, The Mountaineer 101 



staff who conduct a carefree company up to the summit 

 and back, past many dangers, keeping everyone both 

 cheerful and careful till safe in camp again. 



Indigestion is seldom heard of except in rainy 

 weather, when exercise is interfered with and the idlers in 

 camp overeat of the goodies our chef comforts us withal, 

 such as beef stew with Spanish sauce, followed by 

 mince pie. 



Diarrhoea in the mountains is almost always caused 

 by weariness and worry, and is more apt to occur early 

 in the trip, before the carking cares of city life are quite 

 forgotten, and before the climber is rested from the 

 preparations for the trip. 



Constipation is rare in the mountains, when to the 

 active exercise is added generous dishes of stewed fruits, 

 daily. 



For earache, the best prevention is to sleep with the 

 head dry and closely covered with wool, as with a stock- 

 ing cap, or a little shawl pinned snugly. For cure, be- 

 sides the doctor's internal remedies, glycerine with car- 

 bolic acid to sterilize and cocaine to stop the pain, will 

 relieve. Glycerine two teaspoonfuls, carbolic acid two 

 drops, cocaine four and one-half grains, is the propor- 

 tion, to be warmed and put into the ear on absorbent 

 cotton. 



For toothache, half iodine and half aconite tinctures, 

 painted on the gum every two or three hours, will make 

 the sufferer call you blessed. These two preparations 

 I always carry into the wilderness. 



The surgical cases are the natural result of life on 

 the trail. First come blistered feet from heavy boots, 

 next blistered faces from the sun's reflection on the 

 snow, then an interesting list of sprained knees, wrists 

 or ankles ; bruises, cuts and burns ; rarely, frosted feet 

 from long time in the snows and crevasses. The major 

 cases, of broken legs and more serious injuries, we 

 hope to avoid altogether by caution. But if they come. 



