The Columbus journal., 1886-04-28
Health HintA


Milk contains all that is required By
the body. and tho proportion Of miner.
al matters, IL less irritating than other
foods and better digcsted-
Everyone should keep a bottle ready
Of equal parts of strong l;me-ws,cr and
sweet oil shaken together to uso on
burns and scalds. or for chappcd hands
Frozen oranges arc regarded as the
cause of some rcccnt sickness Mt Palatka,
Fla The Hcrn,I Of that place says tho
poison in the pool is driven into the
orange by tho frost.
An experienced vocalist has. It is said.
during fourteen years cured any number
of cases Of obstinate cough by prescrib-
ing the free use of oysters as . diet The
remedy is easily tried.
Distressing. palpitation. says the Medi-
cal World may gcncrallGch e rclioved.by
bending 3 kblc. tho ieadf down nd
hands (ging 50 ~ tj:sprodul .
eongesti Of the una iirt Of Ms
Curs 81 sciatita ,s5rcrorSi a. tav-
ing ta1Bn place in his af.d2a sftgle
apphD Qtion of DR.. n6bovc's mthq4s Of
freezAg the skin above the pa~inNAdfparts
with spray of chloride of mcthyl. The
opcratien is said 70 bo applicable also =
facial H9uIalgia.EN. +. Snp:
According to sGen. NORM. the emil
nent French EXPERT the pTopcr tempcfE
ture in well-ventilated pieces is IS fol-
lows: Nurseries, asylums and schoOHh
So degrees; workshops. barracks apf
prisons.59 degrees; hospitals 61tO g. De-
groes. In dwellings in this country &c
has been tho custom to Keep thSr tetbSf
perasprc at IS to 20 degrec<-Chieugo
Journal
Doctors say that women should be
cautious how they call to offer sympathy
to noighbors having sick children. Wo-
mems clothing offers inducements to
fugitive bacteria, and several instances
have boon recorded lately In which cOn-
tagious diseases arO known 70 have been
brought about by germs carried into the
household in the folds of4heavy woollsn
fabrics 30
In a study upon tho nature Of hypno-
tics. NJ. Dujardin Beaumetz concludes
that opium and its alkaloids do not pro-
duce a condition of sleep. They stupcfy
tho faculties and induce torpor. hut the
brain still remains in a condition oi
tonic excitement Choral will bring
about true sleep, but In large doses Il
has q dangerous action on the heart,
and its ingestion often gives rise to gas
tic disorders
The SaniIarian gives some sensible
advice about the teeth. 1t Gays: Tooth
brushes should always DO soft and rarc-
ly used moro than once daily. before
breakfast which is quito often enough
to remove the insoluble particles of food
which collect at the margin OF the teeth.
Use the soft brush with water only, or
at most, with nothing else but pure soap
in addition. Soap Is not only moro
cleansing than anything else. but it
leaves q sweeter and pleasanter taste.
and is never followed by injurious ef-
fcctS.
A writer In the Peoples Health Journal
tells of . debilitated patient who did
not do at all well on beet tea, but was
easily restored to health ON a dict Of
bean soup. The only remarkable thing
about this Is that the patient cvcr ex-
pocted to derive strength and nOurish-
ment from beef tea alone. Considering
that We have upwards of a hundred
thousand doctors. and that a very large
proportion of them arc fully agreed that |
beef tea Is almost valueless. except as a
1t is surprising that people
continue to look upon it as a food.
Pork Is good for nervous people, but
is not easily digested. Wild game is
Fish is good for nervous poo
pie. Eggs boiled just enough to harden
the white are easily digcsted. 1t is a
mistake about people eating too much.
The majority do not cat enough. Nerv-
Gus dyspepsia comes from working too
hard and not eating enough. When a
begins to suffer from overwork he |
ShUuid 0as PiOnty VI gOOd Dread anu |
butter. drink two quarts Of milk a day.
and eat plenty Of good meat. When
such q person resorts to a vegetable |
diet he grows weaker and loses his nerve
power.