Show 9 I I SECRETS OF HEALTH AND HAPPINESS I i WHAT T YOU SHOULD KNOW Nor OF S CO COMPRESSES AND POULTICES Uv liv I un H. H UD UD KEESE I ERG ERGA A A. A B. B M. M r A. A A. A M. M D D. Johns Hopkins Un University I y e rs I t ty Compresses are are either cither hot or r cold and anil arc are applied according to the nature na na- ima- ima turo ture of or the tho requirement A A. cold compress compress com corn press consists of oC folded cloths or absorbent ab ab- cotton dipped in coo or Ice lee water and wrung wrung- out sufficiently to avoid ol drIpping and Is designed to lessen the blood flow now in the area upon which It r it II placed H If it for tor example I there Is considerable fever eve n n the head the compress I Is placed o o or over or r the forehead forehead fore rore- head or over tho the e eyes es in older ol that the scarlet fluid ma may flow low moro more slowly In that reGIon Although h the tho Ice cap or- or orIce oice Ice bag bat Is probably h a quicker preparation and can cami be c applied d with loss lesa difficulty than tho the compress compres It Is quite beyond the limits limit 1 1 of oC some Borne persons to employ It without consultation beforehand with witha a physician The Ico ice bag bag- bagor or cap It Is true fits tits quite well time the area It Is li desired desired de do- sired to cool and is easily handled handl d but Its cooling effect Is ver very rapid The Tha scarlet carlet stream may thus be Irregularly Irregular Irregular- l ly cooled in e Onie arme me localities instead of oC becoming slowly loWly cooled throughout hout time the body Sudden chilliness ss thus ob obtained ma may prove pro cry cry Injurious I IThe I Th The warm cr CI hot compress consists I of oC hot wrappings of oC wool or cotton I Wool Is a nonconductor of or heat and andI when dipped Into hot hol water It retains I heat for a considerable erable length lenth of or time It is is better Jetter for this purpose than cotton cotton cotton cot cot- ton bags as with heated sand or salt saiL rhese These are arc either too warm or too cold and do not lose loso their heat slowly and gradually as does docs wool Hot o woolen fen compresses U ire are about on a par with hot water bags made of or rubb rubber r. r The rhe II limit Hut ut Corop Compress r Tho The rubber hot water bag baS may mJ be used to a much better bette- advantage nd e than thian the corresponding rubber Ice lee bag Ja because be bc because cause tho he h heat at of or the water within can be easily regulated whereas tho the cold coldor of or the lie ice 1 ba a. a j cannot well bo be A woolen cloth if it applied d as a n com corn press pross Is treated In tho tim same amo wa way a atile as the tile cold compress dipped compress dipped In iii hot water water wa wa- ter tee and wrung out and placed upon tho the surface to which It Is desired to at attract attract attract at- at tract the tho low flow of tho time scarlet stream In n this instance the Increase of the lapi lt of or the rhe blood bloodstream stream lg Is sought ought ou ht il in 10 t th this h ft n t f the col 1 Co compress m p mess Tho The stimulating power of or the hot compress Compres is Increased b by the use of or tincture of or camphor Sprinkle a few lew drops of oC this upon tho lie surface of oC tho the wrung out coth and apply appl locally Tho Time same lamo effect may be secured by a similar use of the spirits of oC turpentine turpentine turpen turpen- I tine either upon the out wrung cloth or upon the dry ury r- r cloth but the utmost caro care should be bc taken so 80 that an amount of or Irritation ma may not be pro pro- produced The M The hot compress produces heat for fora a few at the most l If Jt it Is desired desired desired de- de sired to lo produce h heat at for or a lon longer er time timea Ia I Ia a poultice may mar be e used to good n adva nd- nd va vantage a age A poultice Is not only a producer of or heat but also of oC moisture More Jore than this It is soothing It ht can easily be made of oC meal orn or oats or ctt or ground slippery elm hark baik or bread and milk Such vegetable as onions ana ama potatoe potatoes pota pota- toes toe are also used for this purpose The chief U use l' l of f the tho poultice is to quiet Inflammations or to hurr hurry to ahead n a 0 head an any boil or festering spot on tho limo surface of or th the skin Som Sometimes largo large poultices aro used upon tho the chest for fot disorders in that region especially If It pneumonia t ii suspected to bo be o present If these ar are arc handled even In such dan dangerous crous ailments aliments they ma may be bevery bevery very YOn useful Whatever hate material you jou OU use UlC to make your poultice It must be o entirely am smooth 00 1 th h. h The container for Cor the poultice ma may bo be Jo of ot any cotton colton clorn cioma such for example as ch cheese eso cloth This Is made mallu Into the tho form of oC a n bag and nd tho the poul poOh placed III In It and smoothed out flatly A should always h hi large enough h to moro more than cover th tha thu l lurea urea area affected Poultices will be bo prevented rented r rom from I sticking slicking to tho ho skin skim If IC 01 oil oU or vaseline l I Is la put upon the surface of or the before be be- beJ J taro fore the poultice Is lie applied A piece of or oiled silk ilk or gutta pe percha cha tissue alu well ell answers the purpose |