The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-10-21
HEALTH HINTS.

The Medical Recor6, speaking of warm
milk as beverage, says: milk heated
to much above 100 deg. +. loses for tho
tlme degree OF its sweetness and its
density No one who, fatigued by over
exertion of body and mind, has ever
experienced the reviving influence of n
tumbler of this beverage, heated as hot
as it can be slipped, will willingly forego
a resort to it because Of its having been
rendered less acceptable to the palate.
The pronptness with which its cordial
influence is, felt is indeed surprising.
Some portions of it seems to be digested
and appropriated almost immediately I:
and many who now fancy they need al
coholic stimulants when exhausted by
fatigue, will find in this simple draught
an equivalent that shall be abundantly
satisfying, and far more enduring in its
effects"
The French commissioners on the
hygiene of infancy, in awarding the
prize in competition of essayists, re-
port that the conclusion generally ar
rived at leads to the following recon-
mendations No child should be reared
on artificial food when the mother can
suckle it, but such food fs preferable to
placing the child with wet nurse,
poorly remunerated and living at her
own home. For successfully brin ging
up an infant by hand the best milk is
that OF COW which has recently calved,
or similarly of goat, to which should
be added the first week half part of
water, and consequently fourth or
less, according to the digestive powers
of the child. Glassware or earthen-
ware alone should be used; no vulcan
lied India rubber mouthpiece or ves-
sells containing lead ought TO be used.
Although salicylic acid, from having
been too highly extolled, has fallen
somewhat into disfavor, there can be no
doubt that it is useful in the case of
bee stings. An Austrian paper recon-
mends the following treatment First,
to remove the sting as quickly as posi-
bic with forceps or by scratching with
finger. but never the thumb and fore.
finger, because this squeezes more of
the poison into the wound. Next
squeeze the wound until drop of blood
comes ont, and rub the place as large
as dollar with an aqueous or dilute
elcoholic solution Of salicylic acid. The
affect is still better by injecting the
salicylic acid into the wound with the
hyperdomic syringe. After this the
spot is painted with collodion to keep
out the air. A sting treated thus causes
little or no pain, slight inflammation
and swelling, and is not followed by
nettle fever or lameness in the most
sensitive and nervous individuals.-
Ne,cS.
All kinds of burns, including scalds
and sunbums, are almost Immediately
relieved Ivy the application of a solution
OF soda to the burnt surface. It must
be remembered that dry soda will not
do unless it is surrounded with cloth
moist enough to dissolve it. This
method of sprinklingit it on and covering
it with wet cloth is often the very
best. But it is sufficient to wash the
wound repeatedly with strong solu-
ton. IL Woald be we'll to keep a bottle
OF 1t always on hand, made SO strong
that more or less of it settles on the |
bottom. This is what is called n satur-
ated solution, aud really such a solution
as this is formed when the dry soda is
spri1kicd on and covered with moist
ened cloth. 1t is thought by some that
the pain Of a burn is caused by the hard
ening of the albumen of the flesh which
presses on the nerves, and that the soda
dissolves tho albumen and relieves the
pressure. Others think that the burn
generates an acrid acid, which the soda
neutralizes.