American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-10-04


of Republican opposition, is now seized upon
and declared to be specie resumption accom-
plishcd by John Shermanl
CARE OF THE HEALTH.
CURE FOR HICCOUGH.-Under this
title, DIR. Grellet of Vichy states, in the
Reruc Meiica,e, that he has never failed
in Immediately relieving hiccough-i. e.,
not dependent upon any appreciable
morbid condition-by administering a
lump of sugar imbibed with vinegar.
CHLORAL IN WHooPING-CoUGH.-
DR.. c. III. Smith reports that in two hum
dred eases of this disease treated with
choral, he has in every case noticed a
marked alienation of the symptoms and
shortening of the period of the disease.
Only one case lasted seven weeks, and
the majority of the cases were well in
from two to six weeks. No other reme-
dy was given.-N. Y. Medical Journal.
VENTILATION.-Asim simple device, saws
the Plumbcr, is within the reach of every
one having an ordinary window in his
room, by which fresh outer air can. be
admitted in small quantity with such an
upward current as will prevent its being
felt as an injurious draft by the inmates
1t is particularly adapted to sleeping
rooms when the weather is too cold to
admit of an open window. Thus, start
both top and bottom sashes of the win
dow half an inch, which is not quite
enough to clear the rebate or stop-beads
at top and bottom, but which leaves an
opening of an inch between the meeting
rails, through which current enters.
but diverted upward by the glass, as it
should be, SO as not to fall directly to
the floor, as its GOODNESS might otherwise
induce it to do. 1t thus becomes well
mixed with the air of the room without
being felt as draft.
AMMONIACAL SULPHATE OF COPPER
IN NEURALGIA.-Dr. Fereol has found
several times obstinate cases of neural
gia of the fifth nerve, tic-douloureux,
which had resisted a variety of other
means, rapidly and completely cured by
the administration of ammoniacal sui
phate of copper. The formula employed
is the following: Distilled water, 100
grammes; sirup of orange flower or
| peppermint, 30 grammes; ammoniacal
sulphate of copper, O-1O to OILS cent?
gramme, to be taken in the course of
"a hours, especially during food, in or
der to avoid irritating the stomach In
one patient, the dose was raised to 60
centigrammes day without any other
Inconvenience than slight gastric pain
and a little diarrhea. The medium dose
was 0.10 to OILS centigramme, which
should be continued from 10 to Is days,
even after the complete disappearance
of the pains.-LondOn Medical Record
PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF STRONG EMO
TIoNs.-The influence of anger on the
liver secretion has been recognized from
ancient times-an outburst having often
resulted in bilious fever. Bad news
affects the secretions of the stomach, so
as frequently to take away the appetite.
Sudden fear may cause instantaneous
death by shock, the nerves of the heart
being paralyzed as by a blow. Great
good news may act in the same way.
DR.. Hammond of New York, in his adj
mirable little work &C Cerebral Hypere-
mia,n says that the human saliva may
be changed by rage to powerful poison,
and that the mothers milk may be SINH
larly transformed by fear. A family hav-
ing eaten of roe-buck which had been
so captured as to die only after long
and agonizing struggle, all were taken
with severe disturbance of the stomach
and head-the symptoms in many re-
spects resembling those from the bite OF
a rabid animal. The man lost his sight
for several days and was affected with
other remarkable symptoms from which
he was restored only after some months.
His wife died after two years of great
suffering. Those who ate but little were
soon cured. DIR. Hammond believes
that the flesh of all animals which have
been tortured to death is poisonous.
Universal self-cOntrol is a condition OF
bodily health, as much as it is of moral
excellence. Even strong religious feel
ings have their dangers.-YQuth's Com
panion.
MALARIAL PoIsON.-A writer in the
Practitioner finds general consensus OF
opinion among Salisbury, Tommasi-
Crudeli, Cohn, Lanzi and Terrigi as to
the vegetable nature of malariOus poi
son, although they differ as to the exact
species of alga composing it. Besides
the curious intermissions of ague, there
are other points about malaria which
seem puzzling. One of these is the way
in which malaria may again exert its