The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-08-31
ntAtrH Herbs, !

ntAtTH 1orfs.
81 NJ best assistants, ;, says Z Boston
doctor, "are catnip, Dmartweed, horse
radish leaves and nustard-plasters."
SICK headaehe, can oflsn b greatly
relieved, ard somstimes entirely cured.
BY the application Of . ustard-plaster
1t the boss Of the neck. o.
CoMkoH charcoal, finely powdered,
makes Q better dentriace Tor the teeth
than any thing you eaA buy 1t The stores,
and there's nothing injurious about it,
either.
HEALTH IN HOr WEArHER.-The
course usually taken by persons in .
heated term is, according to the LON
don Laseet, In direct violation of the
laws of nature. Psrspiration b . mois-
ture which nature spreads over the sur
face Of the human body for much the
same purpose a ah Intelligent house,
wife sprihkles water over her butter
cooler. But perspiration is checked by
sitting in draAghts, by wearing very lit
tie clothing, and BY adoptinglight colors
for dress. The remedy is taken for the
disease, and through impeding the pro-
ces1es OF nature, sumner colds and 9TH
er allied evils are contracted. "The con-
disions Of health require that, within
very narrow limits, the Temperature of
the hhnan body should be the same.
whether the thermometer should be 80
degrees in the shade or sinks to . few
degrees below zero.
TREATMENT OF YELLOW FEVER
DIR. Blackburn, in Louisvills Courier
journal: The patient shall be placed
in bed in . horizontal posture, should
not be permitted under any circum-
stances to arise from that bed, should
be well covered with blankets, q foot
tub of hot water without mustard should
be introduced under the blankets, the
patient, living upon his back, should
flex his lower limbs and place his feet
in the tub; the covering should be tuck
ed well around him, close up to his
neck; he should be given hot tea, COM
posed Of balm, sage, er-blossom,
bOneset, corn shock or orange or lemon
leaf. At the same time, he should be
crushed ice in sufficient quantities to
allay his thirst. Free and continuous
perspiration should be kept up. After
the foot-tub has been removed, if the
action of the skin should cease and the
forehead become dry, the feet should
be at once replaced in the tub and the
ptysan, or hot ten, should be used as
before. The fever will continue from
twenty to ninety hours. When il has
passed of, the blankets should be grad.
ually withdrawn from the patient;
stimulants, such as ale, porter, pure
rum and French brandy, should be free
~ given. I prefer Cooks Imperial st.
Louis native wine to any stimulant l
have ever used. Nourishment, such as
or corn-meal Cruel, or chick
en- water, should be given cautiously
and sparingly. Should there be spon-
taneous movement of the bowels, as will
occur in many cases from the irritation
Of the mucous coat OF the stomach and
bowels, that tissue which is first assault
ed by this disease, give no opium, no
preparation of opium nor any thing TO-
check that action. It is the crisis of
The disease, as it is in measles. The
lever will pass off in five hours, and the
patient viii recover rapidly without fear
Of a relapse. Should the perspiratlon
have glutinous, gummy touch, you
may expect your patient to recover with
watchful and careful nursing. But
should the perspiration have a sensation
ike that of pure water, showing that
here is no vicarious action by the skin,
which gives relief to the liver and kid.
leys, you may know that your patient
s in great danger. You will find upon
IN examination the tongue red and
covered with short, white
ur, with great gastric fetter of the
breath. It is then all important to ap-
,ly the cups or leeches to the pit of the
in order to prevent that degree |
II inflammation which destroys the coat |
# the stomach. If neither cups, leeches |
lor blisters are applied, the patient will
'omplain of the sensation of ball in |
lis stomach in thirty-six hours. And in
welve hours thereafter he will throw
IF blood that is exuded into the stOm-
lch, known as black vomit, which has
he appearance of cOffee-grounds, float
ng in an amber-colored fluid. If there
'e any doubt as to the character of the
natter elected from the stomach, you
an at once decide upon its character by
tipping a white handkerchief or linen
10th into the matter elected from the
and exposing it to the sun for
few moments. If it be the Uosnito or
,enuine black vomit of yellow fever, it
Vill impart q sanguine or bloody tinge
o the cloth or handkerchief. If it be
lie, which never occurs in yellow fever,
will impart yellow tinge.