The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-04

year, the temperature rarely falling be-
| low 40 degrees F. and an almost
perpetual summer existing. He believes
that In this climate persons suffering
| from diseases OF the kidneys will have
| their lives prolonged and be able to live
| in perfect comfort
Patients suffering from heart disease
often secure a certain amount of ease
| from pain and relief from oppression by
placing the hand over the heart. DR..
| Abee, having noticed this fact, has re-
Gently invented q disc-shaped compress
attached to a band which Is bucl6led
| around the body. the compress lying
over the apex of the heart and taking
the place of the hand with most satisfac-
| tory results.
A curious case is reported where
| child about three years old was suTo-
| Gated to death while being treated for
| diphtheretic sore throat. The mother
was spraying the throat of the little pa
| tient when an attack Of coughing caused
the tip of the atomizer to become loos-
ened 1t was sucked into the throat by
| the child and lodging in the air passages
caused death before medical aid could be
summoned.
Webb recommends method of treating
| improving toenails which Is especially no
| ticeable for It's simplicity. A piece or
wire has small loop formed In 1t and
| this loop is slipped under the free end
| of the nail. The ends of the wire are
| then carried over the nail so as 10 ex-
| ert a leverage on the nail and strapped
| in this position to the back of the toe
with a strip of adhesive plaster
-
In the case of a well developed girl,
fourteen years of age, who was men
tally backward and did not sleep well, an
examination by the rays showed un'
usual thickness of the skull, and ex'
perts concluded that the girls condition
was due to pressure of the over thick
! skull. A large piece Of bone was loosen
| ed by saws to allow expansion OF the
| brain and considerable Improvement fol-
lowed.
There is no doubt but that music Is
| beneficial In the treatment of disease
| especially Of a nervous character. In
| France this has been practically applied,
as the military bands visit the military
hospitals once or twice week to play TO
| the inmates, and 1t is now proposed to
extend this practice to include the gen
eral hospitals in garrison towns.
The lung, supposed to be a very deli
!
we're treatment. DR.. Jove has reported
! a case where a tack remained in pa
| tents lung seven years and was finally
! coughed up. A month after the patient
| was practically well and able to resume
! his occupation, only a slight cough re-
naming.
! Dr. Macnaughton-Jones, speaking Of
! the correlation In women between insan-
| itIy. NOWADAYS hXS-
| teria-the word is used in the broadcast
| sense-is too often made the exucse for
| bad conduct Of all sorts, from murder and
| theft down to inattention to church and
untidiness In attire.
PRESCRIPTIONS.
For painful bruises DR.. Whelply rec
| ommends the following in the Medical
| News: Tincture of aconite, tincture Of
| opium. and chloroforn, of each. one-hak
| an ounce To be used externally. Label
| poison and shake we'll before using.
| In asthma the spasm Of difficult breath
| ing may often be relieved by the fumes
| of burning nitre. The simplest form Of
! nitre paper is made by soaking blotting
| paper in a solution of 1 ounce of nitrate
| of potash in ounces of water. The pa
| per is then dried. A piece about as large
as a playing card is folded across the
| middle and placed tent-fashIon on a
| plate. 1t is to be lighted at the angle and
! allowed to smolder. not to flame. The
patient sits near 1t and inhales the fumes
| Another formula is composed of pow
| dered stramonium leaves and powdered
| belladonna leaves, Of each ounce; pow
| dered nitrate Of potash, ~ ounces; pow
| dered opium, Is grains. Place q little on
plate in a cone-shaped heap, light at
| the apex and inhale the fumes.
Leon Noel