Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-02-04
NUMBER II.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
HraH FuarNa rnrNre.

KELIEF FO0 Asthma.
The Pyacticien u new French med
cal weekly gives the following formul
for asthma, which has been adopted wit
much success by DIR. de Crevoisier, {
Briey: Take equal weights Of stramor
ium, sage, belladona and digitalis; crus
to about the thickness of sawdust, dam
a little and mix in as much nitre rs 9
one of the other substances. Burn
little on plate, cover with paper con
at the top, and let the sufferer inhale tn
smoke. If the smoke is too abundan
damp the mixture with little water.
sRHoN FOR CARBoYs.
| The Pharmacist gives the followin,
deductions for making a siphon for car
boys: Bend two glass tubes at right an
giles, 40 that the longer end will exceet
the height Of the vessel, while the aggre
gate length Of the two shorter ends shal
be few inches more than the radius O
the same. These tubes joined by means
of rubber tubing, and one of the Longer
legs furnished with a perforated cork
serve as a siphon. Fit the cork to thu
mouth Of the carboy; provide it with an.
other smaller glass tube, to which il
attached some rubber tubing several
inches in length (the same as for n wasl
bottle); then blow through the latter
The pressure produced in the vessel il
sufficient to cause the filing Of the si.
phon.
PrTTING m SMALL Pox.
Somebody has ascertained the curious
facts in small pox, that poor people are
pitted least, rich people are pitted most,
and no class are pitted under their dress.
Poor people have less light in their
homes, rich people have plenty Of light,
and under the dress, there is, Of course.
less light than in either case. The ex.
planation according to this observer, 10 q
scientific one. The sunlight consists Of
three primary colors. The red, the blue
and the yellow rays have distinct and
characteristic properties the yellow
gives light, the red heat, and the blue
actinisnl. Now, the pus Of various pos
tules absorbs, by it's yellow medium, the
actinic rays, which results in corrosion
of the tender flesh at the base, and thus
leaving pits.
PRESERVING WOOD BY LIME.
The improved French method OF pre-
serving wood by the application Of fine
is found to work well. The plan ID TO
pile the planks in tank, and to put over
q layer Of quicklime, which il gradually
Stacked with water. Timber Tor mines
n ssas's ssass ssd 6 Esss Gsss = q = Is
time, according to IT. thiciness. The
material requires remarkable cOnsistenCe
and hardness, il ID stated, on being sub
iected to this simple process, and the
assertion is made that it will never rot.
Beech wood prepared in this way for
hammers and other tools for ironwork il
found to acquire the hardness Of oak,
without parting with any Of its we'll
known elasticity or toughness, and il
also lasts longer. - Michigan building
Net0s.
PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT OF COMPRESSED
In q paper Of peculiar interest on this
subject by Stembo--whose attention, It
seems, was first directed to the vital cap
acity Of the lungs as depending ON the
barometric pressure--he states that there
is steady increase in the capacity while
the pressure increases, and, ON the other
hand, he obtained similar result out
side Of the pneumatic cabinet. He then
any possible source Of error
affecting these observations, the result
being positive confirmation Of the IN
crease in lung capacity. The explana-
tion given by Stcmbo leads to the con-
clusi0n that compressed air win have .
healing tendency in infammations Of the
mucous membrane Of the bronchial tube.
also in acute ca&arrh OF the smaller brun-
che, and in bronchial asthma With
reference to the temperature of the skin,
under compressed air, the investigations
made by HtembO show that, with in-
creasing pressure, the temperature in
sinks.
THERAPEUTIC USR OF LdNsEED.
DIR. Hherwell's paper ON the use Of lin
reed and its oil as therapeutic agents in
Diseases Of the akin, recently published.
has received considerable attention from
The medical press. Il appears that he
was IN the habit Of applying it in .
threefold administration, and these may
be here briefly cited. First, il the per-
son were male and had sound teeth,
he seed itself was the best form Ii which
10 take 1.-THE man would carry about
ten ounces Of this around il his pockets.
md would probably consume Q teacupfui
n the course Of . day; the ordinary do
nestle inseed il GmaN and DARK IN co1or.
md contains only about 20 per cent a
,il, while that from Bombay or Calcutta
the kind to be used--is larger, briaht-
" in color, and contains about 80 per
,urS< ~ al Q~nrsnN - AZ ..--
women and children, the ground seed,
mixed with milk in the form AZ ) por-
idge, i more desirable and mot unpslnt-
Ible. Third, in certain cases Il Ou1ld be
yiven IN the form Of bread, the hrend to
,e made ia the form a lnseed nal mir
d with -four in any proportion desired
his method, however, being hardly so
A6cient q the others.
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