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drink — Tea, coflfee, cocoa from nilw, with milk, bnt no sagar; dry wines in 

 moderation \*ithout sngar; light bitter beer, soda and seltzer water. May 

 not drink — Milk, exetpt sparingly; porter and stout, sweet ales, sweet wines. 

 As a rule, alcoholic hquors should be taken sparingly, and never without 

 food. 



Salt in Intermittent Fever. — Take a handful of table salt and roast 

 in a clean oven with moderate heat till it is brown- the color of roasted cof- 

 fee. Dose for an adult, a sonpepooufal dissolved in a glass of warm water; 

 take at once. ^Vhen the fever appears at intervals of two, three, or four 

 days, the remedy should be taken fasting on the morning ef the day follow- 

 ing the fever. To overcome the thirst, a very little water should be taken 

 through a straw. Durmg the forty-eight hours which foUow the taking of 

 the salt, the appetite should be satisfied with chicken and beef broth only; 

 it is especiiilly necessarj- to obeerre a severe diet and avoid taking cold. 

 The remedy is very simple and Armless, and has never been known to fail 

 where it has been given trial. 



Colic in Infants. — Infants are very subject to colic from overfeeding, 

 too early feeding, constipation, and many other causes. They often suffer 

 terribly from these pains, tossing about, drawing up their legs, and scream- 

 ing vehemently. TVco/nieji/.— When it arises from costivcness, a teaspoon- 

 ful or tablespoonful of castor oil will often remove the defect, and at or 

 about the same time give three drops of essence of peppermint or spearmint, 

 in a Uttle sweetened water. A very httle saleratus often gives relief, and 

 paregoric in two to five-drop doses every hour, will give reUef. Hot flannels 

 applied over the bowels and stomach are useftil, and often the infant can be 

 greaUy relieved by laying it upon the belly on the knee, trotting it and gen- 

 tly tapping its back; this must be done cautiously, for if unsuccessful it 

 might increase the pains. 



How People Get Siek— Eating too much and too fast; swallowing im- 

 perfectly masticated food; using too much fluid at meals; drinking poison- 

 ous whiskey and other intoxicating drinks; repeatedly using poison as 

 medicines; keeping late hours at night, and sleeping late in the morning; 

 wearing clothing too tight; wearing thin shoes; neglecting to wash the body 

 sufficiently to keep the pores open; exchanging the warm clothes worn in a 

 warm room during the day for costumes and exposure incident to evening 

 parties; compressing the stomach to gratify a vain and foolish passion for 

 dress; keeping up constant excitement; fretting the mind with borrowed 

 troubles; swallowing quack nostrums for every imaginary ill; taking meela 

 at irregular intervals, etc. 



Taking Cold. — When a person begins to shiver, the blood is receding 

 from the surface; congestion, to a greater or less extent has taken place, 

 and the patient has already taken cold, to be followed by fever, inflamma- 

 tion of the lungs, neuralgia, rheumatism, etc. All these evils can be avoid- 

 ed and the cold expelled by walking, or in some exercise that will produce 

 a prompt and decided reaction in the system. The exercise should be suffi- 

 cient to produce perspiration. If yon are so situated that you can get a 

 glass of hot water to drink, it will materially aid the perspiration, and in 

 every way assist nahire in her efforts to remove the cold. This course fol- 

 lowed, your cold is at an end, and whatever disease it would ultimate in is 

 avoided, your sufferings are prevented and your doctor's bills saved. 



