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Show YOUR HEALTH BY DR. R. H. BISHOP. I e t OID CHILBLAINS P.rifk winter weather always brings j a lot. of cases of chilblains and cold feet. Neither are serious ailments but the., may make one extremely uncomfortable. uncom-fortable. In a case of chilblains the feet should bo cleansed and then wrapped in soft dressings. It is tbe customary custom-ary thing to paint with iodine and to apply iodine salve to the area which has been frozen If the nip has only been a mild dne, there la little need to apply Iodine or any other kind of medicine Some physicians phy-sicians re ommChd applying cold . r. am containing 12 per cent horacic acid. If there Is much Itching, one-half of 1 per cent carbolic acid can be applied to advantage. Persons who arc obliged to remain In the cobl fur hours at a time should not wear shoo9. socks, stocking!" glove., garters or puttees that bind. In fact, all clothing should be loose, since this allows the blood to clrcu- late freely and keeps a wall of warm; air next to the skin. Shoes should be largo enough to permit the wearing of one, and i-ome-( times, two pairs of woolen socks. Rubber overshoes or galoshes should be worn if possible, for wet soles abstract a lot of heat. When tho feet begin to get cold a dozen or so deep breaths will warm them as well as tho whole body. Everybody Ev-erybody knows that running, stamping stamp-ing the feet and such exercises will warm the feet. When tho feet have been nipped by frost, the beet method of warming) them Is by rubbing with snow. Rub iiiou i le in while they hi c held Iti ordinarily or-dinarily cold water. Is also effective. Krost-bltten feet should never be warmed by holding to a fire, a warm radiator or In hot water. For the after care of foot that have been frost bitten It has been recommended recom-mended that they be swabbed twice-daily twice-daily with coal oil. C'O |