MEDICAL NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12859, 6 May 1905, Page 6 (Supplement)

MEDICAL NOTES.

TOOTHACHE.—SOLIDIFIED CREOSOTE GUEOSOTH as an application 16 painful cavities or the teeth is implicated with the inconvenience the liquid is apt) to give rise to trouble* by coining in contact with various pari of the mouth. This may be avoided bv mixing it with collodion, in the proportion of ten parts of collodion it fifteen parts of creosote. The mixture tonus a sor' of jelly, which, besides being more manageable than plain creosote, tonus a varnish which Wills the cavity and protects the dental nerve-substance from, contact with the air. HURRY AND WORRY. Hurry becomes » habit, so does worry; it is as impossible ro throw oft' one as the other. Th« man who has been in a hurry all his life is no greater victim to the iia'bit formed in his youth than the woman who continually worries. Every phase of existence can be turned into some excuse foi worry. Household, social, religious and general duties worry, and they add to the burden of life until there is neither pleasure nor satisfaction in • oiug one's duly. BKST Dl l"l FOR CONSUMPTIVES. The physician, it is pointed out by an authority .' should vary theVliet of consumptives according to the'ease. Oils, especially olive and cod-liver oil, are most beneficial. Alcohol is a stimulant as well as a mod, and whisky, brandy, or other beverages have often been used to great advantage. Easily digested f00d.., like milk, eggs, soup*, some meats. Units, and vegetables, furnish palatable dishes. Correct diet gives the patient strength during a crisis of the «*;easc. Less food is required in tropical than temperate countries. While protein is to he avoided, fruits are the best general diet.

THE OLIVE OIL CURE. fOODS THAI' take nit: in, Act', of I'IIVSH

By special request, we. repeat the following olive oil cure which appeared in tiiin column a few tveeks ago:- -In a recent book a very firm believer in the health-giving properties of food formulates the opinion that cures may be effected by means of food just, as efficiently, if not more so than by means i drugs. The germ of this idea we have all had in our minds for long enough. The majority of us know that apples eaten either raw or cooked, but particularly raw, are of the very greatest medicinal aid to those who lead sedentary liv<«, and especially to. brain workers-. Incidentally they aro the beauty-seeker's favourite fruit, giving colbut to the complexion and brilliancy to. the eyes, simply as a result of their influence upon the digestion. There is now an Apple League, the members of which pledge themselves to eat at least two apples a day. It would he interesting to know whether the old adage. "An apple a day keeps the doctoi away," find? fulfilment in the case of the members of this league. Oranges are considered most excellent as a preventative of influenza, and carrots eaten very slowly have been recommended and found efficacious as clearers of the complexion. Sufferers from nerve disorder: should certainly try the olive oil cute, which is most highly recommended to those who have learnt abroad t< appreciate the addition of oil to salads. The very best air", purest olive oil must be obtained, and one teaspoonful three times a day is the dose it the victim of neuralgia, amentia, .or disordered nerves is in a hurry to 'be cured. Otherwise it is recommended that the oil taste should be cultivated by the - addition of a very little to the salad taken once or twice a day, to which a dash ot vinegar may 'he added, so that the lisagreeable taste of the oil may he almost completely disguised. The patient, should gradually lessen the vinegar, and increase the oil until it is so well liked that it can be taken raw. It is claimed for olive, oil. just its it is for apples, that it keeps the liver in good working order, thus preventing rheumatism, rendering the complexion healthy and clear, and also making the hair grow glossy and abundant,