Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-02-13
THE HOME DOCTOR.

Respiration by the mouth is easier
than by the nose, but not SO safe. The
nose, to certain extent, fits the air for
entering the lungs. The sense of smell
prevents our breathing an air loaded
with poisonous vapors. The moisture
of the nasal cavities, to some extent,
saturates the air and makes it less irri-
tating to the throat and larynx. The
inequality of the nasal passage and the
hairs catch the dust before it goes far
enough to harm. On the other hand,
breathing through the mouth dries the
throat, and in children may cause false
Group, catarrh, and it may SO affect the
Eustachian tube as to cause injury to
the ear and deafness. So important, in
the eyes of DR.. Guye, is the process
of breathing through the nose, that he
has invented little instrument to APP
ply to the mouth in sleep, which holds
it shut and compels nasal breathing
Herald Of Health.
ABOUT the year 1852 DR.. Weisse, Di-
rector of the Hospital for Foundlings at
st. Petersburg, Russia, called the at
tention of the medical world to the use
of raw meat in the treatment of chronic
diarrhea. His method, to which was
applied the title of the "Musccvite
method" was adopted in England, Ger
many, Italy and France. In the last
named country Drs. Trosseau and Bou-
chut was the first to test it, and reported
it to have good results in cases of chill
dren severely afflicted. A little later,
DR.. Labadie, of Bordeaux, communi-
Gated to the profession some facts in
regard to three children afflicted with
tubercles, whom he treated and cured
according to the Russian method. We
give below DR.. Trosseau's formula for
preparing the meat: Take 100 grammes
of fllet of beef, from which the gristle
and fat should be carefully removed;
mince it fine and bray it in wooden
Mortar; 20 grammes of powdered su-
gar, 1t grammes of chloride of sodium,
gramme of chloride of potassium, Is
gramme of powdered black pepper.
Take by the tablespoonful during the
day.
The pain caused by the sting of
plant or insect is the result of certain
amount of acid poison injected into
the blood. The first thing to be done
is to press the tube of a small key
from side to side, to facilitate the ex-
pulsion of the sting and its accompany
ing poison. The sting, if left in the
wound, should be carefully extracted;
otherwise it will greatly increase the
local irritation. The poison of stings
being acid, common sense points to the
alkalies as the proper means of cure.
Among the most easily procured rene
dies may be mentioned soft soap,
liquor of ammonia (spirits of harts-
horn), smelling salts, washing soda,
quickGme made into paste with
water, the juice of an onion, tobacco
juice, chewed tobacco, bruised dock
leaves, tomato juice, wood-ashes, tobac-
CO. ashes, and carbonate of soda. If the
sting be severe, restand GOODNESS should
be added to the other remedies, more
especially in the case of nervous sub.
jects. Nothing is so apt to make the
poison active as heat, and nothing
favors it's activity less than cold. Let
the body be kept cool and at rest, and
the activity of the poison will be re-
duced to minimum. Any active cx-
ertion whereby the circulation is quick
ened will increase both pain and swell
ing. If the swelling be severe, the part
may be rubbed with sweet oil or drop
or two of laudanum. Stings in the
eye, ear, mouth or throat sometimes
lead to serious consequences; in such
cases medical advice should always be
sought as soon as possible.