night with the mercury ointment, as directed above. But first, if you want to come back to this web site again, just add it to your bookmarks or favorites now! Then you'll find it easy! Also, please consider sharing our helpful website with your online friends.
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