The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-05-19
HEALTH INTELLIGENCE.
prom DR.. Foots,. Health Mon.hly.l

lFron DR.. Foote'S Health Honthly.l
NEVER wash raisins that are to be used
in sweet dishes. It will make the pud-
ding heavy.
A CASE Is related of delirium nemens
of a peculiar character caused by the
excessive use of tobacco.
CRY people who fly to the farm-h ouses
for summer rest and recreation should
drink plenty of buttermilk.
THERE is a greenness in onions and
potatoes that renders them hard to
digest For hea1th's sake put them in
warm water for an hour before cooking.
TWENTY-FIVE women physicians OF
Russia who took part In the military
operations of 1877 have been decorated
! with royal Is5nors. The IsambeF of fe-
male medical students In Russia is said
to be rapidly increasing.
News from afar reports that German
chemist residing in Russia has discovered
a method of solidifying petroleum so
that it may be more conveniently trans
ported and afterwards hquefied for use.
DIR. M. LowEN, of Paris, has been ex.
perimenting with coffee and sugar to
determine their effect upon digestion.
He concludes that coffee impairs aud
sugar fsvors digestion. Therefore if you
must drink coffee, sweeten ii literally.
A SATURATED solution of bicarbonate
of soda is recommended as a local APP
plication for burns. A cloth can be laid
over the burned part after being soaked
with it, and if wetted often enough to
keep it moist the pain will soon cease.
In NORWAY, where fish is prepared
with much ingenuity in many ways,
they make flour of the flesh of the fish
ground to powder 1t is used instead of
rice and potatoes, and the biscuits made
from it are saiG to be extremely
nutritious.
A PHYSICIAN who has been practicmg
pulmonary gymnastics by systemati-
cally inhaling deep breaths and forcibly
distending the lungs, has increased his
chest measure from 81 to 46 inches He
cautions others against doing this in
raw" cold air. The temperature
should be above Coz
CHEMISTS have long been searching
for quinine or an equivalent substitute
from some other than the usual source
bark. The nearest approach to this is
the discovery of chinoline, which has
powerful antiseptic properties, and has
already been proved TO have good
effect In cases where quinine is indicated.
AN English prisoner who had been
bitten by a ca: tried to simulate
hydrophobia and obtain an opportunity
to escape. He crawled on the floor,
barked like dog and became furious
when approached; but the physicians of
the hospital to which he was taken could
not be duped by these tricks and
frightened him into confessing his folly
by talking of testing him with a large
electric battery.
WoSfEN's PITFALLS ARE ALLUREMEETs
THEY MIGHT DETECT. remove loath-
some matter from pores of the face only
requires pure water and exemption from
skin powders. 1t is an error to consider
-four and magnesia harmless. They fill
the pores, prevent perspiration, make
seeming hesh-worms, and in large degree
have the effect of worse paints To
pursue powders and dissolve clogging
matter with acids is deathly process.
Health and beauty cannot be preserved
or gained under it, or under either alone;
and Dr. Unna should have been woman,s
friend, and so stated when recommend
ing the acids. Apparently every device
initiating against woman's health, which
is her beauty, has been In vogue; and
still titles that ask for credence throw
out snares preventing her thinking and
acting reasonably. She seems to feed
on loving words and pictures, and breathe
chloroform, not air, into her diminished
lungs. Could she arouse to the disposal
of disabilities in her control she would
soon gain denied liberties and aid man
in freeing himself and the world.-M.
f. TiHOtson.