Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-02
THE FAMILY DuCTUEs..

FooD AND D1sEAsE.-[t may be vel
to recollect that it is not the quality 81
much as the quantity of food which
lays the foundation every year of III
Vulnerable diseases and death. Let i.
be remembered. also, that zen need {
variety Of food; living on Que or i've
kinds for length Of time VII always
undermine healthy constitution. Mil
only has all the elements Of life: anC
any other one kind of aliment, used in
definitely as to time, will as certainly
deteriorate the constitution, bodily and
mentally. The popular notion that one
or two kinds of food at a meal is most
wholesome, is wholly untrue. On the
contrary, several kinds at meal. other
things beingequal, are more conducive
to our well-being. Quantity and not
quality is the measure Of health
Halls journal of Health.
SMALL-Pox.-We again call the atten-
ton of our readers to the importance OF
earl vaccination, in order that thew nav
thereby secure the measurable protec.
ton it gives against smallpox, and be-
cause the degree of protection it gives
may now be had without the danger OF
being inoculated with some terrible dis.
ease that bas always attended the use OF
humanized vaccine. The thirty estab-
llshments in the United States where
vaccine is taken direct from thoroughly
healthy calves or young cattle afford on
abundant supply, stored on ivory points,
and obtainable by all druggists and ply.
slclans, at a very moderate cost. The
fact OF having been vaccinated years
since does not afford proof of continued
safety, and, while successful vaccination
IS not an infallible safeguard against
smallpox, it renders its fatal termina-
ton, If contracted, highly improbable.
Vaccination should be avoided when the
system is suffering from manifestations
OF tendency to erysipelas Or infamma-
ton of any kind. AS rule, children
while teething shou]dno be vaccinated.
We also again remind our readers of the
fact that pinch of powdered sulphur
put in the foot of each stocking when
ever they are changed is, to very con-
siderable extent. absorbed by the sys-
TEN, and it is most effective preventive
against the contraction of very nearly
all contagious diseases. Sulphur puri-
fed by precipitation (precipitated lac
sulphur is the best.-Aqnericon iSent3.u.
BURNS AND SCALDs- IMPORTANT REM
EDY.-Four years since this paper rec.
commended the use of bicarbonate oil
soda, that is the common cooking soda,
for most kinds of burns. Since then
frequent experiments and observations,
the opinions Of physicians and the best
medical journals have more than con.
firmed all we then said. As burns an6
scalds are always liable to occur, and as
this remedy, though simple, has proved
to be extraordinarily useful, it should
be fixed in the mind of every one. The
soda, and the carbonic acid so readily
set at liberty from it, have an@sthetic
antiseptic and disinfecting properties
all highly beneficial for burns. Fol
slight burns cover all the injured parts
with a layer of powdered soda. Fol
deeper burns, but where the skin is MOI
broken, dip linen rags in solution
made by dissolving about one-third O
an ounce OF the soda in pint of water
lay the rags on and keep them mois
with the solution. For very severe
burns, followed by suppuration forma
ton OF pus), apply the rags in the same
way, keeping them moist but frequent
~ exchange them when dry for fresl
ones, and carefully wash off with thu
soda solution any matter that has accu
mulated underneath, SO that it may no
be absorbed into and poison the blood
Leading European medical journals give
numerous instances in which, by the
above treatment, extensive burns of s
very severe character have healed speed
Iy, leaving little scar.-Anaerican Ag
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