Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-04-13
TIL FAMILY DOCTOR.

Con the prompt cure of ringworm
try rr. Taylors prescription compos q
az tonr grains of bichloride of mercury
-n one ounce of tincture of myrrh. or
core this is only for local applica-
ii as a paint.-Dr. Foote's Heath
N0Whiy.
DANDRUFF IN THE HAIR.-That very
noluying visitation of flesh, says Or.
10 Lewis. may be much more easily
rayrnted than cured To prevent 1t
avoid sharp combs and brushes, and
cont wash the head with cold water
Scratch the head with sharp brushes
produces dandruh, Dandrutf may be
ea ID on the hand by frequent scratch
in. In the case of the dandruif IN the
lar, the prevention is the cure Stop
scratching your head.
To REMOVE HEARTBURS.-As this is
usually symptom of some form OF
dv.pepsia, t. prevent it thoroughly, 1t
will be necessary to cure the disease.
Bnt great temporary relief may gener-
aly be obtained from the use OF ant
al Is. such rs magnesia, lime water,
etc. The great thing is to prevent 1t,
by tie use of proper diet. Dispose
OF pastry as YOU would if you knew 1t
to lie half arsenic. Let others eat all
the sweet things. Take large proper
ton OF animal food, though not salt or
smoked meats. Salt and water, or VIM
egar and salt, over the stomach and
bowels, with plenty of friction, should
never be forgotten.
BATHING is conservative of health,
but III persons do not find it 50. \
cold plunge bath is 10y no means a
panacea for all human ills, as some
seem to think. An occasional wash
from head To foot in winter, and bath
ing frequently in summer. may be con-
sIdered among the valuable agencies
for promoting health. But | have
known delicate people to be injured in
stead of being benefited by cold bath
ing. For most persons wet sponge
pa sed over the surface and followed
soon by friction with a rough towel Is
bath enough for health purposes.
When a cold bath is not followed by a
good surface glow, it is doing more
harm than good. Heath and Home
PREVENTION OF PNEUMoNA.-OXygen
is the agent by which food is fitted &c
repair the waste of the system, and i
equally the agent whereby the eiletC
matter is fitted to be removed by the
lungs and kidneys This agent sc
doubly essential TO life and health, i
taken up 10y the lungs from the un
breathed air The amount necessary
is about equal to the amount OF food
In pneumonia, at its second stage, there
is an emulation into some portion oil th'
lungs. This speedily solidites anC
completely fills up the air cells. -
rapidly may this take place that TIVE
pounds Of such solid matter may be de
posted in twelve hours or less. Henc
the reason why pneumonia Is sometime
so quickly fatal. In case of recovery
this matter softens, is absorbed into tn
circulation, and eliminated by the pro
per organs, leaving the lungs I'm
harmed. If the worn out material q
the system is more than the lnhale
oxygen can prepare for removal. 1t nc
eumulates, giving rise TO various al
ments, and is often deposited at som
points where there Is some local dl'
turbancc. II NAV be thus deposite
in the lungs when irritated 10y cold
but no cold causes Pneumonia unles
there il thus undue amount OF ctlet
matter in the blood The old are pre-
disposed TO il from the changes whic
ace effects in the lungs and chest walls
and so are the very young, from tine M
developed condition of their hrcat'un
powers. But he easy-lOvlng. hlgh-ll
ing, middle-aged gentlemen are lab
TO it from their habits of life. and so al
the sedentary, from very different haI
its, but which equally keep the il
breathed oxygen unequal to the bodi
waste A few minutes spent daily
exercise adapted to expand the che
would permanently enlarge its capaci
and enable the lungs TO take in a corr
spending increase Of air-au incre $
say from twenty TO sixty cubic feet
L.. You'll T,o,,.o.,,. ion