The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-07-09

HYDRePHoBIA.--Dr. Stephen Ware
of Boston, in his testimony in a recent
case which grew out of the injuries
from.the bite of a dog, furnishes the
following valuable advice:
10 In the of the bite of a dog,
where the teeth of the animal penetra-
ted the fesh,. whether the dog was
knewnsto. be, mad or not be should use
the anne precautions. He would wash
the wound with warm water, extract all
the virus possible by sucking the wound
with. his lips, and then cauterize it deep
ly with the caustic most readily obtain
ed but should use potash if it could be
procured at once. The time in, which
the effects of the bite of a mad dog
would be seen varied from three days
to as many years, but if no effects were
felt after two or three months, as a
general thing the patient might consid-
himself safe. Bites made through cloth
ing are seldom. productive of much
harm, as even: il the dog is mad. the
clothing absorbs, the virus before the
teeth reach the flesh. Most of all the
fatal cases are where the person was
bitten, on,some naked spot. as
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WHEN NOT TO EAr.-Never eat when
very much fatigued;: wait until rested.
Never eat just before you expect to. en-.
gage many severe mental or physical
exercises Never eat while in D passion,
or while under any great mental excite
nient, whether ola depressing or eleva-
ting character. Never eat just before
takingsa bath, of any kind. Never eat
just before retiring for the night. New
er eat between regular meals.-[Herald
of Health,
A CHOICE RUDD1NG.-One. quart Of
sweet milk, one, pint of bread crumbs,
one teacup of sugar, butter the size of a
hens egg, yolks Of three eggs,a handful
of. raisins, favor with lemon. Bake
half an hour Then beat the whites of
three eggs with two thirds of q tsaeup
of sugar, pour over the. pudding and
bake slightly,
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To CLEAN MATrINe,-Put a double
handful Of salts, into a bucket Of cold
water; wash the mating, a small piece
at q time, rub il well with o coarse
cloth avoid treading on the mating
until it is dry.
NECESSITY OF SLEEp.-There. are
thousands of busy people who die every
year Cor want Of sleep s1eeplessness
becomes q disease, and is the precursor
of insanity. We speek of sleep as the
image of death, and our waking hours
90 the image Of life. Sleep ID not like
death for it 10 the period in which the
waste of thessystem ceases, or is reduc-
cd to its minimum. Sleep repairs the
waste which waking hours have made.
h rebuilds the system. The night is
the repair shop of the body. Every
part Of the system is silently overhaul
cd, and all the. organs, tissues, and sub
stances are replenished. Waking con-
suraes and exhansts !; sleep replaces
and repairs waking ID death, sleep is
life.
The man who sleeps littler repairs
little. A man who would be q good
worker must be- o good sleeper. A
mar has as much force in him as he
had provided for in sleep. The quality
Of mental activity depends upon the
quality OF sleep Men need on an aver
age eight hours Of sleep a day. A
emphatic temperament may require
nine; q nervous temperament Dix or
seven. A Emphatic man is sluggish,
moves and sleeps slowly. But q ner-
yous man acts quickly in everything.
Hs does more in an hour than q slug
gish man in Two hours; and so in his
sleep. Every man must sleep accord
ING 20 his Representative eight hours
= the average. Whoever by work,
pleasure, SORROW Or BY any other cause,
= sagnaaEiy diminishing his sleep il
d~estpoFis1g his lhfs. "a man may hold
out for . time, but the crash viii come,
and be viii die. There il d great deal
of intsmperance besides that Of tobacco,
opium. or brandy. Mon are dissinated
who overtax their system eli day and
under sleep every night. a man whe
dies of delirium tremens il no more !
drankard and suicide than the minister
the lawyeF, the merchant. the editor, d
thu printer that works excessively al
day and sleeps but little AL night.