Important: Safety Warning
This page gives first-aid or emergency advice that predates modern medicine and can make an emergency worse. Do not follow it. In any medical emergency, call emergency services and follow current first-aid guidance.
In addition, this page presents medical treatment from an era before modern medicine. The remedies described are ineffective against the conditions named, and some of the ingredients or doses are harmful. Do not use them to treat any illness; consult a qualified medical professional.
This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon.
What to Do Till the Doctor Comes
Facts About the Human Body
The average height of a newly-born infant is 18 inches; average weight, 6.77 lbs. It takes three years for the child to grow the second 18…
Comparative Energies of Lungs in Different Attitudes Of the Body
If the air inspired in a lying position is taken as one, then is the air inspired in a sitting position 1.18; standing 1.33; walking 1 mile…
The Pulse
Beats Beats Ages.
First Dentition
As a rule, the teeth of the lower jaw precede those of the upper, except in the case of the lateral incisors.
Second Dentition
First molars 5th to 7th year Second bicuspids. 10th to 11th year Central incisors.
To Give a Foot-Bath in Bed
Physicians agree that a hot foot-bath is one of the most efficacious means of restoring warmth and circulation to the extremities in…
Information for the Nurse
To change the under sheet, roll it lengthwise-that is, begin at the side. Push soiled sheet and all coverings toward the patient, leaving…
The Lusy Man's Hand-Book
spoon as soon as used, and wash all bottles when empty. Keep the little table beside the bed covered with a white cloth, and see that it is…
Symptoms of Disease
The following table may help in determining the existence of any one of six diseases :- Character of Rash or Eruption.
To Save Doctors' Bills
Never go to bed with cold or damp feet.
Medicines for Horses, Cattle, and Dogs
HORSES.
Horses and Cattle
Tonic. Sulphate of Copper, 1 oz. to 12 drs.; Sugar, 5 ozs. Mix and divide into 8 powders, and give one or two daily in food.
Antidotes for Poisons
In cases where other articles available as antidotes are not in the house, give two tablespoonfuls of mustard mixed in a pint of warm…
Contagious and Eruptive Diseases
It will often relieve a mother's anxiety to know how long after a child has been exposed to a contagious disease there is danger that the…
The Biggest Things
The largest theatre in the world is the new Opera-house in Paris. It covers nearly three acres of ground; its cubic mass is 4,287,000 feet…