Pains in the side are most promptly relieved by the application of mustard. For cold in the head, nothing is better than powdered borax, sniffed up the nostrils. A drink of hot, strong lemonade before going to bed will often break up a cold and cure a sore throat. Nervous spasms are usualy relieved by a little salt taken into the mouth and allowed to dissolve. Whooping cough paroxysms are relieved by breathing the fumes of turpentine and carbolic acid. iBroken limbs should be placed in natural positions, and the patient kept quiet until the surgeon arrives. Hemorrhages of the lungs or stomach are promptly checked by small doses of salt. The patient should be kept as quiet as possible. Sleeplessness, caused by too much blood in the head, may be overcome by applying a cloth wet with cold water to the back of the neck. Wind colic is promptly relieved by peppermint essence taken in a a little warm water. For small children it may be sweetened. Paregoric is also good. For stomach cramps, ginger ale or a teaspoonful of the tincture of ginger in a half glass of water in which a half teaspoonful of soda has been dissolved. Sickness of the stomach is most promptly relieved by drinking a tea« cupful of hot soda and water. If it brings the offending matter up, all the better. A teaspoonful of ground mustard in a cupful of warm water is a prompt and reliable emetic, and should be resorted to in cases of poisoning or cramps in the stomach from over-eating. Avoid purgatives or strong physic, as they not only do no good, but are positively hurtful. Pills may relieve for the time, but they seldom cure. Powdered rosin is the best thing to stop bleeding from cuts. After the powder is sprinkled on, wrap the wound with soft cotton cloth. As soon as the wound begins to feel feverish, keep the cloth wet with cold water. 516 BEAL TBS V GGESTIOBS. Eggs are considered one of the best remedies for dysentery. Beaten up Slightly, with or without sugar, and swallowed, they tend by their emol- lient qualities to lessen the inflammation of the stomach and intestines, and by forming a transient coating on those organs, enable Nature to resume her healthful sway over the diseased body. Two, or at most, three eggs per day, would be all that is required in ordinary cases ; and, since the egg is not merely medicine, but food as well, the lighter the diet other- wise, and the quieter the patient is kept, the more certain and rapid is the recovery. Hot water is better than cold for bruises. It relieves pain quickly, and by preventing congestion often keeps off the ugly black and blue mark. “Children cry for it,” when they experience the relief it affords their bumps and bruises. For a sprained ankle, the whites of eggs and powdered alum made into a plaster is almost a speciflc. MEDICINAL FOOD.

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Pains in the side are most promptly relieved by the application of mustard. For cold in the head, nothing is better than powdered borax, sniffed up the nostrils. A drink of hot, strong lemonade before going to bed will often break up a cold and cure a sore throat. Nervous spasms are usually relieved by a little salt taken into the mouth and allowed to dissolve. Whooping cough paroxysms are relieved by breathing the fumes of turpentine and carbolic acid. Broken limbs should be placed in natural positions, and the patient kept quiet until the surgeon arrives. Hemorrhages of the lungs or stomach are promptly checked by small doses of salt. The patient should be kept as quiet as possible. Sleeplessness, caused by too much blood in the head, may be overcome by applying a cloth wet with cold water to the back of the neck. Wind colic is promptly relieved by peppermint essence taken in a little warm water. For small children it may be sweetened. Paregoric is also good. For stomach cramps, ginger ale or a teaspoonful of the tincture of ginger in a half glass of water in which a half teaspoonful of soda has been dissolved. Sickness of the stomach is most promptly relieved by drinking a teacupful of hot soda and water. If it brings the offending matter up, all the better. A teaspoonful of ground mustard in a cupful of warm water is a prompt and reliable emetic, and should be resorted to in cases of poisoning or cramps in the stomach from over-eating. Avoid purgatives or strong physic, as they not only do no good, but are positively hurtful. Pills may relieve for the time, but they seldom cure. Powdered rosin is the best thing to stop bleeding from cuts. After the powder is sprinkled on, wrap the wound with soft cotton cloth. As soon as the wound begins to feel feverish, keep the cloth wet with cold water. HEALTH SUGGESTIONS. Eggs are considered one of the best remedies for dysentery. Beaten up Slightly, with or without sugar, and swallowed, they tend by their emollient qualities to lessen the inflammation of the stomach and intestines, and by forming a transient coating on those organs, enable Nature to resume her healthful sway over the diseased body. Two, or at most, three eggs per day, would be all that is required in ordinary cases ; and, since the egg is not merely medicine, but food as well, the lighter the diet otherwise, and the quieter the patient is kept, the more certain and rapid is the recovery. Hot water is better than cold for bruises. It relieves pain quickly, and by preventing congestion often keeps off the ugly black and blue mark. “Children cry for it,” when they experience the relief it affords their bumps and bruises. For a sprained ankle, the whites of eggs and powdered alum made into a plaster is almost a specific. MEDICINAL FOOD.

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