Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-22
The Little Doctor

Bad Wounds.-Smoke with burned
flannel on which has been placed a
small quantity of ugar. Sprinkle a lit.
tie sulphur over the wound. bandage
and il will heal Immediately. A very
dangerous wound. made by sewing
machine needle, where the needle frag-
ments were found to have been bent
almost double against the bone, was
cured in this amer The danger of
lockjaw and extreme pain is thus
averted.
Opium Poisoning.-It is net general
~ known that death may be caused in
giving paregoric to children. Paregoric
ia made up of one-sixth per cent of
opium, the other ingredients being
anise. %glycerine, camphor and alcohol.
A dose of this drug for an infant
ranges from three to five drops and for
an adult twenty drops. It Is a common
remedy for cholera infantum. Children
hear opium badly and some are very
much more susceptible than others to
it, influence II is a common thing
for physicians to give II, however.
There are about two grains of opium
to an ounce of pare goric and not nor
than one drop ought to be given an
infant for cholera infantum.
Diphtheria-The following precau-
tons are necessary in m case of this
disease: The patient must be kept in
a room alone and no n admitted un-
less needed to give medicines or at
tend in others ways. No other per-
son should under any circumstances
occupy the same bed. Doors commun-
icating with other rooms which are
occupied should be kept closed. 1t is
al excellent plan to hang owe the
door a sheet moistened with a disin-
fectant solution. The person who acts
as nurse should not go near any well
children, if such approach can be pre-
vented but if such contact is necess-
airy she should put on clean clothing
after washing hands, face and hair
with a disinfecting solution.
The Carey Eye Treatment.-The
greatest advance made in the treat
ment of chronic eye diseases such as
paralysis or atrophy of the optic nerve.
%retinitis, pigmertosa or glaucoma has
been made by DR.. Carey of Baltimore.
His treatment consists of a compress
ed air vacuum with oscillation so as to
create a sort of massage movement in
and around the diseased parts so as
TO revify the circulation of blood and
thus restore the affected parts to
healthy condition. The treatment has
been introduced in Denver by DIR.
Heating and any of our readers who
may desire further information regard
ing it may address the editor of this
journal and the matter will be attend
ed to promptly.
Observation-Disclosures the
destruction of the disease germ and
consequent stay in spreading it. The
best way TO disinfect articles ii to des-
troy them by fire. Things which it is
desired to preserve are usually render
ed harmless by thorough soaking for
an hour in either of the following sol
utions: Corrosive sublimate one dram,
hydrochloric acid one ounce and water
one gallon or carbonic acid four
ounces and water n gallon. Label
each poison. Solution No. l may be
used to wash the walls and furniture
but metals in contract are injured. A
basin of ordinary soap and water and
one of these solutions, half strength
should be constantly near for the
nurse to wash her hands. Any article
infected by a patient should be plac'
ed in one of these solutions until II
can be burned. In fumigating by sui
phur pains should be taken to make
the room as air-tigth as possible that
the fumes may no escape. Clothes
bedding, etc, TO be exposed should be
spread out so as to allow the fumes
10 reach every part of them. The
amount of sulphur burned is of grea
Importance. 1t should equal at leasl
three pounds for a room ten fee'
square and the mount should be in
creased in proportion for larger
rooms.
Urinary Troubles.-Cystitis or in
fammation of the bladder may be OF
every grade of catarrh. from simple
mucous catarrh TO an infectious purul-
ent condition. The bladder a be
treated by the use of antiseptic rene
dies through the kidney, which are
taken by mouth. or 1t can be washed
out with great caution by a trained as
sistant. Common cystitis gives way
to remedies as a rule, without loca
interference. Try potassium pltaI
trate thre drains and infusion OF bu