The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-10
THE FAMILY MEDICINE CHEST

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TEE FAMILY MEDICINE CHEST.
Here are @ set of suggestions from
Womankind, which Mrs. Emma Pad
dock Telford recommends to be pasted up
on the inside Of the closet door or
medicine chest, where they could be
referred to in a hurry:
In case of tainting, place the body in
q horiz ontal position, with the head
low; sprinkle cold water on face, neck
and chest; loosen the clothing and ex
pose the patient to fresh air. Camphor
or ammonia applied to the nostrils will
also prove ehcacious, though the lat
ter must be used with caution.
Broken limbs should be placed in
natural position and the patient kept
quiet until the arrival of the physi
clan.
Cramps in the stomach usually yield
to a ~teaspoonful of ginger, stirred in a
half glass OF hot water in which a half.
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Nervous spasms are usually CONTROL.
ed by a little salt taken into the mouth,
and allowed to dissolve.
A patient suffering from sunstroke
should be carried into O cool room, and
cloths wrung out of cold Or ice water
applied to the head. These should be
large enough to envelop the whole
head, and changed often. a bladder
(or bag Of oiled silk partially filed
with pounded ice and placed on the
head ia beneficial.
For nose bleed, battle the face and
neck with cold water, and, rolling q
little piece OF white paper in atight
roll, place it under the upper lip, where
it will press against the gum. If the
bleeding does not readily yield, plug
the nostriIs with q soft roll Of cotton
cloth. 2
For neuralgia, apply hot, dry fan.
nels, as hot Rs can be borne.
For poison by poison oak or ivy,
take a handful Of quicklime, dissolve
in water and paint the poisoned part
with it. Two or three applications will
ordinarily cure the most stubborn
case.
For stings of insects, examine the
parts with a magnifying glass, and if
the sting is left in the wound extract it
with a small pair Of tweezsrs OF a sharp
penknife. Then apply dilute ammonia,
camphor, mud, baking soda, moisten-
cd, or even onion juice.
For the bite of q dog Oh cat, the
wound should be thoroughly sucked;
then the piece which has come in con
tact with the animals teeth should be
cut out or cauterized with a hot knit
ting needle, a tight bandage wound
closely about the wound to obstruct
the circulation, and the wound itself
washed i'm YARN water as long as It
will bleed. The same treatment will
apply to the bite OF q poisonous snake.
For burns the most important point
i'm their treatment is to at once exclude
the air. Sweet oil and cotton are
standard remedies, or -four and oil. Do
not remove the dressing until the in
Gammation subsidies.
IL an artery ia severed, tie @ small
cord or handkerchief tightly above it,
and inserting a round stick, imprOvise
a tourniquet to hold the flow in check
until the surgeon arrives.
Hemorrhages Of lungs or stomach
may be checked by small doses OF salt
and perfect quiet.
The sprain should be treated at once
to an application of water as hot as
can be borne. This may be done by
s~howering hot water upon it, or by hot
cloths applied Urgently.
ForLoroup, immerse the hands and
feet i'm hot mustard or soda water.
Great relief ia sometimes experienced
from drinking water as hot as can be
borne.
For sudden attacks of dysentery or
colo give equal parts of tincture OF
rhubarb, essence of peppermint and
camphor. Dose, ten to twenty drops
in a wineglass of sweetened water, at
intervals Of fifteen minutes.
For acute asthma or @ nausea, spread
q plaster with lard sprinkle with
black pepper, allspice and cloves, and
lay on chest or pit of stomach, as the
ease NAV demand.