The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-11
What to Do in Sickness.

A person who is ailing should be kept
in bed in a well-ventilated room wherei
plenty of fresh air is admitted from
open windows. If in winter. the tenn
perature can be regulated by artiiiciall
heat from an open fire. or otherwise As
most convenient, and the window low
cred from the top. In summer, the
blinds or awnings should be arranged
to exclude the direct rays of the sun
The patient should be encouraged to
sleep as much as possible and never
awakened on any pretence. Ii there
are children in the house they should
be kept out of the room. When there
is headache OF pain in the eyes reading
must be prohibited and very few visit
ors admitted. A warm sponge bath
should be given in the morning, and a
very light breakfast: oatmeal Cruel.
and milk, n cup of coca, or tea, with a
soda biscuit. If there is no improve
ment as the day goes on the food must,
be very simple and given in small
quantities. The difficulty may arise.
from an over-burdened stomach which.
requires rest before it can recover tone
When there is nausea. fasting for some
hours should be tried and then few
spoonfuls of cold milk and lime water
given cautiously. When the head is hot.
relief can be obtained by wringing a
strip of linen out of ice water and lay
ing a single thickness on the fOrehead-l
In this case the feet will probably he.
cold and should have bottles of hot
water wrapped in flannel put 10 them
II the throat is sore 4 strip of flannel
may be wrung out of cold water and.
bound around it covered with n cotton.
bandage. If there is only slight intianl-
nation this will relieve it. When there
is constipation a simple enema of warm
water may be given as safer than any
purgative medicine. No one should
be allowed to sleep in tine same Ded
with a person who is even slightly in
disposed. The invalid will rest more
quietly alone, and it is not Iair to eN-
pose anyone to the chance of possible
infection. If there is no improvement
in a few days a physician should ba
sent for as the case is beyond home
treatment 1t is better to call in doc
tor ten times unnecessarily than once
to delay summOniag him until it i too
late for him to be of use. In China 4
physicians fee is ten cents visit, and
his patients act upon the principle of no
cure no pay. Medical advice IS mora
expensive with us and the cost deters
some prudent people from having it
for what they consider Insufficient
causes. The prescription of Il cOmDe-
tent, trustworthy doctor in the early
stages of a disease may be- the means OF
preventing serious illness and Isl
worth far more than j. ever asked sor
it. When physician is called In. MS
directions should be implicitly followed
There is not the slightest use IN eutrJIst-
ing the case to him and then acting up
on ones own Judgment whether 10,
carry out his orders or not. h - unfair
both to him and to the sufferer Is the.
success of the treatment depends upon
its being faithfully administered Every
doctor can call to mind -grT,s Of cases
in which recovery has been retarded, or
rendered impossible. by dl-obcdIence
to his orders. EiiSdbcH Rcb,HsOiI .ScO-
Ui, IN G0od HoHScle.pu!J.