Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1885 — THE FAMILY DOCTOR. [ARTICLE]

THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

Habitual Constipation.— ln the British Medical Journal Dr. J, Mortimer Granville offer* three prescription* which he claims ere generally applicable to the treatment of all ▼ell recognized forme of habitual constipation. He see* three forms of the disease, one due to deficient perietal tie action, one dne to deficient glandular secretion and one due to interruption of the habit of periodic evacuation. For the relief of the first form he prescribes : B. Sod* valerianatis gr. xxxvj. TVncturse nucis vamicje m lx. Tincturaa capsid m xlviij. Syrupiaurantii. oz ira. Aquas adoz vi. M. Ft mistura. Sig.— Tablespoonful in water half an hour before meals. For the second form: R. Aluminis dr iij. Tincturaa quassias oz j. Infusi quassias oz vij. M. Sig. —Dessertspoonful after meala For the th rd fonn. R Ammon se carbo atis .dr j. Tincturas Yalertanaa oz j. Aquas campliorae oz v. M. Sig. —Take one ouncs as directed on arising from bed. Dr. Granville insists upon a regular hour for going to stool, at least to make an effort at evacuation. He proposes to establish in this way the normal habit, and thinks aperients in habitual constipation do no good.— Druggists * Circular. Scrofula. —This, in the past, wap known as “King’s Evil,” probably from the fact that it prevailed in the families of royalty, among those who “fared sumptuously every day,” or were the victims of a luxurious style of living. The name is derived from the Latin scrofa, “a sow,” since it was long ago marked by an indolent swelling of the glands, particularly in the neck, followed by suppuration and breaking, in some instances running for a long time, because the supply of waste and putrid matters is still kept up by false habits of living, by a want of cleanliness, pure air and sunlight, the healing also proceeding slowly. From this fact, and many bad habits of living, the idea lias prevailed among the ignorant, that these discharges are “running the life away,” an idea too absurd to deserve a moment’s thought. It may be that such half-created victims of sensuality may not live, even with all that nature can do by these dischargee of putrid and poison matter, while a sudden check, this poison being thrown inward, would destroy life in a few hours; not only let this pass off, but urge its discharge by the use of poultices, or, far better, wet cloths, kept warm by bandages: and then direct attention to the removal of the causes, since such filthy suppurations are rarely, if ever, found among the Jews, or even blotches on the surface, or humors, or indeed in any non-pork-eating nation. The first oauae to be removed is the use of the most diseased of all meats found on the tables of civilization, pork, and its concentrated filthiness—lard. Let the doubters carefully examine the entrails of the hog, the fat deposits, the neck, and see how many corrupt abcesses may be found in these fatty deposits, sometimes holding a quart of “matter," as dealers will assure yon, if the hog is very fat and therefore very much diseased. To see, is to be convinoed. Or. T et them Moses, who was instructed by -Jehovah, as seen in the eleventh chapter of Leviticus. These victims at birth are “rickety,” have large abdomens, joints, heads, flabby muscles, a clear skin filled with corruption, so filled and so slightly vitalized, that most of them, aside from a great deal of good nutsing and training, will become consumptive. To avoid this, let them be subjected to correct treatment, as well cared for as are our favorite horses by the intelligent expert, or as are the imgilists while being trained for an ignoble, disgraceful fight! Let them be put on to a bread and milk diet, witheggs, fruits, potatoes, using but little meats, and then only the lean, plain fish, the bread being the genuine article, not the impoverished fine flour product. Let them be kept clean by washings daily, if they are warm afterward, (salt may be added,) rubbed or brushed thoroughly. Let them be regular in their meals and in all respects, sleeping as much as possible. But above all, let them have an abundance of out-door exercise, as much air and sun as possible, well clad and fed, and kept out of school till they are vigorous.— Dr. J. 11. Hanaford.