Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-04-06
the Sick-ROOm-Hints and Remedies.

know how to administer them. Pure air,
exercise, bathing and proper food are
great foes of disease, and we should
ward off its approaches by use of them.
a cold Is one of the most common ways
by which We become aware that some
OF natures laws have been violated, and
we are apt to make more light of it as
being "Only ID cold," when in fact it is
serious thing and we should guard
against its recurrence. Every cold, no
matter where it makes itself felt, causes
decrease of vital force and is the pre-
cursor of other forms of disease.
We should not keep our rooms so
warm in winter as to make q salaman-
der faint, nor so cold as to cause polar
bear to sigh tor an additional overcoat,
but try TO strike medium temperature
where human beings can be comforta-
BILE. Flannels should be worn by all
during the cold months, and those who
are delicate should never discard them.
In case of colds give hot lemonade,
pennyroyal or catmint teas, in sufficient
quantity to cause perspiration. This
will often be all that is required if done
in season, and care is exercised next
day. A gargle of salt and water i ex-
cellent for sore throat. / know IA fam
lily where all make use of this before
breakfast every day in the year, and
they are singularly free from all throat
and lung difficulties. If diphtheria is
feared use gargle of sulphur and water,
or have little of the dry powder blown
into the throat through quill. Sweet
oil and mustard or goose oil applied to
the outside, mustard paste on the chest
and back, and onions or drafts on the
feet are always to be depended on.
Burberry water, made by pouring
a cupful of boiling water ON a large
spoonful of barberry preserves, makes
an excellent drink to use in case of
fevecs and cold, and is said to be an al
most sure cure for scarlet fever if used
early and freely. know of many cases
in which it has proved beneficial.
For fever give cooling drinks, battle
often under sheet, keep the bowels
open, and the head cool by the applica-
item of cloths wet in cold water, and
drafts on the soles of the feet. Give a
simple diet of milk, cruel, rice water,
tapioca, beef tea, and broth when the
patient can bear it. For indigestion,
find out what caused the trouble and
avoid it in the future. Live simply, ex-
ercise regularly, and you will be well
pCiolC Nou hhON IT, ID uSu-
ally caused by some arrangement of that
great center, the stomach, or of the
nervous system. For the first tea
spoonful of powdered charcoal taken in
cold water will often give relief, while
for the latter rest and quiet are the only
remedies which can be applied at the
time, and then the system should be
regulated so as to bring the refractory
nerves into subsection.
Earache is a pain from which chill
dren often suffer severely. 1t may be
relieved by putting in the ear bit of
cotton dipped in sweet oil in which is
done up pinch of black pepper; the
Great care should be used when DOCTOR
ing this delicate organ, as it is easily in
jured. Leg ache is another of child
hoods trials. When one of the little
ones is thus afflicted, wiring crash
towel out of cold water, wrap closely
about the limb, cover with several thick
nesses of flannel, and before you would
think it possible the child viii be asleep,
for this pain usually comes on in the
night. Cramp in the limbs may often be
cured by tying u bandage tightly around
between the spot where the pain is 10
Gated and the body. Friction and heat
will accelerate the cure.
Borax is almost certain cure for the !
bites of all insects, and Il strong solution |
should be kept on hand and applied |
freely whenever occasion requires. Bee |
stings may be removed by the applica-
ton of half a raw onion; wet clay and |
hartshorn are also good. Common
baking soda is one of the best remedies |
fnr huy.,S a.ad caSSacsas tho mont >f |
always being at hand in the place where |
burns are most likely to occur. Pulver-
lied charcoal is convenient and effect |
i've remedy, and if kept on for several |
hours will prevent q scar. In case the |
burn is so bad as to take off the skin, |
creosote water is the best thing to use;
If this can not be obtained, wood SCOT |
(not coaD pounded, sifted and mixed |
with lard will do nearly as well, as such |
SCOT contains creosote. If you can get |
hold of nothing else put on plenty of |
wheat flour and let it remain, kept in |
place by bandage.
Continued vomiting is often relieved |
by immersing the hands and wrists in |
as hot water as can be borne meanwhile |
give the sufferer clear cold coffee or |
cream of tartar water. When hoarse |
avoid using the voice as far as possible, |
meanwhile taking the following mixture:
Beat well the whites of two eggs, then |
add two tablespoonful of white sugar,
stir this into pint of lukewarm water,
CRATE in half nutmeg and mix thor
oughly. Drink often. This usually acts
like a charm in banishing this trouble
some afflictlon.
We should bear with all the fortitude |
of our command SI1ph main can not he |
and not make the lives of those /!
with whom we associate as miserable as
our own, yet we should not forget that
pain is always signal of danger, a sign
that we have transgressed some of ma
lures laws, and we should rigidly ex-
anime ourselves and see wherein we have
erred, and then profit by experience.
Many times difficulty is experienced
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