Identifier: beforedoctorcome00craw (find matches)
Title: Before the doctor comes : a ready reference book, giving the symptoms of common diseases, and indicating proper emergency treatment in case of sudden illness or accident pending the physician's arrival
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Crawford, Mary M. (Mary Merritt), b. 1884 Welton, Thurston S. (Thurston Scott), b. 1885
Subjects: Medicine, Popular First aid in illness and injury Medicine
Publisher: New York : The Christian Herald, Louis Klopsch, Proprietor
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

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ative and inflamma-tory disease of the blood vessels, resulting in anovergrowth of the tissues of the arteries, followedby chalky deposits. The changes may extend tothe capillaries and veins. This condition causes an impairment of thearterial circulation, together with a degenerationin other organs and an impairment of their nutri-tion. Causes.—The main causes are old age, heredity,alcoholism, syphilis, lead poisoning, exposure andexcesses of various kinds. The saying is, Aman is as old as his arteries. Symptoms.—Very often no signs are presentexcept the pipe-stem feeling of the arteries. When the arteries of the brain are affected theremay be attacks of fainting, false apoplectic at-tacks or spells of unconsciousness. Hardening ofthe arteries in any of the organs, gives rise totrouble in the organ thus affected. Outcome.—The condition may be prevented orheld in check, but cannot be removed. Life maybe terminated by a stroke of apoplexy, heart fail-ure or by a kidney lesion. 230
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1 AND 2. REMOVING CINDER FROM EYE. THE LID IS FIRST PULLED DOWN AS IN 1, ANDTHEN WITH THE OTHER FINGER AGAINST IT, IS TURNED WRONG SIDE OUT AS IN 2 3. METHOD OF SUPPORTING A PERSON WHO IS FAINT 4. POSITION TO PLACE A FAINTING PERSON IN. THE HEAD WELL DOWN BRINGS THE BLOOD BACK TO THE BRAIN DISEASES OF THE BLOOD AND HEART Treatment.—The habits of living should be reg-ular and without excesses, and the diet should bechosen with care. If the cause or causes areknown they should be removed. Alcohol, tea andcoffee are very harmful in these ea Constipation should be avoided. Keep thebowels freely open. Eat few meats. Drink plentyof water. Moderate exercise is beneficial. 13 233 CHAPTER XI DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS AND BLADDER Most people use one term for all forms ofnephritis, namely, Brights Disease, and the tech-nical medical name need not be given here. Chronic Brights Disease has several varieties,bnt the symptoms for all forms are, in the main,similar. The positive diagnosis is made by

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