The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-04-28
HEALTH INTELLIGENCE.
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from Dr.. Foote'S Health Monthly.I
CHEvAssE has stated these four essen
tails to a 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 a bald-headed man, tells
how he restored the growth of hair by
persistent use of crude kerosene. And
he has a suspicion that the use of it was
really the means of curing a chronic
rheumatic tendency.
THE Governor of Georgia has sane
J toned law regulating the practice of
medicine, and vetoed a 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, saws that the
pigmentary matter which occasionally
blocks up the pores of the face, produc-
ing black points or :" flesh worms, is
soluble in acids, and he therefore recon-
mends the free use of vinegar and lemon
juice as a local application to soften and
| remove them.
THE use of the eyes in reading while
compared to the effort of person to
walk a slack rope; the strain on the
muscles that assist II. 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 slack or even a tight rope.
DIR. J. Y. QUDBY, Of Jersey City, has
demonstrated by three eases that it is
| possible to chloroform person in sleep
| without first awakening the sleeper. He,
/ therefore, concludes that, IN the hands
| of a skillful criminal, 1t might become
an effective instrument in the accom-
/ plishment of his nefarious designs.
| PRoFEssoR JAEGER, a 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,
aud 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
j that the local effect of tobacco on the
/ mucous membrane of the nose, throat,
and ears is as predisposing to catarrhal
| diseases rs is inefficient and insufficient
clothing in the case of women-the fact
I being that such effect on the mucous
membrane of the superior portion of the
respiratory tract causes q more perma-
nent relaxation and congestion than any
| other known agent. Therefore, as to
bacco depresses the system while it is
ILL
! rs it prepares the mucous membrane e
take on catarrhal Inflammation from ever
slight exposure to cold, the JoltT7la
thinks it should require no further evi
dence to show that its use ought TO bC
discontinued by every catarrhal patient
TIE Royal College of Physician
England has "resoluted to the effec
that ITS members may hold any Theory
they choose in regard to the action o
remedies, and practice as they prefer, i
they viii only refrain from using am
special designation o. class name, sucl
as homeopathistor electrician. The Ned
zeal Record New York; regards this a
a direct invitation to all dissenters /,
drop their special designations and JON
the Royal College.
A CoRoSER's jury in Philadelphia at
tributes the cause Of death of Fred
Miller to imagination and fear. He haC
been bitten by small dog, and though
presenting nosymptoms OF hydrophobia
he died Of fear in the belief that he haC
that much dreaded disease. This is the
first case we remember 10 have seen o
such verdict, but don't doubt that
similar verdict ought to have been rem
dered in many cases which have beer
certified as true hydrophobia.