The Home Medical
Library

By

Kenelm Winslow, B.A.S., M.D.

Formerly Assistant Professor Comparative Therapeutics, Harvard
University; Late Surgeon to the Newton Hospital;
Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society, etc.

With the Coöperation of Many Medical
Advising Editors and Special Contributors

IN SIX VOLUMES

First Aid :: Family Medicines :: Nose, Throat, Lungs,
Eye, and Ear :: Stomach and Bowels :: Tumors and
Skin Diseases :: Rheumatism :: Germ Diseases
Nervous Diseases :: Insanity :: Sexual Hygiene
Woman and Child :: Heart, Blood, and Digestion
Personal Hygiene :: Indoor Exercise
Diet and Conduct for Long Life :: Practical
Kitchen Science :: Nervousness
and Outdoor Life :: Nurse and Patient
Camping Comfort :: Sanitation
of the Household :: Pure
Water Supply :: Pure Food
Stable and Kennel

New York
The Review of Reviews Company
1907

Medical Advising Editors

Managing Editor

Albert Warren Ferris, A.M., M.D.

Former Assistant in Neurology, Columbia University; Former Chairman, Section on Neurology and Psychiatry, New York Academy of Medicine; Assistant in Medicine, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College; Medical Editor, New International Encyclopedia.

Nervous Diseases

Charles E. Atwood, M.D.

Assistant in Neurology, Columbia University; Former Physician, Utica State Hospital and Bloomingdale Hospital for Insane Patients; Former Clinical Assistant to Sir William Gowers, National Hospital, London.

Pregnancy

Russell Bellamy, M.D.

Assistant in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cornell University Medical College Dispensary; Captain and Assistant Surgeon (in charge), Squadron A, New York Cavalry; Assistant in Surgery, New York Polyclinic.

Germ Diseases

Hermann Michael Biggs, M.D.

General Medical Officer and Director of Bacteriological Laboratories, New York City Department of Health; Professor of Clinical Medicine in University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College; Visiting Physician to Bellevue, St. Vincent's, Willard Parker, and Riverside Hospitals.

The Eye and Ear

J. Herbert Claiborne, M.D.

Clinical Instructor in Ophthalmology, Cornell University Medical College; Former Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology, New York Polyclinic; Former Instructor in Ophthalmology in Columbia University; Surgeon, New Amsterdam Eye and Ear Hospital.

Sanitation

Thomas Darlington, M.D.

Health Commissioner of New York City; Former President Medical Board, New York Foundling Hospital; Consulting Physician, French Hospital; Attending Physician, St. John's Riverside Hospital, Yonkers; Surgeon to New Croton Aqueduct and other Public Works, to Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company of Arizona, and Arizona and Southeastern Railroad Hospital; Author of Medical and Climatological Works.

Menstruation

Austin Flint, Jr., M.D.

Professor of Obstetrics and Clinical Gynecology, New York University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College; Visiting Physician, Bellevue Hospital; Consulting Obstetrician, New York Maternity Hospital; Attending Physician, Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled, Manhattan Maternity and Emergency Hospitals.

Heart and Blood

John Bessner Huber, A.M., M.D.

Assistant in Medicine, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College; Visiting Physician to St. Joseph's Home for Consumptives; Author of "Consumption: Its Relation to Man and His Civilization; Its Prevention and Cure."

Skin Diseases

James C. Johnston, A.B., M.D.

Instructor in Pathology and Chief of Clinic, Department of Dermatology, Cornell University Medical College.

Diseases of Children

Charles Gilmore Kerley, M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics, New York Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital; Attending Physician, New York Infant Asylum, Children's Department of Sydenham Hospital, and Babies' Hospital, N. Y.; Consulting Physician, Home for Crippled Children.

Bites and Stings

George Gibier Rambaud, M.D.

President, New York Pasteur Institute.

Headache

Alonzo D. Rockwell, A.M., M.D.

