The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-05-31
HEALTH INTELLIGENCE.
[rrom DR.. Foote'S Health Monthly.I

CHRvAssE has stated these four essen.
tials to beby's well being: Plenty Of
water for the skin, plenty Of milk for the
stomach, plenty Of fresh air for the
lungs, and plenty Of sleep for the brain.
Dir. FIRTH, Of Brooklyn. in giving his
experience as bald-headed man, tells
how he restored the growth Of hair by
he has suspicion that the use OF 1t was
really the means Of curing chronic
rheumatic tendency.
The Governor Of Georgia has sane
toned law regulating the practice OF
medicine, and vetoed bill legalizing
the dissection Of dead bodies. Evidently
he desires that the inhabitants OF his
State should get their medical education
and experience elsewhere.
DIR. UNNA, of Hamburg, says that the
pigmcntary matter which occasionally
blocks up the pores Of the face, produc-
ing black points or "fesh worms" is
soluble in acids, and he therefore recon-
mends the free use Of vinegar and lemon
juice as local application to soften and
remove them.
THE use of the eyes in reading while
riding in cars or wagons has been well
compared to the effort Of person to
walk slack rope; the strain on the
muscles that assist liz vision being as
great during the jolting Of car, as
would be the strain upon the muscles OF
the limbs when trying to maintain ones
balance on n slack or even tight rope.
DIR. ]. V. QuMBY, Of Jersey City, has
demonstrated by three cases that it is
possible to chloroform person in sleep
without first awakening the sleeper. He,
therefore. concludes that, in the hands
of 4 skillful criminal, it might become
an effective instrument in the accom-
plishment of his nefarious designs.
PROFESSOR JAEGER, German physiol-
ogist, advises the wearing of undercloth-
ing made from sleeps wool He under
takes to show that in our organism there
are certain gaseous, volatile substances
which are continually being liberated in
the acts of breathing and perspiring,
and that one kind arouses feelings Of
pleasure, and the other sensations Of
dislike. Wool he says attracts the sub
stance of pleasure, while clothing made
of plant fiber favors the accumulation OF
the offensive substances Of dislike.
THE British Medical Journal asserts
that the local effect Of tobacco on the
mucous membrane of the nose, throat,
and ears is as predisposing to catarrhal
diseases as is inefficient and insufficient
clothing in the case Of women-the fact
being that such effect on the mucous
membrane Of the superior portion OF the
respiratory tract causes more perma-
nent relaxation and congestion than any
other known agent. Therefore, as to-
bacco depresses the system while it is
producing its pleasurable sensation, and
as it prepares the mucous membrane to
, take on catarrhal Inflammation from even
| slight exposure to cold, the Journal
{ thinks it should require no further evi.
, dence to show that its use ought to be
, discontinued by every catarrhal patient
= The Royal College of Physicians
(Eugand) has resoluted" to the effec
that its members may hold any theory
they choose in regard to the action O
3 remedies, and practice as they prefer, il
they will only refrain from using any
special designation or class name, such
as homeopathstor electrician. The Ned
! ical Record New York; regards this q,
| direct invitation to all dissenters Il
drop their special designations and ioil
4 the Royal College.
A CoRoNER's jury in Philadelphia al
. tributes the cause Of death Of Fred
Miller to imagination and fear. He ha
p been bitten by small dog, and thoug
!, presenting nosymptoms of hydrophobis
. he died of fear in tho belief that he ha
that much dreaded disease. This is th
r. first case we remember to have seen {
i such n verdict, but don't doubt that
>. similar verdict ought to have been rel
dered in many cases which have bee
= certified as true hydrophobia.