The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1875-05-21
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lows coin need danger be feared
and should physie be given? An
swer: Generally when q coin il
swallowed there is little or NJ
danger If il. happens to be a bronz'
then there may be chemical changes
that will cause copper poisoning
otherwise, do not worry, for what
will pass into the stomach will pass
through. Avoid physic, it empties
the bowels when they should be kept
full by coarse food-as coarse bread,
or something to distend and enlarge
the digestive tube.
CATCHING COLD. - Mrs. Samuel
'Starkeyl hasa few good sensible rel
marks on this point, that She gets of
in her own inimitable way. The
trouble is, as she says, people don't
realize s'that nm ounce Of prevention
is better than a pound Of cure"
aDon't wait till the cold weather
driyesy you to it before you fix up
comfortable clothing for Winter
That is q serious mistake, and too
often the mischief is done, and the
severe cold taken, and one is rem
dered an Invalid for all Winter,
when, perhaps, one Of the pleasant
days spent in getting ready for the
change would have prevented it all.
ssThere as not q month in the year
in which we, women folks, should
not slip into our hannels. 1t is no
uncommon occurrence forus to ex-
change loose white dresses in July
and August for fannels, when in the
evening a sudden storm would come
upon us, and the wind veer round to
the northwest. There is little
danger If sudden colds and attacks
of pneumonia, ii one dresses in ac-
cordance with the weather
Here is the way she "dishes up"
those yellow-faced girls who are al
ways complaining Of a ''pain in the
stomach 4 There is more truth, per-
haps, than poetry in it. The pre-
ventive remedy is self-evident:
"Don't l know that one-half our
girls do more eating than they do
work, or study or thinking2 Glut-
tonsl they can't pass o cupboard
without being drawn to it as by
magnet. One minute they will
MUNICH candy, then nuts, thenpickles,
then cookies, n fruit cake, picked
peaches, CRACKERS pie just one
hickory nut, one more. butter nut, a
bit of rock candy, one of those
hot nut cakes to see if they are good,
and then q piece OF mince pie that
t1ooked lonely 5,. .6
CHILDnEN AND Does.-1stDogs is
healthy for children" say the old
wives, and not without some founda-
ton, in fact. The infuenceof those
lively and affectionate playmates of
childhood is very happy; SO much so
that we have sometimes thought that
n boy who has never had a pet dog
has been cheated out OF half the en-
ioyment and no small part Of the
moral culture Of infancy. But dogs
have bad tricks, and, unless properly
trimmed, are apt to bo anything but
"healthy" for children. They ex-
press their affection in a very bad
way. We know that it is common
opinion that there is something Won
derfully wholesome about dogs
tongue, and that his natural habit Of
licking the objects Of ms affection isl
rather to be encouraged than repress-
ed. Nevertheless one of the first re-
quirements in a dog for childs pet
is that he be trained to emulate pru-
don't humanity and restrain his
tongue. 1t is not rhealthy" what
ever the old wives may say. This,
setting aside the question Of rabies
altogether A much more common
affection of dogs is a tape worm, for
whose development both men and
dogs have to contribute Its imma-
ture or cysticerical stage is spent in
the human body, often causing great
then it migrates to the dog,
its development, and
makes provision for a new crop to
infest humanity, forming cysts or
hollow tumors in various parts of the
body. The full grown worm is the
smallest tnnia known, only about
one quarter of an inch in length.
The embryo is often as small as one
twohundredth of an inch; yet accord
ing to Cobbold, death has been caus-
cd by a single individual lodged in
the brain. AT late meeting Of the
Australian Microscopical Society,
Mr.. Sidney Gibbons exhibited speci-
mems recently taken from human
subject, and said there could DO no
doubtthat they We're frequently inn
planted in children as consequence
of allowing dogs to lick their hands
md faces, 1t is nasty practice at
best, and pet dogs first lesson
be to keep his tongue to him
soil. Scientific Anlerlcdn, '''..i
ARTIFICIAL REsPmAuoN, IA now
mode of resuscitating drowned per-
sons and others suffering from
asphyxia, consists in placing the pa
tiont on his back with the arms OK
tended A roll Of clothing is then
laid below the false ribs so'as to
throw their anterior, margin into
prominence, The operator then
lineels astride the patient, placing his
hands so that tho balls Of the thumbs
rest upon the false ribs, while the
fingers fall naturally in the depres-
sions between the ribs on each side.
An assistant holds the tongue Of tho
patient, and the operator, with his
elbows firmly pressed against his |
sides, throws his whole weight for
ward, by which the false ribs are
pressed upward and inward, produc-
ing great motion of the diaphragm
ind displacement of the contents Of
Ihe lungs. Suddenly raising his |
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