HEALTH IN THE HOME.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 705, 7 February 1922, Page 3

HEALTH IN THE HOME.

FLOWERS IN A SICKROOM,

Flowers are so cheering and beautiful that their use in a sickroom has much to commend it. Often they make the one bright spot in an otherwise cheerless atmosphere. Sickrooms are seldom cheerful, owing to the necessity for removing draperies and curtains. Never keep flowers in a sick room during tile night, and, if possible, always change them every day, as the stalks of some, such as mignonette, decompose very quickly. The water must be changed every day. Strong scented flowers are to be avoided, as utter a few minutes the heavy scent may prove tiring to the patient. Roses, violets, and flowers with pleasant Homely associations are the best lor sickroom decorations, as they often suggest pleasant thoughts and memories to the patient. A NEW CURE FOR ANAEMIA. A French physician, in a paper reim at a meeting of the Academic cc Mcc'ecinc, made some astonishing claims as to the tonic and bleed-:ormirg effectof balloon accents. A two hours’ voyage in the nr, he cteciared, causes :• marked increase in the number of i: < red corpuscles, and the condition persists foi ten days after the ascent, i we such ascents in the (.curse of six " seven weeks, he said, are more her.ficial to an anaemic than a sojourn ” three months in the mountains. I good effect begins to ho fe;t almos immediately, and a laugtivincd slay • the air is of no value, and m the ca > of many is actual.y no.in mental : : causing nervous irritation. Dr. Nangier urged that the Municipal Comc.il be asked to provide a largo bn' loon capable of taking to the onair daily fifty patients who are to poor to afford a change of climate.

FIS H -110 O K \Y OUNDS. The /.vcncut! idea of extracting a fish-hook is -to endeavour to jerk it it; out again in much the srinc way as it might be dragged i-orn a fish’s mouth. The resulting wound is an unpleasant tear, which, although it doe<not bleed, is really very painful for davs. The best method to remove a fish-hook is, if the top of the hook >s not curved to cut away the silk, o; gut, around the shank, and after deadening tiro skin with a little cocaine, to push the hoc it through tin flesh., as if it were a needle. Tin wound will be slight and heal ire rncd i nte!y. As, how ever, fi h -hoe ks a : somewhat inclined to have foreign matter attached to them it is as well to plunge the wounded part into some very hot water, arid hold it tnerc tot some lime. Afterwards '.rathe tin place with some carbolic lotion, and bandage up with a little 'anti-septic gauze for a few hours. If the wound shows any sign of inflammation, or i? at ail painful, poultice it immediately. If the fish-hook has penetrated very deeply, and the former method cannot be used to extract it. it is better to go to a doctor, who will remove the hook with vorv little pain by simply cutting down the barb with a sharp lancet. This last operation can btdone by a firm-handed amateur, but it is as well not to attempt it unless a' a great distance from a doctor, and it is absolutely necessary to operate immediately.