Identifier: homemedicallibra03wins (find matches)
Title: The home medical library
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Winslow, Kenelm, 1863-
Subjects: Medicine, Popular Medicine
Publisher: New York, The Review of reviews company
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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y oneside of the body, and is relieved by the remedies rec- -7^ (Text continued on page 31.) Plate VIII THE PALM OF THE HAND The illustration opposite shows the nerves, muscles,etc., in the palm of the right hand, and gives some ideaof the possibility of dangerous results from wounds orbruises of this member of the body. The nerves showncarry impulses of motion or sensation. Neglect of anydeep injury involving the nerves may permanentlycripple the hand. The Arteries Shown in Red form the palmar arch,which supplies blood to the palm and fingers. The Radial Nerve supplies the thumb, forefinger,middle finger, and half of the ring finger. The UlnarNerve is distributed to the little finger and remaininghalf of the ring finger. The Median Nerve suppliesthe muscles in the palm. The Tendons that close the hand are shown asBroad Flat Bands entering the center of each fingernear its surface. 30 R BRANCH^^L NERVE/rH ANTERIOR BRANCH01RADIAL LNAR NERVE BRANCHES 0_^RADIAL NERVE BRANCH orEDIAN NERVE
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PLATE VIII Kenelm Winslow ommended for neuralgia in general. A cloth saturatedwith pure alcohol and covered with oil-silk or rubberwill afford relief when applied over the painful region.The eruption should be dusted with starch and keptclean, and the blisters should not be broken. Pain inthe chest resembling neuralgia may be produced bymany other conditions, and, therefore, a careful med-ical examination is always desirable. Neuralgia of the chest is seen more often in thin,nervous women. In this affection tender spots may bediscovered near the spine and breastbone, and midwaybetween these points. Neuralgia of the spine, with tender spots along itscourse, and pain in the neck, or in the middle or smallpart of back, is often present in nervous women, and inthose suffering from railway accident. Pain in the verylowest end of the spine which is aggravated by the sit-ting position is also common in women. Occasionallypersons suffer from neuralgia in the heel and sole ofthe foot. SCIATICA

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