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 In prtparing a new work M a "guide to health,** I hav^ be;9n Influ 
 enoed mainly hy the conviction that such a work wm very mu^i required. 
 Having travelled considerably during the lart two yean^ and rn^ed much 
 with the agricultural population, I have been concerned to aee that in ft 
 luge proportion of caws, the health of the inhabitanti waa not what it . 
 should be. Borne of this deficiency may doubtienB be a»cribed\ to the 
 vioiwitudea of climate ; some to hardshipa necowarily attondant\on the 
 labours and privations of first settlerti ; but still more to a earless jwglect 
 Of those " rulea of health," attention to pure aU g toan lin'e ss, exerci^ and 
 food, that are absolutely neoessoiy if we woull^Boy life. Some of thig 
 arisM fi^m* ignorance, some from carelessness, and some ttom stinginess. 
 Many nin will allow disease to accumulate in their families for months^ 
 gm^ occasionally upon qnapk medicines, rather than send for a 
 medical man. In many cases th^ medical man does not live conveniently, 
 and they grudge the expense of the visits. Of course, in a thinly settle* 
 country, like Canada, a professional man has a mucih smaller community 
 to make a living out df, than if he lived in an old» thickly settled country. 
 If ai physician has to live on a popuUtion of fiv^ hundred families, of 
 oourse his charges must be higher than if his practice comprised a com- 
 munity of five thousand ; that is, if he is' to Uve at aU. Another thing,, 
 in Canada, few persons have more than a moderate income, and there i% 
 as ypt, no class that con afford to pay medical men such remuneration/ 
 as will enable them to do a great deal of work for nothing, as is the cm* 
 with medical men in England. When Lady Anne Coke (wife of-Oie 
 celebrated "Coke of Holkam," afterwards Earl of Leicester,) was con- 
 fined with her first child, the surgeon who attended her received a fee of 
 j^ve hundred pound* stetlinft (f2,600.) The late Sir Astiey Cooper 
 
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 Moeivetl on« yewr In fflwi thlrty-thrco thouMnd pmiiuU iiUirling, and I 
 ieliflvo th« late Sir Henry Hdlfonl hM r«oelv«l m much, while hundrfid* 
 rtmlizw inconMW ranging from 2()0() t«> 8000 iK)un«Ui sterling. Of ooumo, 
 under mich cironiimtaiKX*, a |)n)f«iiiionttI man can affoni Ui d«voU», and 
 many do, a considerable time to gratuitoun atteiidanoe on Uie aiok. 
 
 " A Utile knowledge la a dahgeroai thing,** wm a maxim of the great 
 Dr. 8amii«l Johnson ; and certainly wo ocoaiiionally arm tlie truth of the 
 adage exem|»liHe<l by ixjople who, knowing a little and thinking they 
 know'more tlian they do, act upon their knowhxlge either to their own ^, 
 or their neighbour'n iiyury. Not long mnce a dentint Ijaving «K5caiiion 
 to plug Home teeth for a former, foundone of them ao sensitive tha^ he 
 considered it necessary to insert a small quantity of morphia into the 
 tooth, to df»den it before introducing the filling. " I suppose," remarked 
 the iiatient, "there's morphia enough in that bottl<4||ikUl a man." 
 "Yes," was the reply, " enough to kill ten men." The farmer, speaking 
 of the matter afterwards said, •' enough morphia was put in Am bwth, if he 
 had swallowed it, io kill ten men." A few weeks afterwards the same 
 dentiSt had to fill some teeth for a young woman living af an adjoining 
 larm. One of these yftm also sensitive, and morphia, (about a sixth of a 
 grain,) was inserted. Some time after the dentist left, the moqihia swal- 
 lowed by the patient began to make her sleepy. The family she wat 
 living with, having heard the neighbour's story, of the " foantity enough 
 to kill ten men," immediately concluded that the girl was iwisoned, and 
 that, " if they let her go to sleep, she'd never wake again." Therefore, 
 the first thing they did was to make- her swallow some mustard, by way 
 of emetic ; and then they kept her awake all night Of course the girl 
 was tired «nd sleepy, and they had considerable difficulty in keeping her 
 awake, but the gteftter the difficulty the more they persevered. Twenty- 
 four hours after the morphia was taken they sent for a young medical 
 practitioner in the neighbourhood, who, having to ride three or four 
 miles, of course " must do tomething" so he chipped a blister on the back of 
 her neck. Now the girl could not by any possibility have swallowed more 
 than the eighth or the tenth of a grain of morphia, and as she was grown 
 up, strong and healthy, beyond mining her deepy, it could have had no 
 iiiijurious effect ; and yet here was the poor girl, first vomited, then ^ept 
 awake all night, and finally blistered, when, a good nap of two or three 
 hoars, in the first phw^woidd have set eveiything to 1^^ 
 
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 Of ocmmo, 
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 linking th«y 
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 ner, iipeaking , 
 Ms tooth, if he 
 rds the Mune 
 ' an a^oining 
 it a sixth of a 
 inor|)hia swal- 
 unily she was 
 antity enough 
 {wisoned, and 
 " Therefore, 
 istard, by way 
 Murae the girl 
 n keeping her 
 red. Twenty* 
 roung medical 
 three or four 
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 wallowed more 
 she was grown 
 Id have had no 
 ited, then ^ept 
 >f two or three 
 lie. 
 
 in oomplllng thii work, T h»v« drawn upon all the hurt authoritlw, 
 •dding therwUi my own exiwrimia*. I have «iuloavour»xi to clothe «very. 
 thing, as fariui immwIWo, bi plain languag*!. Tho various pnnioriptiona 
 givnn are th<iw» that have stood tho t««t of «i|)«rionoe ; hut I iwied aoaroely . 
 remind my readers that tho efficacy of medicines d«iH«uls a gr.«t a.»l on 
 thoir quality and purity. 
 
 A copious Index will bo attaclio.1 to th«i work, and a sufflciont glossary 
 of acientiflo terms, with explanations of thoir moaning. . 
 
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 In making up, ©r in getting made up,^r|B«5ription« ordered in this 
 book, recollect tihat the good effects thereof must depend, in the first 
 place, upon the quality of tibe drugB, and seocmdly, upon their being pre- 
 pared in a propeif manner. When Mixture are ordOTed, ooAtaining In- 
 fusions— that is, jsubiilngee tefused in boiling water, (as tea is made),— 
 the article to be used must be the pure 'drug itself, not odj powder, 
 which, if not actually adulterated, will probably have been made of an 
 inferior qualily of root or bark. For instance : Qevtian Root must be 
 the root <7te^. CascariUa bark or Peruvian bark or any other bark 
 ordered, mbst be the bark 5ruis«I in a mortar, not the jM)tr(ier. In making 
 infusions, the water must be boiling hot when poured over the ii^jredients, 
 and the. jug |aust be covered over with a clotii, and set by the fire or on 
 the stove, (but not so as to oontihue boiling), for a couple of hours, and 
 then strained through a piece ^f fine miulin ; theii bottled, and kept well 
 corked. When stnipfo s^rupfc ordered, which is generally to improve 
 the taste of the medicine, the same quantity of lump sugar will answer 
 the purpose. Wh^ brandy is ordered to be added to any mixture, and 
 the very 2iM/.canno^beobt«^ed, it is better to substitute Aa// the quantity 
 of lUoohol. littW of the brandy brought to this coun^ being as pure 
 'as alcohol, if of proper strength, must necessarily be. When sugar is 
 added to an infusion it may be mixed with the ingredients before the 
 wat^ is poured ontlRtai, bu{ all other additions, such as alcohol, brandy, 
 ' spirit of Ammonia, or any other such substances are not to be added till 
 aften the infusion is strained off. , Bottles containing mtintuous liquids, 
 or other vollatile matter, should always be kept- well corked. 
 
 Pills are usually made of three or five grains weight, but if any of the 
 pills ordered are too large for the patient to swaUow comfortably, they 
 may be. divided, and he may take two instead of one. Some people can- 
 not take ^nr^jre pills. .. \ 
 
 Every family accustomed to wM».Vi«g up medicine at home, shomd have 
 
 'a pair of "Apothecaries' Scales and Weights," and a gr^uated\gl<>B8 
 
 measure. The cost is but trifling and much greater accuracy is^obtSined 
 
 in weighing a^ measuring, and that in cases where accuracy is of iin- 
 
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 Any preparation in wMch copper is used, as, for instance^ pill$ made 
 with &uiph(Ue of Copper, must be mixed up witii a vrooden or ivory knife, 
 or, in a Wedgewood mortar, as the contact of Iron (ht StetH wotdd decom- 
 po8$i the Sulphate, and cause the Cq>per to leave the substance it was 
 combined with, dtaid attach itself to the Iron or SteeL " 
 
 A vahiable collection of prescriptions will be given in the course of 
 the worlc, and'it is to be hoped that proper precauticms will be used in 
 getting tiiem prepared. 
 
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dered in this 
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 le ii^redients, 
 the fire or on 
 of hours, and 
 and kept well 
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 ■ mixture, and 
 [^the quantily 
 being as pure 
 Hien sugar is 
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 I think it advisable to furnish the subscribers to this work with a list 
 of such preparations as every family should keep in the house; they 
 may be obtained from any respectable druggist, at smaU cost These pre* 
 Derations will often be useful when a medical man is called m, as he may 
 not happen to have with him such mediranes.as he may wish to give. 
 Mediraaal prepattitions should be kept in bottles, in a dry and moderately 
 oool phioe, and kept weU corked, so as to exdt^de the air. The prepaiar 
 tions given below are numbered, and when any reference is made to them 
 in ihe body of the work, the mmbw of the preparation wiU.be given.. . 
 
 The Carminative may be given at any time to young infante, whenevar 
 they suflfer from griping in the bowels, which some children veiy fre- 
 quently da The Cathartic mixture (No. 2) is intended for chUdren 
 nnder five years old, and the dose may be>e grains or a small teas]^- 
 M for each year of the child's age. The Catiiartic powder (No. 3) u 
 intended for all over five yea«, and the dose may be <Mi« grain for each 
 year of the age. 
 
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 (JorboAateofHagnema..... OneDram. 
 
 X Tmctureof Assafoetida...... ,Two Drams. 
 
 \ Tincture of Castor............. ..Two Drams. 
 
 i\ Syrup of Poppies .....,* Half an Ounce. 
 
 N^ Itaaenoe of Peppermint...... ^One Dram. 
 
 "~ Essence of Carraway........^. OneDram. 
 
 Water................... ; •'"*^, ^.""^;T**^ 
 
 wdl together. From five to ten drops for each year of the child s age 
 . may be given for a dose. 
 
 CiiTHABTIC, NO. 2. 
 
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 4i 
 
 8 SMIIH^SI FAimr^^^^ 
 
 OATHARTIO^ HO. 3. 
 
 Powdered Jalap..... .;... ..i...... ........... .Two l^ams; 
 
 Powdered Bhttbarb ...^.,. One Dram. 
 
 Oilof CWraway ..Ten Dtope.— Mix. 
 
 OATHABTIO PILU, NO. L ' 
 
 Soootrine Aloes........ ....... .11....:., .......cTwo Drams. 
 
 Powdered Jalap... ............. ..>...... ...One Dram. 
 
 v/BSiiilO E90ftp««a ••• •*•••••••'•••'••• •■»••••••••• act ■••Ml^O A/rftlu* 
 
 Oil of Cloves. ;...i»....i. ...,., ...... ...... ...Fifteen Drops. 
 
 OilofCarraway... Fifteen Ihrops.- 
 
 %nd beat well to^peth^r. Half this may be divided into 24 pills, and jkhe 
 other half into 48 pills. One, two, three or four for a dose. 
 
 OATHABTIC AMD TONIO PliXS, NO. 6. ' 
 
 Soootrine Aloes....... ,.,.,. ...,.i...... ...... One Dram. 
 
 Extract of Gkntian.......;. ..;...... ...One Dram. 
 
 Castile Soap .....< ,,..., One Dfam. 
 
 Oilof Carraway.... ...Thirty Drops.— Mix ^ 
 
 * -^^vide into. 60 piUs. • Two, three or four for a dose, 
 
 . SBDATIVB PlUil, NO. 6. 
 
 Extract of Poppies ......Forty Grains. 
 
 Eitract of Hyosc^amus......... Forty Grains. — -Mix, 
 
 and divide into 24 pills. Two or three to be taken at bedtime. . 
 
 . . ■ '. * :"■■■'■.' 
 
 ABTBINOBNT MIXTVSI^ NO. 7. 
 
 Prepared Chalk.,. ...... ....^Vx.. .,....,...,.. ...Two Drams. 
 
 Powdered Gum Arabic....../^., ......Two Drams. 
 
 Laudanum..... .4,...,.,...../^.......^..Sii^ Drops. . 
 
 Syrup. ,.......l...,..........i......Half an Ounce. 
 
 Cuinamon Water... ....................Half a Pint.— One or 
 
 two table spoonfuls for a dose, : "" ; . 
 
 ♦ . _ " ■ ■-■■..-.■■■ - ' y ' . . ' 
 
 ASTftlNOENT MlXTtXmE, Na 8; 
 
 Prepared Chalk... ..,;."..............,....... ...Two Drams. / 
 
 Powdered Gum Arabic. .................•,•••• 'Two Drams. 
 
 , Tincture of Catediu. .......................... .Half an Ounce. 
 
 Aromatic Confection..; ,.,!.......,........TwoDramiB.— Water 
 
 sufficient to make half a pint, One or two tabliBspoonfiils for a dose. 
 
 In chnmic Diarrhoea much benefit 'will be found fifom chewing Sttaw- 
 benry leayes. Those leaves that are fidl grown, but not too old^ should, 
 be gathered. Th^ shoi^d be used severu times a day. They may also 
 
 .■■■■'■■.■ ■ «• 
 
ltH'8 SAMCLT FHTSICIAN. 
 
 9 
 
 yanuk 
 *ram. 
 
 wna. 
 
 am. 
 
 am. 
 
 Drops. 
 
 I^pe.- 
 
 pills, anil i 
 
 )ram.' 
 )tam. 
 ytam. 
 Drops.— Mix 
 
 drains. 
 
 drains. — -Mix, 
 boae. 
 
 ms. 
 
 .ms. 
 
 x)ps. 
 
 Ounce. 
 
 ?int.— One or 
 
 ms. 
 
 IDS. • 
 
 Ounce. 
 imiB.— Water 
 for a dose, 
 bewing Stiaw- 
 00 ol^ should, 
 rhey may also 
 
 be bruised, and an uiusion or tea made from them. A quantity niay be 
 gathered when they are in pe^Maon, and dried for future use. 
 
 ■ -'■'./■!■■■• .; ^FEWt MIXTURK NO. 9* 
 
 Carbonate of Potash ..•••... ..'-Two Drams. 
 
 Citric Acid.... ............................. —I*™™ *»" * "^*- 
 
 Tincture of Hyosoyamus...... .,....•.....-.. One Dram. 
 
 gynip,,. /., ...................Two Drams.-f-Water 
 
 'sufficient to iniie h^lf a pint. On? or two table spoonfuls to Jm taken 
 
 every three or fojiu? l^ours. 
 
 COUGH mXTUEE, NQ. 10, 
 
 (.-—Water 
 E jBora Cough 
 
 Iktract of Poppies or Hyoscyamus. . . . . ... . . . .One 
 
 Antimonial Wine... ..♦.,. ........*... ......Three^ 
 
 Ipecacuanha Wine.. ......4....... ••.••••«*'"'** • 
 
 Oxymel of Squills......... .......One 
 
 to make half a Pint. A table spoonful for a dose. {& 
 Mixtures Ml he givm in tlu Appendix.) / i , • - 
 
 A very good Cough Mixture for chUdreii may be made by cpveni^ a 
 new-hiid egg with Lemqp juice ; let it sta»d tUl ihe shel^is dissolved, then 
 add two table spoonfuk of Honey, and stir it up till (iompletely mixed. 
 Two table spoonfids of water may be added, with half 4n ounce of Ipecsr 
 ouanha Wine j»r Paragoric. One or two' tea ijioonfuls/for a dose. 
 
 TONIC MIITURE, NO. 11. 
 
 thi) 
 
 Gentian Boot, sjicfd 
 
 Bittor Orange Peel... . 
 
 Cloves, bruised* •-...... 
 
 Loaf Sugar. 
 Boiling Water 
 
 •.••••«•••• •'» • * 
 
 • va^a**. •*•••«.•■•••* 
 
 ...OneOuni 
 ....One Oun 
 ....Half an 
 
 ...AQ 
 
 ...Two 
 
 ...Two 
 
 >unce, 
 of an Ounce. 
 
 Pints. 
 
 fire for two hours, then strain, and add a _ 
 A tablespoonfid fofr a dose> three time 
 
 —Let it stand by 
 ir of a pint of good 
 
 Brandy. 
 
 The following arHdes should also be Jmt in ^ house. 
 
 y A Bottle of Antimonial Wine. 
 A Box of Spermiaceti Obitment. 
 
 I Some Sticking Plaister, commonly 
 Many people are fond of hunting ove 
 barks, roots or h^rbs. When I hear of 
 
 reminds me of the late Mr. Justice HaliL ^ 
 
 Scotians, that " they would spend three o^ four hours in trying to cateU 
 a horse, to ride a distance that they coul^ walk in half an hour. So> 
 Boine people will spend several hoursiin the bush, hunting a BUppery 
 Ehn tree, that they may make mucilage of the bark, while in half an 
 
 leA strapping: 
 
 ^iihe biish or the fields for 
 one doiqg so it always 
 jn's remark of the Nova 
 

 Ic 
 
 ia 
 
 smith's fakclt fhtsician. 
 
 hoar, and at a bofit of a penny or two, tiiey could obtain all tbie Has 
 Seed thev wanted at the 'nllage store. It is high time we became a little 
 more cmlized. Besides, it is only at certain seasons of the year that 
 plants or portions of plants possess their full virtues. Boots should be 
 dug up in Winter, or very late in the Fall, after the plant has died down j 
 Leaves should be gathered when they are fuU-grown ; and when the 
 whole of a plant is used, it should be cut just when the plant comes into 
 blossom. For want of attention to these things, many spend their time 
 uselessly. Many ylears ago, Canada drove a large and lucrative trade 
 with China in the root of a plant called " Ginseng." It was a valuable ; 
 trade to the Province, but some people, too anxiou» to get rich^ dug up 
 the roots'at wrong seasons of the year, and by thus pending a poor qutdity 
 of root to China, destroyed the market ; as, after a time, the Chinese^ 
 having been cheated in the quality of the root, would not buy any Oin- 
 «eng that came £com Canada. 
 
 ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SICK-ROOM. 
 
 ** Nursing is half the battle." No truer remark than this, regwding 
 the treatment of the sick, was ever uttered. Vain are the care and 
 attention of the physician, wasted this knowledge and skill, if his exer- 
 tions are not seconded by the unremitting and fimsibk management of 
 the nurse. , 
 
 How- often is a physician, on being summoned to a patient, sbudk 
 with loathing and cusgust at the smeU of the room; and this, not by 
 any means uie necessary result of a want of means to order things 
 ' otherwise, but the consequence of ignorance of the laws of health, care- 
 lessness, or a natund fondness for curt , 
 
 One of the cMef requisites in the nck-Foom is j77«nify 0/ /resA otV, 
 without this, qo patient— no matter what may be the disease, or what 
 the season of the year — ^has " half a chance." In summer, the windows 
 of the bedroom should be kept open ; and, in;winter, the fire should be 
 made in an open grate, if posdble ; but, if this is not possible, and' it is 
 necessary to have a stove, the door thereof should be kept constantly 
 open, with a fender in front to -prevent the sparks from flying out, aiKl 
 the door of the room ahotdd be Kept open, so as to Cause a draught 
 
 If the patient is confined to bed/ botii tiie dieets and the body linen 
 should— if possible^-bei changed every day. Any little fatigue the ! 
 
 Satient may experience in the operation >nll be lunply compensated for. 
 y the intense leelihg of comfort, from the change. At the same time, 
 the bed should be shaken up, and the feet of the patient should be 
 washed in warm water, and wiped thoroughly ^ aneiwatds. K the 
 weather is at all damp, a fire should be lighted in the room early in ihe 
 morning, to dry the air, and get rid of any unpleasant v»pours that may 
 hSve accumulated during the night Many people have a habit ot 
 burning a eanlflle or lainp aU night in a^ctroom, but ihis is not a good 
 praetice,' and the gases given out by the burning material very sooil 
 ^ spoil the atmosphrae of llie room ; it is better to put the lam^K or candle 
 wtnie tiie 4oof off the room, unless the room should posMss an opeii 
 
• ■■ / 
 
 t alltheFkx 
 i)ecaine a little 
 the year that 
 x>t8 should be 
 las died down I 
 ind whes the 
 lilt coines into 
 )nd their time 
 ucrative trade 
 ras a valuable 
 t rich^ dug up 
 a poor qutdity 
 vaa Chinese^ 
 buy any Oin- 
 
 his, regu'ding 
 
 the care and 
 
 ill, if his exer- 
 
 Aoagement of 
 
 )atient, sfaradc 
 
 d this, not by 
 
 order things 
 
 f health, caro- 
 
 f of fresh airy 
 ;ease, or what 
 ', the winddwg 
 fire should be 
 able, and' it is 
 )pt constantly 
 lying out, aiul 
 ft draught 
 ihe body Imen 
 e fatigue the 
 mpensated for. 
 le same tim», 
 ent should be 
 ratds. If the 
 nearly in the 
 •ours that may 
 ire a habit w 
 I is not a gocd 
 rial very soon 
 amp^^orcandtB 
 ossess an open 
 
 B rAMXLt FHTKC 
 
 a 
 
 fire-plade. when the Iwap may be placed therein. When a light is kept 
 in a room, it should always U tlhadtd, so U»at the patient may not m 
 the light ; as many persons are very apt to be kept awake by a hght m 
 
 *^A11 slopsTexcrementltloas matter, and every thing <Aae calcujatedto 
 make unpleiwant smells, should be removed as qmckly as possible flrom 
 the bedroom, and from the house. Some people are tembly careless on 
 this point : they have no nojM. , «. , V ». — 
 
 The matter of ditt requires great attention. Sick people have very 
 #Muently very delicate and very capricious appetites. They take a 
 W to i thing, and, if they could have it quickly, would greatly rehsh 
 it. but if they have to wait an hour or two, the mclmation evaporates, 
 imd when it is ready, the desire for it is gone. Again ; many pe^le , 
 have no judgment, and will present a sick person with a mess, fit, 
 acisording t?Uie old expresln, "for a plough-boy." The very sight 
 of such tmtanUty destroys the appetite, while a small portion of the 
 0ame would have been taken and enjoyed. . .♦*^„j:«„ 
 
 : Great attention should be paid to the mstructions of the attendmg 
 medical man, as more may depend upon a strict regard to his directions 
 than the nurse or attendant may have any idea of; for instance, the 
 physician may wish to put the patient under the mfluence of maUcal%, 
 ind may prohibit aad» ,of any description. Tl^e nurse, or mother, ot 
 attendant, to gratify the patient, may give hprpicWes «f l^^^^f/' ^ 
 some other sour thing that may completely »»«M/roiw« the, effect of the 
 medicine; and, knowmg they have done wrong, they wm gen^^ 
 concpal the truth from* the medical attendant. Amwn, sidC people very 
 seldom fancy or«My things, and attention should be paid ^to skimmmg 
 the fat off soups or broth befdre offering them to a patient. Mwiy 
 jpeople do not understand the difference between grease m^ gravy; they 
 wm call the pure grease that runs out of fat pork when frying i^aty, 
 whereas it is nothing but ^eoae. - - . ,, ■_ 
 
 When cooling drmkfr are ordered for a patient, the nurse^ should sm 
 that they are really ctxA; as a very small quantity of cold hquid wiU 
 quench tiiirst, and abate fever much better than a much krger quantity 
 rendered warm and insipid by long standing in a room. . 
 
