Daily globe., 1881-06-05
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.


COUGH DROPS. .-Linseed oil, half cup
olive oil, half cup molasses or honey,
half pint; balsam of fir, half ounce; ex-
tract of icorice, one-fourth ounce mix,
simmer, and take from ten to twenty
drops three times day.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Michigan
Medical NeaOs cites two instances which
tend to show that door and window
screens protect the inmates of houses
provided with them from malaria. It is
certainly precaution worth trying by
those compelled to live in malarial dis
tricts.-Dr. Foote's Health MOnthly.
CURE FOR HICoUGH.-A medical Jour-
nal gives the following safe and simple
means of relieving this troublesome dis
order: "Infate the lungs as fully as
possible, and thus press firmly on the
agitated diaphragm. In a few seconds
the spasmodic action Of the muscle will
cease" This may be true of ordinary
hiccough; but this symptom occurring
in advanced cases of disease, accompa-
MED with great prostration, is almost in
variably an indication that death is very
near.
SANITARY ERRoRs.--1. To believe that
the more hours children are at their
studies the faster they learn. 2. To be-
heve that the more person eats the
stronger and fatter he will become. 3.
To believe that If exercise is good for
one it should be taken at all hours and
seasons, the more violent the better the
result. 4. To imagine that the smallest
room in the house is large enough to
sleep in. 5. To eat without appetite. 6.
To eat hearty supper the last thing at
night.
LEMON WATER. substitute for plain
water, where doubts are entertained as
to the purity OF the water supply, or
where wine disagrees Peel the rind of
one lemon very thin, the same as for
jelly, put it into jug with one lump of
sugar, pour over it one quart and half
OF boiling water, let it stand till cold,
strain, and it is ready for use. More
lemon peel may be used. It is a good
plan to make it over night, and let it
stand till morning. Great care should
be used in peeling the rind.
How TO MANAGE CoUGH.-Dr.
Thompson, a distinguished English ply
sician, in little work on colds and
coughs, says: eff we would know how
to manage cough, we must learn how
not to cough. The inclination to cough
should at any rate be suppressed until
the secretion, the existence Of which sets
up the cough, is within reach a full in
spiration should now be taken and the
accumulated phlegm is then removed at
single effort; thus the mucus surfaces
are not causelessly irritated, and a severe
bronchial attack passes easily through
its stages whereas, if the membrane is
irritated by violent and useless fits of
coughing, it gets eand relaxed. Again,
by inhaling steam or sucking an ipecacu-
anha lozenge on first awakening, the
dried secretion may be loosened or easily
expelled and the usual painful fit of
morning coughing prevented.
WARM SLEEPING RooMs.-It is i'm
possible to have too much pure air, but
it is possible to have the air colder than
feeble persons can breathe with comfort
or with safety. For hardy persons there
is no danger in cold air, provided they
have plenty of bed covering and they
keep their mouths closed. It is un-
wholesome for any one to sleep cold.
One Of the hardest things for feeble peo-
pie to endure is getting into cold bed
to sleep. It draws so much on the al
ready low vitality that before the bed is
warmed its occupant is SO thoroughly
chilled that it is almost impossible to get
warm again. In this way the system is
unnecessarily taxed, and the general
health reduced. When one must sleep
in a cold room it would be better to wear
flannel clothes (warmed before putting
them on, and perhaps with woolen stock
ings for night use in exchange for the
stockings worn all day., or to have the
bed warmed before entering it. This
can be done with warming pan or by
rolling Jug Of hot water about between
the sheets. Children rest more quietly
in rooms well ventilated, though the air
is quite cold during the night, than when
they sleep in warmer and closer rooms,
and think it well to accustom their
lungs to cold in this way. It is very rn-
desirable to akehot-house plants of our
children. They should be dressed so
warmly, both by night and by day, that
that they can be comfortable in rooms
moderately cool.