Former Professor Electro-Therapeutics and Neurology at New York Post-Graduate Medical School; Neurologist and Electro-Therapeutist to the Flushing Hospital; Former Electro-Therapeutist to the Woman's Hospital in the State of New York; Author of Works on Medical and Surgical Uses of Electricity, Nervous Exhaustion (Neurasthenia), etc.

Poisons

E. Ellsworth Smith, M.D.

Pathologist, St. John's Hospital, Yonkers; Somerset Hospital, Somerville, N. J.; Trinity Hospital, St. Bartholomew's Clinic, and the New York West Side German Dispensary.

Catarrh

Samuel Wood Thurber, M.D.

Chief of Clinic and Instructor in Laryngology, Columbia University; Laryngologist to the Orphan's Home and Hospital.

Care of Infants

Herbert B. Wilcox, M.D.

Assistant in Diseases of Children, Columbia University.

Special Contributors

Food Adulteration

S. Josephine Baker, M.D.

Medical Inspector, New York City Department of Health.

Pure Water Supply

William Paul Gerhard, C.E.

Consulting Engineer for Sanitary Works; Member of American Public Health Association; Member, American Society Mechanical Engineers; Corresponding Member of American Institute of Architects, etc.; Author of "House Drainage," etc.

Care of Food

Janet McKenzie Hill

Editor, Boston Cooking School Magazine.

Nerves and Outdoor Life

S. Weir Mitchell, M.D., LL.D.

LL.D. (Harvard, Edinburgh, Princeton); Former President, Philadelphia College of Physicians; Member, National Academy of Sciences, Association of American Physicians, etc.; Author of essays: "Injuries to Nerves," "Doctor and Patient," "Fat and Blood," etc.; of scientific works: "Researches Upon the Venom of the Rattlesnake," etc.; of novels: "Hugh Wynne," "Characteristics," "Constance Trescott," "The Adventures of François," etc.

Sanitation

George M. Price, M.D.

Former Medical Sanitary Inspector, Department of Health, New York City; Inspector, New York Sanitary Aid Society of the 10th Ward, 1885; Manager, Model Tenement-houses of the New York Tenement-house Building Co., 1888; Inspector, New York State Tenement-house Commission, 1895; Author of "Tenement-house Inspection," "Handbook on Sanitation," etc.

Indoor Exercise

Dudley Allen Sargent, M.D.

Director of Hemenway Gymnasium, Harvard University; Former President, American Physical Culture Society; Director, Normal School of Physical Training, Cambridge, Mass.; President, American Association for Promotion of Physical Education; Author of "Universal Test for Strength," "Health, Strength and Power," etc.

Long Life

Sir Henry Thompson, Bart., F.R.C.S., M.B. (Lond.)

Surgeon Extraordinary to His Majesty the King of the Belgians; Consulting Surgeon to University College Hospital, London; Emeritus Professor of Clinical Surgery to University College, London, etc.

Camp Comfort

Stewart Edward White

Author of "The Forest," "The Mountains," "The Silent Places," "The Blazed Trail," etc.

A DESIRABLE METHOD OF CARRYING THE INJURED.

By this plan even the unconscious victim of an accident may be transported a long distance, because the bearers' hands are left entirely free and thus prevented from becoming cramped or tired, as when a "seat" is made with clasped hands. In the method illustrated above the patient is placed in a seat made by tying a blanket, sheet, rope, or strap in the form of a ring. Each bearer then places his inner arm about the patient's body and with his outer hand holds the patient's arm around his neck.

The Home Medical
Library

Volume I

FIRST AID IN EMERGENCIES

By KENELM WINSLOW, B.A.S., M.D. (Harv.)

Formerly Assistant Professor Comparative Therapeutics, Harvard University;
Late Surgeon to the Newton Hospital; Fellow of
the Massachusetts Medical Society, etc.

ASSISTED BY

ALBERT WARREN FERRIS, A.M., M.D.

