The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-02-12
HEALTH HINTS.
From Heal h and Home.

DIARRHE IN CHILDREE.-Take
zinzi oxidi, gr. j.; bismuth submit,
dr., j.; pessin pulv., grs. *; sacch.
lactis, d. s. Make into twelve pills
and take one every three or four
hours.
DR.. Fothergill recommends the
use OF the following in malariar:
Take dydrobromic acid, DIR. l sim
pie sryup, DIR. 2; water to make one
ounce. In divided doses during an
hour.
The fine toothed comb should be
oanished from the toilet table, as
1t is an active agent in producing
infammstory conditions of the scalp
as many 2 case of capitis in children
will testify.
A decOction of the dry pods of
the common white soup beans
boiled slowly for three hours, is re
ported to cure Brights disease of
the kidneys and dropsy as well.
No other liquid should be taken.
SPECIFIC FOR Moisten
granulated sugar with good vinegar.
or this give an infant from a few
grains to a tablespoonful. The eff
feet is almost instantaneous, and
the dose seldom needs to be re-
peated.
This is a favorite prescription
for piles: R. Blsmuth subnitrate,
gr. 80; powdered hydrasis, dr.. l !;
vaseliDe, OF. l. First mOisten bis
muth and hydrasiis with glycerine,
and then add vaseline. Apply two
or three times day with finger.
Always look at the lips of a pale
and siekly child; if they are of a
deep red color, beware of prsscrib-
lag tonics,internslly At the outset
you will congratulate yourself, but
ia the long run you will repent Of
having employed them.
For ULCERS AND OLD SORES
Take pulv. ulmus. cort. OF. j.; I'D.
ext hamamelis, Or. iii; fid. ext.
sloes soc, DIR. j.; cosmoliine, OF. il.
Mix. Spread thiRly and apply
twice a day, washing off each
time with tepid water and CASTLE
soap.
The relative proportion of nutri-
tive elements in one hundred parts
of different kinds of animal food
has been estimated as follows
Beef, %; mutton, 20; chicken, 27;
pork, "a; brain, 90; blood, 81; cod
| fish, 81; white of egg, Ia: milk, Z;
bone, 81.
For NERVOUS HEADACHE.-Dr.
Hodgdon recommends the following
recipe for nervous headache: r.
Alcohol dill, four ounces; OF. cinna-
mon, 4 minims; patass. brom., 5
drachms. One or two teaspoonfuls
as required.
The INFLUENCE OF DIET ON HEAD
ACHE.-Haig reports at length Of a
singular case of headache which
had long resisted treatment, and
vas finally cured only by strict adj
berence to a Vegetable diet. Meat
seemed to act upon the patient as
veritable poison.
We give the following formula
for dissolvipg hardened ear wax SO
that it can be removed with the sy
ringe: Pulv. sodii borastis, 2 o.
glycerine, o.; aqua, 2 OF. Warm
and drop into the ear. After it has
liquidated the cerumen, use syringe
and tepid water.
A painless caustic for the remov-
al of warts and tumors may be
made as follows: Arsenious acid,
l part; sulphate of morphine, part,
cslomel, s parts powdered gum ara
bic, 48 parts. This is to be sprin-
killed. over the cutlcle daily, the sur
face of which has been previously
denuded by knife or blister.
A Peruvian physician observed
case Of small pox, which at the
outset threatened to be very severe,
but quickly took turn for the bet
ter and proved to be a very mild
case. This he attributes to the
free eating OF honey by the patient,
and as he has seen two other SINH
lar cases, he thinks he has discover
ed something worthy of extended
trial.
1t is well to know that in case of
collapse and sinking, injection of
ether into the skin, after the COM
mon fashion of injecting morphine,
is a most valuable and successful
means OF restoration. The action
of ether in such a case is speedy
and effectual. Such q hint is use
full TO all who, away from medical
aid, may, under any circumstances,
require to exercise knowledge in
the saving of lite.
DR.. Posada Arrange speaks very
highly of the good effect of nux vom-
lea as a stimulant to the secretion
of milk. He gives ten drops of the
tIncture three times a day, and ex-
plains its galaetalogue properties
by its action en- the mammary
gland, exciting it to secretion, and
by its stimulating action on the
stomach facilitating digestion. He
recommends strychnia in recent
cases of complete suppression of tn e
secretion,
Dr. SETTER says: Beef tea, made
red hot with res pepper, is the best
treatment for deliriGm tremens. A
patient to whom such a dose, made
it so strong that l wouldn't dare to
taste it myself, afterwards told me
that it was the most refreshing and
cooling drink he had ever taken. A
London surgeon of the police told
me that he had treated one hun
dred and fifty cases of delirium tire
mems with this remedy alone, and
did not lost one. The use of chic
raj is criminal, and many death
certificate "delirium tremen" ought
To be "heart failure from choral
poisoning"
True Heroism.
A general in the Eaglish army,
having halted for the night, having