Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-05-24 | Page 11 | Curing Hiccough Section

hiccough cough usually attacks persons of nervous temperament and young children who have overloaded the stomach it may also be induced by eating foods which have been too highly seasoned A variety of means have been suggested to atop hiccough cough among the most efel being the following it is recommended to distract the attention ot the persons who are seized with the paroxysm they are advised to count etc sometimes an attempt Is made to frighten them or to surprise them and 1 this Is successful the cough Is stopped another 0 the means adopted Is to hold the breath either by counting up to thirty or by repeating loudly and with volubility the same sentence or what Is much better in drinking a glass of cold water in sip at the same time pinching the nostrils A good thing Is to provoke a sneezing fit either by tickling the inside of the nose or by the aid of snuff it a sneeze Is induced the hiccough cough Is at once arrested the most useful remedy to employ and perhaps the most inoffensive and the best consists in sucking a piece of sugar which has previously been steeped in vinegar or drinking a spoonful ol 01 good vinegar in which some sugar has been dissolved it this Is not at once successful a second spoonful Is certain to be eo