TONSILITIS (Follicular Tonsilitis)
Tonsilitis is a germ disease and is contagious. Exposure to cold and wet and to germ laden air renders persons more liable to attacks. It is more likely to occur in young people, especially those who...
View ArticleCancer of the breast
Cancer of the breast begins as a lump, occurring more often to the outside of the nipple, but may develop in any part. It may or may not be painful at first, but the skin becomes attached to it; and...
View ArticleVARICOCELE
This consists of an enlargement of the veins in the scrotum above the testicle of the male, on the left side in most cases. The large veins feel more like a bunch of earthworms than anything else. If...
View ArticleCHRONIC RHEUMATISM
Chronic rheumatism is a disease attacking persons of middle age, or after, and is seen more commonly in poor, hard working individuals who have been exposed to cold and damp, as laborers and...
View ArticleHeadache from Heat Stroke
Persons who have been exposed to excessive heat or have actually had a heat stroke are very prone to headache, which is made worse by movements of the head. Sodium bromide, twenty grains dissolved in...
View ArticleFOREIGN BODIES IN THE NOSE
Children often put foreign bodies in their nose, as shoe buttons, beans, and pebbles. They may not tell of it, and the most conspicuous symptoms are the appearance of a thick discharge from one...
View ArticleMUSCULAR RHEUMATISM (Myalgia)
In this disease there is pain in the muscles, which may be constant, but is more pronounced on movement. Exposure to cold and wet, combined with muscular strain, frequently excite an attack. On the...
View ArticleMEMBRANOUS CROUP
Membranous croup is diphtheria of the lower part of the throat (larynx), in the region of the Adam’s apple. If in a case of what appears to be ordinary croup the symptoms are not soon relieved by...
View ArticleINFLUENZA; LA GRIPPE
Influenza is an acute, highly contagious disease due to a special germ, and tending to spread with amazing rapidity over vast areas. It has occurred as a world wide epidemic at various times in...
View ArticleBRIGHTS DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS
Bright’s disease of the kidneys is acute or chronic, and its presence can be definitely determined only by chemical and microscopical examination of the urine. Acute Bright’s disease coming on in...
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