The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16
Mseful aud Curious.
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

CrorP.-Taks.a knife or CRATER and shave of
in small lartiei-s ahout ie;rspoontul of alunr,
mix it " it'll twice the quantity of sugar, to make
il palatar sud administer IL rs quickly pos
sihr. Almost insiaH! relief VIII i"ii"w.
wuoopIx9-CorGH- inhalation of air
charged with ammonia Vai'crs a. nnlr'ly Tar
who1,,in.. cough has been tried III Ffnnr- with
,rerxs One Of t.I,, methods Of application
played is iGilins ammonia IN the room Nhcrc
the pIiirni H.
coraH SYgcP.-Faur oancsss at the bed gum
arabic dissolved in pint Of h"iins water.
with SHEAR irii,an juice aud balSIm tolu added:
the wl,,,le or anr-laf daily taken before retiring
will southe f!inat and stomach irritations and
relieve - cough.
HEADACHE CCEE--ApPly peppermint la tn
frntal i1iIr cor f,.rrl-id (neNrr rubbing II, and
fln it. Repeat this ilIrrc ar four times. aud
then apply cologne, and fan again. II the head
ache il caused by u foul stomach, then swallow
u portion Of hot water and peppermint.
A CURE FOR DIPITmERIA.-A South African
paper gives the following simple remedy for Gu
ring that distressing anu commonly fatal malady,
diPhtheria. Ii is voueIed for as Icing efficient
in the most obstinate cases, provided that il is
applied in time. spoonful of flower of sui hur
if well stirred in wineglassful of water. This
mixture in used a gargle, and afterwards swal-
lowed. Birthstone is known to be abhOrred by
every kind of fungoid growth, and this remedy,
which il may here be added has been long known
| to medical in Great Britain, may have
something in it.
LIP CoNrAGIoS.-A Young Lady writes away
from California, to ask if il is posshle for
person to acquire blood poison frnm another
through kissing, or by drinking from the
cup. Certainly, Contagious diseases have been
conveyed in those ways too often to permit of
any doubt of it, and every one ought Ia know it,
Disease il not likely to lie conveyed from lip to
lip in kissing, unless the person diseased has Il
sore abrasion of the mucous membrane, but
the latter may he slight a. not to be noticeable.
The practice of allowing indiscriminate kissing
| of children is not safe. Between those who arr
| not very well acquainted, nod of the head or
| shake of the hand is enough. If one mnst drink
| from n public cup, 1t is well to place its rim
against the skin below the lip rather than against
the more receptive mueus membrane.-Dr. FOOTE'S
| Health Monthly
How TT NENTIIATE bedroom WITHOUT
CHIII--WTth proper supply of windows, AMI
a proper supply of fuel in open fireplaces, fresh
| air is comparatively easy To secure when your
| patient is in bed Never he afraid of open win
| dows then; people do not catch cold in bed.
This is popular fallacy. With proper bell
clothes and hot bottles, if necessary, you can al
| ways keep patient warm in bed, and well VEN
| tilatc him at the same time. But careless
| nurse Will stop up every Granny, and Keep hot
house heat when her patient is in bed, and, II he
is able TO get up, leave him to do 50, without
| any precautiOn against chill. The time when
people are most liable to take cold is when they
| first get up, after the two-fold exhaustion of
dressing and of having had the skin relaxed by
many hours perhaps days, in bed. Then the
same temperature which refreshes the patient in
bed may be fatal to the patient just risen.