VEGBTABLE FOODS

["\"Warm bread, especially taken with butter ; mufiins; buttered toast ; pies, cakes, and all sorts of pastry ; pancakes ; fried bread and vegetables ; nuts of all kinds ; onions ; mushrooms ; pickles ; tea ; cofi'ee ; cocoa ; chocolate ; mus- tard ; pepper ; spices and other condiments ; sugar ; preserves, and all sacch- arine foods.", "1144 MEDICAL.", "IVEEDICAL.", "\"When people fall sick they seem to lose what little common sense they possessed when well. Men and women who are moderately wise and reason- able in other matters, cherish the most absurd superstitions, and follow the advice of the most transparent quacks when it comes to disease and medi- cine. A little reflection will convince many reasonable persons that no single medicine will cure all diseases, indeed no medicine will cure the same dis- ease in difTerent persons, and in different stages. Any candid physician will admit that the use of medicines by the most skillful and experienced prac- titioner, is, to a great extent, an experiment. What is \"one man's meat is another man's poison,\" and even the best physician needs to know the con- stitution of the patient, and to study the symptoms of disease before he can prescribe safely, to say nothing of curing the disease. And yet there are in- telligent men and women who buy patent nostrums, and pour them down their throats, knowing nothing of the disease, or of the probable effect of the alleged remedy. For instance, a child has a cough and a \"cough remedy\" is purchased and dealt out. Now, there are many kinds of coughs. The cough may be \"dry,\" or it may be \"loose\" ; the symptoms may differ in va- rious ways, and yet the \"cough remedy\" given for a \"dry\" cough may be intended for a \"loose\" one, and so all the symptoms may be aggravated, perhaps with a fatal result. The physician's advice and experience is chief- ly valuable to tell us what the disease is and the best possible treatment for it. It is dangerous in the extreme to administer any powerful remedv, or any medicine the nature and effect of which are not known, without the advice of some one", "For Varicose Veins. — Wear a silk elastic stocking.", "For Colds, drink pennyroyal tea.", "Glycerine is excellent to ru]> on chafes, burns, chap])ed liands or sun scalds.", "Blistered Feet.— To cure blistered feet from long walking, rub the feet, at going to bed, with spirits mixed with tallow.", "MEDICAL. 1145", "Liniment. — Three ounces each of tincture of opium, camphorated oil, and soap liniment.", "For Jaundice — The volk of an egg, raw or slightly cooked, is excellent food in jaundice.", "Chapped Hands and Lips. — Four parts glycerine to one part simple tinct- ure of benzoin. The latter is very healing.", "For Quinsij, gargle with water as hot as can be V)orne. This gives great relief, even in severe cases.", "Liniment. — The common jVlay-weed blossonis put in alcohol are much superior to arnica for the same use.", "For Soreness and Pains. — Bathe with not alcohol ; ana salt is often added. The use of alcohol sponge-baths after confinement is almost a necessity.", "To Check Vomiting. — Give a teaspoon of whole black mustard seed. A tablespoon may be given in severe cases.", "For Sick Headache. — Whenever the symptoms are felt coming on, drink a teacup of thoroughwort or boneset-tea.", "Trichina'. — Don't eat raw hog meat of any sort. It may contain trichinae, and if it does, the undertaker may as well be sent for.", "Lime in the Eye. — When lime, soda, potash, or ammonia, gets in the eye, wash out with water containing a little vinegar.", "For Stiff Joints. — Oil made by trying up common angle worms, is excel- lent to apply to sinews drawn up by sprains or disease.", "Pleurisy. — Oiled silk placed over the chest of those suffering from pneu- monia or pleurisy, will give great relief and hasten recovery.", "For Rheumatism. — To one pint alcohol, add one tablespoon pulverized potash, and a lump of gum-camphor the size of a walnut. Use as a liniment.", "Children's Beds. — No two children should sleep in the same bed. They will have better health and thrive better to sleep by themsslves.", "Chronic^ Diarrhcea is cured by drinking orange-peel tea; sweeten with loaf-sugar, and use as a common drink for twenty-four to thirty-six hours.", "For Burns. — Lime-water, olive-oil, and glycerine, equal parts; applied on lint, or grated raw potatoes used as a poultice.", "A Simple Remedy for Catarrh. — Place alum on the stove and let it melt and burn until it becomes a dry powder. Then use it as snuff.", "To Stop Bleedim/. — Apply wet tea-leaves, or scrapings of sole-leather to a fresh cut and it will stop the bleeding, or apph' a paste of flour and vinegai-.", "Beef Tea. — Boil the beef for a few minutes, and squeeze the juice from it with a lemon-squeezer, salt and use hot, cold or frozen.", "To Stop Bleeding at the Nose. — Bathe the feet in very hot water, drink- ing at the same time a pint of cayenne peper tea, or hold both arms above the head.", "For Dressing Cuts, Wounds or Sores. — Surgeon's solution of carbolic acid and pure glycerine mixed in equal parts, andapplied on soft lint or linen cloth.", "To Harden Nipples. — Bathe with a preparation of one-half ounce liquid tannin and two ounces glycerine, for three or four months before confinement, once or twice a day.", "1146 >fKnicAL.", "For Sore XippJes. — Bathe in Pond's Extract. The nipple need not be washed off before nursing. Or to the well-beaten white of an egg add a tew drops of tannin, mixed thoroughly, and bathe. Make fresh every day or two.", "Change of Climate. — A change of climate is nearly always beneficial to liealth for a time, and sometimes effects a complete cure in disease. It is still more likely to do good if a change of habits and diet goes with it.", "Dirt in the E)/e. — To remove spo<?ks of dirt from the eye, immerse the eye in cold water, then wink and roll the eyeball until the desired result is accomplished.", "Stammering. — If not caused by malformation of organs, reading aloud, with the teeth closed, for at least two hours a day for three or four months Mill cure stammering.", "Hoarseness. — It is said hoarseness may be relieved by using the white of an egg, thoroughly l)eaten, mixed with lemon-juice and sugar. Take a tea- spoonful occasionally.", "Remedy for Piles. — Mix a tea-spoon of sulphur with a tea-cup of milk, and take twice a day, morning and night, until improvement takes place ; then take occasionally", "Frosted Feet. — To relieve the intense itching of frosted feet, dissolve a lump of alum in a little water and bathe the feet with it, warming it before the nre. One or two applications are sure to give relief.", "Wotmd from Rusted Nail. — Smoke this or any inflamed wound over the fume of burning woolen cloth, wool or sugar, for fifteen minutes, and the pain will be taken out.", "For Toothache or Neuralgia. — Tliicken the yolk of an egg with common salt and api)ly as a poultice ; or slice raw onions, and scatter shaved bard sotip over them and apply.", "For Sprains. — The white of an egg, and salt mixed to a thick paste is one of the best remedies for sprains, or bruises, or lameness, for man or beast. Rub well the part affected.", "For Weak Eyes. — Bathe in hot water, never using cold; and neither chil- dren nor adults should use water below 50*^ temperature in washing, as cold water is very injurious to the eyes.", "To Prevent Sea-Sickness. — [Make a pad of wool or horse hair, and bind over the stomach. Brandy and water, very weak, is the best remedy to allay the heat and irritation.", "A Valuable Liniment. — One ounce wormwood to one pint alcohol. Or, Ijruise the green stalks of wormwood, moisten with vinegar, and apply to the sprain, Good for man or beast.", "Cutting the Hair. — Many children and men take cold aftqr having the hair cut. This may l)e i)revented by a quick dash of cold water on the head im- mediately after cutting, and before going out, and a brisk rubbing afterward.", "To Relieve Asthma. — Wet blotting paper in strong solution of saltpetre, dry it, and burn a piece tliree inches square on a plate in sleeping room, and it will afford a quick relief.", "Manna and Milk. — Take a quart of fresh skim milk, and boil in it one ounce of manna ; drinking this quantity cool, in small draughts, at intervals during the day, is good ior consumption.", "MEDICAL. 1147", "Sic^• Headache.— Elixir of guarana, prepared by Brewer & Co., Spring- field, Mass. Take one teaspoon everj' half hour until four have been taken, on the first intimation that the headache is coming on.", "Hot Water for a Cough.— For a tight, hoarse cough, where phlegm is not rising, or with difficulty, take hot water often, as hot as can be sipped. This will be found to give immediate and permanent relief.", "Sprains or Lameness. — Two ounces camphorated spirits, two ounces sweet oil, two ounces ammonia, two ounces chloform ; shake well before using, and rub it on by a fire. It is very excellent for a family liniment.", "Cherokee Liniment. — One ounce gum-camphor, dissolved in alcohol, one ounce each of spirits turpentine, sweet oil, hemlock oil, origanum oil, and cedar oil, two ounces spirits hartshorn. Use externally. Shake well before using.", "To Prevent Skin from Discoloring after a Bruise. — Apply immediately, or as soon as possible, a little dry starch or arrow-root, moistened with cold water, or rub with common table butter, or press firmly with blade of knife.", "Salve for Cuts and Burns. — To one-half pound sweet lard add one-fourth pound of beeswax and the same of resin ; beat all together till well mixed ; pour in a little tin box. Apply a little to the wound on a soft cotton cloth.", "Wens. — Dissolve copperas in water to make it very strong; now take a pin, needle, or sharp knife, and prick or cut the wen in about a dozen places, just sufficient to cause it to bleed ; then wet it well with the copperrs water, once daily.", "For Ivy Poisoning. — A simple and efl!'ectual remedy for ivy poisoning, is said to be sweet spirits of nitre. Bathe the affected parts two or three times during the day, and the next morning scarcely any trace of the poison will remain.", "Cholera Mixture. — Take one ounce of the following ingredients : tincture opium, capsicum or red pepper, rhubarb, pepermint and camphor put in large bottle, with a pint best brandy. Dose is ten to twenty drops in two or three teaspoons water. -Good in any case of diarrhea.", "For the Lungs.