Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-26

good authority as excellent for the COM
plants of children at this season of the
year, is made by boiling for six hours a
teacupful of wheat -four tied closely in a
cloth. At the end of that time take it
out of the water, and let dry and COOL
When you wish to use it CRATE two table
spoonfuls of it, mix with little cold
milk, then stir into one pint of boiling
milk. SWeeten to the taste with pow
dered sugar.
SPICE PoULTICE.
A most excellent thing to be used in
case of bowel trouble or cholera
infantum is q spice poultice. For a
small one take one-half teaspoonful Of
ground cloves, allspice, and cinnamon;
add half cup of cold water and let the
whole steep few minutes, then stir in
enough faxseed meal to make paste.
Lay apiece of very thin muslin or cheese
cloth on plate, pour over it a little
brandy, then spread on the poultice and
cover it, being careful to allow plenty of
margin to turn up so that the poultice
will not run out at any place. Apply
this to the bowels of a little child and
cover with warm, light flannel. Poul-
tees should never be very heavy, but
should be large enough to cover the
whole abdomen. Even simple flax
seed poultice is excellent when there is
inflammation, but the spice poultice is
especially beneficial in cases of cholera
infantum.
VINEGAR FOR THE SICK ROOM.
There is a French legend connected
with the preparation called Vinaigre q
gatG5re VoteurS. During the plague at
Marseilles, a band of robbers plundered
the dying and the dead without injury to
themselves. They were imprisoned,
tried and condemned to die, but were
pardoned' on condition of disclosing the
secret whereby they could ransack
houses infected with the terrible scourge.
They gave the following recipe, which
makes delicious and refreshing wash
for the sick room: Take of rosemary,
NORWOOD, lavender, rue, sage and
mint, large handful of each. Place in
a stone jar and turn over it one gallon
OF strong cider vinegar, cover closely
| and keep near the fire for four days,
| then strain and add one ounce of pow
dered camphor gum. Bottle and keep
tightly corked. It is very aromatic,
cooling and refreshing in the sick room,
and Is of great value to nurses. -N. Y.
Tribune.
BURNS.
Extensive burns are apt to be fatal
even when death does not follow from
the shock caused by the accident. Why
they are fatal has been a cause OF sur
prise In cases where no internal organ
has been harmed. Recent examinations
of persons who have died from this
cause have shown that the blood was
thick and viscid. Much of the blood
water (laquor Sa1aguisaiS) had been
drained from the blood, rendering it I'M
tit for its functional purposes. The loss
was undoubtedly due to rapid emulation
from the lnfiamed surfaces. To what an
extent emulation takes place has been
shown by the large drops of fluid that
have been pressed from the burned skin
of rabbit. When the animal was
placed in hot room, the fur over the
burned part remained moist, although it
quickly dried when moistened on other
parts of the body: In cholera there is a
somewhat similar loss, but there are also
great thirst and shrinkage OF the mus
cles, which is not the case in burns. 1t
is, however, only the serum-blood-
water without the fbrin-instead of the
water of the blood-proper, which is
drained off. AS this chan yes the density
of the latter, the blood vessels, according
to we'll known law, tend to draw sup
ply to meet the lack from the muscular
tissues, causing their great shrinkage.
In the case of burns, however, there is
simply diminution OF the quantity of
the blood water, and no change in it's
density; hence no absorption from the
muscular tissues takes place. Burns in
which the scarf-skin is not destroyed do
not 30 seriously affect the system. The
ann in the treatment of burns should be
to arrest the emulation of the water on
the surface. Soda not only removes the
pain of burns, but it will save life even
when the burns cover surface enough to
cause death. It's remarkable curative
power probably lies in the fact that it
renders the surface dry Youths Com
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