The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-27
HEALTH HINTS.

Keep your rooms we'll ventilated
Don't be afraid of the night air. Il /
health giving.
Capsieum in three-grain doses i
recommended for piles. In twenty-graiI
doses Capsule or bolus) it is fayoritt
army remedy for acute alcoholism.
Do not work when you are hungry
nor Immediately after eating. Use a
little discretion and you will not fail
very much from doing as nature would
direct.
| Apomorphia in infantile commissions,
In doses Of two minims of the two per
cent. solution, has been successfully used
by DR.. Edward Cockrell, of England.
a chemical examination of "rock and
rye candy" is made by an expert, and it
is found to contain fusel oil in DANCE
rous quantities, especially for children.
The water that has no taste is purest :.
the air that has no odor is the freshest
and of all notifications of manner the
most generally pleasing is simplicity.
The idea is gaining ground, and the
London Lancet favors it, that it is just
as sensible to knock man down who
needs rest, as to give him narcotics be-
cause he needs sleep.
The ulpho-carboIate of sodium, in
thirty-grain doses given after meals, is
recommended in fa.ulent dyspepsia.
Also in ten-grain doses for nausea and
vomiting, particularly in pregnancy.
If people were as careful in avoiding
the habits which produce disease as they
are persistent in seeking cures for their
ailments, the number of invalids in the
world would be much reduced.
Do not 20 into sick room either
hungry or fatigued if you can avoid it.
Nature does all she can to protect her
self When the body is in good condi-
tion there is not half the liability to
disease, even though daily exposed to
the contagion.
CARBoLIC ACID FOR PIMPLEs.-Wa ash |
the face in solution Of carbolic acid,
teaspoonful to pint of water.
This is an excellent and purifying lotion.
and may be used on the most delicate
skin. Be careful about letting the wash
get in the eyes as it will weaken them.
A piece of borax the size of a pea dis
solved in the mouth some ten minutes
before speaking or singing strengthens
the voice. Five grains of potassium
Odide taken in warm solution before
going to bed the previous night, also
helps the voice when an extra effort is
required.
A California physician claims that the
uice from eucalyptus leaves has induced
he hair to grow on his bald head. He
vas in the habit of pounding to pulp
he leaves which he applied to his head
or the cure of headache, and was sur
,rised to find new and abundant crop
f hair commence to grow.
Do not imagine you need medicine if
,ou feel little sick. Take rest. In
many cases a good bath and few hours
leep are all that is necessary. Avoid
,atent medicines. They kill more peo-
lie and make more drunkards per year
n America than would guard our coasts
gainst very formidable invasion.
BRIGHTs DIsEAsE.-A double hand
ul of the dry pods of common white
ouD beans or corn beans boiled slowly ,
or three hours in three quarts of water
ntil it is reduced to three pints. Take
.Ot or cold. Use no other drink. This
nipple remedy is claimed to have effected
ures in Bright's disease as well as
ropsy.
WEOoPING Chestnut leaves !
ounce boiling water pint; steep, and j
rhen cold give to 4 child from two to !
our years old, one to two teaspoonfuls i
very two hours. This infusion can be !
weetened and made very pleasant. ,
When the leaves cannot be had, a tine |
ure or fluid extract may be obtained at 1
ny drug store. Y
ToOTHACHE-One of the best and {
0 relieve this painful disorder of the
ental nerves. is chewing cinnamon bark.
t destroys the sensibility of the nerves
nd suspends the pain Immediately, if
he bark is of good quality. 1t is gen
rally as efiicacious as any of the other {
emedies, and not attended with the un-
leasant consequences of creosote, car !
olic acid, which relieve the pain, but !
cave the mouth as sore and painful as
he tooth was previously, though these
eSults are usually due to carelessness in
sing.
To disinfeet room, place an ordinary
ot shovel over the fire until it becomes !;
(but not read hot); then !
axe it to the center of the room and !
our on the shovel an ounce of No. or
70. carbolic; lean the shovel so that
o fluid can fall to the floor, and the
arbolic will be readily given off in
apor sufficient to fill an ordinary room 7
his will disinfect the air of the room, /;
nd as genuine carbolic (more properly J
allied phenol or phenylic aleohoD is not
mineral corrosive acid, the vapor will :
4 no way injure pictures, metals, or /
lbrics.