— A quart (or less if too strong) of tar, stirred six minutes in a gallon of water, and one-fourth, or a tumbler, taken four times a day, an hour or two after meals, is said to clear the lungs, and give greater ease in public speaking.", "Sleeplessness. — Wet a cloth in cold water, and lay it on the back of the neck. Fold a towel smoothly over it, and very often it will sooth the weary brain, and quiet the nerves better than an opiate. It is particularly useful in case of a dull headache.", "Broken Breasts. — One tablespoon unmelted lard, six small onions or two large ones sliced thin and fried in lard, until of a Ijght brown, and thorough- ly done ; then add half pint boiling water and thicken with corn meal to the consistency of mush. Spread on a cloth and apply as warm as can be borne.", "Diet ni Disease and Health. — Of the grains for mushes, rye is most flesh making, oatmeal second, and Graham third. For laxativ'eness— rye first, Graham second, oatmeal third. Graham builds up nerves, bones, and sin- ews ; dark gluten the same ; light gluten is more fattening than the dark.", "Changing Clothing. — People often take cold by removing heavy under- clothing too earlv in the spring. This should never be done until weather is settled. When about to make the change, take a cold hand-bath or sponge- Dath and rub briskly, in the morning, and there is no danger of taking cold.", "1148 MEDICAL.", "For Catarrh. — Putting a cloth wet in hot water over the nose and fore- head just before going to bed, and secured in place with a handkerchief over which a flannel is placed. Do this three nights, then skip three, etc.", "To Prevent Wearing Through the Skin when Bed-Ridden. — Apply to tender parts of the body with a feather, a mixture made by beating to a strong froth, the white of an egg, dropping in while beating two teaspoons spirits of wine. Bottle for use.", "Bee Stings. — Any absorbant will give relief from bee stings, but perhaps nothing is more effectual than lean raw meat. The sting of a bee or wasp may be almost instantly relieved by it. It is said to cure the bite of a rattle- snake, and relieve er}'sipelas.", "For a Cold. — Cayenne pepper-tea for a cold. Put a quarter of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper in a tea-cup ; pour over hot water and sweeten with sugar. Or, steep horseradish in a gill of vinegar, add a gill of honey, and take a tea- spoon every twenty minutes.", "Camphorated Ointment. — Good for burns, chapped hands, sore lips, salt- rheum, etc. One ounce each gum camphor, beeswax and fresh butter, stew and strain butter, then put all together, and simmer till the camphor is dis- solved, keeping covered while simmering.", "Paste for Scap-books. — Corn-starch makes the best paste for scrap-books. Dissolve a small quantity in cold water, then cook it thoroughly. Be careful not to get it too thick. When cold it should be thin enough to apply with a brush. It will not mould or stain the paper.", "Blackened eye. — Should the eye or any other part be blackened by a fall or blow, apply a cloth wrung out of very warm water, and renew it until the pain ceases, The moisture and heat liquify the blood, and send it back to its proper channel. Never use cold water to a bruise.", "Constipation. — Two ounces of seima, siiumer the strength out in one quart of water, strain the tea ; one pound of prunes, cooked soft, with half tea-cup of white sugar. Several times a day take, first one tablespoon of the senna tea, then eat one prune, fasting as much as possible.", "For Erjisipelas. — A simple poultice made from cranberries pounded fine, and applied in a raw state, is said to be a certain cure ; or slip off the outer bark of elder, break up the wood with the inner bark, and steep in butter- milk ; drink and apply to the parts affected.", "For Sore Throat. — Take five cents worth of chlorate of potash, dissolve, and take a teaspoon every hour, and also gargle with it. Or to a tea-cup vin- egar add salt and cayenne pepper, making it as strong as can be taken (some add a little pulverized alum) and gargle often with it.", "For Chronic Gathering in tlie head and discharge from the ear, take shot about the size of smail pease, flatten them, make a hole through the center, string them on a stout string, and wear as beads. Give this a trial before pronouncing it to be a whim.", "Burns. — Common baking soda — the bicarbonate — has beenfoundto cure burns or scalds, affording immediate relief when it is properly applied. For a dry burn, the soda should be made mto paste with water. For a scald or wet burned surface, the powdered soda (or borax will do as well) should be dusted on ; or apply raw lin.seed oil.", "To Relieve Toothache. — Apply powdered alum, or fill mouth with warm water, and immediately after with cold ; or saturate a piece of cotton with a fitong solution of ammonia, and appiv to the tooth. For toothache and in- flamed face caused by it, apply a poultice of pounded slippery-elm bark and cold water.", "MEDICAL. 1149", "To Drop Medicine. — Shake the bottle so as to moisten the cork. With", "the wet end of the cork moist- en the edges of the mouth of the bottle, then holding the cork under the mouth, let the fluid pass over the cork in dropping ; or place the han- dle of the spoon between tjie leaves of a closed book Ijdng on the table, and then both hands may be used in dropping the mixture ; or bend the handle of a tea or tablespoon as in cut, so that it will stand alone.", "A Good Cure for Colds is to boil two ounces of flaxseed in one quart of water ; strain and add two ounces of rock candy, one-half pint of honey, juice of three lemons ; mix, and let all boil well ; let cool, and bottle. Dose — One cupful before bed, one-half cupful before meals. The hotter you drink it the better.", "Tape Worms are f-aid to l)e removed by refraining from supper and break- fast, and at eight o'clock taking one-third part of two hundred minced pump- kin seeds, the shells of which have been removed by hot water; at nine lake another third, at ten the remainder, and follow it at eleven with strong dose of castor oil.", "For Cold in tne Head. — As soon as you feel that you have a cold in the hea<l, put a teaspoon of sugar in a goblet, and on it put six drops of camphor, stir it, and fill the glass half full of water; stir, till the sugar is dissolved, then take a dessert spoonful every twenty minutes. This is sure cure if taken as directed.", "To Prevent Taking Cold. — If out in cold weather with insufficient clothing or wrappings, fold a newspaper and spread across the chest. Persons having weak lungs can in this way make for themselves a very cheap and perfect lung protector. Large papers spread between quilts at night add much to the warmth.", "Salve. — The following is an excellent salve for burns, cuts, or sores o^ long standing : Take equal parts of melted beeswax, mutton suet, pulverized resin, burnt alum, honey, Venice of turpentine, sweetoil. Cook over a slow fire all together. Stir till it commences to thicken; then strain through a cloth and pour in earthen boxes.", "Catavrh Cold.— Ten drops carbolic acid, and seven and a half each of iodine and chloroform ; heat a few drops over a spirit lamp in a test tube, holding the mouth of the tube to the nostrils as soon as volatization is effected. Re- peat every two minutes, until the patient sneezes a number of times, when the troublesome symptoms will disappear.", "Neuralgia. — One-half drachm sal-ammonia in one ounce of camphor- water. Take a teaspoon several times, five minutes apart, until relieved. Another simple remedy is horseradish. Grate and mix it in vinegar, the same as for table purposes, and apply to the temple when the face or head is afi'ected, or the wrist, when the pain is in the arm or shoulder.", "\\]^ooping Cough. — Mix one lemon sliced, half-pint flax-seed, two ounces honey, and one quart water, and simmer, not boil, four hours; strain when cool, and if there is less than a pint of the mixture, add water. Dose : one table-spoon four times a day, and one also, after each severe fit of coughing. Warranted to cure in four days if given when the child first '\"whoops.\"", "Worms. — A mother gives the following : \"Once a week invariably — and generally when we had cold meat minced— I gave the children a dinner which", "1150 MEDICAL.", "is hailed with delight, and looked forward to; this is a dish of boiled onions. The little ones knew that they were taking the best of medicine for expelling what most children suffer from— worms. Mine we kept free by this remedy alone.\"", "For Sore Throat use as a remedy one ounce of camphorated oil and five cents worth of chlorate of potash. Whenever any sureness appears in the throat, put the potash in half a tumbler of water, and with it gargle the throat thoroughly, tlien rub the throat thoroughly with tlie camphorated oil at night before going to bed, and also pin around the throat a small strip of woolen flannel.", "Erje Wash. — Sulphate of zinc two grains, sulphate of morjihine one-half grain,\" distilled water one ounce ; mix, and bottle. Drop in the eye (a drop or two at once,) then wink the eye several times, so that the wash may reach all the parts ; and keep quiet and do not use the eyes for about an hour. This wash is for blood-shot eyes, and when used it will produce quite a smarting sensation", "Alger Liniment. — Alcohol, one gallon ; cagiput oil, one ounce ; monard oil, one ounce ; thymes oil, one ounce ; peppermint oil, half ounce ; camphor gum, one ounce. Shake well and let stand twenty-four hours. It is good for rheu- matism and for any purpose for which liniment is used for man or beast. This is a very valuable recipe and has been sold at a very high price.", "Sure Cure for Coma. — Take one-fourth cuj) of strong vinegar, crumb finely into it some bread. Let stand half an hour, or until it softens into a good poultice. Then apply on retiring at night. In the morning the soreness will be gone, and the corn can be picked out. If the corn is a very obstinate one it may require two or more applications to effect a cure.", "Raiv Linseed Oil is one of the best applications for burns, wounds, and cuts. It excludes the air and heals rapidly. Dip a cloth in it, and apply, covering with a second cloth. F^or flux or diarrhea in children, give a tea- spoonful three times a day until the disease has abated. Be careful not to use boiled linseed oil as a remedy in cases of men or animals. When boiled it is only used for painting.", "Conklin's Salve. — One pound of resin, two ounces mutton tallow, one of beeswax, one-half gill alcoholic spirits, add a little of the gum of balsam ; boil all together slowly, until it has done rising or foaming, or until it begins to api>ear dear. Pour the mixture into a pail of cold water, and when it gathers, take it out, roll on boards and cut it off. Care must be taken not to burn it. Moisten tlie hands in brandy while working.", "To Promote or Restore Mevfitruation. — Puta small tea-cup of logwood chips into a i>int of soft water, simmer for fifteen minutes, then add one half pint of whiskey, Dose, one tablespoon half an hour before each meal, and just before going to bed. Another excellent prescription for the s:ime purpose is made as follows : Two drams of prepared citrate of iron and (juinine, one pint cherry wine, one-half ounce chamomile flowers.", "Itch Ointment. — Two tablespoons lard, one of black pepper, one of ground mustard ; boil all together, and when taken off and nearly cold add one table- spoon sulphur. Anoint with this three evenings successively just before go- ing to bed. Do not change bed-clothes or wearing clothes during the time. Afler this, wash with castile soap suds, and change all the clothing that has been worn or touched.", "Poison bij /(•(/.