The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-10
Medical Notes.


citrate of ammonia and solution OF ace
tate of ammonia, the latter of which
should be freshly made as occasion re-
quires it's use. Each of these drugs has
a greater or lesser influence on the Kid
news. increasing the flow of urine, 1ni
acting more or less on the skin, and 9TH
erwise promoting the elimination from
the blood of foreign and noXious SUD
stances which may have accumulated in
it as a result of congestion, inTlammauoh
or disordered functions
The following prescription is gooh
combination:
Solution of acetate of ammonia ounces
SPIRITS of chloroform. drach.n
Nitrate of potash. .............' to grams
Syrup of tolu...-...-... . ouil N,,
Water .....-. .........-......'... uldcni'i9
Dose-A tablespoonful with as much
water. every two hours until relieved
The nitrate of potash may be repla ED
nv chlorate of potash, and the syrup "t
tolu by an equal quantity of syrup or
orange with a drachm or two of syrup
of squills.
Where there is high fever and raplo
pulse. the heart beating strongly ana
the blood vessels feeling full and unoer
great tension, we should give aconlte' re-
Numbering that this is to medicine what
the lancet is to surgery, and is IN us
effects equivalent to blood lettlng- LIE
ratient should be watched and the AGO
rite discontinued as soon as the temper
AZURE as shown by the clinical thermom-
eter. falls and the pulse approaches the
normal Giving it ito clinch the effect
as it Is sometimes called that is, CIV
ing aconite after the heart has re-
sumed its normal beat, is dangerous, ana
may be followed by depression, from
which the patient cannot be rallied.
Aconite may be given in drop doses
of the tincture, in water every hour or
two. or a drop may be added to each dose
of prescription No /, or the following
prescription may be used:
Syrup of tolr ................... ounces
Syrup of sQullls ..............- qfacnIns
Sweet spirits of nitce- .......... dracnms
Pa, egoric ......................... vi dcHi1o
Tincture of aconite .............SO drops
Dose-A teaspoonful every two or three
hours.
The paregoric in this mixture has a
sedative effect, allaying irritation in the
throat and lungs and thus quoting
cough. In case, however, opium or its
preparations cannot be borne. it may be
replaced by hyescy anus as follows:
Syrup of tolu ................. ounces
Sweet spirits of nitre .......... a drachns
Tincture of hyoscyamus . ounce
Syrup of lemon ...-...........4 QrdcllnS
Dose-A teaspoonful once in two or
three hours.
Another good prescription, especially
where there is much cough and diff
Guilty in expectorating the viscid mucus,
is:
Decdorzed tincture of opium. Y drachm
Muriate of ammonia. .........3 drachms
Extract of licorice. .............3 drachniS
Syrup of ipecac ..............,4 drachns
Syrup of squills ..............1 ounce
Syrup of wild cherry. ........1 ounce
Water ................ ...........S1 a drachms
Dose-A teaspoonful every hour.
If there is. constipation, common oc-
currence in a cold, due to the torpldlty
of the liver and bowels and other organs
aud functions, it is essential that some
laxative be taken Castor oil was once
The favorite remedy, but at present is
replaced by more elegant preparations,
such as the elixir of cascara sagrada,
which may be given alone or in combin-
alton, as follows:
Elixir of casca-a sagrada .....2 ounces
Tihcture of hyoScyamuS .......1 ounce
Sweet spirits of nitre. .,.........4 drachms
Dose-A teaspoonIul once in two or
three hours.
One of these remedies ought to cure the
cold, but il is useless to take any one of
them and neglect common sense p.ccaG-
lions. There is no treatment that ydn
check a cold if the patient keeps add
ing to ii any more than the firemen can
Put out a fire il some one keeps throw
flg oil on it. And queer rs it may seem,
Il person may catch cod or add to 1;.e
indoors as well as out of doors. 1t ism
cold air that causes cold; it IS
draught of air, or a sudden change from
an Overhcated room to a chilly atTnS S
phcTe. The pores of the skin, winch
may be lkened to little doors, can't shut
fas. enough to prevent the cold air
str king at the Nta1s. Carele sSness IN
many respects concerning undue or IA
wise exposure is giving the latch key, 50
to speak, TO death With the colo hatNiS
Clothing seems the natural protection
against cold and colds, but as Il fact, SG
dress too warmly as a rule Letter car
riers teamsters, and others who are Ct
necessity much out of doors do not as a
rule wear overcoats but they keep ever
active and on the move while about
treir business and let the body do It's
own heating from Within they do not
loiter and it is this that gives them m
nunity from colds although their habitu-
alton to severe weather also mas us
toughening effect.
The man or woman, the other
hand, who heaps on wrap after wrap
and mufIleS the throat is like one who
tries to keep house warm by mailing
on felt or building paper saround the
outside and lets his furnace fire smol-
the house is chilly and damp. 1t is like
an ice chest, and that is just what the
overlooked man Or woman makes OF
his body when he is bundled up to the
ears; he puts his heart and lungs and
other organs on ice unless his or her
bodily heat is Of a high degree.
There is an old Spanish proverb,
''When the air comes through hole;
say your prayers to save your SOUL
The meaning Of this is draught, be
it ever so slight or small, is dangerous
to health. A man may give himself a
horrible cold just by Wetting the wrist
and holding it opposite an open keyhole
at the front door when the weather
outside is chilly. The blood is cooled
rapidly just as steam pipes running out
of doors would be cooled off, and thus
lower the heat of the water in the
boiler In fact, the circulation of the
blood has for one of its objects the
heating of the body, and 1t may be
house heating Anything that cools off
any part of this system acts upon the
whole. ndGcing the temperature and
lessening the speed of circulation. So
under the effects of cold, if the body
is well supplied with fuel. we say it is
bracing, it makes the blood circulate
faster; but if the fuel is insufficient to
keep the fire agoing to make up for the
dlSsipated heat the rapid circulation be-
comes slow, slower and sluggish, like
cOld molasses
Remaining in wet clothes causes chilli
ness in a different way even though the
weather be warm or the room hot; in
fact. it causes cold faster in the latter
condition, Evaporation. that is the
changing of moisture into Vapor. is at
tended with abstraction of heat fact
that is taken advantage of by savagss
VINO know nothing of the science of the
idea, but have learned by experience that
a water cooler may be made of perpus
clay, the water -evaporating from the
external walls abstracting heat from that
within the jar, and thus cooling it. The
same erect is obtained by surrounding a
jar with flannel tightly applied and wet
ting it. It is for this reason that the
sense of chilliness is felt when we sit in