Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
can sleep with the window open so much the
better for her complexion and well-being.
PIMPLEs AND HEADACHES.


can sleep with the window open so much tn
better for her complexion and well-being.
PIMPLES AND HEADACHES.
Fresh air by night and day is far NOR,
wholeSomely tonic than any amount of coo
bathing. The first approach of malaise will
girls should be signal for prompt curative
practice of the kind named. This prevents
the flushings and pimples, the headaches
and fractiousness of growing girls. Wher
malaise wholly disappears or a few day.
after is the time for cold sponging of the
back below the waist and the hip muscles
and q finish by rubbing with alcohol or bay
spirit is not at all out of the way. Such
treatment transforms girls from lumpish,
awkward creatures to supple, vivacious ones
If they are not educated to death over their
books. The complexion of black, purple
and livid yellow which remind one of the
colors of nightshade disappear under this
practice, and graceful carriage results from
the improved elasticity of the hip and leg
| muscles.
For acute abdominal or visceral pain of
whatever nature, in any age or sex, the
great cure is hot fermentation, which comes
under the head of bathing. The only limit
20 the heat is the endurance of the skin, and
it should be increased rather than allowed
to cool until the pain is subdued. Hot
water bags and bottles are delusion; they
are never hot enough and cool faster than
they get heated in my experience. Besides,
most heat is absorbed and exerts prompter
effect, so that the first thing when an attack
of cramps comes on, as it usually does in
the small hours, when vitality is lowest,
the first thing is to dip a yard of heavy
flannel in boiling water, wrap it in towel,
wiring by Its ends and apply to the skin
over the pain.
HOW TO RELIEVE NEURALGIA.
If you have to depend on dry heat keep
half dozen layers of thin manila or tissue
paper over the skin, and put the water bag
or hot flannel or brick over that. The
paper holds the heat and protects the skin
from changes too slight for notice by we'll
persons, but which cause acute grief in
attacks of pain. When face ache comes on
and other relief is not near, sheet of soft
paper held to the skin by a warm palm is
very comforting, as it protects the skin and
holds what little heat there is. Neuralgia
people never ought to be without two
things in their pockets, charcoal and soda
tablets, to correct the acidity which causes
the mischief, and some soft tissue paper to
apply to the pain.
While 1 am about 1t I will mention from
experience that perfectly lovely treat
mrnt for neuralgia is to brush the skin with
hot melted paraffine wax, and leave the
coating on as long as possible 1t peels off
very easily, and can be used again and
again, and no lotion is more exquisitely
soothing.
To enumerate titne of the variations of
relief by bathing devices will convince one
that bathrooms admit of great additions to
their usual conveniences The tile lined
rooms and silver or porcelain tubs of mil
llonalres have nothing to recommend them
but their pleasure to the eye. for the silver
tub is no whit better for all purposes of
holding heat than the bright tin one, and
the tile or marble is not half so good.
THE IDEAL BATHROOM
Try either and you will be content to fall
back on the well-polished tin, which does
not chill with its stony touch. The bath
room ought to be light and sunny, with
floor and walls painted and impervious to
moisture. A carpeted bathroom, often seen
IN city houses, is nuisance. There should
be some way of heating the room and warm
ing towels and clean clothes on racks. The
bright tub should be long enough to lie
down in, and sitz bath with a canvas seat
to support the body in the water should be
part of the furniture.
A shower bath is not necessary at all: but
hot and cold douche with flexible tube is
Indispensable. 1t does not give the system
one great shock like the shower, but concen-
trates stimulus where needed, gently or
otherwise In rheumatism, paralysis,
withered LIMB or eczema the play of
douche for to 10 minutes is most effective
stimulant. need only refer to the practice
ut Richfeld Springs for rheumatic ails.
which is hot soak for half an hour, fol. |
Owed by douche for fifteen minutes, with |
Incredible benefit. For women who worry |
about their undeveloped figures the warm |
louche, cooled to tepid over tine bosom, is |
he safest treatment, and the same is true |
or small legs and arms, care being taken |
lot to over douche. A hot douche flowing |
iown the length of the spine is sovereign |
or nerve ailments.
AMMONIA AND ALCOHOL BATHS
Bathing is carried to fine art in the best
public establishments, which number a list
# medlcated baths, quinine and iron baths
or malaria, oil baths and peat baths, tar
'aths and pine needle baths for consump-
ives, and creosote baths for eruptions.
Domestic practice is we'll equipped with
mmonia, alcohol and electric baths, which
re simpler than they sound. Ammonia
aths, given by sponging with hot or tepid
'dter WIN tablespoonful or two OF LIQUID
mmonia to the gallon, are of great benefit
n all disorders of acid or fetid perspiration,
$ in consumption, dyspepsia, tumors and
rheumatism, for which they should be taken
t least every other day. They are verv
greeable if spirits of lavender or toilet
'ater is added to perfume it. For refresh
ng and keeping up the strength the alcohol
ath In its varieties is supreme
If people would quit using alcohol inter-
ally and use it outside they would find
lore stimulus and support. 'Three fingers"
f good spirits is quite enough to sponge
ne from head to foot, and perfumes add to
s efficiency and pleasure. A tonic every
oman who exerts herself should keep on
and is bottle of the finest bay spirit, not
ommon bay rum, but the genuine St.
homas distillation. 1t costs only 81 for a
inc bottle full, which will bear much dilu-
on and yet be strong as anything ordi-
arily sold. The odor is delightful blend:
lg of biyarade orange and pimento with
ay laurel, and the lotion has magic over
eadache from brain work and fatigued
uscles, while poured, undiluted, on a
'onge and inhaled it quiets the nerves and
'nds one to sleep. SHIRLEY DARE.