The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-05
HYGIENIC NOTES.

A SINGLE drop of the susquiodide
chloride of iron, put on corn between
the toes, once day, with camefs hair
brush, will effect certain cure.
FACE PMpLEs. very salt,
rich or greasy food, and take dose OF
magnesia occasionally. Also wash the
face occasionally with diluted Cologne
water.
TooruAcHE DRoPs.-One ounce of al
cohol, two drachms of cayenne, one
ounce of kerosene OIL let it stand twen-
ty-four hours after mixing. 1t cures the
worst case of toothache.
PRECAUTIONS IN SCARLET FEvER.-The
funerals of those who die of infectious
diseases should be strictly private. Dis
infect the clothes, bedding and room by
sprinkling them with solution of com
mercial carbolic acid, two parts to 100
parts of water, or other disinfectants may
be used in similar way. Let the door
be closed for several days. Sulphur
may be burned in the room sufficiently
to fill it with sulphur four times day.
Continue this for four or more days.
Then strip off the paper, scrape the
walls and ceiling, and whitewash them.
Scrub the woodwork with strong suds
and solution of carbolic acid.
To REMOVE DANDRUFF.-Thi is a
natural secretion, but becomes a cutane-
o-s complaint by neglect Take an
ounce of powdered borax, piece of I'M
Stacked lime the size of a chestnut and a
tablespoonful of spirits of ammonia;
put them into quart bottle and fill it
up with boiled or pump water. After
twelve hours, apply this wash to the
scalp. Ladies can apply it best with a
fine sponge. Rinse with tepid water.
After few applications the scales will
disappear, the hair become soft and
brilliant, and young hair will be seen to
start out Dandruff should be cured
gradually, 80 as not to produce sick
headache or dizziness by its sudden sup
preston.
NEW REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM.
Among the. many remedies of modern
times in the case of common diseases
may be mentioned the use of salicylic
acid or salicene in acute rheumatism,
especially of the joints, and its efficacy
is attested as the result of over 100 cases
treated at London hospital with this
remedy. Relief was experienced in
nearly every case, sometimes in three
hours, and in other cases not for several
days. The minimum of time necessary
for the disappearance of pain from the
JOINTS was twelve hours, secondary effects
being observed In few cases, such as
nausea, a hummirg In the ears, partial
deafness, etc. Large doses produced
fall of temperature also; this, however,
not being reduced below the normal
condition. The pulse and respiration
became less frequent; the appetite was
not seriously affected. The medicine
was administered in three three grain
pills taken every three hours. Salicene
seemed to bave less effect, but possessed
the advantage of not disturbing the
stomach.
HEART DISEASE. The origin of
heart disease is frequently to be
found in hereditary predisposition
but in many cases it Is clearly
traceable to causes which are easily re-
movable and preventable. In round
numbers, about 10, 900 deaths are annu-
ally caused by heart disease in England
alone. The etiology and geographical
distribution of this most agonizing dis
ease have been carefully investigated by
Mr.. Haviland, DIR. Black, and others,
and the valuable knowledge acquired as
to its nature, within the last ten years,
should have led long ago to a marked
decrease of the disease, had that knowl-
edge been utilized in fairly intelligent
manner. 1t is certain that impure air
exercises most baneful influence upon
the heart, and that confinement in badly
ventilated houses, cellar-dwellings,
schools workshops and factories, is a
cause of great portion Of the heart dis
ease unhappily so prevalent in this
country. The impure atmosphere of
crowded dwellings seems to have a SINH
lar deleterious action on the chief organ
of circulation to that which 1T exerts on
the respiratory apparatus, and thus we
find identical conditions favoring the de-
velopment of both diseases in one and
the same locality. The thorough and
effective ventilation of our rooms and
houses, our courts and alleys, which
proves preventive In the latter disease,
will assuredly hinder the prevalence of
the former. In some cases disease of
the heart is produced by violent and
continued exertion, such as that of lift
ing heavy weights and violent rowing;
but the demon drink is far more fire.
auent producer of cardiac mischief than
is overwork, and, by It's indirect effects
on the muscular structure of the heart,
it predisposes, especially in advanced
life, to fatty degeneration of the organ
itself, and of it's great bloodvessels.
The law which shall effectually control
the liquor traffic may be reas onably ex-
pected to diminish the mortality under
this head. Public Health.
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