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f 5tif neighbors, •who may know nothing of the matter, thongh they may have 

 had many children, which fact never gives inteUigence. 



Medical Q,aalUies of lemons. — A good deal has been eaid aboat the 

 healthfulness of lemons. The latest advice is how to use them so that they 

 will do the most good, 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 with- 

 out blue pills or quinine is to take the juice of one, two or three lemons, as 

 appetite craves, in as much ice water as makes it pleasant to drink without 

 sugar before going to bed. In the n»oming, on rising, at least half an hour 

 before breakfast, take the juice of one lemon in a goblet of water. Tuis wi^ 

 clear the sj-stem of humor and bile with efficiency, without any of the weak- 

 ening effects of calomel or congress water. People should not irritate the 

 stomach by eating lemons clear; the powerful acid of the juice, which is 

 always most corrosive, invariably produces inflammation after a while, but 

 properly diluted, so that it does not bum or draw the throat, it does its 

 medical work without harm, and, when the stomach is clear ^f food, has 

 abundant opportunity to work over the system thoroughly, eays a medical 

 authority. 



T^liooping Cough. — (1) Dr. Grath, of Vienna, proposes a singular treat- 

 ment for this distressing ailment, which will doubtless receive careful con- 

 sideration from the medical profession. He states that by placing twenty 

 drops of the oil of turpentine on a handkerchief, holding it before the face, 

 and taking about forty deep inspirations, to be repeated thrice daily, marked 

 relief, succeeded in cases of laryngeal catarrh by speedy cure, is the result. 

 Being called in to attend an infant of fifteen months in the convulsive stage, 

 he instructed the chUd's mother to hold a cloth moistened, as already de- 

 scribed, before it when awake, and to drop the oil upon its pillow when 

 asleep. In this instance the remedy in its effect was most beneficial. The 

 frequency and severity of the attacks sensibly decreased in the course of 

 twenty-four hours, and by proper support by the help of stimulants, im- 

 provement was rapid. 



(2) Dissolve a scruple of salt of tartar in a gill of water; add to it ten 

 grains of cochineal; Bweeten it with sugar. Give to an infant the fourth 

 parTof a tablespoonful four times a day; two years old, half a tablespoonful; 

 from four years, a tablespoonful. This has l>een a verj' snccessfhl 

 mixture. 



(3) The following is regarded as an excellent remedy: Pare carbonate of 

 potassa, one scruple: cochineal, one grain. Dissolve in six ounces of water 

 sweetened with sugar. Dose for a child four or five years old, one teaspoon- 

 ful three times a day, to bo taken before meals. 



(4) The inhalation of air charged with ammoma vapors, as a remedy for 

 whooping cough, has been tried in France with success. One of the methods 

 of application employed is boiling strong ammonia in the room where the 

 patient is. 



(5) Pound l>est black resin very fine, and give as much as will lie on a 

 cent in a little moist sugar tliree times s jay, commencing before breakfast 

 in the morning. I have known it to cnre the most obstinate cases of whoop- 

 ing cough in three weeks. 



(6) An excellent cure for whooping cough, and one that I have seen tried 

 in several instances with entire success, is simply this: Steep a handful of 



