The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-30
standstlll, and the power in the legsis never
entirely regained.

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entirely regained-
CAUSE OF COLDS.
A fact which many people do not recog-
/ nize is that colds IN the head, throat. chest
! ETC. are N st often caused by al!O wing the
/ feet to become damp aud cold. Besides this,
Z congestion OF important organs within the
! chest and abdomen is often induced By the
same cause.
Every one must know that when suffering
from congestive troubles foot-bath Of bot
water usually relieves them greatly. From
this the natuf al inference would be that 10
keep the feet and legs comfortably warm is
ore OF the first essentials, not only in the
prevention of colds and attendant troubles,
but also 60 good healthy circulation.
So the feet and legs from this out and
until next summer should be well clothed.
Only by wearing thick " olen uDderhan-
nels, wooden stockings and heavy shoes with
thick soles can proper regard for health be
shown.
That this rule should DO followed by
adults, no one will attempt TO deny; in the
case of children its observance is even more
urgently demanded. And yet often they are
neglected, and allowed TO sit down at home
feet, risking health and life.
Teachers. as well as parents, should look
to this fault more closely than they gener-
ally do. II cnild reaches school with
damp stockings it should be Sc home at
ones TO be properly warmed and cared for.
This is going a little further than the most
If teachers will care to go, but they are
gravely at fault when they shiTk the re-
spo siDility.
Children of the poor and needy are sell
dom properly clad, in which event they
should be pt at home in cold and rainy
weather. And if thoughtless or cruel
parents force them to school without cloth
ifg suitable aud sufficient TO bear the expos
urs then the teacher should have sense
AID feeling enough TO send them home
again.
The value OF a good education cannot be
overestima ed, but health is OF infinitely
6 eater Importance; they who send call
Dire after the for ner at the risk OF the lat
ter assume grave responsibility, If they
are not guilty Of a crime.
ABDOMINAL DRoPsY.
In cases of abdominal dropsy, extensive
enough to great y interfere with the breath
ing, tapping is usually resorted to. In but
few cases, however, is one operation suffi-
Gent, and in the most of them it is neces-
sary TO perform it several times, at inter.
walls of a week or two.
Some physicians are making q practice of
tapping and iatr oducing drainage tube,
which they leave in place for several weeks,
or as long as it is needed. This treatment
appears to have proved eminensly salts
factory. There are, doubtless, cases of
dropsy which have resulted fatally, which
might have beeI practically cured had tap
ping been resorted to, and the continuous
evacuation of the forming fluid been kept
up, a by this treatment. A person with
abdominal dropSy is mentally greatly de-
pressed, and almost always fears the worst
And the fluid itself, mechanically, has
a very disturbing effect
If hope is inspired and comfort afforded
by this treatment not little will have been
done e. favor cure. OF course there ara
many cases of abdominal dropsy in which
cure is absolutely out of the que stion.
But. as said, it seems as though some die for
whom there ought to he n GU Q.
TO PREVENT ACUTE RHEUMATISM.
The opinion of a noted German physician
on the prevention of acute rheumatism must
be of interest to those suffer from the
distressing disease. He states his belief
that. to prevent occurrences of it, it is fire.
qnently necessary for the patient to change
his residence.
1t has been observed that acute rheuma-
tism Is especially likely to occur in certain
hou es or groups of houses, a fact which
helps sustain the theory that the disease is
caused by some specific poison.