Mother's Remedies Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the Mother's Remedies novel. A total of 227 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : Mother's Remedies.by T. J. Ritter.PHYSICIAN'S INTRODUCTION [x]"Of the thi
Mother's Remedies.by T. J. Ritter.PHYSICIAN'S INTRODUCTION [x]"Of the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy, are the things we call Books."--CARLYLE."A good book may be among
- 101 Prepared (how).--Powder, infusion, tincture, fluid extract. Use half ounce of root to a pint of boiling water for infusion.Diseases, Dose, etc.--Of the powder, five to ten grains; of infusion, one ounce; of tincture, half to one teaspoonful and of fluid e
- 102 Prepared (how).--In infusion or oil. For infusion, use one ounce of the berries to a pint of boiling water. It can be made more effective by adding half ounce of cream of tartar to the infusion.Diseases, Dose, etc.--It should be used within the twenty-fou
- 103 Internally, used for.--Hoa.r.s.eness, gonorrhea, irritated bladder, acute dysentery, and diarrhea, blood in urine and gravel.Externally, used for.--Poultice for painful swellings, bruises, scalds, burns, poisons.Part used.--Root.Gather.--Autumn.Flowers (w
- 104 Diseases, Dose, etc.--This decoction is used as an injection in leucorrhea, piles and as a gargle in sore mouth, etc. Its astringent property is due to the tannic and gallic acid it contains.ONION. Allium Cepa.Internally, used for.--Coughs, catarrh, croup
- 105 Externally, used for.--Fresh herb bruised and laid over the abdomen, to allay sick stomach and diarrhea of children.Part used.--The whole herb.Gather.--Early autumn.Flowers (when).--July to September.Grows (where).--Native of England, cultivated here and
- 106 Gather.--In autumn or late summer.Flowers (when).--June and July.Grows (where).--United States, etc., under the shade of woods and prefers a loose sandy soil enriched by decaying leaves.Prepared (how).--Decoction and tincture; put a pound of the dried her
- 107 SAGE. Garden sage. Salvia Officinalis.Internally, used for.--To stop sweating in consumption, used cold; and used warm to sweat. Gargle in sore throat, colds, coughs, etc., alone or combined with sumach berries or vinegar, or honey or alum.Part used.--The
- 108 Flowers (when).--March and April.Grows (where).--Various parts of United States in moist places.Prepared (how).--Powder. Tincture.Diseases, Dose, etc.--Dose: Five to ten grains of powder three times a day. A saturated tincture of the fresh root is much be
- 109 Use small doses for other troubles.[HERB DEPARTMENT 441]SNAKE ROOT, VIRGINIA. Aristolochia Serpentaria.Internally, used for.--Sweating for feverish conditions where eruptions are tardy in coming out.Externally, used for.--For snake bites.Part used.--Root.
- 110 Internally, used for.--Sore mouth and throat, quinsy, diarrhea, leucorrhea, gonorrhea, suppressed urine.Part used.--Bark and fruit.Gather.--Autumn. Berries earlier.Flowers (when).--June and July.Prepared (how).--Make an infusion as usual. Use either bark
- 111 Grows (where).--Common in South America in all moist and damp places.Prepared (how).--Dry the root and powder it and give in honey or make into a syrup or given in powder.Diseases, Dose, etc.--For sweating use powder in hot water, ten grains three times a
- 112 WORMSEED. Goose Foot. Stinking Weed. Chenopodium Anthelmintic.u.m.Internally, used for.--Worms, round worms.Part used.--Seeds and herb.Gather.--In late autumn.Flowers (when).--July to September.Grows (where).--United States, in waste places.Prepared (how)
- 113 Phosphorus 3X dil. In bronchial tubes under breast bones.a.r.s.enic.u.m 3X trit. (tablet form) stopped nose, watery burning discharge; feverish, thirsty and restless; chills and fever.STOMAt.i.tIS.--Meaning a simple inflammation of the mouth.Mercurius sol
- 114 a.r.s.enic.u.m 3X trit. (tablet form). Give one to two tablets every one to three hours. Where there is great soreness and burning, much thirst, vomiting, dry, red and cracked tongue.Nux Vomica 3X trit. (tablet form). One to two tablets every one to three
- 115 APPENDICITIS.--Aconite 2X dil. at the beginning.Belladonna 3X dil. after the first twenty-four hours.Bryonia alb. 2X dil. Pains are sharp, shooting, better quiet. Can alternate with Aconite or Belladonna.Mercurius Viv. 3X trit. (tablet form) given later.C
