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Pain in Front
Os Ear Often
Boil Symptom
By DR. JAMES W. BARTON
A PATIENT may feel a little
* pain or soreness in the ear,
which later becomes so severe
that when he telephones his
physician the lat- —
ter has almost
made up his mind
thnt he will find a
severe ear infec
tion and that the
very severe pain is likely due
to the formation of pus in the
mastoid—the spongy bone be
hind the ear.
He finds the patient in great
pain, but is relieved to find that the
pain is not behind the ear, and the
mastoid is not painful when pressed.
The pain is really in or in front of
the ear and is increased when he
moves the ear about.
What is usually the trouble when
the pain is in front of the ear, and
moving the ear increases the pain?
These are symptoms of a furuncle
or boil in the canal
going in to the outer
side of the drum of
the ear—not in the
ear proper at all.
The pressure of the
' boil and the inflam
mation in this small
round canal causes
intense pain.
In speaking of
these boils or furun
cles in the outer ear
canal, Dr. F. S.
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Dr. Barton
Wrigley, Manches
ter, in The Practitioner, says that
the majority of cases do not call for
operation and a soothing and “wait
ing” or palliative treatment often
gives the better result. The canal
should be packed with half-inch rib
bon gauze moistened with some
antiseptic preparation such as 2 per
cent carbolic in glycerin, and
fomentations (warm and moist med
icated liquids) over the whole ear
give greater relief than dry heat in
any form.
When the boil comes to a “head”
and it can be seen to contain pus,
opening should not be delayed. As
opening a boil in this region is often
very painful, Dr. Wrigley states that
a general anaesthetic should always
be given.
Some physicians clean out the
canal with equal parts of peroxide
and warm water, dry the canal with
absorbent cotton, and then insert a
few drops of Keith’s dressing (one
part carbolic to 16 parts glycerin).
If boil is small and “ready,” it is
opened with a wooden toothpick
that has been dipped in carbolic.
It is important to remember that
when pain is in and in front of the
ear and is increased when ear is
moved, the trouble is likely due to
a boil in the canal.
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Nerves Cause
Many ‘Symptoms’
It is only natural that a patient
who is consulting his physician for
all manner of small ailments causes
the physician to feel that the patient
is just nervous and “imagines”
many of the symptoms of which he
complains. And even when there is
some slight organic condition pres
ent, such as a slight heart murmur,
the physician knows from exercise
or other tests that this condition is
really causing no symptoms. The
symptoms are due to nervousness.
Similarly with symptoms occur
ring in the stomach and intestines.
“The digestive tract is so exceed
ingly sensitive to nervousness, wor
ry, anger, and fatigue that the
physician must learn something of
the patient’s temperament, of his
sorrows and his problems of life
in home, office, and shop. Actually,
even when an organic disease is
found, such as an ulcer in the duo
denum (the first part of the small
intestine into which the stomach
empties) it still may be necessary
for the physician to delve into the
patient’s private life to learn such
things as financial reverses, domes
tic unhappiness, or bad nervous
habits which commonly give rise to
an ulcer of stomach or duodenum
and later help to keep it active.”
Tell Doctor Your Troubles.
In other words, it is the home,
office, or shop life that is causing
the symptoms whether or not the
ulcer or other condition is present,
and if present, is causing the symp
toms to continue day after day and
week after week. No medical or
even surgical treatment can cure
this condition as long as his nerv
ousness and upsetments continue.
The thought then for patients is
to tell their physician about the
things that are worrying or upset
ting them. The physician may be
able to help the patient to overcome
these conditions.
Os course, it is not hard for the
physician to recognize the ordinary
neurotic or fussy individual who is
described by Dr. Walter Alvarez,
Mayo clinic, thus:
“We physicians all dread meeting
the woman with so many complaints
that she comes to the first interview
with a written list of them; we know
immediately that she hasn’t much
seriously wrong with her and we
know that our treatment is not like
ly to be of much help to her.”
