416 THE IIOUSEHOLJ). 



acid drinks, and flax seed or slippery olm tea. Warm lierb teas, and fre- 

 quent sponge batlas with tepid water, servo to allay the fever; care should 

 be taken not to let the patient take cold. If the fever is very high, and ])re- 

 vents the rash coming out, a slight dose of salts; or a nauseating dose of 

 ipecac, lobelia, or hive syrup should be given, and followed by tcaspoonful 

 doses of compoTind tincture of Virginia snake- root until the fever is allayed. 

 If the patient from any derangement tak-eson a low typhoid typo of fever, 

 and the rash does not come out until the seventh day, and is then of a dark 

 and livid color, tonics and stimulants milst be given, and the expectoration 

 promoted by some suitable remedy. The room should be kept dark to pro- 

 tect the inflamed eyes. As long as the fever remains the patient should be 

 kept in bed. Exposure may cause pneumonia, which. In other words, is 

 acute inflammation of the lungs. Keep in the room as long as the cough 

 lasts. There is always danger of the lungs being loft in an inflamed state 

 after the measles, unless the greatest care is taken not to suffer the patient 

 to take cold. 



Should there bo much pain, and a severe cough, this must bo treated as 

 a separate disease, with other remedies. 



Rheuinatism. — (I) Dr. Ebrards, of Nimes, states that he has for many 

 years treated all his cases of sciatica and neuralgic pains with an improvised 

 apparatus consisting merely of a flat-iron and vinegar, two things that will 

 be found in every house. The iron is heated until sufiicieutly hot to vaporize 

 the vinegar, and is then covered with some woolen fabric, which is moist- 

 ened with vinegar, and the apparatus is applied at once to the jiainful spot. 

 The ajiplication may be repeated two or three times a day. Dr. Ebrard 

 states that, as a rule, the pain disappears in twenty-four hours, and recovery 

 ensues at once. 



(2) Take cucumbers, when full grown, and put them into a pot with a lit- 

 tle salt; then put the pot over a slow fire, where it should remain for about 

 an hour; then take the cucumbers and press them, tlic juice from which 

 must be put into bottles, corked up tight, and placed in the cellar, Avhere 

 they should remain for about a week; then wet a flannel rag vrith the liquid, 

 and apply it to the parts aff"ccted. 



(3) Half ounce of strongest camphorated spirit, one ounce spirits of turpen- 

 tine, one raw egg, half pint best vinegar. Well mix the whole, and keep it 

 closely corked. To be rubbed in three or four tunes a day. For rheuma- 

 tism in the head, or face-ache, rub all over the back of the head and nock, 

 as well as the part which is the immediate scat of pain. 



(4) Dr. Bennett, of Graulbet, France, recommends and presoribes for 

 chronic rheumatism the use of the essential oil of turpentine by friction. Ho 

 used it himself with perfect success, having almost instantaneously got rid 

 of rlieumatic pains in both knees and in the left shoulder. 



(5) A very simple remedy for rheumatism of the extremities, and one 

 that very often gives great relief is, to take a lai'ge piece of thick flannel, 

 sprinkle it well witli finely pulverized sulphur, and then bind snugly about 

 the limb, with the sulphur next the skin. 



(6) For sciatic rheumatism the following is recommended: Two drachms 

 iodide potassium, four ounces cinnamon water. Mix. Take a teasnoonful 

 three times a day before eating. It is also excellent for dyspepsia. 



(7) Tincture i]f gum Guaicum, ton to fifteen drops, three times a day. I 

 have never known it to fail in making a cure, except in cases of long stand- 

 ing, when it will afford great relief. 



