Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-03-01
THE HOME DOCTOR.
EXCERCISE.


For children, nearly infallible pep.
tic corrective is a fast-day passed il
cheerful outdoor exercise.
DIPHTHERIA.
Contagion of diphtheria can be OBJ.
tanned from dead body, if a recent case
is accurately reported. Two persons
were engaged to be married; but before
the ceremony took place the man died OF
diphtheria. The young lady kissed her
lover as he lay dead in his coffin. Three
days afterward she followed him to the
grave, dying of the same disease, al
though there was not another case of it
then nor for 19 years before in the neigh
borhood.
OVERLOOKED,
Five pale and delicate-looking, but
neatly dressed little bays filled the sauc-
tum this morning, ranged themselves in
a row, and the spokesman said: "Note
these pallid looks? Castor oil. Note
these shrunken limbs? Castor OIL Note
this lack of abdominal rot1lnditv ? Castor
oil. Note this unanimous stunt ? Castor
oil. We are the unfortunate sons of a
female woman with mania for castor
oil, with which she dosys us every night,
until we can bear it no longer, and, be-
ing desirious to break through this I'M
natural bondage, we wish you would say
good word for us in the paper" We
promised, and the five filed mournfully
out. The more you look at this, the
more sad it grows.-NeaO Haven Reg
lister.
PURIFICATION BY IODINE.
DIR. B. W. Richardson, in an article on
health, gives the following inexpensive
and extremely simple plan of purifying
by iodine. It consists in the application
of iodine in the pure state that is to
say the solid shining metalloid itself, not
the tincture or spirituous solution of the
element. For this employment of iodine
first get a common chip ointment box,
which can be bought of any chemist; a
box of an inch and half in diameter is
sufficiently large. Take the lid off this
box and remove the top from the lid so
that the ring part of the lid alone re-
mains; then into the body of the box put
two drachms' weight of the pure iodine,
stretch piece of muslin gauze over the
top of the box, and over the muslin press
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the muslin ta1t over the top of the box
Lastly, cut away the loose muslin around
the ring, and complete and ready for use
is an iodine deodorizing box, which will
last in action for six weeks or two
months, even in hot weather. To bring
this box into practical application, it is
merely necessary to place it in the closet
on shelf, or resting place. The iodine
will volatilize slowly into the air through
the muslin gauze, will diffuse through
the oil, will deodorize, and after time
will communicate freely an odor like that
of fresh sea air. There is no means of
deodorizing the air of the close closet
equal to this. 1t is ready, permanent
and effective. In cases where an instant
effect is required the iodine may be vol
affixed in more rapid manner. A lit
tie iodine may be placed on plate, and
the plate may be held over spirit lamp
within the closet for minute or two.
The iodine difused by the heat will pass
off a violet-colored vapor, and as it
passes through the air will create a rapid
purifying action. Theiodine so diffused
will condense on the walls, and then
will maintain its effect of publication.