The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-20
THE FAIILY DOCTOR

FoB the prompt cure Of ringworm
Try Dr.. Taylor's prescription composed
Of four grains of bichloride Of mercury
to one ounce of tincture of myrrh. OF
purse this is only for local applica-
ton Is . paint.-Dr. Foote's Health
Monthly.
DANDRUFF IN THE HA1R.-That very
annoying Visitation of flesh" says DR..
Dio Lewis, may he much more easily
prevented than cured. To prevent 1t
avoid sharp combs and bru shes, and
don't wash the head with cold water.
Scratching the head with sharp brushes
| produces dandruE Dandruff may be
created on the hand by frequent scratch
ing. In the case of the dandruff in the
hair, the prevention is Inc cure. Stop
scratching your head.
To REMOVE HEARTBURN.-As this is
usually . symptom of some form of
dyspepsia, to prevent it thoroughly, it
will 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 is to prevent it,
by the use Of q proper diet. Dispose
Of pastry as you would if you knew it
to be half arsenic. Let others eat all
the sweet things. Take a large proper
ton of animal food, though not salt CT
smoked meats. Salt and water, or vim
egar and salt, over the stomach and
bowels, with plenty of friction, should
never be forgotten. D.
BATHING IL conservative Of health,
but all persons do not find it 50. A
cold plunge bath is by no mean o
panscea 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-
sidered among the valuable agencies
for promoting health. But I have
known delicate people to be injured in
stead of being benefited by cold bath.
ing. For most persons a wet sponge
passed over the surface and followed
soon by friction with a rough towel is
bath enough for health purposes
When q cold bath is not followed by q
good surface glow, it is doing more
harm than good. Health and Home.
PREVENTION OF PNEUMoN1A.-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
essential to life and health, is
taken up by the lungs from the un-
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
This speedily solidifes and
fills up the air cells. So
may this take place that two
pounds of such solid matter may be de-
in twelve hours or less. Hence
the reason why pneumonia is sometimes
so quickly fatal. In case of recovery,
matter softens, is absorbed into the
and eliminated by the pro-
per organs, leaving the lungs un-
harmed. If the worn out material of
the system is more than the inhaled
oxygen car prepare for removal, it &C.
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 a cold;
but no cold causes Pneumonia unless
there is this undue amount of effete
matter in the blood. The old are pre-
disposed to it from the changes which
age effects in the lungs and chest walls;
and 20 are the very young, from the IN
condition of their breathing
But the easy-loving. high-liv-
ing, middle-aged gentlemen are liable
to it from their habits of life. and 40 are
sedentary, from very different hab-
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
md enable the lungs to take in q CORE
spending increase of air-an increase,
lay from twenty to sixty cubic feet .
day. Youths Companion.