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SANDWICHES MAINSTAYS OF SUMMER MENUS
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TODAY’S
HEALTH
COLUMM
‘Make Mine a Ham on Rye*
Sandwiches in all their delightful
variety are the mainstays of sum
mer menus. Grilled sandwiches
make a “one-dish meal” for lunch
or supper; substantial sandwiches
with hearty fillings make a satisfy-
wiches that are
new and different! And new and dif
ferent they must be, if they’re to
retain the appetite appeal which
makes them popular.
Success With Sandwiches.
1. Use bread that is a day old.
2. Cream the butter—don’t melt it.
3. Whatever the filling, use plenty
of it. -
4. Keep sandwiches moist for sev
eral hours by wrapping them in wax
paper or in a clean cloth wrung out
of hot water.
5. Remember to use a variety in
breads, as well as fillings—whole
wheat, rye, graham, oatmeal, brown
bread, raisin bread, nut bread and
orange bread all make delicious
sandwiches.
6. Use left-over sandwiches for
next day's lunch or supper by
“french toasting” them—merely dip
the sandwiches in beaten egg, pan
fry them on both sides, and serve
hot with a garnish of watercress or
sweet pickle.
Raisin Orange Filling for
Sandwiches.
(Makes 8-10 sandwiches)
2 cups raisins
2 teaspoons grated orange rind
4 tablespoons orange juice
Grind the raisins, add orange rind
and juice and blend well. Use with
white or whole wheat bread.
Banana Butter Filling.
(Makes 1 cup filling)
1 ripe banana
% cup peanut butter
¥< cup dates (cut fine)
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Mash banana with a fork and thor
oughly blend in remaining ingredi
ents.
Mayonnaise Sandwich Loaf.
1 loaf bread
1 head lettuce
% cup boned chicken
% cup mayonnaise dressing
3 slices broiled bacon
1 medium sized tomato
¥4 package cream cheese
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
Ripe olives
Celery
Remove crusts and slice a me
dium sized loaf of bread lengthwise
in three long
slices. Place crisp
lettuce leaves on
the slice and add
a layer of boned
chicken. Spread a
second slice of
bread with may
onnaise and place
dressing side
down, on the chicken. Add crisp
broiled bacon and thin sliced toma
toes as the sandwich filling on this
second layer. Spread tomatoes with
mayonnaise dressing and top with
third long slice of bread. Mix 3 to 4
packages softened cream cheese
with one tablespoon prepared mus
tard and frost the loaf. Garnish
with ripe olives and parsley. Slice
as for any ordinary loaf of bread.
Serve on individual plates.
Hot Peanut Butter Sandwiches.
Toast 5 slices of bread on one
side only. Then spread untoasted
side with % cup peanut butter, and
then with ¥4 cup chili sauce. Top
with slices of bacon and broil slowly
until bacon is slightly browned and
crisp. Serve with gherkin pickle
fans.
Sandwich Spread.
2 teaspoons dry mustard
¥4 cup sugar
% teaspoon salt
¥1 cup milk
2 eggs (slightly
beaten)
Vi cup vinegar
2 teaspoons lem
on juice
6 tablespoons soft
butter
1 3-ounce package
ing picnic lunch;
and dainty “tea
sandwiches,”
served with a
frosted beverage,
are perfect for a
party.
But it keeps a
woman’s wits
working overtime
to provide sand-
cream cheese
¥4 cup pimiento (chopped)
¥1 cup olives (chopped)
2 tablespoons pickle (chopped)
1 tablespoon green pepper
(chopped)
In a double boiler place the mus
tard, sugar, salt and milk. Blend
in eggs and vinegar, and cook, stir
ring constantly, until thickened. Re
move from flame, and add remain
ing ingredients. Store in refrigera
tor until using.
Savory Sandwich Filling.
1 pound American cheese.
¥4 pound dried beef
1 cup condensed tomato soup
Run cheese and beef through food
chopper, then moisten with the to
mato - soup. You will find that this
filling will keep indefinitely if stored
in the refrigerator.
