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The Philosophy Of Tea Nakfng. The Brit
iaa Medical JOavpaJ Says the results VI the
Investigations Of careful experimenters ara
hardly, perhaps, sum iaciently known to the
Emnltitnde Of e-drinkers. The whole sub
ject 10 carefully sunnlarized by DIR. Letheby
In his recent Canton lectures There is {,
i popular notion, which is An incorrect one,
that soft water II beat for tea-making. Az
has alsout Ave degrees ef hardness when
boiled, makes <he best favored tea. pro-
! yided it be alewed TO stand upon the tea
suftaeiently long. Boiling tea 10 one of the
4olIies of which officials In workhouses and
other large establishments are guilty. This
makes deep-colored solution containing
worthless extractive matter, which is de-
void of physiological or dietstic property.
In Fsssfnt Of strength it is found experiment
ally that infusions of tea and coffee are
strong enough when about two and q half
teaspocnfuls of tea or two ounces Of freshly
roasted coffee are Infused in pint of boil
ing water. From some inquiries which DIR.
Edward Smith made into the relative
average weights of spoonful of different
kinds Of tea, it is to be inferred that the
quantity of black tea used as compared
with that of green is as three to two.
Atmospheric Inffaencss---A lady, aged
about thirty, resident in the northern part
of New England, consulted us for undonbt-
ed tubercular disease of the lungs. Her
house was well situated, and on the side to-
wards the south was small piazza resting |
on stone steps, which was raised two or |
three feet above the ground. The winter
was approaching, and THles were to be
given. Having full faith in the divine
Influences of pure air and sunlight, we di-
rected that she should sit out on this piazza
every day during the winter, unless it were
too stormy. IL was so arranged as to shut +
,ut the cool air on three sides, and to admit
he full blaze OF sunlight in front. Here,
IN aHn< al k<so osk 1
Wrapped in fnrs, reading or writing, for
several hours during the following winter,
md with most excellent results. She
yas directed frequently to make deep
aspirations, in order to ill the lungs
vith pure air. She was never chilled,
'ecause the suns rays and her warm
lothing prevented it. She never sstook
oldH there. On the contrary the
alnay influences .exerted upon her by her
ally sum and air bath were 20 grateful
cR breathing became so much easier after
sch OF them, that, whenever n storm came,
nd prevented resort to the piazza, tie
invalid suffered in consequences thereof. |
Whether these remarks will prOye to our
eaders that want OF sunlight may be !
eckoned among the causes of consumption
nay we'll be dotbted, but we trust that, at 4
sast, they will convince some sceptics that
anlight has n potent influence IN raising
be human body from variops weaknesses
hat sometimes are the precursors of fatal I
hthisis.--Aaastic Monthly, for Fsbraary. ]
The Marquis d'Ourches, by his wiz,
nunded . prize Of $4,000 for the discovery a
{ Q sure and simple means of recognizingkt 1t
| death be real or apparent. According to ia
he Courier de bEare, DIR. Carriere intends d
o claim the money for a process which he fc
as employed for forty years. This system Eo
onsists in placing the hand, with the fingers t
losed, before the flame of o lamp or candle. lie
q the living person the members are trans-s L
aren't and of a pinkisli color, showing the 3
apillary circulation and life in full activity j
HI1s-an At-0E-R corp on Tie e9RtFaRy.z q
u is dull and dark, presenting neither n
gn OF existence nQs trace of the blood cur s
ent. a
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