The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-05-27
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.


FoR FHIoN. Take equal parts Of
gum camphor, gum opium, CASTLE soap
and brown sugar wet to paste with
spirits Of turpentine. Prepare 1t, and
apply a thick plaster Of it. '7i .
CuRE FOR Com. My mother wishes
me to tell the boys and girls how to
cure cold without drinking hot drinks
that cause one TO sweat and then 90
easily take more cold. Put Q teaspoon
full Of ginger into q pint Of cold water,
enough sugar to make 1t good, and
drink as nearly all Of it as Is possible
before going TO bed. My brothers
remedy, thirty years ago, when boy,
was TO drink, as nearly as possible,
quart Of cold water just on retiring.
A Wisconsin Woman ID Ditto
TURrEsTNR FOR SNAKE BrTEA--A
writer says: "I had stopped for the
night at hotel in Southern Missouri,
when another traveller hastened in whose
dog had been bitten when mile away,
/ and its throat had then swollen In size
equal with its head, and the animal was
! in great agony. Its owner asked for
spirits Of turpentine, which, being fur
nished, he applied repeatedly to the
bitten part, until the dog became quiet,
and by morning il was well. This
traveller resides in the Ozark mountain
region in Arkansas, where he had, as he
said, witnessed many such cures, not Of
animals only, but also OF men, and that
he believed it an infallible remedy II
soon applied. II quickly relieves the
sting Of bee, and may cure the bite Of
cobra il Immediately applied outward
4 ly, and q little internally on sugar, as is
i done BY hunters amid the Ozarks, who
carry it in their pockets as they traverse
that region where snakes do abound" ,t
Com FHnr.--CoId feet predispose to
colds in the head, throat, ears andlungs.
Many people are troubled with sweaty
! feet: their feet consequently become
, cold. This ia often caused be wearing
J woolen stockings. Cotton stockings
/ should be worn under the wooden pair.
; A good remedy for cold feet is to bathe
: them OF bedtime, commanding with water
+ at blood heat, and gradually raising the
: temperature till the water is as warm as
i can be borne. They should be dried
with coarse towel, rubbed well with an
Injunction, and then incased in we'll
. warmed pair Of stockings. Vaseline ID
recommended as an Injunction. Boots
: that are thin, or tight and low shoes,
I should be avoided In cold or damp
0 weather. Heavy, loose-ftting boots
Y with double uppers and wide soles, are
/ proper. India.rubber oyershoes shoult
v be worn in damp weather, and shouli
be removed as soon as the wearer enter
q the house. Slippers should not be won
n by either sex during cold or even COO
IS weather. One Of the ways In which
% cold Is contracted Is to exchange warn
II boots for low slippers. Those who d
3 thisforget that their feet and ankles hay
a been protected all day, and that the,
pf have not only uncovered them, bu
a placed them in the coldest stratum Of ai
B. In the room. II they take the precau
10 ton to draw on over the stockings phicl
r they usually wear o. pair Of heay,
ts woolen socks, the chances Of taking col
70 from wearing slippers are greatly de
| H creased. Dr.. Rumbold says that inos
ad women use elastic .garters, which CON
m press the veins and hinder the return o
Is blood from the feet and legs. Alinos
ma every patient claims that her garters az
'et net tirht, vet tmost of them will o.
Ier knowledge that when they are remove
in at night deep creases are found undt
on the knees. In order to keep up u
nd stockings without garters at all, the
ar. should be pulled on over the stocking
ca. knit drawers and fastened with tape