— An infallible remedy for poisoning by ivy, poison oak, and other poison vines and plants, is goo<l rich buttermilk in which you have", "MEDICAL. 1151", "beaten some green tansy leaves until the milk is tlioroughl}' tinctured. Bathe the parts often (indeed, you could not do it too often,) until relieved. Wet a cloth with the mixture at night, and lay on, wetting as often as it feels dry. Or take bromo-chloralum, oz. iv ; vinum opii oz. ij ; aquse oz. vj. Bathe the parts freely with this and it will relieve the itching at once. It is good in urticaria.", "Magic Liniment. — For sprains ana infiamaiion this is very good for ani- mals, and without turpentine, very good for man: Two ounces oil of spike, two ounces oil of origanum, two ounces oil of hemlock, two ounces of worm- wood, two ounces of spirit of ammonia, two ounces of gum camphor, two of spirits of turpentine and four ounces of sweet oil and one quart of best alco- hol. Mix well and bottle tightlv. A little well rubbed in is a fine stimula- ting linament.", "French Remedy for Chronic Rheumatism. — Dr. Bonnet, of CrauJbet, France, Slates in a letter to the \"Abeille Medicale,\" that he has been long in the habit of prescribing \"the essential oil of turpentine by friction for rheuma- tism ; and that he has used it himself with perfect success, having almost in- stantaneouslv got rid. of rheumatic pains in both knees and in the left shoul- der.\"", "Magnetic Ointment Equal to TrasJc's. — Hard raisins cut in pieces, and fine- cut tobacco, equal weights ; simmer well together, then strain, and press out all from the dregs. This is excellent for external applications, for cold in the head, applying to the temples, outside and inside of nose, and forehead. Applied inside of nose it clears the head by sneezing. It is also good for croup if applied first to the throat and afterward to the chest.", "Chapped Hands. — \"When the hands show signs of cracking wash tnem clean with mild soap and soft warm water, liinse in borax ^\\•ater and thor- oughly dry them. Then anoint them with vaseline or petroleum jelly, which can be procured at any drug store. Dry it by the fire and a cure is sure to follow. This vaseline never fails. With it '^\"he skin can be kept soft and velvety all the time.", "Mustard Plasters. — Mix with boiling water, vinegar, or wnite of an egg (the latter is best when a blister is not wanted) to consistency the same asil for the table. Home add a little flour when not wanted too strong. Spread on half a thin muslin cloth, cover with the other half, or put on cloth, and put over it a thin piece of gauze; apply, and M'hen removed, wash the skin with a soft sponge, and apply a little sweet cream or oil.", "Sprains. — If a sprain is nothing more than a sprain — that is if no Dones are broken or put out— wrai> the i^arts in several folds of fiannel which has been wrung out of hot water, and cover it wilh a dry bandage, and rest it for some days, or even weeks. Entire rest at first, and'moderate rest afterward, are absolutely necessary after a sprain. If it is in the ankle, the foot should be raised as high as niay be comfortable ; if in the wrist, it sliould be carried in a sling. Or, place in hot \\vater three minutes then in cold three minutes, and so alternate four or five times, then bind up in a hot compress. If the sprain is in knee or where it cannot be immersed, wrap in hot cloths for three minutes then in cold, etc.", "For Burns or Bruises. — Appiv peach tree leaves, smooth side next to the skin and bind them on ; or wet cloth and sprinkle it with carbonate of soda (common cooking soda) and bind it on the burn. It quickly stops the pain, and is a harmless and thorough remedy. If no cloth is at hand, wet the part burned and sprinlcle dry soda on it. For burns where there is danger of mor-", "1152 MEDICAL.", "tification, or even if it has already begun bind on strips of cloth dipped in clean tar.", "Cure for Locfc-Jair, smd to be positive. — Let any one who has an attack of lock-jaw take a small (jnantity of .spirits of turpentine, warm it, and pour it on the woun<l — no matter where the wound is, or what its nature is — and re- lief is said to fnUow in less than a minute. Turpentine is also a sovereig:n remedy for cmu]*. Saturate a piece of flannel with it, and place the tianiud on the throat and chest — and in very severe cases three to five drops on a lumj) of sugar may be taken internally.", "Soft Water and Cholrru. — A distinguished physician gives it as hi.s opinion tliat the habitual use of pure soft water, or from wells in a locality where tlie rocks are freestone, will prevent the cholera. He says that cholera has al- ways prevailed in a limestone region, among families using hard water, while those using soft water in same neighborhoods escaped, and those living in freestone regions only a few miles away were also exempt from attacks. Soft water from cisterns should be filtered before using.", "Cough Mixture. — Dissolve one-fourth pound gum-arabic in half pint boil- ing water, add a half tea-cup sugar and honey, and two table-spoons lemon juice, steep for five or ten minutes ; bottle and cork, add water, and take ; or boil one ounce each of licorice-stick and anise-seed, and half ounce senna in one quart of water, ten minutes ; strain, add two tea-cups molasses or honey, boil down to a pint and then bottle ; or, to one pint whiskey add one-half pound rock candy and two ounces glycerine.", "Druuhenness. — There is a prescription in use in England for the cure of drunkenness, by which thousands are said to have been assisted in recover- ing themselves. It is as follows : Sulphate of iron, five grains; pepi)ermint water, eleven drachms ; sj)irit of nutmeg, one drachm ; twice a day. Tliis ])reparation acts as a stimulant and tonic, and partially supplies the place of the accustomed liquor, and prevents that absolute physical and moral pros- tration that follows a sudden cessation from the use of stimulating drinks.", "Relief for Burning Feet. — To relieve burning feet, first discard tight boots ; then take one pint of bran and one ounce of l^icarbonate of soda, put in a foot- bath, add one gallon of hot water; when cool enough, soak your feet in this mixture for fifteen minutes. The relief is instantaneous, this must be pre- pared every night for a week or perhaps more. The bran and bicarbonate should be made fresh after a week's use. Bicarbonate of soda can be pur- chased for a smalt price per pound from wholesale druggists. The burning sensation is produced by the pores of the skin being closed, so that the feet do not perspire.", "Catarrh. — Wet and coid at tne surface of the body is a cause of catarrh, but the most fruitful source is wet and cold feet, and yet there is nothing more easy to avoi<l. Warm socks, horsehair soles, and goloshes will always keep the feet dry and warm. It does not seem to be understood that although a boot or shoe may not leak, yet if tlie sole is damp, it by evaporation conducts away the heat from tlie foot, and ought never to be worn when not exercising. Tlie neck should be covered lightly, l)ut too much covering ])redisposes to ca- tarrhal troubles by causing congestion of the mem!>rane ati'ecti'd in tliis dis- ease. Bed-roomsought to be well aired, and warmed if possible, l)y an open fire, in damp, chilly weather.", "Clover Tea. — Gather the blossoms of red clover, when beginning to bloom, and dry for use, putting away in tight paper sacks. A tea made from these blossoms is excellent for \"hives,\" cancer, or any disease of a scrofulous na- ture. The essence of clover is sometimes used instead of the tea, and is kept", "MEDICAL. 1153", "at drug stores. It is also good for sickness at the stomach. The tea may be made of the fresh blossoms also. For cancer the tea is given in large quan- tities, some patients drinking a gallon a day every day for a year before feel- ing certain of cure. This is largely prescribed by physicians.", "Taper Lights. — The best light for a sick room is furnished by the tapers which come in boxes (bought at any drug store) in a vase or a tumbler of lard-oil. The taper is simply a small wick set in a tiny piece of wood. In the box of tapers is a float — a three-cornered frame of tin with a bit of cork on each corner. This is placed on the surface of the oil, and the taper set on it, the bottom of the wood resting in the oil. It may then be lighted, and produces an agreeable light, without smoke or smell, and sufficient for the purposes of the sick-room or nursery, and yet not so glaring as to be disa- greeable. All persons accustomed to light in the sleeping-room will find this much better than a lamp turned low. The tumbler may be half full of water with oil on top.", "Healing Salve for Wounds. — Pint olive-oil, half ounce common resin, half ounce beeswax ; melt well together, and bring all to boiling heat ; add grad- ually of pulverized red lead — three-eighths of a pound (for summer use a trifle more lead) ; in a short time after it is taken up by the oil, and the mixture be- comes brown or a shining black, remove from the fire, and when nearly cold add two scruples pulverized camphor. It sliould remain on the fire until it attains a proper consistency for spreading, which may be known by dipping a splint or knife in the mixture from time to time, and allowing it to cool. When used spread thinly on a piece of tissue paper or old, fine linen. Ex- cellent for frost sores or any kind that are hard to heal.", "How to Distinguish Raahes. — ]\\Ieasles ajipear as a number of dull red spots, in many places running into each other, and is usually first seen about the face, and on the forehead, near the roots of the hair, and is often preced- ed by running of the eyes and nose, and all the signs of severe cold. Scarlet fever ai>pears first about the neck and chest, but not unfrequently at the bend of the elbow or under the knee, and is usually preceeded by sore throat. It can be