The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-01
Health Hints,
How to preserve and Restore the
Health.

How to preserve and Restore the
Health.
A Portuguese doctor asserts that he
has cured seven cases of hydrophobia
by rubbing garlic into the wound, and
giving the patient decoction of garlic
to drink for several days.
1t is only ten years since cholera was
epidemic in the United States. In
1843 it was very general throughout the
Mississippi valley, there being over Z, 900
cases in nearly three hundred localities,
and less than half recovered. The New
York Tines says: Doubtless there is no
sufficient cause for any present alarm.
And yet it cannot be questioned that
the ways of cholera are even more
mysterious than those of yellow fever.
The poison is easily concealed and is
most portable, and there is no certain
limit Of time to its vitality, SO that in
these days Of easy travel and immigra-
tion no locality is entirely secure
against attack. Thus, in 1873, three
distinct centres of the disease were
established at 80 remote points rs towns
in Ohio, Minnesota and Dakota from
poison brought by immigrants from
Holland, Sweden and Russia. The
ships were perfectly healthy, and 80
were the people, until their goods were
unpacked in the heart of this country,
in the cool north and remote west,
Then the disease broke out in most
virulent form. The inference is that
not merchandise but luggage needs the
most careful attention. Cholera is
neither infectious, nor contagious, nor,
in this country, the result of local con.
ditions as, for instance, yellow fever
may be. The only way in which it is
expected to reach the United States is
by the importation of its peculiar
poison contained in the elections of
sick person and carried in clothing, etc.
When the packages are opened the
dried particles which may have sur
vived during heat, cod, moisture and
lapse of time, may be breathed or
swallowed. Is can thus be seen what a
problem quarantine against cholera is.
Hot AND COLD DRINKs.--A CORES
pondent of Kro,g edge calls attention to
some of the disadvantages Of hot drinks,
Cold drinks, he says, are natural to man,
though most people nowadays are 30
used to hot drinks, that they do not
feel satisfaction-really stimulation
unless they have them. Hot drinks are
injurious to the tongue, for they deaden
its sensation, and, after taking hot soup
or drink, the tongue becomes quite
numb and unable to taste the finer
flavors of dish. The teeth are greatly
INJURED by them, and many dentists say
carries decay is due to them alone.
They crack the enamel and thus allow
carries to set in. When carries has once
set in hot drinks are common cause of
neuralgia. Hot drinks are especially
hurtful to the stomach. They cause
| irritation of the nerves of the stomach
and consequent mild Inflammation of
that organ, so that after hot drink the
stomach is red and congested in time
a debilitated condition is set up. A
temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit
also destroys the active ferment of gas
tric juice-pepsin-and so leads to indi-
gestion. If the stomach is at all dis
ordered, hot drinks give rise to much
gripping pain, and in many cases to
vomiting. In cases of diarrhea, too,
hot drinks only increase it, while cold
ones tend to lessen it. Thirst is not
common in winter, unless sugary or hot
spiced foods have been taken. In cold
weather the az contains more moisture
than in hot, and in cold weather there
is less perspiration. Hot drinks in
crease the vo'rme of heat in the body
and, if that is not required, 1t is quickly
got rid of by the skin. Water is the
best thirst quencher, but if simple food
be taken the need of drinks will bt
small. Many vegetarians drink moth.
ing from month to month, the only
fluid they get being the juices of tn,
fruits which they eat. But pleasant
drinks, like tea, coffee, etc., may b,
taken lukewarm for a long time witt
| LITTLE annarant damape The least in
furious is cocoa, made with plenty o
milk and allowed to stand until nearl,
cool. A good teSt is to apply the littl
finger to the drink, and if it be not to-
hot, then it may be safely taken.