American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-16
CARE OF THE HEALTH.

To CURE ToOTHACHE.-Take equal
parts of salt and powdered alum, mix
them together, and apply freely, and
you will experience almost instant re-
lief.
| EUCALYPsINTHE-f the eucalyptus
globulus-is the new drink. 1t is man
ufactured at Marseiiles, and, according
to its inventor, has every hygienic quail
/ ity Il drink can have, especially for
fever and ague.
To CURE URNs.-Alcohol applied
Immediately will give instant relief to
burns and scalds, and generally prevents
blstering. If it is part of the body
that can not be immersed in the alcohol,
apply it with piece of cotton wet with
it. Keep it saturated with it. Avoid
the fire when using it, as it is inhamma-
BILE.
\ CURE FOR NAKEFULNEss.-
cure wakefulness, wrap cloths dipped
in cold water around the wrist, and
sometimes lay wet cloth on the top of
the head; or take a sponge-bath just be-
fore retiring, having plenty of pulver-
lied borax in the water, and rubbing the
| body well with coarse towel to get up
good circulation.
! WASH FOR THE SICK.-The following
receipt makes n deliciouslY refreshing
wash for an invalid. and will relieve a
headache: Take a large handful each
of lavender, sage, mint, rue, wormwood
and rosemary; strip the leaves off and
bruise them slightly, and put into
stone jar; pour over them one gallon of
strong vinegar; cover tightly, and put
near the fire for a week; then strain off
the vinegar; add to it one ounce of
powdered camphor, bottle and keep
tightly corked. If the face and hands
are wetted in it before exposure to in
lection, there will be no danger. 1t is
very aromatic, and if poured into sau
GERS and kept in sick room will sweet
en- the air.
REST NECESSARY TO DIGESTION
Rest should be taken after heavy meal,
because active exertion calls away the
blood from the stomach, which for the
purpose of digestion requires free cir
culation to its coats, full heat, and
| plenty of muscular vigor. An English
professor of anatomy took two pointer
dogs, which were equally hungry, and
led them equally we'll. One, which he
suffered to follow the promptings of in
stinct, curled himself round till he was
comfortable, and went to sleep as ami
mails generally do after eating. The
other was kept about for two hours in
constant exercise. The two dogs were
then killed. In the stomach of the one
which had been quiet and asleep, all
the food was digested; in the stomach
of the other that process had hardly
begun.
FooD FOR INvALIDs. Cruel
made in the same way as that of gra-
ham flour, is excellent, only it should
be cooked longer and with less pro-
portion of meal to the same amount of
water, as oatmeal swells very much in
cooking. Corn-meal cruel is not SO
useful, because it is more heating and
less nourishing. Corn-meal needs a
very thorough cooking. Cruel made OF
fine meal should boil at least half an
hour, and it is best when one-third white
flour is used with the meal, mixed with
cold water before putting into the boil
ing water. Most of the recipes for the
sick which I have found in my late
search, seem to me very Objectionable,
on account of the seasoning. Nearly
all of these gruels are sweetened with
sugar-wholly unnecessary if you have
fresh sweet grain, and much more like
ly to become sour in the stomach-and
it seems to be supposed that to be pal
atable, food for the sick must be spiced
with nutmeg or cinnamon, with the adj
dition of lemo,-juice or wine, or both,
while the old-fashioned dread of milk
seems to prevail. Modern physicians
are advising milk for weakened invalids.
1 recently read this testimony from
Prof. Gardner, of Glasgow University.
He says, "To give wine, whisky, and
beef-tea, while Withholding milk, is
simply, in my opinion, to destroy your
patient And the more wine and whis-
ky you give, the more sure you will
be to destroy your patient soon, be-
cause you are thereby poisoning the
blood. l believe that infinite mischief |
has been done in typhus fever, and in
all fevers, by giving wine instead of
milk. 1t is a fatal delusion." As for
the spices, they are often the hardest
and last thing that weak stomach can
digest, remaining at the last to heat and
weary the stomach that needs rest
Faith Rochester, in Agriculturtst.
OX-TAIL SOUP OK tails, 2 whole
onions, 2 carrots, small turnip, 2 ia
blespoonfuls of flour, little white pep
per, and gallon of water; boil all
hours then take out the tails and cut
the meat in small pieces; return the