The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...t (iIllcS. Acid, Nltro-hydrochlorlc. Acid, Sulphurous; In acid pyrosis and vomiting. Acid, Tannic: In Irritable dyspepsia. Alcohol: along with food when digestion Is Impaired by fatigue, etc. Alkalies: very useful before meals in atonic dyspepsia, or two hours after. Aloes: as dinner pill, along with nux vomica, in habitual constipation. Arsenic: 1 min. of liquor before meals In neuralgia of the stomach, or diarrhea excited by food. Asafetida. Belladonna: to lessen pain and constipation. Berberine. Bismuth Citrate. Bismuth Subgallate. Bismuth Subnitrate: when stomach Is Irritable; and in flatulence. Bitters: given with acids or alkalies, to stimulate digestion. Bryonia: In bilious headache. Calahar Bean: In the phantom tumor sometimes aooompahyIng. Calomel. Calumha: very useful. Cannabis Indica. Capsicum: in atonic dyspepsia. Cardamoms. Castor Oil. Cerium Nitrate. Cerium Oxalate. Cetrarm. Chamomile. Charcoal: for flatulence Chloral Hydrate. Chloroform. Cholagogues: often very useful. Cinchona. Cocaine: In dyspepsia, Я gm. twice or three times a day. Cod-Liver Oil: in the sinking at the epigastrium in the aged without intestinal Irritation. Colchicum: In gouty subjects. Coid Water: half a tumbler half an hour before breakfast. ColumbIn. Creosote: if due to fermentative changes. Diastase of Malt. Eucalyptus: in atonic dyspepsia due to the presence of sarcInœ. Gentian: in atony and flatulence. Ginger: an adjunct. Glycerin. Glycerophosphates. Goid: the chloride In nervous indigestion. Hops: a substitute for alcohol. Hot Water: a tumbler twice or three times between meals, in acid dyspepsia, flatulence, and to repreee craving for alcohol. HydrastlsorHydrastine Hydrocblo rate: in chronic dyspepsia or chronic alcoholism. Hydrogen Peroxide....