Epistaxis

Pech gives the following simple cure for nose-bleed. Have the patient stand erect with the head up and place the finger on the nostril that does not bleed so as to keep it closed. Patient then slowly inhales through the bleeding nostril and exhales through the mouth. This, continued for a few minutes, will check the bleeding. Avoid blowing the nose or using the handkerchief lest the clots be loosened.

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Best He Could Think Of.

In one of the Philadelphia colleges a professor of chemistry asked a student:

"Suppose you were called to a patient who had swal-lowed a heavy dose of oxalic acid, what would you ad-minister?

The student to whom the question was addressed is preparing for the ministry and takes chemistry because it is obligatory.

"I would administer the sacrament," he replied.

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A Fair Question.

The physicians were holding a consultation beside the cot of a man supposed to have appendicitis concealed about his person.

"I believe," said one of the surgeons, "that we should wait and let him get stronger before cutting into him."

Before the other prospective operators could reply the patient turned his head and remarked feebly:

"What do you take me for - a cheese?"