Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-05-31

Set-SalL as remedy Tor SCrOtula or mall
nutrition, has employed it in the prepar-
alton of bread for the use of patients in
the hospital at Valencia, Spain, and
claims good results from it's use. If sea-
water is really good internal remedy,
those who indulge in surf-baths needn't
make fuss about few extra gulps
forced down their Threats by the serfs of
Neptune. Foote's Health Month
ly.
SKIM MILK FOR THE KIDNEYS.
Mr.. Robert Schenck, formerly Ameri-
can Minister to England, has been cured
of Bright's disease by sole diet of skim
milk. CT tackled the skim milk" he
said, ''stuck to it, and here am almost
new man." Surgeon-General Barnes
having heard that an old Virginia doctor
had been very successful in the treatment
of typhoid fever, which prevailed in the
army few years ago, asked him his Sc
cret. 'Buttermilk," said the doctor.
Sect their stomach and bowels in good
order and fill them up with buttermilk :"
Barnes adopted the treatment with great
success.
NERVOUS TWTTCHING.
Americans are nervous people, and
with this fact recognized, they should
watch their children with peculiar care,
especially during their school-days DR..
S. Weir Mitchell, in work on nervous
diseases, refers to an affection common
to children and not uncommon in adults,
to which he has given the name Habit
Chorea." It consists of a frequent
spasmodic action of some muscle of the
face or body which causes a twitching of
the eyelid, drawing of themouth one way
or another, twisting of the head, eleva-
ton of one shoulder, etc., etc. There
is a large variety of such movements
which tend to make the subject an OBJ
ject of curiosity and of laughter. 1t is
well called a chorea habit, because it is
something OF the nature of st. Vitus'
dance (chorea), and occurs generally in
nervous organizations, and when because
of general ill-health the nervous system
becomes debilitated and proportionately
irritable. In the Medical and Surgical
Reporter physician relates his ex-
perience with few such cases, and con-
cludes that in many of them the fault
may be overcome merely by calling upon
the individual to exercise his will-power
to prevent the movements. In this the
friends and relatives can be of service in
frequently reminding him to be on his
guard and control himself. The longer
the habit is permitted to go on the more
difficulty there will be in overcoming it,
especially in children. When it is evil
dent that the movements can be con-
trolled by the exercise of the will, it is
important to urge them to check them
selves early, and if there is any reason
to believe that the general health is i'm
paired this should also receive due at
tention.-FOote'S Health Monthly.
THE SWING AS CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.
A venerable physician writing on this
subject, says: 81 wish to say few
words to whom it may concern on the
use OF the swing, one of the gymnastic
exercises as a preventive and cure of pull
monary disease. / mean the suspending
of the body by the hands by means of a
strong rope or chain fastened to beam
at one end and at the other a stick three
| feet long, convenient to grasp with the
| hands. The rope should be fastened to
| the center of the stick and should hang
| six or eight inches above the head. Let a
person grasp this stick with the hands two
or threefeet apart and swing very moder-
ately at first, perhaps only bear the weight,
if very weak and gradually increase as the
muscles gain strength from the exercise
until it may be freely used from three to
five times daily. The connection of the
arms with the body with the exception of
| the clavlcle with the sternum or breast
bone) ,beiLg muscular attachmentto the
ribs, the effect of the exercised is to elevate
the ribs and enlarge the chest, and, as ma
ure..allows no vacuum, the lungs expand
to fill the cavity, increasing thevolume of
air the natural purifier of the blood
and preventing congestion or the deposit
of tuberculous matter. [ have prescribed
the above for all cases of hemorrhage of
| the lungs and threatened consumption
for 35 years and have been able to in
crease themeasure of the chestfrom two to
! four inches within few months and always
with good result. But especially as a
preventative [ would recommend this ex-
ercise. Let those who love life cultivate
well-formed, capacious chest. The
student, the merchant, the sedentary, the
young of both sexes, age, all should have
| aswing upon which to stretch themselves
daily and L am morally certain that if this
were to be practiced by the rising gener-
alton in a dress allowing free and full
| development of the body, thousands, yea
tens of thousands, would be saved from
the ravages of that opprobium medi-
corum, consumption.