Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-26
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

IF we add pint Of pure water to q
pint OF impure water, we dilute the i'm
pure water, and ii is made that mach
the more pure. III we add dozen pints
OF pure water to it, we dilute it stiH
mere, and bring il nearer purity vet:
but if we add a certain number more.
instead OF the impurity becoming di-
luted, 1t Is absolutely destroyed, and DIR.
Letherby. of London, says that the
water is perfectly pure. It is the same
way with impure air. A certain quantity
OF pure air added to it, dilutes the bad
air and makes it less noxious, while if q
certaln quantity more Is added, the ina
purity OF the air Is destroyed, as Is the
case with impure water. Any person
can Judge of this from the good effect of
much pure air upon bad air.
The following hints concerning the use
OF tea may prove useful: 1. whatsoever
uses tea should do SO In great modera-
ton. 2. 1t should form q part of the
meal, but never be taken before eating.
between meals, or on an empty stomach.
as 1t Is too frequently done. 3. Tho
best time to take tea is after hearty
meal. 4. Those who suffer with weak
nerves should never take il at all. 5.
Those who are troubled with inability to
sheep nights should not use tea, or, If they
do, take it in the morning. 6. Brain
workers should never goad On their
Drains to overwOrk ON the stimulus Of
tea. z. Children and the young should
never use tea. g. The overworked and
underfed should never use tea. 8. Tea
should never be drunk very strong. 10.
It Is better with considerable milk and
sugar. IL. Its use should at once be
abandoned when harm comes from it.
II. Multitudes of diseases come from
the excessive use of tea, and for this
reason those who cannot use it without
going to excess should not use it at all.
DIR. Day says In late lecture What
ever be the plan Of treatment decided
upon rest Is the first principle to incul-
cate In very severe headache. Rest,
which the busy man and anxious mother
cannot obtain SO long as they can man
age TO keep about, Is one of the first
remedies for every headache, and we
should never cease to enforce il. The
brain, when excited, as much needs
quiet and repose as fractured limb. or
an infamed eye; it Is obvious that the
chances Of shortening the seizure and
arresfing the pain will depend on our
power to have this carried out actually.
It is practical lesson to keep steadily
In view m that there may lurk behind a
simple headache some lesion of unknown
magnitude, which may remain stationa-
ry If 9uietude can be maintained. There
is point worth attending to In the
treatment Of all headaches, It is that
the head be elevated at night, and the
pillow hard for if it be soft the head
sinks into it and becomes hot, which,
with some people, Is enough to provoke
an attack IN the morning if sleep has
been long and heavy.
EXCEPT Turkish bath, nothing is
more effcacious in the sore throat of
children or adults than wet compress
to the throat. Double towel two or
three times, SO as to make pad that
will Fit snugly under the chin and over
the throat, and let it extend around
from ear to car. Then bind a tilickly-
folded towel over tho wet pad, having
the towel wide enough to overlap the
edges Of the pad. 1t is best to pass this
outef covering over inc Head, and not
around the neck after the style OF era
vat, the object being to exclude the air
so as to keep UP a perspiratiol over the
diseased parts. But If the soreness is
low down on the throat, the outside
towel may be passed around tho neck;
yet, when this is done, it is much more
difficult to exclude the air. The wet
compress may be put on cold or warm
but, when cold, it soon becomes warm
from the heat OF the skin, and is really
a warm vapor bath. When the pad Is
taken of, the throat should be washed in
cold water to close the pores, and then
well dried with d towel. This is appli-
cable to Group and to all kinds of sore
throats, and will be found more clearly
and equally as efficient as grandmother's
stocking filed with ashes.