Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1884 — THE FAMILY DOCTOR. [ARTICLE]

THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

Irregitlae Heart Action. —Dr.. Bowditch has used the following formula for the past twenty-five years: R.—Pulv. digitalis, gr. x; pqlv. colchici sem., gr. xx; sodii bicarbonas, gr. xxx; M. et div. in chart Na xx. Sig. One powder three or four times daily. Death from Gluttony.—Two cases are reported in an exchange. The first is that of a railway clerk, who appeared well when he went to bed on Christmas night, but died before morning. The medical man who examined the body found the stomach largely distended with undigested food which had stopped the action of the heart. The other case was that of a negro from Sierro Leone, in whose stomach whole potatoes were found. Prof. Knapp, of New York, recommends the wearing of cotton pellets moistened with glycerine and water, deep in the ear canal, when there is a defect in the natural ear-drum. They protect the deeper and inner parts of the ear against unfavorable atmospheric influences, prevent drying of the mucous membranes, arrest profuse discharge, and improve hearing. They must be renewed once a day or week as the case requires, and may be worn a life time with benefit and comfort. To Abort a Style.—Dr. Louis Fitzpatrick, who has recently returned from. Egypt, where all kinds of eye affections are extremely common, writes to the Lancet, that he has never seen a single instance in which the stye continued to develop after the following treatment had been resorted to: The lids should be held apart by the thumb and index finger of the left hand, while tincture of iodine is painted over the inflamed papilla with a fine camel’s hair pencil. should not be allowed to come in Cl WjilM until the part touched is dry. A fewuuch applications in twenty-four hours are sufficient. Good Food And Good Digestion.— All persons who like good and wellcooked food should digestwell, or they cannot properly enjoy it. It takes away all.the comfort of eating to know that the stomach will refuse to comfortably dispose of the luxuries presented to it. To all whose digestion is in the least degree languid, we say, relieve yourself by taking vitalized phosphites ; it will be a permanent blessing to you, and strengthen your digestion as well as your nerves." Many hardworking persons, especially those engaged in brain-work, would be saved from the fatal resort to chloral and other destructive stimulants, if they would have recourse to, a remedy so simple and so efficacious. This is no secret lemedy; it is used by all physicians. All who are troubled with their digestion, or with nervous weakness, go to your druggist and get a bottle of vitalized phosphites.— Hearth an tl Home.

Eating Lemons.—A good deal has been said through the papers about the healthfulness of lemons. The latest advice is how to use them so that they will do the most gpod, as follows: Most people know the benefit of lemonade before breakfast, but few know that it is more than doubled by taking another at night also. The way to get the better of the bilious system without blue pills or quinine is to take the juice of one, two, or three lemons, as the appetite craves, in as much ice water as makes it pleasant to drink without sugar, before going to bed. In the morning, on rising, at least half an hour before breakfast, take the juice of one lemon in a goblet of water. This will clear the system of humor and bile with efficiency, without any of the weakening effects of calomel or Congress water. People should not irritate the stomach by eating lemons clear; the powerful acid of the juice r which is always most corrosive, invariably causes inflammation after awhile, but, properly diluted, so that it does hot burn nor draw the throat, it does its medical work without harm, and, when the stomach is clear of food, has abundant opportunity to work over the system thoroughly.— Health and Home.