up the system of those afflicted with this terrible disease. (The Neuralgic

Pills mentioned will do it nicely.)

" The great prevalence of neuralgia — or what commonly goes by that name

— should be regarded as a warning mdicative of a low condition of health,

which must necessarily render those who are affected with this painful malady

especially susceptible to the invasion of other diseases of an aggressive kind

This is the season (autumn) at which it is particularly desirable to be strong and

well furnished with the sort of strength that affords a natural protection against

There will presently be need of all the internal heat which the organdisease.

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ism cau command, and a good store of fat for use as fuel is not to be despised.

It is no less essential that the vital forces should be vigorous, and the nerve

power, especially, in full development. Neuralgia indicates a low or depressed

state of vitality, and nothing so rapidly exhausts the system as pain that prevents sleep and agonizes both body and mind. It is, therefore, of the first

moment that attacks of this affection, incidental to and indicative of a poor and

weak state, should be promptly placed under treatment, and, as rapidly as may

It is worth while to note this fact, because, while the spirit of

be, controlled.

manliness incites the strong minded to patient endurance of suffering, it is

not wise to suffer the distress caused by this malady, as many are now suffering

it, without seeking relief, forgetful of the condition it bespeaks, and the constitutional danger of which it is a warning sign."

If the system is to be toned up, the first question is, how?

Remarks.

Start out with a brisk cathartic then follow with an alterative, as for rheuma'

'

'

—

;

and also a good tonic bitters, or the Neuralgic Pills, as you

choose; the pills are both tonic and alterative, and may cover both points with

entire satisfaction, and especially so with females in a debilitated condition.

tism (which

8.

see),

Neuralgia

ject says:

''

slipper root

— The Ladies' Cure. — A lady writing upon this sub-

If the lady that has neuralgia will make a strong tea of wild lady-

—also called nervine (nerve-root one of common names, yellow

will cure her; at

— and drink

is

moccasin flower, Noah's Ark, umbel, etc.)

least, it did me."

Remarks.

spasmodic.

—

its

it, it

diaphoretic and antimost nervous and uterine difficulties.

It is safe to try it, as it is tonic, stimulant,

It is,

in fact, valuable in

Take lady-slipper, with catnip and scullcap, equal quantities of each,

powder and evenly mixed, and divided into powders of 13^ ozs. then 1 pt.

of boiling water poured over one of the powders, and steeped 15 or 20 minutes,

taking at first 1 oz. or about 2 table-spoonfuls of the warm infusion, after which

;

1 table-spoonful every }4, bour for 3 or 4 hours, or until relieved, for sick or

nervous headache, says Dr. King in his "Dispensatory," and repeating thus

for 3 or 4 attacks, has permanently and invariably cured these neuralgic head-

aches.

9.

Neuralgia of the Face. —The latest cure for neuralgia of the face

is from a Dr. Nussbaum, which he reported in the

consisting of salicylic acid,

Munich ^rztliche Intelligence,

Z% grs. and salicylate of soda, 32 grs. To be pul,

verized and mixed for 1 powder, taking 4 to 6 such powders in the 24 hours.

Remarht.

consist, of

— Dr. Nussbaum considers this as a

what has been recently brought out,

specific, or positive cure.

It

as a cure for rheumatism.

Neuralgia being, in fact, a species of rheumatism, why should it not cure it?

EARACHE—

—

Cure for. Take a large onion and cut it into slices;

1.

put a slice of onion, then a slice (the author would say a piece of leaf the size

of the onion) of strong tobacco, then a slice of onion again, then tobacco, till

the onion is all laid up, then wrap in a wet cloth and cover in hot embers, till

the onion is cooked; press out the juice with heavy pressure, and drop into the

Solution of morphine will have a good effect also.

It gives mstant relief.

ear.

Rem,arks.

I should drop in only 3 or 4 drops of the onion and tobacco

juice, vX first, lest the influence of the tobacco might be too great, and repeat.

