The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-20

harmless, and perhaps worthy Of q trial
-Fre1ck Medical Journal. n ..,.itli
DuLISEss oAUsEpBY LII HEGlrH.-With'
out doubt, great deal Of dullhess owes Id
origin to ill,health. People with lansuid
calculations are seldom yiyacious or anus
ing, and Il iShard TO be bright and lively
when suffering pain; but Indigestion, on
the other hand, often makes Its victims
lmuslngly ill.natured and unchafitable.
Of the Vices, Selfshness Is productive Of
dullness; but malice, Islander, and false
witness, with all their Nervousness, often
afford entertainment 10 listeners. Those
who invariably shun dull people make q
great mistake, for billiards arc often very
trustworthy and true friends, while they
are not usually well informed on certain
topics. IL amusing people are the most
popular. dull ones arc often the best be.
loved. Mephistopheles was an entertain.
Ing companion, and amusing men are too
iond oil asking their friends 10 back their
bills. The associates OF either have had
cause before this for regretting that they
had made dullneSs the great bugbeRr Of
their lives.-EaOlilh Magazine.
OXIDE or ZIxc IN DrARRHGA.-Dr. JAG
quier, Of Nantes, recommends the EN-.
ployment Of oxide Of zinc in diarrhqa,
The formula which he has employed Is the
following: Oxide Of zinc, 81 grains;
bicarb6nate Of soda, u grains; In four
packets, ono 10 be taken every six hohrs,
In all Of the cases which he observed
oxide Of zinc produced rapid cure OF diar.
rhGa, In IA cases observed by Puygau.
tier, the cure was even more rapid, since
in only one case were three doses OF the
medicine required, The results are con.
sidered 70 have been more satisfactory, In.
asmucA as In several cases the malady had
endured rem one to many months, and
other, methods Of treatment had not pro.
duced any Improvement. Thus he con.
eludes that, although by no means 10 be
held as exclusive treatment, the employ.
ment Of oxide of zinc deserves 10 be more
generally known as useful in diarrhGa.
CHINEsEALEpIorNEs.-Thc larvr Of bee
ties aud other insects are used incidentally
to give strength To feeble children; dried
toads are taken to give tone to the system;
syrup Is specific ior, bron.
chitis; and for smallpox, the skins OF
snakes and scorpions, dried and powder.
ell, are considered sufficient remedies,
The horns Of the rhinoceros, the bones OF
tigers, the paws Of bears, and the wings
Of bats all have a place In Chinese phar.
The body OF the bat eaten Is
said to prnlong life; 10 partakei OF the
white bat Is believed to be, to protract
ones existence beyond that Of the aged
Methuselah. hsimple remedy, contain.
ing well.known ingredients, Il nothing
thought OF by o patient, and the doctors
seem to be quite OF the same mind-Ftom
Lesterin Neg York Efning Poa. I
Tic-DouLouREux,-A patient, who forsey.
sral years had suffered from an intense
lacial neuralgia, Game underthe treatment
81 Prof. Peters, Of Paris, who put him
upon course Of six grains Of bromide Of
potassium, the dose repeated thrice daily
.or the hrst month, four grains thrice daily
n the second month, two grains thrice
iaily in the third month. The result Is
reported as being astonishing. Great sue
:ess Is claimed by Prof. Gubler In the use
d aconitum napelius for the ordinary form
u facial neuralgia, particularly when con-
gestion is present, Prof. Lee, Of the Hotel
tieu, Paris, relates case where patient
u his, alter thirty years Of suffering from
he tlc:douloureux, got quickly rid OF his
pain alter few daily, administrations Of
'ightgrain doses OF salicylate Of soda.
WARTS TREATED ny CHRONIC Ac1p-I-
Three or four applications suffice to cause
he disappearance Of warts, however hard
'r thick, and Of whatever size. The appli-
alton causes neither pain, suppuration,
Tor cicatrices, the only Inconvenience be.