Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-05-03
TIE FAMILY DOCTOR.

fne remedy for sprains. 1t should be
laid over the sprain on piece OF Inns
and changed Us often as it becomes dry.
AMEpIoAL journal gives the following
simple remedy for relieving LiccOugh:
"Infiate the lungs as fully as possible
and thus press firmly on The agitated
diaphragm. In few seconds the spas
modic action of the muscles will cease"
A STANDING antidote for poison by
dew, poison oak, ivy, etc, is to take
handful of quicklime, dissolve in water,
let it stand half an hour, then paint the
poisoned parts with it. Three or four
applications will never fail to cure the
most aggravated cases.
THE cure for night sweats depends
entirely ON the cause. Malaria gives
rise to il, and then the cure is quinine
and arsenic. Debility may cause them.
In that case tonics and good, nutritious
food should be used. Consumption
causes it, and the cure is sulphuric acid,
ten to twenty drops in water, an hour
after meals. Oxide of zinc and hydro
cyanite extract pills, and, above all afro
phia sulphate, one-rwo hundredths OF
one grain TO begin with. This must be
taken with great care. DR.. Nairn, OF
London, says he sponges the body with
tincture of belladonns, but the drug 10
too powerful 10 be used by any one but
physician.
MILK, says DR.. J. n. Hanaford, CON-
tains all OF the elements needed to sus-
tain life in the young, and is one OF tho
simplest in use - wholesome, II it u
pure. It's purity depends on the health
n 4 klok In &ho
quality Of the food eaten. Ii at first
pure, it may become otherwise by care:
iessness. To keep it in tins, made OF
lead and arsenic, If it become sour, es-
pecially, is to endanger the life Of the
family. II uncovered or in any way ex-
posed TO fresh paint, or to filth or poison
In any form, it soon becomes affected by
absorption, since water and all liquids
containing it are grand purifiers OF the
air, these impurities being retained in
the liquids. Never keep milk in newly
painted pantry-only water, and that to
be thrown out.
Com silk is said to be an efficient and
powerful remedy for dropsy, bladder
troubles and diseases Of the kidneys.
The Louisville Medical Ne,os gives an
account of the medical properties Of corn
silk, and the cures that have been effect
ed by it's use. The way to use it is to
take two double-handfuls of fresh corn
silk and boil in two gallons Of water I'M
til but one gallon remains. Add sugar
to make o strip. Drink tumbler OF
this thrice daily. and it will relieve
dropsy by increasing the flow OF the
urine most enormously. Other diseases
of the bladder and kidneys are benefited
by the remedy, which is prompt, eff
cient and grateful to the stomach. The
treatment can be continued for months
without danger or inconvenience.
What Causes tho Blood 10 Circulatee
To what degree Che heart is aided by
other forces il yet matter Of investi.
cation. Probably there are several
forces assisting. The elasticity Of the
arteries increases their carrying capaci-
~. They are firm, elastic tubes, which
expand under the pressure from each
DIFFERENTIATION, and then by their
own elasticity contract and help the on
ward flow of the blood. In the smalleY
arteries tho Aow loses the intermittent
character IL possesses In tho larger
arteries, and becomes . steady stream.
The elasticity OF the arteries serves pre-
cisely the same purpose a. the air cham
ber Of soy force pump, that o3 equaliz-
ing the Dow, and 90 increasing the
amount delivered The whole force 10
derived from the heart; the arteries
cause the force 10 act continuously.
The veins are lax tubes somewhat
larger than tire arteries. and capable Of
holding al the blood Of the body. They
convey the same amount OF blood - the
latter, but more slowly. In the larger
veins, however, near the auricles, tho
velocity may be 200 milimetYes per
second. They are provided with valves
which eifectually prevent the blood from
flowing backward toward the heart.
Any compression. produced by muscu-
lar contraction or otherwise, viii there
fore assist the forward now Of venous
blood This il one explanation Why OF.
~Nrcise hAstans' the circulation. The
movement d The chest IN breathing
probably dds tho pulmonary circuls-
: lion, the blood, - we'll - the stnos-
pliers. tsnding TO AL the vacuum during
inspiration. G vg "a
Physical capillary force Il not gener-
ally regarded ~ IN active force In tho
circulation. But there - IN admitted
force in the capillsries, resulting from
the attraction Of the Tissues for the
artarial blood, containing the required
oxygen and nutriment. 1.-THE vital con-
difion Of the tissue becomes factor In
the maintenance OF the circulation" II
i this force. primarily, which adapts
the amount 81 blood to tho varying
needs OF any organ the nervous system
regulates the supply By varying tho
caibe9 Of thu vessels.r ~
The force In tho cspillaries, or some
other force, carries tho blood after
death, from the arteries, whore tho heart
leaves it into the veins. Finding the
nteriss empty after death gave rise to
the idea that they conveyed air; whence
the name. 8 WAS this belief which
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ecienc< AoStkly.