The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-21

diet is of the utmost Importance The
patient should not be starved, but should
be given an abundance of food which is
readily assimilated and rapidly, oxygen
ated. The accustomed diet should be
gradually changed. Hot water with milk
and salt should be substituted for tea
and coffee. Meats, starchy foods and
fruits should be given; also foods rich
in alkalieS to increase the aIkaiinity of
the blood. Eat slowly, much and in
variety. Cold water baths, accompanied
by friction, improve the oxygen absorb
ing and carrying properties of the blood
and also diminish the quantity of acid
phosphate and increase alkalinity sun
light has a decided influence over the
blood of the asthmatic and the cold
bath should be taken, when possible,
in the sunlight. An increase in altitude
causes an increase of the red blood
corpuscles, but the asthma returns when
the patient returns to a lower altitude
unless hyg1enic trea tment is instituted
The habttual use Of alcohol should not
be allowed and smoking should be for
b1dden Patients should above-aH avoid
malarial districts
The most nutritious form Of bread Is
doubtless corn bread, and it is a better
diet especially for those suffering rom
kidney and liver disease Owing to It's
stimulation of the fntestines it also great
~ aids then inperforming Gheir evacuak
tive function normally and thus prevents
constipation. While it is more nutritious
than wheat bread, is is also cheaper, is
more easily and readily prepared, and re-
qu1reS but little skill to prepare IT. Poor
~ cooked wheat bread is a common cause
of Indigestion, but corn bread is open to
none of the faults of wheat bread since
II is never soggy, heavy or tough or so
liable to fermentation, nor does it re-
qu1re such quantities to satisfy the ap-
petite. In cases of acid indigestion, SOU
quotations, wind in the stomach. etc.,
great relief will doubtless follow the sub
stitution of corn bread for ordinary
wheat bread, 1t may be made in
variety Of forms, but while the addition
of sugar makes it more palatable IL
should not, as a rule, be used as it is
likely to cause fermeptat ton.
one of the methods for relieving Sleep
lessness is to raise the head Of the bed
about twelve inches, or to cut off a foot
from each Of the legs at the foot This
depends upon the theory that the brain
is more or less deprived of blood during
sleep, and that sleep depends upon this
comparative bloodlessness Even rails
ing the head of the bed only a few inches
by putting several Stats under the head
OF The spring bed will often lead to rest
full sleep.
A~NtSl+4IIIoOIiS d learned English
medical investigator, recently started the
interesting question: do those who are
seriously i'll ever sneeze? He himself does
not recollect to have ever seen any but
fairly healthy persons sneeze, and he
thinks that the popular superstition that
sneezing is a sign of good luck may be
due to the fact that the act is restricted
to those in fair health
PRESCRIPTIONS.
For sweating hands the journal Mede-
cine de Paris recommends: Borax.
drachms salfcylic acid, drachms; boric
acid, l drachm; glycerine, ounces; df-
lutte alcohol, 2 ounces. Apply, with frfc
ton, or 4 times a day.
For the treatment of chills and fever.
Dr Imam states that the following will
surely cure the chill no matter what
kind sulphate of quinine, 80 grains:
suiphuric acid, Is drops; FowIer's soIu-
tlon' drachms; tincture of murate of
iron, drachms; tincture of capsIum,
drachms; distilled water su1scient To
make ounces. The dose is a teaspoon
full every four hours until four doses
nave been taken; then three times day
as needed. LEON NEAL