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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... Drosera.--Spasmodic cough, worse at night; second state of whooping-cough. Hyoscyamus.--Dry cough, worse on lying down at night. Ipecac.--Spasmodic cough with mucous expectoration, and tendency to vomiting. Phosph.--Hoarse cough, pain under breast-bone, rusty-coloured phlegm. Pulsatilla.--Loose cough, worse at night. Spongia.--Dry, hard, barking cough, hoarseness, burning or tickling in the windpipe. Accessories.--The diet should be light and given in small quantities, particularly if there be fever. A cold sponge-bath every morning, and frequent out-door exercise, will aften overcome a susceptibility to this affection. A good draught of cold water taken in the morning, and also on retiring, is both preventive and curative of cough. Lastly, children should be instructed to make direct voluntary efforts to restrain the frequency and violence of coughing; for the result of such efforts will be found greatly to mitigate this symptom. See also the Section on Whooping-cough, pp. 86-90; Pleurisy, pp. 152-6; Bronchitis, pp. 145-9; Inflammation of the Lungs, pp. 149-151; and Croup, pp. 139-143. CHAPTER VI. DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. 56.--Tongue-tie (Lingua Frenata). On the under surface of the tongue there is a fold of tissue-like mucous membrane, called the franum lingua, which connects the tongue with the floor of the mouth. Congenital tongue-tie is said to exist when the attachment of the franum extends along the whole undersurface of the tongue to its tip. But this condition is extremely rare, and, even when it exists, seldom gives rise to any real inconvenience. The difficulty of speech with which it is sometimes associated proceeds from deeper causes, involving the brain and mind. When, however, the attachment of the franum is...

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