Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-19
THE HOME DOCTOR.
WATERMELONS,

The watermelon contains about 95 per
cent. of the purest water and a trace of
the purest sugar, and nothing has yet
been discovered that furnishes so perfect
and speedy "cure " for summer COM
plant as watermelon, and nothing else.
Even when diarrhea has been kept up
by continued eating of ordinary food
until the disease has become chronic,
this delicious beverage-for 1t is little
more-watermelon, taken freely two or
three times day, has again and again
been known to work wonders, and to
g cure when all the usual remedies had
falled.-FOOd and Health.
SUGAR AND DYSPEPSIA.
Sugar has been denounced by modern
chemists as a substance the effects of
which on dyspeptics are deplorable. A
writer IN the Medicin Practicien, how
ever, does not partake of these fears.
He cites the case of dyspeptic doctor
who for twenty years had terror of
sugar, but who now consumes three and
three-fourth ounces of sugar daily with
out inconvenience. Entering the field
OF experiment IN this direction, hefound
that dog ate 80 grains of sugar with
200 Of other food, and six hours after
ward it's stomach showed but little food;
the mucous lining of the stomach
was red and highly congested, and the
congestion of the liver was notable.
An animal opened after eating 200
grains of food and no sugar, showed 80
to 100 grains of food undigested.
Sugar, then, favors the secretion of the
gastric juices.
TAKE AN HOURS WALK.
"That the want of sedentary men is
air rather than exercise, that the evil is
not done to the constitution so much by
sitting as by sitting in stuffy rooms, and
that an hour a day in a garden would
benefit them quite as much as a severe
country walk. Certainly, that is true of
nervous strength, upon which so much
of the happiness of life depends. An
hour passed in strolling in the open air,
slow strolling, or even sitting, will re-
pair mental fatigue better than an hours
strong exercise; while an hour of close
mental application In a stuffy, overheated
room, perhaps full of the fumes of gas,
Will take 1t out of you more than a
whole day of the same strenuous work
In a room with open windows or with
free ventilation, or SO large that the air
is not perceptibly affected by those who
breathe it. Newton, calculating in
garden, suffers from calculating almost
as little as if he did not calculate. -
London Spectator.
CHILDREN's BEST FOOD.
Following is an interview with Prof.
Chandler, recently published in the New
York Herald:
"What are the greatest desiderata in
taking care of children in the sum-
mer ?"
"Plenty of fresh air, early hours and
proper food
"What is the best food for children ?''
"Milk and cereals, bread, oatmeal,
corn meal and cracked wheat are the best
food. Poor people often give their chill
dren corned beef and cabbage when they
are only or 3 years old, That is simp,
ly frightfE!,"
" Are not veal and pork almost equal
| ly 1ndigestible for children %
"They are very trying, indeed, to
their digestion; beef, mutton, and fow
are by far more nutritious and easily di
gested.
GLOW as to fruit, green apples, and
the like?"
"Fruit, if it is ripe, is healthy, bu
green apples are to be avoided; the,
often produce cholera infantum."
"And our national omnipresent pie
professor ?"
"That is the very worst of all. Pie O.
any sort is bad because the crust is so In
digestible, but mince pie and lemon pit
especially are diabolical."
"And candy 2"
"Candy eaten in moderate quantities
is not bad if taken after meals. The
trouble about candy eating by children
is that it generally takes away their APP.
petites for wholesome Strengthening
food. There is no stamina, Of course,
in sugar; it is simply heating food,
and won't make brain or muscle"