Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-12
SANITARY HINTS.
A GOOD CHEST PROTECTOR

SANITARY HINTS.
A GOOD CHEST PROTECTOR.
Gentlemen who are going to take q
drive should not forget that an eight
page newspaper spread over the chest is
the best chest protector that can be worn
in cold weather. Put it between the I'M
der and over-coat. Dr.. Foote'S Heath
MonthW.
NUTRICIOUS FOOD.
An English writer on household econ
omy says that the wives of poor men
supply them with too much pork and
beans and second rate meat and pota-
toes, when they might give them pea
soup, with turnlps, onions or carrots in
it, and cheese pudding made from
minced cheese, with hominy OF rice. with
little milk.
DECOMPOSING MEAT.
One of the most dangerous poisons is
produced by the first stages of decom-
position in sausage and other meats. Tt
is difficult to understand how some peo-
pie can, as they do, have a taste for
"gamey meat" but their number will be
diminished as the reports increase of
fatal cases of poisoning from the eating
of it.-Dr. Foote'S Health Monthly.
BREATHING CARBoNIC ACID.
The dangerous properties of carbonic
oxide have long been known-an atmos-
phere which contains only little of this
gas may produce poisoning and death.
Some exact experiments on this subject
have now been described to the French
academy by M. Grehant. He concludes
that man, or one of the lower animals,
compelled to breathe for half an hour in
an atmosphere containing only 1-779th
OF carbonlc acid absOrbs the gas in such
quantity that about one-half of the red
blood corpuscles combine with the gas
and become incapable of absorbing oxy-
gen; IN an atmosphere containing
1-1449th of carbonic oxide about
fourth OF the red corpuscles combine
with this gas.
INFANTILE OPHTHALMIA.
In the Revue Medicale DR.. Laton of
Rheims advocates the use of iodine dis
solved in cherry-laurel water, for oph-
thalmia In new born infants. Ten drops
of the tincture in ten grammes of cher
ry-laurel water make colorless mixture.
leaving no precipitate, while in the same
quantity of distilled water colored pre-
clpltate would soon form. The decolo-
IA is owing to the production of hy-
drlodlc acid and iodine of cyanogen, two
cOrorless bodies IN solution. A mixture
OF one part tincture of iodine to 90 parts
of cherry-laul ell water, is, says NJ Latin,
conyrium of incontestible power in
the purulent ophthalmia of infants; the
liquid to be dropped between the lids
five or six times a day, besides external
applications. In efficiency it is declared
to be superior to nitrate of silver, while
it is both painless and safe
CONSUMPTION OF sALICY1Ic ACID.
Medical authorities appear now to
agree in considering the daily consump-
ton OF one gramme of salicylic acid as
being not only inoffensive but decidedly
beneficial to the health. This on the
ground that the substance not only does
not accumulate in the system, but. on
the contrary, takes from the blood GER
tain deleterlous matters-for instance.
the excess OF uric acid, so productive of
govt, ETC., which is thus eliminated
through the kidneys in the course of q
few hours. The conclusion is, therefore,
that the general consumption of salicy-
lated soda water, containing or of a
dram per quart, is great means of pro-
noting public health, especially in dan
gerously hot climates. It is even as
serted that an Individual living exclu-
sively on salicylated diet, would not
absorb SO much of the salicylic acid per
day as that which is prescribed to be
taken for the prevention of certain cpl
denies and other ailments, such as govt,
rheumatism, catarrhal affections, etc.