The Home Doctor

To Cure Wkak Eyks- Tako rose ' leaves, tho more tho better, and put ( them into a little water ; then boil ; nf ter ' this stroin it into a bottle and cork it ( tight. You will find this liquid vory ' benefieial in removing rednesa and weak' ness from the eyes. Spbains. - If the sprain is nothing more thun a sproin - that is, if uo bones are broken or put out - wrap the part in ( severa] folds of flannel whieh lias been j wrung out of hot water, and covor it j with a dry bandage, :md rest it for some ilavs oreven week. Entire rest at first, j and modélate rest aftenvards. ure abso; lutely necessary after a sprain. If it is in the ankle, the foot should be raised as ; high as may be comfortftble; if in tlie wrist, it should be carried in a sling. Oraxges and Health. - A guished physician lias said that his prautice wtmld be gone if his pationts were to form the habit of eating a ' couple of oranges before breakfast each ' day, from February to June, and he : adds that the ill-effects from the eating ' of fruit result from its being done to exeess or at improper times. Asa rule, people do not cat sufticiently of fruit, the medicinal action of whose aeids is cooling and correctivo. As for the matter of improper time, authorities agree that pumpkin should not be eaten out of hand later than 1 1 o'cloek at night, and " niee old plums " should be avoided twelve months in tht year. Pneimonia. - There are few diseasesin which special treatnient adaptod to individual cases is more important than in pneumonía ; for the mensures that would be salutary iii one case would be injurious, (ir even fatal, in another. In the belief, therefore, that such general directions as eould be given in the limited scope of this artiole would be likely to do quite as much harm as good, the few i remaining remarks shall refer to the. office of nurse rather than to that of doctor : The patiënt should lie with his shoulders somewhat elevated. In protracted and debilitated cases, his i tion should be changed occasionaüy, in order to prevent the settling of the bloód in any part of the lungs. Care should be taken to exposé the chest and I body as little as possil)le. The air of the siek-room should be of a uniform temperature, and warm, vet purified by sufficient ventilation. In early stages, what little diet the patiënt can take shuuld bc1 farinaceous drinks, such as i gum-wáter, barley-water, thin gruel, to which may be added a decoction of ripe fruit, or the juice of oranges or frosh grapes, the indigestible portion being oarefully rejected. As the fever abates, give tea, with toasted bread or crackers, ' or a little rice ; then Indian mush, milk, broths, lighter meats, eggs, oysters. In this, as in other diseases, nature powrfully aids a sound constitution, and, with good nursing, little medical treatment i will very of ten suffice. Ct'RK FOR COLDS IN THE HeAD. - The ; London Spectator ssiys : It would seem that the cure for those worst of sinall ! nuisances, colds in the head, whieh Dr. Ferrier suggested in the Lancet, might prove to be a remedy of very great vulue. It is a snuff - a white powder - coinposed of the followhig ingredients: Hydroehlórate of morphia, two grains; acacia powder, two dnichms; trisnitrate of bismuth, six drachms - the whole inaking np a qnantity of powder, of which from one-quarter to one-half i may safelybe taken, if necessary, in the course of twenty-four hours. Dr. Ferrii'r says that with this snuff he has i hrico cured himself of very violent j colds, once, indeed, by taking trisuitrate ! of bismuth alone, which is a very power ful remedy for catarrh of the miicous membrane, and is the most important ingrediënt in this snuff. Dr. Ferrier mentions two others who were eured of j violent colds by the same snuff, and to I these ihstances we may add that of the I present writer, who, having a very violent cold coming on, with the sensation of weight in the temples and the usuil disagreeable feeling in the throat, as well ; as ordinary catarrh, made trial of Dr. j Ferrier's remedy one evening, and got ' up on the following morning completely ; free from cold, whieh has not since rei curred. The snuff, instead of increasing th(i tendency to sneeze, almost immediately begins to diminish it.