Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22
THE HOME DOCTOR.
STICKING PLASTER.

To make good sticking plaster, put
two spoonfuls of balsam of Peru to six
of isinglass, melted with very little water,
and strained. Mix these we'll together
in small stone jar over the fire. Pin
out some black Persian or sarsenet on q
board, and, dipping brush into the
mixture, pass it over the silk five or six
times; then hold it to the fire, but not
very near, and it will soon become black
and shining.
TO CURE FITS OF SNEEZING.
Surgeon Bradley says, in the British
Medical Journal, that being tormented
by one of the most distressing symptoms
of hay fever, incessant sneezlng, and
having tried all remedies suggested, in
sheer desperation, he plugged his nos
trils with raw cotton. The effect was in
Simultaneous; sneezing ceased, and after
repeatedly testing the remedy, he con-
cludes that it is worth knowing and
recommending.
GROUP.
For Group administer a teaspoonful of
strong alum water; repeat the dose every
fifteen minutes until free vomiting oc-
ours. Put the feet and limbs in hot
water and then wrap up in flannel;
place on the chest poultice of cornmeal
sprinkled with mustard. Beware
of cold draughts. As the attack
departs administer dose of magnesia,
rhubarb or castor oil. When children
are liable to Group, always keep the
alum-water solution ready on the wash
stand.
SICK CHILDREN.
The vicissitudes necessarily incident
to an outdoor and primitive mode of life
are never the first causes of any disease,
though they may sometimes betray it's
presence. Bronchitis, nowadays per-
haps the most frequent of all infantile
diseases, makes no exception to this
rule; draught of cold air may reveal
the latent progress of the disorder, but
the cause is long confinement in a viii
ated and over-heated atmosphere, and
its proper remedy ventilation and a mild,
phlegm-loosening (saccharine) diet,
warm milk, sweet oatmeal porridge or
honey water. Select an airy bedroom,
and do not be afraid to open the win
dows. Among the children of the In
dian tribes, who brave in open tents the
terrible winters of the Hudson Bay ter
ritory, bronchitis, Group and diphtheria
are wholly unknown; and what we call
taking cold" might often be more cor
rectly described as taking hot; glowing
stoves, and even open fires in a night
nursery greatly aggravate the PERM
cious effects of an impure atmosphere.
The first paroxysm of Group can be
promptly relieved by very simple rene
dies,-fresh air and a rapid backward
and forward movement of. the arms,
combined in urgent cases with the ap-
plication of flesh brush or pieces of
flannel to the neck or upper part of the
chest. Paregoric and poppy syrup stop
the cough by lethargizing the irritable
ty and thus preventing the discharge of
the phlegm, till it's accumulation pro-
duces second and far more dangerous
paroxysm. These second attacks of
croup-after the administration of palli-
atives-are generally the fatal ones.
When the child is convalescing, let him
beware of stimulating food and over
heated rooms. Do not give aperient
medicines; costiveness, as an after effect
of pleuritic affections, will soon yield to
fresh air and a vegetable det.--HaIrs
Journal of Health.