—

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was necessary.

if it

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What is called a solution of sulphate of morphia, or

by druggists, is of the strength of 1 grain of

Each tea-spoonful of it would

contain }/^ grain and would be a full dose, by mouth, which could be repeated,

on an adult, in from 30 minutes to 2 hours, according to the severity of the

To drop into the ear it might be, probably, twice

pain for which it was given.

A few drops, say 4 or 5, of laudanum

as strong, without danger of injury.

ought to have the same effect. The laudanum may be put with an equal

amount of sweet oil, and the amount doubled, which would have a good effect

The onion cure is from Mr. Ford, of Iowa,

in softening the wax of the ear.

who was referred to in the neuralgia (German cure, which see).

liquor morphia sulphatis, kept

sulphate of morphia to 1 ounce of water only.

2.

Earache and Deafness, Valuable Remedy for. — Wine ot

opium (not laudanum), 1 dr. oil of anise, 10 drops; put into an ounce bottle,

and fill with oil of sweet almonds (sweet oil will do very well). Directions—

Shake well, and drop from 3 to 5 drops into the ear, or ears, if both are affected.

If no relief in 5 or 10 minutes, repeat; and follow along to relieve the sound o\

;

roaring in the ears.

Remarks.

— " Old " Dr. King thinks this one of the most valuable combina-

tions for earache or deafness which can be tried, having tested it several times.

His remark was: " I think it will not fail once in 7000 cases, as it has not failed

He has been in practice fifty years. The one for

me in dozens of cases."

" Ulceration " below is also from him.

3.

Earache, Remedy for.

— A writer says: "There

is

scarcely any

ache to which children are subject, so bad to bear and difficult to cure, as the

But there is a remedy, never known to fail. Take a bit of cotton

earache.

batting, put

upon

it

it

it up and tie it, dip in

Put a flannel bandage over the head to keep

a pinch of black pepper, gather

sweet oil, and insert into the ear.

It will give immediate relief."

warm.

Remarks.

—These simple remedies are easily

tried,

and will often prove

successful.

4.

Ear, ITlcerations in

— Very Certain Remedy. — Pulverized

sanguinaria canadensis (blood root), 1 dr., in soft water, 1 pt.

—Pour into the ear,

times daily with —a

warm.

Directions

it

;

steep and strain.

or, what is better, syringe out the ear 3 or

3

little

1. TOOTHACHE— Common Cures for.— The following are common things recommended for the cure of toothache, outside of the profession,

and are good remedies:

Alum, in very fine powder, \i oz.; spirits of nitrous ether, 7 drs.

I.

mix, and apply with lint if the nerve is exposed, and also around the tooth.

This is claimed to never fail, unless it is of a rheumatic character.

II.

Equal parts of powdered alum and salt, mixed; then wet a bit of cot-

ton, to make the powder adhere, and apply to the hollow of the tooth.

ni.

at once.

Saltpeter, pulverized and applied by cotton, cures nervous toothache

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2.

Toothache, to Cure so It Will Never Ache Again.—

Dissolve a piece of

If the following is the fact, it is the best of all the cures:

^

tea-spoonful. Put

opium, the size of a small pea, in spirits of turpentine,

It does not stop the pain at once, says

in the hollow of the tooth upon cotton.

—

the writer, but, if well applied, the cotton saturated and frequently changed—

wiU soon cause it to never trouble again.

3.

Toothache Drops, Dr. Chase's. — Best alcohol, 2 ozs.; chloro-

form, 1 oz. sulphuric ether, \% ozs. laudanum, oil of cloves, and oil of oassamix all, and

oz, ; oil of lavender, 1 dr. ; gum camphor, 1 oz.

f ras, of each

;

;

%

;

keep well corked.

Bemarks.—l have used this very successfully for a long time; have manufactured and sold it, and have put others into the same business. I put it up

in 2 dr. bottles, retailing it at 25 cts., and have yet to find anything better.

Apply to the exposed nerve by means of cotton, and put freely around the

gums.

4.

Toothache from Decaying Teeth—Solidified Creosote for

the Pain of.

