The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-10
HOME HEALTH CLUB
vsv DIR. DAVID H. REEDER, La Porte. Indiana

dition of the lungs. Cold air is not desirable, but when it~must be either cold or impure, choose the cold ana ana pure by all means Pure air. ana lots of it. should be the watchword.
 The temperature may, at any time after the third day. be found very high, and the overburdened heart un- equal to its task. Unless relieved. exhausted and cease it's efforts. What to do under such circumstances, and before Et is possible to obtain the ser vice of a physician. is of vital Inn water is now imperative, and the per son in charge must not only employ cold water but common-sense and good judgment First see that the hot applications have been carefully placed at the feet-a hot fermentation well up to the knees-preceded by a sponging With hot vinegar. Then have a bowl of cold water handy, and two cloths, about the size of gentle mans Handkerchief, folding them to about six inches square. Wiring one it over the heart next to the skin Then place over this an ordinary towel to protect the clothing from moisture
 perhaps Cn five minutes, or sooner, In some cases, after the second compress is applied, the pulse beats will be found much nearer normal. In two acute eases these congresses were 6P- piled every two minutes for six or eight times, with the best results. There may be serious danger in apply ing large compress in this way, and changing 1t too frequently, but linen handkerchief Is comparatively safe
 After the fever has been broken it is necessary to prepare the vitality for the collapse that Is sure to come It Is very difficult to get pneumonia patients to take nourishment. If eau ton Is not exercised the collapse finds them so weak as to be unable to withstand 1t. Nothing but liquid nourishment should be given while the case is serious. Pure milk is ex- cellent but matted milk is preferable, because 1t contains more nutument and is more readily assimilated. sThe patient will probably not take more than a few swallows at time, but 1t should be repeated every two hours or so.
 The feet should be kept moist and warm. If they become dry and cold, or both, they should be immediately bathed with solution of acetic ado acid bath should be continued, even to the whole body. as it will open the pores and keep the eliminating process vigorous, thus maintaining the general
 On the whole this treatment may be simmered down to the following:
 Keep the temperature of the room at about 70 degrees Fahrenheit; keep
 
 of heat; keep the feet we'll warmed with hot-water bottles, flat-irons or flannels; have all the quiet possible and in no case allow visitors into the sick room Then, when the fever heat reaches much above 100 apply increas-' ed heat to the feet and a cold com press to the head, being very careful to reduce the temperature slowly enough. Maintain the vitality by ad ministering liquid nourishment. Dur ing, theconvaIescing period little milk toast, soft-boiled egg, or very Kttle of aabaked potato, may be given The appetite is liable to be somewhat too vigorous at this time, but too much food should not be taken at once, nourishment being given oftener, if desired.
 Judiciously used, the cold water treatment will reduce the mortality in cases of pneumonia to a smaller per cent. than has ever been supposed possible and the disease made to be little feared by the readers of the Home Health club.
 All readers of this publication are at liberty to write for informa ton per taining to the subject of health at any time. Address all communica- tions to the Home Health Club, or Dr. David H. Reeder, La Porte, In- diana, with name and address in full and at least four cents in postage.