The Complete Herbalist | by Dr. O. Phelps Brown

A Brief History Of Medicine

In presenting this work on Crude Organic Remedies -- the Constituents of Plants, and their Officinal Preparations -- I do not propose to run a tilt against any of the systems of Medical practice,...

A Brief History Of Medicine. Part 2

After the Arabians, from the twelfth to the fifteenth century, the practice of medicine was chiefly confined to the hands of the priests, who, being men of great learning and followers of ...

The Herbal World

  In the foregoing pages we have seen that from the earliest period in the history of the human race to the present time, the administration of the juices and essences of Herbs and Plants, in all ...

The Herbal World. Part 2

I ascertained by experiment what was before a preconceived idea, that plants afforded the best agents to antagonize the force of disease, and to re-establish the integrity of any organ or tissue ...

The Herbal World. Part 3

Dependent upon the causes I have already named, the plants, also, may lose their medicinal virtues; while much will be owing to the season of the year when they are gathered, in order to adapt ...

The Herbal World. Part 4

I repeat, from what has been seen it is evident that all herbs perhaps possess some property suitable for medical purposes. These virtues may be found in the root of one plant, in the bark of ...

The Herbal World. Part 5

Plants sometimes distil or secrete medicinal or nutritive fluids, which are contained in convenient receptacles. Such plants invariably grow far from the haunts of men, away from the course of ...

Floral Clock:

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Epitome Of Botany

That the reader may more intelligently understand the description of the medicinal plants in this book, the author has deemed it prudent to preface the part of this work dedicated to Herbal ...

Anatomy Of A Plant: The Root

The root of a plant is that portion which is usually found in the earth, the stem and leaves being in the air. The point of union is called the collar or neck of the plant. A fibrous root ...

Anatomy Of A Plant: The Stem

The stem is that portion of the plant which grows in an opposite direction from the root, seeking the light, and exposing itself to the air. All flowering plants possess stems. In those which are ...

Anatomy Of A Plant: The Leaf

The leaf is commonly raised on an unexpanded part or stalk which is called the petiole, while the expanded portion is termed the lamina, limb or blade. When the vessels or fibres of the leaves ...

Anatomy Of A Plant: The Flower

The flower assumes an endless variety of forms, and we shall assume in the dissection merely the typical form of it. The organs of a flower are of two sorts, viz.: 1st. Its leaves or ...

Anatomy Of A Plant: The Fruit

The principal kinds may be briefly stated as follows: A follicle is the name given to such fruit as borne by the larkspur or milkweed. A legume or pod is the name extended to such ...

Anatomy Of A Plant: The Seed

The seed, like the ovule of which it is the fertilized and matured state, consists of a nucleus, usually enclosed within two integuments. The outer integument or proper seed coat is variously ...

Medicinal Properties And Preparations

  Every herb employed in the cure of diseases, whether in its natural state or after having undergone various preparations, belongs to the Herbal Materia Medica, in the extended acceptation of ...

Anodynes Are Medicines Which Relieve Pain.

ANTHELMINTICS are medicines which have the power of destroying or expelling worms from the intestinal canal. ANTISCORBUTICS are medicines which prevent or cure the ...

Emetics Are Those Medicines Which Produce Vomiting.

EMMENAGOGUES are medicines which promote the menstrual discharge. EMOLLIENTS are those remedies which, when applied to the solids of the body, render them soft and ...

Pharmaceutic Preparations

ACETA or VINEGARS are medicinal preparations where vinegar is used as the dissolving agent. Aethera Or Ethers Are Ethereal Tinctures. AQUAE or ...

Weights And Measures

That no error may occur, I will here append the weights and measures employed in pharmacy, together with the symbols designating each quantity. It is necessary to understand but two measures, as ...

Acacia Vera

COMMON NAMES. Gum Arabic, Egyptian Thorn. MEDICINAL PART. The concrete juice or gum. Description. --...

Adder'S Tongue (Erytheronum Americanum)

COMMON NAMES. Cockleburr or Sticklewort. MEDICINAL PARTS. The root and leaves. Description. -- ...

Alder (Prinos Verticillatus)

COMMON NAME. Winterberry. MEDICINAL PARTS. The bark and berries. Description. -- This is an ...

Ale Hoof (Nepeta Glechoma)

COMMON NAMES. -- Gill-go-by-the-ground, Ground Ivy, Cat's-Foot, Turnhoof, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. ...

All-Heal (Prunella Vulgaris)

COMMON NAMES. Hercules Wound Wort, Panay, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This shrub ...

Almonds (Amygdalus Communis)

AMYGDALA AMARA, Bitter Almonds; AMYGDALA DULCIS, Sweet Almonds. MEDICINAL PART. The kernels. ...

Alnus Rubra (Tag Alder)

COMMON NAMES. Common Alder, Smooth Alder. MEDICINAL PART. The bark. Description. -- This is a well-...

Amaranth (Amaranthus Hypochondriases)

COMMON NAMES. Prince's Feather, Red Cock's Comb, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. -- ...

Anemone (Anemone Nemorosa)

COMMON NAME. Wind Flower. MEDICINAL PARTS. Root, herb, and seed. Description. -- This is a delicate ...

Angelica (Angelica Atropurpurea)

COMMON NAME. Masterwort. MEDICINAL PART. Root, herb, and seed. Description. -- This plant is five ...

Anise (Pimpinella Anisum)

COMMON NAME. Aniseed. MEDICINAL PART. The fruit. Description. -- Anise has a perennial, spindle-...

Aloes (Aloe Spicata)

MEDICINAL PART. The inspissated juice of the leaves. Description. -- The spiked aloe is an inhabitant of the southern parts of ...

Asarabacca (Asarum Europaeum)

COMMON NAMES. Hazlewort, or Wild Nard. MEDICINAL PARTS. Root and leaves. Description. -- The stem ...

Aya-Pana (Aya-Pana Eupatorium)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The whole plant. Description. -- While traveling in Paraguay, South America, some years ago, I became acquainted ...

Balm (Melissa Officinalis)

MEDICINAL PART. The herb. Description. -- Balm is a perennial herb, with upright, branching, four-sided stems, from ten to twnty ...