 The room should be spriniled occasionally, particul^ly when a^pawen* 
 has an infectious disease, with a solution of clilmd* of soda or chlmdfipj 
 lime, taking care not to throw the solution over any coloured articles, as 
 both of these solutions have the power to remove most colours. Com- 
 vhof water is very refreshing, and the smell is hked by most persons. 
 ' men the patient or her friends can afford it, torenAr wafer may be 
 used to sprinSe the room and the bed-clothes. M is the nmt refreshtng 
 pfailpfflrfumes,and its smeU is usually very grateful to the senses of 
 
 the sick. , ■ •!..«* 
 
 The sick-room should be kept guieL Many people, sometimes out of 
 mistaken notions of kindness, are constantly mtrudmg on mck iP^pP"^ 
 and that, too, on people for whom they do not care one jot, but not 
 knowing how sufficiently to kiU their own time, they frequently accom- 
 plish timt object by hdf killing some unfortunate (with whom perhaps 
 
 *. 
 
 •I 
 
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 ■•/■ •■ 
 
 
 > I ■ 
 
 li 
 
 smith's family PHTsiciAM. 
 
 they have iio abquaintanoe) whom ikey worry with their visit*. ^ In 
 Inaking these remarlcB, I do not allude to those friends of the patient 
 (if she is fortunate enough to have such) whose Idndlv care and sym- 
 pathy make them, ever welcome, but to those ftorM^ both nude and 
 female, who intrude themselves everywhere, till sometunes, by the dose 
 of the day, the patient has been visited, worried and wearied by half 
 the chatter^boxes in the parish. / 
 
 Most sick people are fond of flowers. 
 
 When a patient is\attended by a hired nurse, the friends should be 
 oareful to see that theVpatient reidly receives whatever is ordered, parti' 
 cularly where wine and other nice things iure ordered, to see that they 
 are aotutJly consumedV by the patient, and not by the nurse. Many 
 professions nurses are\ very kind, careful, and considerate, but human 
 nature is weak, and I cannot allow any feeling of delicacy toinurds the 
 food nurses to prevent me from giving this caution, as I have known 
 the life of a patient sacrificed through the nurse herself drinking the 
 wine which she should have given to her charge. 
 
 €AWES OP DI8EASK 
 
 Health consists in a natuifd and proper condition and proportio|i in 
 the functions and structures of the several parts of which the body is 
 oomposed. The standard of hioEdth is not> however, the same in Jdl in- 
 dividuala ; that which may be hefd^ to one may be disease to another. 
 ThvM : the healtiiy pulse in adults averages from 70 to 80 ; yet there are 
 some in whom 90 or 100 is a h«|dthy pulse. Some pwsons fatten on a 
 quantity of food on which others^ would starve. The animal functions, 
 muscular strength and aotivily, nervous sensibility, and the sensorial 
 powers, vary still more in differentWdividuals, yet all within the limits 
 of health. 
 
 Causes of disease are those circun 
 and to the operation of which its < 
 these circumstances elude our ol 
 dause, if apparent, is combined with oiM 
 have no share in producing the disease, i 
 
 for causes. These qircumstanoes are to\be sifted, and the true cause 
 discovered, only by tiie attentive observation of laige numbers of oases, 
 in which disease is produced. Thus, it was tong a matter of doubt 
 whether the Itch could be engendered fromX filth, as well as firoUi con- 
 tagion ; but^ nnoe microeoopio mvestigation h^ discovered the existence 
 of the Itch-mite, no doubt remains that this intfect is the only essential 
 cause of the disease. 
 
 The causes or drcmnstahces inducing disease may be intrinsic, pr exist- 
 ing within the body; or they moy be extrinsic, hat^ their x>rigin with- 
 out tiie body. Ex^nsic causes are very numerous^ comprising all the 
 agendes which can m* upon the body or mind, such aa temperature 
 air, moisture, food, poisons, mechanical and chemical ipfluenoes^ sensual 
 impressions, &c, ice 
 
 But the common causes of diseaag^tfe seldom rf a ( 
 
 nces which essentially precede it, 
 ice is due. In n^y instances 
 
 Ion. In many others, the true 
 ■ antecedent circumstances which 
 id yet are liable to be mistaken 
 
 andponttve 
 
' ' ' ' .1*. 
 
 '/ 
 
 SMITH'S FAIOLT PHTSICtAN. 
 
 it 
 
 heir visita. '^ In 
 Bof the patient 
 V care and aym- 
 both nude and 
 168, b^ the dose 
 wearied by half 
 .■.■/■ 
 
 lends should be 
 I ordered, parti' 
 to see that they 
 ) nurse. Many 
 ate, but human' 
 icy tomurds the / 
 yB I have known 
 )lf drinking the 
 
 1 proportioii in . 
 ich the body is 
 I same in fH in- 
 lease to another. 
 ; yet there are 
 sons fatten on a 
 nimal functions, 
 id Hie sensorial 
 rithin the limita 
 
 tially precede it, 
 mkny instances 
 others, the true 
 lunstances which 
 B tobe mistaken 
 1 the true cause 
 umbers of cases, 
 matter of doubt 
 ell as from oon- 
 :ed the existence 
 le only essential 
 
 ntrtfMic, or exist- 
 heir origin with- 
 •mprising all the 
 aa tempoiature^ > 
 fluences, sensual 
 
 andponttTO 
 
 Sr 
 
 chaincter; they are often pwaent without diwiaae emraing, and they ar« 
 known to be cauaes.only because disease is observed to ensue m a greater 
 number of cases when they are present than when they are absent Thus, 
 improper food is a cause of indigestion, and exposure to cold i» a j»umj 
 of catarrh ; yet many persons eat unwholesome foo<^ without suffering 
 from indigestion, and many are exposed to cold without takmg cold. 
 But those who do suffer from indigestion observe that thev do so more 
 after taking improper food ; «nd those who are afliictod with catarrh ^ 
 often traceit to exposure to cold. In some cases, however, where the 
 predisposition to disease is sufficiently strong, it may, under certam ciP. 
 Eumsteioes, become in itself a sufficient cause of disease j thus, a person 
 with a very weak stomach always has indigestion. So, likewise, excitmg 
 causes, if sufficiently strong, may pit)duce disease withoutFedispositiont 
 thuTa person not predisposed to Indigestion, may be ptetty sure to «^ 
 it tf he takes a sufficient quantity of fat, raw cucumber, or any such indi- 
 o^stible matter. Tfeke. another example. A Wealthy person, Jivmg m a 
 Suirshy district, may not get Ague until he becomes debilitated f^^J^J 
 cause, such as cold offatigue ; then the poison will a«t. But, without 
 his b^ing thus weakened, if the exciting cause be made stronger by his 
 sleepingdn the very marshy ground itself^ then the poison may act with- 
 out predisjposition. , ^ / 
 Predisposing causes of disease may be dmded into . 
 
 Dbbiutatino Inflvences, 
 Excitement, 
 Previous Disease, 
 Present Disease, 
 Hereditary Constitution, 
 ■■ Temperament,. ■■■■■::>-: ■' ' . 
 
 . -Age,, . ; ■ . '■■■ ^; ■ .;■ 
 
 ' 'Sex, .,;■■-' ■• ■■■-..-■;: .-: : ;■■;;. ".- ■ 
 
 - OcCUtATWH. ^■'■ 
 
 DebiUtating causes of Predisposition are the most numerous of any ; 
 as we might expect from the fact that constitutional strength generaUy 
 implies power of resisting disease. _ 
 
 These^uses may be classed as imperfeet tumnahmmi ; impure mr ; ex- 
 
 eemve exertion of body or mind; want of exercise and j^erUary habits gevr 
 
 erallv ; Im eontimed heat; long cmUnued cohl; habitml iiUewptranM 
 
 ■ with inteitualing liquors ; dressing passions of the vund, stuA as fear, 
 
 ^'^^aSSSSnces in which numbers, as well as individuals, luive 
 «8caped a prevalent disease, untU depressed by some unhappy event or 
 appSenrion, and then they havefaUen victims. It IS a common r^^ 
 -i that, when a contagious or epidemic disease i)revads, those who tdce 
 
 mortprecautiom. Aue^tiy ™?f' ^^"^ ^^^^^ P^ 
 . whiktthe stout-hearted an^ reckless escape. Dmring the first <JolMa 
 
 itt Enidand. the Medical Officer of iiOovemment BstabhAment, situated 
 
 inaS^partof the country. ^If an old AxmySui^n)J^ a 
 
 ierriUe diid^ getting CJholeraj he^made up his n,pd that rf 
 
 ' > - ' '_^ ^ 
 
 *" 
 
Si 
 
 smith's familt physician. 
 
 
 '•X ••■. 
 
 :■■■ H. 
 
 ih« neighborhood he ■hould take it, nod, if he took it he Bhoald dtA Re 
 took every prooaution in his power to preeerve the health of hia own ini' 
 mediate vioinity, Imt, at length, one day he got some flah that disagreed 
 with him, made up hia mind at once that he had got ^holera and ahoold 
 cUe ; and he did die, although there was not another oase within miles 
 of theplacip. : 
 
 Excessive and repeated evacuatums, either of the blood or of some secretion. 
 Premom debilitating diseases. 
 
 ExoiTEMEirr.— Excitement in many caMM, or rather otwr-exoitement is 
 apt to lead to mischief. Violent exertion makes the muaoles or ^eir 
 faacin peculiarly liable to rheumatic inflammation fi?om the subeequent 
 action of cold and damp. Excemive indulgence in a stimulant diuretic 
 beverage, such as punch, renders the kidneys liable to inflammation or 
 congestion on exposure to cold. 
 
 Previous PiBKABE. — ^There are many diseases by which a person is 
 more liable to be attacked after having had them once. Thus, a child 
 who has once had croup is very liable tp a return. Convulsive disorders 
 such as Chorea, Hysteria, and Epilepsy are extremely apt to recur ; and 
 thfe longer they have existed, the more difficult they are to remove, and 
 the more ready they are to rwppear on the application of any exciting 
 cause. Rheumatism, Gout, Oravel, many cutaneous diseases, Dropsy, 
 Jaundice, and many others are of this class. 
 
 . Disease albeady Exjstiuo m the body. — For instanbe, tubercles 
 and other tumours, stnfctural lesions of the heart and ot^er organs, often 
 induce irritations or obstructions of bloodvessels, which, if not themselves 
 cauidng open disease, render them ripe for disorder from other causes. 
 Thus, a person on tiie occasion of violent bodily or vocal exertion, is 
 seized with profuse spitting of blood, which causes his death ; on open- 
 ing the body many tubercles are found in the lungs, although there had 
 been no obvious symptom of their existence before the violent effort, 
 
 Hereditaby Tendekcy to Disease. — It is well known that Scrofula, 
 Ck>ut, Rheumatism, Epilepsy, Mania, Asthma, Blindness and Dra&ees 
 run in families. But every child does not necessarily oontiract the disease; 
 many appear to be altogether exempt. Sometimes a whole generation is 
 passed over and a disease appears in a third. A person wiU have gont^ 
 perhaps fqr the first time, when he is forty or fifty yeaw of age. His son, 
 if he lives very abstemiously, may possibly not have it at all, but, if he ; 
 is a free Uver, he will probably get it on attainmg the same age. 
 
 TEMvKBLAia!sr.-^The Sanguine Temperament is accompanied with clrar 
 sldn and rosy cheek, an excitable pulse, quick movements and lively di»- 
 position. This temperament gives a dispositioii to inflamma tion, deter- 
 mltiation of Uood and active hemorrhage. The PJOegmaiie or L^phaHe 
 Ten^ament is the reverse of the Sanguine; it oocors in those with weak 
 pidse and languid circulation, cold extoemities and pale tikim The liabi- 
 lii^ u to watery fluxes, dropfty ai^ other chronic affections. The Bilious 
 or Melanehdie temperament is Ammonlymetwith in persons of dark 
 complerion and gloo my di sposyion. The "jye r w i w ywyerameirf precKs- 
 
inmpi'ft KAHILI tmuMM, 
 
 Vk 
 
 ■hoold dit. Re 
 h of his own ini' 
 h that di— greed 
 olera and ahoold 
 «fle within miles 
 
 of tome secreHotL 
 
 wrexoitement !■ 
 muaolesor ^eir 
 the Bubeequent 
 ^ulant diuretio 
 inflammation or 
 
 hioh a perBon is 
 . Thus, a child 
 vulsive diflordeni 
 pt to recur ; and 
 I to remove, and 
 of any exciting 
 liseaaee, Dropsy, 
 
 itanoe, tubercles 
 her organs, often 
 if notdiemselves 
 )m other causes, 
 jcal exertion, is . 
 death; on open^ 
 hough there had. 
 iolent effort, 
 rn that Scrofula, 
 BS and Dea&ess 
 .tiracb the disease; 
 kole generation is 
 a wiU have gont^ 
 of age. His son, 
 atidl, buty if he 
 une age. 
 
 Mnied with dear . 
 ts and lively diso 
 ammation, deter* 
 aJtic or lApnphatk 
 L those with weak 
 skin. TheliaM- 
 >ns. The^tlioiif 
 persons of dark 
 nperomnU predi»- 
 
 poses to those dlsordew termed ^erTons, such as hysteria, nervoos pabl, 
 
 "^'HSii!— Age may be divided into Cluidhood-~ot the age ftom inlluwjr to. . 
 rtvAterty— Puberty, Adult Ajfe, md Old Affe. In chUdhood the fUndaons 
 moat active ar« those which administer to growth ; the oigsns of diges- 
 tion and awimiUtion are therefdre liable to disorder : henoe children are 
 liable to derangements of the stomach and bowels, worms, remitten* 
 
 AX Puberty the child springs, ais it were almost sudden^ from childr 
 hood into manhood. The <^ange, however, is more apparent in the 
 female than in the male sex. At the approach and commencement of 
 puberty the glanduhur system is extremely liable to congestions and Uir 
 flammations, and it is about this age that so much mischi^ is done by 
 undue muscular exertions and exposures to cold, damp and night air. ^ 
 
 Adult Age can haidly be said to predispose to any diseases, unless it be 
 those arising from particukr medes of life. It iS commonly a penod of 
 steadier hedtb, because the functions are more evenly baUnced ; but, if 
 the mode of life be unfavouiable,J)ad habits are apt to become estabbshed,- 
 and by their continuance to indffoe disease. Thus gout, gravel, rheum*, 
 tism, indigestion, and various other disorders, are apt to occur in middle 
 life, because the predisposition t») tijem is gradually engendered by some 
 error, in diet or i^imen, too slight to excite disease, but sufficient by 
 acoumtilation to diqKwe to it, on the addition of an exciting cause. 
 
 As age advances such habits affect the organization, and accelerate 
 those changes in the system, by which our existence is limited to a span 
 of yearaTrhe changes which old age induces in the exterior of the body 
 shows a fiulure of those functions which are active in youth. Instead of 
 the muscles, fat and integuments being nourished in the equal proportions 
 that give beauty as well as stiwngth to thefoi:ni in mature life, the 
 muscles become tiiin and sinewy ; fat becomes scanty, partial or ja excess ; 
 the int^uments are loose and wrinkled, or fat and flabby ; the jomts 
 stiffen, and the gait loses its firmness and uprightness. Old age is thus 
 attended with increasing infirmities ahd liabilities to disease. The very 
 strength and activity that some functions retain, may, from their very 
 partiality, endanger life, and their gradual and more equal faUure d^(rades 
 the physical and often the mental frame of man to a lower scale of exis- 
 tence, until he sinks into second childhood, dotage and imbecility. 
 
 Sex— The male sex is remarkable for the highw development of the 
 muscular system, with a corresponding Strength of frame; for the stronger 
 impulses of the animal passions, and for a greater endowment of the 
 reasoning faculty. These respectively bring with them a liability to 
 suffer from diseasM of the muBdes, Umbs, jomts, heartjMid great vessels J 
 from the evils contingent on undue indulgence of jmSj^n or appetite ; 
 and from disorders of the brain and its inteUeotnal fidliPiis. 
 
 In. the female sex, the predominant bodily functions are the nutritive 
 and the sensitive; while the peroeplave and instinctive' faculties and 
 moral emotions preponderate in the mind- Henoe the greater proneness 
 of females to changes in flesh and blood; to disordered sensation, spasms, 
 oonvuMve sad other affections of the spinal system ; sod to the direct 
 
 
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 SMITB'S rAMUiT FKTinCUM, 
 
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 and Indfreot (wiuNqoenoM of tlie Incltttgnioe or thwtrtlng of inatinotlTa 
 %nd moral feelingi. 
 
 ' QooUPATloif QotnpriflM numy cirouimtanoM alreadj noiioed undor the 
 headii of prediapoaug mfluenoea. Thua iiodontary oconpationa inoludo 
 want of exerciae a^id aometimea impure air; laborioua employmenta 
 operate aaexoeaaive exertion ; other oooupationa may prwliajKMio to diaeaae 
 by the continued exixMiure to heat or cold which they oocnaion. Some 
 cmploymonta require oonatrained iioaturca, which, if inaufflcient to induce, 
 may yet promote the occurrence of diaeaae ; thua engravera and watch- 
 makura are liable to aiToctiona of the head from holding the head low ; 
 ahoemakera and iailora are aubieot to diaordera of the atomaoh from their 
 . atooping forward at their work. In many other inatancea, occuiiationa 
 induce diaeaae rather by expoaing the individuala to the exciting cauaM, 
 than by inducing a prediapoaition ; but, the very ciroumatancea, which in 
 great intenaity aufficed to excite diaeaae, in a lower degree may only induce 
 a diapoaition to derangement Thua the alow introduction of lead into the 
 ayatem, occurring in the occupationa of {)ainting, plumbing, card-«namel- 
 Iv^ and printing, may not cauae colic until cold or ii^egularity of diet 
 becomea an additional or exciting cauae. The aame remarka will apply 
 to diy-grinding, needle-pointing, leather dreaaing and other unhealthy 
 occupationa. An important element in the influence which employments 
 have in cauaing diseaae, ia the time during which they are pursued ; thu% 
 an'ocoupation not in itaelf \inhealthy, may become so when continued too ^ 
 many houra in the day ; and a work which ia attended with riak, may be 
 often safely undertaken for short perioda with a due amount of relaxation 
 or diveruon to another pmsoit. By attention to thia point, the ii^uriouii 
 influences of occupationa may be much lessened. 
 
 Amongst other <fauses of disease may be mentioned excessive use of 
 intoxicating Uqttora and the consumption of adulterated and unwhole- 
 some food. T^e inost disastrous oonaequenoea of intemperance are exhib' 
 Ited by the habitual drunkard, who, in proportion aa he indulgea in liquor, 
 loses hia appetite for food, and his power of digesting it He then dnnks 
 and starves, and the disease which ensues Comprises the exhaustion of 
 inanition with the more direct efiects of the alcoholic poison. Thus, in 
 delirium tremetu, iho drunkard's disease, together with the fwrmanent 
 restless excitement of the irritated nervous system, wh|bh adds more and 
 more to the exhaustion, the weakness of body«nd mind is fearful, and 
 in bsd cases affects even the organic functiom^fft) that the pulse is veiy 
 weak and frequent, the excretions scanty u(a depraved, and the respira- 
 tion is too imperfe^y poformed by the/nvoltmtary powers to permit 
 sleep to ensue. This exhaustion must soon terminate in death, unless 
 prevented by appropriate treatment; and this miist comprise, besides 
 Opium (the cominon remMy), Ammonia and other stimulants to the ciiv 
 eulation and respiration ; puigatives and diiiretios to free the blood from 
 the exorementitious matter that has accumulated in it; and fluid nourish- 
 ment to repair its waste. Witiiout these adjuncts. Opium will not only 
 frdl to procure sleep, but its narcotic influence may extinguish the flame 
 of life. 
 
 Feniidoiu as fennented Uquf^ are in their atmef yet these and other 
 
Isjg of in>tiiiotiT6 
 
 BMim'S FAMtLT PHTSICUN. 
 