—Creosote has been for a long time used in

its fluid state,

to wet

cotton in, and put into the tooth; but it has been found that 10 drops of collodion

added to 15 drops of creosote makes a gelatinous mass that can be put upon

the nerve, closing up the orifice and preventing the air from reaching the nerve,

and it does not flow out into the mouth to irritate and make it sore.

Hemarks.

—This vnll prove a blessing

to those preferring the use of

crea

sote.

1. POLYPUS IN THE NOSE—Very Effectual Bemedy.— Dr.

King is very sanguine in the belief, or knowledge, that it is not necessary to

twist off, nor to ligate (tie a cord around) them, but that the

powdered blood

root, snuffed into the nostril, will destroy and cure every case, unless the nostril

with it, in which case it may have to be twisted off, and the

powder applied to the base by wetting a piece of cloth tied on the end of a

probe, or stick, dipping it in the powder, and touching it upon the base, or

neck, from which the polypus was removed, to prevent a return.

Remarks. The celebrated Dr. Wooster Beach, of New York, uses the

powder of blood root and bayberry bark, in equal parts, for the same purpose.

He, if the polypus was large, used the powdered poke root, introduced by the

stick, or probe, as above, to cause them to slough off, often repeating, either

is entirely filled

—

medicine.

2.

Polypus of the Nose has been cured by mixing the powdered

blood root, 4 grs., with vaseline, 1 oz., and putting this upon cotton and press-

ing it up against the tumor. One month's application removed it. This was

done by Dr. W. W. Carpenter, of Petaluma, Cal., and reported in the Medical Bi-ief.

3.

Polypus, Another Cure for.— A polypus, so large that it filled

the whole nasal cavity, was cured by the use of carbolic acid, 1 part, and glycerine,

4

parts,

and

injecting 20 drops of this mixture

by the hypodermic

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syringe (a syringe made to inject under the skin), into the base of the tumoTc

This, says Dr. Henning, of Redkey, Ind , who reported the case, is all I did.

In one month it was gone, and it is still well, five months after the operation.

Remarks. Certainly one of the plans ought to cure every case without

Of course a physician would have to be called upon

twisting off or tearing out.

if this latter, or hypodermic, plan is adopted.

—

BURNS—

From Gunpowder, Prof. Gunn's Treatment.—

1.

While Prof. Qunn was in the medical college, in Chicago, he gave the following item, through one of the journals of that city. It seems almost superfluous to add a word of endorsement, for, from several years acquaintance with

him, as professor of surgery in the University of Michigan, it is well known

that his recommendations could be relied upon.

It is

only for the benefit of

those who are not acquainted with this fact that I have mentioned it.

He says:

" In bums from gunpowder, where the powder has been deeply imbedded in

the skin, a large poultice made of common molasses and wheat flour, applied over

the burnt surface, is the very best thing that can be used, as it seems to draw the

powder to the surface, and keep the parts so soft that the formation of scars

It should be removed twice a day, and the part washed with a

shaving brush and warm water before applying the fresh poultice. The poultice should be made sufficiently soft to admit of its being readily spread on a

In cases in which the skin and muscles have been completely

piece of cotton.

does not occur.

filled with

the burnt powder, we have seen the parts heal perfectly, without

leaving the slightest mark to indicate the position or nature of the injury."

2.

Burns and Scalds, Instantaneous Relief for. —The bi-car-

bonate of soda (the common cooking soda, found in almost every kitchen) has

been found an exceedingly valuable remedy in the treatment of burns and

scalds, giving almost, it not absolutely, instantaneous relief

as a cure for the wound, by continuing its use.

from pain, as well

Mode op Application— The

injured part is to be moistened, then the dry soda, finely powdered,

is

to be

sprinkled carefully upon it, to entirely cover the injury, and the whole wrapped

—

with a wet cloth linen is best

The relief is often instantaneous.

