Hints.

Otago Witness, Issue 2785, 31 July 1907, Page 76

Hints.

.Hints. A tableapoonful of glycerine in » glass of hot milk will give almost instant relief in sever© tits of coughing. • ~ . Scarlet fever is most contagious, during the height o£ the disease and during the period of desquamation—that is,- when the cuticle separatee in small scales. The first symptoms are vomiting, a sore throat, ana high fever. The eruption appears, first on th© neck and chest, and then covers the entire body. "'' i , A cheap 'disinfectant to use 'when scrubbing or washing utensils in a sick room w made by adding a teaspoonful of turpentine to every bucket of hot water. Turpentine is a powerful disinfectant, and wilL dispel all bad odours.^ - ;/;/;'Li £, * ra Anyone subject to gumboils &Quia. have the teeth examined by ardept;^ who wi» remove any stumps, wWh freqitently cause gumboils. The reason that sufferer* from gumboils are so often subject to invest; 0" is because they are conssm«y «wa»°*™£ the septic and poisonous'products of bad: teeth * t_ At the first indication of diphtheria in the, throat of a child «hnt all doors and- windows. Take a tin. cup and »ouj into it an equal quantity of tar «ml J*?P«»*"»g then hold the cup over a fir© so as to fill the room with tb© *"»«•• ,T> * >£&5z in inhaling the fumes, will «>ugh u» the membraneous matter, and the, diphtheria will pass off. _ ' . ' Always keep a large briok in the oven in case of sudden illness' when heat m required, or for the sufferer from- cold feet. Wrapped' in newspapers it will retain its warmth much longer than the- ho*-wateir bottle. . , - „ The pleasantest, time for cleaning the teeth is before breakfast.; but much less) decay would exist if people would make* it a daily habit to also dean their teethi thoroughly before going j& bed, using at little carbonate of soda in th© water, wniott removes the grease from food and the acids, which really are the cause of that decay. The brush should be rubbetf np( and down the teetb> as well as across theme