The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-21
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HOME DOCTOR.
CHLoRAL IN WHoopNa CouaH.-Dr.
O. 81. Smith reports that in 200 cases
OF this disease treated with choral he
found in every case a marked allevia-
tlon OF the symptoms and shortening
of the period of disease. Only one
case lasted seven weeks, and the
majority were cured in from two to six
weeks. No other remedy was given.
CURING CoRNs.- Castor oil should be
applied to the corns after pairing closely
each night before going to bed. It
sottens the corn like the other flesh.
Il q troublesome sbunionis not in
famed, the best remedy is to place on
it first piece of diachlyon plaster OK
ide of lead and oil, and upon it piece
OF thick leather, this last having hole
the size of the bunion cut in it. If in
t1amed, it must be poulticed. If this
does not succeed, it must be treated as
boil, and the matter let out with q
needle or lancet. The following ONT
ment is good for an inflamed bunion:
Iodine, IL grains; spermaceti ointment,
/ ounce. 4 portion about the size of a
horse bean is to be rubbed on the tumor
gently twice or thrice day.
A New TREATMENT FOR CONSUMPTION.
The Medical Record gives q new.
treatment for consumption, which is,
first, to clear the lungs by a mechanical
effort, chiefly by manipulating the
muscles of the throat, so as to cause
more forcible breathing; second, to
establish perfect digestion; third, to
promote process of healing the tuber-
cles, so that they shall become chalky
or calitied masses; fourth, to COM
pei the patients to take abund-
ant fresh air, sunlight and out
door exercise. To secure perfect diges-
ton, a special diet is ordered in
each case, and the food is changed as
the power of assimilating it improves.
To promote the calcifying of the tu-
bercles the salts of lime, which are
found in most vegetable and animal
food, are supplied in soluble condi-
tion-the theory being that too much
heat in ordinary cooking destroys the
natural combination of these salts with
albumen, and renders them insoluble to
is held to be so important that patients
are expected to go out in rain, snow,
dampness, and even in night air or dew
the habit thus acquired neutralizing
the danger of taking cold from such
exposure. Only strong head-winds and
extremely hot weather are to be guard
ed against; and the patients sleep with
the windows open summer and winter.
A New CURE Fop LocKJAw.-A ply
sician bearing the easily-remembered
name of I.erduger-Formovel has dis
covered that perspiration will cure lock-
law. Il young man named Jean Ham
let had the misfortune to have his hand
caught in the gearing of threshing
machine; part of the skin was carried
of, but, in the course of fortnight,
everything seemed progressing toward
a speedy cure, when one morning the
patient awoke with strange rigidity
in his jaws, violent pain all over the
sternum, intermittent difficulty of
breathing, and convulsive starts in the
lower limbs. DR.. Leuduger-F ormovel,
being called in, could not but express
to the family the most melancholy
AOIopou1ue5S AcVcItuoleSS, no I'M
mediately proceeded to throw the
patient into violent perspira-
ton. For this purpose he had
hoops put under the bedclothes, in or
der to prevent their contact with the
body, and then got four deep pots filled
with quicklime, which he slightly moist
ened with water. To prevent the skin
from being scorched, the pots were
wrapped in linen, and then placed on
each side of the patient, orders being
given to the family to moisten the
quickGme from time to time, and to
change it when exhausted. The heat
engendered was SO intense that on the
first day the bedclothes caught fire,
which, however, was speedily extin-
guished. As for the perspiration, it
was SO immoderate as to pass all belief.
On the fifth day all tetanic symptoms
had disappeared, except little stiffness
in the jaws; the patient was in state
of complete prostration, which was,
however, removed by good nourish-
ment, and few days after all traces of
the dangerous affection had disap-
peared.