The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-08-30
CHEMISTRY FOR GIRLS.
By Z. THOMPSON n. u.

ia I. IHoMIsoS a. H.
THE following article we may have
published helorc but it certainly will bear
repetition.
This is properly STYLED a unitarian age.
for the inquiry. what prof,9" meets US
ever, where. II has entered the temples at
learning, and attempted to thrust out i'm
port ant studies, because their Immediate
connection with hard money profits cnnno,
he demonstrated. There is one spot. how
aver, INTO which il has not SO generally in.
trtaed iisclf-,l,e female acadcmy-the
las, refuge Of the fine arts and fine follies.
ThIther Young ladies nre too frequently
scn,, merely to learn bow To dress ,nSicills
and walk gracefully. play. write French.
and make waaen plunes mud sILen spiders
all pretty. surely but why not inquire
what profit!
Take my pen, not 10 utter n dissertation
On female education, but 10 Insist that
,olng ladies' be taught chemistry. The,
will thereby he better qualified To super
intend domestic affairs. guard against man,
accidents 10 which households ARE subject,
aud perhaps he instrumental in saving lite.
We illustrate the last remark by reference
merely Ia tnNicology
The strong acids. such as nitric, muria,ic.
and sulphuric, arc virulcnt poisons, Yet
frequently used in medicine, mud the me-
chanic arts. Suppose child ia his ranbes
among the nei.hbnrs, shoild enter cabinet
shop. aud iud saucer ii aqua forts (nilric
acid,) upon the work bench, aud III his
sport seize and drink portion Of il. lie
is cnnvc,c cd home in great agony. The
physician is sent for but ere he arrives the
child is n corpse. Now MS the mother press
cs the cold clay To her breast and lips, tor
The las, time, how will her anguish be ns-
grayated to know that in her medicine chest !,
Or drawer, was some calcincd magnesia.
which. il timely administered, would have
saved her lovely, pcrchancc her frs, and
oaly boy! q, what are ali the boqueis and
fine dresses in the world 10 her, compared
with such knowledge?
Take another case. A husband return.
ing home. on summer afternoon, desires
some scieuIons drink. Opening n cupboard.
he sees "A small box labelled "salls Ut lem.
nn,' and making a solution If this he drinks
it freely. Presently he feels distress.
SENDS for his wife, and asccrtains that he
has drank a solution ofoxalic ncid. which
she had procured 10 TAKE stains from lin
en-. The physician is sent for; but the
unavoidable delay attending his arrival is
fatal. When he arrives, perhaps he sees
upon the very table on which the weeping
widow bows her head, piece Of chalk,
which, ii given in time, would have GER
tainly prevented any mischief from the
poison.
Corrosive sublinate is the article gencr.
ally used TO DESTROY the vermin which some
times inlest our coliches. A solution oft
is left upon the chamber floor in a tea cup.
when the domestics go down TO dine. leav
ing the children up stairs TO PLAY; the in.
iant crawls 10 the tea cup and drinks. Now
wl,a, think you would be The mothers joy.
il, having studied chemistry, she instantly
ca lied TO recollection the well.nscertained
fact, TINT there is in the hens nest nm anti.
do,e 10 this poison? She sends for some
eggs, md breaking them administers the
whi,es-(a'bumen) Hcr child RECEIVERS.
and she wceps Cor Joy. Talk MT to her Of
novels. One little hook Of natural science
has bccn worth, TO her, more than all the
novels in the world.
Physicians in the country rarely carry