HEALTH HUTS.
TREATMENT OF FAINTING. It is useless, says Dr. A. Knjrvett Gordon, to waste time by giving brandy during a fainting fit, as it simply lies in the stomach, and is not absorbed at all, 1 though if administered when the patient comes around it is often usefuL If the patient loses consciousness, however, and the face is de«ply cyanosed (bine), the 'Condition is not a fainting fit at all, and the head sboald not be lowered; probably bleeding will be required, or the use of some special remedy such as nitrate of amyL and the physician should k be summoned at once. It is added, in the "British Journal of Nursing," that as a first measnre two things are necessary —to lower the head so that the blood can more easily reach the brain, and to apply a towel or sponge wrung !out of hot water to the bare skin over tthe heart. I THE RATE OF OUR HEARTS. It is a fact well known to medical men thftt though there is a normal rate for the heart beats, there is often considerable variation in different individuals, some people's hearts beating more quickly, and some more slowly than the average without this bung any scri'ous sign of a serious condition. It is said, for instance, that Napoleon's pulse was only 40 per minute, a condition which is described by the term bradycardia. The reverse of this—a very quick pulse—is known as tachycardia. Neither calls for treatment as a general rule, except whfm it is paroxysmal in its attack. People whose pulse is normally slow frequently live to a much greater age than those whose pulse iB ■ordinarily fast. When suffering from any acute illness, however, they require more stimulating regime than do others. Where a Irapid pulse is paroxysmal, twenty-grain doses of bromide of potash may be 'taken thrico daily during the attack. Ln any ease of rapid or slow pulse tt is well to have the heart examined by a doctor in order to make sure that it is not in any way organically diseased. THE CARE OF THE HAIR The chief things necessary for the preservation of the h*ir are cleanliness, light, proper ventilation, and a due amount of grease which may be either natural or applied. Many people wash the hair too frequently, and in the process, though cleanliness is attained, it is at the cast of the natural oil and the hair becomes dry, brittle, and inclined to greyness. The hair may be washed once a week in the case of a man, once a fortnight in that of a woman, and the best shampoo is warm water, with a small teaspoonful of powdered borax, to be used to rub and rinse the hair after the yolk of a fresh egg has been rubbed into the scalp with a piece of sponge or flannel
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 209, 2 September 1911, Page 15
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