- 116 BILIOUSNESS, LIVER.--With vomiting of bile and mucus use Nux Vomica 3X trit. (tablet form) one every three hours, also from stimulants and over feeding.Sulphur 6X trit. (tablet form) when a.s.sociated with piles. One tablet night and morning.Mercurius 3X
- 117 PLEURISY, Inflammation of the Pleura.--Aconite 2X dil., etc., one to two teaspoonfuls every hour, for the chill and fever, dry hot skin, full bounding pulse, shortness of breath. First stage. Byronia 2X dil. One to two teaspoonfuls every hour. Head aches
- 118 Bryonia 2x dil. Pains are cutting, lancinating. Worse on least motion and touch; better by rest. Rhus tax 6X dil. Parts sore and stiff, but better, for a time, when moved a little. Opposite to Bryonia. GOUT.--Aconite 2X dil. At first for the fever. Colchi
- 119 Belladonna 3X dil.Mercurius 3X tablet.INFLAMMATORY CONTINUED FEVER.--Aconite 2X dil. for the fever.Nux Vomica 3X trit. (tablet form). One every two to three hours for the stomach.[HOMEOPATHY 461]TYPHOID FEVER.--Gelsemium 1X dil. Ten drops in a half gla.s.
- 120 ST. VITUS DANCE (Ch.o.r.ea).--a.r.s.enic.u.m 3X trit. (tablet form) emaciated, tired girls, weak. Belladonna 3X dil. suited to rugged looking girls, with rush of blood to the head. Nux Vomica 3X trit. (tablet form) constipated, stomach bad. Pulsatilla 3X
- 121 METRITIS, (inflammation of the womb)--Aconite 2X dil. followed by Belladonna 3X dil. when the skin is moist.Mercurius 3X trit. (tablet form) when there is a thick discharge.MENSES, suppression of.--Aconite 3X dil. when caused by cold.Caulophyllum 3X dil.
- 122 This is conceded by all to be one of the finest combinations for regulating blood and liver known.The above amount would cost about 75 cents.AYER'S CHERRY PECTORAL.Acetate of Morphia 3 grains Tincture Sanguinaria 2 drams Wine Antimony 3 drams Wine Ipecac
- 123 LAXATIVE BROMO-QUININE TABLETS.Aloin 1/9 grain Podophyllin 1/9 grain Sodii Bicarbonatis 1 grain Quinine Sulphate 1 grain Acetanilid 2 grains Mix. The above makes one capsule.Would cost about 25 cents for 25 capsules.CATHARTIC AND SURE CURE FOR CONSTIPATIO
- 124 SORE EYES.Acetate Lead 2 grains Sulphate Zinc 2 grains Glycerin 1 dram Pure Water 1 ounce Mix. Good.Drop a few drops in the eye, once or twice daily. For inflamed or granulated sore eyes there is no better remedy. The above would cost about 25 cents.CALIF
- 125 MADAME RUPERT'S FACE BLEACH.a.n.a.lysis a.s.signs the following composition to this cosmetic: Corrosive Sublimate 1 grain Tincture of Benzoin 7 grains Water 10 ounces Mix. The above amount would cost about 15 cents.TO REMOVE BLOTCHES AND PIMPLES FROM THE
- 126 Dissolve the calcium and pota.s.sium hypophosphites in two fluid ounces of warm water. Add to one ounce of water, three fluid ounces of the syrup and dissolve in the mixture, by the aid of heat, the remainder of the salts.Mix the solutions and set by a fe
- 127 IRON TONIC BITTERS.Elixir Calisay and Iron 4 ounces Alcohol 1 ounce Pure Water 2 ounces Syrup Simple 1 ounce Mix. Dose: One teaspoonful four times a day.The above amount would cost about 35 cents.[478 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]GUNN'S RHEUMATIC LINIMENT.Oleum Ol
- 128 This little pill is one which you can always depend on and in old chronic cases, torpid liver and constipated bowels, these pills if kept up will make a permanent cure. The above amount would cost about 40 cents.[480 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]HAMLIN'S W
- 129 This is the oldest rheumatism remedy known. Rheumatism being a blood disease, requires const.i.tutional treatment. The above amount would cost about 80 cents.MITCh.e.l.l'S EYE SALVE.Saxoline Snow White 175 grains White Wax 65 grains Zinc Oxide 22-1/2
- 130 The above amount would cost about $3.50 or 45 cents per pint.WHOOPING COUGH.Extract Belladonna 1 grain Powdered Alum 1/2 dram Mucilage Acacia 1 ounce Syrup Scillae 1/2 ounce Syrup Simple to make 4 ounces Mix. Dose: Ten drops to use for whooping cough. It
- 131 Dissolve the soap in the mixture of alcohol and water; add the color, perfume with oil of wintergreen, add enough water to make the fluid measure three ounces.The above amount would cost about 15 cents.The following is suggested as a similar article to th
- 132 The Pelvis. It is so called from its resemblance to a basin, is stronger and, more ma.s.sively constructed than either the skull or chest cavity; it is a bony ring, interposed between the lower end of the spine, which it supports, and the lower extremitie
