HEALTH IN THE HOME.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 733, 30 December 1914, Page 7

HEALTH IN THE HOME.

ULCERATED STOMACH* This complaint generally arises fronj the lining membrane of the stomaah becoming inflamed, and a sore forming. Delicate women, who live largely on tea, who have not had proper nourishing food, and who are anaemic and bloodless, often suffer from this complaint. If a nerson experiences violent pain in the stomach shortly after taking food, and then obtains relief by vomiting, you may be almost sure an ulcer is the cause of it. The danger lies in the possibility of the ulcer breaking through the wall of the stomach', and the contents escaping into the abdomen, and thus setting up inflammation which might prove fatal if not carefully treated in a proper manner. The patient must remain in bed, and for three to four days be fed by injection, so that the stomach may rest. Afterwards -small doses of milk may be given by the moutlr, and later meat juice, soup, and soft-boiled eggs; solid food must be avoided. In case of any bleeding, small lumps of ice may be sucked, and cold applied to the stomach. When the patient is able to take food by the mouth, a teaspoonful of Carlsbad salt in a little warm water may be given in tho morning. Six to ten grains of subnitrate of bismuth taken three times a day before food is sometimes helpful to tho healing of an ulcer. Should the ulcer perforate the wall of the stomach tlioro must be an operation at once.

NEW REMEDY FOR INSOMNIA.-

An expert in nervous diseases has recently recommended a cure for insomnia, which has been tried \Vith much success. It is simply to keep your eyes open when you want to go to sleep and cannot. A person whose brain is too active will sometimes close the eyes and vainly endeavor to sleep. The very closing of the eye seems to concentrate the mental faculties on business affairs and other distractions. The theory of the French physician is that if the victim of insomnia will fix his eyes upon some gleam of light, some shadow, or even the darkness itself, he can relieve his mind from thoughts that perplex it and divert attention from himself. Try the experiment when you are sleepless, and see how unconsciously your eyes will close and your -thoughts begin to take possession of you. Struggle to keep them open and fixed upon an object ; either real or imaginary, and before you are aware of it the struggle will have ended and sleep will 'be victorious. -•>

CURE FOR SLIGHT BURNS. PuS the ftart instantly in cold water, or cover it with moistened bakiug-ing-powder, and then.with a wet :.lotli. When the sldn is destroyed the point to be attained is to exclude the air; do this by covering- *he' bum with sweet oil, cosmoline, vaseline, linseed oil, cream, carron oil, lard, or with flour spread thickly ra a a linen cloth, or on a cotton battingf. An excellent covering- for burnt surfaces is made by mixing- ' common whiting: (used in kitchens for polishing purposes) with sweet oil, olive, cotton seed, or other oil, or even water, into a thick paste. With this the burn is carefully covered by means of a feather, taking care not to break the blister, then the whole part is covered with cotton cloth £nd kept clean and moist. In severe cases cover the patient warmly in bed, and give opiates and stimulants. Burns of large size are always dangerous, often resulting in death, and always should receive the careful attention of a skilled .physician.

HOW TO RETAIN HEALTH. If you wish to have health it is necessary that you should be regular in your habits, have a stated time for your meals, eat sparingly of plain nourishing' food, and leave pastry severely alone; abstain from ardent spirits and tobacco, retire from the dinner table feeling a little hungry, bathe often, and exercise in the open air when you can, as breathing the pure air gives life and strength; retire to bed early, as a good night's rest gives the body a chance to recover the nervous wastes lost during the waking hours. There is no doubt but sleep is a prolonger of life, and is upheld in a recent medical work on the digestive organs and faculties. A long sleeper has a much better prospect of long life than a person who is satisfied with naps. It is well-known that the great cause of our bodily ailments is repletion—that is, eating a larger quantity than is wanted to supply the. necessaries of the system.

CELERY FOR RHEUMATISM. One of the strangest theories is that celery is a cure for rheumatism; indeed, it is asserted that the disease is impossible if the vegetable be cooked and freely eaten. The celery should be cut into pieces and boiled in water until soft, and the water drunk by the patient. Put new milk, with a little flour and nutmeg", into a saucepan with the boiled celery, serve it warm with pieces of toast, eat it with potatoes, and the painful ailment will soon yield. Such is the declaration .of a physician, who, it is said, has aga'n tried the experiment, and with uniform success. -He adds that cold or damp never produces, but simply develops the disease of which acid blood is the primary and sustaining" cause*