4*6 THE UOUSEnOLB. 



•ither precedes or attends the eruption. Its duration seldom exceeds three 

 or four days. 



In some cases nettle rash is accompanied with largo wheals or bumps, 

 which appear of asohd nature, without any cavity or head, containing either 

 water or other fluid. 



Half a teaspoonful of magnesia, and the same quantity of cream of tartar 

 mixed in half a teacupful of milk, an hour before breakfast, and reiJcated as 

 required, will be found very efficacious. 



Coffee and Typlioirt Fever._Q|L Guillasse, of the French navy, in a 

 recent paper on typhoid fever, spoaJPPof the great benefit which has been 

 derived from the use of coft'ee. Ho has found that no sooner have the pa- 

 tients taken a few tablcspoonfuls of it than their features become relaxed 

 and they come to then- senses; next day the improvement is such as to 

 leave no doubt that the article is just the specific needed. Under its in- 

 fluence the stupor is dispelled and the patient rouses from the state of som- 

 nolency in which he has been since the invasion of the disease; soon, all the 

 functions take their natiiral course, and he cuters upon convalescence. Dr. 

 Guillasse gives to an adult two or three tablcspoonfuls of strong black coffee 

 •very two or three hours, alternated with one or two teaspoonfuls of claret 

 or Burgundy wine— a little lemonade or citrate of magnesia to be taken 

 daily; after a while quinine. 



Iiigro-wlng Toe IVails— As this is a very painful malady, it may be 

 worth a great deal to some of our readers to know that the troubla 

 is not with the nail, but with the flesh, which gets pushed upon it, thereby 

 becoming inflamed, and the inflammation and swelling are kejjt up bj' the 

 presence of the nail, which then acts as a foreign body. To cure it, take the 

 neighboring toe — which, by the way, is really the offender — and with it press 

 the swollen flesh down and away from the nail, then bind the two firmly to- 

 gether with adhesive strips, which may be had at any drug store. If the 

 strips get loose, and the flesh slips up on the nail again, readjust the toes 

 and put on fresh plaster until the flesh rehabituates itself to its former place. 



Ab»ce:^s. — In some particulars an abscess resembles a large boil. "There 

 is an inflammatory condition, with heat, pain, and swelling. The result of 

 this inflammation is the discharge of degenerated matter or pus. They may 

 be opened as soon as pulsation is detected, the same as boils, or the opera- 

 tion may bo delayed until by tising hot water compresses, flax seed poultice, 

 bread and hot milk poultice, they come to a point or head. The matter or 

 pus should be completely discharged by gentle pressure, and the cavity 

 freely washed out by injecting a mixture of one part cai-bolic acid and twenty 

 of warm water, and pressure exerted by a bandage, when healing will rap- 

 idly take place. 



Blistered Haiitls or Feel — When the hands are l)listered from rowing 

 or the feet from walking or other causes, be careful not to allow the blisters 

 to break, if possible. Some persons are ia the habit, by means of a needle 

 and piece of worsted, of placing a seton into blisters to draw off the water; 

 but in our opinion this is a great mistake and retards the healing. Bathe 

 the blisters frequently in warm water, or if they are very severe, make a 

 salve of tallow, dropped from a lighted candle into a little pin and worked 

 up to a proper consistenoe, and on going to bed cover the blisters with thin 

 Balre and place a piece of clean soft rag over thorn. 



