Nursing, 217. O Oatmeal, 114, 284. Okra, 142. Opiates, 85. Opium, 254. Oysters, 118, 122. P Pains, rheumatic, 145. Paris green, 252. Parsley, 142. Parsnips, 136. Pasteur, 214. Pastries, 115. Peaches, 146. Peanuts, 133, 134. Peas, 133, 134. Pellagra, 9, 109. Peppers, green, 142. Phosphorus, 253. Pickles, 144. Pieplant, 142. Pilot-snake, 262. Pit-vipers, 261, 265. Plague, bubonic, 9. _Plasmodium malaria_, 171. Plaster, for blisters, 247; for sprains, 235. Poison-dogwood, 260. Poison-elder, 260. Poison-ivy, 259. Poison-oak, 259. Poisons, acid and alkaline, 252; ptomaine, 9; treatment of poison cases, with antidotes, 251. Poison-sumac, 260. Pork, boiled, 280; broiled, 279; fried, 279; roast, 279. Potassium permanganate, 254, 255, 269. Potatoes, 135, 136; baked, 294; boiled, 294; cooking of, 167; disadvantages of, 112. Poultry, 122. Privies, 49, 52, 198. Ptomaines, poisoning by, 9. Puddings, apple, 295; batter, 295; brown betty, 296; caramel custard, 296; cottage, 295; cream of corn-starch, 296; rice, 297. Pumpkin, 143. Pus, 232. Q Quacks, medical, 4, 7. Quinine, 173. R Rabies, see Hydrophobia. Radishes, 136. Rat, 9. Rat-poison, 25. Rattlesnake, 261, 262, 264; ground-rattlers, 262, 265. Recipes, 273. Resins, 231. Respiration, artificial, 225. Rest, need of, 22. Rhubarb, 142. _Rhus_, poisoning by, 259. _Rhus toxicodendron_, 259. _Rhus venenata_, 259. Rice, boiled, 285; cooking of, 167; value of, 113. Rochdale, system of, 53. Rolls, 286. Rum, 160. S Salad plants, 139. Saliva, 29. Sanitation, 35. Sauerkraut, 139. Scab, 233. Schafer, Prof., system of artificial respiration, 225. Screens, 41, 176, 219. Sewage, disposal of, 49. Shallots, 140. Sheet, rubber, 219. Sick-room, 217. _Sistrurus_, 262. Sleep, 26, 78. Sleeping-sickness, 1. Snake, harlequin, 262. Snake-bites, 268. Snakes, columbine, 262, 263; elapine, 263; non-venomous, 264; venomous, 261; viperine, 261. Soups, meat, 292; vegetable, 290. Sours, 147. Spinach, 138. Splints, 235. Sprains, 234. Sputum, 184. Squash, 143. Starches, 98, 104; changes in, 165; in cooking, 97; in vegetables, 131; raw, 105. Steam, 46. Stove, 47. Streams, 60. Strychnine, as antidote, 269; poisoning by, 254. Sugar, consumption of, 126; from beets, 136; in vegetables, 131; kinds of, 125; raw, 105. Sunstroke, 242. Swamp-dogwood, 260. Syringe, 84. Syrups, 33; soothing, 255. T Tapeworm, 8, 9, 51. Tea, 31, 152. Teeth, care of, 80, 248; teething of infants, 80; tooth-ache, 248. Toadstool, see Mushroom. Tobacco, 34. Tomato, 141. Tonsillitis, follicular, 200.