Balmony (Chelone Glarra)

COMMON NAMES. Snake head, Turtle bloom, Saltyrheum weed. MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. --...

Barberry (Berberis Vulgaris)

MEDICINAL PART. Bark and berries. Description. -- Barberry is an erect, deciduous shrub, from three to eight feet high, with leaves ...

Bayberry (Myrica Cerifera)

COMMON NAME. Wax Myrtle. MEDICINAL PART. The bark of the root. Description. -- This shrub is ...

Bearberry (Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi)

COMMON NAME. The upland Cranberry. MEDICINAL PART. The Leaves. Description. -- Bearberry is a small,...

Bears Bed (Polytrichium Juniperum)

COMMON NAMES. Hair-cap Moss, Robin's Rye, Ground Moss. MEDICINAL PART. The whole plant. Description....

Bead Tree (Melia Azedarach)

COMMON NAME. Pride of China. MEDICINAL PART. The bark of the root. Description. -- This is an ...

Belladonna (Atropa Belladonna)

COMMON NAMES. Deadly Night-shade, Dwale, Black Cherry, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description....

Beth-Root (Trillium Pendulum)

COMMON NAMES. Wake Robin, Indian Balm, Ground Lily, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- ...

Birds' Nest (Monotropa Uniflora)

COMMON NAMES. Ice Plant, Fit Plant, Ova-ova, Indian Pipe. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- ...

Bitter Root (Apocynum Androsaemifolium)

COMMON NAMES. Dog's-bane, Milk-weed, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This is a ...

Bitter-Sweet (Amara Dulcis, Solanum Dulcamara)

COMMON NAMES. Mortal, Woody Nightshade, Falon Wort, etc. MEDICINAL PART. Bark of root and twigs. ...

Blue Flag (Iris Versicolor)

MEDICINAL PART. The rhizome. Description. Blue Flag is an indigenous plant, with a fleshy, fibrous rhizome. The stem is two or ...

Blue Vervain (Verbena Hastata)

COMMON NAMES. Wild Hyssop, Simpler's Joy. MEDICINAL PART. The root and herb. Description. -- ...

Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga Racemosa)

COMMON NAMES. Rattleroot, Squaw Root, Black Snake Root. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- ...

Blazing Star (Liatris Squarrosa)

COMMON NAMES. Gay Feather, Devil's Bit, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- There are ...

Boneset (Eupatorium Perfolliatum)

COMMON NAME. Thoroughwort. MEDICINAL PARTS. The tops and leaves. Description. -- Boneset is an ...

Black Root (Leftandeia Virginica)

COMMON NAMES. Culver's Physic, Tall Speedwell. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- It is ...

Bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis)

COMMON NAME. Red Puccoon. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- Bloodroot is a smooth, ...

Box (Buxus Sempervirens)

MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. -- Box is a small, dense-leaved, hard-wood evergreen tree. The leaves are ovate, deep ...

Buchu (Barosma Crenata)

MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. -- This plant has a slender, smooth, upright, perennial stem, between two and three feet ...

Burning Bush (Euonymus Atropurpureus)

COMMON NAMES. Wahoo, Spindle Tree, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The bark of the root. Description. -- Wahoo ...

Butter Weed (Erigeron Canadense)

COMMON NAMES. Colt's Tail, Pride Weed, Horse Weed, Canada Flea-Bane. MEDICINAL PART. The whole plant. ...

Cahinca (Chiococca Racemosa)

COMMON NAME. Snow Berry. MEDICINAL PART. The bark of the root. Description. -- This is a climbing ...

Calico Bush (Kalmia Latifolia)

COMMON NAMES. Sheep Laurel, Spoonwood, Mountain Laurel, Lambkill. MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. ...

Cancer Root (Orobanche Virginiana)

COMMON NAME. Beech Drops. MEDICINAL PART. The plant. Description. -- This is a parasitic plant, ...

Cannabis Indica

COMMON NAME. Indian Hemp. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This is an herbaceus annual, ...

Cassia Marilandica

COMMON NAMEES. American Senna, Wild Senna. MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. -- This is a ...

Catechu (Acacia Catechu)

COMMON NAMES. Cutch, Gambir, Terra Japonica. MEDICINAL PART. Extract of the wood. Description.--...

Cedron (Simara Cedron)

MEDICINAL PART. The seed. Description. -- Simaba is a small tree, with an erect stem about half a foot in diameter, branching ...

Celandine (Chelidonium Majus)

COMMON NAME. Tetter Wort. MEDICINAL PARTS. Herb and root. Description. -- This plant is an ...

Centaury (Sabbatia Angularis)

COMMON NAME. Rose Pink. MEDICINAL PART. The herb. Description. -- This plant has a yellow fibrous, ...

Century Plant (Agave Americana)

COMMON NAME. South American Agave. MEDICINAL PART. The inspissated juice. Description. -- This ...

Chamomile (Anthemis Nobilis)

MEDICINAL PART. The Flowers. Description. -- This is a perennial herb, with a strong fibrous root. The stems in a wild state are ...

Cherry Laurel (Prunus Laurocerasus)

MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. -- This is a small evergreen shrub or tree with smooth branches. Leaves with short ...

Chickweed (Stellaria Media)

MEDICINAL PART. The herb. Description. -- This plant is an annual or biennial weed, from six to fifteen inches in length, with a ...

Cinchona

COMMON NAMES. Peruvian Bark, Jesuits' Bark. MEDICINAL PART. The bark. Description. -- The bark is ...

Cinque-Foil (Potentilla Canadensis)

COMMON NAME. Five-Finger. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. This perennial plant has a ...

Cleavers (Galium Aparine)

COMMON NAMES. Goose Grass, Catchweed, Bed-Straw. MEDICINAL PART. The herb. Description. -- It is an ...

Coca (Erithroxylon Coca)

MEDICINAL PART. The herb. Description. -- I first became acquainted with this most remarkable plant many years ago, while traveling ...

Colocynth (Cucumis Colocynthis)

COMMON NAME. Bitter Cucumber. MEDICINAL PART. The fruit divested of its rind. Description. -- ...

Colt'S Foot (Tussilago Farfara)

COMMON NAMES. Cough Wort, Foal's Foot, Horse Hoof, and Bull's Foot. MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. ...