Former Assistant in Neurology, Columbia University; former Chairman,
Section on Neurology and Psychiatry, New York Academy
of Medicine; Assistant in Medicine, University and Bellevue
Hospital Medical College; Medical Editor,
"New International Encyclopedia"

GERM DISEASES

By KENELM WINSLOW, B.A.S., M.D. (Harv.)

New York
The Review of Reviews Company
1907

Copyright, 1907, by

The Review of Reviews Company

THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK

Contents

PART I

PART II

INDEX

To First Aid and General Topics

Note.—The Roman numerals I, II, III, IV, V, and VI indicate the volume; the Arabic figures 1, 2, 3, etc., indicate the page number.

Abrasions, I, [64]

Abscess, alveolar, II, 58

Acids, burns by, I, [176], [177]
poisoning by, I, [140]

Acne, II, 145

Adenoids, II, 61

Adulterated food, tests for, V, 91

Adulteration of food, V, 87

Ague, I, [247]
cake, I, [254]

Air-bath, the, IV, 159

Albumen, IV, 262

Alcohol, use of, IV, 44, 153

Alcoholic drinks, IV, 153

Alcoholism, III, 47, 52

Algæ, remedy for, V, 56

Alkalies, burns by, I, [177]
poisoning by, I, [140]

Amenorrhœa, III, 75

Anæmia, III, 174

Ankle, sprain of, I, [65], [67], [68]

Ankle-joint fracture, I, [115]

Antitoxin, II, 77

Apoplexy, III, 49

Appendicitis, III, 256

Arm, fracture of, I, [91]

Arteries, systemic, III, 168

Artery, bleeding from an, I, [51], [52]

Arthritis, II, 177

Artificial respiration, I, [28]

Asthma, II, 104

Astigmatism, II, 26

Athletics, home, IV, 69

Auricles of the heart, III, 168

BABY, bathing the, III, 109
care of the, III, 108
clothing of the, III, 110
diet for the, III, 134
food for the, III, 132; IV, 261
nursing the, III, 114
teething, III, 113
temperature of the, III, 110
weaning the, III, 117
weighing the, III, 112

Bacteria, destruction of, V, 238–253
in food, I, [147]–154
in soil, V, 135

Baldness, II, 167; IV, 21

BANDAGES, I, [133]
forms of, I, [132], [134], [136], [137]
for bruises, I, [62]–64
for fractures, I, [83]–117
for sprains, I, [65]–72
for wounds, I, [51]–61

Barley water, IV, 263

Bathing, indoor, IV, 19, 155
outdoor, IV, 16
in convulsions, III, 35
in malaria, I, [259]
in pneumonia, II, 94
in scarlet fever, I, [197]
in skin irritations, II, 140
in smallpox, I, [216]
in typhoid fever, I, [231]
in yellow fever, I, [266]

BATHS, cold, IV, 15
foot, IV, 157
hot, IV, 19, 156
tepid, IV, 19
Turkish, IV, 20, 159
warm, IV, 19

Bed sores, I, [233]

Bed-wetting, II, 213

Bee stings, I, [158]

Beef, broth, IV, 261
juice, IV, 262
parts of, IV, 198
scraped, IV, 262
tea, IV, 261

Bellyache, III, 247

Bilious fever, I, [247]

Biliousness, III, 184

BITES, cat, I, [170]
dog, I, [170]
flea, I, [162]
fly, I, [164]
lice, clothes, I, [161]
lice, crab, I, [162]
lice, head, I, [160]
mosquito, I, [155]
snake, I, [166]
spider, I, [164]
tarantula, I, [164]
wood tick, I, [159]

Black eye, II, 14

Blackheads, II, 145

Black water fever, I, [256]

Bladder, inflammation of the, II, 215
stone in the, III, 264

BLEEDING, from an artery, I, [51], [52]
from a vein, I, [51], [52]
from punctured wounds, I, [52], [53]
from the lungs, I, [62]
from the nose, I, [61]
from the scalp, I, [60]
from the stomach, I, [62]
from the womb, III, 82