If you’re looking for sugges
tions for easy, inexpensive meals
be sure to read this column next
week. In it Eleanor Howe will
give you practical tested recipes
for one dish “macaroni meals”—
recipes that are suitable for fam
ily menus, for camp cookery, and
even for an informal buffet sup
per. _
Get This New Cook Book.
Os course the man in your family
has very special recipe likes and
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WORTH REMEMBERING
Brown paper moistened in vine
gar will polish tins until they shine
like silver.
Save all paraffin as you remove it
from your preserves and jelly.
A man’s pipe cleaner makes an
excellent device for cleaning the
spout of the coffee or tea pot.
Emptying a cream whipper and
bowl is wasteful unless one takes
time to scrape them carefully.
To prevent sugar from forming
in preserves or jam, add a teaspoon
of corn sirup to the contents of
each pint.
When the faucets in your bath
room need polishing take a soft
cloth wet in kerosene and it will
brighten them instantly without in
jury. . •
Instead of peeling whole apples,
first cut them in half, then in quar
ters, cut out the core and then peel.
This is a great time saver.
Instead of peeling potatoes or
scraping carrots, scrub same with
a chore ball, and skins will come off
easily without waste.
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For a Higher Effect
Interior decorators have now de
cided that the use of a deep color
on ceilings raises them, instead of
lowers, as has been usually thought.
A new trick is to carry the side
wall paper up onto the ceiling about
10 inches, instead of dropping the
ceiling color down on the sides. Thia
creates an optical illusion of greater
height.
BAKER COUNTY NEWS
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for August 13
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
ELISHA: A LIFE OF
HELPFULNESS
LESSON TEXT—II Kings 5:1-10, 14.
GOLDEN TEXT—Be ye kind one to an
other.—Ephesians 4:32.
“Loving kindness and tender mer
cies” (Ps. 103:4) -are among the glo
rious attributes of our God, and con
sequently characteristic of those
who love and serve Him. The world
has all but forgotten these virtues,
for in its brutal determination to
achieve results there is only an out
ward veneer of courtesy and consid
eration which extends itself primari
ly to those from whom some advan
tage may be obtained or who are
highly regarded because of their
wealth or position. The poor and
needy, the aged and afflicted are
quickly brushed aside as unfortu
nate hindrances in the path of prog
ress.
In all times God’s people have
been those most considerate of oth
ers. It is they who have given time
and effort and means to help those
in need. The life of Elisha is well
characterized as a life of helpful
ness. It is surprising to find how
many of his miracles were for the
purpose of helping others. God’s
servants are called to be leaders and
to be preachers, but they are none
theless called to carry on a life of
helpful service. Elisha’s experience
with Naaman suggests how we may
exercise such a ministry. Without
seeking to designate verses in the
text, shall we observe that we must
I. Find the One in Need.
It is not always that the one with
the deepest need makes himself
known. In fact, it is commonly true
that those who have the greatest
need and are possibly the most
worthy of help keep their sorrows
to themselves. Certainly it is true
that those afflicted with the leprosy
of sin do not often come to church.
We must go out and seek them and
bring them in.
One of the weaknesses of many
churches today is that they go
through their regular services,
which may include preaching the
gospel, and then they lament the
fact that sinners do not come to the
services to hear and be saved. Let
us be reminded that it is our busi
ness to go out into the highways
and the byways to find those in need.
Naaman’s experience illustiates how
the simple word of a little slave
girl was instrumental in bringing the
leper in touch with the man of God.
Had she failed in her responsibility,
the prophet would have missed his
opportunity to minister. Even the
humblest believer has his important
work, seeking out the lost and
needy, and may thus be the means
of bringing about great blessing.
11. Locate and Diagnose the Con
dition.
Naaman knew that he had leprosy,
but he did not know that he had a
blight of soul called pride. The
prophet, acting under the guidance
and control of God, struck right at
the heart of things when he directed
Naaman to crush his pride and to
show his faith by obeying God’s
command to wash seven times in the
Jordan.