Columbo (Cocculus Palmatus)

MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- Columbo, so important in the present practice of medicine, is a climbing plant, with a ...

Comfrey (Symphytum Officinale)

MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- Comfrey has an oblong, fleshy, perennial root, black on the outside and whitish within, ...

Cundurango (Equatoria Garciana)

MEDICINAL PART. The bark of the vine. Description. -- Cundurango, or Condor Vine, a name derived from two words, cundur and angu, ...

Oopaiba (Copaifera Officinalis)

COMMON NAME. Balsam of Copaiba. MEDICINAL PART. The oleo-resinous juice. Description. -- Copaiba is ...

Cranberry (High). -- (Viburnum Opulus)

MEDICINAL PART. The bark. Description. -- It is a nearly smooth and upright shrub, or small tree, usually from five to twelve feet in ...

Cranesbill (Geranium Maculatum)

COMMON NAMES. Dove's Foot, Crow Foot, Alum Root, Spotted Geranium, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The root. ...

Crawley (Corallorhiza Odontorhiza)

COMMON NAMES. Dragon's Claw, Coral root, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This is a ...

Crowfoot (Ranunculus Bulbosus)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The cormus and herb. Description. -- This plant is not to be confounded with the Geranium maculatum, which is also ...

Cubebs (Piper Cubeba)

MEDICINAL PART. The berries. Description. -- This is a perennial plant, with a climbing stem, round branches, about as thick as a ...

Daisy (Leucanthemum Vulgare)

COMMON NAMES. Ox-eye Daisy, White Weed. MEDICINAL PARTS. The leaves and flowers. Description. -- ...

Dandelion (Leontodon Taraxacum)

MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- Dandelion is a perennial, top-shaped herb, having a very milky root. The leaves are all ...

Devil'S Bit (Helonias Diocia)

COMMON NAMES. False Unicorn Root, Drooping Star Wort, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. --...

Dock (Rumex Crispus)

MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- There are four varieties of Dock which may be used in medicine: the Rumex Aquaticus (...

Dogwood (Cornus Florida)

COMMON NAMES. Boxwood, flowering cornel, Green ozier. MEDICINAL PART. The bark. Description. -- ...

Dragon Root (Arum Triphyllum)

COMMON NAMES. Wake Robin, Indian Turnip, Jack in the Pulpit, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The cormus or root. ...

Elder (Sambucus Canadensis)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The flowers and berries. Description. -- This is a common, well-known native American plant, from five to twelve ...

Elecampane (Inula Helenium)

MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This plant has a thick, top-shaped, aromatic, and perennial root, with a thick, leafy, ...

Ergot (Secale Cornitum)

COMMON NAMES. Spurred or Smut Rye. MEDICINAL PART. The degenerated seeds. Description. -- Ergot is ...

Eye-Bright (Euphrasia Officinalis)

MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. -- This is an elegant little annual plant, with a square, downy, leafy stem, from one to ...

Ferns (Filices)

ROYAL FLOWERING FERN. Osmunda Regalis. COMMON NAME. Buckhorn Brake. MEDICINAL PART. The root. ...

Female Fern (Polypodium Vulgare)

COMMON NAMES. Rock Polypod, Brake Root, Common Polypody. MEDICINAL PARTS. The root and tops. ...

Male Fern (Aspidium Filix Mas)

MEDICINAL PART. The rhizome. Description. -- Male Fern has a large, perennial, tufted, scaly rhizome, sending forth yearly several ...

Feverfew (Pyrethrum Parthenium)

MEDICINAL PART. The herb. Description. -- Feverfew is a perennial herbaceous plant, with a tapering root, and an erect, round, and ...

Figwort (Scrophularia Nodosa)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The leaves and root. Description. -- Figwort has a perennial, whitish, and fibrous root, with a leafy, erect, ...

Fireweed (Erecthites Hieractifolics)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The root and herb. Description. -- This plant has an annual, herbaceous, thick, fleshy, branching, and roughish ...

Frost-Weed (Helianthemum Canadense)

COMMON NAMES. Rock Rose, Frost Plant, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The herb. Description. -- Rock Rose is a ...

Fumitory (Fumaria Officinalis)

MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. -- Fumitory is an annual, glaucous plant, with a sub-erect, much branched, spreading, ...

Gambir Plant (Uncaria Gambir)

MEDICINAL PART. Extract of the leaves and young shoots. Description. -- Gambir is a stout climbing shrub with round branches. ...

Gelsemin (Gelseminum Sempervirens)

COMMON NAMES. Yellow Jessamine, Woodbine, Wild Jessamine. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- ...

Gentian (Gentiana Lutea)

MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This plant has a long, thick, cylindrical, wrinkled, ringed, forked, perennial root, ...

Gillenia (Gillenia Trifoliata)

COMMON NAME. Indian Physic. MEDICINAL PART. The bark of the root. Description. -- Gillenia is an ...

Gossypium Herbaceum

COMMON NAME. Cotton. MEDICINAL PART. The inner bark of the root. Description. -- Cotton is a ...

Globe Flower (Cephalanthus Occidentalis)

COMMON NAMES. Button Busy, Pond Dogwood, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This is a ...

Golden Seal (Hydrastis Canadensis)

COMMON NAMES. Yellow Puccoon, Ground Raspberry, Turmeris Root, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The root. ...

Gold Thread (Coptis Trifolia)

COMMON NAME. Mouth-root. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This plant has a small, creeping,...

Guaiac (Guaiacum Officinale)

COMMON NAME. Lignum Vitae. MEDICINAL PARTS. The wood and resin. Description. -- This is a tree of ...

Hazel (Witch) (Hamamelis Verginica)

COMMON NAMES. Winterbloom, Snapping-hazelnut, Spotted Alder. MEDICINAL PARTS. The bark and leaves. ...

Hellebore (American) (Veratrum Viride)

COMMON NAMES. Swamp Hellebore, Indian Poke, Itch-weed. MEDICINAL PART. The rhizome. Description. -- ...

Henbane (Hyoscyamus Niger)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The leaves and seeds. Description. -- Henbane is a biennial plant. It has a long, thick, spindle-shaped, ...

