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of the veins being dilated. The cause of these swellings is the obstruction to 

 4he free passage of the blood through the veins; hence tumors in the groin may 

 «ause varicose veins of the legs; and the appearance of such veins is frequent 

 in pregnant women, from the enlarged uterus and its contents pressing on the 

 large trunks of the veins. Sometimes the complaint arises from general 

 •debility, and from a sedentary life. When the distention is great, there is con- 

 siderable pain; and the veins may be eroded, and cause a great discharge of 

 blood; or troublesome and obstinate ulcers maybe produced. The pain and 

 inconvenience of varicose veins are not great at first, and hence they are too 

 «ften neglected till they become very difficult to cure. 



The varicose veins of pregnant women go off when they are delivered, 

 jand require very little treatment, except attention to posture. In other cases a 

 moderate pressure by bandages is requisite. An clastic stocking makes a good 

 and equal pressure. Remedy, pages 235, 279. 



WATEE-BB.ASH.— 5j/mjr>toms.— This disease signifies the discharge of 

 atbiu watery fluid from the stomach, with belchings, and a sense of heat at the 

 rregion of the stomacli. It is not unfrequently one of the symptoms attending 

 indigestion or stomach complaints, but it sometimes occurs as an original disease. 

 It comes on in paroxysms, usually when the stomach is empty. The patient per- 

 ceives a pain at the pit of the stomach, with a sense of tightness, and is increased 

 i)y the erect posture. "When the pain has continued fdr some time, it is succeeded 

 by belchings, and the discharge of a thin watery fluid, sometimes acid, but gener- 

 ally tasteless. The belchings are repeated for a time, and then the fit goes off. 

 "When the disease has once happened, it is apt to recur frequently for a long 

 tune afterwards. It is most incident to persons of middle age; and to females, 

 sometimes during pregnancy, sometimes when they are afliicted with the 

 ■whites. It is not always connected with any particular diet; but is excited 

 often by cold applied to the feet, and by emotions of the mind. Remedy, 

 page 229. 



WHOOPING, OR HOOPING COVGU.— Symptoms.— K catching 

 or contagious disease, generally caught in childhood, between the ages of one 

 and two years; has three stages: first stage, sneezing, cough and mild bron- 

 •chitis, eyes slightly red, no spittle; this stage may last from three days to six 

 •weeks. The second stage then sets in, child feels a tickling in throat, \rhich 

 brings on a spasm of coughing, with tight feeling across the chest; child will 

 put its head on its mother's knees or take hold of some fixed thing to help it 

 during the coughing; pulse and breathing during the spasm are slightly faster; 

 Die sound during the spasm of coughing is called the "hoop" or "whoop." 

 The face becomes flushed during this period; as soon as the coughing is over 

 the child's face, pulse and breathing become natural again; the child will spit 

 <>«t a little frothy mucus; anger, fright, or exertion will bring on the cough. 

 This stage lasts until the thirty-fifth day of the disease, when the third stage 

 sets in. Spittle turns yellow and is thicker, cough becomes less and is neither 

 3o frequent nor severe. Remedy, pages 125, 126. 



^0'EL'M.'&.— Symptoms.— When a child is afflicted with round worms, the 

 face will become flushed and then pale, at irregular intervals; color leaden or 



