San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-01-19
Health Notes.
(Fron Dr.. Foote's Health Monthly.

hCoitu NOtoos
(Fron Dr.. Foote's Health Monthly
Never lean the back upon apytbi,.
that is cold.
Never begin journey until bre,l.
fast has been eaten.
Keep the back, especially between
the shoulder blades, we'll covered; Ala
the chest we'll protected.
Milk which is slightly acid, and ha,.
termilk, produce in some individuas,
hypnotic Sleepy effect.
A small cup of warm milk contaipiO,
teaspoonful of lime-water may b.
given frequently in cases of Shovel
complaint"
Never omit regular bathing: for IN.
less the skin is in active condition IN.
cold will close the pores and favor con.
gestion and other diseases.
OF one hundred infants sucked nv
their mothers eighteen died during thu
first year, while of the same number
sucked by wet nurses, thirty died.
When hoarse, speak as little as DOS.
sible until it is recovered from, else thu
voice may be permanently lost or diff.
cultics of the throat may be produced.
An industrious German collector Of
statistics has found that while the aver.
age life among the "well-to do" is fifty
years, among the poor it is only thirty.
two.
Merely warm the back by fire, and
never continue keeping the back ex.
posed to the heat after it has become
comfortably warm. TO do otherwise is
facilitating.
When going from warm atmosphere
to colder one, keep the mouth closed
so that the air may be warmed by its
passage through the nose, ere it reaches
the lungs.
Never stand still in cold weather, es.
pecially after taking slight degree Of
exercise; and always avoid standing
upon the ice or snow, OF where the per-
son is exposed to the cold wind.
DIR. John A. Griscom successfully
completed fast a la Tanner (self-
imposed of forty-fvesdays, losing fifty
pounds in weight, thus confirming DR..
Letheby's estimate that an active man
must consume about pound and
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 consequent lassi.
tude and headache, is the common
complaint of manya of the children in
the crowded, ill-ventilated class rooms.
A child of Erin was ordered by
physician to put mustard plaster on
his chest. When the patient called
next day, without any benefit, to report
it was ascertained that he had applied
the plaster to his trunk orclothes chest
ral.-Doctors should give very e1.
plicit directions.
DIR. Andrew Clark. of London, says
of alcoholic beverages that in perfect
state of health there is absolutely no
benefit to be 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 bis
appetite for liquor, though he never
permits himself to take drop. Neither
his father nor his grandfather were ad'
dicted to it's use, but his great grand
father was habitual drunkard. Thus
are the sins of the father visited upon
the children unto the third generation
DR.. Deems says of this case of heredlt-
airy impulse, II think it is extraordinary
only in the perfect resistance which ne
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-ana
then we may look for the healthy re-
suits obtained with those animals
Dairymen know how to feed for health
and milk. Hostlers know how to 1eeo
their horses and ladies their canarles'
They all seek to give the normal, nat'
ural food of the animal under their
care. Now, if man would treat his own
race as he treats his animals, we think
human nervous systems would no'