Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-08-30
THE HOME DOCTOR
, not scold nervous children.

A soft channels shield for corns anc
bunions affords immediate relief.
Who knows? Perhaps the baby il
thirsty for just drink of cool water.
/ If you want to have luxuriant hail
when you are old, don't part it in tn;
same place all the time.
Women are allowed the privilege o.
changing t cir minds; why not ACCORD
| the same privilege to useless habits.
Do not feed the babU every time h
cries. 1t may be he has an over-fu
stomach already and his distress woull
be aggravated by an extra meal
| A healthy baby will sit IN Of his own
accord when his soine and muscles are
| strong enough. 1t is not best to force
him before that time.
/ A. good plan will be to change with
the prevailing fashion, not necessarily tic
keep up with it, but to make it the OPP
portunity for some becoming variation
| Charcoal is said TO absorb the injuri-
ors gases that are formed in the stom-
| ach and bowels by undigested food, and
often acts as mild laxative
A very easy method of taking a salt
rub in the morning is to dip a large
turkish towel in a basin of strong salt
water, let it remain there over night
and it will be ready to use without a
moments delay on rising.
Heavy brown wrapping paper soaked
| in hot salt and vinegar, applied to a
sprain or bruise, and bandage put on
to keep it in place and retain the he2.
will relieve the pain and swelling
A woman worn out with the days
work often eats the wrong kind of food.
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cuperate, rather than for special food
value. Hot soup of any kind quickly
refreShes.
A disordered stomach often gives rise
to an acidity in. the mouth which is
very harmful to the teeth, causing tartar
to form. In such cases it is well to
rinse the mouth night and morning with
an antiseptic solution
The small callous spot on the sole of
the foot, from which so many house
wives suffer, can be cured by placing a
bit of absorbent cotton, saturated with
olive oil, on the spot each morning be-
fore putting on the stocking or shoe
For a sluggish liver nothing is better
in the spring of the year than the juice
of half lemon in a cup of hot water,
taken before breakfast; add teaspoon
full of phosphate of soda to the lemon
ade and take every morning for two
weeks.
Keep the windows sufficiently open so
the fresh might air" can come in from
one side and the impure air can go
out through the other. The upper sash
should be down one inch and the lower
sash up one inch for each person sleep
ing IN the room.
A floor should never be swept in a
room where there is a contagious patient.
It should be washed with cloth dipped
in borax water, so that no dust annoys
the patient AMI no assortment of germs
is flung up in the air to drift oit of
the window en- route to fresh victims.
A mother who had small, warty hand
to treat tried bathing the excresenees
with a weak solution of sal soda, and the
bEemishes disappeared About half a
teaspoonful of washing soda was dis
solved in half cupfu1 of water The
wash was used often and was allowed
to dry in.
If we would exercise the muscles daily,
keep the body clean, breathe the pure
air deeply, drink good wafer freely, eat
moderately, and add to this cheerful
and contented spirit we would not only
live our three score years and ten" but
carry youth and health to the century
mark
1t is claimed that few drops of eau
de cologne, ether, and chloroform, In
equal parts, poured on a handkerchief
previously wetted with cold water, and
placed on the seat of neuralgia pain,
gives instantaneous relief. 1t is also very
efficacious for nervous headache
This remedy for soft corn will afford
relief: Have little tufpentine in a small
bottle; with a camels hair brush touch
the corn with this every night, and at
the end of fortnight the corn should
come out easily. Don't let the turpentine
run on to the adjoining skin, or it will
be made sore.
Bath for Rheumatic Sufferers: Per
sons who are rheumatic will be benefited
by hot baths, to which oil of turpentine
is added A good mixture to add to a
hot bath is made of fifty grammes of
green soap and thirty grammes of oil
of turpentine These ingredients should
be mixed together and shaken well.
For pain in the face and teeth, take
two teaspoonfuls of -four, the same
quantity of grated gi1ger. and mix them
well together with sufficient alcohol to
make thin paste. Spread this on a
linen rag and annly it on the part affected
on going to bed, wrapping a piece of
flannel over all, and it will effect cure.
If your eyes ache and get tired, try
closing them two or three times a day
for five minutes; frequent bathing in a
solution of boracic acid (made by dis
solving one ounce of boracic acid in one
pint of water) and water also helps to
give relief; add enough hot water to the
boracic solution to make it comfortably |
warm, and be sure to dry your eyes very
thoroughly afterward.
One of the greatest fire chiefs in the
world makes the startling statement,
"The sleep have lost tonight is gone
l never try to make it up, simply turn it
over to the profit and loss account" He
also claims that he loses on an average
73o hours of sleep year, which is only
made up to him by extreme care in the
method of living; daily bathing, simple
but nourishinp food and Temperance in /