Hoarhound (Marrubium Vulgare)

MEDICINAL PART. The herb. Description. -- This well-known herb has a fibrous, perennial root and numerous annual, bushy stems, ...

Hound'S Tongue (Cynoglossum Officinale)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The leaves and root. Description. -- This biennial plant has an erect stem one or two feet high. The leaves are ...

Hops (Humulus Lupulus)

MEDICINAL PART. The strobiles or cones. Description. -- This well-known twining plant has a perennial root, with many annual ...

House-Leek (Sempervivum Tectorum)

MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. -- House-leek has a fibrous root, with several tufts of oblong, acute, extremely succulent ...

Hyssop (Hyssopus Officinalis)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The tops and leaves. Description. -- Hyssop is a perennial herb, with square stems, woody at the base, and a foot ...

Iberis Amara

COMMON NAME. Bitter Candy Tuft. Description and History. -- Iceland Moss is a perennial, foliaceous plant from two to four inches ...

Iron Weed (Vernonia Fasaciculata)

MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This is an indigenous, perennial, coarse, purplish-green weed, with a stem from three to ...

Ivy (American) (Ampelopsis Quinquefolia)

COMMON NAMES. Woodbine, Virginia Creeper, Five Leaves, False Grape, Wild wood-vine. MEDICINAL PARTS. The bark and twigs. &...

Jalap (Ipomoea Jalapa)

MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- Jalap has a fleshy, tuberous root, with numerous roundish tubercles. It has several stems,...

Jamestown Weed (Datura Stramonium)

COMMON NAMES. Thorn-Apple, Stinkweed, Apple-peru, etc. MEDICINAL PARTS. The leaves and seeds. Description.--This plant ...

Juniper (Juniperus Communis)

MEDICINAL PART. The berries. Description. -- This is a small evergreen shrub, never attaining the height of a tree, with many very ...

Kino (Pterocarpus Marsupium)

MEDICINAL PART. Concrete juice. Description. -- Kino is a leafy tree, with the outer coat of the bark brown, and the inner red, ...

Kidney Liver-Leaf (Hepatica Americana)

MEDICINAL PART. The plant. Description. -- This is a perennial plant, the root of which consists of numerous strong fibres. The ...

Kousso (Brayera Anthelmintica)

MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. -- This is a tree, growing about twenty feet high, with round rusty branches. The leaves ...

Ladies' Slipper (Cypripedium Pubescens)

COMMON NAMES. American Valerian, Umbel, Nerve-root, Yellow-Moccasin flowers, Noah's Ark. MEDICINAL PART. The root. &...

Larch (Abies Larix)

MEDICINAL PART. Resinous exudation. Description. -- Larch is a very lofty and graceful tree, with widespreading branches. The buds ...

Large Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia Corollata)

COMMON NAMES. Blooming Spurge, Milk-weed, Bowman's Root, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The bark of the root. ...

Larkspur (Delphinum Consolida)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The root and seeds. Description. -- Larkspur is an annual herb, with a simple slender root, a leafy stem, from a ...

Lavender (Lavandula Vera And Lavandula Spica)

MEDICINAL PART. The flowers. Description. -- Lavandula Vera is a small shrub from one to two feet high, but sometimes attaining six ...

Lever Wood (Astrya Virginica)

COMMON NAMES. Iron-wood, Hop-hornbeam. MEDICINAL PART. The inner wood. Description. -- This small ...

Life-Root (Senecio Aureus)

COMMON NAMES. Squaw-weed, Ragwort, False Valerian, Golden Senecio, and Female Regulator. MEDICINAL PARTS. The root and herb. &...

Lily (Meadow) (Lilium Candidum)

MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- The thick stem of this plant is from three to four feet high, and arises from a perennial ...

Lion'S Foot (Nabulus Albus)

COMMON NAMES. White Lettuce, Rattle-snake Root. MEDICINAL PART. The plant. Description. -- This ...

Lobelia (Lobelia Inflata)

COMMON NAMES. Indian Tobacco, Wild Tobacco. MEDICINAL PARTS. The leaves and seeds. Description. -- ...

Lousewort (Gerardia Pedicularia)

COMMON NAMES. Fever-weed, American Foxglove, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The herb. Description. -- The ...

Lungwort (Pulmonaria Officinalis)

MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. -- This rough plant has a stem about one foot high. The radical leaves ovate, cordate; ...

Madder (Rubia Tinctorum)

MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This plant has a perennial, long, cylindrical root, about the thickness of a quill, and ...

Mad-Dog Weed (Alisma Plantago)

COMMON NAME. Water Plantain. MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. -- This perennial herb has ...

Maidenhair (Adiantum Pedatum)

MEDICINAL PART. The herb. Description. -- This is a most delicate and graceful fern, growing from twelve to fifteen inches high, ...

Magnolia (Magnolia Glauca)

COMMON NAMES. White Bay, Beaver-tree, Sweet Magnolia, Swamp Sassafras, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The bark. ...

Mallow (Common) (Malva Sylvestris)

COMMON NAME. High-mallow. MEDICINAL PART. The herb. Description. -- This plant is a perennial, and ...

Mandrake (Podophyllum Peltatum)

COMMON NAMES. May-Apple, Wild Lemon, Raccoon-berry, Wild Mandrake. MEDICINAL PART. The root. ...

Matico (Piper Angustifolium)

MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. -- This is a tall shrub, presenting a singular appearance from its pointed stem and ...

Mechameck (Convolvulus Panduratus)

COMMON NAMES. Wild Jalap, Man-in-the-Earth, Man-in-the-Ground, Wild Potato. MEDICINAL PART. The root. ...

Meadow Saffron (Colchicum Autumnale)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The cormus and seeds. Description.--The cormus of this plant is large, ovate, and fleshy. The leaves are dark-...

Monkshood (Aconitum Napellus)

COMMON NAME. Wolf's bane. MEDICINAL PARTS. Leaves and root. Description. -- This plant has a small ...

Moss (Corsican), (Fucus Helminthicorton)

MEDICINAL PART. The whole plant. Description. -- This marine plant has a cartilaginous, tufted, entangled frond, with branches ...

Motherwort (Leonurus Cardiaca)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The tops and leaves. Description. -- This perennial plant has stems from two to five feet in height. The leaves ...

