MEDICAL NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13307, 13 October 1906, Page 6 (Supplement)

MEDICAL NOTES.

FOR EARACHE. In* case of earache do not put Anything into your ear except by direction of a phy sician. The best way to relieve earache is Lo heat an iron or a brick, wrap it m two or three thicknesses of flannel, pour warm water on the top, when steam will at once rise. If the ear is placed close to the flannel the steam will permeate every part of it. FOR TENDER FEET. If your feet are inclined to be. tender, powder the inside of your stockings with boracic powder. Boracic fomentations are excellent for tender toe-joints and bunions, 1 and are made by dissolving one ounce of boracic powder in boiling water, and saturating- a piece of lint with this when cold. The lint is laid on the joint, and a piece of oiled silk laid over to prevent evaporation, and the whole bandaged to keep it in place. REMARKABLE OPERATION. The Milan correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says a working boy, aged 12, by accident, put his leg into a tank full of boiling liquid in an establishment wnere he was employed. He was carried, to the hospital, and the physicians declared it impossible to save the leg unless ny surrounding i* with living flesh, on l which A. Pozzi, a strong, brave young man, presented himself i at the hospital, offering his own flesh. Two pieces were cut from his legs and arms, and applied to the boy's burnt and fleshless legAdhesion proved complete, and the invalid already is remarkably better. HOW TO KEEP OFF SUNSTROKE. Whether on 'and, on the bills, or by the seashore, the colour of the outer garments materially affects body and brain when they art exposed to the rays of the sun. An orange-coloured lining to the hat will remove much of the danger of sunstroke. The red ray is the one which is responsible for many sunstrokes. When the brain is protected from this pernicious ray, one of the chief sources of danger is removed. Professor Edward B. Warman, who is perhaps one o; the greatest authorities on the effect of colour on health, cites numerous instances i)i the good wrought by the proper understanding of the subject. HOW LONG SHOULB ONE SLEEP? This is a question which can only be answered generally, says the editor of the People's Friend. No hard and fast, rule can be laid down—indeed, every man must be a rule to himself. One thing is clear, that nature intends everyone to sleep until the effects of waking are dissipated, and until bod energy is renovated. In childhood, when the constructive processes of growth involve a large expenditure of energy, sleep is long and profound; in youth much sleep is still needed; in middle-age, when decay and repair alone require to be balanced, less sleep is requird; in old age, when repair is slightly and imperfectly effected, more sleep is desirable. The duration of sleep is also largely influenced by sex, climate, etc. The tiue grade is the recuperation of the energies. This is indicated by a feeling of well-being on awakenins.