Daily globe., 1882-07-09
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

10 CURE A FELoN.-As soon as It
makes its appearance apply poultice,
of equal parts of salpeter and birthstone,
mixed with sufficient lard to make a
paste, and renew as soon as it gets dry.
A few applications Will effect cure.
BAD BREATH.-Bad breath, from ca
tarrh, foul stomach or bad teeth, may
be temporarily relieved by dluting a
little bromo chloralum with eight or ten
parts of water, and using it as gargle,
and swallowing few drops just befole
going out.
Group PREVENTIVE get
piece of chamois skin, make it like q
little bib, cut out the neck and sew on
tapes to tie it ON with then melt to-
gether some tallow and pine tar; rub
some of this on the bib, and let the child
wear it all the time. Renew with tar
occasionally.
CURE FOR THE EARACHE.- a
small piece of cotton batting or cotton
wool, make depression in the center
with the finger and fill it up with as
much ground pepper as will rest on
tive-cent piece; gather it into ball and
tie it up, dip the ball in sweet oil and in
sert 1t III the ear, covering the latter
with cotton wool, secured by bandage
or cap.
J. HIGGINs, in the Popular Science
Monthly, writes that experience has
shown that animals confined in close
apartment where they must inhale over
and over again their own exhalations
develop tubercle of the lungs, and that
human beings are no less injured by
breathing the air OF poorly-ventilated
rooms, he thinks is proved by the fact
that of eleven preachers who died dur
ing eight years in one county of Penn
sylvania, eight died of consumption.
A MEDICAL student OF good physique
and healthy parentage suffered from
shortness of breach. dry cough, general
weakness and despondency. BY prac-
ticing regularly deep and prolonged
breathing he was relieved OF his lung
symptoms. He acquire d, by this prac-
tice, difference of five inches in the
measurement of his chest. This is
kind of pulmonary gymnastics which
can usually be prescribed in cases of
"weak chest. = DR.. Foote's Health
Monthly.
SUFFERERS from consumption will be
interested in q method of treatment de-
scribed in the Medical Record, which
it is said has cured from 60 to rs per
cent. of the cases treated. Six cases are
described all had been treated by good
physicians according to customary
methods. At least half of the patients
had vainly tried residence in the West
and South. The lungs were deeply dis
eased. They were steadily growing
worse, and seemed to have been advised
that their malady had become serious.
Under the new treatment four of these
patients recovered, and are again active
ly engaged in their business pursuits.
One, whose case was greatly complicat-
ed by other diseases, after making good
progress toward recovery, suffered fresh
misfortune from pleuritic abscess
breaking into his lungs, but has since
begun to regain health. One, that had
been supposed to present most
favorable case of the six when
first presented for treatment, failed
afterward to gain strength, and died
gently while asleep. The time taken
for recovery under the new treatment
seems to vary from six months to year.
but relief from the more distressing
symptoms was obtained in all cases in a
much shorterperiod. The theory of curei is
to clear the lungs by mechanical treat
ment, chiefly of manipulating the mus
cles of the throat so as to cause more
forcible breathing; second, to establish
perfect digestion third, to promote q
process of healing the tubercles, so that
they shall become chalky or calcifed
masses fourth, to compel the patients
to take plenty of fresh air, sunlight and
outdoor exercise. To secure perfect di-
gestion, special diet is ordered in each
case, and the food is changed as the
power of assimilating it improves that
part OF the treatment was fully success
full in each of the SIX instances described.
To promote the calcifying of the tuber-
cles, the salts of lime, which are found
In most vegetable and animal life, must
be supplied in soluble condition the
theory is that too much heat Ill ordinary
cooking destroys the natural combina
ton of these salts with albumen. and
renders them insoluble to weak diges-
ton. In regard to out door exercise,
this is regarded as so important that the
patients must go out in rain, snow,
dampness or even night air or dew; and
in the twenty years of the doctors
practice he knows of no instance OF
catching cold from such exposure. Only
strong head winds and extreme hot
weather need be guarded against. The
patients sleep with the windows open,
summer and wiDter.