Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, 10 February 1910, Page 233

Domestic

By MAUREEN

. Treatment of Wounds. Do not neglect the smallest wound. Even a pin £ ouJe " eE Thß e w ay res “V a sore *>!=“ will lie- hard n„ r i• a .* nri „T e best way to treat wounds is to bathe the of carbolic acid & Htti" if vvarm water and a few drops of boraoic acid or listerinc w"fl serve ,ve!l ° nS l)n°i Utio 3 UnoT r.T'cotton t 'doth! Cd » y ' vrai,pin e the wo end with soft The Throat and Lungs. V withht a s °wellls y WMS t and '““iff by protection from mouth’closed wtan „S "f™ m without, by keeping the temperature. Precaution? 0™” ,f warm t( ? a less warm may be better to turn I are often wrongly taken. It make a hack protector of it ° protect ,9. r around, and and lungs by the J « th * U f, Protecting your chest which is the chaii? of + • f the spinal column, along turn up one’s coat coll*rChf f l ° nerves - Uis better to to protect carefully the back* of°the &^ W 1181 * j and !’ etter cold air than to Protect the throat k frm drMghts of . . Air as a Stimulant, are ydl°known, “Jnd^evefyo^" 8 e J h ° f pure'oxygen cheap and universal When + roperties .of a substance so fatigued, and S wholeTvstem £ bod /, ls weak, the brain So into the open air tak? n fL a state of lassitude, just expirations, and the effect wdl Yl , gor ? us in sPirations and The person trying the exuerimenl ias J ant] y Perceived, stimulated; the blood will -A A 0 invigorated and will work ’with increased acti^ltv^lf Ithe 1 the lungs fool revivified, and nature’s stimulant wdll'totimdXe btst! Hints _to Housewives. water TunSlf 011 ? Wa , ter in tbe last rinsing is very refreshing 11 0 perfume to the hair that exposed T a“ &5‘ bfig“£ • c ?’3 :ed - *? paraffin form on the Vick *°. r «y after beSg’&ghted * *•* sun’s rays. ' White” and Hue'™n' St protection against the sinee thi 'rt^XSly ffi^S2£¥"“enamel k If U +ho tUre * bat haS been va ™ished will not take or S a varn < ish-remo r ver? tll da.water . water satisfactory for hard wew Sr ft not 7 ery and knocked, leaving S ’spots. SUr6 t 0 get rubbed The Cure and Cause of Boils ’ > § „ ® olls directly ~ due to infection of the tissues with geims There are always found upon the skin nerms capable of producing boils arid other forms of suppurative processes if introduced into the system. Ordinarily how e Y®*j» the b 9 d y does not suffer from the close proximity of these noxious elements, for the reason that the tissues are able to destroy, in various ways, the small number of ban term which penetrate the skin. When, however bv anv means, the vitality of the system becomes a sufficient degree invasion by these parasitic microbes through a scratch, a pin-prick, or any other abrasion of the skin, may give rise to the multiplication of germs and the production of pus, with the accompanying swelling pain and suppuration. Some of the most common causes of the tissue degeneration which renders the-production of bods possible are flesh eating, the free use of fats, Constipation, and indigestion. Repeated attacks of boils can be averted only by removing the cause, whatever it may be. A non-flesh dietary is in the highest degree important in cases of this sort. The use of antiseptic tablets is a valuable means of destroying the germs that are present in the stomach and bowels, or of preventing their further development. An almost exclusive fruit diet should be adopted for a few days, and the plan of making one meal of the day entirely of fruit should be followed tor- a few weeks at least. A daily warm bath followed by a short cold bath, plenty of out-of door exercise, and care to secure prompt, regular, daily movement of the bowels are other measures of importance. ’