distinguished from roseola — a mild disease, which is sometimes mis- taken for it — by the bright red color of the skin, which appears not unlike a boiled lobster. In chicken-pox the symptoms are attended by fever, the spots are small, separate pimples, and come generally over the whole body.", "Hot Water as Medicine. — Consumptives and dys2:)eptics find great relief in drinking, or rather slowly sipping, hot water an hour before eating. It should be as hot as can be taken. Sips of hot water are also good where the stomach is weak, as in convalescence after illness. In a severe case of dys- pepsia, the patient began by taking six teaspoons of hot water three times a day, and has gradually increased the amount with the greatest benefit. Hot water is also excellent in cases of sick f^tomach, and may be taken when no nourishment of any kind can be retained in the stomach. In giving to a child, and it is very beneficial to them, give with a spoon and have a cup of cold water in Avhich to dip spoon before taking up the hot water, as by con- stant dipping in hot water the metal becomes too hot for the little ones and they will not take the water hot enough fearing the spoon.", "Cubeb Berries for Catarrh. — A new remedy for catarrh is crushed cubeb berries smoked in a pipe, emitting the smoke through the nose ; after a few trials this will be easy to do. If the nose is stopped up so that it is almost impossible to breathe, one pipeful will make the head as clear as a bell. For sore throat, asthma, and bronchitis, swallowing the smoke effects immedi- ate relief . It is the best remedy in the world for offensive breath, and will make the most foul breath pure and sweet. Sufferers from that horrid dis-", "1154 MEDfCAt.", "ease, ulcerated catarrh, will find this remedy uneqiialed, and a month's use will cure the n)ost obstinate case. A single trial will convince anyone. Eat- inir the uncrnshed berries is also good for sore throat and all bronchial coin- l)laints. After smoking, do not expose yourself to cold air for at least fifteen minutes.", "To Cure a Cold. — A bad cold should be \"nipped in the bud.\" To do this no medicine is required. A ])ersoii who finds he has taken cold should bun- dle u]) unusually warm in bed, with a bottle of hot water at his feet. The ol)jt'ct is to create a mild perspiration the entire night. Before dressing in the morning take a sponge bath in cold water and apply friction to the skin imtil it is in a glow. The cold, probaldy will then liave disappeared, but if not follow the same course another night. But this remedy must be applieil prom])tly after noting the first indications. — such as sneezing or running at the nose\"; if left a day or two the cold will be sure to run its course. Often toasting the feet the whole evening by the fire Avill answer the purpose.", "Fur Diarrhea. — Stir lightly into teacujiful cold water the white of one egg not beaten. This forms a c* ating on the stomach, and is also nourishing, and is good in any disease where patient can not eat. Another delicate prepara- tion for a weak stomach is slippery-elm gruel : !Mix fine slippery-ehn flour with cold water, then stir into boiling water till thickness of gruel. Charcoal crackers are of great value in assisting digestion. In diarrhea the most im- portant item is absolute quiet on a lied. Bits of ice may be eaten and swal- lowed at will, but drink litttle li(]uid of any kind. If com]>elled to be on the feet, bind a stnuig piece of woolen flannel tightly around tlie a])domen, hav- ing it doulile in front. For diet, use rice i)arched like i-otrce, boiled and eat- en with a little salt and butter. Some advise making a tea of it, and also using boiled milk and nuitton broth, with crisi)ed white crackers, for chil- dren. Or, use ice-cold enemas after each movement of the bowels — a tea- spoon for a babe, increasing in that i)roportion till, for an adult, a l)ulbful is given. This is good in cases of dysentery, etc.", "For Sore Throat — Rub on the outside, and wet clotli in Pond's Extract, and gargle with it also, taking from one to ten drops four times a day. An- other excellent remedy is camphor dikited with water till it can be used as a gargle. Another remedy is to put on a strip of flannel thin slices of fat pork, and sprinkle very thick with black pepper and place around the throat, or chop fat pork and onions together, about half and half, and put in sack and )*wt on ; or bathe throat ill coal oil, also, in diphtheria, some have used with benefit bits of ice kept constantly in tlie mouth for as long as seven hours ; or gargle with lemon juice, occasionally swnllowing some. Or a bran mash is excellent — that is, lu-an with boiling water poured over it, and put on when just warm enough to feel agreeable. In putting it on, spread th(> p<Miltice in a tliin cloth, and lay it on a handkerchief foliled cornerwise, and the corners of the handkerchief over the head ; then the poultice will touch the tender jilaces. which it cannot do if it is simi>ly bound straight around the throat. The sufferer from sore throat should eat nothing wliich could scratch it, like drj' toast. Soft boiled eggs, soft toast, and diet of that kind should be in- dulged in, and the drinks should be merely warm — not too hot or cold.", "Sleeplessness. — The loss of power to cast ofl' the burden of the day, and find rest at niglit, is one of the greatest of jx-rsonal alflictions; yet, it is safe to say that wakefulness at night is an acquired habit, which can be overcome, like other bad habits, if not too long indulged. Let any adult person awake, say at midnight, and \"get to thinking\" for an hour or two ; do this the fol- lowing three or four nights ; he will find that it will then require a powerful etTort of the will to resist doing the same Miing for several nights thereafter.", "MEDICAL. 1155", "A person should never give waj- to the dangerous habit of lying awake at nights ; for that is exactly what it is, a dangerous habit, and nothing else.", "Golden Ointment. — One pound lard, eight ounces beeswax, one ounce cam- phor gum in five ounces alcoliol, one ounce origanum, one ounce laudanum ; let all dissolve while melting the lard and beeswax, tiien stir together until cold, or the cami)lior will go oft in a steam. Do not mix too hot. This will cure pain in the side by applying as a plaster. For enlarged neck or goitre, dilute with one-fourth iodine. For salt-rheum, apply externally, and take cathartics to cleanse the blood. For scald-head, rub together one ounce golden ointment and three drachms of red precipitate ; remove the hair and ruV) with this twice a day, each day washing with castile soap suds. For catarrh, rub the ointment up in the nose profusely, and let it remain all night. In the morning draw cold water up the nose and throw it back two or three times to clean the tubernated bones. Also bathe the face and ears with cold water.", "Chronic Inflammation of the Stomach. — This is known by a pain in the stomach, increased by the presence of food, by belching up gas, ])y vomiting, fickle appetite, seasons of thirst, tongue white in the center and red at tip, or sometimes red and smooth — is a disease which soon ends in ulceration of stomach, and death. Counter-irritants over the stomach, suchas mustard draughts, followed by hot fomentations of hops ; frequent warm or cold baths, according to patient's constitution ; a tepid compress worn over the stomach at night ; and the most careful diet, consisting mostly of gum water, rice water, slip])ery-elm water and gruel, arrowroot gruel, toast without butter, gluten mush, etc., and in two or three weeks the disease will yield under this persistent starving and cooling system.", "Brir/ht's Disease. — Dr. Arthur Scott Dorkin extols a skim-milk diet in this disease. \"The first appreciable action,\" he says, '\"of skim-milk taken to the extent of six or seven pints daily, is that of a most energetic diuretic, a profuse flow of urine being rapidly produced. The effect of this in Bright's disease, is to to flush the uriniferous tubules, and to dislodge and wash out the concrete casts of diseased epithelial cells by which the ■ rrc blocked up and distented. Tlie emptying of the tubules relieves their pressure on the surrounding secondary capillaries, the blood begins to flow more freely through them, the distension of the primary malpighian ca- pillaries is relieved; less and less albumert escapes through their v>alls, until the renal circulation is gradually restored, when it finaly disappears from the urine. While this beneficial change is progressing, healthy epi- thelium is developed in the tubules, and the urinary excrement is withdrawn from the blood. In short, a healthy nutrition becomes re-established in the kidneys through the agency of milk, which above all other substances, seems to exercise a controlling influence over this process.", "For a Cough.— 'dimmer together a handful each of lioarhound and mul- lein leaves in a quart of soft water till all the strength is extracted (add more water if neccessary) ; then strain and add to it one quart of Orleans molasses. • Dose, one tablesi)oonful three times a day. Or for hoarseness wet a piece of cotton. batting on the inside, wrap it around a lemon, and cover with ashes and coals to roast as you would roast a potato ; let it roast from fifteen to twenty minutes; take out, clip off\" one end, squeeze out the juice, and strain it through a thin cloth to remove any seeds or particles of pulp. There will be from four to five teaspoonsfuls of juice, which mix witli an equal quantity of strained honey (to strain warm an<l strain through a thin cloth) ; or, iu'^tead of honey, add three teaspoonfuls of granulated sugar, place the cup in a pan of hot water, set on stove until sugar is dis- solved. Take one or two teaspoonfuls every hour, or after a spell of cough- ing, For a child add a larger proportion of honey and sugar, and give a Ljuarter teaspoonful every two hours.", "1156 MEDICAL.", "WhiHifting-cough. — C'liildren do nut \"whooj)\" for two or three wtn-ks after takiiij^ tins (iiscase. The must reUable syiuptons are : eyes red ami watery when they cou«i:h, an<l the eovij^h elin^ing to the patient witli a linn i^rasp. It lasts from six weeks to three niunths, aeeunUng to season when taken, and can be ^iven during thi' lirst two months. It is not carried in clothes, bnt when a child jx(>ts the l)reath of a whuopinfr-congh patient then he will take it. SuMUi of the renieiUes are. to jrive ilrinks of water as hut as they i-an he taken, in the eveninjj; and with lirst symptoms of a conghinjLT spt-ll — this makes the couirh easier ; another is, tu take scant tea-cnp whole Hax-seed, wash it tiiorou^'hly, add one