Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-04
EYE DISEASES,


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EYE DISEASES.
Hot water in the treatment of eve
diseases is highly recommended by DR..
Leartus Conner. He believes it to be
the sole agent which will induce contrac-
ton of the blood vessels without irritat-
ing the eye. The water must be as hot
as can be borne, and must be thrown
against the eye with the hand. It
should be used two or three minutes
three times a day, or for five minutes
every half hour, according to the indi-
cations. Philadelphia Record.
CONCERNING THE FEET.
A well-kno IN surgeon who has made
speciality of diseases of the leg and
foot lately asserted that most of these
diseases had their beginning in the in
jury to the nerves and muscles done by
high-heeled shoes. BY the compression
and false position into which the foot
end ankle are thrown, some of the mus
cles are rendered totally useless while
strain is put upon Others which they are
unable TO bear; the toes are displaced,
corns, bunions and scaly soles are pro-
! duced. The nerves are bruised and
actual disease follows.
REST FOR HEADACHES.
Whatever be the plan of treatment de-
cided on, rest is the first principle to in
culcate In every severe headache. Rest,
which the busy man and anxious mother
cannot obtain so long as they can man
age to keep about, is one of the first
remedies for every headache, and we
should never case to enforce 1t. The
brain when excited. as much needs quiet
and repOse as a fractured limb or an in
famed eye, and it is obvious that the
chances of shortening the seizure and
arresting the pain will depend on our
power to have this carried out effectually.
OFFENSIVE BREATH.
This is generally an annoyance to the
person who has it, and is especially an
noying and disgusting to his friends.
Sometimes it is caused by decaying
teeth. If so, it is unwholesome, for the
person who has it inhales with every
breath putrid particles, that are absorbed
into his blood. A good dentist should
be seen, and if the offensive odor is
caused by decaying teeth, he can soon
''abate the nuisance. But quite often
bad breath is caused by the blood's being
loaded with waste matter, which ought
to have been separated eliminated
from it by the liver and other glands.
Waste In the body must be gotten rid of
somehow, as certainly as the waste of
our dwellings must be taken away, if we
would have them healthy. Nature has
provided glands whose office is just this,
and whose powers, in health, are fully
equal to it. In case these fail somewhat
of their work, IF they failed in full,
speedy death would RESULT is done
in part by other glands, which are then
said to act vicariously. Thus the skin
can come to the relief of sluggish KID
neys. The kidneys, in turn, can aid the
skin when it's pores are closed by cold
or fever. So, also, matter which
should be separated from the blood by
that great gland, the liver, and by other
intestinal glands, is taken from it by the
mucous glands of the mouth and air
i passages. In the process, however, it is
more or less changed chemically, and
gives the breath its disagreeable odor.
To correct this disorder, it is necessary
! 70 arouse the proper glands to higher
activity. The stimulus should be slight
and continued for some time. AS all the
excretory organs aid each other, it is
well to stimulate the skin and kidneys
also, for short time at least. As the
trouble in the first place often begins
with over-eating, the diet should be di-
unfinished and regulated. Youths Com
D01aiOn.
Facts About Terrapin.