- 133 Salicylic acid 20 grains Oxide of zinc 2 drams Petrolatum enough for 1 ounce Mix and make an ointment and apply daily.If it is due to irritating discharges that cannot be checked, cleanse the parts thoroughly and use the Zinc ointment to protect.ITCHING O
- 134 INFLAMMATION OF THE LINING OF THE WOMB. Endometritis.--Endometritis is an inflammation of the lining membrane of the womb, with a tendency to extend to the lining membrane of the fallopian tubes and to the peritoneum. These are the acute and chronic varie
- 135 SALPINGITIS. Inflammation of the Fallopian Tubes.--It may be either acute or chronic in character.Condition.--The tissues of the tubes become swollen when the inflammation runs into the pus stage; the finger-shaped end (outer end) is usually closed by adh
- 136 MENORRHAGIA.--Too much bleeding at the monthly periods. If it occurs between the monthly periods it is called Metrorrhagia, womb-bleeding at any time, especially between the periods.Causes.--These may be const.i.tutional or local, the latter being the mos
- 137 2. Falling of the Womb, a Fine Herb Combination for.--"Peach leaves, mullein leaves and hops made into a tea, and a pint used twice a day as an injection often cures when other remedies fail." We all know that this combination of herbs is healin
- 138 PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT.--Exercise, fresh air, with freedom from worry, anxiety and care. Many women at this time of life need much encouragement, and cheerful company is a good tonic. Prominent annoying symptoms should be met with the proper medicine.
- 139 Pelvic Signs.--As early as the first month of pregnancy a faint violet color of the anterior wall of the v.a.g.i.n.a just below the opening of the urethra may be distinguished. In the third month this color has become purplish and p.r.o.nounced. This sign
- 140 Foetal Causes.--Disease of the after-birth, other parts, of cord, death of the foetus, placenta pravia, and yet many women are subjected to falls, blows, etc., who carry their child to full term.[526 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]Symptoms.--These vary with the p
- 141 [OBSTETRICS OR MIDWIFERY 535]THE CHILD.The eyes should be washed soon and normal respiration established. If the child does not breathe well, cold water may be sprinkled in the face and chest and if this fails, immersions in hot water at 106 degrees F., a
- 142 MILK LEG.--This is due to infection. It usually arises from an extension of a blood clot (thrombosis) of the womb or pelvic veins, to the thigh (femoral) vein, resulting in a partial or complete obstruction of the vein. It may come in less frequent cases,
- 143 How long does it usually last? Usually three or four months, but it may last during the whole pregnancy.What can be done for it? In some cases arranging the diet to prevent and cure constipation relieves it. For fuller treatment see this heading under Obs
- 144 If a baby cries while nursing, what is the cause? It may have a sore mouth. What is thrush or sprue? Patches looking like little white threads or flakes appear inside the cheeks.What is the cause of sore mouth? It is usually due to uncleanness and careles
- 145 CLOTHING FOR THE BABY.The chest should be well covered with soft flannel, the limbs protected, but not cramped, the abdomen supported by a band, not too tight. The clothing should be neither too tight nor too loose. No pins should be used, but all bands s
- 146 Can this be done in all kinds of weather? When the winds are sharp and the ground covered with melting snow, and when it is very cold, the baby should not go out. If the thermometer is below 32 degrees F., a child under four month's should not go out
- 147 The baby needs water as much as any adult person. Boil a fresh supply daily and cool and keep it in a covered dish or bottle. A little,--four to eight teaspoonfuls,--should be offered to the baby between each meal. It can be given from a spoon, a medicine
- 148 What can be done for them? They should be drawn out, and sometimes a breast pump is needed for this.Should the nipples be treated after nursing? They should be dried and clean clothing put against them. Some recommend was.h.i.+ng them with a mild solution
- 149 If a nursing baby has frequent colic attacks, what should be done? The food is probably too strong. The mother should eat food that will produce less fat (cream) in her milk. The baby can be nursed at longer periods for a time; or give an ounce of hot wat