Blood, deficiency of, III, 174
oozing of, I, [54]

Bloody flux, III, 222

Boils, II, 157

Bottles, milk, III, 128

Bowel, prolapse of the, III, 143

BOWELS, catarrh of the, III, 205
diseases of the, III, 205
inflammation of the, III, 252
obstruction of the, III, 268
passages from the, IV, 247

Bowleg, III, 162

Brain, anatomy of the, III, 22
arteries of the, III, 22
autopsies of the, II, 230

Breasts, care of, after childbirth, III, 105
inflammation of the, III, 140

Breath, holding the, III, 153

Breathing, how to test the, IV, 248
to produce artificial, I, [28], [34], [43], [178], [186]

Bright's disease, acute, II, 220
chronic, II, 222

BROKEN BONE, I, [80]
ankle, I, [115]
arm, I, [91]
collar bone, I, [85]
finger, I, [101]
forearm, I, [94]
hand, I, [101]
hip, I, [104]
how to tell a, I, [80]
jaw, I, [89]
kneepan, I, [109]
leg, I, [111]
rib, I, [83]
shoulder blade, I, [91]
thigh, I, [106]
wrist, I, [99]

Bronchial tubes, diseases of the, II, 87

Bronchitis, II, 88, 91

Broth, beef, IV, 261
chicken, IV, 261
clam, IV, 263
mutton, IV, 261
oyster, IV, 267
veal, IV, 261

BRUISES, bandages for, I, [63]
treatment of, I, [62], [63]

Bunion, I, [72]

BURNS, I, [171]
about the eyes, II, 16
from acids, I, [176]
from alkalies, I, [177]
from electric shock, I, [45]
first class, I, [172]
second class, I, [172]
third class, I, [173]
severe, I, [174]

Callus of the skin, II, 156

Camp comfort (See Contents VI)

Camp cookery (See Contents VI)

Camp cure (See Contents VI)

CAMPING, in the North Woods, VI, 195
in the Western Mountains, VI, 214
outfit, VI, 212

Cancer, II, 123
of the breast, II, 124
of the lip, II, 125
of the stomach, II, 125
of the womb, II, 125

Canker, II, 68

Capillaries, systemic, III, 168

Carbuncle, II, 161

Carotid arteries, III, 22

Catarrh, II, 41, 54, 55
of the bowels, III, 205
effect of, on the ears, II, 38, 41
of the stomach, III, 185

Catarrhal deafness, II, 39
inflammation of eye, II, 18

Cat bite, I, [170]

Catheter, how to use a, II, 219; IV, 252

Centipede sting, I, [164]

Cereals as food, IV, 35, 229

Cerebellum, III, 22

Cerebral arteries, III, 22

Chafing, II, 142

Chagres fever, I, [256]

Change of life, III, 70

Chapping, II, 142

Chicken broth, IV, 261

Chickenpox, I, [217]

Chilblains, I, [182]

Childbed fever, III, 107

Childbirth, after-pains in, III, 105
articles needed during, III, 96
bleeding after, III, 86
care after, III, 103
care in, III, 98

CHILDREN, DISEASES OF, III, 140
adenoids, II, 61
bed-wetting, II, 213
bowel, prolapse of the, III, 143
bowels, catarrh of the, III, 209
bowleg, III, 162
breath, holding the, III, 153
breasts, inflammation of the, III, 140
chickenpox, I, [217]
cholera infantum, III, 211
chorea, III, 155
colic, III, 267
constipation, III, 238
convulsions, III, 34
cord, bleeding of the, III, 142
cough, II, 91
croup, II, 83
diarrhea, III, 208, 209
diphtheria, II, 77
dysentery, III, 213
epilepsy, III, 39
earache, II, 48
fever, III, 146
food for, III, 132–139
foreskin, adhering, III, 141
glands, enlarged, III, 149
hip disease, III, 161
holding the breath, III, 153
knock knees, III, 163
larynx, spasm of the, III, 153
measles, I, [198]
German measles, I, [203]
membranous croup, II, 79
milk poisoning, III, 209, 211
mumps, I, [235]
navel, sore, III, 142
pains, growing, III, 146
Pott's disease, III, 157
rickets, III, 151
ringworm, II, 149
rupture, II, 128
scarlatina, I, [192]
scarlet fever, I, [192]
scrofula, III, 149
scurvy, II, 182
sore mouth, II, 65
spine, curvature of the, III, 157, 159
St. Vitus's Dance, III, 155
stomach, catarrh of the, III, 209
urine, painful passage of, III, 141
urine, retention of, III, 141
wasting, III, 144
whooping cough, I, [238]
worms, III, 240

