Library of Universal Knowledge, Vol. 8 of 15: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and London Edition of Chambers' Encyclopedia, with Copious Additions by American Editors (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Library of Universal Knowledge, Vol. 8 of 15: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and London Edition of Chambers' Encyclopedia, With Copious Additions by American Editors The most important point in the treatment of influenza is not to bleed the patient, or in any way-to depress his vital powers. He should be kept in bed; his bowels should be gently opened; his skin slightly acted upon, if dry; and, if the cough be troublesome, a mustard-poultice should be applied to the chest, and an expectorant mixture prescribed. In persons of weak or broken-down constitutions, ammonia, beef-tea, and wine and water must be given from the outset. The debility that often remains for a consider able period after the establishment of convalescence, is best met by the preparations of iron and quinine. Few diseases increase the death-rate to such an extent as influenza, more, however, in consequence of the great number of persons who are attacked in a severe epidemic, than in consequence of its danger in individual cases. Informa pauperis, a term used when a person is allowed to sue as a pauper by getting leave to dispense with paying the fees of court and other costs. Information, in English law, is used in several senses. In criminal law, an information filed by the attorney-general or master of the crown office is a substitute for an ordinary indictment, and is resorted to only in cases of such misdemeanors as tend to disturb the peace or the government - for example, as libels on judges, magis trates, or public officers, bribery at elections, etc. This information is usually called a criminal or an ex oficio information, and the defendant is put on his trial in the same way as under an indictment. There are other informations, such as those called quo warranto, to test the validity of an election or appointment to a public office, etc. An information by the attorney-general in chancery is a suit on behalf of the crown or government as to any misapplication of a public charity, or on behalf of an idiot's or lunatic's property. The term is also commonly used to denote the written statement often but not invariably made on oath before a justice of the peace, previous to the issuing of a summons or complaint against a person charged either with a crime or an offense punishable summarily. There are also informations in the court of exchequer to recover penalties for breach of the revenue laws. The term is not now used tech ni cally in Scotland, except in cases of difficulty, when the court of justiciary orders infer mations - i.e written arguments - on both sides. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.