_Inflammations, Local or External_, require, according to circumstances, Leeches (212), Hot Water Fomentations (393), Water Dressings (394), Evaporating Lotion (380), Sal Ammoniac Lotion (332), and Rice-Flour or Rice Poultices (322) as external applications. A solution of Acetate of Lead (30 grains in a pint of water) forms an excellent soothing lotion, and one which may always be resorted to with safety. The inflamed parts should be kept constantly wet with it by means of moistened cloths. _Influenza._ Give plentifully of Solution of Nitre (264), and treat otherwise as described in _Catarrh_. _Insanity._ A free action on the bowels by Croton Pill or Croton Oil (120, 121), and the employment of a Mustard Bath (249), are of service in the early stages. No time should be lost in placing the patient under proper medical care. _Insensibility_, from whatever cause arising, may be treated in the first instance by the cautious use of Cold Water Affusion (386). A Turpentine enema (364) may also be of service. _Irritation of the Genital Organs._ See _Genital Organs_. _Itch._ Use Sulphur Ointment (341), or Kerosene Oil (416). _Jaundice._ Mild cases often yield to Sal Ammoniac (331), and the free use of purgatives, as Kaladana (187), or Myrobalans (256). _Joints, Injuries or Enlargement of._ In the early stages apply lotions of Alum (32), and Sal Ammoniac (332), and subsequently liniments of Camphor (68), and Turpentine (366). _In Chronic Enlargements_, Croton Liniment (122). _Scrofulous affections of the Joints_ improve under the use of Fish Liver Oil (138). _Kidneys, Irritable state, and painful affections of._ Give plentifully of diluents, as Decoction of Abelmoschus (2), Ispaghúl Seeds (305), or Rice _Conjee_ (322). These, with Opium (286), and the use of the Hip Bath (392), are calculated to afford great relief. _Bleeding from._ See _Hæmorrhage_. _Labours._ Don't interfere unnecessarily; Nature, if left to her own unaided efforts, will accomplish her work in natural, uncomplicated labours. Many a woman has _lost her life through meddlesome interference on the part of ignorant midwives. Should the labour be very prolonged, apparently for want of action or power in the womb_, a few doses of Borax and Cinnamon (58) may be given. _For Flooding_ (_hæmorrhage during or after labour_) lose no time in resorting to Cold Water Affusion (388), and subsequently use Vinegar locally (379). _To promote the Lochial Discharge, if scanty or arrested_, use Hot Water Fomentations (393). _For After-pains_ give a dose of Opium (289). _Convulsions, attendant on_, see _Convulsions_. _Leech Bites, to arrest bleeding from._ See Paragraph 205. _Leeches, to dislodge from nose and other passages._ See Paragraph 206.