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That a fever patient can be made cool and comfortable by frequent sponging off
with soda water.
That consumptive night-sweats may be arrested by sponging the body nightly in
salt water.
That one in a faint should be laid flat on his back, then loosen his clothes and
let him alone.
The best time to bathe is just before going to bed, as any danger of taking cold
is thus avoided; and the complexion is improved by keeping warm for several
hours after leaving the bath.
To beat the whites of eggs quickly add a pinch of salt. Salt cools, and cold
eggs froth rapidly.
Hot, dry flannels, applied as hot as possible, for neuralgia.
Sprains and bruises call for an application of the tincture of arnica.
If an artery is severed, tie a small cord or handkerchief above it.
For bilious colic, soda and ginger in hot water. It may be taken freely.
Tickling in the throat is best relieved by a gargling of salt and water.
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
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