The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-07
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
l,lmple Remedy for Nervous Hsadaci

Vmple Kennedy kOr nervous Hioaumches
A medical paper announces a simple
remedy for nervous headache, which
is nothing more nor less than solQ.
tion of bi-sulphide of carbon. A wide
mouth glass-stoppered bottle is half
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 so nothing is felS
then comes sense of tingling, whish
in a few minutes-three or four usa.
ally-becomes rather severe, bf'
which subsidies almost Immediately II
the bottle be removed, and any redness
of the skin that may occur will also
quickly subside. 1t may be reapplied,
if necessary. several times in the day,
and it genarally acts like magic,giving
immediate relief.
Whooping Cough and COntagion.
Can this be whooping coughs
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.
tinctive whoop? 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, l think,
be too careful to prevent its spread
among the other members of family,
or among children generally.
tbs astonishing how little care is
taken to prevent the spread of dan
gerous ailments in a family by the
parents. What lessening of acute
suffering there would be, and what a
diminution iii doctors bills, were 1hs-
otherwise A sick child is one per-
sons work by night and by day; q
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 fol
life. Therefore l preach sanitation
and the isolation of the little patient
in all cases of whooping cough, OF
even of distressing coughs, when the
real ailment is about. This isolation
is easily enough carried out in most
families. l think 1 have before rec
commended the setting apart Of sicl
or hospital room in all houses where
this can be done.
The room should be upstairs, a:
high as possible, it ought to have {
cheerful outlook. and quiet. A plair
bedstead without curtains, a it'll,
wardrobe, table, cupboard, and {
chair or two constitute all the furni
ture that is permissible. If there arr
curtains at all about the windows
they should be of light guaze or lace
The windows themselves should b,
large, and have crimson or greer
blinds, but these should not be KEEP
drawn down, as is too often the Gus
tom, for sunlight is a great and pow.
erful factor in the cure of disease o.
almost every kind; Ventilation OF thi
hospital room should be well secured
and with safety; guaze screen to e
the lower half of a window, permits i
to be widely opened without the dan
ger that might accrue from draught
The floor of the sickroom should no
be covered with carpet: it ought to b
well secured. and always perfect,
clean. and little bits of any thin kin,
drugget. or straw mats, put down t
drown the sound of the attendant
feet.-A Family Doctor in Cassel.
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