The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-07

r. SUI consumption, and tha
Ike, and is also a premonitorv s,-nnto-S
OF locomotor ataxia (tbe main - IN
case occurring in the lower e@-4re--,f-fl-S
OF OF more or less widespread 1eeran ,iss.l
alton of the nerves.
The acute treatment of neuralgia co,
olStS Oh local and internal medication
o oponee saturated with hot water. placed
over the part, will relieve the pain 81
4east temporarily, Or a hot water bag
WIN answer the same purpose. On tbe
oeher mana ice may bring relief and
Hpiaytns ether or some other big4,Iz,
nolahelle hquId onto the painful rars
- IN e1i atoniizer is of use. Laudsnuia
VI pdreSorlc, may be spTinkled On q
o,eaii |rung out in hot water an taus
dpplieo, pelng covered with a Iiece IF OIL
SILK chloroform may he used IN ~
same way, but it is sure TO make . bI-..-
ter few drops of oil OF rc4, O r-f-+
may De rubbed over the parts bdt ne1.
lhol is much more eleaniy a7I %
Nehlent. Cocaine, being naesely j c II,
neouS anaestnetlc, does not Dentt -..fA
tiloush the skin. and is therefore e. II,
.alUe IN relieving nerve pain unless. ~ *
injected into the flesh. q lsngereYys 49,,
tice On account of the habit OF Gre
atlnS habit. Tincture ofsacz rite y -Fr,4-
ca ONO the skin, untfr il tinSIas. wiz 81.
ten bring relief, but it is dane o,s. il
Is one OF TIE edge tools Of medic n nos
safe Tor household practice. ana 10. al
ways properly used by physicians.
internally, the old stan1-bvs we o e.noA
laudanum or some ether prepar.,,i.7 Of
opium or morphine, but the neve 6-,,rs
nave taken their place ASIDE f.om tie
danger OF causing the drug habit thcv
nave an injurious effect wbi h
is not desirable. AcetaniI.d in 60
three to eight-grains doses. or pb,nsce-
TN IN the same doses, will usiia Is re-
HeVe nervous pain in an almost I7,aefoaJ
manner and leave no after effects or
complications. Either of these may be
gwen with two grains Of citrate Of caf
Ielne II there is marked exhaustion. or
with fifteen to twenty grains of bra-
Inioe OF potash, if there is marked ex-
cltement and irritability In brow n5{1-
ralgla a fve-grain pill OF croton chi raj
may De given, every two hours until the
pam subsidies, and this remedy is also
valuable when the pain is due 10 decay
ed teeth.
Migraine Is a neuralgia form of head
acne. 1t may be due to brain disease.
out more often to eye strain and will
disappear when this is the case as soon
as the eyes are relieved by properIy
Itted glasses. Tincture OF cannab:s in
dlca, III twenty-drop doses. every hour.
is a good remedy, for the acute attacks.
provided the cannabis indica is good
put much of this drug commonly sold is
unrenaple, varying in strength from alb
SoIuteIy none to q dangerous degree 50
that person finding relief from one
preparation may get none from another.
and be poisoned by another in the same
dose.
Hare recommends antipyrine Is grains.
citrate of caffeine, 10 grains: bromide OF
potash, 70 grains; to be divided into five
powders, one of which IS TO be taken as
nee.sed. This relieves migraine speedily
but makes bilious headache worse on
account of the caffeine in it. AnyI nj
trlte is recommended as an inhalation
IN to 5-drop doses but this is violent
remedy and the sensation is as If the
the head were bursting. In most cases
however, 1t relieves the pain at once.
II mas an agreeable, fruity odor and Is
better known as a remedy for attacks OF
angina pectoris. 1t comes in glass buIbs
known as pearls, one of which can be
crushed In a handkerchief, when neeesed
but this remedy should not be indiscrim
inately used
In rheumatic persons migraine is often
and then salicylic acid is indi-
Gated, either in pill form, or better in
syrup Of bitter orange or ginger after
meals, since this drug. in concentrated
form irritates the stomach and Ga ,1ses
gastric inflammation
OF neuralgia pills there is a legion, but
a good formula contains sulphate Of
quinine, II grain; sulphate of morphine,
lilo grain; sulphate OF strychnine. 1-l2o
grain; arsenfous acid, $50 grain: extract
of aconite, 1-S grain. This makes one Pill
The dose is one pill repeated in an hour
In acute attacks and the same pill may
be taken three times day to prevent
the occurrence of an attack. True. this
Is sort Of shotgun remedy. but these
arc often most eff1cacious in domestic
practice and even physicians resort TO
them. in many cases. where they want
to be sure to hit the cause of the disease
and do not exactly know what that cause
is. Leon Noel.