The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
HEALTH NOTES.
From Dr.. Foote'S Health Month, f,

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.
\ SMALL cup of warm milk containing
a teaspoOnful of hme-water maybe given
frequently in cases of "bowel Complaint. "
NEVER omit regular bathing for I'm
less the skin is an active condison the
cold will close the pores and fagor con-
gestion and other diseases.
OF ONE hundred infants suGled by
their mothers eighteen died DUNG the
first year, while of the same number
sucked by wet nurses, thirty did.
WHEN hoarse, speak as little Is posi-
BILE until 1t is recovered from, Else the
voice may be permanently lostor diff
culties OF the throat may be poduced
An INDUSTRIOUS German collector of
statistics has found that while me aver
age life among the "well to-do' is fifty
years, among the poor it is ong thirty
two
MERELY warm the back by afre. and
never continue keeping the baciexposed
to the heat after it has become omforta-
bly, warm. To do otherwise is ebilitat-
ing.
/ WHEN going from warm atmosphere
to a colder one, keep the moutl closed,
so that the air may be warnsd by its
/ passage through the nose, ere breaches
the lungs.
NEVER stand stin in celd'S,ather,
/ especially after taking a slight degss of
/ exercise; and always avoid staining
upon the ice or snow or where the ,er-
son Is exposed to the cold wind
! DIR. JOIN \. GRIscoM successfully
| completed fast q Ia Tanner Celf-
imposed) of forty-ive days, loosing fifty
/ pounds in weight, thus confirming DIR.
/ Letheby's estimate that an active nan
must consume about a pound and a fifth
of alIment 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 consequentla
and headache, Is the common complaint
/ of many of the children in the crowded,
ill-ventllated class-rooms.
/ A CHILD Of Erin was ordered by his
physician TO put a mustard plaster ON
/ his chest. When the patient called next
( day, without any benefit to report, 1t
was ascertained that he had applied the
/ plaster To his trunk or clothes chest.
/ Moral-Doctors should give very ex-
/ picit directions.
DIR. ANDREW CLARK, Of London, says
| OF alcoholic beverages that in perfect
state Of health there is absolutely nc
/ benefit 10 Ice 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 ill-health to moderate
drinking.
REV. CHAs. F. DEEMS tells of young
man who Is constantly at war with his
appetite for liquor, though lie never per
mIts himself to take a drop. Neither
/ his father nor grandfather were addicted
TO It's use, but his great grandfather was
a habitual drunkard. Thus are the sins
of the father visited upon the children
unto the third generation. DR. Deems
saws of TINS 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. DMrymen
/ know how to feed for health and milk.
!. Holsters know how to feed there horses,
I and ludies their canaries. They al seek
/ 10 give the normal, natural foodof the
animal under their care. Now, If man
would treat his own race as he treats hls
/ animals, we think human neryous sys-
7 TENS would not show such signsof weak
/ ness.