The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-09-18
HOME DOCTOR.

DYsHNTERY.-Fof dysentery, parch
brown a tablespoonful of rice; put into
q cup Of cold water and let it come to a
hard boil; sweeten a little.
NEuRALGIA.-For this distressing
malady there is a very simple and eff
cient remedy. We have tried it with
uniform success, but we have rarely
found q sufferer who would make q
thorough use of 1t. It is SO simple that
most people prefer to suffer than to
properly try 1t. It is this: Get piece
of the common sal-ammoniac, and every
hour or SO bite off q piece as big as a
pea and swallow it. II more conven-
lent, wash it down with water; or dis
solve half a drachm Of the sal-ammo-
MAC in an ounce of water, and take a
tablespoonful every three minutes or
80. An overdose can do no harm, nor
is the substance especially disagreeable
to take. In from one to three hours
relief will be obtained in four-ffths of
the cases. Why people won't try this
simple remedy, after being told of it
by one who has tried it, is to us a won
der; but SO it is.-Vor PopulS.
A REMEDY For WEAK EYEs.-A
simple remedy for weak eyes is econ
mended, as follows: Get a 5-cent cake
Of elder flowers at the druggists, and
steep in one gill of soft water. 1t must
be stepped in bright tin or e~arthenware;
strain nicely, and then add three drops
Of laudanum; bottle it tight, and keep
in a cool place; then use it as a wash,
letting some of it get in the eyes. Fol-
low this, and relief is certain. If the
eyes are painful or much sore, make
small soft congresses, wet in the mkt
ure, and bind over the eyes at night. I
can warrant the above harmless and
sure, having tried it in a number of
cases where other skill and remedies
had utterly failed. If the eyes are
badly infamed, use it very freely, and a
tea made of elder flowers, and drunk,
will help cleanse the blood. Pure rock
salt and water will strengthen your eyes
if you battle them daily in it. l would
earnestly advise you to avoid mixtures
or washes containing mineral or other
poisons.-Doctor.
THE PULsE.-Eyery intelligent per-
son should know how to ascertain the
state of the pulse in health; then, by
comparing it with what it was when he
was aiing, he may have some idea of the
case. Parents should know the healthy
pulse of each child, as now and then a
person is born with a remarkably slow
or fast pulse, and the very case in hand
may be of that popularity. An infanSs
pulse is 40; q child of z years, about
eighty; and from 20 to go years it is
seventy beats a minute, declining to
sixty at fourscore. A healthy grown
persons pulse beats seventy times a
minute. There may be good health
down to sixty. But, if the pulse always
exceeds seventy, there is disease. The
machine is working itself out; there is
fever and Inflammation somewhere, and
the body is feeding on itself, as in con-
sumption, when the pulse is quick-that
is, oven sixty-g1adually increasing with
decreased chances of cure, until it
reaches ITO or 100, when death comes
before many days. When the pulse is
over seventy for months, and there is a
slight cough, the lungs are most prob
ably somewhat affected.
SOMETHING WORTH KNowNG.-Every
little while we read in the papers Of
some one who has stuck arusty nail in his
foot, or knees or hand, or some Other
portion of his body, and that lock-jaW
resulted therefrom, of which the patient
died. If every person was aware of 9
perfect remedy for all such wounds, and
would apply it, then all such reports
must cease. But, although we a give
the remedy, we cannot enforce its ap
plication. Some will not employ it be
cause they think it too simple; Others
will have no faith in it when they reaG
it; while others think such a wound O.
small account, and not worth fussinl
over, until it is too late to do any good
Yet all such wounds can be healed with
out the fatal consequences which follow
them. The remedy is simple, almos
always on hand, and can be applied b.
any one, and, what is better, it is infalli
BILE. It is simply to smoke the wound
or any bruise or wound that is infamed
with burning wool or wooden cloth
Twenty minutes in the smoke of WOO
will take the pain out of the wors
wound; repeated two or three times, i
will allay the worst cases of infamma
ton arising from q wound. People ma,
sheer at Hthe old mans remedy" a
much as they please, but when they ar
afflicted just let them try it. 1t ha
saved many lives and much pain, and j
worthy of being printed in letters Q
gold and put in every home.