The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-05-26
HEALTH HINTS.

teaspoonful of ground mustard in
cup of warm water is a prompt and
reliable emetic and should bo rooorted
the stomach from overeating.
For stomach cramps ginger ale, or II
Tablespoonful of the tincture OF gin
ger in half-alass Of water, in which n
half-teasroonlul Of soda has been dis
solved.
Swallowing ,liva often relieves sour
stomach.
Hot, dry flannel, applied as hot MS
possible, for neuralgia.
Whooring-coueh raroxysms are 70.
lieved by breathing the. fumes OF tur-
pentine or carbolic acid.
For cold in the head nothing is better
than powdered borax snuGed up the
noetrils.
A strong solution OF Licarbonate OF
coda (6aking soda), taken frequently,
is reliable remedy for diarrheal trou.
bles. particularly those arising from
acidity of the stomach.
A standing antidote for poison by
dew, poison-oak, ivy, etc, is to take a
handful OF quioblime, dissolve in water
Let it stand half an hour. then paint the
Gsrts til, Y het.r II m Thres fs Gre e fQg5 Rg5
most agE,aTated cases.
~ chllufen 60 not thrive well on fresh
n.Ik' IL Should be boiled.
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,'rP "''e.inS iio'n GUS amer Tue pow,
r;,l' 'AMl on' wrap eno wouno
wound begins TO feel fevcIiah, Keep the
10th wet With cold water
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'N'uufu is'le',"S Al tSey are not
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i'ot ntrv w. - ~ inay pe ,aAen iieeiy' ::
D.oh1n iinos shoaiu DO piaceu IA
na!ui"i Posi,iols' epu 'he patient KEPT
q"e. until 'ne surgeon MI. atti'es;;o ss;o ...vu.u
aaa allowed to dissolve.
Hanorfhh9es OF the lungs or stomach
are promptly checked by small doses Of
salt The patient should be kept as
qn'ta es possible.
Sieepiessness caused by too much
blood IA the head may be overcome by
applying clrti wet with cold water to
the blck OF Lon,,h
Wind colo is promptly relieved by
peppermint essence taken in q little
warm water For small children it may
be sweetened. Paregoric is also good.
Chlorate of potash dissolved in water
is a standard remedy for sore throat.
particularly if the throat feels raw.
Tickling in the throat is best relieved
by gargie of salt and water.
Pains in the side are most promptly
relieved by the application of mus
tard.
Indigestion is the prolific cause of
COLES, dilrrhae, headaches, constipa.
ton and many discusses of the bladder.
Food that Is not discstei ferments and
becomes powerful acid. causing irrita-
tion anil inflammation wherever il
touches. Many fevers are caused by it.
Pepsin is the best rem dg, il taken i'm.
mediately after eating. Ii pepsin is not
taben, tho ac:liiy should be controlled
by bicarbonate OF soda or potash.
In every house there should be q lit.
tie look in which few simple rene.
dies sre kept. Among them ehould be
extracts Of ginger peppermint, chloride
of potash, bicai blnate of soda, sweet
oil, paregolic camphor, arnica, cotton,
old muslin for hlndares, some sticking
plastCr box of prOnnl mustard and