Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-05
SANITARY HINTS.

SANITARY HINTS.
In some recent experiments at Paris
the fumes Of burning coffee where shown
to have disinfecting power quite re-
markable.
OIL OF cinnamon dropped on warts
three or four times aday will cause their
disappearance, however hard, large or
dense ther may be. The application
gives no pain.
EXTREME cases of headache have been
cured in half an hour by taking tea
spoonful of finely powdered charcoal in
half tumbler of water. It is an inno-
cent yet powerful alkali.
A PHYSICIAN says that the temperature
OF the water for a bath i'll the winter
should not be more than one hundred
degrees, and the time of taking it should
not be more than three to five minutes.
A WRITER on hygiene says that diph-
liberia is spread by heaters as well as by
sewers, and that the furnaces that heat
foul air in cellars and send 1t to the
parlOrs and chambers above. are among
the most accomplished slaughterers of
the period.
10 relieve buniOns use pulverized
Saltpeter and sweet oil. Obtain at the
druggists five or six cents worth of salt
peter; put into a bottle with sufficient
sweet oil to dissolve it; shake up well,
and rub the inhamed Joints night and
morning, and more frequently if very
painful
For face eruptions, dissolve an ounce
of hnroy n a ON nj of l.,
this with fine sponge every evening be-
fore going to bed. Or flowers of sui
phur washed on the face every night be-
fore going to bed. Rub it well with the
fingers, and then rub it off with q dry
towel, or rub with coarse towel and
then apply cold cream
NERVOUSNESS with a child is almost
always a matter of the stomach. A
crust of bread will usually put stop to
the most obstinate nervousness. Chill
dren, for this reason, should never go to
bed after fit of crying with an empty
stomach. A bit of bread and Jelly or
cup Of custard will bring smiles and hap
piness where the moral law fails, and for
the soundest of reasons
DIR. HENRY BARNES records a case of
e1h NAULClhC1J oSNClS dGUdCh vi gOuU
brought on by sleeping in a newly
patient, an old man, had suffered from
slight attack of the disease, but soon
recovered, and up to the time of this
exposure had been quite free from equity
symptoms. The introduction of lead
into the system is given as cause of
the attack
For toothache, where cavity exists,
there are many remedies in common use,
but, says an exchange, none seem to re-
heve as equal parts of hydrate of chloral
and gum camphor rubbed together.
Saturate a piece of cotton with the mix
ture and put it into the cavity of the
tooth, covering it with dry cotton. Care
must be taken not to allow the remedy
to come in contact with the inside of the
mouth, as it may produce severe burn
ing.
In the Gazette DIES HOpit0ur of a re-
cent date some cases are described of the
use Of petroleum capsules i'll simple and
chronic bronchitis. 1t is stated as a
curious fact, that this balsamic was
brought before the Therapeutic Society
by M. Blanche year ago, at the sug
gestiOn of Paris chemist, who named it
''Gabian oil, % in order to prevent public
prejudice. Each of the capsules con-
tain twenty-five centigrams of pure pc
troleum, the ordinary oil-which has to
be distilled in contact with sulphuric
acid to render it fit for lighting purposes
not being suitable. At the hospital
Beaujon, where these capsules have
been freely offered for chronic bron-
chitis, rapid diminution of the secre-
ton and fits of coughing is reported
While DR.. Charles Roberts. in a
paper on the hereditary transmission of
physical and mental qualities, is at loss
to say how "vigor" may be utilized, he
makes bold dash ct the solution of the
problem. He is very decidedly of the
opinion that persons living under very
similar conditions of life should not
marry. GA literary man should not
marry literary woman, nor tailor a
seamstress; and the rule should apply
to persons of the same temperament and
physiques. The immense trouble, so to
speak, which nature has taken to secure
cross-fertilization in the lower races of
animals and plants should guide man in
his selection of a partner" The evils
arising, Or, better, transmitted or inten-
slfied, from the union of persons under
like conditions of life are very similar to
those which spring from the marriage of
men and women closely related by blood.
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