Remarks. Harper's Weekly informs us that a Dr. "Waters, of Salem, Mass.,

in speaking of the new remedy for burns and scalds, before the Massachusetts

Dental Society, deliberately dipped a sponge into boiling water and sqeezed it

over his wrist, producing a severe scald around his arm some two inches wide,

and continued the application, despite the suffering, for half a minute. Then

he at once sprinkled on the bi-carbonate of soda, and applied the wet cloth,

which almost instantly deadened the pain; and on the next day after this single

application of the soda, the less injured parts, were practically well, only a slight

discoloration being perceptible, the severe portions being healed in a few days,

by simply continuing the wet cloth bandage.

Remarks. When I wrote this out some two or three years ago, I added to

the above: I should have wet the cloth in a solution of the soda, for the

continued wrappings, in every case. My idea above mentioned of wetting the

cloths in a solution of soda, I h-.ve since seen, has been practiced by a Dr.

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Froizke, of Russia, who reports its use, in this form, upon 25 cases of severe

burns, caused by fire, in a conflagration, which shows that it is good for burns

from fire, as well as scalds from hot water. In cases where the wounds were

deep, and where there was considerable matter, the clothes were carefully removed and the wounds were cleansed to prevent the absorption of the matter

into the blood before replacing the wet cloths.

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DROWNED

—

PERSONS Rules for Resuscitating By

I.

the Michigan State Board of Health, and the Humane Society

of Massachusetts. The following directions, or rules, for resuscitating, or

bringing to life again, the apparently dead from drowning, are made up from

—

a recent circular of the Committee on Accidents of the Michigan State Board

of Health, and distributed throughout the State, and also from directions published at the request of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The general public should be well informed upon this subject; for, if life

there must be no loss of time when one is taken from the water,

is to be saved,

and life apparently gone.

Lose no time. Carry out these directions on the spot:

I.

Remove the froth and mucus from the mouth and nostrils.

II.

IIL Instantly loosen all neckwear, lacings, or waistbands.

rV. Hold the body, for a few seconds only, so that the water may run out

of the lungs and windpipe.

V. If the ground is sloping, turn the patient upon the face, the head down

hill step astride the hips, your face towards the head, lock your fingers together

under the belly, raise the body as high as you can without lifting the forehead

from the ground, give the body a smart jerk, to remove the accumulating mucus

from the throat, and water from the windpipe; hold the body suspended long

enough to slowly count five then repeat the jerks two or three times.

VL The patient being still upon the ground, face down, and maintaining

all the while your position astride the body, grasp the points of the shoulders

by the clothing, or, if the body is naked, thrust your fingers into the armpits,

clasping your thumbs over the points of the shoulders, and raise the chest as

high as you can without lifting the head quite off the ground- and hold it long

enough to slowly count three.

VII. Replace the patient upon the ground, with the forehead upon the

flexed (bent) arm, the neck straightened out, and the mouth and nose free.

Place your elbows against your knees and your hands upon the sides of his

chest over the lower ribs and press downward and inward ^\ith increasing force

long enough to slowly count two. Then suddenly let go, grasp the shoulders

as before and raise the chest; then press upon the ribs, etc.

These alternate

movements should be repeated 10 to 15 times a minute for an hour at least,

unless breathing is restored sooner. Use the same regularity as in natural

;

;

breathing.

VIII.

After breathing has commenced (and not before, unless there is a

house very close), get the patient where covering may be obtained, to restore

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81

Wrap in warm blankets, apply bottles of hot water, hot

bricks, etc., to aid the restoration of heat.

Warm the head nearly as fast aa

Rubbing the body with warm cloths or

the hand, and gently slapping the fleshy parts, may assist to restore warmth,

and the breathing also.

the body, lest convulsions

come on.

When the patient can swallow, give hot coffee, tea, milk, or a little

IX.

hot sling.

tient in a

Give spirits sparingly, lest they produce depression.

Place the pa-

warm bed, give him plenty of fresh air, and keep him quiet.

X. Let all the work be done deliberately and patiently, and do not give

op too quickly,"for success,"says the Massachusetts society, "has rewarded the

efforts of hours."

Remarks.