- 150 What kind of bottles should be used? Round cylindrical bottles with the ounces marked on them.What color of nipples? Black rubber nipples.How should the bottle be treated when emptied? Rinse it out with cold water and then allow it to stand full of cold w
- 151 Unless the amount of sugar is now reduced, what occurs? There follow frequently watery, splashy stools with much gas and foul odors.Is cane or granulated sugar safe to use after six months? It does not usually produce so much trouble later on.Suppose milk
- 152 Lime-water 1 oz. 1 oz. 1 oz. 1 oz. 1 oz.Boiled water 17 oz. 16 oz. 15 oz. 14 oz. 13 oz.----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 20 oz. 20 oz. 20 oz. 20 oz. 20 oz.*The milk sugar takes no s.p.a.ce as it is always dissolved in the boiled water.How can we strengthen th
- 153 What signs in the infant demand an increase? The infant is not satisfied, does not gain in weight, but it has good digestion--that is, it does not vomit and has good stools.When should I not increase the food? So long as the child is satisfied, gains four
- 154 *(Milk sugar is not counted in totals.) If more than twenty ounces are needed get the proportions by adding one-fourth, one-half, three-quarters, or double each ingredient.Why does an infant so often vomit some of its food soon after feeding? The quant.i.
- 155 How often shall I nurse or feed baby during the first month? Ten times in twenty-four hours at intervals of two hours during the day and two times at night.Why can I not feed baby oftener? Because it takes nearly two hours to digest a meal at two months,
- 156 [596 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]FEEDING DURING THE SECOND YEAR How many meals should a child have during the second year? Five.Shall I prepare the milk for all day at one time? It is better to prepare the milk for all day during the second and third years. If
- 157 What essential point should I consider in its use? The Jersey cow gives too rich milk, and it must be greatly diluted. Children who digest milk with difficulty should take it diluted about four parts milk, one part water, a little salt or bicarbonate of s
- 158 At what meals should fruits be used? If the fruit juice is given upon an empty stomach early in the morning, it works more actively upon the bowels, than when given later.[602 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]Is it wise to give cream or milk with sour fruits? No, i
- 159 The cry of illness? This is moaning, fretful, easily aroused to crying.This can be distinguished even from a little distance before seeing baby, if you have heard it once. A baby who cries to get things stops when he gets them.If baby cries at night what
- 160 Cloves are warming, cordial and strengthening; they expel wind, and are good for the colic." This treatment has been known to give many a fretful baby a good night's sleep, and will be found very useful in homes where babies have this disease.[6
- 161 You should always be suspicious if your baby has no teeth at the end of the first year. A hearty baby should have six or eight, and if the soft spot in the head just above the forehead is as much open as it was for months previously you should be doubly s
- 162 TEETHING.--There are twenty teeth in the first set. There is sometimes slight fever, restlessness, sleepless nights, maybe loss of appet.i.te and some indigestion. If signs of indigestion are seen, give less food, and replace same with boiled water. If he
- 163 Peptogenic Milk Powder.--This may be used for a short time during or after acute illness; you can add it to the formula used as directed on the package.[NURSING DEPARTMENT 625]NURSING DEPARTMENT Including Care of the Sick and the Sick Room FOODS, FORMULAE
- 164 In Diphtheria the expectoration, discharge from the nose and vomited matter should be received in paper napkins and burned at once in the room, or if this is impossible, boiled before being taken from the room.Use the same treatment for the discharges in
- 165 [632 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]Linseed meal poultice.--Stir the meal slowly and evenly in boiling water; boil this mixture for several minutes and stir briskly all the time, and when thick enough it is well beaten with a spoon to remove lumps. If this is pro
- 166 DOSE IN DROPS FOR DIFFERENT AGES.If the dose is a spoonful or 60 drops for an adult, the other doses would be correct for the ages given below: 21 and over 60 drops 15 years about 33 drops A few more or less if robust or weakly 12 " " 30 drops &
