The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-04-08
Scarlet Fever.

of scarlet fever as it is that it should be
blind with cataract. Let us see:-At
anv time before the body has finished its
Intellectual struggle we are able to help
it. not by wonderful medicine, but by
the knowledge of anatomy, and the ap-
plication of common sense. We consult
the sympathetic nerve, and do what it
commands us to do. We must give this
child salt when it wants it; we must give
il acid when it has fever and anxiously
Graves it--not vinegar, but lemon juice.
because the first coagulates albumen.
and the latter does not, on account of
the surplus of oxygen which it contains.
To initiate the soothing mucus in the in
testines, which is now wanting, and to
give some respiratory food at the same
time, we add some gum-arabic. To re
store and relieve the injured nerve, wa
apply moist warmth.
in practice we can fulfill all this with
the following simple manipulations:--
Undress the child and bring it to bed ut
the very first sign of sickness. Give it.
if it has already fever, sourish warm
lemonade, with some gum arabic it it.
Then cover its abdomen with some dry
flannel. Take wcll-folded bed-sheet.
and put it in boiling hot water: wiring II
out by means of dry towels, and put this
over the whole. and wait. The hot cloth
will perhaps require repeated heating.
| According to the severity OF the case and
its stage of progress, Precipitation will
commence III the child in from ten min
u.es to two hours. The child then is
saved; it soon falls asleep. Soon after
the child awakes, it shows slight symp-
toms of returning inclination for food;
/ help its bowels, if necessary, with injec-
tons of oil, soap and water, and its re-
covery will be as steady as the growth OF
a greenhouse plant, if well treated.
OF course, if the child was already dy-
ing, nothing could save it, or if it has
already illusions in the lining of the
! heart or brain, it is much better that it
should die. But if the above is applied
in due time, under the eyes and direc-
ton of competent physician, l will
guarantee that not one in hundred
children will ever die of scarlet fever
l know this will startlc some of my
readers, especially those who have lost
children already, but l shall 90 still
further. l maintain that child will
never get scarlet fever if properly treat
ed. If child has correctly mixed
blood, it will not catch the disorder if
put in bed with sick child. This is
still more startling. but nothing is easier
of proof. HealW.
EYES AND Corp WATER.-The Ameri
can Jo,unai Of Heath and Medicine says;
The aquatic Juror has become SO gen
eral that, for the simple reason that cold
water is pure, natural product, it is
claimed to be universal and beneficial
application. Arsenic is pure. natural
and simple product; SO is prussic acid,
as obtained from a peach kernel. A sin
gle drop of tobacco oil will kill a cat or
dog in five minutes.
Many persons are daily running their
eyes by opening them in cold water,
mornings. Cold water will roughen the
hands, and much more will it do so to
the manifold more delicate covering Of
the eye; or the eye will, in self-defence,
become scaly in the manner of fish; that
is. the coats of the eye will thicken, con-
stituting a species of cataract, which
must impair the sight. That water. cold
and harsh as it is, should be applied to
the eye for curative purposes in place of
that warm, soft, lubricating fluid which
nature manufactures just for that pur-
pose. indicates great thoughtlessness or
great mental obliquity. Nothing strong
er than lukewarm water should ever be
applied to the eye, except by medical
advice, and under special medical super
vision.
Done ENoUGH FOR HIS CoUNTRy.-An
old American Revolutionary soldier was
a candidate for Congress, and his oppo-
nent was a young man who chad never
been to the wars" and it was the custom
of the old soldier to tell of the hard
ships he endured. Said he: Fellow
citizens, have fought and bled for my
country. l have helped to whip the
British and the Indians. l have slept
on the field of battle with no other coy
ering than the canopy Of heaven. l have
walked over the frozen ground till every
footstep was marked with blood" just
about this time, one of the voters, who
had become greatly interested in his
tale OF sufferings, walked up to the
speaker, wiped the tears from his eyes
with the extremity of his coat tail, and
interrupted him with, Did you say
you had tout the British Ingins ?" Eyes,
sir" "Did you say you'd slept on tho
ground while sarving your kentry with
out any kiver?" Yes" replied the
speaker, exultingly. "Well, then"
said the fearful speaker, as he gave a
sigh Of pent-up emotion, II guess I'll
vote for t'other fellow, for I'll be hanged
if you hain't done enough for your
country"
A SMART Connecticut stump speaker
was harranguing a crowd in Fairfax
county whom the effect of ono Of lis