The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09
CURE FOR IVY POISONING.

Take soma boied eabbsge when you wake,
And there an end 70 Jour headache.
DR. Pieks0Sek.
CURE FOR IVY POISONING.
Many persons are poisoned By contact
with the wild ivy and sumsc, and in
some cases the poisoning is very severe.
To such it may be of interest to know
that DR.. Brown, of the United States
navy, claims to have discovered certain
remedy for such poisoning. 1t Is bro
mine dissolved in olive oil, cosmoline or
glycerine. He used twenty drops Of
bromine to an ounce OF oil, rubbing it on
the affected part three or four times q
day. and washing it off occasionally with
CASTLE soap.
HOW TO CUBE DYSPEPSIA.
Dr. Nicholas, who has made q series Of
dietetic experiments on himself, has ar
rived at the conclusion that, if the
atomach is allowed to rest, any case Of
dyspepsia may be cured that the diet
question was at the root of the disease
that pure blood can only be made from
pure food, and that, if the drink of q
nation were pure and free from stimuls-
ting qualities, and the food was also
pure, the re ult would be pure health.
VALUABLE REMEDY.
DIR. G.. F. Waters, of B1ston, hiss
found in the juice of the milkweed q
remedy for snppurating wounds. The
time OF healing varied from twenty-four
to thirty>six hours but in each instance
new skin formed completely across.
The doctor states that the only essential
point is to dry the wounded surface
gently and thoroughly with blotting-
paper before applying the milkweed
juice. After the juice is applied, and
while the healing Is in progress, piece
of blotting-paper is used to cover the
surface:
A HEALTHFUL PRACTICE.
Loosen the clothing, and, standing
erect, throw the shoulders well back,
then hands behind, and the breast for
ward. In this position, draw slowly as
deep an inspiration as possible, and re-
tain it by an increased effort for few
seconds, then breathe it gradually forth.
After q few natural breatbs, repeat the
long inspiration. Let this be done for
ten or fifteen minutes every dsy, and in
six weeks time very perceptible in
crease in the diameter of the chest and
its prominence will be evident.
GLYCERrNE AS A MEDICINE.
In moderate doses, not exceeding
thirty grammes per diem, which should
be taken all at once, diluted with about
ten times the quantity of water, CattillOn
sfirms that glycerine improves the ap-
petite and the digestion, and acts gently
on the bowels. He does lot recommend
larger dose, but Harnsck gave diabetic
patients as much as $50 to $50 grsmmes
daily, in association with animal food,
and found a marked improvement in
their general condition, and reduction
in the quantity of urine sugar and urea
exerted, the latter two results agreeing
with these obtained by CatillOn in his
experiments on dogs and on himself. 1t
is important, however, to notice that
glycerine is poison in large doses.
A CUBE FOR ASTHMA.
Prof. German See has recently read a
paper before the Paris Academy of Med
icine, in which he expresses himself very
enthusiastically concerning the efficacy
of iodide of potassium and iodide of
ethyl in the treatment of asthma. He
dissolves 10 grsmmes of iodide of potas.
SUM in 200 of wine or water, and gives
before each meal, twice day, desert
spoonful e or 8 grammes), so that the
patient takes daily 16 or Is grammes of
the solution, or 1.8 grammes of the
iodide. After some days this quantity
is gradually doubled. The same dose,
may be taken in syrup OF orange peel.
1t the patient become disguised with the
taste he may take the iodide in water.
| There is NO definite time for the dura-
ten of the treatment, but generally at
the end of two or three weeks, when the
attacks are mitigated or abolished, the
dose uay be diminished to gramme and
a half per diem. From time to time the
treatment may be interrupted for day,
but longer interruption may be fol-
lowed by a relapse. In one case a
patient who had been cured for a year
having given up the iodide for four days,
was again attacked. Any accompany>
ing cough may be relieved by the sddi-
ton of a little extract of opium or strip
of peoples; where, when there is not
much cough or catarrh, two or three
grammes of choral given in the evening
assist in diminishing the dyspne3. The
generates is that cure takes place
in almost all cases, even when the pa
tients are placed amid atmospheric con-
ditions which are hsbitually injurious.
No preeaution has to be taken as regards
hygiene and regimen, and the use of
coffee and t0baccO has not seemed to be