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of beeswax, one-half gill alcoholic spirits, add a little of the gum of balsam;
boil all together slowly, until it has done rising or foaming, or until it
begins to appear clear. Pour the mixture into a pail of cold water, and when it
gathers, take it out, roll on boards and cut it off. Care must be taken not to
burn it. Moisten the hands in brandy while working.--Mrs. H. F. Wilcox, Norwalk,
Conn.
FOR COLD IN THE HEAD. --As soon as you feel that you have a cold in the head,
put a tea-spoonful of sugar in a goblet, and on it put six drops of camphor,
stir it, and fill the glass half full of water; stir, till the sugar is
dissolved, then take a dessert-spoonful every twenty minutes. This is a sure
cure if taken as directed.--Miss H. D. Martin, Washington Heights.
OIL SILK--Placed over the chest of those suffering from pneumonia or pleurisy
will give great relief and hasten recovery.
MANNA AND MILK. --Take a quart of fresh skim milk, and boil in it one ounce of
manna; drinking this quantity cool, in small draughts, at intervals during the
day, is good for consumptives.
SCARLET FEVER--Like small pox, spreads by infection and contagion. The first
symptom is generally vomiting; fever soon sets in: the throat is slightly sore;
there is headache, thirst, restlessness, and slight delirium at night. These
symptoms continue about forty-eight hours, when the rash makes its appearance
over the lower part of the neck and upper part of the chest. This rash is of a
bright scarlet in healthy persons, having a velvety appearance, but not raised
or rough. On the second day of the rash it spreads over the body, and on the
third over the limbs. At this period it begins to fade on the chest and body,
and the third day from its appearance on the hands and feet it disappears
altogether. It returns, however, as a slight blush for several days, with more
or less fever. With the subsidence of the eruption there appears over the body a
dandruff-like scurf. This stage is very dangerous, from the fact that the
removal of this outer coating renders the patient peculiarly liable to
suppression of perspiration on the slightest exposure to cold. Judicious nursing
is far more important than medicines, but no case should be without a competent
physician The room should have a uniform temperature day and night of about 68°
to 70° should be well aired, without exposure to drafts. In this room the
patient should remain until thoroughly well, unless it be in the summer season.
The clothing should be light during the rash, and increased after it until
convalescence is established. Give cold drinks very sparingly. When the skin is
hot, sponge the body frequently. It is well to bind a piece of fat salt pork on
the throat, or put around it a light flannel scarf, rubbing the throat daily and
freely with camphorated oil. The diet should consist of light gruels and liquids
until the eruption subsides, when it may be solid but still simple. After the
early stages are passed, the danger will depend upon the exposure of the new
tender surface to cold, and the resulting dropsy. The change of an article of
clothing, lowering of temperature in the room at night, stepping into a cold
room, are but few of the many ways of so chilling the skin as to suppress
perspiration and induce dropsy. There are two simple methods of rendering
patients less liable to dropsy after scarlet fever. First, rub them over
frequently with fatty substances, as lard, or oil, or cocoa butter; second,
frequent warm baths during convalescence. After the bath great care should be
taken to remove the refuse water beyond the reach of exposure, or disinfect
it.--By an eminent physician.
DIPHTHERIA SYMPTOMS.--Diphtheria appears in three varieties, which are thus
briefly described: 1. Fever, severe pains in the back and limbs, and very great
prostration. There may be no soreness of the throat, but small
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