Chills and fever, I, [247]

Cholera, III, 228
infantum, III, 211
morbus, III, 226

Chorea, III, 158

Cinder in the eye, I, [176]; II, 13

Circulation, the, III, 168

Circumcision, III, 142

Clam broth, IV, 263

Climacteric, the, III, 70

Clothing, proper, IV, 22

Cochlea, II, 46

Coffee, use of, IV, 43

Cold, exposure to, I, [181]
in the head, II, 55
sore, II, 147

COLIC, III, 247
gallstone, III, 261
in babies, III, 267
intestinal, III, 249
mucous, III, 219
renal, III, 263

Collar-bone fracture, I, [85]

Complexion, the, IV, 20

Confinement, III, 97

Congestion of the eyelid, II, 17

Conjunctivitis, II, 16, 18

Constipation, in adults, III, 233
in children, 238

Consumption, II, 96
fresh-air treatment for, II, 102
outdoor life for, VI, 72
prevention of, II, 104

Contagion, in cholera, 229
in conjunctivitis, II, 19
in diphtheria, II, 80
in eruptive fever, I, [191]–220
in gonorrhea, II, 199
in grippe, II, 108
in mumps, I, [236]
in syphilis, II, 206, 209
in whooping cough, I, [238]

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, I, [191]

Convalescence (See Contents VI)

Convulsions, in children, III, 34
in adults, I, [188]

COOKING (See Contents IV)
baking, IV, 171
boiling, IV, 180
braising, IV, 182
broiling, IV, 172
camp, VI, 220
cereals, IV, 229
eggs, IV, 184
entrées, IV, 219
fish, IV, 188
frying, IV, 175
game, IV, 202
poultry, IV, 202
roasting, IV, 171
sauces, IV, 216
sautéing, IV, 174
shellfish, IV, 195
soups, IV, 207
stewing, IV, 181
time of, IV, 177
utensils, IV, 232
vegetables, IV, 223

Copper sulphate method, V, 52

Copper vessels, use of, V, 67

Cord, bleeding of the, III, 142

Corns, II, 154

Costiveness, III, 233

COUGH, acute, II, 87, 91
whooping, I, [238]

Cricoid cartilage, II, 70

Cross eye, II, 33

Croup, membranous, II, 79
ordinary, II, 83, 92

Curvature of the spine, III, 157, 159

Cystitis, II, 215

Dandruff, II, 167

Deafness, catarrhal, II, 39
chronic, II, 36
temporary, II, 33

Delirium tremens, III, 50

DIARRHEA, acute, III, 205
chronic, III, 217
of children, III, 208, 209

DIET, IV, 26, 107, 123, 138, 153
animal, IV, 39
details of, IV, 146
errors of, IV, 107
for babies, III, 132
for brain workers, IV, 126
for long life, IV, 107
for the aged, IV, 112
proper, IV, 138
relation to climate, IV, 108
rules for, IV, 110, 123
simplicity of, IV, 138
vegetable and animal, IV, 39

Digestion, effect of dress on, IV, 42
hygiene of, IV, 26
processes of, IV, 28

Diphtheria, II, 77

DISINFECTANTS, chemical, V, 243
physical, V, 240
solutions for, V, 247

Disinfection, V, 238
of rooms, V, 249

DISLOCATIONS, elbow, I, [125]
hip, I, [129]
jaw, I, [118], [120]
knee, I, [119]
shoulder, I, [122]

