Connecticut western news., 1875-06-25
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Medical Hints,

pie of bicarbonate of potash, fifteen grains of oitric of tartaric acid, CT half an ounce of fresh lemon juice, two drams of cinnamon water, eight ounces of soft water, one dram of syrup of orange; mix as refrigerant. 2. Triturate in d rnor- tar fifteen grains of borax and a quarter of dram of cream of tartar. with fen drams of almond milk; then add dram of syrup and the same quantity of cin- namon water. This mixture will be 1ound useful in fevec and irritation of the stomach, and in almost all cases where saline draughts are prescribed, and when the stomach is so irritable as to e1ect other medicine.
 OPTHA1Auc SUReERY.-The surgeon of the eye infrmary at Newcastle-on Tyne. Dr. Jeaffreson, asserts that an eye which has heen damaged by accident or dis ease, and which is no lonaer useful for visual purposes, is dangerous organ, and should be removed. In the treat ment of doubtful cases, he thinks that if there IS ehe slightest sign of sympathetic opthalmla in it's fellow the injured eve should be immediately excised; if vision IS absolutely lost beyond hope of re- covery. the eye should be sacrificed; if the wound is in the ciliary region, and there IS no prospect of fNally useful vision, the eye should be excised; but if the wound is not in dangerous region, and the impaired vision seems to be in a great measure due to the effused blood, Immediate operative interference is not advisable. When foreign bodies are lodged m the anterior chamber, lens, or iris, they are generally clearly visible and may usually be removed without much difficulty while the structures are still transparent. When, however, they are lodged in the lens, no time should be lost. '.'',
 TRroH1Nos1s AND CHo1ERA.-Dr. B. w. Germer, health officer at Erie, Penn. writes giving an account of case in which three members of a family, two fe- males and a male,. who were attacked with symptoms somewhat resembling English cholera, that is to say, diarrhea, great prostration and edema. On in- quiry, the water supply was found to be good and untainted. It was soon elicit ed that the family had partaken of pork which had been only recently salted down, along with some sausages. On microscopic examination the meat was found to be full of trichina at the rate of about 2, 900 to the cubic inch, some be- ing in free state, some encysted, and many of the oysts containing two embry- ones. Granular degeneration of some of the muscular fiber was well marked. Armed with knowledge of the cause of choleraic symptoms, Dr. Germer did not hesitate in administering brisk purg- atlyes of caster-oil and senna and the re- suit was that in a few hours marked improvement took place in the patients general condition. The administration of alcohol and warm water seemed to be beneficial to the allaying of the fever and the abatement of the swelling in the limbs. The owner of the pigs did not fall sick; perhaps because he takes his whisky regularly, twice or three times a day, although he is by no means drunk ard, but hard-working man, in good circumstances. The pigs were bought from Western dfover. Among the lot were four dead ones j. and the others were feeding off them,
 Housekeeping Hints.
 APRICOT IoE.-Allow twenty-four ripe apricots, or twelve ounces of apricot jam, to. O quart of cream, twelve ounces of sugar, the juice of lemon and six of the apricot kernels; mash the fruit and kernels, strain through sieve, add the cream and lemon juice, and freeze.
 LEMON WATER IcE.-Half a pint of lemon juice and the same of water, to which put one pint of syrup, the peels of six lemons rubbed off on sugar; strain, mix and freeze. Then mix up the whites of three eggs to a strong froth, with a little sugar. (; When the ice is begin fn l@,e s,,4o be very soft and delicious.
 IoE CREAM.-Add quart of cream, or, for greater cheapness, half cream and half milk, to the juice of any fruit, and suficiency of sugar to sweeten it. Rub this through a sieve, If necessary, color 1t with cochineal for red, and spinach for green, or saffron for vel low put it into a freezing pot with a cover, and congeal it, as recommended for ices.
 OXFORD PUDDING.-Have four ounces of breadcrumbs grated, the same quan tity of entrants, tho same of suet chop ped very finely, large spoonful of sugar and little nutmeg; mix ell together Take the yolks of three eggs, and make your buildings up into balls, and fry them light brown in butter. Serve with white wine or rum sauce.
 BOTTLED LEMoNADE.-Dissolv half pound of loaf sugar in one quart o water, and boil it over slow fire; two drachms of acetic acid four ounces O. tartaric acid when cold add twopennJ worth of essence of lemon. Put one sixth of the above into each bottle filled with water, and add thirty grains of car bonate of soda; cork it immediately and 1t will be fit for use.
 GINGER DROPS. These drops may be made in the the following easy manner Beat Tn a marble mortar one ounce of tn, best candied orange peel with littl, loaf-sugar, and when 1t becomes smooth paste, add half pound loaf sugarsand half an ounce of the bes powdered ginger. Then with littl water to dissolve the sugar, boil tn whole to candy, and drop it off iron the point of q knife on writing paper il small, round drops. @ 7'.-.
 The Dressed Weight of Animals.
 Farmers who have but little expe rience in feeding animals for the market are often disappointed because thei beef and pork does not weigh as muc as they thought it would. They ar likely to overlook certain points whic ought always to- be taken into accoun whent estimating the dressed weight c animals. aIlN .sai ,s-
 An old animal will not dress as muc in Rgeportion to its-looks as a young an growing one 5ga I
 A eEPaturelwhich is very fat will weig 0 great deal more than one equally a largs,a but which has not been well fa tened.
 An animal which has had twenty C thirty bushels of meal will dress muc heavier than one which has been fe only abouE half as much meal @"