 It 
 
 el^flie and other 
 
 :o'?nYXg^teSu:!SgtdX^ iufluauc. which an. 
 Zi^Sv iiSToui of the TtifioUl condition and emnlovmenU of 
 ISr ilS in largo town, and cold dimato;. Totaf aUinon<», . 
 r^yo^Tri^^mbleTmodemUon. only \^nm> it » .n..mlly «u.i«r to 
 inorniurv, •» I . . gftlutarv in ita phyMical offoctn. 
 
 from the «»*"*"**r™ "Tl. „,,^titv of tairit they contain, nor im the 
 
 ??^piXol«ftrlY shows that when tliey contain an exotta. of certain 
 S/^upp^ fomentation takes plLe it the "t^nuu^h itjjBlf. which 
 ^lialL flatulency and a great variety of unpeasant symptoms. _^ 
 
 Db^maybeTxcited by unwholesome articles with which the f^ 
 i.«S^tod To thiscla«.of causes belong various poisomi. There 
 L H^me"^o JmXs occasionally mixed with food, which gradually 
 W^rdeSus effects.' Thus, sited provisions too long used Wl 
 S^^n^^tKotted com has been known to produce dry gangrene, 
 tZ ZZdl^^Wuoed causes constipation, colic. V^^y^^^^t 
 ^yZh^Lt awav). Impure water, used as dnnk, w a common 
 atrophy j^**"*"* j;^?ii>Zavinir vegrtable or animal matter, it may 
 
 TiTSSdes of domestic consumption are sadly adulterated Jn 
 
 HuJc^^Sd at home, we use notiiUig but A'^'^! ^S'^'^^Xl^ 
 She bSters sometimes add potatoes, alum, magnesiaand other 8«Mt«^ 
 ^tivett aThite appearaSoe and impart lightiiess. Alum is k^^ly 
 ^ n^ L ^ «iKS of itself, but for tiie P«n>o«^ «^.«^^^ 
 S^towoA^p .md whiten an inferior flour to «^/^^^l?^J: 
 
 pSHT t he ^rtomaA ; he ■ a s p e cts it wm caused by tiie h^ he had 
 
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 imm'B FAMiLf niTsiciAir. 
 
 ••ten. ThU Imtl to «n Inqulnr, unci tho hrmtl ufion nniUyiiiii, wim foiind 
 to ooiiUiii PlHjitiir of IWin. Tlut Imk.T diHsliinHl hbi iiin<M)«fii<M) ; Imt, on 
 ■mri'liiiiK tho millfli-'H |in«iniiMW fW»rn wlnmcti th«i flour wm prcHTiirmi, a 
 larg« qiiftiitity .»f thin HiilwtiuKif v/tw fouiui, which list Ui hin Iming iiiiilot 
 of a onniii«i«>nilil» mim in th« nhnim of n tUw. 
 
 "A Hhort tini« Hiiic«," twyH a ••orn«»«iM»nih>tit of k Tiomloii |Mnn<NUml, 
 "« fri«'inl of miii«% n chrnuMt in Mnnoh«wtor, wan a|>|>li««l to for a «nian- 
 tity of Pn'iioh (Jlialk, a h\h'vu^ of talr^ in fln« |»ow«U(r ; tlni |wrty who 
 purcliamHl it um<«i n-jfiilurly m)vt>m\ immiimIh a wwk ; not Iwing an article 
 of uHiiiil miln in mich «iiiantity, our frii'nd U^nnw curioun to know to 
 what uw it couiti li*>i applitNl ; on ankiuK th« wholnwilo ilmlnr who huiv 
 pU«| him, h.» Mtat«Hl hia »*li«f that it wiia iumnI in (wiug T«'a, (tlio laiit 
 I»ro«)M of convi'rtin« hliwk tm into Kix'«'n),/anrt''that within tho limt 
 month. or tw«i \w had Hold in ManchiwU'r upw«rd| of a tliouwuid iHnindii 
 of it. Our fi-iond, the ohemiiit, thon inHtituteiyi^trictH of oxiK-rinuiiitii, 
 And tho nmult provwl that a gn-at dmi, if n(**n th«» nmnum grtx^u tea 
 u««l in thin country is coloured artiflcially." The^lduo uaod in fonning 
 the gr«>n ir uHually Pnasim Ubie, wJiich in highly jwinonouii. 
 
 Dr. Ix^tholiy stated, a f«w yoafH ago, that within tho pnwiouH three 
 yeare, on many iw neventy amm <.f jKUHoning had btson traced, in England, 
 to tho cohmrH uHud in fancy Hwevtnlmitik 
 
 nnijZVCg OF tBMPKRATURE 
 
 AND VENTILATION ON HEALTH. 
 
 ■^i '" '"'CTI'*''* *** over-estimate the importance of the influonw exetw 
 cued on the J|ruman Bysteni by the temiH)ratui-e of tho climate in whic*^ 
 we live, both in and out (ff d(K»rH, and by tho ventilation and drainagoj 
 th« want of ventilation and dniinago of the dweLUggH in which wo liv * 
 
 A moderat<dy dry air is usually the moat healfl^; and, if the tomi 
 ture% moclorate, is most grateful to the feelings ; whereas, a damp ntLw 
 phere, particularljr if accompanied by an easterly or north-eiwterly wind, 
 is very trying to the system, jMirtictdarly to persons who ptissoss a senai- 
 ^tive skm, or i^^Ji^le to attacks of coughs and colds. It was long sup- 
 
 posed that s'i 
 was the. poputpr 
 Churchyard" h" 
 lection of healt, 
 been found to be 
 , "Winter, next in 
 
 1^ in winter was the most healthy, and so satisfied 
 ortv|his pointy that "A green Chridmas, a fat 
 fo^MUlffa pro^rb in England. Since the colv 
 er, byjhe Register General, all this has 
 21 '® P^^^Wp^Wn^r of deaths occurring in 
 „ 7.0. J^ A«tMmri7«&id the fewest of all in Summer. 
 And, as far asobs^atioiW have been made in Canada/and the Northern 
 States of America, the same rule holds good. 
 
 There can be no health without pnr9 air. It is wonderfiil how little 
 attention iti paid to tliis circumstance, even by mahyi^rhose means will 
 allow of their adoptii^ any measure that heiUth or comfort may render 
 necessary. In fact, in thousands of instances, the possession of increased 
 means seems to have led to diminished health. Five and twenty yean 
 ■«o, most of the country bouses in Canada, whether log or fi«me, were 
 y* ^** J»*«« open ^places ; stoves were acaroe ; and a rearing wood 
 ifae not only kept the room warin and dried the atmospheie, bat the draft 
 
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 ikWj ^cntiUtMl tho tmilding, aiuI ourifltl up the 
 v*|Mmr» and unwhokwonifl iini««llM. (>f lain ytnni 
 
 kin in vf ; .. _ 
 
 —^j hftvo „»Iinoiit di«»|»|>«ar«d : th« „ , 
 
 ^^HpD'^^lv fur t(M> larsn for th« nKtiim thny ant int4tn«i«Hl to 
 'Hie hdimi* th«miielv«i Iwing built v«ry nnich tighUir tliau for- 
 tonrly, thflrn la llttlo draft. Perwma aocuiitomml to ait many houm a day 
 in th««o hot, tight rooniH, noon g«»t ncc»iit«>iiMnl to Umti), niul fnol chilly 
 wh«n the (hM)r ia oiM'tiwI, and a r\\n\i <»f cool, frimh air ia a«ln>itUMl,' but k 
 mna^i, coming from th»oi)«m air ftxda the room hot, unplcMUuint, clow* and 
 BtiflTtKuting. Voopln living in thwio hot, oloao roonia WMin brgin t«» aufltor 
 ill hfiiHh. Th« Bkin IxH^mtia «lry and yollow, an<l no on«» can hav«) helrad 
 noticing how wonderftilly pnwalont nouralgio iKiina in tho h«ml :uul fac^ 
 hav« lM>oom« in Ca«ada within the laat few ymn, mainlv cauaod by 
 «x|Kmur« to the intcnao heat of ntovoa, and that varied by an ocjual 
 oxitoauro to the biting influonco of cold winds without projwr protection. 
 A winter or two ainoo, a fine healthy young man called on mo, complain- 
 ing of intenae iiain in his he«l and jawa ; he fanoio<l it ifroa toothaohe, 
 and waa anxious to have two or three Uwth «xtract<Ml. On inveatigating 
 the matter, I found he waa oc<nipio<l all «lay in th« woods, in getting out 
 timber, and, as long as he was in the open air, ho suflTored no inconve- 
 nionce from his unpleasant viaitor; but, when he returned homo in th« 
 evening, aa aoon aa he got into the hot room, the attack camoon, aome* 
 times keeping him KWtke a good port of the night Of course, in such 
 a caw) us this, losing the teeth would not remove the complaint. 
 
 ConiiMmitors in printing offices, living in close, hot, irooma atifler much 
 thereftom, and ipany of them have their lives aadly shortened in conso- ' 
 que^^/MajiyWour School rooms and other public buildings ore badly 
 veniBPft, and when these are also over-crowded, airi frequently happens, 
 the health of thofeVho are Compelled to frequent them, suffers accordingly. 
 At the very mbihent I am writing this, one of our O^iadian judges ia 
 laid up, and unaMe to attend to hia dntieo, from the effect of exposure to 
 the foul influences of an unwholeawBie atmosphere while presiding at tho 
 Assises in one of our Court houses. 
 
 One of the medical praotition«Brs in India* writing of the influence of 
 over-crowding in producing Chotfera, says: "The disease, cominits its 
 greatest ravages in crowded Ul-veMlilated barracks, bazaars, densely fopu- 
 hted towns, cirowded school-rooms, native huts— into which there is but 
 one opening, and thatdoaed at night. Wliole families are somotimei 
 swept away from exposure to this exciting cause. At Juggernaut it is oil 
 annual visitant The town of Poowe contains 35,000 inhabitants, and 
 the number of mlgrims sometimes amount to 160,000. The inhabitaQts 
 are usually quw healthy before the occiirrence of the festival, which 
 taket place in ^une or July. But immediately on the aitival of the 
 pilgrims, and when the lodging houses are literally crammed with in- 
 mates, chol«« suddenly bret^ out, and, in the space of a few dayi^ hun^ 
 drods are cut off.t « This," he adds, " is not an occasional or incidental 
 ^_ Qccunenoe ;tft is>n invariable onej and ^e disease which h— tfms been 
 generated, as saddlpnly disappeaili on the dispernon of tie crowd." 
 
 
 
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 ndTH'tf FAMILT PHYSICIAN^ 
 
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 In warming housed, mwiy people make a strange^ and unforttinaiely 
 a v«7 serious mistake. Some yean sinoe, some oroohetty genius pro- 
 ^ pounded Jbe dooteme that a bi^^ dbould be hMted from the eeSina 
 downwards, instead of %>m the floor upwards, unmindful of the &ot that 
 heat ascends, and that it loitt asoend, in ipite of you, and also oblivious 
 of the good old muim, "keep^the/Mif learm and theA«a(2 cool" This 
 individual, whoever he was, has had too many followers, and it is qidte 
 common now to enter a room, where the stove is not oidy too lai^ for 
 the space it is intended to warm, but the stove is even siLnnounted with 
 a lai;ge drum, on a level with a person's head when sitting down. The 
 consequence is that the air near the floor is cold, and about the upper 
 part of the room fearfully hot ; the natural result to those sitting in such 
 *ooms is cold feet and hot heads, fdlowed frequentiy by colds, ooughi^ 
 headache, neuralgia, fevers, loss of teeth, and various other disorders. 
 There can be no health without plenty of fresh air, and also plenty of 
 daylight. 
 
 i3¥ainasr«.— This is a point on which many people aro terribly careless. 
 Not only are many otherwise well-built and handsome looking houses 
 placed iu situations natur^y unhealthy from a difficulty in draining 
 them, but many, erected in positions where drainage is easy, are left 
 almost to the effinrts of nature. ^ This, however, is not by any tneans the 
 worst of it. Many people make a regular practice of throwing all slOfn 
 and reftdto just outside the kitchen door, where they are left to pollute 
 and pbison the atmosphere till cleaned away by those friendly scavengers, 
 the ducks and pigs. 
 
 "Thb most efficient cause of dampness in the air is the permanent 
 retention of moisture on or near the surface of the ground, as in low 
 grounds in which clay prevails, and where water accumulates or is imper- 
 fectiy drained off; and where evaporation is retarded by the shade of 
 many trees or of high rocks or hills. But, independentiy of soil, a housti 
 may be damp from its j)wn materials, which, as in those built of lime- 
 stone or marble, are constantly impr^[nating the contained air with 
 humidity. Wet weather and damp winds are less injurious causes of 
 humidity, because less permanent, bat their influence is often manifest 
 during tiieir continuance, and alwaj^ inost so in localities that are damp, 
 from other catises." So injurious are these damp winds considered, that 
 in Lower Canada, it is quite common to see the outsides of stone and 
 brick houses boarded up on those sides exposed to the Easterly 
 winds. 
 
 " In disMcts where lime is obtainable,, much benefit may be obtained 
 in damp houses, by keeping huge pans of quicklime in^everal apartments, 
 especially those of tiie basement and ground-floor. This is an excellent 
 precaution against mahuious and infectious disoues; its utility has long 
 been known in preventing meat from becoming soon tainted in a <kmp 
 larder." i » • *^ 
 
 *^ To diminuh the dampness of day and marshy soils in theimmediate 
 vicinity of dwellings, mudi may (^n be done by an efficient i^stem of 
 covered drainage ; by the removal of snperflous trees and ||brabs j and, 
 where practicable, by covering the sdr&oes which are most commonly wol^ 
 
smttr's FAmwr fhtsicia»; 
 
 -with light aand, gravel, brick and mortar rubbiah, or some aimilar light)Bnd 
 porbuB material, which may form an ariifidal RUpersfcratum, and intercept 
 the influence of the damp ground- The inaalubri^ of many low parts of 
 London (England)^ Especially in KmUco and Westminster, has been 
 wonderfully diminished by the latter expedients." The effect of dram- 
 age in stopping the reguhilr prevalence of Ague has been very conspicu- 
 ous in many places in Canada, which formerly suffered much from this 
 complaint; Chatham, on the Thames, and the eastern portion of the city 
 of Toronto, whwe Ague is now scarcely h|^ of, are prominent examples. 
 
 ',';;'■ :'■■■..•..." iNH.DitNOBPJ' suatR: ';■.•.■-■■'.-■. y ■'.'^ :. 
 
 "■ Different people require different amounts of sleiftp ; the more the buid 
 and muscles are exennsed during th6 day, the more sleep is required. It 
 is A curious circumstance that the Uons, tigers, hyienas, Atf., m the 
 Zoological Gardens, which in their wUd state roam and feed J^|t i^ht 
 and sleep by day, when in captivity reverse this order of things, and feed 
 by day and sleep by night. Uafi sleeps longer than any of the larger 
 animals, but the great baboon cift chimpanzee, the organimtion of whose 
 bmin vety closely resemUes that of man, wip*l«i}fe his six or eight hours 
 
 sleep if undisturbed. " i _ x • x». t 
 
 The power of tnfenaJCO?^ in producing sleep 18 very great in the human 
 
 subject ; and nothing in the winter season is more common than to find 
 pedple lying dead in the fields and the highways from such a caiue. 
 men Dr. Sohmder was crossing the mountains which divide Swedrai 
 from Norway, in company with Sir Joseph Banks and several othfer gfih- 
 tlemeh, he warned them, saying, "Whoever "sits down wijl wwp; wid 
 whoever sleeps will wake no more." Shortly afterwards Dr. Solandet 
 was the first who felt an irresistable inclination to lie down, and one of 
 his fellow traveUers, Mr. Richmond, persistfed in doing the same, declaring 
 that " he desired nothing better than , to lie down and die. ?otli lay 
 down. Finding it impossible to proceed with them, Sir J<»eph Baiitai 
 and the rest Ut fires with brushwood around them ; having dijpe wtoch. 
 Sir Joseph endeavoured to wake Dr. fiohmder, and happily succeeded; 
 bjit though he had not slept five minutts, he had ^most lost Jl^"*® of 
 his limbs, and the muscles were so shnbk that the shoes fejl from hw 
 feet He consented to go forward' withiuch assistance as could be giv^ 
 him ; but no attempts to reUeve Mr. R«?hmond were successful— he died 
 
 on the spot. . . . * j.i. vi j 
 
 People of delicate constitutions, in whom the circulation of the blood 
 
 is languid, are more readUy affected by extreme cold than_ the strong 
 
 and robust Some years since, when practising in the flouth^f lUmois, 
 
 I had been spending the evening at the, house of a friend. One taem- 
 
 ber of the family, a gentleman in tolerable health, but not of very strong 
 
 constitutioni haft taken a Tfalk to the neighbouring vfflage, only a mile 
 
 and a liaif distant As the evening, was very cold, and he didnot return 
 
 ' as soon as he was expected, the famUy became a littie atenrod, and 
 
 V part of them started off to meet hiiA. They had npfc. gone far when 
 
 they found him lying by the fence, cold, stiff, and jAsensible. Ihey 
 
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 but it -waa houn 
 
 earned him in, and proper measures wert^opted, 
 before he could be considered quite recoveilB, 
 ^^ Both the respiration and the circulation are diminished during sleep : 
 the pube becomes slower and fiJler. The vessels of the skin relax; 
 and It has been proved that a person sleeping healthfully and without 
 any artificial means to promote it, will during an undisturbed sleep in 
 * ff^®** "pace of time, perspire insensibly twice as much as a person 
 awake. The temperature of the body, of course, under such circum* 
 •tances, falls somewhat below its waking standard. On this account, 
 people more readily take cold asleep than awak^. " Therefore," says 
 Vt. Elhotson, "persons cover their heads before going to sleep • and 
 When habit has not overcome the necessity for this, cold is continually 
 caught from its neglect A draught of air is far more dangerous in the 
 sleeping state, and the back of the body appears less vigorous than the 
 front, as a draught at the back is much more dangerous than in front'' It 
 Mimportant, therefore, that during sleep the back should be well covered. 
 1* *^}j<'*^'i adds that "Agues are caught more readily if persons fall 
 asleep. Some persons are more readily affected by cold, when asleep 
 than others^ and some are so very sensitive that a trifling variation in 
 the covermg at night, and even sometimes in the daytime, will produce 
 colO. I once knew a young kdy who had a habit of wearing a Coral 
 necklace, day and night If by any chance she happened to take it off 
 toetore gomg to bed, and forgot to replace it, she invariably took cold. 
 In severe wmter weather, when the poor suffer much fronj cold, 
 blankets are almost as indispensable to ^hem as food. There is also one 
 mterestmg and important fact connected wiUi this subject : which is i 
 that sleep promotes the cure of all diseases. 
 
 rn?**^ "^"^'^ ^*®®P ^ "^^'^ssary for a human being in good health 
 Ihismust evidently depend a great deal upon the wear and tear t 
 which the system is subjected during waking hours. Age, constitution 
 wimate, occupation, &c., must be taken into consideration. During tMe 
 hrst tl^ months of life the time of the infant is divided between de$- 
 mg and feeding. As the development of the nervous system, in pir- 
 ^cular, eoes on with remarkable rapidity at this period, theinore^it 
 sleeps the better. In extreme old age much sleep is also required. The 
 famous^Dr. Thomas Parr, who died at the extraordinary age of one 
 hundred and fifty-two years and- nine months, latterly slept away the 
 greatest part of his' existence. Tall and bulky people are supposed to 
 require more sleep than short and thin people ; women more than men ; 
 and^all animals sleep longer in wmter than in summer. In a ^tate 
 of health, during the central period of life, a person actively em- 
 ployed will require— according as the nervous system is more or less 
 fatigued— from six to nine hours sleep. We are .informed by his son- 
 in-law, that Sir Walter Scott, both as a young man, and in more 
 advanced age required "a good allowance of sleep," and he indulged in 
 It, saying « he was but half a man if he had not full seven hours of utfor 
 tmconseiousness." * 
 
 Pr. C. J. B. Williams says tihat " children, up to the age of six years, 
 ^erally require at least twelv^^Jioufis of sleep, besides an hour or mwe 
 
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 >ut it vas hours 
 
 / amrp's familt phitoiciah. 
 
 in ihe middle of the day. At about this age, the sleep at noon may be 
 discontinued, but the iiight sleep can hardlylw abridged with advantageu 
 unta about the tenth year, and then only to a moderate extent, untol 
 the period of puberty, after which it is generally proper cnWually to 
 reduce the penod of rest to nine or ten hours ; and no farther dmuntt- 
 tion is expedient tUl the cessation of growth, when another hour or two 
 may be taken from it." In more advanced life ^this extent of sW is 
 -not less serviceable where it can be procured : but at this penodthe 
 canacitv fon^fcp usually diminishes, and wakefukess or disturbed sleep 
 is a comm^KphuHt of old age." « Females commonly stand in mor« 
 need ofll^iian males, and during pregnancy and nursmg, additional 
 rest iS^^y demanded. In such cases, too, the loss of sleep is 
 attend^W followed by peculiarly injurious results, manifest especially 
 
 in the netvous system and general nutrition, in the form of mental de- 
 rangement, impaired vision, deafness, paralysis, palpitation, convulsions, 
 tremours,/ wasting, diarrhoea, &c. Persons convalescent from^acute 
 diseases, or otherwise weakened and reduced, require^and generally ob- 
 tain more sleep than in ordinary health, audit is so efficient an influence 
 in the promotion of recovery, that artificial means are sometimes pro- 
 perly used to procure it. ■ .. J .1. .„^ 
 Much has been said and written about early nsmg ', and there is_no 
 doubt that the natural time to rise is when the sun rises, but then ttta 
 natural tune to retire to rest is also when the sun retires— or at sunset. 
 Many people, howfever, are so habU^idden, that they insist upon gettinjg 
 up UiVinter and breakfasting by candle-light, merely because their 
 fibers did it before them. " The Vsof nature may be tampered^th, 
 but they cannot be subverted:; we may step out of the paths sUe Has 
 prescribed, but we cannot go far beyond them with impunity. It need* 
 scarcely any evidence to prove that the day was intended for exercise 
 and the night for repose. That night cannot with impunity be con- 
 verted into day, has been proved by a variety of observations. Iwo 
 Colonels of horse in the French army had much disputed, which pen<^ 
 of the twenty-four hours was fittest for marching and fpr repose; and, 
 it being an interesting question, in a military pomt of yiew^ thw 
 obtained leave from the commanding officer to try the followmg experi- 
 ment : One of them, although it was in the heat of summer, marched 
 in the day and rested at night, and arrived at the end of a march of 
 rix hundred miles without the loss of either men or horses ; but the 
 other who thought it would be less fatiguing .to.ma^:h,.ife: the^cool 
 of the evening and part of the night, thanjti th^t of the day, at the 
 end of the swne march had lost most of his hdi«es and some of his 
 men." Another remarkable circumstance, says a| author, has been 
 . observed. It is mdte unhealthy to get up before t% sua has risen ^ 
 ' bum candles u^ daylight, than it is to sit ^^P A'^^'iKLt^ 
 sunset This is confirmed by Sir John Smckir, who W : " I have no 
 - doubt of the superior healthiness, in the wipiter time,Vf i^ .'>y <»^ 
 light, and using candle-light at the close of the day, inltead of nsiM by 
 oSidie-light, an^ using it seme hours before daylight ap^oaches. ble^p 
 Is a prowion of nature to restore the exhausted energite of the system, 
 
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 physical and mental. When the nervous eneny of thesystem is restored^ 
 the patient will usually wake of himself, and it is not advisable to wake 
 him up unnecessarily. 
 
