The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27
HEALTH INTELLIGENCE.
rFrom Or. Foote,. Health Mon.hly.l

l<A W
CHEyAssE has stated these four essen
tials to a baby'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 wa
really the means of curing q chronic
rheumatic tendency.
TIE Governor of Georgia has sane
toned a law regulating the practice of
medicine, and vetoed q bill legalizinR
! the dissection of dead bodies. Evidently
he desires that the inhabitants of his
State should get their medical education
and experience elsewhere.
DR. UNNA, of Hamburg, says that the
pigmentary matter which occasionally
blocks up the pores of the face, produc-
ing black points or "hesh 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
riding IN cars or wagons has been well
compared to the effort of a person to
walk a slack rope; the strain on the
muscles that assist IL vision being as
great during the iolting of a car, as
would be the strain upon the muscles of
the limbs when trying to maintain ones
balance on a slack or even q tight rope.
DR.. J. Y. QurMBY, of Jersey City, has
demonstrated bysthree cases that it is
Innsaihlat6 chloroform a person in sleep
without first awakening the sleeper. He,
therefore, concludes that, in the hands
of a skillful criminal, it might become
an effective instrument in the accom-
plishment of his nefarious designs.
PROFESSOR JAEGER, O 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,
and that one kind arouses feelings o.
pleasure, and the other sensations o.
dislike. Wool he says attracts the sub
stance of pleasure, while clothing made
of plant fiber favors the accumulation O
the offensive substances of dislike.
THE British Medical Journal assert,
that the local effect of tobacco on th,
mucous membrane of the nose, throat
and ears is as predisposing to catarrha
diseases as is inefficient and insuficien
clothing in the case of women-the fac
being that such effect on the mucou
membrane of the superior portion Of IL
respiratory tract causes q more perma
nent relaxation and congestion than an
other known agent. Therefore, as tc
bacco depresses the system while it j
!, producing its pleasurable sensation, an
as it prepares the mucous membrane t
!, take on catarrhal inflammation from eve
/ slight exposure to cold, the Jurno
: thinks it should require no further ev
dence to show that its use ought to b
discontinued by every catarrhal patienr
THE Royal College of Physician
(England) has "resoluted" to the effet
/ that its members may hold any theor
1 they choose in regard to the action
: remedies, and practice as they prefer,
4 they will only refrain from using an
! special designation or class NAME, sue
7 as homeopathistor electrician. The NE,
? fcdt Record New York; regards this
a direct invitation to all d~issenters
: drop their special designations and jo
: the Royal College.
9 A CoRoNER's jury in Philadelphia q
: tributes the cause of death of Ere
Miller to imagination and fear. he hs
been bitten by a small dog, and thong
presenting nosymptoms of ~hydrophobi
4 he died of fear in the belief that he hs
' that much dreaded disease. This is Il
first case we remember to have seen
{ such a verdict, but don't doubt that
n similar verdict ought to have been re
dered in many cases which have be-
certified as true hydrophobia.