Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-08-23
THE HOME DOCTOR.
TO PURIFY WATER.

To PURIFY WATER.
If you have an idea that the water YOU
drink is unheaIthful from the germs of
| disease 1t contains, boil it. That pro-
| cess will destroy all trace of insectorial
life. The filter will not do this. Boiled
water well cooled is the safest and best
drink III the world.-Orange COUNTY
Farmer.
WEAK EYES.
For weak eyes, get five cent cake of
elder flowers at the druggists, and steep
IN gill of water-it must be stepped in
bright tin or earthen ware-strain nice
ly and then drain in Iaudanum; bottle it
tight and keep in a cool place; then use
it as a wash. Follow this, and relief is
certain. If the eyes are painful or very
sore, make small, soft congresses, wet
with the mixture, and bind over the
eyes at night. It is simple but sure
remedy. If the eyes are badly infamed,
use it freely, and tea made of elder
flowers and drank will help cleanse the
blood. Pure rock salt water viii
strengthen the eyes if you battle them
in it daily.
TOUGHENING THE BODY.
A California exchange has the follow
ing, the source of which it does not
give, but the lesson is a suggestive one:
"a young man was an earnest advocate
of theory that the human body can ac-
commOdate itself to any temperature in
which it may be placed. One winter he
determined to harden himself by wear
ing no covering for the ears; they were
badly frozen on very cold day, and
were tender for several years after. He
grew wise and abandoned the hardening
process. A young woman heard an elo-
quent lecture on the Importance of fresh
air IN chambers at night The lecturer
said there was no danger from window
slightly opened; the body would soon
harden itself so as to resist the effect of
the exposure. She tried the experiment
one cold night and caught a severe cold,
which lasted the entire winter. She
lost faith in hardening against cold. A
young mother maintained that children
ought not to be brought up too ienderly.
Arms and legs ought to be hardened by
exposure IN earl y years, and not be made
tender by warm coverings in winter.
She lost her two oldest children by
Group and pneumonia, induced, as the
physician said, by insufficient clothing.
She gave up the attempt to harden the
others. The best way to harden the
body is to protect it well from extremes,
both of cold and heat, and build up a
strong constitution by good food, sleep
and exercise.
DANGEROUS HOT WEATHER DRINKS.
So far, then, as an ordinary "drink "
is concerned, there is no reason for sup
posing it to have any peculiar refrigerat-
ing effect, but on the contrary, it is apt
temporarily to augment the bodily heat,
and it certainly increases the amount Of
blood in the skin, which already con-
tains an unusual quantity. IF we ex-
tend our consideration of the subject to
the effect of larger or Intoxicating doses
Of alcohol, we meet at once with numer-
GUS reasons why they are particularly
injurious at this season Of the year. The
slight dilation of the capillaries of the
brain, to which we have alluded, rapidly
proceeds to condition of more or less
complete congestion, which involves the
motor or nerve centres, or those por-
tons of the brain which preside over
muscular movements, and we have the
inarticulate speech and the staggering
gait produced; it affects the higher por-
tiOns of the brain and reason is disturbed
or destroyed for the time being. These
congestive conditions of the brain are,
as is we'll known, favored by high tenn
peratures and can readily be pushed be-
yond the limits of safety. On it's way
through the liver alcohol exerts its local
stimulating effect on that organ, always
predisposed in hot weather to conges-
ton and Inflammation. Circulating in
the blood, alcohol acts in the same man
ner on the kidneys, already prone to ir-
ritation on account Of the concentrated
character of the urine secreted by them
at a time when so large a percentage of
the water of the system passes off by the
skin. Thus, in large doses, there is
even less reason for employing it as
beverage in hot weather. -Pbilodelphio
Ledger.