Tuberculosis of the lungs.—­Irregular temperatures, respiration is more frequent than normal, pulse is rapid, cough, expectoration, night sweats, perhaps, and general failure of strength.

Tonsilitis. (Smooth and Follicular).—­Commences with a chill, rapid rise of temperature, general aching in the back, and legs especially.  The tonsils are large and red and spots may appear on them in a few hours.  There may be no spots but a smooth; red, swollen tonsil, sometimes swollen to an enormous size.  The spot and membrane, if any exists, are easily rubbed off and when this is done a glistening surface is seen, but not raw, as in diphtheria.

Typhoid fever—­There is a feeling of illness for a week or two and the patient is not able to work much, does not sleep well, dreams, has a dull headache, back of the neck may be stiff, nosebleed sometimes, with a feeling as if there was some fever, increasing feeling of weakness, and sick feeling.  Finally the fever, etc., becomes more prominent with constipation and diarrhea.

Ulcer of the cornea.—­Light hurts the eyes very much, tears run freely and there is a feeling of something in the eye.  The eyeball shows a rim of pink congestion about the cornea.  The ulcer can be seen.

Ulcer of the stomach.—­Pain, local tenderness, bleeding.  Distress after eating and vomiting of a very acid fluid.  Pain in the region of the stomach and usually sharp pain in the back is the most constant symptom.  It is increased by food at once and relieved by vomiting.  The tenderness upon pressure is usually marked and is localized.

Whooping-cough.—­Begins with symptoms of a cold in the eyes, nose, and the chest.  The cough gradually becomes worse, usually in from seven to ten days; it comes in paroxysms (spells) and then the whoop.

Respiratory diseases [6]
Including croup, colds, sore-throat, hoarseness,
bronchitis, asthma, hay-fever, pleurisy,
adenoids, pneumonia, etc.

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Mothers’ Remedies, Physicians’ Treatment;
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The anatomy of the nose.—­The nose is divided by a middle partition (septum) into two cavities (nasal chambers or fossae) each being a wedge-shaped cavity, distinct by itself and extending from the nostril or anterior nares in front to the posterior openings behind and from the base of the skull to the hard palate below.  Where the posterior opening or nares ends is called the nose-pharynx, The pharynx joins there with the cavities and hence called nose-pharynx.  The partition (septum) is thin, one-tenth to one-eighth of an inch in thickness