 Too much sleep, however, is debiMtatflg. It weakens the muscular 
 powers, and, in persons predisposed thereto, promotes the accumulation 
 of fat. 
 
 There arfe times, however, in the lives of most people, when, from 
 some cause or other, sleep is an impossibility. Ought narcotics to be 
 taken m these cases! Much will depend upon the cause, the nature 
 • and the persistency of the sleeplessness. In some cases it is desirablcL 
 and in others ^absolutely necessary to produce sleep artificially, and 
 when r«a«y necMsary we should not hesitate. Thousand* of young 
 ^dran, however, there is no doubt, are annually destroyed by narcotics. 
 The Spanish Women are said to employ a more hcuinless method, and 
 to put their children to sleep by gentle friction up and down the back- 
 pone. ■;■ ■ 
 
 " . INPLUEMCE of food.' V; - '' 
 
 It may be asked by some what constitutes foodf Which question 
 may be answered by asking another, what substance is there, animal or 
 ratable, that has not at some time or other, or by some one been used 
 •8 food? The English race at home consume mutton, beef, pork, veal 
 kid, game, poultry, fish, with fruit and vegetables of aU kinds ; wash- 
 ing them down with beer, cider, wine, milk, buttermilk or water. 
 Ahe JJTenchman uses the same, with the addition of frogs and horse 
 «e8h,and generally substituting light wine, for beer and cider. The 
 Russian consumes lai;ge quantities of train oiL The Abyssinian fre- 
 quently takes meat raw, which after all the^talk about it, is not worse 
 that the European and American habit of swallowing oysters raw Tlw 
 Austrahan Stock-keeper Uvea principally on beef and mutton, varied 
 occasionaUy by a joint of Kangatoo; while the East Indians and Japanese 
 ^ hye tergely on nee. John Chinaman will make a hearty dinner on a 
 dish of puppies, and a West Indian wiU feed equaUy well on monkw- 
 pie and parrota^ Bear's flesh, rattlesnakes, snails, locusts, lizaiS. 
 grasshoppers, seals and whale's flesh have beeu occasionally used iS 
 food, while an Arabian will have no hesitation at taking a long journey 
 A R a * ^' '^^^ *° provision but a smaU pareef of Gum Arabia 
 ..^ fands of theories, good, bad, and indifferenlif have been started by 
 different individuals at different times, respecting the feeding of the 
 human subject. Some recommend plain food, others luxurious ; some, 
 few dMhes, others many; some that only two or three meals a day 
 should be taken, whUe the hearty English farmer will take his five or 
 MX It IS a standard rule of health that food, if not properly maa- 
 ticated cannot be properly digesM, yet many people wiU tell you fheu 
 cannot sit long over their meah, they have work to do; and yet, these 
 aame mdividuals, after baiting & meal in ten or fifteen minutes, will sit 
 luUf «n hour, picking their teeth or smoking, before returning to their 
 enjoyment. 
 ^^ J? n o donbt that a variety of food is moat i^ni.g .>iim t^ the 
 
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JEpaTH'a FAMILT FHYSICIAH. 
 
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 !.„«.«, «vrtem.MdI am satkfted that if h««»n ^>^^«? ^1"%^!! 
 hoinftn ■y'*«™»"''\T*~~I.-i^ -n-i. . irreatvarieiy of eatable thmgB 
 to Uve^pon two or tliree «»2"Jj' ■"",? ' ffi Iiv meet European 
 
 ^<«ld neve. l«,ve been pxo^^ ,W 
 
 countnea. people Uve as weu » *"«^ v n->,ju Many people at© 
 
 of good cheese, and Ifood beer, and madditoo^^^ y^round. 
 
 and nourishing musibe well *^' »»«JJ^-*^^® '^^ S beefeteaka 
 
 or roast*. In Canada, on the contrary, Jhe.bute&er ^^^ 
 
 the neck of the beast, and cuts away ^^J,\«SLadari engaged 
 
 GUttine it an into steaks. Soon after I -arrived m ^aj^ «^ * T SS 
 
 SSiinaprivatefanuly,I^ioro^Foo^g^^^^^^ 
 
 byWBelf.buttheyweretosupplyAe^^^^ 
 
 jL a tou^h beef-steak for .*;;^J^^fXyforwiMt, tough beef- 
 next day It was the same: tough beet^ai^ lor orewwi , _ © 
 S for dimter. This kept on regularly for »-7«^JJJ!^\^to 
 tf^ey could not *feir the steak fot a changj M^^^^^ 
 
 do it "^ They tried^t .J^^^'.^'^^^ J^Pffi^fur^^LrM^ 
 JSe mLthB. I could stand it no longer, and *^ ^J, ^K^con- 
 
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 ^& ilJuSd ve^hl"T^*t?y "^'^ proportion. «d 
 
 articles of foS even th Jl^^"' f^t. ^* «nh«JttinSi of nuwy 
 
 •«fow, i« -uffldeiUv Bhi^ht^P^"^ *° ^ ^^'y nutritious, «,A«.S 
 
 articles which are V^J^^'^1^^^ »°<* other animals, on 
 
 «tarch,oil or K Sfi^^StTL^'*^? '"'tntive, as sugar, gum, 
 
 almostassoonrtf th^\'ad^A^/4."^P.'^r o^ «^^S 
 
 . when too fine irinaiiffipLf ^ ". ^*P* ''**'»^'^* ^"^ Even bnad. 
 
 ^ bread lived on^'"^f7,"„^^;^,^^««^^ ^ Mog fed on pure ^ 
 
 , t browiibread,wi3S«)S^^'^°*H*'^^^^ 
 
 indefinite S^'lirn™^ t« an 
 
 ^ementsffihefood of Si V '"i P"*^ ^combination of orgaiS 
 who has pointed toNlr^'7±, '^'^^^ f^» «hown by Dr. iW^ 
 
 . all Sier kin^^Cl ^ed fo! wl '^^"^'?' °^' "»«" '"d watei^.^o 
 
 these elements, or Xrs ii&r v "^'^ ""?^"*"**' ^^gJ*' *<> wcl^A* 
 
 binations of fo^ Sonftr^.;«rJPr '^^^^ ^V^ ^'"'^ «" «o^ 
 
 Bread containH^oTtCe^ilt^nJi,*^^^ iniredienti^^ 
 
 ^»$arch, which is identicaM; ? if ^?'*'"^ •", vegetable albumen, and^ 
 
 - ibumen and fat J^^,2ST^T f? ""«"• ^^ «»°taira 
 
 oWrved to c^ut thtfZ^''^lP?t« Al*t£ '"^ fe^^ 
 8kmny, wrinkled and dry ' deficSni «,*w^ ?^**' **^®. *^^° becomes 
 
 . passages, insuflScient foSaSoW hlfr 'T °^ "^"^ ^ the various 
 and feculent excretfons^S. ^.w ?' "I? consequently indigestion 
 
 . therefore, ihTm^^jfiJ^^f'°''''^V^^ heat It is plain, 
 E.c)«soffaTi^thef^^^LX'.r'"^ be thfe most wholefo^ 
 causing heart-bum or^k^-?^ '''® ^^'^^^h ^'y ^*« w<%e8tibiMt^ 
 
 and^etSKlnfrfe"^^^ ^ 
 
 the^ifeurrence of gout^wSvS^ tS« {i^i? if^"^ "" P^^^"*^ 
 " Fruit is gold before hr^JoS^^f w® ^n^ch have a proverb, ^ 
 
 g must beCn^'riKbtevert^f r f^'^ ^ 
 
 Eurone than they are^AmS a^d^LT^K*"!-'^"^^ ^"^ "^^^ 
 
 peopfe in Canada hive ofiSS?' *5® ***^'* ^^^^^ «> many young 
 
 Food maTS S.fSS'"^'^ ^ ^^ 
 should br4VnSd«^«J-'^"'.? ^"^^^^y- The quan%tC 
 
 must dependu^nTe amSf ffinv' "^T^ 5^"^' «°*^'St 
 
 EssaiTtoke^trsySuDto^te 
 icated is easier olZZon^J^^ standard. Food properly 
 iWf chewed f^i'S^S^nfll^Z^ 
 consume less food than' S^XS?^'^^" ^^^^ 
 
 fo^^r^^SJ''^T'^^^'^^ Deficiency of 
 wastngof KJ3^T./!"!?'^'2H^°^«»« functions7and 
 
 mJwles become thin' and ffi.'Se Kin "l^i ^* ^PP^ ' 
 in those whoare <^>^S11!jp2g^ 
 
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 exposed to plenty of fresh, pure air : «nd tt is under such ciroumstwices 
 ihittibe unhealthineas of some kinds of food; when taken alone, shows 
 Swlf. Thus, eyen bread, tfrith meat or broth will not prevent the 
 oceumnce of scurvy ; but a sufficient addition of fresh vegetables pre- 
 vents this disease from appearing. There is no doubt that, t5 the too 
 prevalent custom in many country parte of Canada, of hving so much upon 
 L« meat without a corresponding proportion of green vegetables, may . 
 be traced the fearful loss of teeth by young people, particubrly by the 
 
 S'lrls. " Fever, malignant dysenteries, and other duiorders of that class, 
 ave been the invariable attendante on all the great famines m Europe. 
 In remilating our diet, it is advisable as for -as otir means will Jdlow, 
 to select those ^cles of food that are the most nounshmjc, and the 
 SosteasUy digested. Meat should never, if the weather wjl^dlow of 
 King fieptfS cooked too soon after it is ki^sd. Fresh killed meat 
 without exception, is always tough. Mutton/more especially in ihi - 
 country, where so much of the beef if tough, is more easily diges^ 
 thanafaiost any other meat Fish, poultry, game are easily digested. 
 Puddines, in Canada, are ahnost unknown, that is, of course, co^pam- 
 tivelv soeakinc. You may dine at twenty houses without seeing a pud* 
 S S^but 4le It pumpkin pie, baked in a plate. The goo^ 
 old fMhioned; wholesome "suet pudding,' so much m use in the old 
 country particularly as food for children, is seldom seen. Being com- 
 Dosed of flour vnth beef suet chopped fine, and eaten with either sugar 
 OT» little preserve, it furnished most of the elements^ necessary to por-_ 
 . duce good hklt% flesh. Asa general rule, too much tea is taken in 
 CanaL andlmuch of that Uttle better than hot water. Te^ to be^ 
 aiiv semce at> a beverage, should be of good quality, and made of pro- 
 per strength.* So, also, with cofl-ee ; if not made strong, coffee, like poor 
 S^ is mere hot water. As for the stuff sold and drank by many people 
 as "Dandelion Coffee," it is most abominable trash. _ 
 
 It is the general custom, in this country, to take but three meals a 
 day. but 1 am satisfied, both frem observation and e^renence, that per. 
 sons taking four or five meals in the day, not oidy have better health, 
 but they Sstually consume less food. Many medi«d practitioners, as 
 weU a8ithers,iiygreatstress upon the necessity of tekmgmeaU at 
 regub^ CirsV but^ this is q^;ite contra^r.to the laws of nature. 
 Nature says: "Eat wVn you m hungry, dnnk when you are^, 
 Peoplewisay: "Don? eat now, it only wante an hour till dmner^e, 
 you?l spoU yoir appetite." Well, is it not ^tter to spoil your appetite, 
 
 Lm to%poU the tone of your stomach 1 Shut "H,» ho'^i^i^^ 
 and feedfcregUhirlythreetimesaday.andhewiU dispatch his gaUpn 
 of oate in tenor Wn minutes, half of themunchewed and cons^^^^^ 
 indigestible; tuni the same horse Qut to gftws and let ^ gather tas 
 ow/food at his leisure, an.d he.wiU spend half his day m eatmg 
 his food, picking a bit here and a fet there j.and a very htde time w^ 
 
 Bhow, in the improved condition of the ammal, the sunenonty of thj 
 SJ^overthe^artificial mode of feeding; No animal, unless ^^ced 
 thereto by the caprice or the necessities of man, will takd ito food a* 
 Btptedtimest and confine itgelf to three meal$ a day. 
 

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 •uininef;'^meth!Ii/rf!f!; <»rink beer, pMticularlr in 
 
 diwgree with . h2fthy^'J^„*^K^ "i" ^'l'^ *»«' beTwSl S^ 
 Canada, however, i« of J^ad/i"r* Much of the beer Sd^ 
 for any length of time SSi^T^^^ ; ^ w not strong enough toT fc JS 
 }t i. .uffldently feS^ , conSS"^*'""!^ *«« V Sd befZ 
 It M taken into the stoS ZTTT^ " T"''"«' fertnenting^ 
 jound beer, strong coS^ i; Xi JK^^^u^ W**«- Next to^Jood 
 t^en; forbreakfKmav Jj^il^y.tJ« »>««^ b«verage that caTS 
 other time, accordingl^I^" j;'^ ?"r '^'^ "^ «•" «^; -J 
 w,U, or mthput rfand BuSf^ F^J'u^^ " ^7 be taken eitW 
 it,^hocahitei«veiynoiiri8hinf^' ***' ^^"^''^ow atomachs wUl bear 
 
 com mJ2rSS'°rice^!;;,S^ '««J«flk. oatmeal porridge and milk 
 finely chopped ^i^l^S'^.' P!?^^«^ ^'^^^ iX^^^' 
 •M combination, of mUk fTf^ ^es art.clejof diet; but the^S of 
 *»^. «d that wiUma^l/3^^„^i^^P«nd upon the y«a/i/i, of the 
 In old age, as well as^Scv S?« '^ quality of the Jow's food^ ^ 
 of digesting hanl and to»gh S ^'-ft! w"*??^ t''^' »"d intZble 
 hann^outJived hispowew ofd^;«.?^ ^**.^/- ^en-, of NortharaC^ 
 ^hd Food, had for ^Z7kife^7^L^f^ incapableTXS 
 & ^ '""y*^ *»™ '^th the onHfl^ !.« ^'^^i^*? ^°"»«n '» constant 
 aeed, second childhood. I do iS?^^ ^XS^i,?^.-- - ^ 
 
 IN^UENCE OF AIE AND BXERtaSE/'- 
 
 fiabits «d MtOft of £mS2' 'S ^ '^fi^J^ted by the health. 
 
 ed from early youth, to waS«?vwaItS52®^^^ 
 . exercise, on horsebijk. inT.JSnl -" i .* ^^^ °>' *<» take other active 
 Bons,of coun«,^^^^JJ'^^cnck^^^ ^^ ^^jct^^ 
 
 than ^ of a mSe delicate c^S£« "1? ^^k««P them in heahL 
 
 hAve been of a more sedent^^hSSr ' 'J' 5"°^ ^f^ occupatio5 
 
 iS"l!f ^"'^ ^ deeidedly^o S^;ii,^° *^°»«.^ho aw fonS of i? 
 
 ->Mgoodj swimming, if n^ wnti^!^ f^""^' ^^« and cricket aw 
 
 S^ghke dancing, cannot be reoJ,^ ^^1*^ ®°?«^ to adnStofiV 
 If pwple could W satisfied t^tr.i!^^^ score of heal^ 
 
 ""jch^ would resSfiimtt'^^^ 
 satisfied with skatinir sevfiml iJ^? -1" y°""« «»d delicate S"f 
 
 «ao; who can wdnder a^ the&^ • thermomjBter perhaps neitt 
 • pV M«htly dad, win dW^S,l '^'"S '^-^fe-^ 1^ dScb^ 
 
 toownthatthree.fourth8>tJJ^L^J*"J*'*^«™^»^^ Itiswdl 
 
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 HiTTH'a WAMXLY PHT81C!IA»,/ '■..,'■■■. |i^ 
 
 dirtanded. and iU ftmotion or eifiwiit. rtrooture, and that of the ffwdfc 
 JS^y be impiared in wnioquence. Thi. » e|rp.cuUy apt to 
 l!««lm ifthere be anytlung alrewly impCTfect in the ttructuw OT the 
 5SK" to tree or^SS^ ia,d there afe mindly very vmou. deg«e. 
 
 ''^it^ U iSrA^uiba^er &.« violent exertion, eyped- 
 ally if joined wSh a .tooping or conrtrained posture ; for lU ve-wb are 
 not like thowof t^eUmte and tr'nW .nnnorted bv muBcular prewure 
 ' ■ A the exCited-hfiart 
 
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 with more force. 
 
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 -^♦1. mnm force. Henco ffiddiiieir, iwiB© in the eare, deafneM, defective 
 ;SfLrcrnSn.,%^poplexy.have^^^ brought on by violent 
 
 *"TheTung. are abo apt to suffer ; for the blood bemg returned to them 
 fasti K they can arterialiw it, they become greatly congestod ; 
 htS wrngh. L^rtness of breath, bleeding at the lungs, or mflammation 
 
 ''olhJrTteSo^Bare-ometimes disordered by the blood thrown 
 or reSd in their^reweb by the pressure of extenud »?"«5"J« *«t^«- 
 Deranaement of the liver, vomiting of blood, piles, &c., have been 
 bi3t ^n by such a cause. The sharp pains or stitches felt m he sides 
 orSmen. on running fast, are commonly supposed to be in the bver 
 Z Xn brZeP^bably Ihey are spasms of the mte8tmes--tem- 
 J^^^K^ilcef byirrJ^^^ them ^hen overcharged 
 
 "^^mewids of muscukr exertion peculiarly effect certwn organs. 
 Th^ loud^^^g or speaking, or bloidng wind instrumente, especudly 
 Si^ thr<i«ms of^iEn Sid the voi^ 
 
 Sn^Sld v^ous diseases of these or^s. Excessive or rou^ 
 riSr leaping may injuriously affect the kidneys and organs of gen- 
 eSi sJSngto lifta heivy weidit, or at stool, oritfwcon- 
 to°d effoTSfi impUes holding theWth, endangers the structure 
 of the vessels of the chest and bram. , j. v„ u« 
 
 BodilyTxertion, long continued, may also cause disease by ite 
 exbwSL effects. In extreme degrees this exhaustion may amount to 
 f^Sr^d eC death; short of thU it may cause $^\^^'^^^^ 
 3S ^d of the heart with corresponding depression of odier func^ 
 K^henS Mises the lOw typhoid f^er w&ch sometunes follows pro- 
 
 Kf a3e. indigertion, costiveness, and other varieties of injured 
 
 • Sctim^^^ve fotigue may cause such an amount of f^£^^^^ 
 
 M^ to Wng^ttTpatient into a state almost resembhng del^ium tre- 
 
 ""SS^nir mental emotion is a common cause of disease. ^ "Cj*^!? '°?i 
 toSi^aTSemSSbody are. it is not suipriang that they should 
 
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 ^5^^^ or of «»me wn^rfioh 1. 
 
 tf the loM bo great or .X^^^ j Pr«dwpj)««i to oth«r .Iim,«Z hnf 
 
 ftnction., „ well « for^A^ft:'^'' '' '^^^'^ ^or V Xlthy 
 mo<lerate quantity of bl«SdL ..f^ i^? ^'*?*?» ^*"'«'' t'»ey "upnlv If I 
 
 . fn*! «n«y be interrupted, and the h^Jn * ""P*^^'. rendered iiegalJ 
 to maintain it. fUnctioniTh^ 2^Sl T- !T*«^^'"« • c^n^nt mEi 
 new, accompanied or UXd K, /*'2i'''»' '^"^ ^ow of conwZj 
 demu„^ con*vnl8ion«, or b^Ch ^Tn''^"^'''^. '^n^""", paSSSl 
 enlanfemont of the vein. If th.{ ^**'^®'' "entiona a oas^ of *SSt' 
 could not stand without faint n^ iXjf r'"""' V^ ^S'tl^'S' ' 
 
 giving a urinous smell to fchrb^?ry '^*^'or*'«<Jwto ^^^^ 
 
 *u tnose oigans that sympathize with thHS. ' ** »ff««*»0M of 
 
 In a climate like Gmada, 
 
 of tempemtawi aro no! 
 
mrrp'g f AMiLT phtsiciaf. 
 
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 L.W «M*v IWMinmii but »lio very gnmi, too much Attention cannot b^ 
 ^riSrtheSjrim>?r^^^^^ partlouUrly in -pring iu.d 
 P"» J^ -h-n the trMWitions (h.m cold to bout, Mid trop hcftt »Mick 
 autumn J^^J" ^^^J^SJ. n»nn«l .hould be worn next the Axn 
 I *TLv^r^^A ZdlSiTk^i .hould alway. bo keot warn. Instead 
 ■^■4dthi^hSfX pJpSon in country placca allow tU children ev«u 
 «^^Im UP rirU tH) about all the .ummer without .hoei and •tockintJ. ; 
 f ^vEomotC whS it i» impoMible for them to do so without takintf 
 J ^Id TTirconnence. are^ughs, cold., hea^hichoH. rheumat«m. chf- 
 -Siin. inflaramSon of the bowel, and of the lung., pleun.y Ac In 
 SS davT when women went out of door., they protectetl the head , 
 iTfL Tthrwmforteblo k)nnet or hood ; fa.hion. have altered, and 
 for^IreCe ^tXy have been mit^Bfi^Ml with a mere " make-bel.eve " 
 whiSrfi Wh heid and" face exposed to the mclemency of th« 
 ♦Li Wh wiftd and .Un. The conwquence. naturaUy are a har.1^ 
 J^ b^'^^r ^Wow .kin. ey«A«mt out, wrinkled brow, red no«,, anl 
 ^liSaSitvTitUck* of neuralgia and headache.. Many people, 
 S^o etu3 po^T^^^ to plead, eipo«, their chUdren. or albw them 
 with no «*i"«« **; J^7__iJ.i, il iu8t a. bad), when at home, to all change* 
 ^Jh^Teaterv^thSi^t clothing' ^ 
 ' ?L manner in WWch horw., .beep, and other an.malB change the»r coato 
 themannermwu ^ continues: "Hie preceding facts ar? not devoid 
 . TwnfctL^n S to the dress of human beiSga. wh/.bould learn 
 ■ to '^Slna^ll under the ^idance of expeiSe and re.«an^ 
 •i.^k™«v^« better or worse than instinct, accordinjTto whether they 
 SiteU or m e^S^Ld. Argues little for the boafted -"Pemrijr of 
 areweuor "* T*"" ,^ , p, i^j^. ^^ means more effectual in re- , 
 
 '^!^!!r.(.^ mffer from cold, wet, ami atino«phmc changCT, to the i^ 
 noneofth»mfferlromK«a J ^^j^^„ ^j ^„„„b mim «« 
 
 4i"5i?^n?^Tu:rtS^f iJ: tSiS^worVat ,m ™^^ 
 people are occasionaHy attacked by iv 
 
 DISEASES OF CHILDREN. 
 
