Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
SANITARY HINTS.
ORANGE JUICE.

ORANGE JUICE.
Orange Juice with little claret is used
by many people in cases of dyspepsia.
CURB THE APPETITE.
In the midst of the season of good
cheer, the Philadelphia Ledger pub
fishes the following: "This is just the
time when sore throats from overlooking
are plentiful, and are charged to the
weather: when rheumatism. from too
indulgent diet, gets the screw on shoulder
and thigh: when the fullness of the table
tempts appetite that already cries,
Hold, enough!' A halt is good now
and then. To fofget meal altogether,
when you feel under the weather, is often
the greatest kindness one can do one
self"
PERNICIOUS MINERAL WATERS.
The increase of paralysis is one of the
alarming features of the present age,
and the conclusion is now being reached
that this is due mainly to the introduce
ton of poison in food and drink. A
chemical analysis of artificial mineral
waters by the French academy of sci
ence showed In all of them the presence
of poison to an alarming extent. These
are the waters that are mainly consumed
IN this country. People had better be
careful what they drink.
AIR AS sTIMULANp.
The exciting and stimulating proper
ties of pure oxygen are well known, and
everyone has felt the invigorating inf1u-
ence of fresh air; yet little practical APP
pJication has been made of these bene-
fetal properties of substance so cheap
aud universal When the body is weak,
the brain fatigued, and the whole system
In state of lassitude, just go into the
open air, take few vigorous inspira-
tons and expirations, and the effect will
be instantly perceived. The person try
ing the experience will feel invigorated
and stimulated, the blood will course
with freshness, the lungs will work with
increased activity, the whole frame will
feel reyivlied, and natures stimulant
viii be found the best.
vERBENA TEA
The well-known fragrant garden favor
tie, the sweet-scented or lemon verbena,
seems to have other qualities than those
of beauty and odor, for which it is usu-
ally cultivated. The author of recent
work, among the Spanish People"
describes it as being systematically gath
cred II Spain, where it is regarded as
fine stomachic and cordial. It is either
used in the form of a cold decoction.
sweetened, or five or six leaves are put
into teacup and hot tea poured upon
them. The author says that not only is
the flavor delicious, but that if it be
used, one need never suffer from fiatu-
lence, nervousness, diarrhea or loss of
appetite.
SMOKERS CATARRH
An English medical paper insists that
habltual smokers are notoriously liable
to colds in the head, and to bronchitis
and other cOngestive affections of the air.
passages. On this subject Dr.. J. F.
Rumbold says: "The congestion oc-
casioned by the action of tobacco on the
mucous membrane of the superior por-
ton OF the respiratory tract resembles in
many respects the congestion resulting
from the effects of cold some of it's ef-
fects are transitory and some are perma-
nent. The local effect of tobacco on the
mucous membrane of the nose, throat,
and ears Is as predisposing to catarrhal
diseases as is inefficient clothing in the
case of females. The local effect of to-
bacco on the mucous membrane of the
superior portion of the respiratory tract
causes more permanent relaxation and
congestion than nyknowna agent. AS to-
bacco depresses the system while it is
producing its pleasurable sensation, and
as 1t prepares the mucous membrane
by causing more permanent relaxation
and congestion than any known agent
to take on catarrhal inflammation from
even light exposure to cold, it should re-
gure no further evidence to show that
It's use ought to be discontinued by every
catarrhal patient.