The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-17
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

ALL stimulants, even tea and coffee,
act upon the system as poison, and con-
sequently rre injurious.
For children, nearly infallible pep
tic corrective is a fast-day passed III
cheerful outdoor exercise.
DIGESTION requires leisure. Never
eat until you can be sure of leisure Tor
digestion After rest then give an
hour exercise TO every pound of food.
Poison from bees, hornets, spider
bites etc, Is instantly arrested by the
application of equal parts of common
salt and bi-carbonate of soda, well
rubbed in on the place bitten or stung.
PERHAPS the best and at the same
time the easiest way to remove a wart
is by rubbing the wart morning. aud.
night, or as often as couvellasals zultt1i "a
su1ncfent degree of warmth is produced.
We have never known n wart so obsti-
nate that it would not disappear with
the above treatment in a week or two at
the latest.
For neuralgia in the face and other
acute suffering elsewhere the following
remedy has been tried with good effect
Cut thick slice of bread across the
loaf-fresh bread Is best. Soak one side
for a minute in boiling water, and rap
idly sprinkle cayenne pepper over the
hot side. Apply, while still smoking
hot, to the painful surface. The bread
retains the heat long enough for the
CAYENNE to begin to act, and cayenne
does not affect delicate skins as mustard
does. 1t acts as a rubefacient, but not
a blister. Another excellent remedy for
congestion from cold Is TO apply poui-
tice of faxseed meal and cayenne pep
per. BY keeping bit of oil silk or the
outside OF the poultice-eloth it VIII re-
tain both heat and moisture for long
time.
INGRowING toe-nails are caused by the
improper manner of cutting the nail
generally of the great toe), and then
wearing a short, badly-made shoe. The
nail, beginning to grow too long and
rather wide at the corners, Is trimmed
around the corner, which gives tenn
porary relief. But it then begins to
grow wider in the side where it was cut
off, and, as the shoe presses the flesh
against the corner, the nail cuts more
and more into the raw flesh, which be-
comes exceedingly tender and irritable.
If this state continues long the toe be-
comes more and more painful and
liberated, and proud flesh sprouts up
from the sorest points. Walking greatly
increases the suffering till positive rest
becomes Indispensable To treat in
growing toe-nails, proceed as follows
Begin the effort at cure by simple appli-
cation to the tender part of a small
quantity of chloride of iron. 1t Is
found IN the drug stores in n liquid
form, though sometimes in powder
There is Immediately moderate sensa~
tion of pain or burning. In a few min
utes the tender surface is felt to be dried
mp, tanned or mummitied, and it ceases
to be painful The patient who could
not put his foot to the floor now finds
that he can walk without pain. BY per-
mitting the hardened, wood-like flesh
70 remain two or three weeks. it can.
warm warm water! wa bx saPqIIspF faae
cut no more around the corners or sides,
but always cut in across the front end.
they in future grow forward, and by
wearing shoes of a reasonably good size
and shape all future trouble viii be
avoided.