Health Hints.

Otago Witness, Issue 2815, 26 February 1908, Page 76

Health Hints.

Bj our parents and grandparents gentian^ calumha, and similar drugs were used so largely that sometimes a "habit" was set up. It was boasted that, these remedies were not injurious, that they could bo propared at home, and that they saved doo* tors' bills. All these bitter^ drugs are capable of working injury to the stomacU walla. For instanoe, simple infusion of calumba, when taken in large doses over a long period, will bring about great tenderness of the stomach. All the drugs &?o right enough when used only now and again. There ore states of the system when loss of blood is highly" beneficial. We often see this between the twelfth and fifteenth years. Development may be then carried out ia a rather lop-fiided manner. Many boys-and girls make too much blood. It cannot be. used by the. normal fle«h. Henoe the,surplus must either come away, or "be devoted to formation of fat and other undesirable tissues. When a full-bodied child ia attacked by nose-bleeding, the fact should be regarded with complacency. The internal treatment of chronic _ acno is apparently one of the most contradictory section^ of medical science. Its local treatment is never so, because all measures of this character are devoted to keeping the skip, clean, suppressing the growth of bacteria, and removing local inflammations. The internal means are so variable because the constitutional causes have a like character. Thus acne is caused by too little and too much animal food ; by deficiency of. fruit and excess of fruit; excess and deficiency of active exercise, and 00 forth- The vjctirh of chronic acne should 1 change tha diet to 'the greatest possible extent. If one has been c vegetarian, turn to meat plentifully. If a large meat eater, have recourse to » vegetarian menu. If accustomed to a mixed diet, eat during a period of 21! days the smallest allowance of food compatible with strength, and let this be nearly, free from sugar, table salt, and spices. Sometimes «cne needs onlr a prolonged course of saline aperients. "Very bad -cases have yielded to a aeidlitz powder, taker* daily during a period of five or six weeks. Hiccough ia variously set up. One way is by taking- a hot drink when the stomach ?s empty. One way is to pinch the nose, and drink about half a tumblerful of, cold water.

A poultice antiseptic witl keep a part free from gangrene and similar complications. Dissolve in the boiling water with which" the poultice is made as much boric acid as it will tak« up.