Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-06-29
THE HOME DOCTOR.
TO RELIEVE ASTHMA.

TO RELIEVE ASTHMA.
Soak blotting or tissue paper in strong
saltpetre water. Dry and burn at night
in the bedroom.
TO STOP THE FLOW OF BLOOD.
Bind the cut with cobwebs and brown
sugar, pressed on like lint; or-if you
cannot procure these-with fine dust of
tea.
TO REMOVE SUBSTANCE FROM THE EYE.
Make loop of bristle or horsehair,
insert it under the lid, and then withdraw
slowly and carefully. This is said to be
neverfailing.
FOR SPRAIN5.
There is nothing better than a strong
decOction of NORWOOD and vinegar. A
flannel cloth wrrlng out of the above just
as hot as the patient will bear and bound
on the affected part will give immediate
relief.
Eating ices or ice cream, and copious
draughts of iced water, after dinner, lead
to indigestion in persons of weak
stomachs. Ices do not encourage the
flow of the gastric juice, but discourage
it, and where the flow is already weak it
must not be diminished.
MUSTARD PLASTER.
By using syrup or molasses for mustard
plasters, they will keep soft and flexible,
and not dry up and become hard, as
when mixed with water A thin paper,
or fine cloth should come between the
plaster and the skin. The strength of
the plaster is varied by the addition of
more or less flour.
BLEEDING AT THE NOSE.
A French surgeon says the simple ele-
walton of persons arm will step bleed
ing at the nose. He explains the fact
physiologically, and declares it positive
remedy. 1t is certainly easy of trial.
Or, strong solution of alum water.
snuffed up the nostril, will cure in most
cases without anything further.
MAsTIcATE THE FOOD.
As every particle of food must be act
ed upon by the gastric juice, or some of
it will be troublesome afterward, it stands
to reason that the finer food is cut,
chewed, masticated, the more easily and
perfectly will it dissolve or be digested.
Meats, vegetables, any food masticated
as fine as small shot, will certainly be
digested far more easily and very much
sooner than If it goes down in Jumps as
Dig as buckshot, or chestnuts, or wal
nuts. Masticate the food fine in the
mouth, and mix it well there with saliva.
BROMIDE OF POTASSIUM.
The Comedian Medical Journal re-
marks: How many patients refuse to
continue the use of the bromide of po-
tassium from it's intensely bitter taste
This is easily overcome by giving three
drachms of simple syrup with each
drachm of the bromide. The three
drachms of syrup, if properly made,
should contain about 159 grains of sugar
This completely alters the taste, giving
it an agreeable nutty flavor, not unlike
cocoanut milk; if largely diluted, children
take it with avidity. It is boon to
epileptic and others who have to perse-
we're In large doses of bromide.
DON'T BOIL YOUR MILK.
The animal albumen which milk con-
tains, and by which the nerves in the
human body are made, is hardened and
destroyed by boiling. In milk used by
children whose systems are being built
up and formed, this is OF vital importance,
but it is to be seriously considered by
adults whose nerves are repaired and
strengthened by this albumen or nerve
food. The above applies also to eggs
and to all food. The French, who rare
~ suffer from disorders of the stomach,
never boil their food. Their cooks are
taught to cook slowly and gently, so that
their dishes are tender, nutritious and
easy of digestion. am quite aware of
the tendency of milk to hold and even
promote the growth of germs, as well as
of the the typhoid fever some few years
ago in Marylebone and Paddington, and
of the source to which, was attributed;
nevertheless, except under extraordinary
circumstances and for short time only,
do not boil your milk. -Eaaglish Agrd-
cultural Gazette.