584 THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES. 



arrested. Even when progressive, its advance is seldom continuous, but is marked 

 by repeated pauses and re-commencements, and the pauses may last for months or 

 years at a time. Cases which can be traced to the effects of over-exercise usually 

 do well. 



WHITES. 



Whites, or Leucorrhcea, a common complaint in women, may arise from a 

 number of causes. A good injection may be made by dissolving a tea-spoonful of 

 powdered alum in a pint of cold water. Gallic acid or tannic acid may be used 

 in the same way. It is a good plan to combine the alum and tannic acid, dis- 

 solving a tea-spoonful of the former and half a tea-spoonful of the latter in the 

 pint of water. Another good injection is a tea-spoonful of bicarbonate of potash 

 or bicarbonate of soda in a pint of water. Common lime-water may be used for 

 the same purpose undiluted. The injection should be used three times a day, 

 or, at least, night and morning. It does not matter much what form of inject- 

 ing apparatus is used, but one worked by squeezing an india-rubber ball is generally 

 preferred, and it is essential that it should have a good long nozzle* that can be 

 introduced for some distance. The small glass syringes ordinarily sold are of 

 comparatively little use. The patient should lie on her back, and raise the hips 

 by means of pillows. The injection should be retained for four or five minutes, 

 and the syringing should be performed thoroughly. 



Pulsatilla is a good remedy for leucorrhcea, as for many other complaints 

 peculiar to women. A table-spoonful of the mixture (Pr. 43) may be taken four 

 times a day, and an injection used made by adding two tea-spoonfuls of tinc- 

 ture of pulsatilla to a pint of water. Hamamelis (Pr. 45) is also useful in this con- 

 dition, and fifteen drops of Hazeline in a little water will often effect a speedy cure. 



It must be remembered that leucorrhcea is not merely a local complaint, but 

 depends on a relaxed condition of the system. It is often associated with anaemia 

 (p. 92) and general debility (p. 207), and in these cases nothing does so much good 

 as a course of quinine or iron. In the list of prescriptions we give several mixtures 

 likely to prove of benefit; as, for example, Prs. 1, 2, 9, 11, and 63. When the 

 ordinary preparations of iron disagree, there is nothing equal to Wyeth's Dealysed 

 Iron, or Burrough's Beef and Iron Wine. Kepler's Malt Extract, and the malt 

 extract and cod-liver oil are most useful. For diseases incidental to women a visit 

 to Limpley Stoke often proves highly beneficial. Out-door exercise and a good 

 nourishing diet are essential. 



WORMS. 



The round-worm is the commonest form from which man suffers. It is very like an 

 earth-worm, for which in former times it was generally mistaken. It is usually some 

 five or six inches long, and is lighter in colour and more pointed at the extremities 

 than the earth-worm. Sometimes young ones are met with measuring not more 

 than an inch or an inch and a half. These worms occur most frequently in young 

 people. They live in the bowels, but sometimes make their way into the stomach, 

 and are then usually quickly got rid of by vomiting. As a rule, there are only one 

 or two, but occasionally large numbers are met with. A girl only eight years old 



