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

THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
FoR the prompt cure of ringworm
try d.. Tsylor's prescription composed
of four grains of bichloride of mercury
to one ounce of tincture of myrrh. OF
course this is only for local applica-
ton as . paint.-Dr. Foote's Health
Monthly.
DANDRUFF IN n HA1R.-That very
annoying visitation of flesh" says DR..
Dio Lewis, may be much more easily
prevented than cured. To prevent it
avoid sharp combs and brushes, and
don't wash the head with cold water.
Scratching the head with sharp brushes
produces dandruf. Dandruf may be
created on the hand by frequent scratch
ing. In the case of the dandruf 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 a 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.
BATHING is conservative of health,
but all persons do not find it so. A
cold plunge bath is by no means o
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-
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 yer the surface and followed
soon by friction with a rough towel is
bath enough for health purposes.
When a cold bath is not followed by a
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 efete
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 exudation 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
80 quickly fatal. In case of recovery,
this matter softens, is absorbed into the
circulation, 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 a prepare for removal. it &C.
eumulates, giving rise to various all
ments, and is often deposited at some
points where there is some local dis
turbance. It may be thus deposited
ip 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 so are the very young, from the un-
developed condition of their breathing
powers. But the ea~sy-loving. might've
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 a
daH--Y0Mth,1 Companion.