Flies--Centipedes and Scorpions--Spiders--Poisonous
Snakes--Cat and Dog Bites.

IX. BURNS, SCALDS, FROSTBITES, ETC. 171

General Rules for Treating Burns and Scalds--Hints
on Dressings--Burns Caused by Acids and
Alkalies--Remedies for Frostbite--Care of Blisters
and Sores--Chilblains--Ingrowing Toe Nails--Fainting
and Suffocation--Fits.

PART II

I. CONTAGIOUS MALADIES 191

Symptoms and Treatment of Scarlet
Fever--Diagnosis--Duration of Contagion--Difference
Between True and German Measles--Smallpox--Cure a
Matter of Good Nursing--Chickenpox.

II. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 221

Typhoid Fever--Symptoms and Modes of
Communication--Duration of the Disease--The Death
Rate--Importance of Bathing--Diet--Remedies for
Whooping Cough--Mumps--Erysipelas.

III. MALARIA AND YELLOW FEVER 247

Malaria Caused by Mosquitoes--Distribution of the
Disease--Severe and Mild Types--Prevention and
Treatment--Yellow Fever not a Contagious
Disease--Course of the Malady--Watchful Care and
Diet the only Remedies.

INDEX

_To First Aid and General Topics_

NOTE.--The Roman numerals I, II, III, IV, V, and VI indicate the
volume; the Arabic figures 1, 2, 3, etc., indicate the page number.

Abrasions, I, 64

Abscess, alveolar, II, 58

Acids, burns by, I, 176, 177
poisoning by, I, 140

Acne, II, 145

Adenoids, II, 61

Adulterated food, tests for, V, 91

Adulteration of food, V, 87

Ague, I, 247
cake, I, 254

Air-bath, the, IV, 159

Albumen, IV, 262

Alcohol, use of, IV, 44, 153

Alcoholic drinks, IV, 153

Alcoholism, III, 47, 52

Algae, remedy for, V, 56

Alkalies, burns by, I, 177
poisoning by, I, 140

Amenorrhoea, III, 75

Anaemia, III, 174

Ankle, sprain of, I, 65, 67, 68

Ankle-joint fracture, I, 115

Antitoxin, II, 77

Apoplexy, III, 49

Appendicitis, III, 256

Arm, fracture of, I, 91

Arteries, systemic, III, 168

Artery, bleeding from an, I, 51, 52

Arthritis, II, 177

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