The Delaware ledger., 1883-08-18
Health Hthts

Hot MILK AS A StIMULANT.- If |
any me is fatigued the best restorative |
is l;,t milk, a tumblerful of the bever- /,
rage as hot as can be slipped. This is
far more Of restorative than any alco-
holic drink. Dem0reSt'S Monthly.
Pupils at schools should be careful in
the selection of their associates. The
Waterbury Comm American tells of
five ladies who were school girls to-
gether and intimate friends, of whom
four have died of cancer and the fifth is
now attacked by the same disease.
A spoonful of lime water and
spoonful of sweet oil beaten well to-
gether and applied with feather di-
rectly to a burn, relieves the smart and
prevents blistering. When this remedy
is not at hand, common baking soda
put directly on the burn and moistened
will give immediate relief.
The following remedy, when applied
within six hours after bite from a
rabid animal, has been successful in
preventing hydrophobia Make a
strong wash, by dissolving two table
spoonfuls Of chloruret (chloride) of
lime in half pint of water, and in
stantly and repeatedly battle the parts
bitten. The poison will in this way be
decomposed.
The following is recommended as a
successful treatment for sites With a
fine camels hair pencil paint the in
famed papilla with tincture of iodine,
The lids should be held apart by the
, thumb and index finger of the left hand
while the tincture is applied, and unit
the part touched is dry. A few applica
tions in the twenty-four hours is sutli
: cient.
0 How indigestion is affected by sucl
5 condiments as vinegar and salt has beei
+ carefully studied by M. g. HassOn
4 and the results presented in a pape
read before the Academy of S cience
= Paris. Taken in moderation these con
}, diments are useful. They promote tn
@ formations Of gastric juice. But
they are INDUCED in to excess they il
/ ritate the coats of the stomach and ren
der the food more indigestible. Th
proportion of salt should not exceed
d to 10 grains to 0 kilogrammes c
" meat, and of acid to per 1000.
CARE FOR THE EAR.-We do ne
If think that most people sufficiently rea
ir ize the Importance of caring for the ca
In another article we have referre
H. to the lifelong sufferings of the cell
brated Dean Swift, due to simp
| cold taken before his twentieth yea
In his case there were ringing in h
ears, deafness, nausea, vertigo or git
v. diness. But there are multitudes
ay cases in which the trouble is confnt
~. to simple deafness, slight at first al
ne hardly noticed, yet steadily increasir
with years, Every year thousands Il
foundation for it. The part affect,
is what is called the "middle ear.''
: 1t is sometimes in1amed by cold a
striking continually on the outsid
as just behind and below the ear, OF pen
to trating the open cavity. Fashio
nd which sends young children from owe
tie heated rooms into the winds of wint
lie, with the ears wholly unprotected,
nut responsible for many sad cases.
Dr. When there is "a cold in the head
ed nasal catarrh) the Inflammation Oft
te extends to the Eustachan tubes It
3D. tubes that convey air to the midd
pw ear, and then into the ear itself. Son
I'd, times the throat and back of the mou
dis. (pharynX) are intlamed, and the
Der llammation spreads upwards in the sal
md way. An Inflammation is often tn
ma extended from the nostrils to the {
Du- by an improper blowing of the no
red One nostril should be cleared at a tin
led the other remaining fully open.
to As the results-not noticed for ye;
.al- -may be increasing discomfort I
yo- life, the ears of the young should
the casionally be examined by compete
are physician. The tendency to deafn,
coil may be checked if taken in time.
,lly In such cases there is thickeni
of of the membrane tympani lear. .drur
,wo which thickening tends to increase W
Itch every new cold Or some of the inI
the inflamed surfaces grow together, a
ars, the action of the ear is interfered wi
ont or the Eustachian tube becomes clos
Sometimes the ear-drum is perforat
the inflammation giving rise to suppu
tiOn MNs.ss