Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-27
SIMPLE REMEDIES.
Some Ase a Source OF Very Great
Danger.

Danger
such an innocent looking remedy as
the water drinking cure, says med
zeal authority. may sometimes be very
mischieVous and even a source Of real
danger To those who indulge in IT,
No one, of course, when he is talk
Ing his half pint II pint ot hot water
before breakfast to cure his Indigestion
hnagines for moment That he inn>
be making his Indigestion very much
Y - ~ TINS rs really Il taet wlten
the Indigestion arises from dilation Of
IL, stott4dCn.
y dilated stomach is very common
mdlady. especially among Vegeterians
and gr, at tea drinkers The stoIlach
becomes much enlarged, and In this
| condition retains the food for = cong
time, thus bringing about fermentation,
tlatuenoo, and severe Indigestion
New the remedy in this case is the
dry cure. Little or no liquid at meals,
AMI as little liquid at other times as
me can manage.
The copious water drinker increases
his malady. He would probably DENY.
| ii stoutly, for the water dilutes the
acid contents and gives his stomach
| relief for the moment. But it remains
| there and. when breakfast is aided,
his poor stomach las burden tina. no
stomach should be asked to beaf.
s,tll more harmful in other cases is
! the excessive swallowing Of water. In
certain disorders o. the kidneys thes.,
! organs cry out to be spared, ana the
water orinker gives them more work
"a 10 Very Often they cannot do it.
In any case the pressure OF blood With
III the arteries is raised.
| Suppose then, Al elderly man, pre-
| disposed To apopleXy, is the person in
| question. Nothing is more dangerous
| To him than increased blood pressure
| for it is this which bursts the little
artery in his brain that for some rea-
| son always breaks down in the apo
| pleetic.
In some, or perhaps all. forms of
| heart disease, too, his water drinkiu,,
| nabit does much harm Mere work is
TINS tlra~n upon the heart tlready
neon petent To perform it's ordinary
amount Of work. rhe increase of
| liz i'd consumed not only increases the
| quantity of blood that has tC be
pumped. but raises the bloed pre- salrc
ara makes pumping more difficult.
In all these cases the quantity Of
iCuid one consumes should be restrict
ed. not increased. 1t may be that one
| feels better after bis water cure, but
very often The feeling is a snare
Qaipine is another very simple.
harmful remedy in popular estimation
! People buy 10 cents worth Of qaininc,
lhfa surfing the dose of tits pow erful
| drug by the price. put it III bottle OF
! vine, and dose themselves according
| 10 inclination.
or. worse still. they buy the luinine
in powder and take as much rs will
go en dime or It quarter. Gft does
| not seem IL, shutter v hich coin Is
used) They have not the remotest
idea us to the aSantity they are taxi
| ing or the effect of different quaint
| ties But guinine is one OF those drugs
! Which has opposite effects in different
| doses. The person who prescribes for
| himself will take much the sanic dose
| whether lie wants TO increase. his ap-
| petite and tone up his system or to
| relieve cold or cure neuralgia, and
| he may be taking So small 4 dose for
| the cold or neuralgia as To leave them
| quite unmolested, or he may be taking
| SO large a tonic as to be really de-
Pre- ssing himself ana destroy ing his ap-
! petite.
| Perhaps an even more harmful. sim
pie remedy than quinine as common
| ~ used, is ammoniated tincture OF
| quinine.
The plan often followed is To take
II without any regard To proper dos
age and is usually to swallow it in
| much too concentrated a form.
If, using this drug. a person takes
enough quinine 20 relieve his neural
sta or to cure cold he takes many
| times too much IF tine ammonium fec
| tor In any case, if he continues the
| use of II for a few days, his digestion
Is thrown quite INTO disorder. BY the
time the cold has been sufficiently
dosed tie unfortunate stomach is in a
pitful state.
There are many more simple. popu-
| lar cures that work excessive mischief
Perhaps worse than any are castor oil
| Epson salts, SIENNA, and other such
medicines with which women keep
their children half he time ailing.
For every pain and fit of indisposi-
ton some mothers give castor oil or
AN equivalent to their children IL
may be pain in the stomach due to
aCidltY, Tor which the appropriate ours
- som ching quite different; but
the unfortunate child gets a remedy
Tor quite another disorder-N. Y
| Tribune.
SYRIAN OLIVE ORCHARDS DAM.
| AGED