Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-06
THK FAMILY DOCTOR.

-~1~<>AAS4 pug otAO LIZ
with cotton wool. The effect ia nstan-
taneUus.
LIZ an artery is severed, tie small
cord or handkerchief tightly aitwo 1t
until physician arrives.
Tie use of powerful drugs such rs
bromide OF potassium, In considerable
doses, by nursing women, Is likely to
exert very unfavorabIe iofunce on
the child at the breast-Dr. F0o&'s
Health Monthly.
ONE Of the simplest and best rane-
dies to be given to children troubled
with worms is poplar bark. Physicians
use it with marked success. It can be
bought at any drug store. Take little
pinch of the bark-as much as you can
hold on the point of a penkrife-end
give it before breakfast. 1t has clean,
bitter taste, and any child Will take it
How TO TELL DRHTHERIA.- was
called out Of bed past midnight to go
four miles in the country and attend
what the messenger stated was bad
case of diphtheria. %And you went?"
Had to. When I arrived I found
1O-year-old girl crying with a sore
throat. I looked into it, asked the girl
few questions, and found that she had
done big washing that day. Had a
little cold nothing else" How can
you tell the difference?" aPl give you
a rule by which you can always deter
mine, was the responce. off the throat
is red and swollen, no fear of diph-
liberia; but if it looks as though some
one had thrown handful of ashes into
the throat-a dull gray color-look out.
It's diphtheris's danger signal. "-Lao1-
coin (Ne6.) Journal
PURITY OF THE SICK-BooM.-To ap-
preciate the Importance of thorough
ventilation of the apartments occupied
by the sick, both as a means OF re-
cuperation and of preventing the infec-
ton of others, it Is necessary to under
stand one feature of the action of dis
ease, that Of communicating the air. In
a fever, for example, which naturally
results directly from closing the pores,
by a "cold," or retaining in the system
more than one-half of the waste of the
body, this waste, poisonous and more
or less putrid matter is thrown off ex-
tensively by the lungs, the rapidity of
the breathing being increased. To ad-
ditionally facilitate this qualification of
the system-while the usual avenues of
escape, the pores, are closed-the blood
circulates with unusual r4pidity, cor
responding with the rapid breathing,
the carbOnaceOus waste matter being
actually burned, like coal in the fur
mace, necessarily producing the fever
hnnf aZrnIvinCr fRJ11 of ro1,i1
rate poisoning the air of the room. 1
may safely assert that one sick man
may consume as much oxygen as four
well ones-thus destroying the relations
of the oxygen and nitrogen of pure air
throwing off an equal amount of
poisonous gases. This foulness is prao-
tically the equivalent of disease
germs" which should neither
be breathed by the patient
nor the attendants. This i'm
plies O ventilation of the room and
cleansing of every part of it, with the |
clothing, person and bedding. But
Will not the patient "take q coid?'
With an experience and observation
during more than thirty years, [ never
have known an instance in which one
having high fever, with fearful heat
of the body, suffered from washings,
cleanliness, or from an abundance of
pure and cool air! I am fully con-
WINGED that the substitution of pure air
in abundance would justify dispensing
with one-half of the medicine now
used, in the absence of such air. In
deed the most important remedial
agents-not to say that no medicines
should be used-are air, sunlight, rest,
fasting-so long as there is no appetite
water for drinking and bathing, and
sleep. 1t is not needful to expose the
patient to currents of cold air, or to
produce discomfort in any way. So
long as there is no suffering from the
glare of light, or from too great heat,
there is scarcely a possibility of too
much sunlight. And so long as no dis
comfort arises from GOODNESS, [ can see
no danger from abundance of air, even
cool air, just such as the patient will
regard as refreshing. In the matter of
room-cleaning and ventilation there can
be no substitute for air and sunlight.
To exclude these is to have filthy
room. To exclude tho night air" is to
sleep in the filth. The most important
matter in ventilating the sick-room is
the escape of the foul gases. This
may be done very safely by opening the
door leading to the attic, where two
opposite windows arc open. If win
dow in the room as nearly opposite this
door as possible is slightly raised
current of air will naturally pass out
and up, finding an escape at these Win
dows. An open fue, an open space il
the fire-board, a straightforward win
dow IN tie room, and the Ike, will be
safe and efectual. II there is sufficient
clothing, no one in any ordinary climate
need fear night air, which is not neces-
sarily impure, but too moist to be en-
dured without extra clothing. j.
II. HGnegord.