Health Hints.

Otago Witness, Issue 2660, 8 March 1905, Page 76

Health Hints.

Use of Salt. — A nightly gargle of salt and water strengthens a weak throat and keeps off bronchitis. Salt is also good for stings of bees and wasps. •&. thick plaster of wet salt put on the sting will take th© pain out. Advioa to Bathers. — Avoid bathing within two foeurs after a meal, and bathe when the body is of a normal temperature — neither overheated nor chilled. Do not remain in the water after a feeling of chilli-

new comes on. Glycerine for the Skin. — Glycerine, moderately used, is beneficial to the complexion. It should bs applied, after using soap and vater, with a moist sponge, in combination with clear cold water, drying the skin with an old cambric handkerchief. How to Take Cod-liver Oil.— The taking of cod-liver oil is seldom found a pleasant operation. M. de Pontever recommends mixing a spoonful of the oil with the yolk of an egg and 10 drops of oil of peppermint, and adding half a glass of water with some sugar. This is said to effectually conceal the characteristic taste and odour.

How to Expand the Chest. — A girl who

wishes to expand her chest can do so if each morning she will stand erect, feet together and shoulders' back, arms straight down, and take 20 full deep breaths. It is,

perhaps, better to begin with 15 for the ■ first week, and gradually increase to 20 or more. This is excellent for" developing the chest. Sea-sickness. — Homoeopathists are said to have discovered a certain remedy for sea-

sidkness in apomorphia, a very small dose of which, taken once an hour in water, will remove the qualms. They are so certain, of its success that they are going to procure a gratuitous circulation of it amoa? vessels that carry passensei's. It is also useful for beasts, the sufferings of which are often severe.