SPECIAL CONCESSION TO REGISTERED HOLDERS OF CHARLES LETTS & CO.'S INSURANCE COUPONS. CHARLES LETTS & Co. have pleasure in announcing that they have made an arrangement with The General Accident Assurance Corporation, Limited, for the benefit of purchasers of their Diaries, Note Books, and other publications who become registered holders of the Accident Insurance Coupons inserted in same, whereby as a special concession they obtain a Burglary Policy at about one-half the price usually charged, and upon far more liberal conditions than those made by most offices. For an annual premium of FIVE SHILLINGS a Policy of Assurance covering the household effects at their private residences against any loss by Burglary and Housebreaking may be obtained provided application is made on the form overleaf and forwarded to the Insurance Company with Posts Order for 5/- within one month of the registration of their names under the Accident Coupons. Those who have no household furniture will be allowed to nominate a friend by signing their name and giving registered number in space provided on other side. There are 80,000 Thieves known to the Police in Great Britain. and thousands of Burglaries are happening each month. Everyone should therefore cover the risk when they can do so for so nominal an annual payment. The General Accident is the oldest Burglary Insurance Company in the country, having transacted the business since 1889, so that its extensive experience puts it in a position to meet the requirements of Assurers in the best possible manner. The Policy contains no average clause, and the Corporation is therefore liable up to the full amount insured in the event of a claim. The Property of all members of the Assured's Family and of Domestic Servants is covered. CHARLES LETTS & Co., Diarists, 3, Royal Exchange, London. Nitrate of Silver. - Lunar Gaustic, copious draughts of salt water. Opium. - Stomach pump, sulphate of zinc emetic or mustard, tannin, animal charcoal, cold to the head, artificial respiration; keep patient awake by slapping, pricking, or pinching, and galvanize. Oxalic Acid (or Salt of Lemons).—Give chalk, whiting, induce vomiting, use stomach pump, and give emetics. Phosphorus.-Emetics and magnesia. Potash.-Vinegar, lemon-juice, oils, demulcent drinks, emetics. Rat Poison.-Usually made of arsenic, sometimes, but rarely, strychnia is used. Strychnia. Emetics, stomach pump, and charcoal administered thereby, chloroform during the spasms. HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR URGENT CASES. The selection of the proper medicine must in most cases depend very largely on the symptoms, and the following are merely suggestive of what course to adopt in the absence of accurate advice. The list should only be used by those who are acquainted with the use of Homœopathic Medicines. Abscess. Belladonna and Mercurius alternately every 3 hours; then 3 or 4 doses of Hepar Sulphur followed by Calcarea. Apply bread or linseed poultice if pain is great. Apoplexy. Aconite, Belladonna or Opium every 15 min. For a sudden attack, with heavy breathing and coma, Hyoscyamus at same intervals. Send for medical man instantly. For symptoms, see p. 265. Asthma.-Arsenicum, Ipecacuanha, and Nux Vom. are the most serviceable remedies. Ague.-Principal medicines are China, Arsenicum, Nux Vom. and Cedron, but much depends on symptoms. Bleeding from Nose.-Apply ice or cold water to the nose, keep the head elevated, give Hamamelis or Belladonna every 15 min. Boils. Apply bread and milk or linseed poultices; take Belladonna every 4 hours. Hepar Sulphur after matter is formed. As a preventive, take Sulphur occasionally. Bronchitis. Bryonia, in alternation with Aconite when fever is present, and with Phosphorus or Kali Bichr. at a later stage. Antimonium tart. is also useful. Bruises. Twenty drops of Arnica lotion to a wine-glass of water; apply this on rag at frequent intervals. If skin is broken, use Calendula instead of Arnica. If severe, take 3 or 4 doses of Rhus. Tox. or Bryonia. Burns and Scalds.-Apply Cantharis liniment on cotton wool or lint, and cover with oil-silk to exclude air. Give a dose of Cantharis every hour or so. Concussion of the Brain.-- Belladonna every hour; if from a blow, alternate with Arnica; if fever, Aconite. Convulsions. Place in warm bath for 10 min. or so, and afterwards wrap in warm flannel and give Belladonna or Chamomilla in small doses (say 4 drops to tumbler of water, a teaspoonful every 15 min.). If caused by fright, Hyoscyamus; if from teething or worms, Ignatia or Cina. Croup.