New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-04-11
Things Worth Knowing.

From the New York Medical Journal.
Nine persons out of every ten with
a cinder or foreign substance IN the
eye will instantly begin to rub the eye
| with one hand while hunting for their
handkerchief with the other. They
may, and sometimes do, remove the
offending cinder, but more frequently
they rub till theeye becomes infiamed,
bind a handkerchief around the head :
| and 60 to bed. This is all wrong. The
better way is not to rub the eye With
the clnder In at all, but rub the other
| eye as vigorously asyou like. A few
years since was riding on an engine
OF the last express from Blngh ampton
to Corning. The engineer, an old
| schoolmate of mine, threw open the
| front window, and | caught cinder
that gave me the most excruciatlng
pain. | began to rub the eye with
both hands. ''Let your eve alone, and
rub the other eve" this from the en-
gineer). thought he was chatting me
and worked the harder 81 know you
DOCTORS think you know it all; but II
you will let that eye alone and rub
the other one the cinder viii be out
in two minutes persisted the engi-
neer. I began to rub the other eye,
and soon felt the cinder down near
to take it out ''Let it alone and
keep at the we'll eye shouted the
doctor pro. tenn. | did so for a
moment longer, and looking in a
small glass, he gave me, found the
offender on my cheek. Since then /
have tried it many times and have
advised many others. and | have
never known it to fail in one instance
(unless 1t was as sharp as a piece of
steel, or something that cuts into the
ball and requires an operation to re-
move it,. Why it is so lido not know,
but that it is SO do know, and that
one may be saved much suffering if
one will let the injured eve alone and
rub the well eye. Try 1.-THE Medi-
cal Summary.
Many remedies at one time or an
other have been proposed for the sur
gical condition following the applica-
ton Of excessive heat to the body,
and while some of these are OF value, /,
all are more or less unsatisfactory.
The alienation OF the pain and suffer
ing attendant upon burns is one of
the most important points in the
case toward which the surgeon directs
his efforts. The shock from this cause
alone is sufficient oftentimes to pro-
duce death, and always is great. Ac-
cidentally | recently discovered a,
remedy which is easily applied and ex.
ceedingly prompt in its action. was
called in some haste to a little child
some weeks ago who was badly
burned about the hands and face from
falling on a hot stove. The burns
were deep, the pain excessive and the
shock very considerable | sent to
the drug store for q mixture
OF limewater, olive oil and carbolic
acid. While waiting for this [ prepar-
ed to give the child a hypodermic in
lection OF morphine, with which to al
lay the agony, which was so great
that commissions seemed imminent.
While was getting ready to do this [
espied upon the shelf bottle OF pinus
canadensis Canada Ealsam. some
times called "Balm OF Gllead" color
less) Remembering it's wonderful
soothing influence in acute infamma-
tions | at once concluded to try it.
Taking a corner of a soft handkerchief
[ rapidly painted the injured parts,
when, like magic, the pain ceased.
You can we'll imagine my surprise and
delight at the result. [ directed a.
camel's hair brush to be purchased,
and had the mother make free appli-
cations, and the case had no more.
treatment, save a Ettleiod oform ONT
ment later on Since then [ have.
tried it in several cases, both slight
and severe and with the same delight
full results.