The Princeton union., 1880-10-28


THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
AN exchange says: g. In mild cases of
dyspepsia take one teaspoonful Of sweet :
OIL. after eating. three times day. In
severe forms take a dessert-spoonful.
Ihls followed up has cured cases where
doctors have given them up. Ye who
suffer from this dread disease, don't fail
to try it,
CH11BnA1Ns usually indicate a low
state OF the system and need of hearty
food and tonics, such as iron or uuinine.
A local application Of thick paste COM
posed of slack lime, moistened with
very little water and common oil, is
recommended as good remedy. For
chapped hands, another cf the unpleas-
and, with some people, apt to be not
only disagreeable, but positively pain
tul the best remedy is glycerine, to be
put on at night on retiring, and over
that a pair Of old gloves, to be kept on
all night.
IT is worth while for common people
to know that $4,000 typhus germs will
thrive in the circumference of a pin-head
OF a visible globule. It is worth while
for them to note that these germs may
be desiccated and be borne, like thistle
seeds, everywhere, and, like demoniacal
possessions, may jump noiselessly down
any, throat. But there are certain things
spores cannot stand, according to the
latest ascertained results Of science.
Soap chemically poisons them. For re-
demptlon fly to hot water and soap, ye
who live in danger Of malarial poison-
ing. Hot water is sanitary. Soap is
more sanitary. Fight typhus, small
pox, yellow fever, and ague with soap.
Soap is 81 board Of health. =
CURING SICK HEADACHE Vermont
correspondent writes that, after suffering
from sick headache for twenty years,
with frequent attacks Of diphtheria,
quinsy and erysipelas, she has discov-
cred the cause Of all her troubles.
Eight months abstinence from meat
has cured her of dyspepsia and all the
ailments she has suffered from, and her
health is better than it has been for
many years. On a diet Of vegetables
and cereals, with fish and eggs occa-
sionally, she is well and strong. Happy
are they who find out their limitations,
physical, intellectual and spiritual, and
do not ruin health and happiness in a
! vain endeavor to digest something be-
! yond their powers.
A NEW WAY TO TREAT DfPHTHERIA. -
diphtheria has been made recently. A
young man whose arm had been ampu-
tated was attacked by diphtheria before
healing took place; and, instead Of the
matter incident to that disease being de-
posted in the throat, the greater por-
ton appeared in the wounded arm, and
the diphtheria was very light and easily
managed. DR.. Davis profted by this,
and in his next case Of diphther1a bills
tered his patients breast, and on this
blistered part the chief deposits APP
| peared. This was also an easy case OF
the disease. The theory is that diph-
| liberia usually appears in the throat be-
| cause of the thinness of the lining of the
throat. Hence, when the blister breaks
the skin upon the other part of the body
! the disease appears there.
A CAREFUL D1Er.-The health de-
pends largely upon the diet. Good food
is in many instances better than medi-
| CAdO. AOW A4e1Ay Iuo1Co LII COAlulOH uSc
ought to be discarded from our tables, if
we would not become acquainted with
that unwelccme visitor, dyspepsia. /
am convinced by observation that many
more might be restored to health i
nourishing food suitable to their condi
tion, and needful rest from work or care
were given them, instead Of stimulating
the system by exciting drinks and
powerful drugs. Give nature chance
and she will do much toward repairing
the wasted energies, if the kind Of food
is given that the case demands. There
is much choice in the kinds of meat ano
the manner Of preparing them, which We
should always observe when cooking fol
an invalid guest, or member Of the fam
| lily. The fruits and vegetables should
also be selected with great care, and
often it is necessary that some special
dish should be prepared for them, as
they are necessarily deprived Of so much
that others indulge in. We feel more
than repaid for extra. work when We
have succeeded in getting something te
tempt the appetite Of the sick, with nc
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