The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-29
The Family Doctor.

For toothache, where cavity e4
lists, there are many remedies In COM
mon use, but, says an exchange, none
seem to relieve as equal parts OF n.y.
drate of choral and gum camphor
rubbed together. Saturate piece OF
cotton with the mixture and put IL
into the cavity of the tooth covering
it with dry cotton. Care must De
taken not to allow the remedy to come
in contact with the inside OF the
mouth, as it may produce severe burn
ing.
An exchange says: Let any one
who has an attack of lockjaw take
small quantity of turpentine, warm 1t
and pour it on the wound, no matter
where the wound is, and relief will
follow in less than minute. Moth
ing better can be applied to a severe
cut or bruise than cold turpentine; 1t
will give certain relief almost IN
stantly. Turpentine is also sover'
eign remedy for Group. Ssturate
piece of flannel with it and place the
flannel on the throat and chest, and III
every case three or four drops On
lump of sugar may be taken in
wardly."
DR.. Efrard, of Mines, states that he
has for many years treated all his
cases of sciatic and neuralgia pains
with an improvlsed apparatus, con-
sisting merely of fat-iron and vine
gar, two things that will be found IN
every house. The iron is heated until
sufficiently hot to vaporize the vine
gar, and is then covered with some
wooden fabric which is moistened
with vinegar, and the apparatus Is ap'
piled at once to the painful spot. The
application may be repeated two or
three times day. DR.. Efrard states
that, as rule, the pain disappears in
twenty-four hours, and recovery en-
sues at once.
Salt in Diphtheria.
In paper read at the Medical Socl
ETY. of Victoria, Australia, DR.. Day
stated that, having for many years re-
garded diphtheria, in its early stage,
as purely local affection, character
lied by marked tendency to take on
putrefactive decomposition, he has
trusted most to the free and constant
application Of antiseptics, and, when
their employment hiss been adopted
from the first, and been combined
| with judicious alimen tation, he has
seldom seen blood poisoning ensue.
In consequence of the great power
| which salt possesses in preventing the
pretrefactive decomposition ofmeatand
| other organic matter, DR., Day has often
prescribed for diphtheritic patients
living far away from medical aid the
| frequent use of a gargle composed of q
teaspoonful or more of salt dissolved
in tumbler of water, giving children
who cannot gargle a teaspoonful or
two to drink occasionally. Adults to
use the gargle as prophylactic or pre-
ventive three or four times day.
How Voltaire Cured the Decay
of His Stomach.
In the Memoirs of Count Segur -
there is the following anecdote: my
mother, the G, untess de Segur, being
asked by Voltaire respecting her
health" told him that the most painful
feeling she had arose from the decay
in her stomach and the difficulty OF
finding any kind of aliment that il
could bear. Voltaire, by way of con-
ISOLATION, assured her that he was once
for nearly a year in the same state
and believed to be incurable, but that
nevertheless, very simple remedy
had restored him. 1t consisted in tax.
ing no other nourishment than yelks
Of eggs beaten up with the -four of DO.
tatoes and water" Through this cir.
cumstance contained so extraorli.
nary a person as Voltaire, it is aston.
lshing how little it is known and how
rarely the remedy has been practiced
Its efficacy, however, in cases of dbl
ity, cannot be questioned, and the fol-
lowing is the mode of preparing this
valuable article of food as recon-
mended by Sir John Sinclair Beat
up an egg in bowl, and then add six
tablespoonful of cold water, mixing
the whole well together; then ado
two tablespoonful of farina of pota
toes; let it be mixed thoroughly with
the liquid in the bowl then pour il
as much boiling water as will convert
the whole thing into jelly, and mix
it well. 1t may be taken alone Of
with the addition of little milk in
case OF stomachic debility or consump
| tive disorders. -Scientifc American