Searchlights on Health: The Science of EugenicsJefferis, B. G. (Benjamin Grant)
Philosophy
Searchlights on Health: The Science of Eugenics
Jefferis, B. G. (Benjamin Grant)
Eugenics; Hygiene; Marriage; Medicine, Popular; Sexual ethics
A man who is helplessly intoxicated may almost immediately restore
the faculties and powers of locomotion by taking half a teaspoonful
of chloride of ammonium in a goblet of water. A wineglassful of strong
vinegar will have the same effect and is frequently resorted to by
drunken soldiers.
NERVOUS DISABILITY, HEADACHE, NEURALGIA, NERVOUSNESS.
Fluid extract of scullcap, 1 ounce.
Fluid extract American valerian, 1 ounce.
Fluid extract catnip, 1 ounce.
Mix all. Dose, from 15 to 30 drops every two hours, in water; most
valuable.
A valuable tonic in all conditions of debility and want of appetite.
Comp. tincture of cinchona in teaspoonful doses in a little water,
half hour before meals.
ANOTHER EXCELLENT TONIC
Tincture of gentian, 1 ounce.
Tincture of Columba, 1 ounce.
Tincture of Collinsonia, 1 ounce.
Mix all. Dose, one tablespoonful in one tablespoonful of water before
meals.
REMEDY FOR CHAPPED HANDS.
When doing housework, if your hands become chapped or red, mix corn
meal and vinegar into a stiff paste and apply to the hands two or
three times a day, after washing them in hot water, then let dry
without wiping, and rub with glycerine. At night use cold cream, and
wear gloves.
BLEEDING.
Very hot water is a prompt checker of bleeding, besides if it is
clean, as it should be, it aids in sterilizing our wound.
TREATMENT FOR CRAMP.
Wherever friction can be conveniently applied, heat will be generated
by it, and the muscle again reduced to a natural condition; but if the
pains proceed from the contraction of some muscle located internally,
burnt brandy is an excellent remedy.
A severe attack which will not yield to this simple treatment may be
conquered by administering a small dose of laudanum or ether, best
given under medical supervision.
TREATMENT FOR COLIC
Castor oil, given as soon as the symptoms of colic manifest
themselves, has frequently afforded relief. At any rate, the
irritating substances must be expelled from the alimentary canal
before the pains will subside. All local remedies will be ineffectual,
and consequently the purgative should be given in large doses until a
copious vacuation is produced.
[Illustration: THE DOCTOR'S VISIT.]
TREATMENT FOR HEARTBURN.
If soda, taken in small quantities after meals, does not relieve
the distress, one may rest assured that the fluid is an alkali and
requires an acid treatment. Proceed, after eating, to squeeze ten
drops of lemon-juice into a small quantity of water, and swallow
it. The habit of daily life should be made to conform to the laws of
health, or local treatment will prove futile.
BILIOUSNESS.
For biliousness, squeeze the juice of a lime or small lemon into half
a glass of cold water, then stir in a little baking soda and drink
while it foams. This receipt will also relieve sick headache if taken
at the beginning.
TURPENTINE APPLICATIONS.
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