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

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FooD AND DISEASE. 1t may be vel
to recollect that it is not the quality Sc
much as the quantity of food which
lays the foundation every year of IL.
Vulnerable diseases and death. Let i.
be remembered. also, that 1oen need /;
variety of food; living on one or twt
kinds for length Of time VII alway.
undermine healthy constitution. Mill
only has all the elements Of life; ano
any other one kind of aliment, used in
definitely as to time, will as certainly
deteriorate the constitution, bodily end
mentally. The popular notion that one
or two kinds of food at meal is most
wholesome, is wholly untrue. On the
contrary, several kinds at meal, other
things beingsequal, are more conducive
to our well-being. Quantity and no,
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
early vaccination, in order that they NAV
thereby secure the measurable protec.
tion. it gives against small pox, 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-
lishments 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 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.
VaccinDfion should be avoided when the
system is suffering from manifestations
OF tendency to erysipelas Or infamma.
ton of any kind. As a rule, children
while teething shou]d not 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. Sentry
BURNS AND ScALDs- IMPORTANT REM
EDY.-Four years since this paper rec
commended the use of bicarbonate O
soda, that is the common cooking soda,
for most kinds of burns. Since ther
frequent experiments and observations
the opinions of physicians and the bes
medical journals have more than con
firmed all we then said. As burns anl
scalds are always liable to occur, and a,
this remedy, though simple, has proved
to be extraordinarily useful, it SHOULD
be fixed in the mind of every one. TIL,
soda, and the carbonic acid so readil,
set at liberty from it, have anmsthetic
antiseptic and disinfecting properties
all highly beneficial for burns. Fo
slight burns cover all the injured part
with layer of powdered soda. Fo
deeper burns, but where the skin is no
broken, dip linen rags in a solutio,
made by dissolving about one-third o
an ounce of the soda in a pint of water
lay the rags on and keep them mois
with the solution. For very sever
burns, followed by suppuration (forma
ton Of pus), apply the rags in the sam
way, keeping them moist but frequent
" exchange them when dry for fresl
ones, and carefully wash off with tn
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 Civ
numerous instances in which, by th
above treatment, extensive burns of
very severe character have healed speed
ly, leaving little scar.-Anaerican A9
ricalturist.