American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-05-24
CARE OF THE HEALTH.

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impaired, and its nerves oversensitive,
but little food should be taken into it at
a time. The best diet IL skinned milk,
half q pint every four hours. When
milk is not we'll digssted, lime water is
com bined with il. Such foods as coffee,
ted, ana tobacco must, of course, be
given up absolutely and at once A
sovereign article of diet is tuttermilk
In buttermilk the casein of milk Is CO.
agulated and broken up, so that the
stomach is spared two steps of the reg
ular process of digestion. Another ex-
cellent preparation of milk is koumyss.
1t contains good deal of carbonic acid.
In all cases the stomach's work should
DO made easier by diet consisting of
eggs, milk, starchy vegetables, stewed
fruits, and q little butter, with stale
bread. -Medical Record.
WHAT TO Dol. Child years old
has an attack of Group at night. Doe
tor at a distanee. What is to be doneP
The child should be immediately un-
dressed and put in warm bath. Then
give an emetic composed of one part of
anthony wine 60 two of ipecac. The
dose is teaspoonful.. II the sntimony
is not handy, give warm water, mustard
and water, or any other simple emetic
dry the child and wrap it carefully in a
warm blanket.
2. Some ones nose blceds and can
not be stopped. Take a plug of lint,
moisten, dip in equal parts of powdered
alum and gum arabic and insert in the
nose. Battle the forehead in cold water.
8. Child eats q piece of bread on
which arsenic has been spread for kill
ing rats. Give plenty of warm water,
new milk in large quantities, cruel and
linseed tea foment the bowels. Scrape
iron rust off any thing, mix with warm
water and give in large draughts fire.
quently. Never give large draughts of
fluids until those given before have been
vomited, because the stomach will not
contract properly If filed, and the OBJ
ject is to get rid of the poison as quick
ly as possible.
4. A young lady sits in draught and
comes home with bad sore throat.
Wrap flannel around the throat, keep
ing out Of draughts and sudden changes
of atmosphere, and every half hour
take q pinch of chloride of potash,
place it on the tongue and allow it to
dissolve in the mouth.
5. Child falls backward into a tub of
water and is much scalded. Carefully
undress the child, lay it on a bed, on its
breast if the back is scalded; be sure all
draughts are excluded; then dust over
the parts scalded with bi-carbonate of
soda; lay muslin over it; then make
tent by placing two boxes with board
over them in the bed, to prevent the
covering from pressing on the scald;
cover up warmly.
6. Mower cuts drivers legs as he is
thrown from seat. Put tight bandage
around the limb above the cut, slip q
cork under it in the direction of a line
drawn from the inner part of the knes
to little outside of the groin. Draw
the edges of the cut together with stick
ing-plaster.
Z. Child has a bad earache. Dip q
plug of cotton wool in olive oil, warm it
and place it in the ear. Wrap up the
head and keep it out of draughts.
DIsINFECTANTs AND DEODORANTs.-l
Mr.. Thos. Taylor, Microscopic of the
~ nrsu fho
following in the Washington Evening
Star: During the year 1876 1 made
series of experiments with essential oils,
Including the oil of eucalyptus globulus
and the spirits of turpentine, which were
published in the report of the Depart
ment of Agriculture for that year.
found that the oil OF eucalyptus disin-
fected fresh meat as effectually as car
bolic acid, besides being powerful de-
odorizer, and on combining it with soap
found it agreeable, forming valuable
substitute for the carbolic, especially for
the sick-room. Turpentine found to
be also most powerful deodorizer. A
of the latter, added to a
pailful of water, will destroy the odor
of cesspools instantly, and in the sick
chamber will prove apowerful auxiliary
in the destruction of germs and bad
odors, beirg both disinfectant and de-
odorizer. have quite recently added
to the list of disinfectants one of gener-
al application, and it has for many pur-
poses the advantage of cheapness with
remarkable effectiveness. l allude to
gasoline, one of the products of petro-
leum. Gasoline when applied to the
germs of fungi or of other cryptogamic
plants instantly destroys them although |
it fails to deodorize gases. Being a soIv- |
ent of oils and fats it destroys animal
germs, and fatty degeneration gives way
to it. 1t may be employed full strength
to wash delicate and tender plants and
sores without producing pain. 1t is
wholly devoid of the caustic principle;
even when applied to the tongue, it
produces no disagreeable sensation. A
single drop applied to any insect will
kill it, and even its vapors have most
destructive effect on the lower forms of |
animal life. When gasoline is applied |
to a wound or to any delicate part of
the body, on evaporation it produces
the sensation of cold, followed soon af-
ter by sensation of heat. OF course
all experiments should be made in the
absence of artificial light, as it is very
explosive gas. Mail matter supposed |