Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-01-15
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
nemedy for Nervou. msa


Simple Kennedy for Nervous Headache.
\ medi al paper announces a simple .
remedy for nervous hea lache. which .
is nothing more nor less than solu'
tion of bi-sulphide of carbon. a wide /
mouth glass-stoppered bottle is hall
filled with cotton or fine sponge. and
upon this two or three drachms of the
solution are poured. When occasion
for its use occurs the mouth OF the
bottle is to be applied to the temple OF
as near as possible to the seat OF the
pain, so closely that none of the vola-
tile vapor may escape, and retained
there four or five minutes, or longer.
For minute or 50 nothing is felt,
then comes a sense of tingling, which
in few minutes-three or four usu-
ally-becomes rather severe, but
which subsidies almost Immediately II
the bottle be removel and any redness
of the skin that may occur will also
quickly subsde. 1t may be reapplied,
if necessary. several times in the day.
and it genarally acts like magic, giving
immediate relief.
WhoOping Cough and Coutagion.
Can this be wh0oping coughF
This question must often and often be
asked, and answered to the best of
ones ability. Can the disease exist
without what has been called the dis
tinctiye whoop2 1t can. and often
does. And in different cases the
whoop has different sound and char
acters. 1t is caused by half convul-
sive half suffocating effort to draw in
breath again after fit of coughing
and is often very loud,a kind OF crow
ing or piping sound, very distressing
to listen to, and most distressful for
the little sufferer. have said "little
sufferer" because the complaint is one
of childhood proper, but it is by no
means rare in grown-up people.
Bearing in mind, then, the very
serious nature of this disease, and its
extreme infectiousness, to say nothing
of the dangerous complications which
it may give rise to, we cannot, | think
be too careful to prevent its spread
among the other members of a family.
or among children generally.
1t is astonishing how little care is
taken to prevent the spread of dan
gerous ailments in family by the
parents. What lessenlng of acute
) suffering there would be, and what {
? dlminution in doctors bills, were this
q otherwise A sick child is one per
sons work by might and BY day;--a
a family of ailing ones means strain
upon the nerves and drain upon the
system of the mother or nurse, that
may seriously affect her health for
life. Therefore | preach sanitation,
"iiN 0HO AoOl"CiOh VI INC liUUl6 pdIIelL
q in all cases of whooping cough, or
i. even of distressing coughs, when the
g real ailment is about. This isolation
g is easily enough carried out in most
families. think l have before rec
' commended the setting apart of sick
, or hospital room in all houses where
I this can be done.
. The room should be upstairs, as
high as possible, it ought to have a
cheerful outlook, and quiet A plain
bed5tead without curtains, little
wardrobe, table, cupboard, and a
chair or two constitute all the furni-
ture that is permissible If there are
curtains at all about the windows
they should be of light guaze or lace.
The windows themselves should be
large, and have crimson or green
blinds, but these should not be kept
drawn down, as is too often the Gus
Uohi, loI SuilllBuC IL great anu PO"-
erful factor in the cure Of disease OF
almost every kind; Ventilation OF this
hospital room should be we'll secured,
and with safety; guaze screen to 1T
the lower half of window, permits It /
to be widely opened without the dan
ger that might accrue from draught \
The floor of the sickroom should not \
be covered with carpet it ought to be j
we'll secured, and always perfectly d
clean, and little bits of any thin kind u
drugget, or straw mats put down 70 c
drown the sound of the attendants n
feet.-A Family Doctor in CaSseL I'll