The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-19
Medical Hints for Housekeners

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Simple as 1t is, spirits of turpentine
u one OF the most valuable articles
ana when it has once obtained a foot
hold in the house it becomes . naoos
slty and can i'll be dispensed with Ite
medical qualities are very numerous
or burns 1t is quick application and
gives immediate relief. For bIisters ON
the hands it is of priceless value. scar
ING down the skin and preventing sore
ness. For corns on the toes it is usef,,l
IL is good for rheumatism and sore
throats, and it is the quickest remedy
for commissions and fits.
Then it is sure preventive against
moths. BY Just dropping a trifle in the
oollom OF drawers, chests, boxes and
cupboards it will render clothes secure
from injury during the summer II
VIII keep insects from closets and store
rooms and upon the shelves. II is
sure destruction to bed and all manner
CT bugs, and will effectually drive them
away from thoir haunts if thoroughlv
applied during the yearly cleaning. 1t
neither Injuries furniture nor clothing.
There Is one important thing about
appendicitis which everybody should
know, namely, the sort of pain which
indicates the disease, because if the dis
ease is appendicitis every man will
one can be summoned
Do not imagine that every time Won
may have a stomach-ache you have
appendicitis. The appendix is a short,
Wormlike tube, usually located half way
on line drawn from the right front
point of the hip bone to the navel.
With general pain in the abdomen and
tenderness to pressure over this partic-
ular spot, fears Of possible appendicitis
are well warranted and a physician
should be called
There are many men who fear they
are getting too stout and who go to
great expense in trying all sorts of
medicines or consulting doctors and
specialists. The majority of medical
authorities claim that diet is the only
possible way in which to reduce the
fat tissues What we eat and drink are
the roots of nearly all the evils flesh |
is heir to. Here is a system of dieting |
given by distinguished medical authori- |
ties for the man who wants to reduce |
his weight without going to the ex-
pense of visiting a specialist, who in
most cases would probably give him
very similar advice:
For breakfast one cup of coffee with
out sugar. One slice of stale bread
toasted, but without butter: one poach-
ed egg or small piece of lean beef
steak.
For dinner, meat soup, roast meat
with gravy, or fish. peas, beans, cab
Dage. or,in fact any vegetable that
grows above ground and cup of weak
tea without sugar.
For supper, stale Vienna rolls, cold
neat, cheese and fruit with cup of
-ea without sugar.
Beer and strong alcoholic drinks are
forbidden, though occasionally, to sat
sly the thirst. a light wine diluted with
IN alkaline mineral water is admissible,
Il viii be noticed that sugar and all
sweets. as well as potatoes, are posi-
lively barred. The menu as given above
AN be varied to suit individual tastes
4 three TO six months course of diet
ng on the above plan will work Won
lers.
The skin of an apple or pear is very
harmful and has been known to BRING
N acute gastritis which resulted fatal
v The skins of fruits are meant for
he protection of the fruit and should
,e no more eaten than the shell OF
tut
To cure a wart put drop of vinegar
n it three or four times day ana
hen put on the vinegar as much bak-
ng soda as the vinegar will absorb.
Keep it on ten minutes and in a few
avs time the wart will drop OF ana
cave no mark but a tiny white spot.
A raw egg swallowed Immediately
ill generally carry fish bone down
hat cannot be removed from the throat
V the utmost eXertion. +.
For burns and scalds there is noth-
lg more soothing than the white OF an
yg, which should be poured over the s
-ound. 1t is softer than collodion as \
arnfsh for a burn and being always Z
t hand can be applied Immediately 1
is the contact with the air which
ives the extreme pain. White OF egg )
zcludes the air and prevents intlam- 3
lation. 4
A heavy, dull headache situated over \
,e brow and accompanied by languor'
liIliness and feeling of general ols- 3
,mfort, with distate for food which {
,metirnes approaches nausea, can gem
ally be completely removed by Two
-ain dose of potassic salt dissolved IN
.If a wineglass Of water. This should Z
, quietly slipped. the whole dose belne
ken in about ten minutes. In many