Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-04-18
THE LITTLE DOCTOR.
A Few Facts About a Few Things
Everybody Ought to Know.

lnTdSn.-l axe WHlJe Odh-DdIh, per
simmon bark, life everlasting and
sage; boil down strong, then put in
alum and honey. Wash the mouth and
gargle.
Cuts.-Apply spirits of %turpentine,
which will relieve the pain and pre-
vent Strips of court plaster
the cut exposed.
Bunions.-Take iodine twelve grains,
lard one ounce. Make into an oint-
ment by rubbing thoroughly together.
1t should be rubbed on gently two or
three times a day.
Rheumatism.-Half an salicy-
late of soda. half an ounce of wine col
chicum seed, one ounce of water, one
ounce of simple syrup. Mix well. Take
a teaspoonful three times a day in a
little water.
Warts.-Apply the oil of arbor vitae
twice a day and take in water six to
ten drops of the fluid extract every
three hours. Another remedy is to
wash the warts twice a day with salt
water and while wet sprinkle calomel
on them, which will change to mer-
curic chloride and kill them.
Neuralgia.-This properly speaking
is simply pain in the nerves. Try arc
matte spirits of ammonium, m ounce;
tincture of belladonna, one dram; com
pound tincture of lavender, up to two
ounces. Mixed. Dose, half a teaspoon
full in two ounces of water repeated
in half an hour. Dilute still more ii
necessary to protect the skin of the
mouth from the sharpness of the am
monia.
Colds.-The most severe cold taken
at the start car he routed by the use
of Quinine and hot lemonade, but they
should be taken on retiring and The
patient should remain in bed all the
next day in a well heated room. The
Juice of q lemon, half a teaspoOnful of
glycerine, the white of one egg and
four teaspoonfuls of graduated sugar
beaten together to a smooth compound
will afford great relief in hoarseness.
Alternative for Diseases of the Skin.
Try compound tincture of Peruvian
bark. six ounces; fluid extract of sarsa-
parilla, one pound; extract of lconium,
| one-half ounce; iodats of potash, often
| called hydriodate, one-half ounce;
iodine, one-half dram. Dissolve the eX-
tract of conium and the powders in a
little of the fluid and mix well. The
| dose is two teaspoonfuls three times
daily before meals until all is taken,
Shake the bottle we'll before using.
Goiter.-A physician gave iodipin to
a patient for ear trouble. The patient
also had an enlarged thyroid gland OF
soIter of about the size of ones fist
While no Improvement could be ne
ticed in the ear affection. the goiter al
once began to diminish until It disap
peared altogether. He then tried it in
another case with the came satisfac
tory results. The 10 per cent iodipir
was given in teaspoonful doses three
times a day. No by or after effects o
any kind were noticed.
Croup.-In Group, syrup of 1peca'
will relieve a child rapidly. When
vomits, all the passages in the regloI
involved are cleared. The mucuS belnI
, thus expelled and the muscular enor
having divided natures attention, a
we might say, the child breathes NOR
! freely and will lie down and sleep. IN
} same result follows when a child l
Z stuffed III with a cold or dangerousl
i'll with capillary bronchitis. The &C
} of hearty vomiting has an eXcellen
I and speedy effect. Give a teaspoonfu
( of syrup of ipecac and repeat ever
) halt hour until the child vomits.
! Dyspepsia.-rhe juice OF the lemo
( diluted with four times its bulk c
) warm or cold water and drank withou
s%weetening half an hour before eatin
( wnl afford great relief in some form
5 of dyspepsia because OF the increase
} flow of saliva which the citric acid COZ
Z tanned in the lemon produces. Pr
{ pared in the same way, If taken earl
) in the morning and just before goln
I to bed at night, it is an excellent an
harmless stimulant for a torpid
\ still better but more disagreeaoi
, way Of preparing it for the same pu
nose is to make a cold decoction {
boneset, strain and to each pint ad
? the Juice of three lemons. Drink a fe'
l swallows after eating and upon retl
: ing at night.