Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-23
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

IT is said that poultice of fresh tea
leaves 1roistened with water will cure
stye ON the eyeld.
THE true philosophical way Of treat
ing burns or scalds is to at once exclude
the air, with cotton batting, -four,
scraped potato, or anything that Is
handiest.
EAR-AcHE. small piece of cot
ton wool, make depression in the CEN
ter and fill it with, pepper, gather into a
ball and tie it up; dip it into sweet oil
and insertit into the ear.
Mr.. SCOTT, Of Jersey City, claims
that the following will positively cure
neuralgia Take the leaves of the large
field thistle (not the Canada), press a
gallon measure full of them and fill the
measure full of water. Boil them down
to half gallon. Strain off the water
and let it cool. Of this take wine
glassful every morning before breakfast
and a wineglassful every afternoon just
before tea. Take the leaves OF the same
kind of thistle, put them into clean
cloth, and pound them into jelly. Put
layer OF this on the afflicted part ;
bind on with cloths every night. Be
sure and get the leaves fresh.
COLDS, taken in hand promptly, are
easily remedied. If they are allowed to
cling on for few days, they usually
"run their course" of couple of weeks,
if not much longer. For slight cold,
accompanied with sore throat, a simple
remedy, often effective, is O teaspoonfu]
or more Of powdered chlorate Of potassa
in tumbler of waterfall that will dis
solve. A teaspoonful of the solution is
to be gargled in the throat and swal-
lowed, repeating it every hour or so. A
sudden, severe cold is most often broken
by gentle physic Of calcined magnesia
or castor oil, with warm foot bath, and
avoiding any chill or draught of air for q
day or two. For filling up Of the lungs
and much gathering or coughing use q
simple cough strip, made by mixing
equal quantities Of sirup Of ipecac, pare.
goric and castor oil, or sweet oil shake
well, and take from half to a full tea.
spoonful, according to age, three OF
more times a day as needed. A warm
sweat is good, if great care be taken te
have no chilly feeling for few hours
after. If one does not cool off very
gradually, more cold will be taken
Group is, in some families, much dread
ed. Its cultural cough is unmistakable
after having once heard it. When frs
noticed administer sirup of ipecac-ter
drops for an infant, up to twenty drops
to large child-every hour or so unit
vomiting is produced. Then use the
above cough sirup three times day, OF
more if needed. If more than a Sigh
attack, the strip Of ipecac is accompan
led with foot baths as warm as can b.
borne, with tablespoonful of goot
mustard stirred into each gallon of water
In addition the chest and neck are vel
bathed with camphorated oil or volatile
hniment, and covered with flannel linei
with thick cotton batting. It is vel
where Group is feared to keep ready fol
use flannel cut to fit the chest ant
neck, with tying strings on the neck cor
ners, and with thick cotton batting
stitched on to the under side. Thest
remedies have proved effective in ordin
airy Group. Ii at all severe and no
yielding Immediately to the above simpl,
home treatment, physician must b'
called in.