Dog bite, I, [170]

Doses of drugs, IV, 255

Dressings, for bruises, I, [63], [64]
for wounds, I, [53], [57]
surgical, I, [131]

Drink, nutritious, IV, 118

Drinking, steady, III, 52

DROWNED, arousing the, I, [27]
producing respiration in the, I, [28], [34]
restoring the, I, [27]
saving the, I, [36]

Drowning person, death grasp of a, I, [37]
saving a, I, [36]
swimming to relief of a, I, [36]

Drugs, doses of, IV, 255

Drum membrane, II, 33, 43, 45, 46, 48

Dysentery, in adults, III, 222
in children, III, 213

Dysmenorrhea, III, 71

DYSPEPSIA, III, 185
causes of, IV, 27
nervous, III, 190

EAR, anatomy of the, II, 33, 37, 46
diseases of the, II, 33
foreign bodies in the, I, [78]; II, 39
water in the, II, 42
wax in the, II, 35

Earache, II, 40
moderate, II, 48

Eating, proper mode of, IV, 140–149

Eczema, II, 163
climatic, II, 164
occupation, II, 164
seborrheic, II, 164, 165, 167

Eggnog, IV, 268

Eggs, as food, IV, 33, 184
soft-boiled, IV, 266

Egg water, IV, 262

Elbow, dislocation of, I, [125]

ELECTRIC SHOCK, I, [43], [46]

Enteric fever, I, [221]

Enteritis, catarrhal, III, 205

Entero-colitis, III, 209

Enteroptosis, IV, 43

Environment, importance of, III, 65

Epiglottis, II, 70

Epilepsy, III, 39
spasms in, III, 39
without spasms, III, 40

Erysipelas, I, [244]

Eustachian tube, II, 37, 38, 41, 46, 49, 50

Exhaustion, mental and nervous, VI, 91–145

EXERCISE, IV, 48, 66
corrective, IV, 57
effect of, IV, 51
excessive, IV, 52
for all-round development, IV, 59, 101
for boyhood, IV, 69
for children, IV, 67
for elderly men, IV, 79
for everyone, IV, 66
for girls, IV, 73
for middle-aged men, IV, 77
for women, IV, 76
for young men, IV, 71
for youth, IV, 69
home, IV, 57
regular, IV, 53, 58
results of, IV, 98
without apparatus, IV, 57

EYE, anatomy of the, II, 30
astigmatism of the, II, 26 black, II, 14
catarrhal inflammation of the, II, 18
cinder in the, I, [76]
cross, II, 33
diseases of the, II, 13
farsighted II, 21
foreign bodies in the, I, [76]; II, 13
hyperopic, II, 22
lens of the, II, 30
muscles of the, II, 30
nearsighted, II, 25
pink, II, 19
retina of the, II, 30
sore, II, 16
strain, II, 21
wounds and burns of the, II, 16

Eyelid, congestion of the, II, 17
stye on the, II, 15
twitching of the, II, 15

Eye muscles, weakness of the, II, 28

Eye-strain, II, 21

Facial, neuralgia, III, 28
paralysis, III, 25

FAINTING, I, [185]; III, 45

Farsightedness, II, 21

Fat as a food, IV, 35

Fatigue, causes of, IV, 50

Felon, I, [74], [75]

FEVER, bilious, I, [247]
black water, I, [256]
Chagres, I, [256]
chills and, I, [247]
enteric, I, [221]
gastric, III, 179
intermittent, I, [247]
marsh, I, [247]
remittent, I, [247]
rheumatic, II, 169
scarlet, I, [192]
swamp, I, [247]
typhoid, I, [221]
yellow, I, [261]

Fever blister, II, 147

Fevers, eruptive contagious, I, [191]

Fish as food, IV, 188

Finger, fracture of, I, [101]

FIT, I, [188]

Flea bites, I, [162]