Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-31
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

For the prompt cure of ringworm
try DIR. Taylors prescription composed
OF four grains of bichloride of mercury
to one ounce of tincture of myrrh. Oh
course this is only for local applica
ton as paint.-Dr. Foote's Health
Monthly.
DANDRUFF IN THE HAIR.-That very
annoying visitation of flesh" says DR.
do Lewis, may be much more easily
prevented than cured. To prevent il
avoid sharp combs and brushes, and
| don't wash the head with cold water.
Scratching the head with sharp brushes
produces dandruff. Dandruff may be
created on the hand by frequent scratch
ing. In the case of the dandruff in the
hair, the prevention is the cure Stop
scratching your head.
To REMOVE HEARTBURN.-As this is
usually symptom of some form of
dyspepsia, to prevent it thoroughly, il
VIII be necessary to cure the disease.
but great temporary relief may gener-
ally be obtained from the use of ant
acids, such as magnesia, lime water,
etc. The great thing as to prevent it,
by the use of proper diet. Dispose
OF pastry as you would if you knew it
to be half arsenic. Let others eat all
the sweet things. Take large proper
ton of animal food, though not salt or
smoked meats. Salt and water, or vim
egar and salt, over the stomach and
bowels, with plenty of friction, should
never be forgotten.
BATHING is conservative of health,
but all persons do not find it SO. A
cold plunge bath is by no means a
panacea for all human ills, as some
seem to think. An occasional wash
from head to foot in winter. and bath
ing frequently in summer, may be con-
sldered among the valuable agencies
for promoting health But | have
known delicate people to he injured in
stead of being benefited by cold bath
ing. For most persons wet sponge
passed over the surface and followed
soon by friction with rough towel is
bath enough for health purposes.
When q cold bath is not followed by a
good surface glow, it is doing more
harm than good. Health and Home.
PREVENTION OF Oxygen
is the agent by which food is fitted to
repair the waste of the system, and is
equally the agent whereby the effete
matter is fitted to be removed by the
lungs and kidneys. This agent, so
doubly essential to life and health, is
taken up by the lungs from the I'M
breathed air. The amount necessary
is about equal to the amount of food.
In pneumonia, at its second stage, there
is an emulation into some portion of the
lungs. This speedily solidifes and
completely fills up the air cells. So
rapidly may this take place that two
pounds of such solid matter may be de-
posted in twelve hours or less. Hence
the reason why pneumonia is sometimes
so quickly fatal. In case of recovery.
this matter softens, is absorbed into the
circulation, and eliminated by the pro-
per organs, leaving the lungs I'M
harmed. If the worn out material of
the system is more than the inhaled
oxygen can prepare for removal it ac-
cumulates, giving rise to various all
ments, and is often deposited at some
points where there is some local dis
turbance. 1t may be thus deposited
IN the lungs when irritated by cold;
but no cold causes Pneumonia unless
there Is this undue amount of effete
matter i'll the blood. The old are pre-
disposed to it from the changes which
age effects in the lungs and chest walls;
and so are the very young, from the I'M
developed condition of their breathing
powers. But the easy-loving, high-liv-
ing, middle-aged gentlemen are liable
to it from their habits of life. and so are
the sedentary, from very different hab-
its, but which equally keep the in
breathed oxygen unequal to the bodily
waste. A few minutes spent daily in
exercise adapted to expand the chest
would permanently enlarge its capacity
and enable the lungs to take in a CORE
spending increase of air-an increase.
say from twenty to sixty cubic feet
day. Youths COMPANION.