Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-09-01
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

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III the British Medical Journal, the
following suggestions for the treatment of
chlllblains are given Have the patient
wear large shoes which do not compress
the feet. Touch the toes with nitrate
of silver. Galvanism has always proved
successful with one writer. Liniment
OF aconite is recommended. An ONT
ment of lard and dry mustard rubbed in
before the fire for twenty minutes will
cure the trouble after few applica-
tions. Paint the affected parts with
flexible eollodion to protect them from
the air. Very hot water, applied with
fiannels or sponges. is efiicacious. A
strong solution of acetate Of lead was
highly recommended by Sir Ashley
Cooper. Sulphurous acid is useful in
mild cases.
AoID BURNS CURED BY MAaNEsIA.-
Last year two French students were much
burned about the face by the explosion
of a retort filled with boiling su1phuric
acid. They were at ence taken to O
druggist, NJ. Alanore, who covered their
faces 2mm. thick with a soft paste
made of calcined magnesia and water
In few seconds, assures appeared IN
the magnetism mask, and new layer
was then substituted The patients
were thus tended for five hours, after
which the one hurt the least was able
to wash his face, which merely showed
some reddish spots. The other had his
magnetism mask renewed during twenty
four hours. Suffering acutely at first.
the students ceased to suffer in less than
quarter of an hour. Their faces have
now no traces of burns.
THE Turkish Bath" says Halfs Jour
nal of4ealth, "has been highly recon-
mended as cure for colds. With prop
er care afterward, there is no better or
more efectual plan of cutting short a
severe cold. 1t is not, however, neces-
sary to go to regular establishment to
take such bath. Any small comfort
able room, where a good fire can be
quickly made, will answer the purpose.
La the early evening make good fire in
the stove and close the doors and win
dows, leaving only small openings for
ventilation. Then let the patient put
on his night clothes and lie down on a
bed or sofa, or sit in an easy chair for an
hour or more with the temperature of
the room from 80 deg. to 100 deg. f.
Afterward the room should be gradually
cooled TO about 20 deg, and the patient
should go TO bed and remain there till
morning.
HYGIENE MENUS. ST. L. Oswald writes !:
By adopting an absolutely non-stimuat-
ing, chiefly vegetable, diet, combined
with active exercise in the open air, the
most dyspeptic glutton can cure himself
in the course of single season, and by
the same means every boarding school
might become a dietetic sanitarium
The following list of hygienic menus is
arranged in the order of their digesti-
bllity and wholesomeness Milk, bread
and fruit. Eggs (raw or whipped. bread
and honey. Boiled eggs, bread and
apples (Ancient Romeo. Bread and
butter, rice pudding, with sugar and
fresh milk. Corn bread or roasted
chestnuts, butter, honey and grapes
(the usual diet of the long-lived Corsi-
can mountaineers). Fish, butter, oat-
meal porridge and fresh milk danish
islands,. Pancakes, honey, or new mo-
lasses, poached eggs, boiled milk and
bread pudding. Vegetable soups, baked
beans, potatoes (baked or mashed), but
ter biscuits and apple dumplings. Cen
eral rules-Avoid stimulants, alcoholic
and narcotic drinks, tobacco and all
pungent spices be sparing in the use
of animal food, especially in summer
time; in midsummer eat fruit with
every meal let unprepared food (fresh
milk, fruit, etc. form a part of your
daily fare; of unprepared ailments, as
well as of all unspiced viands, the most
palatable are the most wholesome eat
slowly and masticate your food ; never
eat if you have no appetite, and finish
your last meal three hours before bed
time.