tificial respiration, I, 28

Asthma, II, 104

Astigmatism, II, 26

Athletics, home, IV, 69

Auricles of the heart, III, 168

=BABY=, bathing the, III, 109
care of the, III, 108
clothing of the, III, 110
diet for the, III, 134
food for the, III, 132; IV, 261
nursing the, III, 114
teething, III, 113
temperature of the, III, 110
weaning the, III, 117
weighing the, III, 112

Bacteria, destruction of, V, 238-253
in food, I, 147-154
in soil, V, 135

Baldness, II, 167; IV, 21

=BANDAGES=, I, 133
forms of, I, 132, 134, 136, 137
for bruises, I, 62-64
for fractures, I, 83-117
for sprains, I, 65-72
for wounds, I, 51-61

Barley water, IV, 263

Bathing, indoor, IV, 19, 155
outdoor, IV, 16
in convulsions, III, 35
in malaria, I, 259
in pneumonia, II, 94
in scarlet fever, I, 197
in skin irritations, II, 140
in smallpox, I, 216
in typhoid fever, I, 231
in yellow fever, I, 266

=BATHS=, cold, IV, 15
foot, IV, 157
hot, IV, 19, 156
tepid, IV, 19
Turkish, IV, 20, 159
warm, IV, 19

Bed sores, I, 233

Bed-wetting, II, 213

Bee stings, I, 158

Beef, broth, IV, 261
juice, IV, 262
parts of, IV, 198
scraped, IV, 262
tea, IV, 261

Bellyache, III, 247

Bilious fever, I, 247

Biliousness, III, 184

=BITES=, cat, I, 170
dog, I, 170
flea, I, 162
fly, I, 164
lice, clothes, I, 161
lice, crab, I, 162
lice, head, I, 160
mosquito, I, 155
snake, I, 166
spider, I, 164
tarantula, I, 164
wood tick, I, 159

Black eye, II, 14

Blackheads, II, 145

Black water fever, I, 256

Bladder, inflammation of the, II, 215
stone in the, III, 264

=BLEEDING=, from an artery, I, 51, 52
from a vein, I, 51, 52
from punctured wounds, I, 52, 53
from the lungs, I, 62
from the nose, I, 61
from the scalp, I, 60
from the stomach, I, 62
from the womb, III, 82

Blood, deficiency of, III, 174
oozing of, I, 54

Bloody flux, III, 222

Boils, II, 157

Bottles, milk, III, 128

Bowel, prolapse of the, III, 143

=BOWELS=, catarrh of the, III, 205
diseases of the, III, 205