Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-03
THE HOME DOCTOR.
PRUSSIC ACID POISONING,

The only safe and immediate remedy
within the reach Of a Don-professional,
in case of poisoning with prussic acid,
is to pour a stream of cold water from
an elevation upon the head and spine Of
the patient.
SORE THROAT.
For an inhamed sore throat or tonsils,
very good general remedy is to gargle
the throat every hour or two with tea
spoonful of chlorate potassa solution. 1t
is well to keep in every house good
sized vial of water with more chlorate of
potassa in it than will dissolve. The
clear liquid is then always of uniform
strength, ready for use, a teaspoonful at
n time, swallowing it after gargling it
against the infamed tonsils. .-Am1ericon
Agriculturist.
FALLACIES.
A writer on health says: Every now
and then there appears an item to the
effect that tomatoes contain an acid in
furious to- the teeth, or that rhubarb
owes its acidity to oxa]ic acid, and is
consequently poisonous. So far as rhu-
barb goes the use Of it as welcome
substitute for fruits is yearly increasing.
The sourness of rhubarb stalks is due to
malic acid Che acid of apples) and to
citric acid found in lemons), both of
which are as healthful as they are agree
able.
HOW TO TREAT COLD.
When you get chilly all over and
away into your bones, and begin to
sniffle and almost struggle for your
breath, just begin in time and your
tribulatiop need not last very long.
Get some powdered borax and snuff the
dry powder up your nostrils. Get your
camphor bottle and smell it frequently;
pour some on your handkerchief and
wipe your nose with it whenever neces-
sary. Your nose will not get sore, and
you will wonder what has become of
your cold. Begin this treatment in the
forenoon and keep on at intervals until
you go to bed, and you will sleep as
we'll as you ever did.
DANGEROUS LEMONADE,
Lemonade, even when made from
lemons, in thin vessel with soldered
joints, or in a galvanized iron vessel,
will take up the lead from the one or
the zinc from the other. A salt is then
formed which is very unwholesome, and
when taken continually, or in large
quantities, absolutely poisonous. The
injurious action is considerably increased
if citric or tartaric acid is used instead of
lemons in making the lemonade. Con-
sequently the use of such vessels for
lemonade should be avoided, especially
if the contents are allowed to stand for
any length of time. An overdose of any
of these acids is bad, and they are worse
when taken in The form of lemonade.
Nothing would be likely to give the
these drinks.
WOMEN AND DRUGS.
A naughty writer in the Boston Tran
script says: "Women are fond Of be-
ing i'll and taking medicine. They
would be angry if physician should
say to them: sNothing aiis you, madam,
if you only think So. They prefer to
think themselves sick, and III time really
become so, for nature, though she strug
giles hard, cannot stand everything. Too
many drugs will finally destroy her heal
ing power. These people love to have
a little box of white pills in bottles anda
little book, all kept in some handy place,
so that when friend who has eaten too
much dinner says, ooh, L am SO nerv-
ous!' they may run for the little book,
look for nervousness, and administer
so many pills of bryonia. When they
have a headache, instead of dieting or
eating more moderately they take sew
eral drops of some nice poison. Their
children catch slight cold and are i'm
mediately shut up in close room and
dosed with aconite and be]ladonna, in
the meanwhile taking their usual nour-
ishment Of miuce pie, doughnuts, etc.
The doctor comes, smiles, tells story,
leaves more drops of aconite and bella
donna in tumbler, and, after a while,
nature being benefcent, the children
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