- 167 [NURSING DEPARTMENT 639]ENEMATA are given either high or low.A high enemas thrown high up into the bowel.A low enema is injected into the r.e.c.t.u.m only, through a hard rubber tip to a syringe.Directions.--There are many ways of giving a simple enema.Po
- 168 TEMPERATURE (Fever).--A thermometer is necessary in taking the temperature. They can be bought for from fifty cents up. The temperature is taken by putting the thermometer under the tongue, in the arm-pit and in the r.e.c.t.u.m. For children it should be
- 169 2. Meats: broiled steak, mutton, fish, game and fowl, or stewed fowl. Also calf's head, calf 's brains, sh.e.l.l fish and oysters.3. Eggs, as in soft diet.4. Drinks as in soft diet.5. Vegetables: tomatoes, green peas, string beans, potatoes (Iri
- 170 Cinnamon Tea.--To 1/2 pint fresh milk add stick or ground cinnamon, enough to flavor, and white sugar to taste; bring to the boiling point and take either warm or cold. Excellent for diarrhea in children or adults.Barley Water.--Add two ounces pearl barle
- 171 Gluten mush: Boil 30 minutes.Steamed rice: Steam for one hour.Boiled rice: Boil for twenty minutes or until soft.Arrowroot Gruel.--Dissolve half a teaspoonful of sugar and a quarter of a teaspoonful of salt in a cupful of water and heat. Mix half a teaspo
- 172 Mutton Broth with Vegetables.--Allow one pound of neck of mutton to each pint of water; add carrots, turnips, onions, and barley; let all simmer together for three hours.[NURSING DEPARTMENT 657]Mutton Broth Without Meat.--Cook two "shank-ends" i
- 173 The course of study required is of three years duration, of nine months each, and the degree of D. O. (Doctor of Osteopathy) is given to the graduates.OPERATIONS.There has been a great change in regard to operations among the laity of late years. There is
- 174 Second. The business men of the city have an organization known as the "Business Men's League," which is intended and prepared to furnish reliable information by letter or personal application to the secretary and managers of the Business M
- 175 Action: It is an agreeable carminative and stimulant, in easing the secretions and stimulating the wavelike movement of the bowels. It acts as an irritant to the bladder and urethra.Uses.--It is put in laxative pills to prevent griping and to disguise the
- 176 Croup, Salt Water for.--"A handful of salt in a basin of cold water. Wring towel out of this solution and apply over the throat. Cover with warm flannel, keep patient warm." This simple but effective remedy has been known to give relief many tim
- 177 Neuralgia, Soothing Ointment for.--"One ounce of laudanum, baking soda to make paste." Apply to parts and cover with flannel." Its virtue is in its soothing and quieting action.Pain or Rheumatism, Tansy and Smartweed for.--"Boil handfu
- 178 Sweating, to Cause.--"Wet flannel cloth in vinegar, lay it on a hot soapstone and wrap in cloth. Take it to bed and you will sweat." This creates a steam and of course will produce sweating very quickly.[682 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]Sweating, to C
- 179 In Company.--At a reception or dinner-party it is perfectly proper for those who have never been introduced to converse with each other without such formality. The roof under which they meet confers the privilege.Indeed, it is often the greatest kindness
- 180 Formulas for Invitations.The formula for a dinner invitation is this: Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Smith request the pleasure of Mr. and Mrs. George Brown's company at dinner, 127 Blank Avenue.on March fifteenth at seven o'clock.This invitation may b
- 181 If the wedding is at home, the street and number are given in place of the church.[MANNERS AND SOCIAL CUSTOMS 697]If the bride has no mother, the invitations are issued in the name of the father; if no father, the mother's name is used. If an orphan,
- 182 Setting the Table.--The "best cloth" and napkins are brought out for the dinner party. The cloth must be laid with mathematical exactness, its center exactly on the center of the table. The centerpiece, almost invariably of flowers, only occasio
- 183 Decorations.--It is usual to decorate the rooms with flowers, and the services of the florist as well as the caterer are required if it is a large affair. Cards are usually left, as a token that one has been present, but in this case a card is manifestly
