Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-29
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

CATARRH.- who in the cold and
in the fogs wish to avoid catarrhs should
be careful to inspire only through the
nose. With most this will require prac-
tice, but it will be well repaid. Those
who are specially anxious to preserve
their voices-as preachers, singers and
Judges-stand. in special need of this
precaution, which is as effective as 1t Is
simple, and has many and great advan-
tages over all the artificial resplrators
yet invented.
Northumberland ofneuralgia,
or what commonly goes by that name,
should be regarded as warning lndlca-
tive of low condition of health, which
must necessarily render its subjects
peculiarly susceptible to the invasion of
the diseases of an aggressive type. 1t Is
always essential that the vital forces
should be vigorous, and the nerve power,
in especial, in full development; but
neuralgia indicates low or depressed
state of vitality poor and weak state,
and should be promptly placed under
treatment.
AN ARTICLE FOR THE SICK-RooM.-
One of the most convenient articles to
be used in the sick-room is the sand
bag. Get some clean fine sand, dry it
thoroughly in kettle on the stove
make bag, about eight inches square,
of flannel, fill it with dry sand, sew the
opening carefully together, and cover
the bag with cotton or linen cloth. This
will prevent the sand from sitting out,
and will also allow of the bag being
heated quickly by placing it in the oven
or even on the top of the stove. After
once using it, the possessor will never
again attempt to warm the hands or
feet of a sick person with bottle of
hot water or brick. The sand holds
the heat a long time, and the bag can
be tucked up to the back without hurt
ing the invalid. 1t is a good plan to
make two or three of the bags and keep
them ready for use.
A Cold IN THE EYE..This is very
common affection, and consists of an in
famed condition of the membrane cover
ing the eyeball and lining the eyelids,
and is often due, as the name implies, to
exposure to a draught. The patient
feels as if some dust had got into the
eye, and can sometimes hardly be per-
suaded to the contrary; the white of the
eye itself is seen to be redeemed, and
there is a constant flow of binding and
scalding tears. The best treatment is
to foment the eyes with pure warm
water, or better with water in which two
or three crushed poppy heads have been
boiled for half an hour to extract their
sedative qualities. A shade should be
worn over the eyes during the intervals
of fomenting, and dose of rhubarb and
magnesia should be administered. If
the Inflammation does not subside in
day or two doctor should be consulted
If possible; but If this is not possible
good will probably be done by dropping
into the eyes two or three times a day
some solution of sulphate of zine or
white vitriol, in the proportion of one
grain to two table-spoonfuls of water.
MANAGEMENT OF SICK CHILDREN
The vicissitudes necessarily incident to
primitive and outdoor mode of life are
never the first causes of any disease,
though they may often betray its pres
ence. Bronchitis, nowadays perhaps the
most frequent of infantile diseases,
makes no exception to this rule a
draught of cold air may reveal the latent
progress of the disorder, but its cause is
long confinement in yitiated and over
heated atmosphere, and its proper rem
edy ventilation and a mild, phlegm-
loosening diet, warm sweet milk, sweet
oatmeal porridge, or honey water. Sc
lect an airy bedroom and do not be
afraid to open the windows among the
children of the Indian tribes who brave
in open tents the terrible winters OF the
Hudson bay territory, bronchitis, Group
and diphtheria are wholly unknown,
and what we call "taking cold" might
often be described as taking hot; glow
ing stoves, and even open fires, in a
night nursery, greatly aggravate the
pernicious effects of an impure atmos-
phere. The first paroxysm of Group
can be promptly relieved by very SIM
pie remedies-fresh air and forward
and backward movement of the arms,
combined In urgent cases with the APP
plication of flesh brush or piece of fan
mel to the neck or upper part of the
chest. Paregoric and poppy strip stop
the cough by lethargizing the irritable
ity and thus preventing the discharge of
the phlegm till its accumulation pro.
duces second and far more dangerous
parOxysm. These second attacks of
Group (after the administration of pallia-
tives) are generally the fatal ones. When
the child is convalescing, let him be-
ware of stimulating food and overheated
rooms. Do'not give aperient medicines;
costiveness as an after effect of pleuritic
affections will soon yield to fresh air and
q vegetable diet