The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

AN exchange says "In mild cases O
dyspepsia take one teaspoonful Of swee'
oil, after eating, three times day. II
severe forms take dessert-spoonful.
This followed up has cured cases where
doctors have given them up. Ye WHIT
suffer from this dread disease, don't fail
TO try it."
CH1LpLAINs usually indicate q low
state OF the system and need of hearty
food and tonics, such as iron or quinine.
A local application of thick paste com.
posed OF slack lime, moistened with q
very little water and common oil, is
recommended as a good remedy. For
chapped hands, another Of the unpleas-
ant Accomplishments of cold weather,
and, with some people, apt to be not
only disagreeable, but positively pain
full, the best remedy is glycerine, to be
put on at night on retiring, and over
that pair of old gloves, to be kept on
all night.
1t is worth while for common people
to know that $4,000 typhus germs will
thrive in the circumference of pin-head
or visible globule. II is worth while
for the m 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, We
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 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 q diet of vegetables
and cereals, with fish and eggs occa.
slonally, 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
vain endeavor to digest something be-
yond their powers.
A New WAY TO TREAT D1PHTHER1A..-
Quite n discovery in the treatment of
dlphtheria has been made recently. A
young man whose arm had been ampu-
tated was attacked by diphtheria before
healing took place and, instead of tho
matter incident to that disease being de-
posted in the throat, the greater por-
tlon appeared in the wounded arm, and
the diphtheria was very light and easily
managed. DIR. Davis profited by this,
md in his next case of diphtheria bills.
tered his patients breast, and on this
blistered part the chief deposits ap-
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 D1ET.-The health de.
pends largely upon the diet. Good food
IS In many instances better than medi-
cine. How many dishes in common use
ought to be discarded from our tables. if
" ~ "NoAA NV pSSOlllt WlIn
hat unwelcome visitor, dyspepsia. I
nm convinced by observation that MANY
more might be restored to health i
lourishing food suitable to their condi.
ion, and needful rest from work or care
we're given them, instead of stimulating
he system by exciting drinks and
powerful drugs. Give nature q chance
md she will do much toward repairing
he wasted energies, if the kind of food
8 given that the case demands. There
5 much choice III the kinds of meat and
he manner of preparing them, which we
hould always observe when cooking for
N invalid guest, or member of the FAM
ly. The fruits aud vegetables should
lso be selected with great care, and
ften it is neces yary that some special
ish should lie prepared for them, as
hey are necessarily deprived of so much
hat others indulge in. We feel more
han repaid for extra work. when We
ave succeeded in getting something 10
empt the appetite Of the sick, with 70
ad results to follow.