The Royal Road to Health; or, the Secret of Health Without DrugsTyrrell, Chas. A. (Charles Alfred)
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The Royal Road to Health; or, the Secret of Health Without Drugs
Tyrrell, Chas. A. (Charles Alfred)
Enema; Health; Health -- Popular works; Health promotion; Hygiene
After the eruption appears, no further treatment is necessary, except a
daily flushing of the colon and a daily sponge bath in tepid water. If
there is pain in the head, apply a cold compress. There is no appetite
during the progress of the disease, but when the stomach demands food,
great care should be exercised. Milk may be given safely. When strength
returns, toasted Graham bread, mush, boiled or broiled chicken may be
given.
TO PREVENT POCKMARKS.
The marking is caused by exposure to dry air and light, therefore paint
the hands and face with a mixture of glycerine and charcoal--the
glycerine keeps the skin soft, and the charcoal shuts out the light. It
should be washed off every morning, and re-applied. Under no
circumstances must the patient be allowed to scratch off the pocks.
MEASLES
Is an eruptive disease peculiar to children, slightly contagious, but
not dangerous. It may commence with a slight chill, or not. The fever is
usually attended with a slight cold, swollen watery eyes, and sneezing.
The first thing to be done is to bring out the rash, which is quickly
done, by flushing the colon, followed by a wet sheet pack, as in scarlet
fever. When the eruption is out, nothing is needed but to keep the colon
clean, and wash down daily with tepid water. In all eruptive diseases
guard against taking cold--for a cold closes the pores of the skin,
shutting up Nature’s vent through which she is expelling the disease
germs.
WORMS IN THE INTESTINES.
This exceedingly prevalent and troublesome complaint may be quickly and
effectually relieved by colon injections, coupled with the J. B. L.
antiseptic tonic. It should be retained until the preparation has time
to destroy or loosen the hold of the worms. Its action may be greatly
accelerated by rubbing and churning the bowels.
INFANTILE CONVULSIONS OR FITS.
These spasms sometimes indicate the approach of one of the eruptive
fevers, but usually the cause is the irritation of teething, or worms in
the intestines. Although the appearance of a child under such conditions
is painful, yet the danger is much less than appears.
Get the little sufferer into a hot bath as quickly as possible, and draw
the blood to the skin, which will afford relief. Next, direct your
attention to the bowels. If, as is exceedingly likely, worms are the
cause, treat as for worms.
GALL STONES
Are the result of arrested secretion of bile, usually through congestion
of the liver. Then the substances that form bile accumulate and solidify
in granules. Hundreds of these continually pass off through the bowels
unnoticed; but prolonged congestion causes them to cohere and form
larger masses, that, in passing through the bile duct, cause intense
pain, which is sometimes mistaken for appendicitis.
TREATMENT.
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