The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-27
HYGIENE FOR HOME.
A New Use in Medicine Discov-
cred for Analine.
HOW TO DEVELOP THE CHEST.
Danger I'm the Fan-The Sumner Belt
Explosive Celluloid Collars,
Cuffs and Shirts.


after series of careful experiments, dis
covered new use for analine, which is
nothing less than to destroy bacteria and
baciih in diseases and wounds. 1t has
long been known to medical practice that
bacteria and bacilii absorbed analine,
and that this absorption in time killed
them, but how to put this to practical
medical use was not discovered until
after the German scientists made their
observations. Taking some of the violet
anaiine dyes without arsenic they applied
1t In small doses to rabbits and guinea
pigs, making the treatments first on the
body, and then on sores of the eyes. In
both instances good results were obtained.
Then the human subject was operated
upon. A small solution of analine was
dropped daily on q skin ulcer of scrofu-
lous child, which had resisted all of the
ordinary medical treatments. The results
were so satisfactory that bad cases OF eye
diseases were treated in the same way,
and then innumerable bad surgical cases
were treated. Wounds and sores that
developed modification or suppuration
were treated with wonderful results, and
1t Will now be tried in cases of internal
inflammation, such as pleuritis and perl
tonitis.
ONE OF THE COAL TAR PRODUCTS.
Analine is one of the numerous products
of coal tar. and, though known TO chemists
since 1926, it is only recently that its real
value has been ascertained. 1t is highly
acid poison, and when applied to the skin
in large quantities it produces severe lrri-
tation and poisoning. 1t Is used with
arsenic in making nearly all OF the bril-
liant dyes, and for this reason many ordi-
Of dresses
stockings, hat bands and so on can be
traced directly back to this active agent.
Pure analine is only found in very small
quantities as a direct product of the dis
tillation of coal tar, and of late many OF
the coloring dyes are manufactured from
another basic body, termed rosanalin,
which is just as poisonous. Analine IS
thus an active poison in dyed material,
and in violet and other fancy-colored
inks. It is likewise used by paper STAIN
ers, photographers, and to some extent in
water colors 1t is also larg ely used as
coloring material in perfumery, fancy
soaps and cosmetics, besides many minor
applications. In all of these uses it be-
comes poison of the most agg ravating
nature when taken into the system either
through the pores of the skin or by the
lungs, and one cannot be too careful in us
ing the colored materials which have been
shaded by means of this principle. Its
hended when it is said that it will destroy
the bacteria and bacilli, which are the
most difficult of all living things to de-
stroy. 1t often requires one poison to kill
another poison in the system, and it is on
this principle that analine is beneficial in
cases of sores, wounds, ulcers, and similar
complaints.
LUNG AND CHEST DEvELoPMENT.
A new device for increasing the size and
strength of the lungs and chest has been
suggested by a London physician, which
may not be amiss to repeat here in Amer
lea, where so many weak, habby-chested
men and women are met. 1t consists of
small instrument, with belt or cord run
ming around the broadcast part of the chest,
and by its constant reminder one is forced
to take long breaths occasionally. A
small spring mechanism is placed in front
of the chest, which holds the belt tightly
around the body. When deep breath is
taken the expansion of the lungs and chest
uncoils the belt until the limit is reached.
Then with the following exhalation the
spring machine takes in the slack belt, and
winds it up snugly until the tightness
becomes uncomfortable. To relieve this
the person is induced to take another
long breath, which gives temporary COM
fort again while the spring Is taking in
the slack. By continually taking long
deep inhalations no discomfort is expert
enced, but so soon as the wearer relapses
into the old short, halt-breaths the tight
belt reminds him that he is not doing his
duty. 1t is on the principle of the shoul-
der braces. the idea being to force the
wearer to heed the warnings of nature, by
artificial means Naturally this proper
breathing soon develops and expands
chest and lungs.
DANGER IN THE FANS.
Did woman ever stop to think of the
direct result of her fan-waving when in a
heated condition? Attired in low neck,
evening dress, it may be, she seats herself
in some quiet nook after becoming thor
oughly heated up, and begins to fan herself
vigorously, or gets her escort to do the
work for her. In very short time she
begins to feel comfortable. and then cool,
and finally chilly. Still, from habit more
than anything else, she keeps the fan
going until she is positively cold, and
wonders where the draft comes from.
The next day she has cold, and cannot
account for it. A fan makes a current
of wind the same as an open door, and
when it is used vigorously must cause
such a sudden cooling down of the body
temperature that a chill is experienced.
The fan on hot days is an indispensable
article, but there is danger in its extreme
use. A little tanning when hot may pro-
duce good. pleasant results, but if used
too much and continually colds, influenza,
pneumonia, and consumption may be
traced back TO its inordinate use. Besides,
some less strong person next to you may
suffer from the cool air which the fan
makes, and you become the unconscious
murderer of another human being. The
fan is used more as habit than for real
need, and il is this which should be de-
plored and discouraged by all, especially
in public places.
THE SUMNER HEAT.
The outing suits for men as well as for
women. are generally held together by
belts around the waist, which must be
drawn very tightly in order TO hold up
the skirts or pantaloons. This is to be
regretted, for in the summer, especially
when so much walking and climbing are
TO be expected, the support should come
from the shoulders, and not from the
waist The custom of wearing the panta-
looms buttoned tightly at the top and
sustained by the hips, produced so much
disease, even among the hardy soldiers of
the Russian army, that a law was en-
acted making the wearing of suspenders
compulsory The constant pressure and
unnatural heat 10 which the lower part
of the back was subjected caused weak
backs. lumhago. pain in the sides and
many other diseases The unnecessary
and Injurious weight of skirts, dresses and
other garments which women have sus-
pended from their waist accounts for many
of the so-called female diseases. Men have
so far steered clear of this evil, but the
present fashionable outing suits seem TO
be carrying them toward the same danger
aus stvle SusDenders or some other means