The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-11-05
n FAMILY DOCTOR.

CANcER.-A change Of diet, air, an.
hsbitation. with a vegetable tonic ami
blood purifier, will cure all durable
cases.
When dining, have. some cheerful
conversation. 1t is not only a powerful
appetizer, but ia also an adjuvant to
stomachal digestion.
The WARM FooT-BATH.-If the obser-
vations of DR.. ~Sciolcowsky are to he
credited, our usual notions about the
action of a warm foot-bath on cerebral
h~yperamia are erroneous. He used
water at a temperature of % to 81 deg.
and found that while the temperature
in the rectum fell, that in the axilla and
external auditory meatus was increased.
CURATIVE GYMSAsTIcs.-In one of
our English exchanges DR.. Wahltuch
points out the value of modern gym
nastics and massage, If executed by
competent and skillful manipulators. in
predisposition to phthisis, in sluggish
ness of the abdominal muscles and
digestive organs, in strumous disease.
in ricketts,, in spinal curvature, in utter
inc affections, in hysteria, and in paral-
ysis.
TREATMENT OF WARTs.-A plaster OF
black soap applied each night for q
fortnight, according to MI. Vidal, will
soften a wart SO that it may be scraped
off. The treatment by NJ. Cellier is to
transfx the principal wart tn the
point of a pin, the head of which is to
be held in the flame of q candle until
the wart is destroyed; it will drop off
in a few days. The remaining warts
will then usually disappear.
REMEDY FOR Cold FEET.-All that is
necessary is to stand erect and very
gradually to lift ones self up on the
tips of the toes, so as to put all the ten
dons of the foot at full strain. This is
not to hop or jump up and down, but
simply to rlse-the slower the better
upon tiptoe. and to remain standing on
the point of the toes as long as possible,
then gradually coming to the natural
position. Repeat this several times,
and, by the amount of work the tips of
the body's weight, a sufficient and live
~ circulation is set up. A heavy pair
of wooden stockings drawn over thin
cotton ones, is also recommended for
keeping the feet warm, and at the same
time preventing their becoming tender
and sore.
VARIcosE VEINs.-Enlarged veins are
best treated by constitutional remedies.
Local treatment will be more speedy in
it's effects, but the benefits which result
from it are very often only temporary.
Varicose veins usually appear on the
legs, below the knee, and sometimes
end in a painful ulceration.-In this
condition the invalid should take:
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There should also be applied a poul-
tice of ~pulverized golden seal one part.
and pulverized slippery elm two parts;
which should he renewed every six
| hours,-when the veins become re-
duced, the poultice should be discon-
tinued, and the limb placed in a band
age, with q piece of oiled silk over the
surface of the ulcer till well.-HeaM
UUU HOWc.
NEW REMEDY FOR BURNS. -During 3
recent visit to q patient in all adjoining
town, I was hastily summoned to see a
woman badly burned while lighting q
fire with coal oil, on the hands and
around the body where her clothes were
fastened to her person. Not having any
! of the remedies at hand, except cold
water, which, en- PEASANT, is one Of the
best where it can be properly applied,
l mixed hogs lard with four times its
weight of common bread soda (bicar-
bonate), which is used here in the homes
of many for mixing with the dough in
bread. making, and applied it as a salve
to the burned parts, and l saw a
case of the kind do better under any
treatment. The wounds were kept we'll
covered with it, and they all healed
very nicely without inflammation and
with very little suppuration. Indeed.
they seemed to dry up under it. l shall
try it in the future in all similar cases,
until I find something better .-Hea'th
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