The story has many important ap
plications. Let us be sure that in
our efforts to help people physically
or socially, we get through to their
real need, the need of Christ. Let
us also be careful not to modify or
change God’s requirement. There
is one way of salvation—through
faith in Christ; there is no other
remedy for sin. A man “must be
born again” or “he cannot enter
the kingdom of God” (see John 3:
3-7). If men are too proud to go
that way, they cannot be saved.
Observe also that there was no re
spect of persons on the part of Eli
sha. Naaman was a great and dis
tinguished man, ready to bestow
rich gifts, but the man of God had
no interest in those things. He want
ed only to give God’s message.
111. Apply the Remedy.
One would be quick to condemn
the trained physician who, having
found his patient and having given
his attention to his need, made a
careful and accurate diagnosis and
then sent him away without apply
ing the cure which was in his pos
session. As the servants Os Christ
the great Physician, engaged in the
cure of souls, we need to be equally
wise. It is commendable to engage
in a discussion of the problems of
needy men and women, expressing
our heart interest in that need. It
is desirable that we clarify our
knowledge of their need and accu
rately understand the truth of the
gospel which meets that need. How
ever, all of these things are quite
meaningless unless they result in the
bringing of the gospel to bear on the
lives of the unconverted.
Solitude
An hour of solitude, passed in sin
cere and earnest prayer or con
flict with, and conquest over, a sin
gle passion or subtle bosom sin,
will teach us more of thought, will
more effectually awaken the fac
ulty and form the habit of reflection
than a year’s study in the school!
without them.—Coleridge.
HCW* SEW
4^* Ruth Wyeth Spears
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CO MANY requests for copies of
these directions have been re
ceived, they are being printed
again to accommodate those who
neglected to clip and save them
when they appeared before.
The mat is made of heavy white
cotton cable cord such as you buy
at the notion counter for seams
and trimmings. The design is
copied from a luncheon mat made
years ago of corset strings! There
was a fad at one time for sewing
these in braided and scroll designs
with fine stitches on the wrong
side of the mat.
Follow the directions in the
sketch, making the circles in
pairs, using No. 40 cotton thread
to sew them. Braid three cords
together and then sew the braided
strip around and around to make
the center of the mat. Sew a row
of the circles to the edge of this
center part; then add another
braided row, being careful to
“ease in” the inside edge just
enough to keep the mat flat. Con
tinue adding alternate rows of
circles and braiding until the mat
is size desired. To join the ends
of the braided rows, pull one end
through the braiding to the wrong
AROUND
THE HOUSE
When Bureau Drawers Stick.—
If doors or bureau drawers stick
in hot weather, a little wax rubbed
on the surface where friction oc
curs will end the trouble.
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Beaten Egg Whites. — Never
leave egg whites after they have
been beaten still. If let stand they
will flatten and will not beat up
again.
* • •
Keeping Mayonnaise. — Mayon
naise should be stored in covered
jars on the upper shelf of the
refrigerator, since it is likely to
separate if it is kept in the cold
est section.
* * •
Centerpiece for Child’s Party
Table.—A bouquet of lollipops in
many colors’ makes an attractive
centerpiece for the children’s par
ty table. The lollipops may be fit
ted into a flower holder that is
placed in a bowl or low basket.
• * *
Repairing Last Year’s Bathing
Suit.— ls last year’s bathing suit is
found to have a hole in it, the
hole may be repaired and then
covered with a small aquatic fig
ure, such as a fish, diving girl or
duck which may be purchased in
expensively.
Everybody likes Kel
logg’s Com Flakes so
well that you never
have a half-eaten
package remaining—
wastefully—on the'
pantry shelf!
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Hope, cheer, true love, sanity,
health, optimism, you know these
conduce to your efficiency ana
content.
Despair, self-pity, vanity, fear,
pessimism you know the effects
of these is invariably morbid.
Feelings are the invisible masters
of thought: Choose your masters.
—Dr. Frank Crane.
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