Mullein (Verbascum Thapsus)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The leaves and flowers. Description. -- This biennial plant has a straight, tall, stout, woolly, simple stem. The ...

Myrrh (Balsamodendron Myrrha)

MEDICINAL PART. The resinous exudation. Description. -- This plant has a shrubby, arborescent stem, spinescent branchs, a very pale ...

Narrow Leaf Virginia Thyme (Pycanthemum Virginicum)

COMMON NAME. Prairie Hyssop. MEDICINAL PART. The plant. Description. -- This pubescent plant has a ...

Nettle (Urtica Dioca)

COMMON NAME. Great Stinging Nettle. MEDICINAL PARTS. The root and leaves. Description. -- This is a ...

Net Leaf Plantain (Goodyera Pubescens)

COMMON NAMES. Scrofula-weed, Adder's Violet, Rattle-snake Leaf, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. ...

Nightshade (Garden) (Solanum Nigrum)

MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. -- This is a fetid, narcotic, bushy herb, with a fibrous root, and an erect, branching, ...

Norway Pine (Abies Excelsa)

MEDICINAL PART. The concrete juice. Description. -- This is a large tree, often having a diameter exceeding four feet, and ...

Nux Vomica (Strychnos Nux Vomica)

MEDICINAL PART. The seeds. Description. -- This is a moderate-sized tree, with a short and pretty thick trunk. The wood is white, ...

Oak -- White, Red, And Black (Quercus Alba, Rubra, And Tinctoria)

MEDICINAL PART. The bark. Description. -- These forest-trees vary in size, according to the climate and soil. In diameter they are ...

Old Man'S Beard (Chionanthus Virginica)

COMMON NAMES. Fringe Tree, Poison Ash. MEDICINAL PART. Bark of the root. Description. -- This is a ...

Old Field Balsam (Gnaphalium Polycephalum)

COMMON NAMES. Indian Posy, Sweet-scented Life Everlasting, White Balsam, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The herb. ...

Opium (Papaver Somniferum)

COMMON NAME. Poppy. MEDICINAL PART. Concrete juice of unripe capsule. Description. -- An annual ...

Papoose Root (Caulophyllum Thalictroides)

COMMON NAMES. Blue Cohosh, Squaw Root, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This is a ...

Pareira Brava (Cissampelos Paretra)

COMMON NAMES. Velvet Leaf, Ice Vine. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This plant is a ...

Parsley (Petroselinum Sativum)

MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This biennial plant has a fleshy, spindle-shaped root, and an erect, smooth, branching ...

Partridge Berry (Mitchella Repens)

COMMON NAMES. One Berry, Checkerberry, Winter Clover, Deerberry, Squaw-vine, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The vine. ...

Pennyroyal (Hedeoma Pulegioides)

COMMON NAMES. Tickweed, Squawmint, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The herb. Description. -- This is an ...

Peony (Paeonia Officinalis)

MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- Peony has many thick, long-spreading, perennial roots, running deep into the ground, with ...

Peruvian Balsam (Myrospermum Peruiferum)

MEDICINAL PART. The balsamic exudation. Description. -- The tree from which this is procured is large, with a thick, straight, ...

Pinkroot (Spigelia Marilandica)

COMMON NAMES. Carolina Pink or Worm Grass. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This ...

Pipsissewa (Chimphila Umbellata)

COMMON NAMES. Wintergreen, Prince's Pine, Ground Holly, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The whole plant. ...

Pleurisy Root (Asclepias Tuberosa)

COMMON NAMES. Butterfly-weed, Wind-root, Tuber-root. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This ...

Poke (Phytolacca Decandra)

COMMON NAMES. Pigeon-berry, Garget, Scoke, Coakum, etc. MEDICINAL PARTS. The root, leaves, and berries. ...

Pomegranate (Punica Granatum)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The rind of the fruit, and bark of the root. Description. -- This is a small tree or shrub. The leaves are ...

Prickly Ash (Xanthoxylum Fraxineum)

COMMON NAMES. Yellow-wood, Toothache-bush, etc. MEDICINAL PARTS. The bark and berries. Description. ...

Privet (Ligustrum Vulgare)

COMMON NAMES. Privy, Prim, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. -- This is a smooth shrub, ...

Quassia (Picraenia Excelsa)

COMMON NAMES. Bitter-wood, Bitter-ash. MEDICINAL PART. The wood. Description. -- This is a tree ...

Queen Of The Meadow (Eupatorium Purpureum)

COMMON NAMES. Gravel-root, Joe-pie, Trumpet-weed. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This is ...

Ragged Cup (Silphium Perfoliatum)

COMMON NAME. Indian Cup-plant. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This plant has a perennial,...

Rattle Bush (Baptisia Tinctoria)

COMMON NAMES. Wild Indigo, Horsefly Weed. MEDICINAL PART. The bark of the root and leaves. ...

Red Raspberry (Rubus Strigosus)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The bark of the root, and leaves. Description. -- This is a shrubby, strongly hispid plant, about four feet high. ...

Red Root (Ceanothus Americanus)

COMMON NAMES. New Jersey Tea, Wild Snow-ball. MEDICINAL PART. The bark of the root. Description. -- ...

Rhatany (Krameria Triandria)

MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- The root of this plant is horizontal, very long, with a thick bark. The stem is round and ...

Rheumatism Root (Jeffersonia Diphylla)

COMMON NAMES. Twin-leaf, Ground-Squirrel Pea. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This plant ...

Rhubary (Rheum Palmatum)

MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- The scientific world happens to be in much argument as to the exact plant or plants from ...

Rosemary (Rosmarinus Officinalis)

MEDICINAL PART. The tops. Description. -- Rosemary is an erect, perennial, evergreen shrub, two to four feet high, with ...

Pyrola (Round-Leaved) (Pyrola Rotundifolia)

COMMON NAMES. False Wintergreen, Shin-leaf, Canker-Lettuce, Pear-leaf Wintergreen, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The herb. ...

Saffron (Dyers) (Carthamus Tinctorius)

COMMON NAMES. Safflower, Bastard Saffron. MEDICINAL PART. The flowers. Description. -- This annual ...

