The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-22
mo- Check Ale Nose Rleed

Nose bleed is so common i'll child
hood that little account is ordinarily
made of it. Where it occurs repeated
ly without apparent provocation, how
ever. effort should be made not only
to check the immediate attack, but tC
ascertain the cause of the trouble. II
is well known that heart disease, con-
gestion of the liver and other condi-
tions affected by or affecting the cir
cuation of the blood predispose to nose
bleed, and considerable anxiety is fire.
quently felt lest the nose bleed OF
childhood may be the result of serious
constitutional causes. Most commonly
the cause is local The best means OF
checking the Immediate attack is pres
sure with the finger on the upper lip,
just beneath the noStrils. A small pad
1f absorbent cotton or a piece of hand
kerchief may be placed inside the lip,
and tightly pressed against the gum
from without, thus COMPRISING the
two small arteries of the upper lip that
supply the nose. These can ordinarily
be felt pulsating in this locality. If
the bleeding is profuse or prolonged,
the child should be placed in a reStful
position, but with the head elevated,
while ice may be held TO forehead or
the back of the neck. To decrease still
further the blood pressure within the
vessels of the nose, a mustard foot
bath is of service. In the meantime
blowing the nose must be avoided.
Plugging the nostrils both in front and
back is "a last resort to keep the suf-
ferer from actual peril. The predispos
ing causes of nose bleed are, as has
been said, commonly local. Careful
examination of the nose by the physl-
clan is, therefore. always necessary in
recurring attacks. Diseased areas in
the nose are usually found, in which
the vessels are spongy and unnatural
ly turgld. The depression of the child
health caused by repeated attacks of
nose bleed not infrequently requires at
tentfon. If the trouble is due to sys-
tematic weakness, attention is to be
directed to an improvement
of the general condition: while if the
lungs are themselves weak, repeated
attacks of nose bleed are sometimes in
dieations of the need of a change of
or of proper physical exercise
at home. The formation of scabs or
crustS, often attended in childhood
with picking the nose, must not be
overlooked as a cause of nose bleed.
may be required to pre-
vent the formation of an unfortunate
be treated with ointment or other sim
pie means of healing.-Medical Journal.
Unpleasant Table Talk.
If there is ever time when one
should particularly avoid unpleasant
it is at table 1t has
been said that a merry heart aids di-
yestion, and certainly ill-timed remarks
md gossip are not conducive to state
# content The hostess, therefore, who
las the tact to keep the conversation
It dinner in happy channel, or the
woman who can guide the table talk
1t home in a CHEEKY channel is a mis-
ionary of more import than she often
ealizes.
An excellent example of this thought |
5 given in the story of a young mat |
on, around whose table some distin- |
-uished men and women were gath |
red, and who was startled by the loud |
tatement of her guest of honor |
hat he had spent the day in the court |
DOM, where a scandalous divorce case
INVOLVING the honor of a we'll known
IAN and a hitherto much loved wom-
n was then being tried. The hostess,
18th all the courteous entreaty of a
dice too pleading to be offensive, in
Forgive me, general but it is sor-
owful enough to know it is going on;
lease do not talk of it,
Although robbed Of his proposed
osition of reporter, the general. with
new Difference in his manner. said:
beg your pardon; l forgot that you
light not be interested" and himself
d the conversation in a different di-
ection.
My hostess achieved something for
erself," he said, in telling the story
fterward, something for her fellow
omen and much for the young men
bout her, by plainly and definitely
lowing her deserved displeasure.''-
Inquirer.