Icmun sliceii and ([uart of water, simmer ^'cntly two hours, add two tabh'sj)uons of honey, then strain when hot. It should be like thick molasses; if too thick, add water. (_Tive one taijlespoonful four times a day, and one after each severe lit of ct)Ughing. (This is also good for an ordinary cold and cough.) The system of the patient needs to be built up, and for that purpose gi.ve two oil-baths a week; alsu guod, nourishing food, such as Ciraham or oatmeal jnush, coarse bread, milk. etc. ; and keep child out doors as much as possible, using great care no cold is taken. Some, when the breathing is verv bad, put a hot mustard and oatmeal poultice on the chest. In cities, a daily visit to the gas works has been saiil to abate the violence of the disease. A new renu'ily is to fumigate patient with burning sul]ihur, then remove him and more thoroughly fumigate the room. Kedress patit'ut in clean, well-aired clothes and return to fuuugated room. Do this twice a wt'ck it nece", "For CoriKlijxition. — The same remedies will not effect all persons. One or two tigs eaten fasting is suthcient for some, and they are especially good in the cases of chiMren, as there is no trouble in getting them to take tliem. A spoon of whcaten bran in a glass of water is a simpU' remedy and ipiite efl'ec- tive. One or two tumblers of hot water will mo\\'e almost every one, but is lUlhcult to take. In chronic cases a faithful manapulation and miiving of bowels and limbs with gentle rotary movement with the open i)alm, and giv- ing all natural motions to the parts, with jiroper diet, will almost invariably secure the desired result. It has been known to cure a case of life-long habit, where inherited, too, and although it involves patience and perseverence, is is certainly belter than to sutler the ills that result from so many patent medicines and quack nostrums. \".\\n ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,\" And regiihtritii of hahil in t\\u» matter is the great thing to be im- pressed on ]H'opie generally. Or, three tea-cups each of coarse, clean, wheat l)ran and sifted flour, three teaspoons baking powder, seven teaspoons good butter and ont> of salt. Mix with cold sweet milk; roll thinl of an inch thick, cut with a biscuit cutter and bake thoroughly in a moderate oven; or, i>our hot water on tablespoon flax seed, pour off and at once add three or four tablespoons of cold water, and drink. This is perfectly harmless and may betaken once, twice, or thrice a day if ni'cessary ; or. a teaspoon black mustard-seed taken every morning; or a glass of cold water taken at night and tirst thin<j; in the morning. In rubbing the bowels with the hands al- ways rub from left to right.", "Toothache. — Place a small bit of zini- on one side of tlu' gum, and a sniall silver coin on the other and bring the ebges together, electricity is generated and the pain ceases. ^lost toothache.is caused by cold. Fill the mouth full of raw cotton between the gum and the cheek and the gum and the tongue. Tut a piece of cotton on the outside of the face (moistened with some good liniment if you have it), then put a hot sand bag, or hot iron, to the face. Soon the clear water will commence to run out of the mouth freely, and the pain is relieved. For Nt'iiralgin apply a tuning fork, while fibrating, over the course of the painful nerve, continue about iialf an hour.", "MEDICAL. 1157", "Inhalation of Tar for Consumption. — Mix together sixteen ounces of liquid tar and one fluid ounce liquor of pottassa, boil them for a few minutes in tlie open air, then let it simmer in an iron vessel over a spirit or other lamp in the chamber of the patient. This may at first excite a disposition to cough, but in a short time it allays it, and removes any tendency to it. Or the fol- lowing is said to be an effectual remedy. Livetemperately, avoid spirituous liquors, wear flannel next the skin, and take, every morning, half a pint of new milk, mixed with a wine glassful of the expressed juf^e of green hoar- hound. One who has tried it, says, \"Four weeks' use of the hoarhound and milk relieved the pains in my breast, gave me ability to breathe deep, long and free, strengthened and harmonized my voice, and restored me to a bet- ter state of health than I had enjoyed for years.\" The French method is ode-half pound finely cut up fresh beefsteak ; one drachm pulverized char- coal : four ounces pulverized sugar ; four ounces rye whiskey ; one pint boil- ing water. Mix all together, let it stand in a cool'plaee over night, and give from one to two teaspoons liquid and meat before each meal. The dose should be small at first, until the stomach becomes used to it, then gradually increased. But one of the most simple of remedies and one that has been found beneficial is the leaves and flowers of the common mullein. Make a strong tea of the fresh or dried leaves (best when gathered from plants in blossom) and drink freely. Continue from three to six months, according to the severity of the disease. This remedy is \"good for the blood\" also, build- ing up the system, and making good blood, and taki", "Good Cures for Croup. — Boil pigs' feet in water, without salt, and let it stand over night; in the morning skim off the fat (which will be formed in a cake on top), put in a tin pan, boil until all water is evaporated ; bottle, and keep for use. Give a teaspoon every fifteen minutes on the appearance of the first symptoms, and apply freely to chest and throat, rubbing well. A celebrated physician says that a child cannot have the croup if pigs' feet oil is administered at the first symptoms. Or, warm a teaspoon with a little lard in it or goose grease ; thicken with sugar, and give it to the child ; it may produce vomiting, which is always desirable, thus breaking up the mem- brane that is forming. Apply lard or goose grease to thnjat and chest, wiili* raw cotton or flannel. Care must be taken, removing only a small piece at a time of these extra wraps to prevent taking cold. Or take a knife or grate and shave off in small particles about a teaspoonful of alum; then mix it with twice its quantity of molasses, to make it palatable, and administer it as quick as possible. Almost instantaneouslv relief will follow by vomiting. Another remedy given by a writer of professed experience is to first get a piece of chamois skin, make a little bib, cut out neck and sew on tapes to tie it on ; then melt together some tallow and pine tar ; rub some of this on cliamois and let the child wear it all the time. My baby had the croup whenever she took cold, and since I put on the chamois I have had no more trouble. Renew with tar occasionally. Or to one-half cup N. O. molasses add a teaspoon soda, beat to a white froth, and give a teaspoon every few minutes till re- lieved by vomiting; or, o", "1158 MEDICAL,", "(lued. From two yoars to eight is the croup period ; and nhen a cohd assumea croupy symptums great care should be taken to keep the child indoors, in a warm, well-ventilated room, giving good food, no meats, hot bread or ber- ries. (Raw or cooked onions are good as a preventive of either worms or croup,) A remedy said to give relief where other means fail, is to let a healthy person fill his lungs with pure air, then slowly breath upon the ]iatient's throat and chest, commencing at the point oi the chin and moving slowly down to the bottdfei of the windpipe.", "Cure for Felon. — \"When a felon first makes its appearance, take the inside skin of an egg-shell, and wrap it around the part ati'ected. When the press- ure becomes too painful, wet it with water, and keep it on twelve hours ; or roast or bake thoroughly a large onion ; mix the soft inner pulp with two heaping tablespoons of table salt, and apply the mixture to the attected parts as a poultice, keeping the parts well covered. Make fresh applications at least twice a day, morning and evening, and a cure will follow in at least a week. Or take a pint of common soft soap and stir in air slackd lime till it is of the consistency of glazier's putty. Make a leather thimble, fill it with this composition and insert the finger therein, and the cure is certain. Or, one teaspoon of scorched salt, one teaspoon corn meal, one teaspoon of scraped hard soap, one teaspoon of beet leaves pounded up, twelve drops of turpen- tine, and the yolk of one egg, ]Mix all ingredients together in the form of a poultice, in which bind closely the swollen finger. Or procure five or six lemons, cut oif the end of one, thrust the sore finger into the lemon and let it staj' till the lemon is warm ; proceed in the sime way till all the six are used. Or, put a piece of Spanish-fiy plaster over the ^p )t affected, and that will draw the trouble to the surface ; or, on first appearance, apply a poultice of the common Fleur de Lis root well mashed. It will cure in a short time. Or take equal parts of gum camphor, opium, castile soap, brown sugar; wet to a ))aste with spirits of turpentine, and api)ly like asalve. Those whohave tried it say it is an invalual>le remedy. Or take common rock-salt, such as is used in ", "and healings it should' be used in the form of a poultice, also for sore throat. My ph3-sicians have always encouraged its use for the above complaints. For breasts, cut a piece of cloth round with a hole in the center for the infant, tiien cover the breast entirely over with the cloth on which the salve has been spread.