The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-08
Health Hints.
How to Preserve and Restore
HEALTH.

How to Preserve and Restore
Health.
Physicians say that ginger ale is a
poor substitute for water, because the
capsicum it contains irritates the lining
of the stomach and produces dangerous
inflammation.
A Blow AT SODA DRINKING.-A
serious blow has been struck at the soda
water fountain in an eastern city. A
public analyst has examined samples of
water from a zenfountains, and found
that all but one contained lead and cop
per-some in dangerous quantities. 1t
has all along been suspected that danger
lurked in the foaming cup of sweetened
wind which has been the delight of the
maiden and the hane of her impecunious
young man, and nov that it has been
auth~oritatively demonstrated that the
wildly exhilarating beverage is but
mineral poison, disguised by syrup and
chemically prepared ''havoring," the
impecunious young person aforemen-
toned will Immediately add the fz
drink to the list of potables which must
not be touched, tasted, handled o
purchased.
OYSTERS AS Fo0D.-Dr. j. II. Ham
naiord, in the Golden Rule, thus COM
bats the prevailing notion that oysters
are peculiarly nutritious and easy OF
digestion. "That is strange idea so
prevalent in some communities, that
oy ,ters are highly nutritious and easy OF
digestion. 1t is truethat the raw oyster
digests in about the same time al cooked
beef, while stewing adds twenty per
cent. to the required time, for the reason
that they are rather rich in albumen,
like eggs, always rendered more indiges-
tible by thorough cooking. In the mat
ter of muscle food, oysters fall below
all of the fish and meats, or equal that
of pork, having about one-half of that
of herring, halibut and trout, just me-
half of chicken, one-sixth of cheese, less
than one-fourth of southern corn, not
one-half of that of beans and peas, being
far inferior to beet. Still they have
long been popular, from the fact that
some noted physician, who had studied
his taste more than his subject, once
decided in their favor, ~supposing that
all might he as fond of them, and that
fondness is about the SAFE as whole
someness. AS these, with all fish, be-
come early putrescent in hot weather,
they must be Objectionable after having
been out of the water for any consider
able time"
Foul AIR IN HoUsEs-lf the air
of a room smells sweet there is apt to
be no consideration of the danger which
may still Turk in the atmosphere In
gases and organic impurities whose
natural odors are subdued by something
stronger. When foul gases cannot be
detected by the nose, defective drains
win not be repaired, much less exam
ined for hidden defects. The only safe.
ty from sewer gas Is to bar it out of the
house and when this can be 50 easily
and 80 positively done, it is fairly GRIM
inal that it should not be done. As to
foul air, there need be none in a house
except such as comes from the breath,
and caused by the excretions of the skin
this may be, also, easily and quickly re-
moved by a simple ventilation through
] a CRATE or stove. There need be no re
fuse within the four walls of a house,
nor, indeed, hear it, without the walls,
If people would respect the plain re.
quirements of decency. Asto ''fungou'
germs"-whatever they may be-dry
walls, dry foundations and rooms viii
prevent their growth. AS to diffusins
"disinfecting agents." disinfection il
the Ems of destroying the germs o.
disease means the destruction of human
as well as germ life. No vapor will
destroy the germs, OF poison, of small
pox, scarlet fever d~iphtheria, which
may be transported by W gas, tina
will not also destroy the person VIII
breathes it.-Chica9o Sanitary NeUs.