- 184 Preparing for Company.--An expected guest should always be met at the station by some member of the family. The guest room should be in readiness, closet and bureau drawers vacated for her use. The bed should be freshly made up, the bedding having been pr
- 185 A girl should not receive calls from young men without the presence of some member of the family, her mother by preference, at some time during the evening. A young man should not feel that the girl he calls upon is not properly looked after by her parent
- 186 It is customary to engage card tables and chairs for such an entertainment. The refreshments are served on these tables. Punch is sometimes served while the game is in progress.Very often the hostess invites some of her friends who do not play cards to co
- 187 ANNOUNCEMENT OF ENGAGEMENTS.An engagement may be announced soon after it is entered upon, or not until several weeks before the marriage. Usually the engagement is known to the two families some time in advance of the later formal announcement. This is to
- 188 The bride's family pays for the wedding cards, pays the florist and the caterer, the expense of opening the church and the service of the s.e.xton; the music, carriages for the bridal party, in short, the bills are for the family to pay. Where a wedd
- 189 At a church wedding it is customary--and usually necessary to keep out the uninvited--to enclose small cards which are presented at the church door to ensure admittance. If the reception is large, the same thing is sometimes done as a measure of protectio
- 190 THE SIMPLEST OF WEDDINGS.Now, although we have told how the church wedding and the ordinary home wedding are conducted, it does not follow that one may not have a much simpler and yet a pretty wedding, with less "pomp and circ.u.mstance" and con
- 191 MOURNING ETIQUETTE.Conduct of Funerals-- So brief the span between our birth and death that the etiquette of burial may fittingly follow that of the christening ceremony. It might be supposed that the funeral, especially the private, could be conducted wi
- 192 Mourning for Men.--Custom sets more lightly upon men than upon women in the matter of mourning. Here, as elsewhere, the details of etiquette devolve upon women. A widow would incur censure if she married within two years after her husband's death; in
- 193 Don't read your letters to others, unless they are family letters in which all may rightly have a share. A letter is a private communication.Keeping Letters.--It is a bad plan to keep old letters, especially if they are of a personal nature, or if th
- 194 They also stand uncovered when the United States flag is borne past, or the national hymn--the "Star Spangled Banner"--is played in public, at a military review, etc.When a man pa.s.ses a lady in the corridor of a hotel, or on the stairway, he s
- 195 Cards and Calls.--If calling on a lady who is visiting a person who is a stranger to him, he must ask for her hostess, sending up a card for her as well as for his friend. If calling with a lady, he should wait for her to give the signal for departure.The
- 196 The dead white brings out the yellow in her complexion and the faded color of eyes and hair. A very light "dressy" hat makes the wrinkles more obvious.The Suitable.--Dark, un.o.btrusive colors, relieved by white lace at throat and wrists, hats m
- 197 What pa.s.ses for conversation at receptions, dinners, ordinary social affairs, is merely chatter made up, of persiflage and repartee. One must be able to furnish it, however, for small talk is conversational "small change," without which it is
- 198 DUTIES AND DRESS OF SERVANTS.In many large and well-to-do households in this country only one maid, the "girl for general housework" is engaged, the mistress and her daughters a.s.sisting with the lighter parts of the work. In such case each mus
- 199 The divorced woman, if she drops her husband's name by permission of the court, uses her maiden name on her cards, with the prefix Mrs. If she retains her husband's name, she usually combines her family name with it, as Mrs. Jones Brown.A card s
- 200 It is thought unlucky to postpone a wedding. Better withdraw the invitations in case of severe illness or death, and have a quiet home ceremony with few present.A bridal procession always moves up the central aisle of the church. In case there is no cente