The Arizona sentinel., 1885-04-04
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

SIR ISAAC NEWTON wrote to medical friend, who inquired how he managed to retain health, in these words "Ah, my dear doctor, you have better opin- ion of your lazy friend than he had of himself. Morpheus is my best com panion, without eight or nine hours sleep your correspondent is not worth scavenger's purse"
 FoR dyspepsia-One-half pound car bonate soda, one ounce bismuth. one ounce pepsin, one-half ounce Jamaica ginger. Add one quart of water, cork tight Shake well before using. Dose one tablespoonful after eating. Be care full about diet, eating no grease or rich sauce till the estomachregains its strength. An exchange says 8 lady who had sui fered many years was given up to die, by what three physicians pronounced cancer of the stomach, and this prescrip- tion cured her.
 WHooPING CoUGH.-We have received from an estimable gentleman, who has tried 1t successfully with two of his children who had whooping cough very badly, a recipe recommended by lady which acts like a charm. In the case of his own children they were relieved of their troublesome companion complete ly in nine days, and, since 1t can do no harm, mothers may try the remedy with impunity. The following is the recipe: Five teaspoonfuls tincture asafoetida, five teaspoonfuls sweet oil, twelve tea spoonfuls table sirup should be ad ministered in doses of one teaspoonful each, three or four times a day.
 TREATMENT OF BURNs.-The best 3D. plication for burn is hniment made If lime-water and oil, beaten together until 1t lcoks like butter melted to dress vegetables for the table. It matters not whether common lime or the chloride of lime is used, and either sweet or linseed oil will answer. Wrap the burned part tn fine linen covered with this mixture, and cover thickly on the outside with raw cotton to exclude the air. Open 1t but once in twenty-four hours, and then carefully soap off the rag with lir e. water and oil, so as not to iniure the tender skin that may be forming on the wound. Bathe well with the iniment, aud put on clean dressing of rags wet with the liniment, and cover with cotton IS at first. Where lime cannot be had, the next-best dressing we know of Is soot mixed with lard, well melted and strained to get out the particles of soot. In this case you may first use strong alum water to assuage the pain, anu then put on & plaster of the above. In any case, over the rags put raw cotton, to exclude the air and keep the part from being rubbed.
 THE WANT OF THE LUNGS. While the ordinary lungs of an adult may hold about six quarts, 1t does not follow that each breath contains that amount. but about one pint. This arrangement i'm plies the constant action of the air in publication of the blood, the primary : object of breathing. Each contraction s of the heart forces two or three ounces P of blood to the lungs for the purpose, . the refuse, after the combustion of the ' waste, being in part carbonic gas, 8 deadly poison to the lungs but safe for the stomach. By estimate the amount = absolutely needed that the blood may be well purified is from seven to ten zen cubic feet each minute for an adult. And since this gas is heavier than ail and Is diffuSial, 1t is needful to have open doors that it may pass into the cellar, like water, there to be absorbed 1; oy tub of water and the like. Do We , secure this supply in all of our sleeping rooms? An estimate of the capacity ot [ such room divided by 4,000 cubic , eet, or the amount needed by an adul T for the night, will determine the matter ] if two occupy the room, 5000 is tho
 iivisor. How large a room will holC
 5000 cubic feet? Not less than ont
 twenty feet in its dimensions. / z. Ran9ord.