Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-11
THE HOME DOCTOR.
HOW TO TELL DIPHTHERIA.

ana alUend WnaJ the messenger stated
was bad case of diphtheria. land
you went?" "Had to. When I ar
rived [ found ten-year- old girl crying
with sore throat. [ looked into it,
asked the girl few questions, and found
that she had done a big washing that
day. Had little cold-nothing else. "
/" How can you tell the difference ?"
"I'1 give you rule by which you can
always determine, was the response.
" If the throat is red and swollen, no
fear of diphtheria; but if it looks as
though some one had thrown handful
of ashes into the throat-a dull gray
color-look out. It's diphtheria's danger
signal. "-LincOL11 (Neb.) Journal.
TOO MUCH MEAT.
A correspondent of the Springfield
Republican writes that formerly every
spring he suffered from ''spring fever
Ill the form of biiousness-dull appe-
tite, heavy eyes, unrefreshing sleep. A
doctor forbade him eating meat. He
said it was impossible. He couldn't
forego it. "Try the experiment, said
the doctor. "For ten days eat no beef,
mutton, pork or veal Eat vegetables
and farinaceous food, soft-boiled eggs,
fish or milk; little poultry will not
hurt you, or a bit of bacon. In few
days you will find yourself another
man." He was we'll IN less than a week.
He was like clogged-up fire when the
cinders are raked out and the draft
turned on. His head grew clear, nerves
steady, courage came back, was ready
to smile at Satan's rage and face frown-
ing world. The cure was permanent.
He renounced meat for breakfast, and
Ii ever q touch Of bllIousnees REQUIRED
abstinence at dinner tor two or three
days put an end to 1t. The great Amer
lean SIN is meat-eating, he thinks.
ABOUT BATHS.
DR.. Sargent, medical director of the
Christian Union Gymnasium, Boston,
astonished lecture audience by the as
sertion thar there can be abuse III bath
ing. Our cities are tull, he said, OF
thOughtless persons who pride them
selves upon being superior creatures be-
cause they indulge III the luxury of
full bath daily; with frequent Turkish
or Russian ablutiOn as an exTra-a kind
of bath which the doctor thinks should
be taken only under advice for disease.
He explains that free perspiration and
the wearing of heavy hannels promote
the functions of the skin. so that only
an amount of bathing essential to clean
illness Is needed to maintain health.
Warm baths are the substitutes which
luxury has devised to do the work of ex-
ercise and make up for the deficiencies
of artificial life. Twice g week is often
enough to take them, as their too fire.
quent use is facilitating. The tonic
effect of a cool sponge bath In the morn
ing would not willingly be given up by
those who know the delightful after
glow and the protection which the habit
affords against colds; but here again a
discriminating science, backing common
sense, steps up and says, mo cold
baths unless they are agreeable and you
are, In point of health and vigor, fully
up to it. The intelligent person who
learns to " know his frame and to OBJ
serve the effect of diet, bath and exercise
can usually order his life better than
anybody can direct it for him.
TEETH INJURED BY TOBACCO.
was taught that the use of tobacco
IN any form was not injurious to the
teeth, and III all the literature of the
profession | have found nothing allud-
ing to what I desire to present to the
profession-namely, the evil effects upon
the teeth caused by the constant use of
tobacco. My attention was first drawn
to this evil one year ago this month,
when [ was filling the teeth of patient
who has for years been in the habit of
smoking and chewing a great deal of to-
bacco. The injurious effects are not
very noticeable until the person has
been using the weed for about fifteen
years, but the use OF the pipe to excess
will show It's Injurious effects in less
time. Tobacco chewing is the most in
furious, as the tobacco acts as an irritant
IN two ways, mechanically and by it's
properties -mechanically by particles of
the tobacco being forced between the
gums and the teeth. We have proofs of
the irritable effects of tobacco in snuff.
The direct effect of using tobacco is the
recession of the gums OF all the teeth,
but more especially those on the side of
the mouth used most IN chewing the to-
bacco. The sequel to this recession may
cause the loss OF one or more teeth, by
diseased condition of the pulp, result
ing from its being irritated by having
the neck of the tooth and the root ex-
posed to thermal changes ia food and in
the air we breathe. Exostosis and calci-
fication may result. Tobacco chewers'
teeth wear away on the grinding surface
rapidly, caused by the gritty substances
naturally entering into the tobacco. The
gums recede and are red and .congested,
and underneath the gum a narrow line
of dark tartar is nearly always present.
and particles may be found still further
toward the apex of the tooth.