\"", "Scarlet Ftvcr, or Scarlatina. — When to the feeling of general illness which accompanies all i'everc ^s added a very rapid pulse, 1 20-130 and a temperature of 100°-104°-1U5°, and there is a dry, hot feeling in the throat, with tonsils red and swollen, and distress on trying to swallow, it is safe to suspect an infectious disease, and probably scarlet fever. The sick person should be isolated at once in a room as much apart from the other members as possible, the higher up in the house the better, and a good physician sent for.", "Tlie rash generally appears about the second dav, beginning on the neck and chest, and exteuding over the whole body, the deepest color being on the neck the outer side of the limbs, the joints, hands and feet. The che^■ks are a bright, deep red. The case having been declared to be scarlet fever, all precautions given for infectious diseases, as regards isolation and disinfection, must be observed.", "The room should be kept at an even temperature of i'i^ ; light a fire, if possible, and leave the window down an inch atthetop. Throw the window open and change the air entirely twice a day, covering the patient head and all at the time and until the room is again warm. Do not be afraid of fresh, dry outside air, but be sure that the patient is covered head and all, so that no' cold air is breathed, while you are airing and warming the room.", "Give the patient once or twice daily, a warm sponge or plunge bath, as directed by the physician, being careful that he is covered with a blanket during the bathing, thrown over the bed or tub; dry quickly with warm, soft towels, and as the p itient lies in b^d, rub the entire surface of the body with vaseline, cocoa-oil or whatever oil the physician orders. The old-fash- ioned oiling with ham rinds being very efficient. The bed clothing should be warm, but never heavy ; keep the feet and legs warm.", "Gruels, milk, simple broth, etc., are generally enough. When there is exhaustion from fever, the doctor will give orders as to stimul iting nourish- ment. Gold water or weak lemonade may be given freely, unless the doctor orders difFetently.", "Keep the patient strictly in bed ; make use of the bed pan and urinal to prevent getting up. Guard in every way a check of perspiration. If the pa- tient is proped up in bed, see that a short jacket or small shawl is put over the night-dress, but use nothing that can not be washed.", "Notice the breathing at night or in sleep, whether it is even and deep, or short and labored, as if there were trouble witL the air-passages. Be par- ticularly watchful of the condition of the excretions, esi)ecially of the urine; should it become scanty or smoky colored, report it at once to the physician. Observe whether their is a free though seemingly harmless discharge from the nose ; this may indicate diphtheritic trouble. See whether there is any swelling of limbs. In short there is nothing which must not be observed with care, and reported accurately to the doctor.", "The skin becomes dry and generally begins to scale off about the fifth day after the rash appears. No patient should be allowed to leave his bed until this process is comipleted. The warm baths should be kept up, the least chilfiness guarded against, and the temperature of the room allowed now to be 70°. After the peeling is'over the patient should still remain fn his room for two weeds, and should be separate from other members of tho family not less than a month from the commencement of the disease. Severe cases of scarlet fever may follow from exposure to light ones. See that the patient is well wrapped, with hands and feet protected, on first going into the open air.", "1100 MEDICAL.", "The troubles which may arise out of an attack are frequently the result of carelessness on the part of the nurse, neglect of orders, exposure to cold, f tf. There can not be too much care taken of the lightest case. A bad attack will compel attention, but \"slight cases,\" so called, are often neglected with fatal results, or life-long deafness or other disability. Dropsy, malignant sore throat, diseases of the kidneys, weakness of the lungs, pleurisy and many other maladies, lie in wait for the scarlet fever patients.", "The TreatmeKi uf Diphtheria. — The symptoms of diplitheria are much like a common sore throat accompanied by a severe cold. The sore throat is ac- companied with more fever than an ordinary cold, and there is an indescrib- able sickish feeling, which is easily recognized by those who have once ex- perienced it. Later, white patches appear in the 'hroat, on the tonsils, she back of the throat, and on the arches of the palate. The throat is generally but little swollen on the outside, but in all cases -^hen there is a suspicion ji dii)htlieria, it is not safe to delay stiiding for a physiciayi, as the disease Joes :ts ^v;ork ijuickh/, and must be dealt ivith in time or it is fatal. There are reaily .three varieties of the disease. The first is characterized by fever, severe I pains in back and limbs, and very great prostration. There may be no iore- jnessof the throat, but small white specks will be noticed on the tonsils and back of thtj throat ; but the glands of the neck do not become swollen. In the third, which is the true malignant diphtheria, there is swelling of the glands of the neck and under jaw, profuse and offensive discharges from tlie mouth and throat, and more or less discharge from the nostrils. In the first two varieties, the disease generally yields to simi>le treatment, ?)7t? the disease is too subtle and dauyerous to be trilled vith, and a physician should be summoned. One of the best remedies for domestic use in tlie early stages of the disease, is, probably, chlorate of potash, put into a tumbler of water until no more will dissolve, and used as a gargle. If swallowed it is harmless. It is cheap — live to ten cents worth being sutiicient for almost any case, and it may ", "The homeopathic treatment is to begin at once with aconite and bella- donna, alternately every hour. If after four hours there is no improvement.", "MEDICAL, 1161", "and the characteristic prostration, and the patches on the tonsils are increas- ing, stop the aconite, and supply its place with the proto-iodide of meicuriii>. Let those two remedies be continted until there is a marked change l<>r better or worse. If for the former, let the intervals be increased to one and a half or two hours ; for the latter, and there is approaching unconsiousness, with frequent arousing to cough up or hawk up the detached fragments of the deposits, that brings up tough, ropy, yellowish mucus, give kah bichoni- icum alone every hour. When the patient becomes really lietter, stoi) and give no more medicine while the improvement goes on satisfactorily.", "One reason why it is important to summon a physician as soon as the symptoms of the disease appear, is that many cases which appear sliglit, at first, are really most serious and fatal, while a common sore throat excites the greatest alarm, the judgement of the physician being necessary to decide the amount of danger in the case.", "In some cases dry sulphur, applied to the tonsils and throat gives relief, and in violent cases the fumes of sulphur, burned in the close room, have been used with good effect. An outward application to the throat, of lard as hot as it can be borne, is an aid to the other remedies mentioned.", "To avoid all causes of Diphtheria, keep the house free from dirt and filth of every kind from cellar to garret. See that no sewers give off gases, no drains are left filthy, and no out-house uncleaned, and bear in mind that it is not enough to destroy bad smells by disinfectants — the cause of the smells must be removed.", "A lady who had the courage and coolness to treat herself, through a sev- ere ease of diphtheria, when no physician was at hand, de.scribes her case thus : \"I first noticed spores (the characteristic white patches which appear on the throat) on my right tonsil at 9 a. m. By noon they had spread over the entire arch of the palate, and the back of the throat. Several of these were loosened before night, but during the night they had spread up the nose and down the bronchial tube. My palate and tonsils were so swollen that I could scarcelj' speak, and with difficulty swallow. The gland on the right side of neck was much swooUen, and ached, causing a dull pain in the ear. The breath had the unpleasantodor peculiar to the disease, and I had an intense, burning fever. I began my remedies as soon as I discovered the spores. I took a clay pipe, filled the bowl one-eighth full of dry sulphur, powdered very fine, and shook it down into the stem. I then placed the end of the stem in my throat, and held it there in front of the spore, while an attendant blew into the bowl, and repeated this until the whole diseased surface of the throat was cov- ered with dry sulphur, taking care to hold my breath while the sulphur was being blown in. In half an hour this was repeated. I then made a strong gargle of chlorate of potash, and half an hour after using the last suli^liur, gargled my throat thoroughly. I then alternated the sulphur with the gar- gle of chlorate of potash every hour. At night I mixed a tea-spoon of sulphur with water, and swallowed it slowly, and continued taking it in this way three times a day. Blowing sulphur into the throat, and gargling with chlorate of potash was kept up regula", "1162 MEDICAL.", "tact of the mucous surfaces of a diseased with those of a healthy person, as ic kissing, and is, to a limited degree, epidemic. From the local p..rts aii'- ccted it spreads to the whole body, affecting the muscular and nervous sys- tems, vitiating the lymph and nutrient lluids, and proiiucing paraly.sis. As souu as the bacterium or fungus appears on the white patches on the throat, it shou'd no more be neglected than a bleeding gash or a broken arm, and tliore is almost as little need of a fatal termination of one incident as of the other.", "All'^pothir Treatment of Diphtheria. — One of the most successful physicians in treating this dreaded disease gives the following directions fur dealing with it. Mothers should accustom themselves and their children wheu j'oung to examine the throat for indications of diphtheria, and for this purpose a \"tongue depresser.\" represented in accompanying cut is much more ctinvenient than a spoon, especially in the ca^e of babies who are apt to resist having anything thrust into their mouths With this the tongue is easily drawn down, and does nut slip from under it as it does from a spoon. It may be had from any druggist or dealer in surgical implements. The lirst yellowish white patches that indicate diphtheria appear on the tonsils on either side of palate, and mean danger and demand immediate and uuremilied attention. If ivithin reach send for a ])husiclan. The attack is almost as varied as is the temperament and constitution of the patient. Sometimes a slight feeling of illness is i)revalent fur a few days before the most serious attack. During this periotl drowsiness and cliil iness appear, followed b}' feverishnt ss, some- times headache and aching limbs; at other tin)es the attack comes on with a sudden faintness or an almost a])Sulute prostration ; while an almost univer- sal symptom, and a very characteristic one, is a slightly swollen and tender condition of glands at the angle of the lower jaw. The tonsils, one or both, are red and swollen; sometimes they are swollen but a e not red. In young children an almost unmistakable sign, which is very general, is that the redness is a rose color, while in older children or adults the color is a deep crimson or l)right scarlet, over the whole throat as seen b", "MEDICAL. 