Sage (Salvia Officinalis)

COMMON NAME. Garden Sage. MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. -- Sage is a plant with a ...

St. Ignatius' Bean (Ignatius Amara)

Description. -- The Ignatius Amara is a branching tree with long, taper, smooth, scrambling branches. The leaves are veiny, smooth, and a span long. The flowers ...

St. John'S Wort (Hypericum Performatum)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The tops and flowers. Description. -- This is a beautiful shrub, and is a great ornament to our meadows. It has a ...

Sanicle (Sanicula Marilandica)

COMMON NAME. Black-snake Root. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- Sanicle is an indigenous, ...

Sarsaparilla (Smilax Officinalis)

MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- The stem of this plant is twining, angular, and prickly, the young shoots being unarmed. ...

Sassafras (Laurus Sassafras)

MEDICINAL PART. The bark of the root. Description. -- This is a small tree, varying in height from ten to forty feet. The bark is ...

Savory (Summer) (Satureja Hortensis)

MEDICINAL PART. The leaves. Description. -- This annual plant has a branching, bushy stem, about eighteen inches in height, woody ...

Scull-Cap (Scutellaria Lateriflora)

COMMON NAMES. Blue scull-Cap, Side-Flowering Scull-Cap, Mad-Dogweed, and Hood-wort. MEDICINAL PART. The whole plant. &...

Seneka (Polygala Senega)

COMMON NAME. Seneca Snake-Root. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This indigenous plant ...

Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus Foetidus)

COMMON NAMES. Skunk-weed, Pole-cat weed, Meadow Cabbage. MEDICINAL PARTS. The roots and seeds. ...

Soap-Wort (Saponaria Officinalis)

COMMON NAME. Bouncing Bet. MEDICINAL PARTS. The root and leaves. Description. -- This is a stout ...

Solomon'S Seal (Convallaria Multiflora)

MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- The stem of this plant is smooth from one to four feet high, and growing from a perennial ...

Sorrel (Wood) (Oxalis Acetosella)

MEDICINAL PART. The whole herb. Description. -- This is a small perennial herb, with a creeping and scaly-toothed root-stock. The ...

Squirting Cucumber (Momordica Elaterium)

MEDICINAL PART. The feculence of the juice of the fruit. Description. -- This hispid and glaucous plant has several stems growing from the ...

Star-Grass (Aletris Farinosa)

COMMON NAMES. Colic-root, Ague-root, Crow-corn, Unicorn root, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The root. ...

Stillingia (Stillingia Sylvatica)

COMMON NAMES. Queen's Root, Queen's Delight, Yawroot, and Silver-leaf. MEDICINAL PART. The root. ...

Stoneroot (Collinsonia Canadensis)

COMMON NAMES. Hardhack, Horseweed, Heal-all, Richweed, Oxbalm, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The plant. ...

Sumach (Rhus Glabrum)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The bark and fruit. Description. -- Sumach is a shrub, from six to fifteen feet high, consisting of many ...

Swamp Beggars' Tick (Bidens Connata)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The root and seeds. Description. -- This herb has a smooth stem, from one to three feet high. The leaves are ...

Sweet Gum (Liquidamear Styraciflua)

MEDICINAL PART. The concrete juice. Description. -- The Sweet Gum tree grows to the height of from fifty to sixty feet. Its bark is ...

Tacamahac (Populus Balsamifera)

COMMON NAME. Balsam Poplar. MEDICINAL PART. The buds. Description. -- This tree, also called ...

Tansy (Tanacetum Vulgare)

MEDICINAL PART. The herb. Description. -- Tansy has a perennial creeping root, and an erect herbaceous stem, one to three feet high....

Thyme (Thymus Vulgaris)

MEDICINAL PART. The herb. Description. -- Thyme is a small undershrub, with numerous erect stems, procumbent at base, and from six ...

Tolu (Myrospermum Toluiferum)

MEDICINAL PART. The balsamic exudation. Description. -- A full botanical description of this tree has not yet been given, but it is ...

Turkey Corn (Corydalis Formosa)

COMMON NAMES. Wild Turkey-pea, Stagger-weed, Choice Dielytra. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description....

Valerian (Valeriana Officinalis)

COMMON NAME. Great Wild Valerian. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This is a large herb, ...

Vanilla (Vanilla Aromatica)

MEDICINAL PART. The fruit or pods. Description. -- Vanilla Aromatica is a shrubby, climbing, aerial parasite, growing in the clefts ...

Wafer-Ash (Ptelea Trifoliata)

COMMON NAMES. Wing-seed, Shrubby Trefoil, Swamp Dogwood, etc. MEDICINAL PART. The bark of the root. ...

Walnut (White), (Juglans Cinerea)

COMMON NAMES. Butternut, Oil Nut, etc. MEDICINAL PARTS. Inner bark of the root, and leaves. Description<...

Water Pepper (Polygonum Punctatum)

COMMON NAME. Smartweed. MEDICINAL PART. The whole herb. Description. -- This is an annual plant, ...

Wormseed (Chenopodium Anthelminticum)

COMMON NAME. Jerusalem Oak. MEDICINAL PART. The seeds. Description. -- This plant has a perennial ...

Wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium)

MEDICINAL PARTS. The tops and leaves. Description. -- This is a perennial plant, with a woody root, branched at the crown, and ...

Yam (Wild), (Dioscorea Villosa)

COMMON NAME. Colic root. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This is a delicate twining vine, ...

Yarrow (Achillea Millefolium)

COMMON NAMES. Milfoil, Thousand Seal, Nose-bleed. MEDICINAL PART. The herb. Description. -- Yarrow, ...

Yellow Parilla (Menispermum Canadense)

COMMON NAMES. Vine-maple, Moonseed. MEDICINAL PART. The root. Description. -- This plant has a ...

Plants, Their Collection And Preservation

A Physician who would cure diseases, or seek to assist Nature to throw off all morbid accumulations from the body, should have a single eye to the perfection, purity, or quality of the remedial ...

Mechanical Articles

The following articles, so necessary in many instances, will be sent, prepaid by mail, securely packed from observation. We offer them to our patrons because of their being in many respects ...

