The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-22
HYGIENICs
Ways OF Retaining or Regaining
Health.

Health.
Methyl s~alicylate (oil of wlntergreen)
mixed with an equal quantity of olive
oil or linimentum saponis. applied ex-
ternally to inflsned joints affected by
acute rheumatism, affords instant relief, i
and, having a pleasant odor its use is
very acknowledgements Review.
Dr.. George r.. Shepherd of Hartford
says in respect to the use OF hot water
as q remedial agent in the treatment OF
inflammation of tn mucous membranes:
~ have used hot witer as a garg|e for
the past SIX or eight years. In acute
plarynsitis and tonsiiitis, and in coryza,
or cold in the head, if properly used
in the commencement of the attack,
it constitutes one Of the
most effective rene lies, bsing fire.
a%uentlv promptly curative. To be Of
service it should be used in considerable
quantity IA half PIN or pint at q time),
and just as hot as the throat will toler-
ate. | have so many ca2es of acute dis.
ease thus aborted, and car commend the
method with great conf 'encs."
The latest agent introduced for the re-
lief of neural gla is a one per cent. solu-
ton of hyperosmic acid, administered by
s~ubcutaneous injection. 1t has been m
ployed in Billroth's clinic in Il few cases.
One OF the patients had been q martyr
to ~sciatica for years, and had tried in-
Vulnerable remedies, including the ap-.
plicaGion of electricity no fewsrtha two
hundred times, while for u whole year
he had adopted vegetarianisn. Billroth
injected the above remedy between the
tuber ischii and t%rochanter, and Within
lieved, and eventually quite disappeared,
It would be rash to con
clude too much from these results,
| in the face of the ~intractability of neu-
ralgia to medication, but ifitreally prove
| to be as eff caGluu: as considered, hyper-
osmic acid will be a therapeutic agent of
no mean valu lancet
The nerves and brain will not work
we'll when there is any pressure on them.
Pressure on the main nerve of a limb
| alters its conducting power, and causes
q sensation of numbness. For this rea-
son all bands, shoes or articles OF dress
which construct or press Oh the nerves
i of the skin, Interfere with and diminish
| braia action in proportion to b
amount Sf pressure. Women who wish
to do the bess brain work cannot be the
devotees OF fashion. hut must dress RAJ
tionally. Irritation Of an, nerve sA sr
ity prevents one from deins sou praln
= "ohN' oiiSCi II LtC hliSCSt 81 toUtAfs
ache, a wound, OF bol,, will prevent fine
study or thought. A certain amount Of
bodily heat is also necessary. When oIe
is cold he cannot think we'll. Cold blood.
eu animals hass less active nervous sys-
TENS than warnl Aooded ones.-W. l.,
HolbrooK.
More quarrefs a,Sse between brothers.
between sisters, between hired gifts, be-
tween school girls. between clerks in
stores, between hired men, between
husbands and wives, owing to electri-
cal changes through their system by
lodging together night after night under
the same bed clothes than by any other
disturbing caus. says the London Ian.
Get. There is nothing that will SO de-
range the nervous system Of a person
! who IL ellmlnative in nervous force as
to lie all night in bed with another per-,
son who is absorbent in nervous force.
The absorber will 90 to sieep and rest
all night, while the eliminator will be
tuurbtng and tossing, restless and ner-
yous, and wake up in the morning fret
iul peevish, fault finding and uiscour-
aged. No two persons, no mat. er who
they are should habituaily sleep togeth-
er. One will thrive, the other will lose.
This is the law.
There are substances which, ,aken in
'Nsus LIZ g&SOl1lI ASt6
in respect to felony and depression.
Foods well cooked, foods carefully Sc.
iecled. foods supplied in s~fifient guam
tlty u sustain the holy equally in all
its parts. and SO moderate ~ never to
Cypress the nervous Il ,ges,ive powers, all
conduce to felicity in The most telling
manner Many Damon foods and
drinks affect the system specially. As a
rule, all agents which stimulate, that ia
to say, relax the M~rterial tension, and
soallow the blood u ireer course through
the organs, for a time promote felicity,
put the reaction leave depression. The
alkaloid in tea, theme, has this effect.
1t causes, q shor. an slight felicity. It
eau es in a large number of persons a
long and severe. aHds painful sadness.
There are many who never know O, day
OF felicity owing to this one DESTROYING
cause. In our p crest districts, among
the poor women OF our industrial pop
ulatIon, our SO -kins-weaving women,
the misery incident to their lot il
doubled by this one agant.-Dr. B. w.
Rlchardson tue North American Review.