The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-10-27
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

PREPARATION FOR CORNs.-JaZ0W, IN
iue Vrdtcb VeGOROstj, recommends
, painting the cOrns with the following
: preparation Extr. cannab. indica, so;
acid. salicyl., 200; cOllodii, 240.0. In
all cases where it was used, the COINS
rapidly disappeared.
/ NEW RECDYFORB RBALDNEss. cases
Of confirmed badness the new remedy
proposed IS to remove the scalp, bit by
( bit, and substitute, by skin grating
| pieces OF healthy scalp, taken from the
heads OF young persons. The success
I which has heretofore attended operations
/ of this nature In cases of scalp wounds
| gives a promising outlook for this new
mode Of curing badness; and perhaps
( the day Is not far distant when the shin
! ing pates Of our venerable fathers viii
bloom with the flowing locks of fyOuth.
TOOTHwAsH.-AecOrding gtotheJ Journal
| Of Pharmacy, an excellent toOthWash
| containing glycerine is made as follows :;
Soap bark, ground, 4 ounces ; glycerine,
! 3 ounces diluted alcohol, sufficient for 2
| pints oil Of gaultheria, so drops oil of
/ peppermint, 20 drops. Macerate the soap.
[ bark In the mixture Of glycerins and
diluted alcohol for three or four days,
and filter through little magnesia pre-
viOuslY titurated with the volatile oil.
Thus made, a much better preparation
is obtained than by macerating the bark
in the dilute alcohol, and adding the
glyceriRe afterward
How TO TREAT A CoLD.-When
you get chilly all over and away
into your bones, and begin to sni1fie and
almost struggle for your breath, Just
begin IN time and your tribulatOns need
not last very long. Get some powdered
borax and snuff the dry powder up your
nOstrils, Cat your oamphOr bottle, smell
it frequently, pour some on your hand
kerchief andwlpe your nose with it when
: ever needed. Your nose viii not get
sore and you viii soon wonder what's
become Of your cold. Begin this treat
ment IN the forenoon and keep on at
intervals until you go to bed, and you
will sleep as well as you ever did I
am Just telling you my experience.
Nellie, IN Germantown Telegraph.
FOoD FOR HEALTH.-It is diff
cult to lay down any strict rule
as to the amount Of food to be taken
in tWenty-fOur hours by grown-up peo-
pie. Men require more animal food
then women, and those engaged IN ac-
tive exercise require much more than
those who live a sedentary Life. Labor
ers can get through much more work Ii
q day when well fed than when living on
a moderate diet The different kinds Of
food should be well appOrtiOned; it Is
. ,--roII-r f,oI Ar,
ceOus diet as it would be to take only fat
or meat. What Is required for a state Of
health is to take a fair proportion Of
each. It is important, also, that meals
RhOuld be taken with regularity, as it is
very bad plan tORllOW intervals Of vary
ing lengths between meals. It hasbeen
estimated that the food required every
5wenty-fOUr hours by q man In fun
health, and taking free exercise, Is Of
meat Is o.; Of bread 19 OF. fat 81 o.;
and water 50 fluid o.; that Is about
q lbs. of solid food, and about three
pints Of fluid.
A WATER FMTEB.-SeriOus sickness
would often be aYerted from the house
hOldf, among other sanitary regulations,
none but filtered water was drunk by
its members. Water may look and
taste like the purest, and still contain
disease-germs thai we would retreat
from in horror if they but presented
themselves duly labeled. Wells, els
terms and springs that occupy ground
lower than that Of drains, vaults or
barnyards, within a hundred feet or
more, should be regarded with suspi-
eion, no matter how splendid the
water may appear. A good and efficient
filter can be made In this way Take
a casz, remove one end and set it up
right, the open end at the top. At
one-third Of the distance from the bot
tom place a round partition, pierced
with small holes. On this arrange a
/ layer Of clean, small pebbles, and over
them q layer Of charcoal and sand,
topping it with more pebbles. Over
this put another with holes In 1t, or
layer Of good-sized stones, to prevent
/ the pebbles from being disturbed when
water Is poured in. A faucet Is to be
placed iu the bottom to draw of the
water. A pail Of water and a lump Of
ice placed in the top Of the cask and
! closely covered supplies the perfection
Of drinking water for twenty-fOur
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