1168", "not propogate it — we don't mean the use of soap or water — but of proper diet, so tliat the stomach as well as the skin of the body shall be clean.", "The time to begin fighting this disease is as soon as its__^ nature is recog- nized When the patches of false membrane first make their appearance on the tonsils, give as a cathartic, to a child of one year, a tea-spoon of Epsom salts , for five or six years old, double above quantity. Next, mix thoroughly", "One dram chlorate of potash,", "One and a half ounces of lime water, and", "One ounce of distilled water, and rub in a mortar until the chlorate of potash is perfectly dissolved ; then add half an ounce pure gh'cerine. Give to a child one year old one tea-spoonful every hour in a little sweetened water. For a child five or six years old, or an adult, use two and a half ounces of lime water, and omit the distilled water, and give as a dose a tea- spoonful and a half for the child and two tea-spoonfuls for an adult. Do not wait for the cathartic to act before beginning with the remedy, but when it acts give the following every hour, also alternating with the above (with intervals of half an hour between doses of one or the other) :", "One dram chloride ferri (iron),", "One and a half ounces distilled water,", "One and a half ounces pure glycerine.", "Mix thoroughly and give in sweetened water, and give as a dose the same quantity as the first prescription, keeping up the treatment for two days. During the night, if the case is severe, the patient should be wakened to administer the medicine, particularly if the sleep is at all restless or un- natural.", "For the first two days the disease may show no signs of abatement, but under this treatment, at the end of thirty-six hours, there ought to be im- jM-ovement. The tendency of the fever is to return on the third day, and if the disease is not checked and the fever returns, it will be a fight for life, but it at the end of thirty-six hours there is evident improvement, give the medicines every two hours (alternately giving one or the other every hour) for several days. For a child old enough to use it, or for an adult, gargle well, before taking medicine or nourishment, with the following, well mixed :", "Fifteen drops carbolic acid,", "Six ounces lime water.", "These remedies may be made up, corked securely, and kept in a dark place, ready for use, in cases where a family lives remote from a drug store, as time is an important element in treating this disease. For an outward application apply a mixture made of", "A tablespoonful of camphor,", "A half spoonful of turpentine,", "A half spoonful of coal oil.", "(For a child add a tablespoon of sweet-oil.) \"", "Apply this to the throat, high up under the ears and dowm to the chest; cover with dry flannels for a few minutes ; remove, and if not red, apply mixture again, and repeat until the skin is well reddened. Then apply slices of fat salt pork (sewed on a piece of cloth) letting them cover well the front part of the neck and extend, up under the ears. The glycerine arrests putrefaction, while the lime-water dissolves the false membrane A practice used by some is to blister the throat and chest of the patient suffering from diphtheria, and the ulceration which otherwise takes place in the inside, will appear on the outside while the inside becomes free. A remedy which was once successfully used in a severe case, was to burn in the room when tightly closed, a pan of half and half turpentine and tar. But as w^e have said before always call a physicinn as soon as possible, but work till he comes, and anv of the above sug\";estious will do no harm and wiil certainly help.", "11 G4 MEDICAL.", "Fever and Ague. — This, the true intermittent fever, comes on with an ajrue-tit, which has three stages — the cokl, the hot and the sweating. In tlu' tirst stage, the patient yawns, stretches, feels weak, has no appetite, and (lues not wish to«move. TThe face and extremities become pale, the skin siirinks, and is covered with goose-flesh ; the patient shakes, and his teeth chatter. Then, after a time, these symptoms decline, and the patient's fever comes on very violently, and with various uncomfortable sensations. As the fever passes ofT, the sweating stage comes on, when the prespiration is gen- erally profuse ; the body returns to its natural temperature, the pains and aches vanish, and a feeling of health comes back, and generally a voratious ap[)etite. There is not much regularity in the time of conung on or going f)fi' of tlie ague-iits, though usually they are a little later each day in appear- ing. In this disease the spleen is very much oppressed with blood driven in from the surface, and often becomes so much enlarged as to be plainly felt by the hand. This is a malarious disease. The bowels may be opened with a gentle physic, such as salts and soda. In the cold stage, give hot and stimulating drinks, use foot-baths, hot bottles, etc., and try every expedient to promote warmth. In the hot stage, give cooling drinks and administer quinine mixture, as the following; quinine, one scruple ; alcohol, four ounces; sulplun-ic acid, five drops. Mix. Give a teaspoonful every half hour dur- ing the fever, at the same time giving five-drop doses of veratrum veride every hour. When the sweating stage comes on, stop the veratrum, and rub tlie patient with dry towels. In the intermission give quinine. In mild ", "Or take two ounces of gum camphor and inclose it in a flannel bag about four or five inches square. Suspend the bag over the pit of the stomach by the means of a m'd around the neck, and a speedy cure Mill be effected. AVhen tlie c;iinpli4lr is dissolved the ague is gone. German physicians, as appears from medical journals, have found a tincture of the leaves of the Eucalyptus globulus, or Australian gum-tree, to be a remedy for intermittent fever. Dr. Lorimer gave it to fifty-three patients, of whom forty-three were comi)letely cured. The ordinary sunflower, if planted around a house, will free the atmosphere from animal and vegetable germs supposed to contain the miasma productive of fever and ague.", "BiUou!> Remittent Fever. — This makes its attack in a sudden and marked manner. There are no premonitory symptoms except, perhaps, a little lan- guor and debility, slight headache, and bad taste in the mouth, .sometimes some i)ain in the joints. Its commencement is with a chill, sometimes slight, sometimes severe and prolonged. The chill may begin in the feet, or shoul- ders, or back, running thence like streams of cold water. There is seldom more than this one chill, the fever coming on afterward without the cold stage. At certain periods of the day there is greater intensity of the symp- toms, and possil)ly the chill, though probably not. Between these periods of increased fever the disease seems to decrease, though there is still some fever. Unlike fever and ague, it does not go entirely off. During the hot stage the ])ulse is up to 120, or still higher, and there are pains in the head, back and limbs, of the most distressing kind. The tongue is covered with a yellowish fur, and in bad cases, is parched, brown or almost black in the center, and rod at the edges. The appetite is gone, and there is a general nausea and vomiting, and pain of tenderness in the upper part of the bowels. At first there is costiveness, but afterward the bowels become loose, and the evacua- tions are dark and offensive. This disease is produced by malaria, and pre- vails in hot climates, and in our summer and autumn. In the very beginninj;", "MEDICAL. 1165", "the disease may be arrested by an emetic of lobelia or ipecac, followed by a mild cathartic. But if the disease is fully developed, sponge the body all over several times a day with water, and give cooling drinks, such as cream tartar, two scruples, in a quart of water, lemonade, etc. To allay the fever, give tincture of veratrum viride in ten-drop doses. Cold water and ice may be given the patient, if desired. Cool the head, when it aches, with cold ap- plications, and put a mustard poultice on the stomach if tender. During the remissions between the fever, quinine and other tonics must be given, as in fever and ague.", "Congestive Fever. — Another form of malarious fever is the congestive. It may be either remittent — that is, abating considerably ; or intermittent — that is, having intervals of entire freedom from fever. It may have intervals of twenty-f(iur or forty-eight hours. The first attack does not differ from that of simple intermittent, and may excite but little attention ; but the second is always severe, producing great coldness, and a death-like hue to the face and extremities. The advancement of the disease brings dry, husky, parched, and pungently hot skin, followed after a time by a cold, clammy sensation. The eyes are dull, waterj', and sometimes glassy; the countenance dull, sleepy, distressed ; the tongue, at first white, changes to brown or black, and is usually tremulous ; the breathing is hurried and difficult. Pressure over the liver, stomach or bowels, produces pain. The mind is often disturbed, and falls into lethargy and stujjor, or is delirious. The treatment should be nearly the same as in bilious remittent. AVhile convalescing, the diet must be light and nutritious at first, increasing in quantitv as the strength returns. Use a mild tonic if the patient is weak. Exercise out of doors must not be neglected.", "Hay Fever (or Asthma). — This very peculiar disease appears generally as a severe attack of catarrh, with asthmatic symptoms superadded. The lin- ing membrane of the eyes, nose, throat and lungs is all more or less affected. The patient suffers from headache, sometimes severe, sneezing, irritation of the nose and throat, with a dry, harrassing cough. The asthmatic attacks come on gently towards evening, and last from one to three hours, causing great distress. Haj' fever is not a very common com])laint, and only attacks those persons who, from some peculiarity of constitution, are susceptible to the causes producing it. It is supposed to l)e caused l>y the inhalation of the pungent aroma of spring grass and hay ; but the inhalation of the powder of ipecacuanha will also produce it in certain individuals. In the United States where the rose is largely cultivated, similar attacks sometimes occur; it is", "then called rose fever or rose catarrh. The best treatment is change of air", "to the sea-side, if possible. During the attacks antispasmodics, such as sal volatile, ether, or an emetic if the patient is able to bear it, inhalations of hot steam medicated with creosote, carbolic acid, or turpentine, will be found useful. AVhen the attack passes off, the general health sliould be improved by tonicB, diet, etc. *", "Typhoid Fever. — Typhoid fever is generally preceded by several days of langour, low spirits, and indisposition to exertion. There is also usuallv some pain in the back and head, loss of appetite, and drowsiness, though not rest. The disease