—These rules cannot be too well understood (where

it is

possible

no delicacy of mind or circumstances should

prevent anyone from taking right hold of any case that may occur, because

they have not done it before. No time to await the arrival of a physician^

immediate action will insure success.

Let good judgment and great carefulness be exercised by everyone who

finds himself called upon to act in any accident of this kind, and let no one

hesitate a moment to do the best he can till some one more acquainted with the

work, or a physician, may arrive, as life is too precious to allow of anyone

neglecting to do what he can to save it.

for such accidents to occur), and

•

2.

Drowned Persons— A Case in Hand.— I will make a condensed

statement here of a ease reported in the New Yoi'k Mail and Express, in 1882,

to show what perseverance did in resuscitating a boy, by one of the officers

of one of the life saving stations, who, with the reporter, happened to be pass-

ing along one of the wharves of that city, where a number of fishing vessels

were tied, upon one of which was a boy who had been under water for 10 minutes, or more,

and had lain as much longer upon the deck without an effort to

restore him to life, and the bystanders, and even the police present, thought

he

was really dead; but the life-saving man took a different view of it, and went

to work with a will; first opening the boy's mouth and removing the mud from

it, he turned him over, on his face, and placed his coat, done up as a pillow,

under the boys stomach, then took hold of the boy's ankles and raised them

several feet above the boy's head, and put them into the hands of some of the

bystanders, to keep them thus, he pressed gently, but firmly, upon the small of

the boy's back, when immediately a stream of water gushed out of his mouth,

which had all this time been in the lungs, waiting only for this treatment to

help it out. This was continued a minute or two, to get out all the water he

could, when he was turned upon his back, and the officer, kneeling over him,

put one hand upon the boy's right side, the other on the left, just against the

short ribs, he gave them a powerful compression, and then suddenly let gc, the

ribs springing back to their natural position, and the air rushed into the lungs;

this was done a dozen or more times, but still no appearance of life, and the

bystanders said to him: " Can't you let a drowned boy alone;" "why," says the

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" I haven't begun yet, stand back and give more air here; " then he began slapping one of the boys hands, and put a man to the other, and one to

each foot, they continued tlie slapping vigorously thus, upon each limb, and

officer,

the reporter taking the officers place at that hand, the officer returned to the rib

squeezing process, when after about five minutes of this vigorous work the boy

gave a slight gasp for breath, to the great surprise of the bystanders and the

delight of the life-saving officer.

breathing process, of pressing the

He then redoubled his efforts at the artificial

ribs, etc., and called for brandy and varm

blankets, the boy meanwhile gasping again

and began to twitch in the legs,

brandy was given and the warm blankets

Were applied, and the boy was saved. (See hot sling in the rules above which,

Thus you see what perif it can be provided, is better than the raw brandy.)

Beverance will sometimes do.

Go then, in all such cases, and do likewise, and

ftnd as the boy began to breathe the

valuable lives may be saved.

1.

THE TRUE WAY TO HEALTH— Simmered Down to a

Few Short Rules. — A recent writer, whose name I do not know, has given

us the most facts, in the fewest words, of anything I have seen.

He says:

The only true way to health is that which common sense dictates to man. Live

within the bounds of reason; eat moderately; drink temperately; sleep regularly;

avoid excess in everything, and preserve a conscience void of offence.

Some men eat themselves to death; some drink themselves to death; some wear

out their lives by indolence; and some by over-exertion; others are killed by the

doctors, while not a

beastly practices.

few sink into the grave under the effects of vicious and

All the medicines in creation are not worth a farthing to a

man who is constantly and habitually violating the laws of his own nature.

BANDAGING — In Broken Limbs and Ulcers.— In broken

limbs, it is necessary to use the bandage, and it has become quite common

also, ia the

treatment of ulcers.

They are more generally made of cotton

sheeting, being torn off in strips of 3 to 4 inches in width, and sewed together

until the required length is obtained, after which they are to

solid

rollers for tne

be rolled into

convenience of passing them around the limb, and to

euable the one who applies

them to draw them evenly at all stages of their

In applying the bandage one can get a better idea from the

illustrations than any other way.

