HEALTH NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 27 July 1907, Page 3

HEALTH NOTES.

SOME USEFUL HINTS.

An excellent remedy (as claimed by a contemporary) for burns is Carron oil, nude of equal pacta of linseed oil and glycerine mixed together. An excellent plan Is to put it into a bottle and shake well before using. A simple way to relieve sore throat is ; to take a lump of resin about as large as a walnut put into an old teapot, pour on boiling water, and then put the ,i iid on, and place the spout to your 1" mouth. The steam will prove very 'ieneficlal in allaying inflammation. Certain articles always have a tend•ncy to form gases in the body. These have nothing to do with indigestion. £ggs. peas, beans, lentils, and cabbage ire the worst offenders. The point is vorthy of note by those who have suflfer■d inconvenience without being able to issign the cause. When the feet are tender and painful tier long walking or standing, great reief can be obtained by bathing them in alt water—a handful of salt to a gallon f water. Have the water as hot as an be comfortably lx>rno; immerse the feet and throw the water up over the nee* with the hands. When the water [rows cool nib the feet and limbs with , dry towel. A mouth wash to keep the gums lealthy and firm is made as follows: Take two teaspoonfuls of tincture of nvrrh, one tableapoontiil of spirits of amphor, and two pints of hot water, in *bkh have been dissolved two small jackets of patent borax. Put a wine[lawful of this mixture into a tumbler, 111 It with water, and use it when cleanng th« teeth. A simple tonic that prepares anil itreogtbens the stomach for its coming fork and abuse is a glass of cold water aken upon rising in the morning. Those vho take an early eup of tea on waking hould exchange it for water, and they rill be surprised at the value of this tore remedy of Nature's own, after a reek's triaL It is well for those of reak digestion to begin with hot water, •radually lowering the temperature till old water is used-

TOAST AS MEDICINE. "Did yon ever wonder why toast is always recommended for invalids?" said a doctor. "The reason is that toast is pre-digested bread What makes fresh bread trying for invalids is the starch in it. Starch is very hard to digest. It needs a good stomach to take hold of the soggy starch in bread and change it to strengthening, stimulating dextrine. That, in fact, is what the brown color in toast indicates—that the starch is gone and dextrine has taken place. The stuff is pre-digested. So we feed our invalids on toast, a disli as thoroughly predicted as any of the most famous breaking food'.—Daily Mail.

CARE OF THE HAIR. - * >T,I Mothers should teach their girls to rare for their hair as early as possible. If a girl coaxed into the habit of giving her locks a hundred strokes with a clean brush every morning and evening, and braiding them loosely for bed the foundation for a beautiful head of hair will be laid. Two many children are allowed to go to bed with' their hair in a tousled condition, only to have it jerked and tangled hastily when school-time comes round. Buch a practice is disastrous to the nerves of a sensitive child, and ruinous to the hair.

If possible, never allow one ohild to use the other's hair brush. Disease of tie scalp is most contagious, and the brush is the surest germ agent.

WINE AS A BACILLI'S KILLER.

If drinking water is suspected of containing typhoid baccilli, is it a useful precaution to dilute it with wine before imbibing it? According to MM. Sabrazes and Marcandier the answer to this question must be unhesitatingly in the affirmative, says the British Medical Journal. They find that ordinary wines exercise a distinctly bactericidal effect upon the typhoid bacillus. They have Investigated a variety of wine* and find that these differ bomewhat in their efficacy, the general rule being that wine wines sre more potent than red. Champagne appears to be the most valuable of them all as it destroy* the baccilli in less than ten minutes; then come other white wines, Sadirac and C'erons, which take some Ave or ten minutes longer. Of the red wines lleaune is one of the most effective.

The acidity of tlie wino is the property to which the destruction of the typhoid bacillus is mainly due. HELP IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS.

Drowning.—(l) Loosen clothing, if any. (2) Empty lungs of water by laying body on stomach, and lifting It by tho middle so that the head hangs down. Jerk the body a few times. (3) Pull tongue forward, using handkerchief, or pin with string, if necessary. (4) Imitate motion of respiration by alternately compressing and expanding the lower ribs, about twenty times a minute. Alternately raising and lowering the arms from the sides up above the head will stimulate the action of the lungs. Let It be done gently but persistently, (o) Apply warmth and friction to extremities. (6) By holding tongue forward, closing the nostrils and pressing the "Adams apple" lack (so as to close entrance to stomach), direct inflation can be tried. Take a deep breath and breathe it forcibly into the mouth of the patient, compress the chest to expel the air. and repeat the operation. (7) Don't give it up! Patients have been saved after hours of patient, vigorous effort. (8) When breathing begins, get patient into warm bed, give warm'drinks, or spirits In teaspoonfuls, fresh air and I quiet -

j Barns and Scalds.—Cover with baking | soda and lay wet cloths over it. Whites of eggs and olive oil; olive or linseed oil, plain, or mixed wi(li chalk or whiting. Lightning.—Dash cold water over a person struck. Sunstroke.—Loosen clothing. Get patieat into shade, and apply ice-cohl water tn head.

Mad Dog Bite.—Tie cord tight above wonnd. Suck the blood and cauterize with caustic or white hot iron at once, or cut out adjoining parts with a sharp knife.

Venomanmis Insect Stin<rs. etc.— Apply weak ammonia, oil, salt water or iodine.

Fainting.—Place flat on hack: allow fre*h air, and sprinkle with water.

Test* of Death.—Hold mirror to Imouth. If living. moisture will gather. Push pin into flesli. If dead the hole will remain, if alive it will close up. Hinders in the Kye.—Roll soft paper tip like a lamplighter and wet the tip to remove, or use a medicine stopper to draw it out. Ruh the other ere.