Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-24

Put quantity of elder flowers into q
jug, pour boiling water on them, let the
mixture stand for twenty-four hours, and
strain through muslin. Wash the face
every morning with the decoction. It
will beautify the skin.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The question, How long is it neces-
sary to keep children from school after
an infectious disease ?" was ans wered re-
Gently by the Academy of Medicine of
Paris. With scarlet fever, diphtheria,
measles, smallpox, isolation should be
maintained forty days. Chicken pox and
humps lose their contagious power after
twenty-five days.
PAINTING,
Painting, in most of it's forms, is q
purely natural and physiological con di-
ton for which there is a good r0iSOn
d'etre. Painting from loss of blood is
natures remedy for the bleeding. The
hearts action is lowered; the blood is
withdrawn from the extremities (where,
presumably, the bleeding is gong on)
into the larger central vessels; the pa
tient lies mOtionless; there are no strug-
giles to force the blood out of the wound ;
there is no pain felt. In case of faint
ing, therefore, from loss of blood, simply
lay the patient on the back-a little
turned to one side-with the head low
and the wound in a position favorable to
the doctors manipulate on; loosen all
fastenlngs and buttons about the throat,
and then await the doctors arrival.
Don't try to bring the patient around
by deluging him with water Above all
give him no brandy except by the doc
tors orders. Brandy viii end the faint
ness quickly enough, but it viii start
the heart at double-quick time and send
the blood surging through the peripheral
arteries, breaking down and washing
away any protective plugs Of clot with
which the Wis medicatrix has probably
begun to close the wounded vessels. In
cases of fainting from shock or from
pain the patient should be placed IN an
easily recumbent position, with the head
low and the throat free from pressure.
The forehead may then be bathed with
cold water and brandy cautiously ad-
ministered, or ammonia applied to the
nostrils, London oracle,
THE SCARLET FEVER.
1t is unnecessary for a child to die of
the scarlet fever as it is that it should be
blind with cataract. Let US see: At
any time before the body has finished
its Intellectual struggle we are able to
help it, not by wonderful medicines,
but by the knowledge of anatomy, and
the application of common sense. We
consult the sympathetic nerve, and do
what 1t commands us to do. We must
give this child salt when it wants it; we
must give it acid when it has fever and
anxlously Graves it-nOt vinegar, but
lemOn-juice, because the first coagulates
albumen, and the latter does not. on ac-
count of the surplus OF oxygen which it
contains. To initiate the soothing
mucous IN the intestines, which is now
wanting, and to give some respiratory
food at the same time, we add some
gum-arabic. To restore and relieve the
injured nerve we apply moist warmth.
In practice we can fulfill ali this with
the following simple manipulations:
Undress the child and bring it TO bed
at the very first sign OF sickness.
Give it, if it has already fever,
nothing but sourish warm lemonade
with some gum-arabic in it. Then cover
its abdomen with some dry flannel. Take
well-folded bed-sheet and put it in
boiling hot water; wiring it out dry by
means of dry towels, and put this over
the flannel on the child's abdomen.
Then cover the whole, and wait. The
hot cloths will perhaps require repeated
heat. According to the severity of the
case, and its stage of progress, perspir-
alton will commence In the child from
ten minutes to two hours. The child
then is saved; it soon falls to sleep.
Soon after the child awakes, it shows
slight symptoms of returning inclination
for food; help it's bowels, if necessary,
with injections of oil, soap and water,
and its recovery will be as steady as the
growth OF greenhouse plant, if we'll
treated. Of course, if the child was al
ready dying, nothing could save it, or
If it has already illusions in the lining Of
the heart or brain; it is much better that
it should die But if the above is APP
piled in due time, under the eyes and di-
rectlon OF a competent physician, l will
guarantee that not one in hundred
| children will ever die of scarlet fever. /
know this will startle some of my readers,
especially those who have lost children
already, but I shall go still further. I
maintain that child will never get
scarlet fever if properly treated. If a
child has correctly mixed blood, it will
not catch the disorder if put in bed with
sick child. This is still more startling,
but nothing is easier of proof. Good
| Health.
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