shows itself by a chill. During the first week there is in- creased heat of the surface, frequent pulse, furred tongue, restlessness and sleeplessness, headache and pain in the back ; sometimes diarrhea and swell- ing of the belly, and sometimes nausea and vomiting. The second week is oftened distinguished by small, rose-colored spots on the belly, and a crop of little watery pimples on the neck and chest, having the appearance of mi- nute drops of sweat ; the tongue is dry and black, or red and sore ; the teeth are foul ; there may be delirium and dulness of hearing ; and the symptoms", "1166 MEDICAT,.", "every way are more serious than during the first week. Occasionally the bowel.s are at this period perforated or ate through by ulceration, and the patient suddenly sinks. If the disease proceeds unfavorably into the third week, there is low, muttering delirium, great exhaustion, sliding d(jwn of the patient toward the foot of the bed, twitching of the muscles, bleeding from the bowels, and red and purple spots ujkju the skin. If, on the other hand, tlie patient improves, the countenance brightens up, the pulse moderates, the tongue cleans, and the discharges look healthy. Give the patient good air, and frequent spongings with water, cold or tejnd, as most agreeable. Keep the bowels in order, and be njore afraid of diarrhea than eostiveness. Dnirrhea should be restrained by injections of cold water. For eostiveness, give mild injections, made slightly loosening by castor oil or common mo- lasses. To keep down the fever and produce presi)iration, give tincture of veratrum viride, ten drops every hour. If the bowels are swelled, relieve them ])y hot fomentation of hops and vinegar. If the pain in the head is very severe and constant, let the liair be cut short and the head bathed fre- quently with cold water, (.iive light nourishment, such as milk, etc. ; and if tiie debility is great, broth will be neede<l. Cleanse the mouth with very weak tea — old hyson. If the fever runs a low course, and the i>atient is very weak, quinine may be given from the beginning. Constant care and good nursing are very important.", "Typhus fever is distinguished froni typhoid by there being no marked dis- ease of the bowels in typhus. The patient must be placed in a large, well- ventilated room, where drafts may be avoided ; he should liave his bed so situated that the light from a window will not fall upon his face, as this is annoying; all curtains, carpets and bed hangings should be at once re- moved: the bed should not be too soft, and a macintosh or india-rubb<'>r sheet should be placed under the patient. lie should not be allowed to ex- ert himself in any way, as it is absolutely necessary that he husband all his strength. The greatest cleanliness must be observed, and all excretia re- moved at once, and carbolic acid or chloride of lime should be mixed with them ; soiled linen should be put in a tub containing some carbolic acid. Bed- sores are very liable to form on the back, and so the nurse must always be on the lookout and try to yn-event tliem l)y smoothing the sheets, drying the pa- tient, and rublMUg lirandy and and balsam of Peru over the part; better still to have a water cushion or water Ited. The skin may be sponged down with tepid water, one part being sponged at a time, so as to prevent any undue chill of the surface from exposure ;lhis relieves the patient and j)artly counter- acts that disagreeble smell which the skin gives off in typhus cases. None but the nurse and doctor should see the patient ; all noises must be stopped, and perfect quiet enjoined ; at night there should be a small light in the room, but so placed as not to disturlj the patient. Milk must be the chief article of diet, and is best given cold ; an egg or two may be beaten up in it, antl three or four pints of nnlk may", "MEDICAL. 1167", "Yellow Fever. — This disease is most prevalent in hot climates, and south- ern cities of our country. It comes in the latter part of summer, and lasts till frosty weather. The disease begins with a chill, generally not very se- vere. Following the chill, there is moderate fever, and some heat of the surface ; but rarely rises to any great height, and only continnes to the second or third day, when, in fatal cases, it gives place to coldness of surface, etc. lu many cases there is sweating. The pulse is regular and often over a hundred, but feeling like a bubble under the finger, which breaks and van- ishes Vjefore it can be fairly felt. The tongue is moist and white in the first and second days; but red, smooth, shininjj,' and dry as the disease advances toward the close, having a dry, black streak in the middle. The most strik- ing symptoms are nausea and vomiting, which, in fatal cases, is very per- sistent ; and toward the last a yellowish or greenish matter is thrown up, followed by a discharge of thin black fluid, which is called the black vcjmit. The bowels are generally active, with tenderness in the upper bowels or stomach. There is generally severe headache and a peculiar expression of face, in which the lips smile, while the rest of the face is tixed and sad, sometimes wild. The patient continues wakeful night and day. There are discharges of blood,. often from the nose, the gums, the ears, the stomach, the bowels and the urinary passages. First move the bowels with some mild physic, such as sweet tincture of rhubarb, four ounces ; bicarbonate of soda, two drachms. Mix. Give a table-spoonful once in three hours until it operati's. During the chill, use all the usual means of warming the", "Temperance, cleanliness, and all g )od habits, do much to prevent this disease. A French physician asserts that liability to yellow fever is preven- ted by drinking onh^ boiled water. He believes that the fever is the exclu- sive result of using corrupted water, and that, if one is attacked by it, he may be cured in a few hours by drinking large quantities of boiled water. Many of our best authorities believe that infusoria is the cause of the disease.", "Headaches. — Headaches are always symptoms of some derangement of the system in some' of its parts, and should not be neglected. In children, they generally indicate the approach of some disease. In adults they are occasioned frec^uently by a bad circulation, impaired digestion, and by af- fections of the nerves. For the first, active exercise and a slight physic are only necessary ; for the second, light diet, with exercise and a dose of some bitter alkali after meals ; and for the third, the same treatment as for neural- gia, being careful about the diet. Sometimes a patient is subject to rheu- matic headache, which may be treated with warm fomentations, stimulating liniment, and a gentle i)hysic. The patient should dress warmly, and avoid exposure to cold and wet feet", "A doctor in Paris has published a new remedy for headaches. He uses a mixture of ice and salt, in proportion of one to one-half, as a cold mixture, and this he applies by means of a little purse of silk gause, with a rim of gutta percha, to limited s])ots on the head when rheumatic headaches are felt. It gives instantaneous relief. The skin is subjected to the process from half a minute to one and a half minutes, and is rendered bard and white by the application. 2. — Put a handful of salt into a quart of water, add one ounce of spirits of hartshorn and half an ounce of camphorated spirits of wine. Put them quickly into a bottle, and cork tightly to prevent the escape", "1168 MEDICAL.", "of the spirit. Soak a piece of rag with the mixture, and apply it to the head ; wet the rag afresh as soon as it is heated. — 3. It is stated that two tea-spoons of finely-powdered charcoal, drank iii lialf a tumbler of water, will, in less than fifteen minutes, give relief to the si<k headache when caused, as in most cases it is, by sujjerabundance of acid on the stomach. This remedy has been trietl time and again, and its etiiciency in every instance has been sig- nally satisfactory.", "Palpitation of Heart. — Palpitation and irregular action of the heart are often experienced in persons Ijetween the ages of sixteen and twenty years; tiiey are, or have generally been, growing ra|)i(lly. are of delicate appearance, and frequently are addicted to some vicious halnts. In such persons the blood is thin and poor, and the heart and nerves fail to perform their proper function for want of support. Derangement of the stomach (jften gives rise to these symptoms, and they may persist for a long period from this cause. A lady who for years sutTered from violent paroxysms of palpitation, which many physicians attributed to organic disease of the heart, hapi>ened on one occasion to take some medicine which induced vomiting, and this act was followed by immediate recf)very. Snl)se(|uently whenever she had the symp- toms of an approaching attack of palpitation, she resorted to an emetic, which not only gave relief to the i)aroxysms, but finally relieved her altogether. In another case, a patient entered a hospital, sufteriug severeh' from violent ac- tion of the heart ; he was l)led and blistered and pnrged, without benefit; having taken a large dose of medicine, vomiting ensueil, with immediate and permanent relief. Tea, and especially green tea, is very liable to disturb the heart's action when used by susceptible persons. And there is no doubt that an immense number of persons in every community sutfer from minor forms of heart derangement, due to the use of tea. Tobacco, either smoked or chewed, invariably effects the heart's action, and produces irregularity and palpitation.", "Jaundice. — A disease characterized by yellowness of the skin and eyes and urine, the discharge from the bowels being of a whitish or clay color. It is caused by the excretion of bile being prevented and retained in the blood, or reabsorbed and diffused tlirough the system. It depends upon various and different internal causes, l^regnant women frcMjuently siiff'er from it. Any kind of pressure upon the excretory ducts, such as by tumors, I'tc, or the ducts being tilled up with mucus, inspissated l)ile, or biliary calculus will oc- casion it. It may also occur as a symptom of chronic or acute inflammation of the liver. Fits of anger, fear or alarm have sometime's been directly fol- lowed by an attack of jaundice. And, lastly, certain forms of it are i)roduceil occasionally by long continued hot weather. An attack of jaundice is usu- ally i>receded by symptoms of a disordered state of the liver and digestive (U'gans. loss of appetite, irregular or constiinited bowels, colic, nausea, head- ache, langour, etc. Sooner or later the yellow color l»egins to ajipear. usually lirst in the eye, then in the face,