The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-19
MEDICAL NOTES.

| cough consists In the avoidance of every
| thing that may tend to maintain the irri-
! tatton for every paroxysm that can be
! averted tends to hasten the natural ter
minatfon Of the disease. The child should
! be kept in a we'll ventilated room, at d
uniform and comfortable temperature,
| protected from draughts, ali excitement
| or agitation of mind or body, quarreling
| or noisy play or the like avoided, and, If
| old enough. be persuaded to check, at
| any rate not to give way to, needless
coughing, though gentler suasion may be
used than that employed by the Prus-
| Sian eelonefs wife, who told DR.. Felix
| Nfemeyef that the most effectual cure
| was the horsewhip. The diet should be
| light. and solid meat withheld so long as
| the paroxysms are severe or there Is a
| tendency to vomiting; It is then better
| to discontinue regular meals and to give
! little food shortly after each attack,
for II half the usual interval be allowed
| to elapse the next attack will probably
| be accelerated.
Oranges are much reHshed and are to
| be recommended on several grounds. but
| on no account should the connective
| tissue or celluline be swallowed, for the
papier-mache-like pellets are ill-borne by
| the stomach, and with them the food is
| rejected; indeed, he has seen persistent
vomiting cease as soon as this simple
precaution is taken.
The pathological institute Of the New
| York state hospital for the insane has
recently reported a case Of great seien-
tlnc interest. 1t IS Of a case Of triple
| personality. A clergyman about twenty
| six years old, fell out of a wagon, strik-
| ing on his head. and was rendered UNI
conscious When he recovered conscious
ness he had completely lost his mind and
| his personality, hts mental condition be-
ing that or an infant. In the course of
| MS re-educatton he developed new per-
| sona1ty utterly different from the old.
he next manifested the phenomena of al
terhatlng personalities, first possessing
MS primitive personality and then chang
| ing To the acquired personality. Neither
| personality was at all conscious of the
| other so that the patient possessed a
| double consciousness, there being abso
| Iutely no communication between the
| TWO. BY keeping this patient without
| deep slumber, that is, in a condition be-
| tween sleeping and waking. he deyeIoped
thlrd personality, which was conscious
| or the other two personalities. and thus
hlled every gap in his memory
In the prevention Of tuberculosis DIR
Woodhead believes that if sputum can ha
collected and at once DESTROYED or star-
lllZeo II can never do harm but if If IA
dlIoWed to dry, become powdered and
mixed with dust it becomes a potent me-
ulun OF injection, spreading the disease
10 others. No tuberculous patient should
ever kiss any one and should ALWAYS
sleep IN a room by himself. Every house
IN which consuInptive has lived or ia
living should be thoroughly Ventilated
the windows being kept open as much az
possible that there may be a thorough
circulation Of air currents The yentfIa
ion snouId De such as to prevent the
tlis % ground air. SO as to prevent the
breathing OF air over again Dust in a
mousse where a constructive resides
snould be avoided: by all possible means
the HooFs and walls being cleansed with
moist cloths. The patient should him
ser lfVe IN the fresh air, both in and OUT
VI ooors' sunlight and open windows are
the best hygienic treatment and the best
preVentiYes: "09'
among the methods for the treatment Of
pnthtsls DR.. Barney recommends a. st4opeco
pain every morning. The patient shouId
stahd IN enough warm water to cover
the Feet and take q sponge bath with 1,5
! ter at about go degrees Fahrenheit He
! opposes the isolation of consrnnntives
ana believes that If climate is to be bena.
neral 1t Is only In the early stages. when
the person can take active exercise and
IN the majority of eases the climate In
winch they are treated and cured should
pc the same assthat. in which. thew hava
to live and work If restored to health -
apparent recovery occurs the natient
shouId be instructed to use a clinical thnr-
mon1eter several times a day for at Iea CT
year. and If there is any rise in boffIlv
temperature (denottng, fever) the patient
F shculo at once report to the physician. as
IeVer OF any kind may excite dorna nj
germs to renewed and baneful acttIyi+y
-
In periodical neuralgia, due to tha not
son OF malaria, Thomson reconmands
drachm doses of ergot repeated In two
nours' II necessary, and claims that this
treatment enectually relieves the pain. In
giving quinine he uses a mercurial laxa-
tive as preliminary, and to prevent irri-
tatloh or the stomach by single large
dose Of quinine he divides the dose info
three parts, each to be given at Intervals
or an hour, the last being given from one
to two hours before the expected chill
win each part of quinine he gives an
equal quantity of powdered ginger When
quinine has failed to effect a cure he has
found opium a valuable assistant. Pare
goric may be given in three daily doses of
half an ounce each with doses Of Is grains
each OF qutntne and ginger twice a day
According TO Dr. Epson. laxative foods
bran, oatmeal, figs. mustard-seed. and the
acid fruits are either mechanical or chem
ical irritants They leave a constituted
condition of the bowels after the immedf-
ate laxative effect is past. The drug hab-
1t, or the drastic food habit, is soon estab-
lished, and the condition is intensified
rather than improved. The best remedial
agent of the mechanical class Is the
product known white or LIQUID petro-
latum given by the mouth in doses of
two or three ounces. or say quarter to
half tumblerful. Liquid petroleum. has
the great adve ntage over olive oil and cot
ton seed oil used as an injection, because
1t reaches and soothes the mucous mem
brane Of the whole alimentary tract. It
Is absolutely non-irritant, it is lighter
than water, it does not distend the bow
els, and diminishes f1atulence It Is readi-
ly taken and well borne by infants.
The Lancet-Clinic, speaking of the busy
GCctor, says that the man who has little
business is always the ore most crowded
for time, and the little business he has
is his boss. The men who do the most
work and accomplish the greatest re-
suits always have time at their COM
mand and always boss their business |
They are rarely crowded and seldom in
a hurry. Visitors are received and made
f0 q hat to