Daily Republican., 1885-08-20
QUIET OBSERVATIONS,

QUIET OBDERvATIONS,
This Ia bad weather for the babies,
remarked doctor last evening, as he
sat at his desk transferring the cal is on
his slate to a visiting card, very bad
for the babies"
Are there many OF them sick ?"
asked lady who was waiting to get
| something tor her sick boy.
"Not so many, but they are getting
sick very fast. See that list of names?"
saiu the doctor, exhibiting the card.
I" They have all come In since / went
out less tnan two hours ago, and know
they are all, with probably single ex.
ception, children.
"Do you think it Is the weather that
makes them SICK" queried the lady
alt is and it is noJ," replied the doc
tor. You may think that strange
sort Of answer, but it is ss near right as
| know how to giveit."
cit is 30 queer that know just as
much now as did BEFORE" exclaimed
the lady, scarcely knowing whether the
doctor was poking iun at her or giving
an evasive answer.
cit is queer, but it is right" the
doctor went on to say, as he filled up
the little bottles In his pocket case. III
lis queer that 1t should be two sided
and right because that is the way o.
it,"
"I don't understand how it can b,
the fault of the weather, and at the sam'
time not be the fault Of it," said th'
lady, quizxically. ;.
"it 10 the fault Of the weather IL
this: The heat debi!itates the htti
ones and weakens their digestion. In
parents, or those who have charge 9
them, allow them to eat the same 1000
lin the same quantities rs when the
were strong and vigorous. In tnls Tn
! | weather Is not at fault"
Il "Rut IL the weather WAS not 80 ho
their digestion would not get out @
!fx." observed the lady, evidently bt
llisyinR she had the doctor in hole.
"And II their parents would Q,
ercise little COM mon, every day hors
sense, the weather wouldn't effect thei
digestion, and they would pass throug
1.-THE heated term with nothing wors
than the loss of few pounds OF hes
land q slight reduction of vitality,
replied the doctor in very positiV
tone.
6 al Do YOU mean to say that 1t is
much the fault of parents as or tn
weather that their children are gettip
sick and dying !" exclaimed the lad
with an air Of horror.
, Exactly" replied the doctor.
all my experience, and have had n
share in the treatment of children,
have seen bot few instances whe
id summer complaints were not traceao
:. directly to the food and habits of Il
patiepts. There are cases, OF cours
III where . delicate child will euccumb
or the heat inst as weakly grown perso
ii do. but as q rule only those are attac
"A ed that are allowed TO eat II
w proper food and indulge in improp
habits"
Rut know children on our strt
sE that Just eat any and everything, r
out in the hot sun, paddle In the m
:, and water, are always hungry and
~ WAYS dirty, and still they don't
81 sick" observed the lady, evidently
20 sirous OF clearing herseii of the sus
" cion Of negligence.
"True enough" replied the Doct
they happen to have the strength
endure such treatment. You will sec
II dozen men working on the street, wi
w ali of q sudden one OF them will be pI
trated, possibly fatally stricken by
heat, while the others work right alt
for and experience but little inconvenien
INQUIRE into the mans habits, and
no almost every instance you will find {
on his stomach was out of fix. or that he
the in the habit of using stimulants OF 30
ed. kind" .
stronger ."
mot q bit of 1t. They excite
IT., nervous system for q time and mi
one feel stronger, but they contain
food elements, or at least in such sn
amount that they add nothing at a.
the supply OF vital energy: All u
do is to hasten their expenditure, ie
ing person in worse condition u
before taking them"
"But children do not drink 81
things."
's. know that" continued the [
on tor, "but they eat things they can
/. W digest, and the result is fermentai
age in the stomach, which produces net
ood the same result. The first effort
NC fermentation in the stomach Is
ker of stimulation, as the fermenta
Y 10, does not differ greatly from thai
: a :. mash, from which fermented dri
Of are made. The next effect Is sim
. .J,,t 10 bDO boCOhN0ky Ohooo ~ coSA -
,om- stupor. In this state the acid for
cam tion passes into the bowels, produt
c'ns irritation, which Is followed by II
q" lence or generation Of gas, and sec
by watezy secretion similar to tina
a m the nose or throat when the mi
ared membrane is irFitated by an acid |
u W stance. Then more or less of this
ored mented liquor passes into the circ
den, ton BY absorption from the stom,
which affects the nervous system
lyia, n,nr vital organs, and eventually ca
sub. DEATH"
nos "Bow is all this to be prevente
use; use iuterru pied the lady.
'ohu "That's easy" continued the Dot
". "Giye the child plain, we'll COG
. food, and gat not too much of 1t,
. sd vet not too little. II they have t
90 p. give them beef and mutton in PR
l%sina % ence to pie and sponge cake, toast
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