Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1910 — THE FAMILY DOCTOR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE FAMILY DOCTOR

Earache. —The old Missouri remedy Is to cut out the heart of an onion and fill with tobacco, then roast. When soft, squeeze out the Juice and pour a few drops in the ear as hot as can be. Repeat if necessary. We never print g remedy in this column without having tried it on the dog and know it is all right. Small Pox.—To prevent or cure this distressing disease mix sulphate of zinc, one grain; digitalis, one grain, -and half a teaspoonful of sugar with two tablespoonfuls of water. When mixed add four ounces of water and take a tablespoonful every hour. This remedy, it is said, will also cure scarlet fever. Either disease will disappear in twelve hours. For a child smaller doses should be given according to age. Inflammatory Rheumatism. This most painful ailment may be overcome by heroic measures. Have a druggist put up eighty grains of iodide of potassium, 160 grains of bicarconate of soda and one dram and onehalf of fluid extract of colchicum root wth water sufficient to make two ounces. The dose is one teaspoonful In water every three hours, but usually not more than three doses can be taken consecutively because of the cathartic effect and generally no more are necessary until another attack comes on. Verminized Kids. —At some time or another, just as children get measles, whooping cough and the itch, they will somehow manage to get vermin in the hair. Take a cup of coal oil and a soft old cloth. Dip part of the child’s hair in the oil and rub the scalp and sop the hair with the oil. Let it remain thus for an hpur, then take an old towel and rub the head and hair as dry as possible and comb the hair gently with the fine comb. Do not scratch the scalp in the process. Two or three applications three or four days apart will do the business. The coal oil is considered good for both scalp and hair. Never apply the oil in a room where there is a fire, and keep the child away from both light and fire for several hours. _