Mechanical Articles. Part 2

Hard Rubber Syringe The above syringe is very durable, being made of hard rubber. By inserting the appropriate tubes (furnished with it), it can be used as a rectum, vaginal or urethra ...

Food And Drinks

MAN is an omnivorous creature, partaking of the nature both of the carnivorous and herbiverous animal. Hence, it is reasonable to suppose that man should subsist on a mixed diet, consisting both ...

Clothing

Clothing must be adapted to the climate in which a person lives. Warm or heavy clothing is rendered imperative in a northern climate, while the lightest and thinnest can only be tolerated in the ...

Sleep

Sleep is as much a necessity to the existence of all animal organizations as light, air, or any other element incident to their maintenance and healthful development. The constitutional relation ...

Bathing

Were all to follow the natural laws of their organization in respect to eating, drinking, clothing, exercise, and temperature, an occasional bath or washing would be sufficient; but as the laws of ...

Exercise. Physical And Mental Development

Everything tends to prove that man was destined to lead a life of bodily action. His formation--his physical structure generally, and that of his joints particularly--his great capacity for speed ...

Exercise. Physical And Mental Development. Part 2

Walking, running, leaping, hopping, dancing, rowing boats, etc., are physiologically adapted to strengthen the whole muscular system. Even boxing and fencing are to be advised when properly ...

Air And Sunshine

As air may be said to be the very pabulum of life, it is highly essential that it should be pure, -- inasmuch as any deterioration of it never fails to render the blood impure, and thus ultimately ...

Old Age, Or Longevity

The true philosophy of life is to live and enjoy -- to use and not abuse the essentials to human longevity and happiness. As we read in Holy Writ, in the earlier history of man, when the air was ...

Life, Health, And Disease

What is life? In general terms life may be said to be a subtle emanation of Deity -- a principle that pervades all the works of creation, whether organic or inorganic. It is a sort of ENTITY, ...

Regulating The Passions

It has been truly said that we may religiously observe all the laws of hygiene in relation to air, light, drink, food, temperature, exercise, clothing, sleep, bathing, and the excretions, and yet ...

Things For The Sick-Room

BARLEY WATER. -- Pearl barley, two ounces; boiling water, two quarts. Boil to one quart and strain. If desirable, a little lemon-juice and sugar may be added. This may be taken freely in all ...

Things For The Sick-Room. Part 2

BEEF LIQUID. -- When the stomach is very weak, take fresh lean beef, cut it into strips, and place the strips into a bottle, with a little salt. Place into a kettle of boiling water and let it ...

Things For The Sick-Room. Part 3

NUTRITIVE FLUIDS. -- Below will be found directions for preparing three nutritious fluids, which are of great value in all diseases, either acute or chronic, that are attended or followed by ...

How To Assist The Doctor

The Sick-Room If there is a choice of rooms, the patient's welfare demands that he should be placed in the one affording to a greater degree light, pure air, warmth, etc. The patient ...

Nurses And Nursing

Next to the physician, the nurse has responsibilities that must be faithfully discharged, as the life of the patient is not alone dependent upon the skill of the physician, but in a great measure ...

Nurses And Nursing. Part 2

Then there is the fussy nurse, and there are many of this sort. Her zeal to benefit the patient is so great, that she sadly overdoes it: she bustles in and out of the room every few minutes, ...

Part II: Diseases

  The great difficulty of treating disease, by those who are not physicians, is the liability to mistake the character of the affection, being unable through obscurity of the symptoms to ...

Miasmatic Fevers

These, as signified by name, owe their origin to, or are caused by, a peculiar principle to which the name of malaria or miasm has been given. Of the chemical nature of miasm we literally know ...

Intermittent Fever

This is commonly called Fever and Ague, or Chills and Fever. As the name implies, the fever is not constant, as in the continual fevers, but intermits, so that in its career there are well-marked ...

Remittent Fever

This is commonly called Bilious Fever. It is a disease whose attack is generally sudden and well marked, without prominent premonitory symptoms, if any, at all times. There is sense of languor and ...

Yellow-Fever

The first symptoms of this fever seem identical with remittent, often well marked by periodicity, but finally reaction occurs, and it assumes a typhoid character. The disease is ushered in ...

Typhus Fever

This is also called Hospital, Jail, Camp, Putrid, and Ship Fever. It is usually preceded by lassitude, debility, and loss of appetite, and ushered in by rigors and chills, and characterized by ...

Eruptive Or Exanthematous Fevers

These are all characterized by fever and the usual constitutional disturbances, together with an eruption or exanthem distinguishing each variety. They owe their origin to animal or vegetable ...

Typhoid Fever

This is a very insidious disease, its commencement being scarcely perceptible. The patient has a sense of indisposition, but is unable to describe his condition. He feels slight debility, a dull ...

Diphtheria

Diphtheria is scarcely more than a modification of scarlet fever. The patient first complains of lassitude, headache, loss of appetite, has rigors and chills, active and quick pulse, a light ...

Small-Pox (Variola)

The symptoms are divided into four periods. The period of invasion occupies about three days, and is marked by languor, lassitude, restlessness, stretching, gaping, petulance, sullen mood; these ...

Chicken Pox (Varicella)

This is a very mild eruptive disease, characterized by a slight fever of short duration, and followed by vesicles which desquamate about the fifth or sixth day. The fever is sometimes ushered in ...

Measles (Rubeola).

This is an acute inflammation of the entire skin, of an infectious and contagious nature. It is ushered in with chills, followed by heat, drowsiness, pain in head, back, and limbs, sore throat, ...

Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina).

Also a contagious disease. The eruption is in the shape of pimples of a scarlet hue, displayed in patches over the whole surface. The fever is usually more intense than in measles, and ...

Nettle Rash

This commences with fever, lasting two or three days; then itching pimples, diversified in shape, appear, which go off during the day and come again at night. Teething causes it sometimes, while ...

Erysipelas

This disease commences with languor, aching or soreness of the limbs, chilliness, alternating with flushes of heat. The pulse is quick, skin hot, tongue foul, appetite gone, thirst, nausea ...

Rose Rash (Roseola)

This is an eruptive disease of little importance. The febrile symptoms are slight, more or less attended with gastric derangement, which continues two or three days before the rash appears and ...

