Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-20
THE FAMILY DOCTog.

FoE sweating feet try powder COM
posed OF salicylic acid, ID parts, and sill
cate OF magnesia, 81 parts, 1t is Ger
man army remedy.
GENTLEMEN who are going to take
drive should not forget that an eight
page newspaper spread over the chest is
the best chest protector that can be
worn IN cold weather. Put it between
the under and oyercoat
A DAILY paper tells how boy almost
lost his eyesight by rising TO wipe his
own face with q handkerchief which he
had previously used about the moath Of
horse suffering from the epizootic,
One experience of this kind, ii widely
published, ought to be the last to occur.
ONE of the most dangerous poisons is
produced by the first stages of decompo-
sltlon Ia sausage and other meats. 1t is
difficult to understand how some people
can, as they do, have taste for "gamey
meat, but their number will be dimin-
lshed as the reports increase OF fatal
cases OF poisoning from the eating of it.
DR.. Foote's Heath Monthly.
CURE FOR CoRNs. MIR. Gezow. Rus
sian apothecary, recommends the fol-
lowing as "sure" remedy for eorns.
stating that it proves effective within /,
short time, and without causing any
pain-Salicylic acid, 80 parts; extract
OF cannabis indica, parts; collodion.
2i0 parts. To be applied by means of a
camel's hair pencil.
HOME MADE CouRr PLASTER.
isinglass i'll little warm water for seven
ty-four hours; then evaporate nearly all
the water by gentle heat; dissolve the
residue in little dilute alcohol. aud
strain the whole through piece of open
linen. The strained mass should be a
stiff jelly when cold. Now stretch
piece OF silk or sarcenet on a wooden
frame, and fix it tight with tacks or
pack thread. Melt the jelly and apply
it to the silk thinly and evenly with a
badger hair brush. A second coating
must be applied when the first has
dried. When both are jry, apply over
the whole surface two or three coat
ings Of the balsam Of Peru. Plaster
thus made is very pliable, and never
breaks.
CHLBLAINs. "A chilblain, whether on
u
mitigated form of frost bite. The evil
effects of the cold are not felt until
what medical men and surgeons term re.
action has taken place this is, until the
blood which has been dispelled by the
chill returns to the skin, and returns to
it with sufficient force to cause certain
degree OF inflammation. The parts so
infiamed-probably some part of the
hands or toe or heel-will be found
red and swollen, and most disagreeable
itching and tingling will be felt, quite
sufficient, III many cases, to Danish
sleep. After a time the chilblain as
sumes o BLUSH hue, and children once
attacked are very liable to be so again.
Now it is we'll to remember that it is far
more easy to prevent the occurrence of
chilblain than to cure II. A child or
young person, after having been exposed
for some time to the cold, should not be
allowed to go too near to the fire, nor
even remain in too warm room. 1t is
rapid reaction that causes the chilblain.
If the feet or hands have become
numbed with the cold, exercise should
be taken to restore them slowly or they
may be rubbed with powdered starch,
cks ehc ott5ScskiA w al tuililelAL AuluOI1bys
liniment composed Of the yelk Of two
eggs, four tablespoonful of turpentine,
aud the same quantity Of vinegar, may
be used to restore the circulation. The
smell, however, OF this liniment may be
objected to, so one composed Of two
ounces OF camphor limment to one
ounce of laudanum, and the same guam
tity Of hartshorn, may be thought pre-.
ferable. For the cure of chilblain
once formed, hundreds of remedies are
from time to time recommended. A
mixture of the compound tincture of
iodine and liquid ammonia, equal parts,
painted over the inhamed parts twice a
day. is probably as good as any. Glycer-
me or lime linimest eases the itching,
and some may find relief from bathing
the chilblain in strong solution OF
alum an ounce of the powder dissolved
in pint of soft water Those who sui
fer much in winter from this disagreea-
bic complaint should take course of
cod liver oil and tincture of yellow bark
before the cold weather comes on, or
Parrish's chemical food with cod liver
oil. Their own chemist will be able to
state the proper dose, which should be
according to the age, and the length Of
time It may be taken to do good isabout
six weeks. Warm stockings and gloves
prevent chilblains; tight shoes encour-
age them.