The Project Gutenberg eBook of Health on the Farm, by H. F. Harris.

INDEX

Accidents, 223.
Acid, carbolic, for Rhus poisoning, 260;
- in wounds, 231;
- poisoning by, 253;
- of fruit, 133, 146;
- picric, 241;
- uric, 149.
Acrodinia, 9.
Agaricus campestris, 256.
Air, 181.
Air-space, 45.
Albumin, 105.
Albumins, 98, 104, 117, 131.
Alcohol and its effects, 155;
- for Rhus poisoning, 260;
- of no value in snake-poisoning, 270;
- predisposes to consumption, 183;
- predisposes to heat-prostration, 244.
Amanita muscarius, 258.
Amanita phalloides, 257.
Ammonia, aromatic spirits of, 259.
Anaphylaxis, 204.
Ancistrodon contortrix, 263.
Ancistrodon piscivorus, 262.
Animals, bites of, 249;
- location of quarters, 61.
Anopheles, 41, 171, 174.
Antidotes for poisons, see under names of poisons.
Antiseptics, 231, 247.
Antitoxin, for diphtheria, 198, 203;
- for lockjaw, 233.
Apples, 147.
Arrowroot, 112.
Arsenic, 252.
Arteries, 229.
Artichokes, 136.
Asparagus, 142.
Atropine, 259.

Bacillus tuberculosis, 179.
Bacillus typhosus, 186.
Bacon, broiled, 282;
- curing of, 280;
- fried, 282;
- importance of, 121, 122;
- unsmoked, 282.
Baking, process of, 166.
Baths, for sick people, 221;
- hot and cold, 13;
- importance of, 12;
- sea, 5.
Beans, bad, give lathyrismus, 9;
- how to cook, 294;
- value of, 133, 134.
Bed-bug, 9.
Bedmaking, 219.
Beef, broiled, 275;
- fried, 275;
- Hamburg steak, 274;
- hashed, 276;
- pot-roast, 274;
- roast, 273;
- value of, 20.
Beer, 162.
Beets, 136, 138.
Beri-beri, 113.
Beverages, 30;
- alcoholic, 32;
- medicinal, 33;
- “soft drinks,” 32.
Biliousness, 93.
Biscuits, 285.
Bites of animals, flies, mosquitoes and snakes, see under several subjects.
Bleeding, how to stop, 228;
- in consumption, 180;
- in typhoid fever, 187.
Blisters, 247.
Blood-vessels, 95.
Bottle, for infants, 73.
Brandy, 160.
Bread, and its relations, 104;
- baking of, 166;
- corn-bread, 108, 111, 285;
- diseases derived from decomposed, 9;
- graham-bread, 107;
- rye-bread, 108;
- why wheat-bread is the best, 106.
Bricks, 40.
Bright's disease, 95, 145, 156, 157, 158, 163, 173, 201.
Broncho-pneumonia, 201.
Bruises, 238.
Brussels-sprouts, 139.
Burns, 240.
Buttermilk, 150.

Cabbage, 138.
Cake, 115.
Calomel, 94.
Calories, 102.
Carbohydrates, 98.
Carron-oil, 241.
Carrots, 136.
Cat, conveys diphtheria, 10;
- harbors tapeworms, 10.
Cauliflower, 139.
Caustic, 213.
Celery, 141.
Cellulose, 131.
Cereals, 284.
Charlatans, 7.
Chewing, 29.
Chicken, baked, 288;
- boiled, 288;
- broiled, 290;
- fried, 287;
- smothered, 289.
Chickory (salad), 142.
Chilblains, 246.
Child, diseases of, 82, 89;
- exercise of, 79;
- hygiene treatment of, 88;
- ill-treatment of, 64;
- instruction in cases of accident, 223;
- sleep necessary to, 79;
- syringe for, 84.
Chills-and-fever, see Malaria.
Chocolate, 31.
Cholera, 8, 9, 140.
Chromic acid, 209.
Cisterns, 59.
Clams, 122.
Cleanliness, 220.
Clothing, 18.
Cocoa, 31.
Cod-liver oil, 125.
Coffee, 31, 151.
Cold, accidents arising from, 41.
Cole, 139.
Colic, cause of, 67;
- treatment of, 84.
Collodion, 232.
Color, in clothing, 21.
Constipation, 85.
Cooking, 164, 170.
Copper-head, 263, 266.
Coral-snakes, 262, 263, 267.
Corn, 110.
Corn-starch, 112.
Corrosive sublimate, 231.
Cotton-mouth, 262, 266.
Cows, carry tapeworm, 51;
- infected with tuberculosis, 182.
Crotalus, 262.
Croup, membranous, 198;
- treatment of, 86.
Cucumber, 141.

Dandelion, 138.
“Death-cup,” 257.
Dextrose, 126.
Diarrhœa, reason for, 144;
- treatment of, 82.
Diet, for the sick, 221;
- vegetarian, 130.
Diphtheria, conveyance of, 9;
- description and treatment, 198.
Dipsomaniac, 157.
Dirt-eaters, 196.
Diseases, avoidable, 171;
- contagious, 89;
- contraction of, 8;
- digestive, 82.
- See also names of diseases.
Disinfectants, 192.
Dog, conveys diphtheria, 9;
- dangers of, 62;
- description of rabies in, 211;
- harbors tapeworm, 9, 10.
Drinks, see Beverages.
Drowning, 224.
Dry-closet system, 53.
Dysentery, 8, 9, 43, 140.
Dyspepsia, 145, 158.

Fabrics, 20.
Fats, 98, 103;
- in vegetables, 131;
- unwholesomeness of, 115;
- value of, 123.
Fever, malaria, see Malaria;
- scarlet, 90;
- typhoid, contraction of, 8, 9, 43, 140, 221;
- description and treatment, 185;
- yellow, 9, 41, 43.
Figs, 146.
Filaria, 9.
Fireplace, 47.
Fish, decomposed, source of ptomaine poisoning, 9;
- nitrogenous food, 118;
- value of, 122.
Fly, conveyor of disease, 9, 10, 43;
- sick-room, 219.
Fly-agaric, 258.
Flukes, 140.
Foods, 28, 99;
- albuminous, 119;
- amount necessary, 96;
- breakfast-foods, 113;
- diseases contracted from, 8;
- in sick-room, 221;
- Mellin's food, 86;
- nitrogenous, 98, 117;
- nutritive substances in, 98;
- raw, 105, 164;
- starchy, 104, 165, 168;
- tables, 100.
Formaldehyde gas, 192.
Frost-bite, 245.
Fruits, as food, 30;
- dangers in, 144;
- diseases contracted from, 9;
- not nutritious, 146.
Furnace, 46.

Haig, a physician, 148.
Ham, boiled, 281;
- broiled, 281;
- curing of, 280;
- fried, 281;
- wholesomeness of, 121.
Headache, 33.
Health, 5.
Heat, accidents arising from, 241;
- for house, 45;
- in sick-room, 218.
- See also Calories.
Heat-prostration, 244.
Hiccough, 250.
Hog, 51.
Hog-meats, 120.
Hominy, 284.
Hookworm, 8;
- method of transmission, 50, 52;
- description and treatment of disease, 193.
Horses, convey glanders, 10;
- killed by bad corn, 109.
House, materials for, 39;
- sanitation of, 35.
Husks, 107.
Hydrophobia, from dog's bite, 9, 249;
- description and treatment, 211.
Hygiene, 1, 6;
- of infancy and childhood, 63;
- of the person, 12;
- of the sick-room, 217.
Hypersensitiveness, 204.