Erythema

The eruption of this disease is of superficial redness, generally in irregular patches, slightly elevated, and attended with heat, tingling, and sometimes slight pain. It may be local or owing to ...

Glanders

This may be contracted from the horse, and is a very malignant disease. It is characterized by a purulent and sometimes bloody discharge from the nose, a peculiar pustular eruption, and by tumors ...

Dandy Fever (Dengue)

This disease occasionally prevails as an epidemic in the southern seacost towns. There is pain, stiffness of the neck, back, and loins, and swelling of the muscles of the limbs and joints. ...

Purpura

This affection is characterized by a greater or lesser number of livid spots on the skin, from extravasated blood. In simple cases the effusion is confined to the skin and cellular tissues, ...

Anatomy Of The Organs Of Digestion

Mouth. -- The mouth is separated from the nose by the hard and soft palate, and communicates. It is bounded in front by the lips, and its sides by the cheeks. The space between the lips and ...

Diseases Of The Digestive Organs: Stomatitis

This is characterized by inflammation of the mouth. It may involve the whole membrane, or be confined to isolated portions. The first prominent symptom is a loss of taste, and a sensation similar ...

Glossitis

This is inflammation of the substance of the tongue, involving its muscular structure. It usually commences with a throbbing pain in the tongue, followed soon after with redness and swelling. In ...

Quinsy (Tonsillitis)

This consists of inflammation of the tonsils, which may in many cases extend to the adjacent tissues. It usually commences with a slight chill, followed by much febrile excitement, uneasy feeling ...

Pharyngitis

This is characterized either by acute, sub-acute, or chronic inflammation of the pharynx. There is slight pain upon pressure, or in the act of swallowing. It is seldom attended with fever, but in ...

Parotitis (Mumps)

Mumps is an inflammatory affection of the salivary glands, especially the parotids. It generally commences with slight fever, stiffness of the jaws, and a slight pain or swelling in one or both ...

Oesophagitis

This is an inflammation of the oesophagus, or that portion of the alimentary canal which conveys the food from the pharynx to the stomach. Heat and pain, increased by swallowing, at some point ...

Inflammation Of The Stomach Gastritis)

This usually commences in the acute form with violent vomiting and a burning pain in the region of the stomach. Swallowing becomes difficult, thirst is intense, tongue is dry and smooth, headache ...

Cancer Of The Stomach

The early symptoms of cancer of the stomach are usually similar to chronic gastritis. The appetite is impaired, and frequent nausea and vomiting supervene. The pain in the stomach is of a ...

Heart-Burn (Gastralgia)

Two forms of heart-burn are commonly observed: one, attended by acid eructations, causing irritation of the throat and fauces; and in the other, the ejections from the stomach are rancid and ...

Gastralgia, Or Gastrodynia

This consists of a sense of pain, stricture, or contraction, occurring in paroxysms. The stomach feels as if rolled into a ball, or drawn towards the back. It assumes different degrees of violence,...

Spasm Of The Stomach

This consists of a sense of pain, stricture, or contraction, occurring in paroxysms. The stomach feels as if rolled into a ball, or drawn towards the back. It assumes different degrees of violence,...

Water-Brash (Pyrosis)

This also occurs generally in paroxysms. The pain is intense, and of a burning character. An eructation of a thin, insipid, watery liquid occurs, and, when discharged, affords momentary relief....

Dyspepsia, Or Indigestion

This is one of the most common affections in the whole catalogue of diseases. Scarcely a human being lives that has not or will not be a victim to this harassing disease. In simple indigestion, ...

Anatomy Of The Liver

The liver is the largest glandular organ in the body; its office is to secrete bile. It is oblong and oval in shape, and occupies the position on the right side, under the lower ribs. It weighs ...

Diseases Of The Liver: Hepatitis

Inflammation may be confined to its outside covering, or involve the entire substance of the liver. It usually makes its appearance with sympathetic fever, pain, a sense of tension on the right ...

Chronic Hepatitis

Chronic inflammation of the liver usually involves the entire organ, and may be the result of the acute form, although it exists independently of it. It is a disease very common in the South and ...

Cirrhosis

The result of chronic inflammation of the areolar tissue of the entire organ is often induration or cirrhosis of the liver. The tissues become so firm, and ultimately so constricted, as to ...

Gall-Stones

These concretions are generally oval or pear-shaped, and formed in the gall-bladder or hepatic ducts. They vary in size, from that of a small pea to a fowl's egg, and in chemical composition ...

Jaundice (Icterus)

The most prominent symptoms are yellowness of the skin, eyes, and urine, owing to the deposit of the coloring matter of the bile in the blood. The appetite is impaired, the food is loathed, an ...

Anatomy Of The Spleen

The organ occupying the right of the following cut, is the spleen. It is a soft vascular organ of a purplish color. It is not a true gland, as it has no duct. The shape of the spleen is ...

Splenitis

The functions of the spleen have formerly been the cause of much controversy, nor are they better understood at the present day; but the organ is evidently concerned somewhat in the blood-making ...

Diseases Of The Pancreas

The pancreas is rarely the seat of disease. The symptoms of its morbid conditions are usually obscure. It may be affected by inflammation, passive or acute. In typhoid, typhus, and puerperal ...

Diseases Of The Bowels

The intestinal tube is very seldom affected throughout its whole extent, but inflammation may involve any portion of it at one time. If the duodenum is affected it is called Duodenitis,if the ...

Dysentery (Colitis)

This is also known as bloody flux, and consists of an inflammation of the membrane of the colon and rectum, and characterized by small mucous or bloody evacuations, griping, and straining. The ...

Diarrhoea

This common disorder is characterized by frequent and urgent demands to evacuate the bowels. It is usually preceded by a sense of indigestion, fulness of stomach, flatulency, and more or less ...

Constipation

By this is understood a collection of excrementitious matters in some part of the intestinal tube. It is marked by unfrequency of stool, and by the recurrence of fulness and tension in parts of ...

Intestinal Worms

Every animal seems to be a nest for other animals, and man is no exception to the rule. There are five varieties of intestinal worms, all more or less familiar to every one of my readers. ...

Peritonitis

This is an inflammation of the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity, and investing the viscera, and may be either acute or chronic. During the early stages of the disease there is a ...