Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1883 — THE FAMILY DOCTOR. [ARTICLE]

THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

Linseed oil and*charooal oil is aa excellent remedy for a scald or burn. A bit of cotton batting sprinkled with black pepper and wet with sweet-oil and idserted in the ear will immediately cure earache. A tea spoonful of the white of an egg well beaten and mixed with lemon and sugar taken occasionally will relieve hoarseness. To prevent the hair from falling out apply once a week a wash made of one quart of boiling water, one ounoe of pulverized borax, and half an ounce of powdered oamphor. Rub on with sponge or piece of flannel. Sleepless people—and they are many in America—-should court the sun. The very worst soporific is laudanum, and the very best, sunshine. Therefore, it is very plain poor sleepers should pass as many hours as possible in the shade. Many women 'are martyrs, and vet they do not know it. They shut the shunshine out of their houses and their hearts, they wear veils, they carry parasols, they do all possible to keep off the subtlest and yet most potent influence whioh is intended to give them strength and beauty and cheerfulness. Is it not time to ohange this, and so get color and roses in our pale cheeks, strength in our weak books, and oourage in our timid souls? The women of America are pale and delioate; they maybe blooming and strong, and the sunlight will be a potent influence in this transformation. Wet Earth Cure.— A new way of dressing wounds was discovered by accident by Dr. Neuberg, of Germany. Two years ago there appeared at the clinio a laborer who had sustained a compound fracture of the forearm eight or ten days before, with considerable laoeration. He had got a comrade to surround the whole forearm at onoe with a thick paste of peat mold, on whioh was laid a rough splint of wood. When he came to the olinio he was in good general health, and on olearing off the mold the doctor found the wound to be healing beautifully, without any sign of suppuration. Dr. Neuberg was led by this experience to investigate the properties of peat mold, and his conclusion is that it is peculiarly valuable for the purpose of dressing wounds, chiefly because of its great power of absorbing the products of decomposition.— New York Tribune.

How to Recruit Tired-Out Nerves. —Sometimes what we call “laziness” ought to be allowed. A child (or a man) who grows fat and lazy from over-feed-ing, should be put upon a plainer diet and urged to exercise. But those who grow languid and have little appetite from nervous exhaustion, ought to be carefully nourished by nutritious food of easy digestion (since the digestive organs are probablyin a weak condition), and allowed to rest and gather up , strength before being called upon to expend it. No stimulants will afford any real help. They call out the strength temporarily, and make one feel strong while the influence lasts, but this is only wasting the strength. One may live for a time upon stimulants, and appear to be helped by them, but only genuine nourishment really builds up the strength. Food alone, however good, cannot cure nervous exhaustion. Pure air, sunlight (all of this that one oan get and endure), cleanliness, warm, easy clothing,and restful surroundings, are all essential, and these natural agencies alone will affect a cure in almost every case if taken in time, while the case is curable. The food taken should be real nourishment, not simply the pretty little invalid’s dishes, made up of delicate starches and flavorings, that one often sees recommended by ignorance. Starch has nothing for the brain and nerves, and for this reason white bread is very poor food. Flour should be used that contains all of the gluten of the wheat. The “entire wheat flour” is recommended by physicians as the'best. Oat meal, good milk, eggs, beef and the best fruits and vegetables, all help nobuild up strength. Ptue air night and day are needed, and the time should be spent out of doors as much as possible. For those who are only beginning to suffer from nervous exhaustion, light gardening and other employment may be useful. Those who are much worn down with brain labor had better not try anything at first more laborious than riding, as walking wearies an already tired brain. There is nojnore healthful and enjoyable exercise than light horseback riding ; it brings many muscles into play, diverting the mind, and gives tone tone to both mind and body. “Diet and Quiet” are among the best of our nliysicians. —American AgricuU turixt.