Medical Notes

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 449, 26 February 1890, Page 3

Medical Notes

Dan drive. —lf rubbing the yolks of eggs into the scalp, daily, does not. remove dandruff, mix and rub thoroughly into the scalp the following remedy : —Hydrate of chloral, two drachms, water, four ounces. If there is much oily matter in the hair the following prescription may be used : Aromatic spirits of ammonia four ounces, glycerine half an ounce, rosemary water four ounces. For a bandoline, mucilage of quince seed i 3 good; mucilage of picked Irish moss, carefully strained, is said to be still better. Flax seed tea (strained) is also resorted to. For Ingrowing Nails.— Put a email piece of tallow in a spoon, and heat it over a lamp until it becomes very hot, and drop tivo or three drops of it between the nail and granulations. The effect is almost magical. Pain and tenderness are at once relieved, and in a few days the granulations are all gone, the diseased parts dry and destitute of feeling, and the edge of the nails exposed, so as to admit of being pared without any inconvenience. The operation causes little or no pain, if^the tallow is properly heated. How to Cure a Cold. In the Medical News we find five ways for curing a cold. 1. Bathe the feet in hot water, and drink a pint of hob lemonade. Then sponge with salt water and remain in a warm room. 2. Bathe the face in very hot water every five minutes lor an hour. 3. Snuff up the nostrils hot salt water every three hours. 4. Inhale ammonia or menthol. 5. Take four hours of active exercise in the open air. Summer colds are the worst of all colds oftentimes, as it is then very difficult to protect one’s self properly. A drop of camphor to a teaspoonful of water taken every few moments, is good. A ten-grain dose of quinine will usually break up a cold in the beginning. Anything that will set the blood actively in circulation will do it, whether it be drugs or the use of a bucksaw.