The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-10
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The most trying time for a sick person.
says an authority, is between tho hours
or and IN tho morning. Vitality be.
comes diminished. ani The strength should.
therefore, be fortified az far as possible
with some strong food. either soup or ogs
o. milk. about midnight. The nurse should
alWayS make tho meals look as aempt-
ins as possible, with snowy eervictlcs
sparkling glass and always . flower or
tWo IN a deinty vase. Even spray OF
mignonette Will often work wonders In
interesting and pleasing the patient, These
small details are too often omitted by tho
nurse on the plea of not having time 10
see TO them, but they ought 10 be con-
sideret as essential 10 the progress OF the
patient as the punctual administration OF
the medicine itself. Often they are more
potent than this last. 1t Is very certain,
TOO, that the nurse who would find such
details OF her service irlSsome Is no true
nurse, and ought not to DO crrrusted
with the care OF a sios person. Further.
u Is mistake 70 leave untouched food
by a persons bedside in the hope that
he viii eat It later on. He win simply
De disgusted with food altogether. Many
| SICK people have a great craving for tea.
ana when this Is thu case the tea leaves
should be infused in boiling mix instead
or water thus forming a very strengthen
| ing and refreshing beverage.
Warts.
Warts are kind of outgrowth Of the
skin, composed OF hypertrophled papilu
which are covered by masses of epitnellal
cells. They are OF various shapes. and
may either have a smooth or q rough
and Irregular surface. Sometimes the sur
face Is granular. and they are then called
seed warts. They sometimes take a
thread-like form. or are attached to q
kind of pedical. in which case they are
Icr.a~ ltxr
may easily be removed by tying with n
fine piece OF white silk or by cutting with
scissors that have been r-cviousiy dIs.n-
fected, and stopping the -ry slight bleed
ing which may occur l.. me application
OF drop or balsa:n. N,aen large and
situated upon loose and movable skin
they can very easily be tied with silk
very tightly SO as to stop circulation I'm
them, and will drop off In the course OF a
few days; but In tho many cases In which
they are hard and are seated on a broad
base, 1t Is impossible to remove them so
simply. and then canstcs, such as faming
nitric acid are restorted TO, and very
ugly scars are apt to result In the case
OF hard warts on the hands the following
remedy may often be resorted to with
out danger. The wart sho,Ad be scraped
or cut down to the Level OF tho skin but
without making 1t bleed This is very
important as IL anyone attempts to do
this little operation for herself or for a
friend and draws blood. she may give
rise to blood poisoning, as the lay public
are not given to using instruments which
are pure from surgical point OF view.
After having scraped 1t down, touch the
wart with a glass rod or bone crochet
hook dipped In the following solution:
Iodine, parts; crystallized car'bolic acid,
q parts; alcohol. 2h parts. This is to be
prepared by weight by a druggist. In
applying 1t one should be most careful not
to touch the healthy skin. This applica-
ton will tend to soften the wart. and
then fresh scraping and another appil-
cation can be made on successive days