 \K«^ nf fbe rickneM of infants is traceable to, improper diet ; 
 m£^ m2J "^Ta.^ fond of pickles. vinegaJ, and sourjniit. ^ 
 
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 the Jnt compUinta most commonly m«t with in young children, i*- 
 THRUSH, OK INFANTS SORE MOUTH. ^ 
 
 fr * ^u " ""' noticed, It uiiudly a|>|M.ani in littirson. .ir wliitimh .nnt. 
 •bout th« comer, of the mouth, or inHlde <rf the loweTup thlTnoS^ 
 
 rir.iS:'ortWf '^ r*** ^ *'••' ^"«"«' thrz/oV zt^ 
 
 the inude of the cheelu, and sometimea extend to the throat In^mn- 
 CMe,, the djiiMue hw b^n known to extend to the CelV The eniiS 
 
 to hS hc2^TTh«^* 1^*1*'^ '•'" "'r***' *• *«"««^'. the voice i. apt 
 
 Til .CT " Ti**''^* "• *"** '''" "'««'« *" frequently green andMii^J' 
 The cliiW al«o fluently vomita greeniah matter, amelRng «our JomJ: 
 time, a httle fever acc^n^^ In g«nend *th^^i,S 
 
 ^ brifling and unattendA/with danpr, but in ohildZof Ko„3t£ 
 • It frequently prove, fatal. In the«, caw,., however Tereiio^S 
 Jiome other complaint exi-ting at the ^imTume K ThS^ U TvfrJ 
 incertain duration, wmetimes it di8«p,««r. alter a few dljf JJd LmZ ^ 
 time. It may continue for several weeks. ^ ' *" 
 
 rmi/wt|5n/.— Give the child a small quantity of CarbotuiU nf Mium^^ 
 cMdVrff th^'^V/fT tt° ^ four WLordin?S??hf«J^^ 
 
 oe given uiBtead. If the bowels .hould be much relaxed one or two 
 gram, of finely powdered chalk may be added to each dZ A.^n ^ 
 
 2u^Sf L^/'T t f^' «"«l3r powdered, to be ^T^^, t ' 
 . d?n W liten • ^^ ""^^r ''^'^PP'y »t "• 'o"- '^^wother or nune to 
 
 Z cSd^. moutr ^ • *• • "*lf tr ; "^^ K«"'^ nrrover th* in"we S 
 ine cmia a mouth. This is all the treatment adviwble. if the comnl^nt 
 d^.not yield to it. it is bettor to have the child seen by a StoSJ 
 
 itteS f T"""*' '^'^ *^^«*''3^ »««»««y 'hat the mother Soufd pay ^ 
 attention to her own diet ; avoid picklei, vinegar, acid fruits 3 KJ 
 i-mudj^aa possible on boUed .outL, p.dtiyS pi^.^Si^'.^^ 
 
 .:■;/;;.; ^■' ^;;V;;.iV--" TEETHma.^;- '; ■;. 
 
 n,mS^?i'*'^'!r" <^**h«fr t«eth easily J most of them, however suffer 
 ttore or leu, during that operation. The child become freSbl flvli^f 
 often ^.reams with pain, iSTd i. frequenu/ L^rit nS 
 ^tonX'^rthTE;- T^L^^^^r'^'^d WntiXom^^^ 
 If.^ • • 'i *H ^"^^^ hecome disoitiered, a little carbonat/nf 
 magnema, mixed with a little peppermint-water o^ a Kt3«^ fvf^ 
 «.na/«^ m«y be given two or ffiTS aX ' A warn hT^^nf^'i 
 
 o fm ^ no ce . A> a oo n a, the t eet h are wdfidenuT^ear X S^ w ^ 
 
 t 
 
 1^ 
 
iiotbIi FAMiLT rarnc^ ii 
 
 23i reliaf wiU b« •ffonled to th« duM by Undiig Uw gums, •ither with 
 a imin Uncet or • Aiv P«nknlf* As n^tuwl M«ma to h»v« (pvMi th« 
 cJuld • nmtund iMtinct for biUng At thingiauring thu pmod, \t u 
 •dviMble to Mtut lutaw •• far •• Um in our powin-. It is g«n«r«Uy 
 rappoMd th»t biUng Aorrf •ubrtMOM tend, to lu«l«n th« sam*. Iroij 
 riniSTwhich u«Ki fonnerlv to be us«I. •« Uiewfore Uid Mide. and th«tt 
 SJS iuppUed by thow of India Kubbw. In Uncing the gums, it i« b<itt 
 Lt to Iknoe more Uuui one or two t«eih at a tune, or we may oaoM 
 more bleeding than is desirable. ChUdren will frequently make considr 
 erable opposition to the operation the first time, but instmct seems to 
 teach the child that the lellsf experienced is ftom the lanoug, and 4 
 have seldom seen much trouble the second tune. A-m.^ 
 
 During teething, children are apt to b. affected with soreson «Wrer«il 
 oarta of thtf body, caused a good deal by friction, trom parts of the ten- 
 SeTskin rubbing together, and partly from constitutional .mUtion.tt 
 Is sufficient in these cases to powder the sore places night and momiM 
 with a little hair powder, finefy powdered starch or Cfm^ Powder U 
 S^not be too oftinr5«^ that, during the time of •uckhng the chdd. 
 the health of the chUd denends msjn T uDon that of the mother. If thj 
 mother lives properly. anS the mUk is of good quality the child (apart 
 (h)m anycon8titutionaltaint,)wiU j|row strong and heaJthy; if, how- 
 ever, the mother lives improperly, or, in any way impairs her own health, 
 the child will necMMuri^ sttlTer. 
 
 S 
 
 ^x- 
 
 VACOlNE OR COW-POX. 
 
 Possiblv hardly any discovery has ever been made of so much benefit 
 to the human race, as that Cow Pox was a protection against the con, 
 tairion of Small'Pox. When we consider that SmaU-Pox has alwayi 
 bSn, not only the most disgusting, but one of the most fatal of diseases ; 
 when we think of the thousands who m past ages usjd to die of ttaa 
 hideous disease, *nd of the many who when ^^T^ .'^r^f^Jf^ 
 for life, wo can hardly express our gratitude to that individual, the lat« 
 Dr. Jenner, whose persevering investigaUons led to so valuable » 
 
 ^TS'time the discbvery was made, inoculation for gmaU-Pox, was 
 Urgely practised in England, as it was found that those who were inocu- 
 u2d for the diseww/ When they were in a good st»te of healthjjd it 
 more favourably than those who took it m a natural wav, ^hei^hapj, 
 STsyiem washout of order. Dr. J«««f • ^i««J»^^y|"SSj IZ 
 pracdce of inoculation in the county of Gteucester. m England, found 
 Lrtain individuals who would not take the disease. On inquiry he 
 S«Sin^that these parties had had a complaint ftom the <W 
 /SSTSSng theiTwhenthe teats were afccted witj pustales.) 
 5SSi coiibint> that neia*ibourhood. was wpposed to be ^P^f^^^ 
 
 ipfifitt r^iffr t ba amncaily commtimcateq^^gwn one mmTwiui w 
 
 eompl 
 

 ^1 
 
 i 
 
 8MriH*8 FAimt PBrjBlCUN. 
 
 J^th great rapidity. Hbe^tiS^vtl ^™'*!*'® '^'^ Vaccination api«S 
 
 tt9 United States; ii the fXw,W ^ .?^ ^*<*^**i<>n reached 
 
 I>nce, and other iMtft8^fF„«,t!.^«^ 3"®*^ >* ^m admitted into 
 
 . •^"ost.all portionsKel^^S^P^' '"^ '"^° 'o I^dia, and ve^^LTto 
 
 deK^cS^elS;^*'!?^ ^vaccinate achfld A«odd 
 desirable 'thit X ^harl^" ^^"^^ «^th« chad's hS'th Jht ■ 
 good stateTheSl & w ^T^^^ should, if p^Se^TiL " 
 
 |« chance therT^of^';„Eat.nf >'' '^^''^^^ 
 
 Pox .1 Wetaccinat^d J^^T«^?°^'*''^'°"'f 
 
 duld is vaccinated aft^r"tS«;LS 1§*?l^/^ '^^ th« soonTa 
 
 «»«y supposed that ^y other diScLt*^* ^^': ^^ " ««* geni 
 «iat comphiint, but, as many nedK.n J^,f ™m?wcated along with 
 |tisasweU„to8elert aSrah"" t^^*V^J«^'=« °° '^^^^^ 
 M now so universal that^£i^t*^„J'*<^*5?i'o°'> and vaccination 
 whosfe^state of health is SJS.J" H^^ °°* diflSculty in finding one 
 g^eraDyinsertedZwK'J^^ I? vaccinating a childTf have 
 English practice. In vSaS^^?r ^ '?, "^^ ^'' *h" « the uS 
 puncture^ tte better. XWrSue d^bt"??*/^''*^ drawn fi^mtti^ 
 "fadure" have arisen from Se Wclw^i^u "'"^ °^ ^^^^ ««^ of 
 ^'^P'^y In America, it ^aco^f'?*^^?'^<*»^«'«^A%o«< 
 child and use that for Se pu^^^^lP^?.^' *4" the .mft froS^the 
 Ij^ph IS generaUy employKS!, filfw'^*'^'* ' ^"' «^ England the ., 
 of ivoiy, called /«W,f 7TC£?l5!*/' I'^*^*^ <>«i HtSe pi^ 
 
 inch MUM« Where p^bfrth?SL*T; P^^'^ >f gla«, abootlm 
 and the chfldren to beSSj;^" ^^ iJ*'^ ^ne ^ ^-PP^y the lymp^ < 
 
 punctures are made in the SiJ^ii *i *o««ther. Two or three 
 ^ rather the j,(«^ of the SorrSr^ 5>^'.' «»« i^o^T poin^^ 
 «nd aUowed partiaUv to d3iST "® **IPP«* "> the oorinTlvrnD^ 
 »%ht punctuiTSmrf^^^'S^^^ \ three Iniqutes; ^,l^t 
 one of the noints insSTin ihe^n*^' « ^be vaccinated, ^^ 
 ^tenor &»n numites,X^ST'ii^.i5°'''^*°^"^*hew 
 after makmg fte ^unctur^ Seh^SutJd A.^-^ff?'^- . 0«»«ionaIly, 
 then re-inserted iS the pu^ctrnT^SiV^ ? *Pr* ?» ^''^ ^V^V\ aiid 
 mto tiie wound. SomeSefS Wi?"? ^W ^P***' «^ it ^^ 
 punctures in th6 aideTS thfjeiS^^hl'*^'*!^'** ^^ "»*^g^^^ 
 thereon,aieIymphooM8o6to*J^r ' A f^^'^yP'^Ming th? fiUffl 
 on the fi"V«S tiiel^phX^fcli^r'4^^ 
 for use, -the gh»s«ir hS^^riXfe.**'^'^% ,^n ™ted 
 the glasses soon sepaiatft I on^f^.!*!^ ^^ * <"* ^^ hot water, and 
 
 whoettie oCewi«aidei?SS «^^ 
 
 inemtiu,8chooUoiw,Sttin£tr^f^^«»*«^ tiiemaUtoiSS 
 
 •*»vnmw <toy, and, having a plentiful supply 
 
 •** 
 
:^. 
 
 gmiH's rAMiLlr physician. 
 
 88 
 
 of jwWi the ope»tiott w» Mon ttwr. Ou» of that forty only two 
 
 BoiMome yews a^, Iim>te to the Royal Vaccme Institution, at Lon. 
 don^(Eogliid), fS some lymph, which waa.sent "? V" 'ni''^ Ju.^S 
 Sw^ twfW three teiw, and two or three lymto. The mJm were 
 ZShXl appose, in rtinping the letter ; and I got JUBt lymnh «if: 
 S to yaeS'onp cWll; W ttuit I v««cuuitA otk«^. a^^^^ 
 3v nearly all the chiTdren in the neighbourhood. Although tjo 
 Sh oX ^int. had been eix weeka on the way. it waa grfecti^ 
 S The eigm or the ninth day is the usual time for tafang the 
 WhinEngLd. Mtakeuonthe eighth, the chUd vaccmated there- , 
 SM 2^ have the Cow-Pox at the height a htUe earher than if 
 
 **fe^2^*rf1Sdren sufier so little from vacoination; Uiat no 
 afStr^Sis neS^; beyond taking care to arrange the slaves 
 KSd's dress in such a way that they do not rub '"^ "?^*^ 
 SnSeL Abont the third day after vaccination the pustde^beips to 
 SrS conSes «dar^ M about the seventh or eighth day. wb^ 
 K rSmdJ^SSTtop. of a pale pinkish or fle^^^^ 
 fleid-to^parent. and. in point of shape, very much re8em\>hng those 
 
 • B^r$3ioi^tiibe,&ed "cheeses" by the children, 'ftereui 
 
 ^^vTuXredness of the skin sorromiding the pustd^^ 
 SSrrdSmeter with the growth of the pustule. About the^tt 
 
 fdl^X>S loses its tran^^ 
 
 few more days, dries up, and the scab feUs off. _ , ^ , 
 
 • ITmeS happens that about the fifth or 8«thday,the child be- 
 L ^„II^r *tiS Wleas • when this is the case, a few mild doses of 
 
 *^^J;;*Ss areikch Wss susceptibie to thejacc^e virus than " 
 *u -S?™»«^ uL so at one time than another. I have known 
 S£n"?aStSte"r''rtiS^ without tto^^ 
 
 SttTgh SSiTno doubt about the goodness ^^^}V^^^^X 
 «lii«» f^ur^a I recollect an instance of a chUd, four or hve years oio, 
 fe^toni^^tJtS^^ules on the arp». where the lymnh 
 WMtJ2?teOui%Sy^^^^^ ^Bstrfbuted overfe 
 
 JSv^S' to^^*tw^ve of thm^^ perfect Vaccine 
 
 3de^^dA«ned about the same time as those <«J.«^e ^,,Jj 
 C«S X coiSWtioma distpbance waa not greater ^ 
 
 Sl^S^JittJieeLn^ 
 S^tn^Sit^^SSthatnotagrjtornum^ 
 
^V-:-.:' 
 
 n 
 
 SMITH'S FAMILT PHT8ICUN. 
 
 «non«t them--youi«r orSi tw? ** but, ghonTd there b« «,y 
 
 Pox has attacked ^emZ^fTh^^i S^"^ ' ^"". ^heT^SnJ 
 (eyen^if they are hyi^^Oie^'toutVS^^^i^'^^^^ 
 ia>i*ading of the di«^ "™® ^'"^)' '^ ««'«3ly prevent the 
 
 ehJd along with the Cow-Pox- tlS^,n^^ HP«>Pa«ated ftom child to 
 
 .;■..;■;/;:. ■^;:>:-0:•^^• CHICKEN-^ •_••',; 
 
 g^'"^^ -uaHy com. " 
 
 Sometimes the fevers »i sHXif^*"^^' "Od occasional vomi^ 
 altogetherwanting. SCa§borf>W ^^ "<>«<», and someSS 
 tion b^aks out, gfnei^'fiAt' r^^-^^^^ » 
 
 back ;from if henw it spreads to CSf 7 *® ^'f?**' "houlders an^ 
 UBuallylessIffected thSn^^ SmS^P^*^' -n^ *°1^^ Thefacefa 
 nmnerous, sometimes few and 3I^nff^ ^* pustules are sometimes 
 
 appear as small brighJS s^ti*^W^^ 
 
 '^ int6 pimple.) ;^d soSjJhtS tejT^^ 
 The eruption is not unfrequenUySndrf ^vt^i^*"'"* *^* *'«>"«• 
 . ?^^c^ <»uses the child to^tehfn^^^fkvS^^^^ 
 
 ^g the heads off thepuSa Sl^J*^*^"' *"« fre?uentiy S 
 
 from the eighth to the SSaTi^rKr?"*'^^ *" ^««^y 
 te««pai*iit, colourless or SiStf? vello^ ^^eter, rounde<f at top; 
 . Sometimes they aDnear Jn SI ^ ^^ *°^ ^^'y easily ruDturei 
 A^ut the four^ JJffi ^;?g^7/^« ^^ 
 
 the six* day smaU br^'^JoTC^ wht?* 2°!^ "Pi '^bJu^^ 
 drop off about the ninth or 3 S*??' '^?"**«^"«Iy harden, and 
 butnopits. I^however.^^pSt&areS'' "i*l!^.^^^ 
 
 ti»ey wai occasionaay lekvB »T S!5^*v "*^^^^ 
 
 doubt, occasionaWp&nSi^^f^f^enL .^^^ j,„^^ 
 
 disease; in fact» ifcannot l^dtoL^^*^^"* it is a much mi^de? . 
 
 * But Uttle treatment is rwoiSJ ^^ evw dangerous. •"' 
 
 thartic PowdWW^or aSS^ii?/T 1°^ °^ «>°% phyaic YCa- 
 «r two of Castor Oil SK^iSr^* S^^®"*® <>f t^e^A ^A^t 
 
 • »ild di«; TheluStat^kt^^ Hi»«<«iS:,td 
 
 anfw 9(^n as the scabs X^aSLStei^^^ -"^ 
 
 Chicken-Pox occadonafly atSks ^^ bath^wiU be advanb£ebu& 
 •ddoDL ^-™^^^ P^ but «^^ 
 
 ^fNIlANXILE CHOLIKA, ^ 
 
 This coajOaH a» its name inm^ ^ , /^ ^ ^ 
 
 -upiw, usu^ coinmences with the ' 
 
fpnm 'a TAMILT PHTMCaAW. f 
 
 ■ .: t;. . ■ . '::■,.' . . J.-' •,'.■'■■ « ■ •' '• 
 
 he«t8 of TOinmer.' Itaffecks chUdren between the agw^rftiirw^^^ 
 i^wo yean, though BOmetimeft it occurs a good deal later, it w a 
 S « AiJSSa W«i«i«n, that. « it iaconfihedalmort entirely^ ato 
 KiS^ ii those of krgest si«, and most densely pjo^ed 
 St. to^cSoada, itis not by any means uncommon m <^^J^^ &^^ 
 The atSK often pre<ided by Diarrhoea, but sometimes the vom 
 ingandpJ^ging commence at the same time In fatal cases of^h« 
 ffiSon. ■ th^vomiting usuaUy continues to the ^end^ but J^Jen .J 
 Se t^nates favo^bly. or is much protracted, the vomiting of^n 
 SS^ceaaesalto^thel leaving ont^ 
 
 oasionjSv the disease is exceedmgly violent and rapid, t«f,y»W°f 
 ^jS^wnJ^st incessant ;■% stomach rejects eveiythi^^^^^ 
 
 K 3 y^reUef is not afforded/ prostration comes on. wf a ^cjl 
 . id ckmmy skin, pale and shrunken features, half-closed ei^s msen^ 
 
 riSiiSbkimd capricious^ Tfie^stools are Wently green, or yeUow; 
 wmeS^^ with blood, sometimes dark coloured; sometunw 
 wSmTSropSL InfaM Oofora is supposed to be caused byheafc 
 
 S^ riven two or three times a' day, combined with a httle l-eppw 
 'V'F^rJrZ^i mUsr wai frequently stop the sickness. If the 
 
 " tak^mmi. A•MOlll»^l^•ptotll.Mml»to,OI.c«'>rt«ce»d.r, 
 
 «iU 'be of benefit „. ' 
 
 convulsions.— CA/"ilw> 
 
 
SSSiritS f».?r ?°^^ • nngte attack, or sevwU in sowSmbSi 
 S^iSrn blue 4^^^^ P***' «>"etime. puipIiTrK 
 
 Se nKS^^S^^the^S:^;^;;^ be swofi:^ the veins ^«f 
 
 occasionahv inv«l.,nS!?^" ^^ ^^n'en u sometimes 8woU«n; and 
 
 with voiitiig^^if -^^^ "*^'" the convukions go off 
 
 that some sen^usl4w?f;Wn *^^ I^fy«« « oVer, it is Found 
 ••shown by partffp^vf^J^Sw'P*^** niarrow has taken place, 
 -aid someti48^Zfit^S^S?tS^"™i* "^ °»«»<^ disoi5ert 
 
 which eventuate i^ EpS^^' *^r*'«"<*««nt of a series of attacki^ 
 
 tion.- .^^'''"**''*y«*^»3^d«P«ffld prompt and cawfWa^^^^ 
 
 congestion, effirtion. TCin^t/iw ^ great majority of fatal cases, 
 or oVmc affwtiroHS b^; r.«^S°^ °*^^ ''8°" ^'^ inflammation 
 
 'i 
 
 Some children are niuchZr* kLkE f "'^'^ "^ ^°°"** *° «^t- J 
 of a sensitive, pemufrnd Sw! ♦ ^'^''^om than others ; those i 
 tiiiies a chad is^Sx^ to^S,**™^ n>ost so. 'Some- 
 
 - while, in oihZ^r%*^oJ'^!S^^\f^r^^^ f^^^^^ 
 •nbject to convuSJ' ^^ S^ ^t^t'^'^^'^V^ "^ ^"^^^ ^» ^ 
 ^ndency in th^^tion S^nl^lSS?''^ ^i? T*' »'»°'^ «y 
 Sore impressible «»»,«??;„• Mnldren thus predi^osed^show themselves 
 
 pn>P^ly^^t?:«trJo^fi&* r ^ '^ ver^^citable, if nS 
 Kbit great precodtv^ th««S!i ?!??'*" ™«?ible, and sometimes ex- 
 caused^ iipSS' nnwLCfi^^?*?" *° O"^' **i«««» may ah» be 
 
 Artificial heat 2i»m.^:>^S ' *™T^W * &«quent cause ; exc^ive 
 
 Uao ■addr&k>S«fAd\^ls"'^^t:.*^^^^^ eoitvfflo^, 
 •Pasms in the inteaS!^^^ Dowels, and wonns. Whatever caoaes 
 K thenSvo^l^mrLfir.^^^^ for nothing^ 
 
 ««isei8theS^S^rimmf^fl^'^^^^^ OneSciting 
 
 ■ ».^«a. XI. " T* P'^wnie alter the fit con 
 
 '^'wj^^uptotfe neck; (let the ^to-^ 
 
 can comfoi 
 be applied 
 
 renuun m the bttt^.for teat 
 
 
-V^' 
 
 
 r to the ftik 
 t Baetiewion. 
 Bh or Uyid ; 
 the yeine of 
 ^, and the 
 woUen, and 
 nay last for 
 or hours or 
 disposed tq 
 ily immedi- 
 sions go off 
 it is loofld 
 aken place, 
 disordenJj 
 of attacui^ 
 
 connected 
 wful atten- 
 
 >red in the 
 !atal eases, 
 lAmmation / 
 I exist J 
 m; those f. 
 o. Some- , 
 i mother ; 
 ly willbe ' 
 bown any 
 liemselVes 
 Me, if not 
 itimeeez^ 
 7 also he ' 
 as a teaa-' 
 
 nrngandi 
 exee^ive 
 ccidento^ :' * 
 
 Nbiona: 
 r caoaes ' 
 Qg mofv' 
 ezdting ' 
 bsti^ces >^ 
 trUioMli/v : 
 
 her child 
 iicMld 
 itermiiy 
 Lforttti ; 
 
 cause by P^K.*™* So ««« i«Mftted in ten or fifteen mmutes, if » 
 5,r each year ome^B age WP^^ 
 
 does not operate). A^^ the ^^^^^^^ a chUd from nine to 
 
 lowine mixture may be given three tunes a flay yoraw 
 
 S months old/ftndli proportion for other ageB) :- 
 
 .Cari)omae^n^^ 
 
 Powdered Rhubarbj.^. • •••••"•••-••"J^^d&tfn. 
 
