Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1885-04-11
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

suds, made of any soap On hand, 70
spread over burned surfaces. Their 40
ton in relieving pain and reducing in
fammation is due to the presence OF the
alkali, and they possess, he thinks, evil
dent advantages over powdering with
bicarbonate of soda.
EaGs ON sT.-For this a perfectly.
fresh egg is necessary put pan half
full of hot water on the stove, break
your egg carefully in 1t, cover, and put
back on the stove till the white is firm.
Take out Of the pan with a skinner,
and slide into bowl of hot water while
you make and butter your toast.
Take up the egg carefully on pertor-
ated skinner, shake dry, trim off any
ragged edges, and serve Immediately on
the toast. Sprinkle little salt and
pepper on the egg. If this is well and
neatly done it Is appetizing for sick
person.
Dr. FFLtx L. OSWALD makes an elo-
quept plea, in an article published in the
Popular Science Monthly, for the adj
vnntages of physical exercise as pre-
ventive of and cure Tor bodily ailments.
He urges il as the proper remedy, cur
ing the symptoms by removing the
cause. for some of the besetting vices Of
youth, which be ascribes to an excess Of
potential energy for which our sedentary
mode of life provides no outlet. He urges,
also, that in large cities parents owe
their chjldle r ro,i,ion for frequent
opportunity Of active exercise, just as
hey owe them al untiseptic diet IN .
,nalarious climate.
Ira person should eat his dinner to-
day at IA o'clock, tomorrow at 2 and
the next day at 3, and continue In this
irregular manner for couple OF weeks,
his nervous system would be apt to be-
coms entirely deranged, for the reason
that the individual has prevented this
natural tendency of the nerves to have q
fixed and periodic time to demand the
food, and, As @ consequence from such
irregularity, indigestion Is the result,
and, on account Of the intimate connec-
tion of the nerves and the brain, a very
serious aud detrimental effect upon the
latter is produced, causing mental mac
ivity and loss of memory. But, on the
other hand, if we should eat our dinner
to-day ut II, and Tomorrow and the noxt
day at the same hour, We will find that
this periodicity has been established, and
the little messengers, the nerves, will
warn us exactly at II that our regular
period has arrived. It therefore follows
that if we comply with that request
every day promptly we find good digss.
tion, qufst nerves, better memory aoj
more active mind to be the result.
CONsrIPATIox.- --Halrs Journal Of
Health thinks it doubtful if consump-
tion numbers rs many victims as are
stricken down by the various diseases
that result from habit,lal constipation.
True consumption is an inherited d,s-
ease. 1t may remain always dormant
but when aroused to action, decay COM
mences at point oircunscribed, and
gradually extends, unless arrested, until
SO much Of the lungs become involved
that vital action ceases. The evils OF
constipation result from inattention to
the calls of nature, aud usually com-
mencs with children whose habits are
not closely looked to by their parents.
The processes Of nature are always active
while life lasts. When effete matter 10
retained moment beyond the time its
expulsion is demanded, the system com
nences its efforts TO get nd OF 1t. When
the natural egress is checked, the absor.
bents Garry the more-fluid. portions ct
the poisonous mass into the circulation,
and 1t becomes difrused throughout the
body. The mure-solid or clay-like por-
ton IL forced into the lower rectum,
where it becomes firmly impacted, thus
cutting off the circulation of the small
blood vessels, causing painful engorge-
ments known as piles or hemorrhoidA
A continuance Of the troubles often re-
suits in fissure, iistula or cancer. Tho
trouble is seldom confined here. As
result of the blood poisoning We invari-
ably find more or less dyspepsia, with
decided arrangements Of the functions
Of the heart, liver and kidneys, accom-
panied by headache and nervous debi-
ity, often verging on paralysis.