Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-24
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

MALARIAL fevers arise from decaying
vegetable matter and stagnant water.
IMPERFECT cooking is at the root Of
all parasitic disease connected with our
food,
In bathing, too long exposure 10
water is followed by loss of body heat
and cold.
Poison ANTIDoTE.-A standing anti.
dote for olson by dew, poison oak, ivy,
etc, is to take handful OF quicklime,
dissolve in water, let il stand half an
hour, then paint poisoned parts with il.
Three or four applications will never
fail to cure the most aggravated cases.
NERVOUS HEADACHE 0chlschla-
ger, of Dantzing, has found salicylate
OF sodium to he Of great value in the
treatment of nervous headache when
given at the beginning of m attack.
Drowsiness is produced, and after few
hours of sleep the patient wakes up re-
freshed and free from pain. When,
however, the patient is anemic the drug
frequ ntly fails to produce salutary
effect.
DYsPErsIA.-We have seen dyspeptics
who suffered ustold torments with al
most every kind Of food no liquid could
be taken without suffering; bread be-
came burning acid; meat and milk
were solid liquid fires and we have seen
their torments pass away and their hun
ger relieved by living ON the white of
eggs which have been boiled IN bubbling
water for thirty minutes. At the end
OF the week We have given the half yelk
Of the egg with the white, and upon this
diet alone, without fluid OF any kind, We
have seen them begin to gain flesh aud
strength, aud quiet, refreshing sleep.
After weeks of this treatment they have
been able, with care, to begin upon other
food. Aud all this without taking med
icine. Hard-boiled eggs are not half so
bad as half-boiled ones, and ten times
as easy to digest as raw eggs, even in
eggnog.-Erchange.
HOMEMADE SIoKNEss.-Were it not
that the human cons tuition has an ell
during quality compared with VIII CHI the
toughness of the mule is sweet iniantile
tenderness the atmosphere OF the average
city home in cold weather would make
the city lively with funeral professions.
A visitor needs merely to pass the front
doors OF most houses to disc ,ver odors
that do not seem traceable to any partic-
ular article, yet which have M Cypress
i've effect upon respiration ometimes
similar effect is experienced where no
odor is perceptible. Occasionally the
residents of u house, returning from
church, theater or party, notice this
peculiarly OF the atm sphere and
promptly say all sorts Of bad things
about The plumber, who probably
deserves them u ], but no one seems
to think that the air OF the house should
be changed on in while during the
winter. The air of an unoccupcd house,
with no connection whatever with the
sewers or other sources OF disease, ID ut
terly unfit to breathe, for it is CO. thu
ally being robbed of its oxygen by car
pets, furniture, floors, walls AMI every.
thing else that is susceptible If decay.
What, then must be the condition OF tie
atmosphere of the house where half
dozen people and an equal number Of
gas-burners or lamps are daily assisting
at the work OF deoxygenating the II
and loading it with impurities There
are many houses in which people wnc
are cold would be warmed quicker
by leaving a window open for two
minutes than by hugging the fire, for
impure dir greatly lessons physical
warmth. Continuous ventilation is
never thought Of by more than
one builder in hundred, so
but few people can hope always
to breathe pure air indoorsin cold wealth
er. An occasional opening of doors and
windows throughout the day, however,
the work being done most thoroughly
just before bed time, would put al end
to thousands of cases OF sickness and de.
bility that come from no cause but i'm
pure air.