 Tincture of AssafBBtidv... ....... .;•• Onedram. ' 
 
 . Essence of Peppeftamt,. ••—-V-'h^^ ounce: 
 
 : ^:^^^^-^^^^^^^ ^ekling 
 
 Women, in many parts of the countg,^av^^^ 
 
 iheir children longa^r they ^'^^J^.J^^^'uX^they have that 
 ehUdr^ifeffer. ^fj^l^y.t^"^'^^^ 
 
 «s long as they suijkle there is no ««»g«J.°* "L^^^ to «* increase and 
 Smt.^Hence tj^ Bet at nag^ ^e tS^HSp^ulation. . thi. 
 
 , drain widens the mother. 
 
 INFANTILE PNEUMONIA. 
 
 - - ium of ihe Lbngi'} 
 
 .:■!*: 
 
 ni» torn U»ltni^"o ™*^"S^"S aiBdifficdtt<.d«l«mii.. 
 
 where it la M^uate<L^ raui^, ip hard- cough, humed breathing, , 
 however, t^e diseaw J«»P 'J^fa *^!' ^ Sometimeslt 
 
 and j)ain, indicated br the child «'f3^«-J*^'f. *^"f gome disease from 
 
 S'iS to distinguislMe -W^^^^^cS^'^^^ 
 ^hthe<MdinaybeWrocov«™ng, M^^ ^^ ^ 
 
 S^Cough. B«l^7ij&ftS^watM?rflS^ «^* 
 
 wSh a very rapidj?ul«e, himjed »^3j^ seldom under 120, some- 
 
 ^sflessness, an^ fSfrJe^^ a nSutT^e^reathing ia vtery .qui*, 
 times as high as 140 dr 160 .m a '^r^^^J^-jJ^^^ If the 
 SdvarieBW40to60,orevenmorew^o^^^ ^^ t 
 
 comphdnt incre^e 
 
 becomes feeble OT.^teBnppwjBe^,wi p,^ becomes exceedmgly. 
 
 the^wesgrowfiunt^orc^a^tog 
 
IP» ' 
 
 .1 ' 
 
 ♦K 
 
 81inB*d FAMttt >HT« 
 
 '8IC1AK. 
 
 ■y; /• 
 
 -ymDtoni. begin to SirorhJaWri^S^lf ^vourable turn. «U th» 
 ««*MJly wtSrns tTfceSth a?« • n ' v °'* °'" **"»' *°d the child 
 S-ehw/ngsSn^ SnJiS^'^rt^ *" formed, ani? 
 
 most comSon towaU threndt wKr"^^ ^'" 
 
 nation in the t^Z^ul^rZl^^^y'^ "^ ^^P'^ <Ji«crimi- 
 the disease, inight producTS ™«SS. ?? S^^tT^ *' **°« «t«g«of 
 If thedisea^is tokenarfl.?rnZi.r ff^adopted at a wrongtime. 
 •pplied to the chir but!^in^eTyS'SilT "^^^^-^ ^Y be 
 sometimes resulted /rom he SSn^„*f ^'^^'^T"' deeding has 
 therefore be taken that th« Ef • ^^/eefheo. and great care must 
 If leeches we not conddei^/l^?'!"^^ to proceed too far. 
 
 after the leeSe? > a 3l ^L ' ^*°t' "^'^^9^^^ children, generaUy 
 
 lid legs iSy^^reSly^tWo^^^ 
 
 water for ten minute? at a Lr^nS*?*^^.**'^)?"* intQ hot 
 care being tak^thS? tL r& **^° "^PP*^ "P "» ^an^ flannel :. 
 tion. A^dS: i frSL &^a*^^°°*|^^^ ^ col/during the opera!- ^ 
 the age of the chiMTmavbe S fw ^ <*^9«Iomel, (accordi^ to ' 
 
 . every tyro OTth^hoS^—'*'^^'^ 
 Antimonial Wine i '" r> >n 
 
 J«Kluee actuS^iS^todd tt^^ ' 
 
 dose 9f the Cottar/ic pLd«r «^^ rS^°»® «'°fin«d a smaU 
 
 ^4e of the chSmiv^br^v^^- ^« **' JS^' (according to the 
 S»el, arrow wS s^ ^fTr^^"*?^' ^« ^^«* must cJn^t of 
 ^■iroi^ ^^^r^itai^^f^^'^ chicken-brothl 
 
 • INFANTILE SPASMS OF THE oiiOTTla . ^ 
 
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 altcgeU^er^dependentof^^^ 
 
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 ai 
 
 bi 
 
 ft 
 
 b 
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 c 
 t 
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 t 
 
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 /. 
 
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 m, all th»' 
 the child 
 tned> an^ . 
 I bjrpurii- 
 d emacuk.^ 
 mea hap- 
 
 of Pnen-'^ 
 I pereijiiw, 
 the indi- 
 Ik. It ia 
 r Spring, 
 
 diBcrimi- 
 stageof 
 
 ng time. 
 
 I may be- ' 
 
 ding has 
 
 ire must 
 too far, 
 
 enerally 
 
 the feet 
 
 DtQ hot 
 
 fiannel;. 
 
 a opera*' 
 
 xling to ' 
 
 id from 
 
 e given 
 
 vv 
 
 i| but 
 >68not' 
 1 small 
 to the 
 sist of 
 broth^. 
 
 liand 
 
 i 
 
 iBHrra'S f AMILT PHT81C|AK. 
 
 41 
 
 mt\ a start. TJ»,J"* ^J^PSXthe nostnls expanded, the .mouth 
 head thrown back, the browteievatM, i^ 
 
 open ; the veins 6f the neck and bead are ^^"^"i^^^ug Yiw with an 
 flashed, swollen a^.d^i di^JrelT A? CgthrSS^Sonally not 
 expression of anxiety and d"*^"*' ..^ ^fj^f the clot^^^ 
 unlil symptoms of suffocation ^I^JJ^^^^^X^J „^^^^^^^^ The child 
 
 ofthethroat. Occasionally, only a jngleparoxy^^^ 
 
 % « the rodd.B oonl«* .of ooM m, MIX «™°S^S^mSe. .th^^^^ 
 
 ed with it, when '"^^'f^ ^J^ J^^^^mitimtj i- 
 occuionaUjr bring. on f" ^*:^rSt ttrnw X 1» produced V 
 
 acrid secretions and worms. «ei^„^*i!jenradent on affectiins of 
 
 the glottis at the co^^^^^^r^'tTl^mSny dwWnlcold water 
 focafion. This W wnerdly lj«»^P^ 
 
 'h : 
 
 "■■>■■- ■.■^-■. 
 

 "if thfmotioS «r ofTn .?Si"^ T** Magnesia, and occasionally,- 
 and ChySC, Ir.^ / f V *»J°!"-}.»"»all doses of Merou^ 
 
 grain dZ^S^Z%y7r Th^iit ^ S^L"' ""•^?'- * ^^"^ '^^' ^' 
 not weanTd, a7d the^otherV ^^^^If ifer^^'ycl^^^^^ and, if 
 
 jot in good health, it BhoSld be fed on ^ tlTmUk^ht wt^S 
 arrow root, eround nne, nron.»»i i" ,o"^ cows miuc, thickened with 
 
 -.',::;/:::'...: WA/TER ON THE BBAm.^B^«,pis^; V 
 
 enormouB. Thus, WiSm roe^ of» .wtST""* '° ''V? *o°»Plaint is 
 measured twenty niaei^heT^imitf^ ^''^ ^j*" "l^' ^^°»« ^^^J 
 
 8ome instan^ciJa^^fci J?"^;^^ ^^ ^» ^T*"' ^Mch in 
 ■ee to the list STShlwSm^' ^* "? othew the patient can 
 
 ritlKK^Tiay Wto ^ ST S«"""'7 h. bjcdiDM awltoi 
 
 ^>i ^^ ^ ^^ 
 
 in 
 hi 
 Vi 
 
 9. til 
 
 
 ■■■■ -f 
 
 :<: 
 

 
 :" ■ ■*■ 
 
 :<: 
 
 - V* 
 
 / 
 
 
 
 / 
 
 
 '^% 
 
 . ><'-■ ■ 
 
 W. and death Boon followi. ^\,^^'- jjirimt nf tVioae attacked die 
 
 •*S^U.y of «^ found j.a«n,«d.^ 
 
 nuX IM > faw omcw or it majr be po™<l«. ^ 2Xad of . man who V 
 in which lOTeii or eiAt pint. wer. ttkon ftoni ft. "^J "■ j^jrty. 
 
 be done, care shoold, m ^^^J^\?^'^ noHriBhinc with part aur jmd 
 of the child ; it. diet should be^hght and J°JJ»^°S/Kpt covered 
 warm bathing once f.^^fw^ AuHbe keSt if^Ur with ijld cathar-. 
 trithawoojfeii(»p; *^ J tlfsniWtoo/ JtS^^^ " 
 
 tics ; tod Bmall do8e» o^.^f l*??"5v.«vfi been of service. Benefit u 
 
 be riven. ^^^W'^J '^ ^ ^„*^ttS.^^^ 
 said to have been denved from^puttangw^^^^ 
 
 of mercury; H^^^^^'J^ ""Sl^^f^r^rfoS w^^ more or 1ms 
 . The operation of tapping »">^^ ^J^ liSb^TStained, in vthew the 
 wcdbir In»om0o«|Mtempor«TW^^ death, 
 
 oper*ti<rn ha. appear^ to agff«yate 
 
 tempt«i«ndlolh«inM«iirMnaT«ttil«l- , 
 
 "x«Kh he Aodd be <^:<««^«^??!^to and childhood ; It com- 
 
 Thi. i« a di««M^ahnort pecuhaar ^,^"^^7^^ for wme tim^ 
 
 mence. t«iomay. Not ^^^^^'^^^^J, before tiio^e 
 
 with the t^mptom. <>' ««T!ii^ri oK^py coigh and ioito 
 
 4- 
 
 ■t: 
 
p. '-: 
 
 / 
 
 44 
 
 
 The «lioiild«iEriS?k£h«Sf?l ^ mto^ort convulsive action, 
 
 < > 
 
 •go 
 
 run 
 
 elai 
 
 ten 
 
 •n( 
 
 »n< 
 
 or 
 
 pli 
 
 tie 
 
 In 
 
 of 
 
 CO 
 
 m 
 h« 
 
 v< 
 
 • ■* 
 
 e: 
 i 
 ' a 
 1 
 I 
 I 
 
^ 
 
 m ffim 'g rAMILT FHTMCIAK. 
 
 4S 
 
 " -'v , 
 
 ( > 
 
 \ i«^-i W. Dmiiri Wmwlf about in bed, or jump* ap.wid 
 agony of dUtrm. He tlifowt J™^ meanwhUp » mott anxiou., 
 
 Sn. to the window to' •^>"j^; M iJngt^ »»« P^^*" ^^*:*" '^'i 
 •lArmed. and unplonng <«P"«;^'^„„,^Vuick and feeble, the sldn cool 
 tern «kil the puUe become, exceedingly qmcitan^^^ The brain 
 
 SdS2hedin.weat.thech^k.p^^^^^^^^ 
 
 Md heart ceaw to act, and ^»»«. J^^^Va litrtniggle. anl deatli take. 
 
 or the nervou. .ytem rou«; .Uelf ^^^ »;„Y«tfy, however, the pa- v 
 
 pUce in the mid.t of «7^^»'°"\^^uff^K one of the iHM^xy«mi. 
 ?ientUcutoffat«ncarher.jyel^y.uff<^^^ The duration 
 
 I„rtan«5. of r^^^y*^ ^TlJ^'tht a d^y t^ne cJ two week.. 
 ofthedi«eaMvane.«h)mleMthanaai^ fOnn«, i« cold, or 
 
 . The mo.t common cauw of ^^'TJ^Vlaid to prevail mo«t in 
 cold combined with dampnes..^ediM^^^^^ pawage from 
 
 From'one to *«v«^1^^" " ^^-.^Jn at any period before puberty, 
 although cai«. are not v«^ ""^™7?„ famUieiTand males seem more 
 
 The dSease Bometim^jaPI^" ^^ 
 
 li»Wa to it thMi female.. ''B"™""-"! - i-,„*'i 
 
 5l«io^., Te -«d to be-ost W^ „ i^e 
 
 ^ IVea<««n/.-The tmtment mujt^be pro^ q ^ .J ^K^ j,. 
 
 get water heated and put the chiW ™^^^*"^„te., then wrap it up 
 Sp to the neck ; keepit »f to^*?" JhS^ ^e the chUd an emetic. 
 
 (There are certam '^»»j? ^iJ^S^Xi Vtw and InHnmi^ Wm 
 
 IndPow^w* Jptca^'Uka ?^ J^^f^S^: "y two or thfte year, old, a 
 
 • ?S, two of thenj. If ^'^^ySSTff^n. mky ^ given tt 
 
 teaspoonfiil of IpMUimnha mne <»' -"/"'"^'TJ i^ may drihk a httle 
 
 lukewarm water <>«<»f°^^ *^,^f/S'X^^ and all that will be 
 .^Jn time, th^^ ^ ^to repT the w^>.th oc««u,ndty, 
 necenary iRerwara. wiu "^ •*' j.rXv«. nr two of Gaa/of Oti or benna 
 ^^Sj^my^n^ "*^ Wn.nS^Winris not obtainable, thin 
 ^ f^>^en IP«^««^J^.f /"V^^iJ^rked oiT, like the other 
 mutard will act a. a .ubrtitute ; it ^r^^J^ „„gh* an emetic for a 
 Wic.. ^th warm J^^k^'l^^^y^lL^ardo noj at on«u^^^^^ 
 
 INFANTILE REMITTENT #VER 
 
 Cyid«n. 1^ two to «i«^ ^^^/J^^^ 
 plint fitiuetime. it i- "^^ jtlS?^^^^ ^*^ * ^4 
 V°^ V„i^!!Si^^h'^^fey^S!^^^Sy a UtUe head- 
 
 ., «. 
 
 :.^ 
 
I' I 
 
 » few hours, the violenco of he •yinptomnUtel ^.^T^t^- ii ^"^ 
 
 . • morning, the chil.I i» found with VcSr^kuT^ .'iow«r n^i ^"""^'« 
 
 mouth, and « brighter and more lively "xpSn 7. A' 'i""*"^' 
 
 Ui6 fever a^ain rises with similar syZtomr^ ttil^^^^'^T' 
 
 .disease conUnues tiU it« cIosT In -S ,.*' ""'' *"*^ '^"» '•»« 
 
 imDrovementismuchlSded^^^^^^ c^. however, the morning 
 
 diAcult to decide at wh " iSl of Z wln^^'^^*^^^ >' ? 
 
 •ymptoms are most vioL r%./ S» i "'^'^"^ '^P^^ 
 
 Se motionrhaTUX tn uJh«„^i " '^ ^""""^"^ '=""«°«J. »«d 
 
 ciay-cdoured. drk. r^„i5.;;:?r^\«iK^^^^^ ^f^"^ 
 
 •mounting U) .tuiw SS.«f *£«.!.? .^^^r""?". «w«time. even 
 
 tnS::i fce o^^rtwir;:^^ li^ ^ ^-^ » r-^^n^^y p- 
 
 -„ » .— ^»™ luia ^<,^„«„;^ or ifaymna ana iUmia. Tl»© diet piel 
 
 -iif- 
 
 •P 
 
 .110 
 
 E 
 
 b4 
 
 ■t 
 
 •1 
 
 o 
 i 
 
 ( k 
 
*'. ■ 
 
 > ■ ' l' ■ 
 
 ■»)^ 
 
 JUflTU'i rAMlLT PllYWCUll. 
 
 gmil It i« n"t int4,na«d to Pf^^SJSlThe child should b« kept m 
 Cthe r-ult. th« .'^,«»"'i*»«»:^nnte Itlfit 8oum«^>t the 
 b«l, and »n occwioiul ''»^^^^T ^y . Uttle nu^newit Shouhl the 
 r^.ch will be be.t «^„^^»tSiutJttmentlS;. with /ft |Unn.l 
 
 ft (trown p^inwn. , ^; .»^ _„i i^roth, mutton broth, and 
 
 T. the child in^P^^'-'iS^f l"h,^t^^^^^ «^"**''"''^ ^7? 
 
 beef tea may Ik. P^«»_S;n b^Xbut whJn there U addity m the 
 
 !S?K:telKth»^^^ 
 generally refreshing to the patient 
 
 refreshing to the patient i^^^^nintf to cet an appetite, 
 
 When the patient is "-.^^XveTudt^rtoulfbe likefy U» Ue 
 b« taken not to «t it haves»U^ !^^^^ of dige-tion. 
 
 ^E:^,^^:^ 
 
 WHOOPING CX)UaH, 
 
 fno^ng mgh, •pn'et""^* ^llrt of U^ di^L varies much, even 
 cannot Jeadily be mistaken. ^fJ^'^YuaoS that it can scarce- 
 in ite simplest fonn. Income ^t.n^^^«^^ ^^ hadwhoopinj 
 
 ly be determined after ^^''^K^^'^J^ severe, with ftequent and 
 ^ -or not In oth«;^.!£:!^»AZr7u&on. Bythepre«u« 
 , paroxysms, 
 
 in its simplest fonn. in ^« ^"^Q,;; Oie chiTd ha. hjd whoopmj 
 
 ly be determined after ^^''^K^^'^J^ severe, with ftequent and 
 
 wughornot 1" o*??'^ '«"''»' 'J wJu^&on. By the pres«ire 
 
 ^int I«^^TlT^*^v:Sn^i^metiZbrought Jn, and dej^ 
 upon thUrain fatal convuWoMa^^ Inprotrwted 
 
 i^Ty also take place from Whp^d^^^ 
 
 cwis. «eat emaciation '^ J. JjJ J^^^^^torminations are comparatively 
 may die of exhaustion. ?^,V*^®'* .f rj. jje of whooping couch, gene- 
 r^; aiidmostof thosechddren^dt^^^^^ 
 
 rally die of a <»™P^«***^fl^fj!Sn*^of some portion of ihe bowel^ 
 chii inflammation, or »nfl»=^'*°'l°* .ut, 5ne of those c 
 mooping cough U «f » -^^"f^J^^T AetSr It i« very apt tp^ 
 that usuaSy attack a person but o;«»J^ *"i. ti,o„ght to be contaiji-- 
 mevail a. in epidemic, and by «>°»« PJ"^» J the correctness of this 
 
 , op^on. P«««ons*dvancedmUfoMe^J^^^^,^it^ 1^^^ 
 
 feStrsjfZr^*"^^-^*^*^^^ 
 
 -"Spm^ce by fffm * ^oM pwy"^^ — ' .- -. :. ; ■ ■ 
 
 m 
 
//' 
 
 /••" 
 
/: 
 
 48 
 
 ■"DWa '410LT PBTBICUV. 
 
 i Pbrefforic ^"*"— ••'-— ' -Half an Ounoa. 
 
 or four Se«»Z?fo^ i^gZ" tf tiTUl^ ^'l*^* ^•*'« «««» thwe 
 take SO drop., an/^S^^^^g*^• «^^^ three yean, old^t m^ 
 
 dose. Sdmetiiiercoimde»birSl5^^^ 
 
 wwmplairter(Ba»undyRSitef^^^ dmired from applyWa 
 
 Md lega in hot -^XS^d *o^^^ S^J »«*^thVZt 
 Jody, and feet and %r£ iiiSca£?Sld^ ^ benefidSiT and the 
 there ia much re8tl<»mMui .^iS^rr ^" "^ 'wnilyclad. Whera 
 
 I ^ne^bined iii^a^^'7^,^^J%^*' t ^^ °^ Hen- 
 
 I of cold water, or the audSk «S7 «^ ^^ . Sometimea a drink 
 
 / »»»Kn. wffl^vereuS^th^SSL^"^^ 
 
 / nonmhing, ^naiating of grnd aSJ^wvL?*'!,'*^'^^ ^ light and 
 chicken broth ; andTta tfon*tiSf «™!! ^^ ^^^ ««>°nd )^, with 
 Chicken or boilW mutton XiTlLjSSr'r^''"^ '*«*^*^' * Mtti! 
 cough aeema to linger ouki« aCSnfliSJT^ '^' ^^«» '^^^ 
 dipppeared widS^eae^navenofef'^Jf^^ ^^ 
 a hig^erand drier locaKly,lM a buw ^ .^^ 
 Jers, and cauae a rapid rSo"^ ^STTl !? ^"/"tly Work won- 
 
 •timeaaWiutelynecLaiy J^faJa^ -h^ige of air atiems aome- 
 
 ttgfrom whooping cough. S^^iSJ,^"" **' *^ of a childBufer. 
 m gaa work., «£dlu«X' I^TS^^^f^^T ^ *" ^ ^^'^^ 
 aometune. rapidly. Dr/ I^^JJSS* r^ 
 heatoto. thafth/di.^ 
 
 t^-^^^S^^ The 
 
 ite name. The /^,ttmS«^«1^ ^hich it ha. derived 
 
 «Bte of two diaMn^ pSnTn^^ S ^'^i.***' *^**. «>• length, and eon- 
 
 the whole length of tESir.^v^!^^ 
 
 other and ahorter iK)rtitirT\,!f~^^ ttnier than a horsehair : the 
 
 2hfi«m firt:?£?eSlSgTa."*^,^^ 
 •«a,h« e^ re«^.h^ 
 
 :^fir^ 
 
 
SUtTH'S PAMILT PHYSICIAN. 
 
