Merck's 1899 Manual Part 271

Levico Water.

Methylene Blue.

Quinine.

Salicin.

~Sprains.~

Aconite Liniment: well rubbed in.

Ammonia.

Ammonium Chloride: prolonged application of cold saturated lotion.

Arnica: much vaunted, little use.

Bandaging: to give rest to the injured ligaments.

Calendula: as a lotion.

Camphor: a stimulating liniment.

Cold Applications.

Cold Douche.

Collodion: a thick coating to exert a firm even pressure as it dries.

Croton-Oil Liniment.

Hamamelis.

Hot Foot-bath: prolonged for hours, for sprained ankle.

Hot Fomentations: early applied.

Ichthyol: ointment.

Inunction of Olive Oil: with free rubbing.

Iodine: to a chronic inflammation after a sprain.

Lead Lotion: applied at once to a sprained joint.

Lead Water and Laudanum.

Oil of Bay.

Rest.

Rhus Toxicodendron: as lotion.

Shampooing: after the inflammation has ceased, to break down adhesions.

Soap Liniment.

Soap Plaster: used as a support to sprained joints.

Sodium Chloride.

Soluble Gla.s.s.

Strapping: to give rest.

Turpentine Liniment: a stimulant application to be well rubbed in.

Vinegar: cooling lotion.

Warming Plaster.

~Stammering.~

Hyoscyamus.

Stramonium.

Vocal Training: the rythmical method most useful.

~Sterility.~

Alkaline Injections: In excessively acid secretions from the v.a.g.i.n.a.

Aurum: where due to chronic metritis, ovarian torpor or coldness; also in decline in the s.e.xual power of the male.

Borax: v.a.g.i.n.al injection in acid secretion.

Cantharides: as a stimulant where there is impotence in either s.e.x.

Cimicifuga: in congestive dysmenorrhea.

Dilatation of Cervix: in dysmenorrhea; in pinhole os uteri; and in plugging of the cervix with mucus.

Electrical Stimulation of Uterus: in torpor.

Gossypii Radix: in dysmenorrhea with sterility.