Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-17

NOSe Dleeu.-GraSp the nose nrmly
with the finger and thumb for ten or
fifteen minutes. thus completely stop
ping the movement of air through the
nose. which displaces freshly formed
clots. This will favor the CLOTHING of
the blood and will frequently stop
hemorrhage.
Nervous headache Apply a sponge
soaked in hot water on the back of the
neck and behind the ears. If the relief
is not immediate repeat the applica-
ton. In cases of neuralgia headache
wear a capcine plaster between the
shoulder blades for several days and
take a Lady Webster pill every other
night until relieved.
Burns.-Apply n mixture of castor
oil ard the white of eggs. Break the
eggs into a bowl and gradually pour in
enough castor oil while the eggs are
being beaten to make a thick creamy
paste. Apply to the burn with a feath-
er. Repeat the applications often
enough to prevent the paste becoming
dry or sticky. 1t is best to abstain from
any dressings, leaving the surface un-
covered.
Chapped Hands.-An excellent gly-
cerine ointment for chapped hands is
made by melting with a gentle heat
two ounces of sweet oil of almonds,
half an ounce of spermaCeti and one
dram of white wax. When melted, re-
move from the stove and add an ounce
of glycerine and stir until the mixture
is cold. The ointment can be scented
with any perfume to suit the fancy.
Keep it in wide necked bottles.
Deafnes3.-Noises in the ear are not
very ~tractable. Ringing. rushing, roar
ing or rustling in the ear may occur
from irritation of the nerve of hearing.
This irritation is felt temporarily in
many affections like sick headache and
epilepsy and in cases of impaired gen.
eral health, as In govt, anacmia or
Bright's disease. 1t may be caused by
accumulated wax in the car but oft
ener by catarrhal Inflammation when
the nerve is irritated. Bromide of po-
tassium in two to f~ive-grain doses and
sodium salicylate in five-srain doses.
taken once or twice q day have some
times relieved. Only small doses of
such remedies should be taken without
a physicians order. Treatment of the
middle ear for catarrh is often very
unsatisfactory. Inhalation or breath
ing a medicated steam made with TO-
dine is harmless. Draw this steam up
ward through the nostrils. 1t is made
by putting a few drops of tincture OF
iodine in water not too hot.
Rheumatism-A young girl suffer
ing from grippal angina was subse-
quently attacked by acute %articular
rheumatism. She had been temper
arily relieved by ~salicylate of sodium
and then her condition became sta
tionary. At this time the administra-
ton of lemon juice was begun. In
eight days there vas marked improve
ment. At the end of fifteen days the
patient was entirely cured. Another
case was treated with saiicylates for
three weeks with out much success but
as soon as the lemon juice was begun
the results were the same as in the
first case. In fifteen days there was
complete cure. The first case in a
second series of cases was treated
from the beginning with lemon juice.
The results were encouraging. Still
another case, a chronic rheumatic
treated by this method was relieved of
severe pain. The treatment is begun
by giving two lemons, this number be-
ing increased to four, then to six and
so on till the patient shows marked i'm
provement and then the dose is kept
uniform at what is considered the eff
fective point.