The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-03-23
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8. Three hundred years ago the heart
of American civilization lay in 4hi&h
valley of Anahauc, meaning !" tho re-
yion of waters" or "the lake cou nfry," !"
where now the Republic Of Mexice
! has its capital. Tess than sixty mfles'
long and forty wide, il ist somewhat
comparable to the Valley Of Salt Lake
in Utah, from the southern end Of chat
sheet of water. Like that valley, Il 10
surrounded by noble mountains, snew
| capped. This seems to be asmah area
to be the home eff several fisrcely oon-
tending nations, bat isncla lit w4s in
4 fact. There are smistv ace0unts offs
civilization there, and to the south
ward, from the sixth to the fourteenth
century of our era, which was ID, some
respects at least. of higher grade than
that of which we shall presently speak.
But some cause swept that away and
the authentic part of American histe-
rY begins in 1925, when the Aztecs,
hard pressed by war-like neighboE q
established themselveso on the swanpy
shores and in some low islands. in the
| lake. .uasis'
In the midst of this swamp they
built their first hut-a temple-and
around it rose within two centuries .
veritable Venice, though lacking the
Venitian development of art, In Cor
tes' time it was said to contain sixty
thousand houses and three hundred
thousand people Around the lake
were fifty other towns, one Of which
is said to have been larger than Mexi-
ico. Aqueducts brought water from
the hill of Chapultepec,, fountains
played in the squares, gardens and Il
menageries gave the city lonnging
places and canals, threaded by then s
sands of canoes, contributed to its =
life. Palaces and temples literally rose
on every hand, and, though the Archi-i
lecture was net imposing, the extent
of the former was such that the harem
contained three thousand inmates, and
one of the halls was large enough to
receive an equal number Of men.
The means by which the Aztecs rose
so rapidly from the position OF half
fugitive people to that Of q dominant
race, is not well Understood, though
line of ambitious Kings and the rest
less activity of the people must OK.
plain it. Their position. in the midst q
OF a lake made their Capital secure,
but otherwise they seem to have been 8
on about the same footing ~ their
neighbors. All were restless and war;
like. all practiced cannibalism, and all
sought the favor of their bloody gods
with equal persistence. The most
thatecan be said is that the, tribes of
the Mexican Valley fought among
themselves; that in most fights some
one is victorious, and that in .Anahuac
the Aztecs were the sconquerors.-s
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s1s' SCARLET FEVER,
1t is unnecessary for child to die
of scarlet fever as it is. that it should
be blind with cataract. Let us see -
AT any time before the body has fin
ished its Intellectual struggle we are
able TO help it, not by wonderful med
icine, but by the knowledge of anato-
my, and the application 8 of . little
common sense. We consult the gym
pathetic nerve. and do what it COM
mands us to do. must give the &
child salt when it wants it; we must
give it acid, when it has fever and
anxiously Graves it--not' vinegar, but
lemon juice. because the first coagu-
lates albumen, and the latter does not,
on account of the amount of oxygen
it contains. To initiate the soothing {
mucus in the intestines, which is now
wanting, aud to give some respiratory
food at the same time, we add some
gum arabic. To restore and relieve
the injured nerve, we apply moist
warmth. afatsi 81 tft fset -
In practice we can fulfil all this with a
the following simple msnipulations.
Undress the child and bring it to bed
at the very first signs of sickness.
Give it, if it has already feyer, sourish
warm lemonade, with some gum-ara-a
bic in it. Then cover its abdomen
with some dry flannel. Take we'll
folded bed-sheet, and put it in boiling
hot water; wiring it out by means of
dry towels, and put this over the
whole, and wait. The hot cloth will
perhaps require repeated heating.
According to the severity of the case
and its stage of progress, perspiration
will commence in theschild in from
ten minutes to two hours. The child
then is saved: it then falls asleep.--
Soon after the child awakes, it shows
slight inclination for food; help its
bowels. if necessary, with injections
of soap, oil and water, and recovery
will be as steady as the growth Of .
plant in the greenhouse if well treatsd.
OF course if the child were already
dying nothing could save it, or if it
has effusions in the lining of tho heart
or brain, it is much better that it
should die. But if the above 10 ap-
piled in due time, under the eyes and o
direction of a competent physician, I
will guarantee that not one in q hun.
dred children will ever die of scarlet
fever. know this will startle some
OF my readers, especially those who
have already lost children, but I shall
go still further. 1 maintain that a
child will never get scarlet fever if
properly treated. If the child has
correctly mixed blood it will never.
catch the scarlet fever if put in bed
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