 4^ 
 
 g,»wmg or ^»*««V f?*uSSe fimdameni and at the ^?^^,^ 
 Sometimes a ««»»?.°^^!S*^^J^imM confined, at other times relaxed, 
 bowels are often disordei^.B^e^^j^„^^. The mucus y aomj- 
 with mucous or bloodv ^^"^^A^^i frequently mistaken for ftjK- 
 Ses in shreds or flake?, f^^^ iVMuenSy portions of undigested 
 
 viriousderangementsof health wee™ ^igo^ered digestion which 
 
 S^ direct irritation of the ^^o^^'^r^^; of these are nervous affections. 
 th^^Ssion. Among tiiemost^iraao^oxn^^^ or d«'.^ine«i, 
 
 3 M ft^tfulness imtabjty^ It o?£^if ^^oiii fright, giddmess, 
 Sirbed sleep, sudden »^^«^*£e^KiinP"'«d vision, smgitig 
 
 Sdache, ^^^'^jr^^ SnJSsions aw not «rf'er«?i^S 
 Si the ears, and pwtial jJ^^^^-^^Sung those of water on tWbnun 
 Sildren, and symptoms strongly rewmou^^^^^ ^ ^^ In 
 
 Svebe^n ascrJbeS to Y^™*:.^!^ ^ouTThortness of breath, palpi- 
 SStion to these symptoms, obrtmatecougn^ 8y8tem,1harked by a 
 
 SSa, hy«terii^ and a genenO^disto^ce ^ dark'circles «o^nd the 
 
 Snguid (arcuhition, sallow dmi, "^J^i^ 'apparently perfect healj 
 3s, andwneml emac«g>n.^ ?erwM m^^^^ of their exjs^ 
 
 ^ce unta they are observed in^the ^'r^/J^edicines employed, 
 - Sr^w^^eiute attack rfd^.«^«^^^ 
 
 SSinfluence of the disejwiteetf ^^ death, who have «hown no 
 tod^orms in the.bodiw of ^ndu^ aj^i^^^ j^^^^ .^^^ that 0ey 
 
 Sn of &e gut had ^\K* fe S worJ have been fbuna 
 
 •5S3 twnn. In moat oaato, bowejjr,^ wm«B t^ ifcrouA 
 
 KSXyof lihe abdom^i. A^toe^^^ ^^ iTacticmof 
 
 SlflB in the «tomijch,.7hj^ "•y ^^ "^ *^ 
 
 ^7~^- , ^ ,. ' ■ , r- ■ ' ■ ■ r~ 
 
80 
 
 Smrtt'S PAIOLY PHTSICUN. 
 
 "*> 
 
 The broad ttm icorm is said to be foand only amongst the inhabitants 
 of Switzerland, Poland, and Bossia, or in persons who have been in 
 those countries ; the e&mmon it^ tcorm is met wiih everjrwhrae. They 
 occur in childhood, bat more frequently after pttb^>ty, and are very 
 rare, in old agel Females Wfi more wibject to thein thim nudes. They 
 
 ■«. 
 
 The CMise'^olrthe presence of worms in the alimentary canal has been ^. 
 a matter of dispute. Their c^rowth is evidently favoured by an un« 
 healthy condition of the stomach a&d boweb, and particularly by a 
 feeble or disordered state of digestion. Hence persons of SMentaiy 
 habits, of scrofulous tendency, and of general bad health, are apt to be 
 ttSected with them. It is supposed that over-loading the stmnach be- 
 yond the ^wers of digestion is favourable to their growths The use of 
 unnpe fruits and raw vegetables, and indigestible substuices genendly, 
 predisposes to worms, asTwell as bad bread,. spofled cheese and meats, 
 the fl^ of diseased animaH and the use of bad water. It has been 
 observed that they are nmst abundant in moist countries, and during a - 
 kmgj^revalence of waro^ damp weaUier. Chil<^n, after weaning, and 
 up to or abonlJhe agefof puberty, are more frequently afflicted with 
 worms than either very young- infants or adults, probably owing to the 
 nature of their diet 
 
 TVeatoten/.— fin treating a jMtieht afflicted with worms, we have two 
 objects in view-^first to get rid of the worms already in possession, and, 
 secondly, to prevent the occupation of the bowels by a Sresh crra). In 
 the first place, in order to dislodge the worms, wie may give a dose of 
 India Pitik toad Senna Tea (the former is commonly called Pink Root^ 
 but, in reality, the whole plaiit is used) mix*^ togeUier ; this may be 
 given in the morning before breakfast, and repeated every second morn- 
 ing for two or three times. In most cases, these will be sufficient 
 Wnere an additional anthelmintic is required, turpentine hati been 
 found very efficacious. 
 
 To prevent a reproduction of the worms, when the canal is once 
 cleared of them, it is necessary to attend ito the fo6d and drink of the 
 pattient^ and, if the digestion is feeble, to assist it by mews o( tonie 
 medicines, and suitable food and exercise. Indigestible substances, and 
 unwholesome food of all kinds, |pd bad water, are to be avoided. As 
 tonics, Infusum 6i Gentian, CascartUa or Cohmba, or of idl these combined, 
 with the addition of .6ttteri9ran^eP«e{ and a little sugar, will be a useful 
 preparation, or the patient may take the Tome Mixture, No. 11. Acetate 
 of Iron, with Infusion of Peruvian Bark, will also be usefoL It is weJA 
 to add half a teasponful of bruised Carraway Seeds to the Senna and. 
 Pink Itoot to prevent griping. A little. Milk ^/Sulphur, taken every 
 morning finsting for three or four moniings, is said to be very useM as 
 a remedv for the thread worm. The long thread worm was formerly 
 supposed to be very rare, but this has been since found to be a mistake; 
 the fact bein^ that, on account of its smaU size, it was fluently over- 
 looked. It is stated that in the London Hospital during one winter, 
 tins worm was found in almost all the bodies carefulfy examined, 
 both of persons des|iroyed by injuries, and of those. who died of 
 

 SmTH'B rMMSLt FKT8ICIA1I. 
 
 i^ 
 
 , « -;i- »r«na worm* often eri«fc itt lMg« ""^ 
 ^ not very ocmiinon in^C«»Ji^^2;S^ 
 
 fcxirfort,^a wmetmw m^^y/^3^ twenty yw 
 jy^^eh 'of Viemus whc^ 
 
 neesed 206 cwesof tope wom^£^^^*^ ja the «W8, 
 
 St-Pun pain in t heMfl^^^ ^^ l>fd«^«*>r'^8 
 dullnessof t^^ «y<^,^*jSl^KmMmo^cSaQve^ 
 
 eveUds; da«^P«P»!"i*^tMBmS«r; palenew 
 
 Xrm^tB palenew and flwbaP^^J*«»vjg^ altemaie low and 
 
 l£^^^Snteofiaieno«»jnd mo^^J^ food; offenaiv 
 
 S of appetite; «*^«;£ Ke tStJ^ eapeciafly dunng sTee^^ 
 IS ; f«n2d *ongue ; gi^^ng^"^^^^ 
 ?Si of the beUy ; shoobnKj^ 
 
 thev first appear. \^ « „# T«tainine their place very tenaaouriy 
 
 taMWorShave the P0^«' °\"^#oldinK on to the mucous coat 
 
 sidered important ?»»*r®„*^^trthat the evU has ceased. W^ 
 
 '^mWs ^ppehs. there g^^^y^ 
 
 ever'inethod of cure la foUowedj^^mu^ iH»^ j^ j^ 1^^ ^^^ 
 
 Stent just before the f^ftSd iSter STinfluence of the ni^e. 
 Solent movements of *« ^JfLS by a somewhat r^atnctod diet 
 St deemed bestloj^l^^^^J^^^iae, wWch sho^^^ 
 
 The medicine "^^^^j;? J^^^^ Sven it in very l»«%«.do8^from 
 pentine. Some pra^on«rt h^epv _ 
 
 Qaflmdouncetotwoflmd^oBs,^ ^^ ^^^ ^tje^^ 
 
 X dose of castor oiL ^J^^^^m the British trpopa at the Cje 
 
 Utehumerous caseJf of tape worn 
 
 S^S Hope, states thif such k^ doMsM^^ 
 
 Snu^g ««l«^«»S'I?^^e S)st obstinate cases, and without the 
 to^destroy the worm, even m wi« 
 
F,'"i-,*., 
 
 I 
 
 5» 
 
 SVITR'a^ f AldLt pttYSICtAH,*. 
 
 X •■» 
 
 iweof puiigativw/though it was considered advisable to give a littft 
 "caitor oil each'day about noon. " . 
 
 ^factor oil, although a useftil and v^jry valuable qie^cine, is one tM ' 
 many people have a great dislike to. By mixing* castor oil with the 
 yolk of a>e8h c^gs—say the yolk of one eggUlk an ounce of oil'-^ifc nay 
 be.^aflterwards mixed with watei^to any extent des^; the addition of 
 ; a little sugar^and a little grated nutmeg will make a mixture so pleasant 
 that no child will object to it ' ,.-''. 
 
 . 'meas|:As. ' ■'' • 
 
 13m is ^^^imtsf^ous disease, characterised usually by fevto, couglbi 
 andans}! upon the skin. v^The disease commences with feelings of 
 lassitude, chi]lines«, adiii^ in tliykabs, followed by a frequent pulse, j 
 hear and dryness of the skin, II[Widi«,J«dne8s of the eyes, losss of ' 
 appetite, furred tongue, sore ihr6a|^iiee^^anddischarge«.of tears, 
 huskmess of vmce, cough, and sometimes fl^tnessljf^ihe^^ch^t and 
 
 ^shei^essof the l»j^ath. , In som^ cases, pains in the stomach^usea,' 
 and ^vomiting. Ih yornig cMldierl, convulsibhs are not unfrequmt^ 
 particularly during the.time of teething. There is considerable variety 
 m the violence of the'disease,' and in the number of the symptoms. 
 Occasionally there are nothing, more thao the' ordinary symptoms' of 
 moderate catarrh, with little or no fever ; T^hile in other cases the fever 
 is high, and there are symptoms «4' bronchiid or pulmonary diseaJse. . 
 The symptoms usually increase iny severity for two or fhree day?, till 
 about the third or fourth day tiie tash appears. Sometimes, however, 
 the rash is consideiiably longer.before it imikes its appearance. 
 
 ' The rash usually appeal first ^pojFl' the if^ aiid neckf^ejr upon the 
 body, and lastly upon l^e limbs ; Sometimes, however, itftteears upon 
 the body or limbs first. When at its height,. which Is lisualiy upon the 
 second or third day of the eruption^ there is' frequently a troublesome 
 itching and heat of skin. Sometimes the ootigh begins to abate on the 
 appearance of th^ rash; oceasionaliy the voice will be quite lost for two 
 
 ■or three jiays, and the patient can only speak in a whii^r. About the 
 eiS^th^day of the disease, or the !onHh of the ^rOption, the symptoms 
 b^linto dedine. In some cases, howeva>, tlw whole dui:ation*of the 
 eniption does not exceed a day or two, and m others itlastil for a week 
 or more. The red colow t>f the erup^on jKraduidly ^ves way to a dirty 
 ydlowish hue, aiid ,the eruption dnes t^ and sepaiateB in fine scurfy 
 scales. The falling off of th^ scales is usually attended with a little 
 itdung. 7 L ^ 
 
 Oct^sionaily, instead oi^e symptoms duninishing at tlHs stage, there 
 
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 odd. ^utMted <^ 
 setftin^ irhidi, when 
 Bdtoetilnes otfttiBate 
 drive in the 
 
 nmation of the brondual tubes or of the 
 danger of measles, and most fi«qhently 
 ^ patnnt having been carel^y exposed to 
 ation of the die8t> diaRhoaa not unfrequently 
 lerat^ i| sometimea a favourabfo sif^ bill it ia., 
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 deiicy to delirium. rtujojW*^^"l„i «li«W?™g,' J::^ 
 
 • . apttobetfregul«^«md MTtaBl^gPe^ ^1^„. fhb aW^« 
 
 ■t£er«hi8 0fteti0f aUnd,P«r^^ the contept* of the 
 
 • 894 brain are affected as ur "^^S^^V;'^^^ g„rvive8 the immediate . 
 
 S«rt are wmilarly attacked. W^^^ ^^^ to be earned^ 
 
 • W'-^Ar^J^^'^TtirKit^te bronchial disease^ 
 
 - orSythrexJiauBtmg ^^^^e ^k S o^ *»^« "^' ^^' "^"^^5 
 
 sihaiirasis^^!^ ^^ ^^f-^r' ^ >; 
 
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 -inflimiationof t*ie ^'^^'^ *S tL* wit^ «dl^ ' 
 
 MeasleB oCcarii^ ^n^ WeVer. liuch mqre apt tJ* Iw-ve otb^ . 
 phicing other diMa»B^;^4^^J^^^^^ 
 
 SSIra behind it; ^^^^Z;o}^^^«^^Z 
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 dandBbf th»tlm)at,boa8^^ M^SS wettkSt^tout^ 
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 fnrtiihiv warm. Where there is so mwM *. . .. ^ _i.|>ttrti6ularly u a \ 
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 tan iMommended under iH* head of "W^pini^ Cough" nuty be g^ven, 
 dr thqioUowiiig: Take* new-laid ejgg, place ili in a te»<nip, cover it with 
 lemon juice (sqneeie a lemon over itV, let it itand till ^the shell is dis- 
 solved; add an ounce of Honey, ana heat the whole up together^ A • 
 gmrttrof animneeqf Ipecacuanha fFm wad half ai^^ ewnec of Paregoric 
 may bemadded. A teaq>oonfiil ma^ be tidcen for a dose for ft'diild of. 
 . ■ six or mgfat yean old, and smialler doses for those of younger aj^ Or 
 thcLpatient may take the Cough Mktu/rt No, 10. M the patient pro- 
 n^dMes towards recovery, he itoy take Bread Puddings, Kice, Sago, 
 Chicken Broth, followed by boiled Chicken and boiled Mutton. Benefit 
 ■ ii»y frequently be derived from bathing the patient's feet in hot wjiter, 
 but they myst be rubbed diy afterwards, and wrapped up in warm flan- 
 nel or coviered with warm wooUen socks. 
 ' Attem|>ts have been made to produce a mOd form of Measles by 
 V ipeans.of inoculation, in the same wav as, before the discbvery of cow> 
 pox, tjeople used to inoculate for small-pox. We are told of an instance 
 m which l^e operation -was performed m eleven hundred and twenty-' 
 two cases, and failed only in seven cases out of ahundred. The disease 
 that resulted was mild, and in no case fatal On the 66venth day after 
 ' inoculation, the fever appeared, on the ninth or tenth the eruption, on 
 the iburteenth the skin n[)egan to peel, and on the seventeenth, the patient 
 was quite well 
 
 >. SCAKIiET FEVER. 
 
 Scarlet Fevihr was Jong coiifounded with Measles, and, even when, 
 J found to be a distinct disease, wa» believed to be merely a variety of 
 Measles. Dr. Withering has the credit amongst British physicians of 
 being the first who deany and fiilly pointed out the difference between 
 . the two diseases. Most authors describe three varieties of Scariet 
 V Fever, the wmpfe, the an^fiow, and jlJie mo/^;^^ But the fact is, that 
 though cases are not nnfrequentiy olbserved in which the characters of 
 each variety are tolerably well marked, yet it very often happens that 
 I )| they «re ]dended together, so that it would be quite impossible to deter- 
 
 r mine to which of them a partiiblar case m^^t belong. The diseiise ui 
 jp^ essentially the same in all its vMneties,and produced by the same cause. 
 ; . Scarlet Fever is h^Idy contagious, and, when severe, is a most dan- 
 - gwous disease. It unoduly commences witib- headache, sore throat; red- 
 ness of the eyes, sometimes with a feeling of languor, and weariness, 
 ' \- With frequent puke, itpt, diy skin, followed by thirst. Sometimes; also, 
 at tiie commencement, there are nausea and vomitpg. In different 
 - case9 there is every variety in the severity ofthe symptoms, from a 
 mildness hardly amounting to disease, to the highest point of danger. ' 
 On examming the throat m most cases, it will be found inflamed; aiid 
 " frequently swollen, and the tongue is also frequenUy red and inflamed. 
 The rash makes its appearance usually on tiie second day of the fever, 
 but sometimes it is the ^rst sympUnn noticed. It generally appears 
 first upon the ne<^ face and breast, imd fitm thence it spreads over the 
 
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 to™ l^ to decline. TheT^ «»*«», the new ^^ j^ ^j^t ahjitea, 
 
 Srp^tecome. dower imd ^^i^^r^CTever. renudriing reddUh 
 
 for atime. ^metimee the m«»"2";, ^Ymm aw frequently absent, . 
 i.. ^pU6n>rbydian*^ 
 "(f^-^Ctthe oourae of the «w»?^J »^^ danger. Death wmetung 
 
 bednning to the close It » J^ f-JJ^^^^ 
 
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 SSlelto the same result from^pma or ^^^^^^ one of the serous 
 
 ^Varik^ne of the throat ^ven after ^nej*^ ^^ ^^^^^^ 
 
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 Cuently tetmmato Wy^ _ ^ ^ gore throat soii;»eti«ei xK5CUt ^ 
 ]Jj is wrtain ^^^S. iKe^r having »« the symptopas, wid 
 diuing the prei&o^f SS^tS^' S the single exception that 
 JSg the exact <*^^{,^^Jr2u;tS that such cases are capable 
 Ae eruption IS wanUng.\ 11 » «"»* . „ ,^ 
 
 S imputing Scarlet t-ev^.^^^^ 
 
 Fevrdiseases leave a l<Wger train <»J^ vi~j;nie, are- the abscessea 
 FevS: iSTg^^^e mo^^ oT^Soat and atthe an0^ 
 
 which form in the v»ani*y^*^^'lfr""l «« frbm thew sourdes is more 
 rSiaws; som^«th^f^J^y^ havi^ 
 
 S.^ thi weakened »y^Jt^c^t the teat, they g^eatiy pro^ 
 ll^ved the fever he ^^^^^^^^ong^^fc^ its usual 
 
 convalescence, and the corisurouou -o ^_^ 
 
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 only takes the diseaae once in hia lifetime, although in tare instanoei, it 
 may be otherwiae. There ia no complaint in which the result is mon 
 uncertam than in thia. Cases apparently of the mildeat character aome- 
 times assume a most malignant appearance, and patients die audj^nly 
 when aupposed to be quite free from danser; while, on the othermnd, 
 casea apparenUy desfwrate aometimes end favourably. The diseaae is 
 generally dangerous m pregnancy. , « 
 
 7V«a/fn«n/.— If there IS much, pain in the head and throbbing of the 
 temples, with sore throat, creat relief will be derived from puttbg a few 
 leechea on each temple, and alao on the throat, the number to be rMu- 
 lated by the intenaity of the complaint and the age- <if the patient iWs 
 W l>«/9Uowed by a mild aperient, and the patient had better go to 
 bed. If in winter or cold weather, a little fire may be kept in the room, 
 to cause a draught, and keep the air purified: if in warm weather the 
 « window may be kept open. The patient should only be l^htly covered 
 with bedclothes, and should be sponged, several times a day, with vine- 
 
 Sir and water ; one part of vinegar to eight or ten of water. Bags 
 pped in the same may be laid over the forehead and head, and changed 
 frequently. If the patient is feverish, cooUng drinks of barley-water, 
 flavoured with a little r^mon, will be relished; and the following mixture 
 — ^ W 1*^ ''*™^- *ay two tablespoonful* every three or four hours ; DiluUd 
 
 - St' , Y^ ^"^' '^ '''■*'"*'■ '^'*^' '^ "^^^ ' /n/"*""* «/ -^o«"f Mf-orpint. 
 