-Put in warm bath at once, or apply cloths wrung out in hot water to the neck and cover with flannel. Give Aconite and Spongia alternately every 15 min. till attack abates, then every hour. Dose as in last paragraph. Cough. For ordinary catarrhal cough, Bryonia, Mercurius or Phosphorus. For whooping cough, Ipecacuanha in alternation with Belladonna first, and with Drosera later; Cuprum or Hyoscyamus if convulsive symptoms come on. Diphtheria. For feverish symptoms, Aconite; then Acidum Muriaticum and Lachesis alternately every hour. Rinse out mouth and gargle with dilute solution of Condy's fluid, and on no account kiss patient's lips or touch with the naked fingers any growth that may come away from the throat. Send for medical man at once. Diarrhoea. Arsenicum or Dulcamara are the chief medicines, or if symptoms very bad, Mercurius or Veratrum. For dysentric diarrhoea, Colocynth or Merc. cor. in alternation with Ipec. Epileptic Attacks. Send for doctor immediately; meantime, give 3 drops of Belladonna in water and repeat in half an hour. Erysipelas.-Belladonna and Rhus. tox. alternately, with aconite if much fever. Lachesis when ulceration comes on. Fainting. Follow treatment advised on p. 308, and give 2 drops of Camphor tincture on a small piece of sugar or in water. Hysteria.-Dash cold water in the face, or extemporise a douche by using a garden syringe and syringing the head. Give Ignatia every 15 min. till the attack has passed away, then every 3 hours. Lumbago.-Rhus, tox. or Cimicifuga, with Aconite if fever is present. Measles.--Pulsatilla is the chief remedy, with Aconite if fever is present, with Bryonia afterwards. Quinsy. Baryta Carb. or Hepar Sulphur with Aconite if much fever, or Arsenicum if great prostration. Rupture. If the protruding part cannot be pushed back into its place, send for doctor and give Aconite and Nux Vom. alternately every 15 minutes. Scarlet Fever.-Aconite to reduce the fever, then Belladonna, followed later by Arsenicum of Sulphur. Gelsemimum is also useful. Sprains and Strains.-Keep constantly applied cloths moistened with Arnica lotion (20 drops to a wine-glass of water), or if skin is broken substitute Calendula or Rhus, tox. 'Bryonia or Rhus. may also be given internally every 3 or 4 hours. Sunstroke.-Bathe the head with brandy and a little water, and give a teaspoonful internally at intervals until the prominent symptoms have abated. Then give 2 drops of Camphor every half hour, followed, after 4 or 5 doses, by Belladonna, 2 drops at same intervals. Vomiting. Kreasotum or Arsenicum. HOW DOCTORS ARRANGE THEIR FEES. The charges made by Medical men are assessed upon a sliding scale, and the account is sent innot in detail as is usual in other professions-but in a lump sum for the period covered, and patients are charged according to their supposed income as indicated by the known or estimated rental of the house in which they reside. The fee for a visit to a Consulting Physician used formerly to be almost invariably a guinea, but this has of late years been increased to two guineas, though in some cases the old fee or even less is still charged. If the Physician is called to the patient's own residence, a very much larger fee-varying with the distance, nature of case, and other circumstances has to be paid. In all cases such fees are payable in cash as soon as the visit terminates. The following table shows the charges usually made by general practitioners :-- are regarded as Special Visits and are charged as a visit and a half. When the medical man is detained longer than half an hour he is entitled to additional remuneration. When more than one member of a family are ill at the same time, half a fee is charged for each patient beyond the first. If attendance on servants is paid for by employer, or if he send for the doctor, the charge is the same as to himself. When the medical attendant, is called upon to meet another in consultation, he is entitled to double his ordinary fee. In midwifery cases the fee generally covers all charges for visits, &c., but if the illness be protracted, or any special operation has to be performed, an extra charge is often made. Vaccination is usually charged for according to the number of visits required. The following are the fees for extra Medical Services allowed by the Poor Law Board : Compound Fracture of Thigh Leg Amputation of Leg, Arm, Foot, 5 9 Simple Fracture of Thigh or Leg 3 Dislocation of OBSTETRICAL TABLE. Jan. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Apr. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Apr. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 May, Aug. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 May 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 June. Sept. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Oct. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 July. Aug. Sept. Oct. |