The Penn's Grove record., 1882-01-28
The Dtspensary.

Parasitic diseases are communicated
by imperfectly cooked meat, ard es-
peel Jly the flesh of the pig either
fresh or cured.
Sunlight has Al important bearing
upon health, Introduce it freely into
the house, and particularly into your
s~leeping-roo Ms.
When the joints are stifeued with
rheumatism or a settled cold, the fol-
lowing apple lions are said to be cap
ital, and enable the sufierereto move
with ease Cut into small hits, or
CRATE, one ounce OF CASTLE soap. Add
a heaping Tablespoonful OF cayenne
pepper. Have these in a small
pitcher, and then pour on to them
half q pint OF boiling hot water. Stir
until all is dissolved, and add a lit g
cider, brandy or ale hol when bot
ting, An application of the above
brings the blood in a glow to the joints
and on rubbing q little sweet oil to re-
lax the muscles the patient will be
enabled TO walk with perfect ease.
The msjority of people are apt to
neglect the feet. Frequent bathing of
the feet in water in which a small
quantity Of borax has been placed is
conducive to health and comfort.
Ammonia and bay rum, though
cleansing, have q tendency TO dry the
skin and close the pores. Hosiery
should be frequently changed, and The
feet, ankles spd calves of the legs
anointed with healing oil or salye.
Never use cheap or highly perfumed
soap, as it has a tendency to dry and
parch the skin, and so close the pores
as so prove very injurious to health.
CASTLE, olive-oil ana other vegetable
oil soaps are the best for the flesh.
Acids and csustics should never be
u ed to destroy moles. They always
leave scars, which are often greater-
deformities than the moles themselves.
Besides the operation is tedious and
painful. Warts can generally be
driven away in a few days, by wetting
a piece of salammoniac and rubbing
the warts with it two or three times "a
day.
CaOiuet-makers, and wood-workers
generally are familiar with the uses of
glue in dressing tool cuts and other
slight wounds incident to their call
ing. The gluepot is always handy in
their shops, and q glued rag answers
rs well as the best adhesive plaster.
In a paper read before the Philadel-
phia Academy of Surgery, DR. Hew-
recommended the addition of
acetic acid to the glue. and a dttlc
altar Of roses to cover the odUr Of the
glue and the acid. This compound
spread on paper or muslin makes, ne
said, a good substitute for adhesive
plaster for surgical use 1t is easily
and quickly prepared, simply 10y put
ting into a vessel Of boiling water "a
bottle containing one part of glue to
fonr, by measure, of the acid. Com
no glue may be used, and 0flicinal
acid, to be had at any drug store. The
mixture should be kept in d wide
mouthed bottle well stoppered by "a
long cork, which can be removed by
heating the neck OF the bottle. Care
should be taken to keep the mouth
of the bottle clean, by wiping it well
with cloth dipped in hot wafer. \
bottle Of this cheap and easily prepared
dressing would nc a good thing to
have at home, as well as at the work
shop.
MoLEs AND WARTS. - We could
never quite understand Why any gen
tleman, and particularly any lady,
should consent to remain conspicuous
by reason of an ugly mole ON the face,
when the defect may be easily and
safely remedied. We have extirpated
a that full"-"be the same more or
less"- and have done our work so
thoroughly, that there is not the
ghost of a chance that a single mole
will return 10 torment its former pos
SCISSOR. Our plan is this Where
there is but one mole, moi too large, we
simply freeze il with a spray of ether,
and then make IA curved iucision in
the direction of the folds Of the skin,
from a quarter TO haitian inch in length
on each side of the mole, and close to
it, SO as to close it between the curved
missions; andthen We Iemov the mole
with the small portion of skin on
either side of it. We then sponge the
the wound till it stops bleeding, and
draw the edges of skin accurately to-
gether with several very narrow strips
of court plaster. Ia three or four days
it will heal generally so that not the
least scar OF line can be seen. If there
are tw or more moles TO be taken out,
r me large one, we take our patients
to aneighboring dentist who admins
tiers gas, and while under that infu-
ence we can dispose of three or four
moles, and apply the plaster afterward.
Thus the whole operation is painless,
and entirely safe.