The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-30
HEALTH NOTES.
From Dr. Foots,. Health monthly.l

NEVER lean the back upon anything
that is cold.
NEVER begin journey until breakfast
has been eaten.
KEEP the back, especially between the
shoulder blades, well covered also the
chest well protected.
MILK which is slightly acid, and but
termilk, produce in some individuals a
hypnotic Sleepy effect.
A SMALL cup of warm milk containing
a teaspoonful of lime-water may be given
frequently in cases of 'bowel complaint.
NEVER omit regular bathing; for I'M
less the skin is an active condition the
cold will close the pores and favor con-
gestion and other diseases.
OF ONE hundred infants sucked by
their mothers eighteen died during the
first year, while of the same number
sucked by wet nurses, thirty died.
WHEN hoarse, speak as little as posi-
BILE until it iG recovered from, else the
voice may be permanently lost or diff.
culties of the throat may be produced.
An INDUSTRIOUS German collector of
statistics has found that while the aver
age life among the "wel TODD is fifty
years, among the poor it is only thirty
two.
MERELY warm the back by fire, and
never continue keeping the back exposed
to the heat after it has become comforta-
bly, warm. To do otherwise is debilitat-
ing.
WHEN going from warm atmosphere
to a colder one, keep the mouth closed,
so that the air may be warmed by its
passage through the nose, ere it reaches
the lungs.
NEVER stand still in cold weather,
especially after taking a slight degree of
exercise; and always avoid standing
upon the ice or snow, or where the per-
son is exposed to the cold wind
DIR. JOHN A. GRIsooM successfully
completed fast a la Tanner (self-
imposed) of forty-fve days, loosing fifty
pounds in weight, thus confirming DR..
Letheby's estimate that an active man
must consume about pound and fifth
of allment per day.
THE proper ventilation of our school
houses is one of the most important
questions of the day. Cold feet, hot
head and hands, and consequent lassitude
and headache, is the common complaint
of many of the children in the crowded,
ill-ventilated class-rooms.
A CHILD of Erin was ordered by his
physician to put mustard plaster on
his chest. When the patient called next
day, without any benefit to report. it
was ascertained that he had applied the
plaster to his trunk or clothes chest.
Moral-Doctors should give very ex-
plicit directions
DIR. ANDREW CLARK, of London, says
of alcoholic beverages that In perfect
state of health there is absolutely no
benefit to be derived from their use, and
that as he goes through the wards of his
hospital he concludes that seven of every
ten cases owe their i'll health to moderate
drinking.
REV. CHAs. F. DEEMS tells of young
man who is constantly at war with his
appetite for liquor, though he never per-
mits himself to take a drop. Neither
his father nor grandfather were addicted
to its use, but his great grandfather was
a habitual drunkard. Thus are the sins
of the father visited upon the children
unto the third generation. DIR. Deems
says of this case of hereditary impulse,
=" [ think it is extraordinary only in the
perfect resistance which he has made to
his strong inclination"
FooD is an agent of tremendous
power. Feed mankind with the same
science that birds, kline, and horses are
fed-to wit, on their natural food-and
then we may look for the healthy results
obtained with those animals. Dairymen
know how to feed for health and milk.
Holsters know how to feed their horses,
and ladies their canaries. They all seek
to give the normal, natural food of the
animal under their care. Now, if man
would treat his own race as he treats his
animals, we think human nervous sys-
TENS would not show such signs of weak
ness.