The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-08-24
HEALTH NOTES.

Phosphate Of ziuc is recommended
for neuralgia.
COMMISSION is being used in Franco
10 the treatment OF cancer
Italian physicians give solution
Of choral 10 glycerine for d'phthe''a'
Bromide Of quiniue is said to be q
better hypnotic than bromide o' po
tassium.
A Russian surgeon has made Sc"
RES of experiments showing that can
cor is inoculable.
Glyceriue is being used abroad TO
nreyeut the further formation OF false
membrane in Group after the opera
ton of tracheotomy has been per-
formed.
Itis not 80 generally known as 1t
shonld he that bellad"una, or its &C.
five principle, atropia, is the most
efficient anticote in case OF opium
uoisouing; but it must not oe aa-
ministered iustoo large quantities.
else it produces poisonous effects OF
/ its own.
The London Lancet says that the
! man who drinks nearly to drunken.
t ness generally sleeps sound'y' II nov
=; we'll, but many q so'ca'!ed ",""e GA 20
r driuker knows that be sleeps badly !,
9 he takes a little more than his usual
# quantity Of wine after din"er' or
even lis usual quantity of some NM
anal wine. The reason is that al
chohol Pushes aud di|ates the smaller
blood vessels, especially those OF tho
N brain. If such a condition be main,
" tanned. sleep is disturbed or absent.
rs For sIeeplessnes carriage exercise IS
n good, Walking better, horseback best
i. ARGENT London letter to the Med
ID ;cal Times gives an interesting ao'
in stract Of a lecture by DR.. Afford Cav
ne neuter on "Alcoholic Drinks as D JIG,
Mt "a Medicines, and as Poisons." the
mi lecturer considered that alcohol u!
81 en INV of it's forms may be a good medl
~ cine. "but it is a bad diet and tina
;hs its action as poison is visible IN al
at ranks Of society" He summed ~
or- it's efforts very strikiugly in sayln,'
va that "work which Is kept going y
ice continuous doses Of alcohol Away
ms, ends in q break down. II it is take
ae,a for the purpose Of increasing m'sc'
s 90" lar exertion, ultimately there is grea
,out er loss of muscular power, as
han athletes know. If mental exertlo'
Il or are kept going BY alcohol, there Is
not mental break down, as the luna'
wa a asylums testify" .....' n.y., .
81 to A.Mauchester (England) physical
they Dr.. Crompton, who has made a stu
hem. If the care of infants, gives some
your formation of great Importance
, Y, mothers, in regard to the cause
'ea a:s common deformities known as DC
,x Ssu lecs and knock knees. He attrlbu
II to the latter distortion to the habit So
,ts a. Youngsters delight in, Of rubbing
10 do sole Of ono foot against that OF
have other-some,1 40! is we'll known
, may On Il, sleen with the sell" pressed
Dl re. gether they appear ~. 10Y
.NsSt contact ou)y -when.th:cu ~, nal
!, ns sHd ~ attempting to MAKE j. M,ra
. al ""e Are soeked Of 7s,ippcted. The re
ne by d. therefore ID simply to keep
The child's soles covered knocKck
over the doctor 'ascribes to dl'i9
times childish habit. namely, that of 81
being IND m the side with one knee tut
az il :". 49, I,,,,ow hah;nd the othe
being NV" WV ''':';.. ~ tha ohseryati,
for set cus'"'h KAUFMAN r IT. w." .,'o nrov.,
y time most parents. ne,o W: lt:3a ~
~ this prescribed 10 TO pau 'l,e '"''uo v
Of lice, knees, 90 as to keep them apart
reeder. let the limbs grow freely Their
IL su1~ way.