Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-04-15
YOUR BEST HEALTH.


strongly in favor of cremation. He
argues that, however light the covering
of the dead body, its burial in earth is
Objectionable, for the reason that in
fective germs are in this way preserved
and carried about by water or air, 10
operate injuriously when favorable
meteorological or social states occur.
The rapid growth of population, and
especially of urban population, invests
this question with ever-increasing i'm
portance. There is evidence that the
number of crematories is steadily
increasing in every country where the
custom has been introduced.
A well known European physician
has recently conducted long series of
careful experiments relative to the
influence of moderate exercise upon
digestion. His experiments were con-
fined to dogs, and his results are as
follows: When the animal is at rest
the digestion begins in an hour after
the food has been eaten; it is at its
height in two hours, and then gradu-
ally decreases until it is complete, the
entire process taking about five hours
An entirely different result, however
in dogs taking moderate exercise after
the meal. In those the process of di-
gestion was not at its height until five
hours after the food has been taken,
and not completed in six hours.
1t has been held by not a few that
meat eaters are more liable to cancer
than vegetsrians; in fact, the latter
think by living on a purely vegetable
diet they are safe from that dread NAL
ords of the Mayo Hospital at Jeypore,
India, that in 102 cases of cancer which
were operated upon, Al were on the
persons of flesh eaters, while 81 were
on those of strict vegetarians, who had
never eaten meat since their birth.
1t is now recognized as imperative
that all cows milk given to young
children should be sterilized by boiling
where it is not used within three OF
four hours after it comes from the
cow. And when it is not known that
the source of the milk supply is abso-
| lutely free from all contaminating in
fluences, then sterilization should be
invariably practiced, no matter how
fresh the milk may be. Considering
that this need is generally recognized,
it Is surprising that some enterprising
dairyman has not ere this begun to
furnish sterilized milk in bottles
| tightly corked. 1t would add but little
to his expense, and such milk would
be in demand, even at a rate above the
| usual. Let such a custom become gen.
eral and infant mortality in towns and
cities, especially in summer, will be
much lower than it now is.
A correspondent much troubled with
blackheads asks for lotion.
They should be pressed out either with
the thumb-nails or watch-key. The
operation is likely to cause some con-
gestion of the skin, hence, the face
should be bathed with water as hot as
can be borne. As a rule, those who
have blackheads" are sparing of the
use of soap, which ought to be used
quite freely by them. Ladies who OBJ
ject to it might use, instead, Goran
water, or water to which bran is added
Twice daily the following lotion may
be applied: Ether, one ounce; car
Donate of ammonia, one drachm; Dor
acic acid, one scruple: water sufficient
to make two ounces. This should bt
applied after the blackheads" hav,
been pressed out and the face has beeI
bathed in not water.