New Ulm review., 1922-07-26
HOME HEALTH CLUB.
DYsENTERY.

summer diarrhea, dysentery, cholera
morbus, flux, etc. Children are es-
pecially liable to these ailments, all of
which are of similar nature and ORR
gin. Older people frequently suffer
and it is wise to first find the cause, re-
move that and Nature does the curing.
The extremely hot days OF summer
are usually followed by acute attacks
and only little observation shows us.
that the sufferer not only drank much
more water than usual, but that he
also ate a generous supply OF fresh,
fruits and juicy vegetables.
During extremely hot days, there is
little appetite for the meats and bread
of the usual diet, and as the garden
holds out to us a tempting lot of Ma
ture's product, we go to extremes.
The fruits and vegetables are exact
ly the kind of food we ought to have
for the hot summer days, but care
must be taken to not go from one ex-
treme to the other. Just as soon as
we can get them in the spring, the
fresh fruits and vegetables should be
used, sparingly at, first, but steadily
increasing until but little if any meat
is used and not a bit of the fine white
flour bread so common to our tables.
Now l will tell you of a simple home
treatment for dysentery OF any kind
and it costs nothing to try it. Ii you
do as l tell you, no harm can possibly
follow, but instead, immediate relief.
Harm always follows the free use OF
the usual drugs for this trouble.
Let the patient sit on stool or kit
chen chair without back with his
back toward you. You sit on another
chair with your foot resting on the
rounds under his chair. This brings
your knee right up against the small
of his back, your knees must be held
closely together. Then putyour hands
on his houlders and pull slowly but
steadily toward you, until his spine is
arched backward as far as it will 60
and the greatest bend is at the Joint
where it rests against your knees.
Hold this position only few sec
onds, but repeat it several times. |
have seen very severe cases relieved
almost instantly by this simple mani
pulation. 1t is thoroughly scientific
and was discovered by the osteopathlc
physicians. 1t cures by simply in
hibiting the extreme activity OF the
bowels.
l was once called to the home OF
neigh5or, where I found a baby OF
three months reduced to skeleton,
and with dysentery so bad that it ap-
peared almost like attempting miracle
to try to relieve it.
Here was a case that could not be
handled as above described. The
parents expected ME to give drugs and
other usual remedies, but instead, ]
placed the points of the fingers OF both.
hands under the body, and pressing
them closely against the spine in the
small of the back, gently lifted the
little body upward, allowing the whole
of it's weight to rest upon my fingers.
This 1 gently and quietly repeated
two or three times, and the piteous
moaning ceased. In less than tlve
minutes, the little thing drew. Ions,
deep breath and dropped into re-
freshing sleep. Those in the rocr
looked on in amazement, sot under
standing what I had done, and Won,
dered if 1 had cured by the "laying on
of hands,. Well, in this case, did,
but not as they supposed.
explained to them what I had done,
and directed that in case the child
awoke and cried for food it should be
given scorched milk, diluted as usual,
and if the dysentery returned that
an enema of one teacupful OF cold wa
ter in which teaspoonful OF vinegar
had been placed, should be given.
The directions were followed intelli-
gently, and two days later l found q
faint smile on the wan little face, and
the eyes looked bright and full OF lie.
The enema of cold water, say two
teacupfuls, with a dessert-spoontul 81
vinegar in it for an adult, will, as
rule, find quick relief without othe
aid. It may be found necessary to
repeat it in one hour, but seldom it
will be required the third time it abb
solute quiet is observed. The best
diet in such cases is dry toast and
boiled milk sipped hot, using care
when returning to more solid diet.
In these few simple directions tEers
is, as a rule, cure for almost all acute
attacks of this nature, but. absolute
quiet must be insisterd upon.
Club Notes.
STICKING TO THIS TREAT
MENT: Mrs. E. E. OF Minnesota
has an experience.
Dear Doctor Reeder: A. lev
months ago, you wrote me very care
full course of diet directions Tor M,
,o of stomach trouble and