The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1875-04-16
MEDICAL


Of wheat -four and common salt, in
equal parts, bound on with a cloth.
II the bleeding be profuse, use
large quantity, say from one to three
pints. 1t may be left on four hours,
or even days, if necessary.
WHooprNe CoUan OR CRoUP. Take
2 ounces of pulverized alum, putt
into q half pint bottle Of soft water
fill in all the loaf sugar that will as
solve-shake before using. dlve
from a teaspoonfnl 10 a Tablespoonful,
according to the age, when ne sPasm
is coming ON. For crop, teas,
poonful once in fifteen minutes VIII
relieve in short tim'.
DpHrHER1A.-In the clinical lee
tnre by M. Bucoaoy he expressed his
preference for lemon juice, as q local
application iu diphtheria, to acids,
chiorate of potash, nitrate of silver,
per-chlorjde of iron, alum of lime
water. He uses it by dipping lit
tie cotton wool, twisted around a
wire, in the juice and pressing it
against the diseased surface four or
FIVE times daily.
The TEETH. Decay of the teeth is
really caused by their being dissolved
by acids generated in the mouth by
the decomposition of small particles
of food. 1t is clear, therefore, that
the only method of preventing this
is to apply the brush Immediately
after every meal. Soap is the best
substance to use on the brush,
though it is advisable occasionally to
use rather rough powder of some
kind to keep the teeth in brilliant
polish.
DIsINFEcTANT AND MOUTH WASH
A very weak solution of permanga-
nate Of potash will destroy instantly
any taint from diseased teeth or i'm
perfectly cleaned plates, and should
always be used to rinse the spittoon
in hot weather every time it is made
use of. 1t is cheap, satisfactory, al
most tasteless, not poisonous, and
quite free from smell. 1t may be
satisfactory to some to know that
this will remove the faint -sS-n1aok-
ing from the breath, if used as o
mouth-wash.
REMEDY FOR CnoUP. Spirits of tur-
pentine is q sovereign remedy for
Group. Saturate n piece of flannel
with it and place it on the throat and
chest, and send for your family ply
sician. If the cases be very urgent,
and the child in great distress, and
the distance to the doctors residence
be very great, drop three drops Of
the turpentine on lump of sugar,
and give internally. Or n good
emetic of tincture Of blood-root, OF
: lobelia, or both combined, should be
r given. Every family should keep @
bottle of spirits of turpentine in the
house
CURE FOR HYDRoPHoBA.-A Saxor
/. forester named Gastelo, now of the
: age of eighty-two, unwilling to take
t to the grave with him o secret of i'm
e portance, has made public in The lie.
e ipsic Journal the means he has useC
Y for fifty years, wherewith he affirmI
d he has saved many hundred human
beings and cattle from the fearfu
death of hydrophobia: Take imme
Q d;otoly worm vinao"~ % tuplu WaUer
!, wash the wound clean with it an(
II wipe dry, then pour on the wound I
;, few drops of hydrochloric acid, a
d mineral acids destroy the poison o
D. the saliva, by which means the latte
II is neutralized.
y ACIDS AND ALRALIEs FOR HEADACHE
1t DR.. Lauder Brunton, in n pape
% published in The Practitioner, state
If that the administration of brisl
g purgative, or small dose of Epson
u salts, thrice day, is most effectua
10 remedy for frontal headache whel
y combined with constipation; but j
IN the bowels be regular, the morbiC
., processes on which it depends seen
If to be checked and the headache re
a moved even more effectually by nitro
10 hydrochloric acid, or by alkalies
,r given before meals. If the headach
i, be Immediately above the eyebrows
N the acid is best; but If it be q littl
ii higher up, just where the hair be
j. gins the alkalies appear to be tn
ID more serviceable. At the same tim
n. that tho headache is removed, tn
IN feelings of sleepiness and wenriness
" which frequently lead the patients !
IT. complain that they rise more tire
~ than they lie down, generally disar
70 pear. DR.. Brunton's long and care
n ful investigation in this directio,
at render the results of his rosoarehe
SO Of peculiar interest
|, Room DIsrNFEcTANTs. The Sprin
:" is near at hand, when the air will b
TX charged with gases from decompose
30 animal and vegetable matter. Thes
l. will find their way into dwellings,
OF indeed they willgenerate there; the
m are with us constantly, unless W
W have the means to arrest them. whicl
ID happily, we have, but which, unhaE
lis PLY, we avail ourselves Of too littlI
in Tho greatest scrubbing and care wi
10 not prevent the accumulation {
II. some foul, invisible material in III
al air, however well the rooms may
lg ventilated, The human body itse
or is source of noxious emanahons,-
10 Something in addition to cleansin
30 has to be rosorted to-disinfectant,
D. Now that their virtue has becom
III known, they are considered indi
es pensable in housekeeping. The
70 are most efficient means. Thei
sh are two species of disinfeotants, tn
De one preventing decomposition, II
ar other neutralzing its product. {
o. the former are copperas (sulphate