San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-08-10
CARE OF THE HEALTH


ASIMPLRRENHDYFoR CoNsrIpArrox
Prof. F. H. Storer, Of Harvard Univar.
sity, recommends as a remedy for ordi
nary constipation in hot weather, a prem
aration of 10 grammes of EPSON salt
and grammes of common salt In a
quart champagne bottle full of water
A small wineglassful Of this solution
may be taken on going to bed at night
on arising in the morning, in the mid
die of the afternoon, and of the fora.
noon also, if need be. Sometimes a
couple of doses will be all-sufficient
taken at night and morning. These
salts can be obtained almost every.
where, and may readily be carried about
in travelling, in the form of dry DOW.
ders to be dissolved in water whenever
they may be needed.
KoUMIss.-A correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune gives the following di.
rections for the preparation of koumiss.
which is highlysrecommended by physi.
clans and others for dyspeptics, con.
sumptives, and also as a food for in.
fants: Take 8 quarts Of milk, 2 quarts
of hot water (not scalding hot), and 4
cupful of white sugar; when about the
temperature Of blood-heat add cake
of compressed yeast; then stir the
whole thoroughly, and set it in warm
place near the stove until it ferments,
which will be in four or five hours
then stir the mixture briskly, and imm>.
diately bottle it,, taking care to use only
solid, close-ftting -corks, and to fasten
with Irvine. Lay the bottles flat on ice
or in cool cellar, and the koumiss will
be ready for use in about ten days. A.
ter the first batch, instead Of the com.
pressed yeast, use l quart bottle of old
koumiss to the complement of milk and
water here given. A champagne tap
should be used in drawing the koumiss
from the bottles; otherwise much of it
will be lost in the drawing. r
CONSUMPTION AS AFFECTED BY Lo.
cALITY.-The physicians in charge Of
the "Mountain Sanitarium" for pull.
monary diseases at Asheville, N. G.,
state that in the treatment of pulmonary
diseases several historical periods Or
epochs may be recognized-that in
which the sea climate was considered as
most beneficial, that in which dry eli
mates were advised, and that in which
elevated regions were recommended;
the most recent theoretical investigators,
as well as many physicians, now agree
ing that, in the removal of the patient to
elevated regions, the best possible course
is pursued. 1t appears that the success
attained by the removal of the patient
to southern climates, without securing
a greater altitude, amounts simply toa
relief of the symptoms, only warding of
fresh injury-the patient, after return
ing home, not having acquired that
power of resistance which alone can
prevent a new catarrh or inflammation
from attacking the lungs; the general
effect, on the other hand, of noun.
tain climate, is to be considered an &C.
tive one, since increased demands are
made upon the functions Of the organ
ism from all sides.
TREATMENT OF SLEEPLEssNEss.-So
many persons suffer nowadays from
that every contribution to
the literature of the subject is of inter.
est. DR.. Ainslie Hollis, in the London
maintains that, although
The quantity of blood in the brain is d.
minished during sleep, this diminutlon
is not the sole cause of slumber, for we
may have the former without the latter.
One of the most efficient means OF IN
lucing natural sleep is the application
If mustard plasters to the abdomen.
Plever, of jena, advocates the admins.
ration of freshly made solution Oh
actate of soda, or of some milk OF
whey, on the hypothesis that sleep may
De produced by the introduction OF the
atigue products of the body. Where
he insomnia depends upon the BRAN
DR.. Hollis recommends tne
administration, just before bed time' Oh
! tumblerful of hot claret and water ?
With sugar and nutmeg. The alkalles
md alkaline earths are useful when aciu
dyspepsia is associated with the insom'
Tia. Electricity has been used IN inc
,aresis of the vaso-motor nerves due #"
IN overworked brain. In hot weather.
,,r;n l. 1;po +ha floor of tho sleeping