Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11

Every one should know that prompt
shock of electricity will restore person
to consciousness who is dying from the
effects of chIoroform.
SICK HEADACHE.
Sick headache can often be greatly re-
ieved and sometimes entirely cured, by
the application of q mustard plaster at
the base of the neck.
COUGH REMEDY.
The following is said to be a good
cough mixture Take paregoric elixir,
sweet spirits of nitre, tinctUre of balsam
of tulu, of each equal parts; mix them
together, and take teaspoonful in cold
water three times day.
SMALLPOX.
Smallpox is cured by Mexican doctors
in three days, and no marks left, by treat
ing the patients to cold drinks of cream
tartar and water. The cream tartar is
first dissolved in boiling water. The
Mexican method is worth looking into.
LOCK-JAw.
Cases of tetanus and trismus are said
to have been successfully treated by DR..
Sporer, who merely applied to the nape
Of the neck and along the spine of the
patients large pieces of flannel dipped in
hot water of a temperature just bearable
to the hand.
REMEDY FOR vTTROL BURNS.
The French papers announce the dis
covery of remedy, instantaneous in its
efficacy, for burns occasioned by oil of
vitrol. A soft paste of calcined mag
nesia, with which the parts burned are
covered to the thickness of an inch. The
pain is almost Immediately alleviated, and
after a few hours, when the paste is re
moved, no scar remains.
vAPoR BATHS.
The Oriental system of sweating in
connection with bathing originated in
primitive days, when pile of stones was
placed in hut and heated by fire. Water
was then thrown on them by the inmates,
who luXuriated in the engendered steam.
The so-called Turkish bath, which sweats
the patient with dry hot air, is not known
In Turkey. 1t originated with DIR. Bar
ter, at Blarney, in Ireland, in 1856, and
was soon adopted in England. It was
considered more effectual than the old
system, inasmuch as in the latter the
moisture on the body was, in great part,
condensation of steam upon it, whereas
under the new plan all moisture proceeds
from perspiration alone.
DANGERS OF NOTWITHSTANDING.
DR.. Clinton Wagner lectured recently
before the New York county medical So
ciety, at the college of physicians and
surgeons, upon 'tHabitual Mouth-breath-
ing" "Only two works, said the lee
turer, ''have ever been written on this
subject. Its Importance is not generally
understood. Breathing through the
mouth often affects the constitution
seriously, and person who is habitually
addicted to it can easily be distinguished
by the silly and idiotic expression of his
face. Indulgence in this habit affects the
hearing, and the nose is apt to become
permanently closed. It also produces
chronic inflammation Of the windpipe
and the upper part of the throat, and it
alters the character of a persons voice.
1t also causes asthma, curvature of the
spine and what is known as pigeon breast
The Indian mothers teach their children
In infancy to breathe through the nose.
and to this must be attributed partly
their freedom from these diseases and
their excellent health. A -breather,"
the speaker added, "never SHORES. y
NeaO York Tribune.