Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1886 — A Tonsorial Dentist. [ARTICLE]

A Tonsorial Dentist.

“Razor pull, sir ?” “N—no. See here, barber, didn’t you use to be a dentist ?” “Not as I knows of.” “You’d make a good one.” “Why so, sir?” . “If all my teeth were on the outside of my face you’d have them out in a minute. ” — Chicago Ledger. The expedients resorted to or remedies proposed for insomnia are generally such as will equalize the blood circulation in the head, either by increasing or diminishing itii In feverish excitement the cold douche, or a sprinkling of the back of the head and neck with cool water, followed by wiping dry, is said to be efficacious. In cases of pure mental over-excitement perhaps the better way is to lure the blood down to the lower extremities by a hot foot-bath, or hot bottles to the feet. Dr. Von Gellhorn has found this to be a useful plan of inducing sleep: A piece of cloth about eighteen inches wide, and of sufficient length, dipped in cold water and wrapped about the leg, the wet bandage to be covered with a dry one, and a long stocking drawn over all to keep in place. It has been found to reduce the temperature tested in the external ear canal. In conditions of general debility, or weak heart’s action, it may happen that wakefulness results from a lack of good blood brain circulation, and then the use of general tonics during the day is necessary to improve the action of vital organs, but by way of temporary expedients such a person will do well to have handy, by the bedside, a pitcher of milk, and if toward early morn there is a wakefulness, with a sense of oppression about the chest or pit of the stomach, a drink of milk will act as a food stimulant and improve the hearty action and the blood circulation, thus relieving sleeplessness. When, owing to slow digestion, it is found best to eat a light evening meal, a glass of milk on retiring may be advisable, but good judgment must be used in choice of foods at bed time, since sleeplessness, or restlessness and bad dreams often result from irritation of undigested loads in the stomach.— Dr. Fcoie’s Health Monthly.