Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... Terebinth.--Burning and gnawing pains in region of kidneys; urine scant and bloody; frequent micturition; albuminuria. HEr.R Sulph.--Tenderness of kidneys; aggravation of all affected organs by pressure or touch; chills with fever and pyuria suggests this remedy and I have personally found it useful. Mercurius Cor.--Is spoken of highly after the purulent discharge has become established. A remedy of great value is boric acid; ten grains three times a day in a half glass of water. The tendency of this disease is toward recovery, and it runs its course in from 12 to 14 days. Recurrences in the same pregnancy and in subsequent pregnancies have been recorded. The possibility of a pyelitis becoming a pyelonephrosis should be borne in mind. The unusual cases which do not terminate favorably may require a surgical operation. Drainage of the kidney would be indicated if the discharge of pus continues over a protracted period. The interruption of pregnancy will very rarely be called for. though Nature sometimes relieves the physician of responsibility, gestation being terminated spontaneously. PRACTICAL DAIRY SANITATION By Prof. H. E. Cook Canton, N. Y. 0 more fundamental or important question confronts us today than the character of our milk supply. Our present birth rate is becoming dangerously low and every precaution should be thrown around the food supply. It not only concerns the infant but a pure, wholesome milk, free from all danger, and what is more that the minds of the consumers should be free from prejudice, would largely increase the consumption of a food now cheap and when compared to meats more easily digested, --a food which if it could generally displace meat would eliminate many of the human ills now prevalent among every class..