All parts should be covered evenly, lapping

application.

about one-half of the bandage upon the previous round, and in order to keep

it smooth and not run up or down on the limb, it will be necessary to turn the

bandage upon itself, as the cross lines in the cut will show, wherever the form

of the limb causes the bandage to pass either way upon the limb from the

center of the previous round. In this way the pressure is even, leaving no

loose, or unbound place for an accumulation of blood, which wo\ild cause

pain, and finally mortification.

And it must not be applied so tight as to stop

the circulation, for this would cause the same difficulty

the circulation, but not to stop it entirelv.

;

the object is to lessen

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—

TJlcers. Most ulcers, in their early stage, upon the lege or arms, may be

cured by judicious bandaging, and keeping the ulcer and the bandage wet

with cold water, or perhaps cold water

and whisky J^ as much, merely to

This mixture I have found better than water alone in

stimulate a little.

dressings. Our homeopathic friends are very much in favor of the arnica lotion

%

iu place of the cold water.

It is certainly a valuable remedy if used in sufficient

quantities to have its legitimate, or specific effects, say 13^ drs. of the tincture

A common teaspoon holds about 1 dr. Mix by

pouring back and forth from one cup to another, then keep the bandage wet with

it.

Of this strength it does seem to have a specilic effect upon fresh bruises, fresh

to a teacupf ul of cold water.

cuts, etc. Two drs. of the tincture to alcohol, )^ pt., is highly recommended in

rheumatism of the joints, pains of the feet or limbs from walking, etc., to be

used freely as a liniment.

1.

jaw.

PUNCTURED WOUNDS — New Cures to Avoid Lock-

—Mr.

S.

W. Hemenway writes to the Scientific American that he wishes

punctured wounds for the benefit of all who

to publish the following cure for

may need it:

As soon as such a wound is inflicted, get a light stick (a knife or

do) and commence to tap gently on the wound.

Do not stop

for the hurt, but continue until it bleeds freely and becomes perfectly numb.

When this point is reached, you are safe; all that is then necessary is, to protect it from dirt.

Do not stop short of the bleeding and the numbness, and do

not on any account close the opening with plaster.

Nothing more than a little

simple cerate on a clean cloth is necessary. I have used, and seen this used, on

file handle -^ill

and never knew a single instance

where a wound becoming inflamed or sore after the treatment as above. Among

other cases, a coal rake tooth going entirely through the foot, a rusty darning

needle through the foot, a bad bite by a sucking pig, several instances of file

shanks through the hand, and numberless cases of rusty nails, etc., but never

knew a failure of this treatment

Bemarks. This being the class of wounds from which lock-jaw arises, let

no one fail to adopt it or one of the following plans as soon as a small, deep

all kinds of simple punctures for thirty years,

—

wound is received.

2. Punctured and Other "Wounds and Bruises—To Relieve

and Prevent Lock-jaw. — The following remedy, simple as it is, is said to

have saved thousands from death by lock-jaw: Smoke the wound or bruise with

the smoke of wool.

Twenty minutes in the smoke of wool will take the pain

out of the worst wound, and repeated once or twice, will allay the worst case

of inflammation arising from a wound.

Lock-jaw or Tetanus Remedy and Preventive.— A medical

" Let anyone who has an attack of lock-jaw take a small quantity of spirits of turpentine; warm it and pour it into the wound — no matter

3.

authority says:

—

what the wound is, or what its nature is and relief will follow in less than one

minute. Nothing better can be applied to a severe cut or bruise than cold turpentine; it will give certain relief almost instantly."

4.

Lock-jaw, or Tetanus, Quickly Relieved. — A Dr. Bigelow

reports, In the Prcietitioner, a case of lock-jaw, or tetanus, caused

by a rusty

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nail penetrating the foot, which was relieved in less

than 20 minutes by intro-

ducing 1 dr. of the hydrate of chloral into the wound after it had been enlarged

by incision.

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