Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-25
THE BODY AND ITS HEALTH.

NIrro- GIycRRrNE AS MEDIcINE.-Mr.
Blaine's physicians are reported, says the
Sun, to have said that several times
his life has been recalled by the adj
ministration of nitro-glycerine.' Nitro
glycerine, although comparatively
ssnew drug as the doctors call it, is
now commonly used as heart stimulant.
1t is administered either hypodermic-
ally or internally in cases where heart
failure has occurred, or is imminent, and
is remarkably quick in its effects in re-
lieying arterial tension. The average
dose is 1-1O0th of grain, although in ex-
ceptional cases as large dose as 1-25th
of a grain is administered. In the drug
stores nitro-glycerine, in liquid form,
dissolved in alcohol, is known as
4splonoinum, and in soluble compressed
form as tablet triturates of nitro-gly-
cerine." Glonoinum is prepared in
various strengths, but most frequently in
one-tenth, that is, one part of nitro
glycerine in nine parts of alcohol. When
this is to be administered by hypodermic
injection one-tenth of grain of glonoin-
um is diluted in ten drops of distilled
water, and the injection is made with the
usual hypodermic syringe under the
skin on any convenient part of the body.
The effects of even so mild dose are
apparent in very few minutes, bring
ing an almost imperceptible pulse up to
nearly normal, or, at least, what the
doctors call "fairly good" In this city
such treatment is used in the hospitals in
the case of weak heart, resulting from
sunstroke, or, to cite more seasonable
possibility, where heart failure is pres
ent, or anticipated, in pneumonia or
kindred diseases. In the latter class OF
cases the dose is generally administered
internally. The druggists have not yet
classed nitro glycerine among their pop
ular poisons with persons intent on sui
eide or murder Yet it is quite as potent
for death, used as drug, as it is in the
better-known shape of an explosive. A
case has been legally decided in which
death was criminally produced by this
poison. How its ultimate effects as a
poison are manifested, the reporter who
gathered this information last evening
did not learn, but the dose he took, ex-
perimentally, by turning bottle one
tenth strength gloninum against his
tongue, had the effect of liberal cock
tail before dinner or strong cigar be-
fore breakfast in the way of giddiness.
Glonoinum is colorless liquid, sweet
and pungent to the taste.
ADVICE TO NERVOUS WOMEN. DIR. L.
f. Bryson contributes to the Christian
Union the following valuable article, the
careful perusal of which is commended
to nervous women = States of nerv
business in women arise from
various causes and are called by
different names Sometimes they are
due to malaria, to fright, to infectious
fevers, worry, domestic strain, to defec-
tive education, to lack of exercise and
proper food, to insufficient sleep, or to q
combination of too much amusement ano
overstudy. Causes vary widely, and are
complicated in almost every case. There
NAV be mental depression, confusion
forgetfulness, insomnia and loss of appe
tite as symptoms; pain in the back OF
the neck, in the back and about tn,
head: tremulousness, vertigo and palpi
tation, together with various morbiC
fears and special insistent thoughts of
depressing character. Whatever form
nervousness in women may assume, tw
definite conditions are usually present
over-sensitiveness to external impres
sions, to light heat and cold, to sound
form and color, to the ideas of others, t
the petty cares and real trials O
everyday life; and alteration in the blood
either in quantity, quality or composition
To enrich the blood and give tone t
the nerves is the first aim in the trea
ment. This is done by relieving tn
naturally imperfect nervous organization
when it exists, by removing excitin
causes in the woman's surroundings, b
removing all reflex bodily causes, an
the administration of well-selected gel
eral and special remedies. Nervous w
men need nitrogenous and fatty fooC
with plenty of water; exercise or work
the open air, early hours and plenty
sleep, and an orderly and well-regulatC
life. This sounds like Greenough's vel
complv idea of happiness. III
clever sculptor considered that hapI
ness consists in health, wealth, and I
Quilted affection-about all there is
perfect living The requirement
health for nervous women seems often
sum up the impossible. But compr
mise can be made with fate. Diet mi
be regulated, and some outdoor exerci
prescribed. heterogeneous. and fat
foods furnish the most nourishme
with the least expenditure
force. Hence their special value. L
Charles l.. Dana, who is an authority
this subject, allows his patients mca
fish, fowl of all kinds, bread sparingl
spinach, bee:s, and lettuce, and milk
small quantities. This diet brings abo
some loss of flesh, and to countera
this one disadvantage, half an oun
-four teaspoonfuls extract
malt in a tumbler of milk three times
day is recommended Stewed frui
apples, prunes, cherries, and fresh nc
fruits are allowed, but no other III
is the general rule. Let it be borne
mind, however that there are won
and women, some of whom are as mt
upset by stewed apples as an Engl
lord. of the conventional type, by glass
port wine. Simple food, SO called,
occasionally poisonous affair ~ for
stance. cuslards, plain cake aud ordin