 Should it not be convenient to'get tie Bom, the add may be riven in 
 
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 SKbuld the throai be troublesome, "the following gargle may be used : 
 - Mwxon of Roses or Mint 3ia, hiOf-arpint, NUre, two drama ; or. Sage Tea, 
 
 huf-a-jtrnt, Nim, two drama. The throat may be gargled several tunes-^ 
 . a day, if necemary. Somb persona are fond of giving emetics onidl ot>^ 
 ^ liasions, and at all |;ime8 and seasons. Sometimes they are useful, but 
 as they rev'erse.the natural action of. thestoinach', tiie less tjiey are in- 
 dulged in the better. It i$ usually better when Uiere is any nausea at * 
 the stomach, to take frequdnt small ^JBTervesdiig draughts (say ten grains ■ 
 of Carbomte'^^^J^aisAX grains of Ti^tteic Acid, dissolved in half a 
 wm^lat^uU^Bftr), which will soon settle the stomach. The bowels 
 flhouljl bc^^^Hely opdn when required. 
 v '^^jH|fl^R^l^^'^^^^^'°^'^^<^<>uld consist 
 (>srley-iin|MnpHWtf^ rice, com s^)t^ and bread puddinra. As the 
 patient impliW^qRn^en and mutton i>roth may be added, chai^g 
 . gradually, to beef tea, boiled chicken, and bdled mutton. ' • 
 
 This is^a noncont^QUs affection; calledthe NeUU Sash,' from the 
 
 / reddish patches of swelling which mark the disease, resembling those 
 
 j>roduced by ^e sting of nettles.' There is usually a state of feverish 
 
 ■ exci^ment in the system a day or two before the „rash 'appears, which 
 
 aiAsides Qn the appearance of the rash. Bring a^nded with excessive 
 
 itching,;it causes the patient to rub or scratch the skin, and thus veiy 
 
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 toy P«t of the Iwjf, birt « ij^ow w^ « ^ «,metini«i It iWAw Wi , 
 ' •^' ""^ ^^* 5i il« jSTand^m^tSTb^ not often, attuck. the 
 TT^. "eltS^ U ^t^c^nsUi^rbut come, and t^ irtegulfly. ; 
 *^- .?tJ^^„^^ niffht The •weUin« wmetunet iMt only • , 
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 plice, often ';•''»",!" '^^*iSo-,„jje. its appewttce without previow^ 
 fever ; <«K>ci«lly ^Jf^^^S-TThSOTortwo after the fubrtance baa 
 ft! ■'^wi^pl in^ -^iS ^th n«u««s a^xietjr. and he^l- 
 Wen BwaUow<a, lf»J*» JJ® Swed bv the eruption, which i» wm*- 
 nc\t come .on and a^ .^ ft !«d ^Sf, iJ^« even the whoto 
 time. veij violent Thef^n^^JJ^^^,^ ;,n«deraWe «4ne«S int«i- 
 rarface of the bodv, «»« mucn awouej jnv« yj^^ ^here U heat, 
 
 «nUHlhereMtliereby.md^ 
 
 ^ itoWg, and tingling of ^^f J*"^*"** WsSe usually only continues 
 < times almost threatens suffo^tton. i ms '^ "" .ubsides. and t«f- ^ 
 
 means of *n,«P«|5S. Nettle Rash assuAes a dwiAdly intermittent' char 
 
 OccasionaUy acaU ISefctte ^^J* "^"^ of every other day, 
 
 raster, occurr&ig in regular f«W52?fev«7orS m origbal affectioi. 
 
 either W an attendant on f^^f^^ She eraption K constant, 
 
 bub appwrs and disappews in»ff«»»2 «lSKZ. as violent exercise, 
 eonsiSKSle period, and returamglrmd^h^^ ^^ 
 
 or indulgence at the table. J^J^^^^^JyTw? effloTes^nce, thou,!li 
 than in the acute *<>"»*« ^^.S^nJtiSlfai^nsSions characterise 
 
 rSehand, «;d Jnt^rfermg ,wi^ovem^nt ^^^^ 
 
 times hot, tender and pMnful, o6«w^ "f^ls^nSSonsas if the patient. 
 
 StinuSk a few hour^ leavipg ^^^ 'SteT^nht^.tstead of 
 
 had been bruised jr f«^«^; J^^j^So^t TSTWeeks after 
 hating only a few hours or a dajr, remjmTdr ijro or ^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 ^S^e«J has di»PP«|«d.retaiiji«^^ 
 aenmrtion, and,, at 1*^^ 8^"*gJ^''^?i±Z needle 
 
 were Tuu "*?" ""^ 'T"* i^ ^\a^ oontmue for two or three oays, »«»• 
 
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 eomjMht, ii loaroelY arer duigeroas. 0mm of dmth h»?« bMn n- 
 oorded, when the dueMe hM ariMh firom lubitanoM taken into the 
 ■tomafih ; but, in theie omcs, the nuh U only mi oatwMd tymptom rf 
 the diatarbanoe within. 
 
 The moat frequent omum of the Nettle lUsh are internal irrilatioat, 
 Mpedallv of the itomaoh and bowela. It often acoompaniM teething 
 and the bowel oompUunte of children. Adds and other irritating mat- 
 ters in the stomach f^uentl^jr ocoanon it Certain kinds of food have 
 bMn long known to produce it in particular constitutions ; such u lob- 
 sters, Grabs, shrimps, and more eqpedaUy musclM. Salt and smoked 
 fish have bMn accused by some writers ; and it seems that fish an moi« 
 ;t)OiBonous at some seasons than a| others, and that some parts of fish 
 Me woiie than, other parts. Votk, mushrooms, honey, oatmeal, bitter 
 , almonds, and grMn cucumbers have also bMn accused. One American 
 author statM the wont caM of Nettle Rash he ever saw, occurred in a 
 woman from eating raspberries. He says, •' She had bMn twiM before 
 attacked in the same manner, from the same caUM. The faM, nMk, 
 and extremitiM, were greatly swollen, and the rMpiration in the highest 
 degrw embarrassed ; but immediate relief w|ui obtained by an emeuo of 
 Ipecacuanha." In this caM probably the^ent had pioiaken immo- 
 dwately of the raspberries, or ekw she yrtk pj«#arly rasceptible to their 
 influeuM. ^I ouM knew »-lady who couH-i^oi enter a room containing 
 Mff^fjpiMU without faintfa^. It was not ndMssMy that she shopld sm 
 them, the smell was suffieientO Certain medicines also occasionally pro- 
 duM it, among which are Valerian, Copaiba, and Turpentine. This 
 imsceptibility topMticuhvkinds of food is not general, but confined ta 
 individuals ; the food thiUi will produM it in one person >rill not genci^ 
 ally produM it in another, each person being liable to be affected by 
 some special substanM. 
 
 Over-exercise, strong m«ital excitement, indulgence in rich and high- 
 Masoned food, and intemjSeranM in drinks, sometimM/produM attacks 
 of Nettle Bash. So also linll exposure to sudden olu^ri^ of heat and 
 cold. The disesM attacks aU agM ; but it is most Mmmon in infants, 
 «nd in young persons of the tonguinjs temperament4uid ifTomen are moro 
 Uable to it mia men, probably because their sldn^ls more delicate, 
 
 TreaimerU.-^ln infants and young childrmi the complaint may gener- 
 ally be |ot rid of by mild dosM of Mwneeia,jrarBiagne8ia and Rhubarb, 
 xepeated daily for two, three, or four days. When it is well known that 
 any noxious substanM hu bMn taken mto the stomach, a mild emetic 
 of ipecacuanha, administered, bdbre the laxative, will be benefidaL In 
 grown persom; in chronic cases, particularly in tiboM p^lrsons who ai« 
 aulqect occasionally to returns of the oomphunt, I have found the most 
 deaded benefit fr^m small dosM of Bi-cmlmaU of Soda; say from five 
 to ten grains, tak^n thrM timM a day in a little water, or about a wine- 
 
 {(lassfbl of Infusioi^ of CaMriOa Bark When poTMvered in sufficiently 
 ong, say for thrM Or four weeks, I have not <nily never known it to £1^ 
 but I have known in some caws yean to pass away without a ntorii of 
 
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 part BhoiM bAcUoped qmto '^<^.^J. P^fJJ,!^ 
 
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 be touched wii* * drop «,,*5^**i /"^.t^^^i-tofin^ ^ 
 
 to prevent the cUid rubbing or >cratching It , 
 
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 The eruption .ppeT. much nu>re '^^^ ^^^^ 
 where ; but it oocMlonaUy »'VV^'^?^'^L^^^^ 
 
 &e surface oompletfely. ^^^ •"t.«S?^lJT3»o^«t Theerup- 
 h«i«^ one of ir%p«»es t»'«>'^J2;« f" WhlX^ «« ^'^•^ 
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 of dl^Wigration on the MrfMM, ezohMiging th«ir yellow for « whitbh 
 oolour, beeominff brittle, and brediing Uito aituUl powdery fhisniMitii 
 Jn« »»»w upon the diseMed lurfMe, in thi« aflviuiceil nUgo, generally 
 Mh ; and, either none ap^ean afterwanU, or that which i« producedta 
 
 f"i. •="•««*•'. **"»! downy and destitute of colour. 
 
 Wh«n want of cleanlinoM exist* along with the diMaM, inMots an 
 OfUjn genorate<l tieneath the cnista, intense itching it excit««l, and the 
 patient i« unable to reaiat a proiKjnsity to scratch the p^rU, sometimes 
 even viofcntly, thus tearinu off the scabs, causing blcedieg and oxooriat- 
 ed spots, and adding greatly to the indanunation. In Uus sUt« of the 
 scalp there is usually an ^trenoly fetid odour. With proper cleattU- 
 neas, uid upon the removal of the scabs, the o<lour is less (Usagreeable 
 but still nauseous. 
 
 The disease, when bng establishfk], is thought to retard the develop- 
 ment of the system, and to have a debiliUting effect upon the inteUee- 
 tual faculties. A tendency to soroftilous disease is also occasionally 
 shown, and its d«velopment is favoured by the eruptive affection. The 
 nails, in old cases, are said to be sometimes thickened, elongated and" 
 loughened, and to iMscome of a yellow colour. 
 
 The duration of the compLunt. if left to itself, is uncertain. It may 
 «ontinue for many years a soured of much distress to the patient and of 
 duwust to those about him ; but it is seldoni. if ever, directly fatal. 
 When It ends favourably, under propei' treatment, new crusto are no 
 longer formed upon the removal of the old ones ; pustules cease to show 
 themselves, and the skin, though it may have been apparently disorgan- 
 ised, retimis graduaUy to a healthy condition, with only some redness 
 left, whicli ultimately disappears. The hair, however, is sometimes nevw 
 reproduced, and when it dues come forth, has usually for a long time ao 
 unnatural appearance. Still this is frequently restored in time, espeoi- 
 allywhen an early cure has been effected. 
 
 The general health of the patient should be attended to, and if there 
 should be any evidence of a scrofulous taint in the system, the remedies 
 reconunended in treating of that dlseaso should be administered. But 
 no remedy that is not directly applied to the paiHi can have any influence 
 u curing the disease. 
 
 ^ Treatment—The hair should be flrst removed from the part affected 
 by cutting it close with a pai^ of sharp scissors. The scabs must then 
 be removed by means of noultices of linseed meal, biriled and mashed 
 carrots, or bread ; (they should be applied warm and changed as often 
 as they get at aU cool) of by fomentations,, and afterwards by frequent 
 washing with soap and warm water. The flannel used for theas pur- 
 poses should not be used for any other purpose, as it would be sure to 
 i^resd the infection. Th4l scalp should generally be washed with son> 
 Mid water every day or every second day, so that the implications nuiy 
 haveaiair chance of reaching the diseased sur&ce. ^^ 
 
 J^i*"^! <^PPlicatiohs have been used for the core of Scald Head. One 
 jf. T*^ ^^-^"^ T^. .^. ettayed is the removal of the hair over the 
 
 dis aa w id BurfiTOr"If the hair does not^^i» away with the scabs after 
 the poultidng, the following ointinent may be applied: Carbmat* qf 
 
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 S3 Sy7»nd th« old ointment c^W"y„^»^*» ^ J 
 
 xIrar/Sa:i;rnrii.e^S ^ ^ 
 
 zSrid SobhlU^C^^^ and variou. other P^'P^'^^fc^ 
 SS: A tin; .hoiSThe eon.t«tly worn to pjj^.lHe he^ m 
 
 i INjCONTINENCE OF UBINR 
 
 Involultary diiwLw* of urine .t night ii a ft«6M^^ 
 jTwefflrTSmoet common in young children, Mid u apl to 
 
 SS i Jfwojl puberty, but i. occa«onidly prolonged to ^^^^^^ 
 ^JSfirmXiM sleep sometime occur, in coWMKiuwioe of dr«wn>, 
 TfiS^Snt^!^ 3 Wer iiiwluntwy. without the lewt con^^ 
 
 *•"* ?!^i!TS i^^o?theTtient. Mid dependent wlely uoon the K\aa^ 
 r"!?tJKi2?r LderCT-tim^^^^ dc«uion«Uy tha 
 
 *Tl^^lSd ^tti «Wc^in «>lutioii, or even with wdiment ^ 
 colooW, •'^ lo«w<» TnthU cMTthere U » combinalidn of irritation of 
 S&^i Sbmtyof^^»«^ More fke<^uently. however the 
 SiS SS^and w.i^. Md Weted in unusuiPciUMitity. The »S^ 
 G U £f ii^t^i*^ iTherediUry. or at leart it occur. fi«quently ^ 
 several member, of th« wme family. :««.^5„« that thiilr 
 
 lUve often found ^ntry people under ^^J "^Eiebl^ 
 hU^n became affected th»ou^plf^i«« ?^thi and hwdlmj^ 
 
 tgS^^ i?d3ilion.iid the i^rkwling about on the damp 
 
 TSi^X^XTc^^r.^^- to improve the health, 
 ai^JSS^WSe 2^Wd^tone of the .yrten. For thiapurpoje we 
 
 |t?i:^^^Sie ^^StJ^^TlTeaK^M 
 
 t'SrSTdi^wlSh Awdd be nouriAing and ^^^JJ^^. 
 
 CteSriomOly.benditwillbe derived i^witdnng one oj two^^*^ 
 
 „d> ■houldoSly and compiSBry empty the Wilder before going 
 tode^. ■ 
 
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 62 'taOTH'S rUIILT PHTSICUir. 
 
 ^ GREENSICKNESS (ChUyroM). 
 
 '■' This i« a odmplunt chiefly affeoting girls, imcl occauonally yoimg 
 married women. The skin, lips, tongue imd mucous surfiwes generallj: 
 are pale, and the whole surfooe of the bc^y appears bloodless. Some- 
 times the face is yellowish, and has a wazea inspect Sometimes the 
 face looks swelled, the skin appears tranin>arev> >nd the legs and feet 
 swell. Th^ patient is usually feeble, and cannot bear much exertion; 
 the circulation i^ weak, and palpitation of the heart is a frequent qrmp^ 
 torn. The patient frequently complains of headache, diadness and. 
 famtnessi, pams in the head and cosUvenesS. The appetite is irregtdar, , 
 the brea^ offensive; t]{^e complexion gradually becomes of ayellowidir 
 Or greenish huei, and' dark circles frequently form around the eyeis. Tlie 
 immediate causes of tlus disease are usually want of air and exereiMk \ 
 .unwholesome or indigefitible food, i^ef, disappointment in love, and 
 mental anxieties of all kinds. Orgamc diseases of the stomach, bowels, 
 liver, ispleen^and h^artj sometimes predispose to the complaint,^ also 
 miasmatic fevers, and chronic disease of the spleen. / 
 
 ,IVMAn«n/.— Attention must be nven to the cause of the complain^ 
 ^ancl the proper remeiUes adopted. If the complaint arises from a dis- 
 ordered sta^ of the stomach and bowels, the foOowing pill w^be 6t 
 benefit: — ■' ;■ '\ ^ ., 
 
 ' Socotrine Aloes . . * ., <One Draih. '/ / . 
 
 , Powde^,OumMyrrh.,'....^:.............HalfaDram. '< l,* 
 
 Extract of HeniMtie...«..... ...... .,..M^-..Half a Dram. /\ \' 
 
 Oil of ploves... .,...,....,......,. ..v.........Kfteeildr(^ '' 
 
 Mix and divide into 30 pills, two djT Vhich may be taken ecfv^ night^or 
 eveqf second night. ( 
 
 . If the system generally appears ,oiit of order, the fQUowing talAy be 
 given with advimtage :• — • v • / >'v. ,' 
 
 Steel Wine..;.... One^5unce. 
 
 Tincture of Peruvian'Bark........ ...... ...Chie Ounce. 
 
 ' - ' Tincture of Gentiin.;...,... .';.... ...... ....One Ounce. . 
 
 i ' Tincture of Orange.Peel...... ...... ..r.....Half ah Ounce. 
 
 •Syrup... .........;....;..........;..... ,...^'.... One Ounce. 
 
 •Water ................i.. ...u»^..>,..Two Ounces. • 
 
 Mix together. ^ A teaspponful may be taken in a littie water three times 
 a day. Sponmig frOm head *& foot ev$inr morning when .the weather 
 is hot too cola, and rubbing diy afterwarois Snth a rather rough towel ; • 
 plenty of air and exercise, and a good nohrishiiig diet, will be of ;, 
 ■advantage. ■* ' | 
 
 Sir Henry Marsh recommends the following mode of taking iron : — 
 
 Shlpihat^ of Iron, dried and powdered, from one to five grains.. 
 'Tartaric acid, ten giainsw 
 Powdered VnuteSugajr, half a dram. 
 
 This powder diould be kept in a dry place. When it is to be taken, 
 fifteen graimi of Bi-carbonate of Soda is to be added, and the whole 
 
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SIIRH'S FAMILTMYfflCUH, 
 
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 compelled to Iook •r'j„ ^l. „.- of 4]iii metaL gradiud and^ 
 OT. Virus's DANCE /Oai-ea to«<i T^*;. 
 
 rioiw, but rather resembling vdimt^^ 
 
 «a^ be mistaken. The nwn« o^t»^« -^^^ 
 
 theiustom, ^rnmly pm^^t,.^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^here they . 
 
 ioittnev to the shnne of gt. Vrtus, nw ^u», 
 
 i^resipposedtoWmiraciddujlyhe^^ often preceded by . 
 
 - The Sw^t ««^y T?r«^S«S' Tr«iSL such ae irregakr 
 aymptobiB of denmgement of ^«„^S^^^JS^,e also somSmes 
 ^tite. constipation, -^^^J'^i^S*"' S'^tJer^ nervous dis- 
 
 order, ^ The first unusual "^^J*" ^y^ shoulder, or the hands ; the 
 particuhur part of the body, as tne '««®^.^^^^ y^ Aoulders. or inces- 
 
 ayworkingjntht^rs,at^5^1^^^^^^ But 
 
 ing rudely, or actmg absurdly, as ^, *P" "* , of the will These irre- 
 ffiy are ixin found to be^nd^J^e^co^ 
 
 a^ muscular 'ft^o™."^'^^*;*:^** J^Xost constant motion. 
 
 Sivolved. Head, trunk, and «^^^"^!Sns, as if the patient 
 ^ •Jle features undergo various ^^^^ Sf^^ TheW ia 
 
 tere making tacw fer ^'tC'^^if^Y^m^ to be twitched 
 i;flnoVed grotesquely upon the ^^^^ Sl^Vway and then an- 
 ^ta -^SiS^r^^ Jitiout greaUy 
 
 ludicrois mixture 9^^^^^,J^t^^^ Unless the dis- 
 
 whichseemtobeinfluenc^W^ some nicety or 
 
 ««e be very violent, Z*L^ir^^r«^<^f^^^ ^« «"^ 
 readiness of movement, ^Jf^TT ,\8«»«^ ^j^ y,^ 
 
 Thua patients cannot f^.^^S SX^mo^^to^i^oa^^^^^ 
 
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 SintR'S fAmILT PHTBICUN. 
 
 (>|)!erations| advances with a tort of hitching ^t, s^d as if one foot were^ 
 dNun^ afl«r the other, and the patient fnquently faUk -- 
 
 Sy Tlie inner muscles of the mouth and fauces soiliietimes participate in . 
 the distorhed action; the toQgue is rolled out o^inisionally between the 
 : lips ; thepatient stanimerB or hesitates in speaking, and sometimes even 
 . ly» a difBloulty in swallowing. 
 
 ■ In very bad <;a|es, the patient loses the pow^ df maintaining a standi ; 
 ing or even a sittmg posture, and is compelled to lie in bed. One side 
 is sometimes, much more affected than the other. Usually, these in- 
 v(duntary mentions cease during sleep, but m^ always. It has been 
 ' noticed that thepatient is generally worse when conscious that others 
 . are n oticing hjim. '. '» 
 
 •HMl^S^yitiis'i'^PaAce is sometunes attendied ynt\ headache; the bowels 
 * are ^enenuly confined, and the discharges often unhe&Ithy. The appe- 
 '.■■[' tite IS changeable '; there is no fever. It is a singula fact that there is 
 much less senseof fatigiie from tlie incessant muscular action than would 
 result firom an ctqual amount of exenise under the direction of the wilL 
 - The temper is not.unfrequently affe^ed; it is more capricious, excitable, 
 or apprenensive thui in health. The patient often weeps without m- ^ 
 parent cause, or is gloomy pi* apathetic. The disease is ly^t unfrequently 
 > asspciated with Ai/sfem, when it attacks females about Or: beyond the 
 ':"■ t^geot pubertv. The mental disturbance sometimes amounts to deli- 
 num. Neuralgic affections are not uncommon in patiente who have 
 been labouring under chorea, and some authors have noticed a connexion 
 between the utter eonfplaint mid rheumatism. 
 
 The course of the disease is not by any means t^gaHax: . Under proper 
 treatment, it may continue only a feVr mys, or it may run on for months 
 or years. Hiere is reason to believe that .when it commences young, a 
 . pttient may eventually outgrow it, even wilhiOiit medical assisttmce, but 
 .it is thought, when loAg continued, to weaken ^mental powers, and 
 it is even accused of producing imbedlity, epilep^, ^and paralysis; but 
 the probability is that these diseases, when they occur, are due to the 
 JBame ori^nal cause as the chorel^ apd are not the results of the latter. 
 ' Chorea is sometintes confined to a single part, as the face, an arm, or 
 ^ al%; and the patient, although well in other reiqiects, is unable to 
 prevent hin^lf from making uncouth pr "ridiculous movemients of this, 
 art^ which subject him occadonally to inconvenience or mortification. ° 
 
 lis partial chorea is more difficult to cUre than the general, and fre- 
 quently continues during life. ('?) 
 
 An, unsteady, excitable stat^of the system is supposed to predispose 
 to chorea, but in many cases it has appeared suddenly in persons previ- 
 ously he«]thy. A predisposition to the disease is said to be sometimes 
 inherited, l^o particular age is exempt £rom the disease» but it seldom- 
 attacks infants or old people ; the most liable are these between the 
 
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 ages of six and fifteen. Females are more Uable to the disease than 
 
 The exciting causes are strong and disturbing* emotions, espeoially 
 terror; excessive excitement of alfkinds, whether mental or bodily, and 
 confteqnent over-exertion of the faculticis; various irritations, as tiioae 
 
 
 
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