American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-16
CARE OF The HEALTH.

A GERMAN physician recommends the
inhalation of oil of turpentine in cases of
distressing whooping cough. A few
| drops on handkerchief held before the
face of tie child is the proper way to
administer it.
HERE is IAN old and excellent pre-
scription for cholera, which is also
remedy for ordinary summer COM
plants, collie, diarrhea and dysentery:
Take equal parts of tincture of Cay
enne pepper, tincture of opium, tincture
| of rhubarb, essence of peppermint and
spirits of camphor. Mix well. Dose,
fifteen to thirty drops in a little cold wa
ter, according to age and violence of
symptoms, repeated every fifteen or
twenty minutes until relief is obtained.
WHEN AND How TO BATHE.-Avoid
bathing within two hours after meals, is
the advice Of the Royal Humane socie-
ty of England, or when exhausted by
fatigue or from any other cause, or
when the body is cooling after perspira-
ton, and avoid bathing altogether in
the open air, if after being short time
in the water, there is sense of chilli
ness, with numbness of the hands and
feet, but battle when the body is warm,
provided no time is lost in getting into
the water. Avoid chilling the body by
sitting or standing undressed on the
banks or in boats, after having been in
the water, or remaining too long in the
water, but leave the water Immediately
there is the slightest feeling of chilli
ness. The vigorous and strong may
battle early in the morning on an empty
stomach, but the young and those who
are weak had better battle two or three
hours after meal the best time for such
is from two to three hours after breakfast.
Those who are subject to attacks of gid
diness or faintness, and who suffer from
palpitations and other sense of discom-
fort at the heart, should not battle with
out first consulting their medical ad-
wiser.
DEADLY EFFECTS OF SEWER CAS-
Prof. Haines of Rush Medical College,
Chicago, tells of family on
the West Side, consisting of five
members, who were afflicted by
the presence of sewer-gas in their
house. The Oldest of the children
was youth IS years of age. The 9TH
er two were younger girls. The three
were brought to their beds. Two ply
sicians spent nearly two months over
them, absolutely ignorant of the causes
of their prostration. The two girls be-
came practically deaf, dumb, and blind.
One side of their bodies was paralyzed
and the unfortunate victims were barely
kept alive. They were without sight
and hearing, and SO inanimate that they
seemed to care only to breathe. The
cases became SO desperate that third
physician was summoned. He said that
sewer malaria was at the bottom of the
whole trouble. He transferred the help
less patients to another house and now
they are nearly we'll An examination of
the drain showed that it was broken in
half dozen places and the gas pouring
out in great quantity.
SUMNER HINTs.-A correspondent of
the Chicago Tribune gives what he calls
a ''thirst cure" He says: know of
no substance or preparation more SIM
pie and effectual in allaving thirst than
EPSON salts. For this purpose Scent
paper will last person during the sea-
SON. When taken dry, a few grains
placed upon the tongue and allowed to
dissolve will almost instantly check the
desire to drink; and very small guam
tity (one-fourth of teaspoonfuD of the
salts dissolved in part of a tumbler of
water has the same effect. 1t makes a
cooling and healthful drink. As the
tendency of most persons in warm
weather is to drink too much water
ice-water at that-and the more they
rink the more they want to drink,
their thirst being intensified rather than
allayed by drinking. while the healthy
tone of the system is endangered, the
simple remedy above-named deserves a
kindly remembrance. He also recon-
mends q sabbath. To those who can
not afford to go to the seashore and
bath in Old Neptune's waves 1 would
suggest, as a pleasant substitute and re-
hinder, the use of little genuine sea-
salt, such as is sold at drug stores, in
their morning or evening additions.
Dissolve handful of sea-salt in suffi-
Gent water to make a rather strong
brine, and with this sponge the entire
person. The effect of this application
is to purify. exhilerate, cool, and
strengthen the entire bodily system.
For the sick or the well it is an invigor-
ating tonic.
How a Wounded Snake was
Cured.