St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-12-10
THE BODY AND IT'S HEALTH.

EARACIlE. AN excellent way to allie
yiatc the mlseries of earache, is to lay
over stove-p!atc which is very warm,
thick cotton cloth which has just been
wrung out of water. A steam lmmcdl-
atelv rises, over which the child's aching
car should be held. The steam perme-
atcs all the creviccs as no other remedy
will. and instantaneous relief IS expert
cnccd
TO Prevent THROAT TROUBLE IN
CHILDREN. Before the cold weather
comes on, ;nl colds, sore Threats, and
all the other attendant evils of our varl-
able climate are fairly with us, mothers
should see that their children acclstom
themselves to the use of cold water on
the throat and chest. A vigorous wash
ing aud scrubbiny with cold water every
morning, followed by friction with Il
coarse towel, will do much to prevent
any throat trouble later on. a child
should also be taught to gargle the throat
we'll with cold water every time it brushes
its teeth.
WASHING OFT TIE STOMACH.-ln
some quarters it has become almost a
routine practice to wash out the stomach
for nearly all diseases of this organ. Al
ter pointing out the usefulness Of this
measure in suitable cases, DR.. Soltan
Fcnwick, of London, in timely article
in The Practitioner, deals with the dan
gers attending it and the harmfulness
arising from its employment in Insult
able cases. He mentioned six cases of
conyuIsive seizures in chronic diseases of
the stomach, apparently brought about
bv the use Of the stomach tube. A case
of perforation of d gastric ulcer occurring
Immediately after the use of the
stomach tube is reported. Hemor-
rhage from the use of the stomach pump
is not uncommon in some cases. Dr.
Fenwick has been able to collect three
cases Of boracic acid poisoning
from the employment of this
agent as an antiseptic in di-
soasc of the stomach; two Of the three
cases proved fatal. The irritation of the
stomach not having been thoroughly per
formed, sufficient quantity of the acid
remained behind, absorption of which
proved fatal The proportion of cases
in which any of the grave accidents re
lated make their appearance is certainly
very small, but the possibility Of their
occurrence should ever be before the
practitioners mind before deciding on us
ING the stomach pump, which is not only
of questionable benefit in many cases, but
decidedly injurious, if not dangerous, IN
considerable number.
THE Color OF TIE BLOOD IN Man,
Having recently examined large num-
Der of specimens of human blood from
persons of different ages ranging from
four to scvcnty-siX years, some being
those in robust health, others being tu-
bercuIose, writer in Science was struck
with tie great difference in the shade OF
color presented, some being Of very
rich tint, others very pa.e. lie says:
The richest color was iii the blood OF
GIRL twcntv-siX years of age, a graduate
of Nassar college, who had the highest
anthropometric measurement fox rcsplra-
tory capacity in Il class of about 500
GIRLS. Her health was excellent, and she
consumed rather more flesh food than Is
usual. The next highest tint was found
in the blood OF a woman about seventy
wears old, with a somewhat unusual
chest measurement, having also excel
lent respiratory capacity and being in
fine health This woman, on the con.
trarv, does not eat flesh at all l ex-
pcctcd in her case to find a more than
ordinary number of white blood corpus
cles. but there were far less than usual, it
being difficult to find them, there were
50 few. The palcst blood was from
chlorotic Irish servant girl Of twenty-five
wears and in a tuberculose boy of four.
There was not much perceptible differ
ence in thcr cases. The girl had natur-
ally good respiratory power, but she had
lcssened it by tight clothing and an al
most constant indoor life fora long time.
After spending month az the seaside /
examined her blood again and found the
tint somewhat deeper than before. AS
we know, the color of the blood is
caused BY the hTmoglobin in the red
blood corpusces, and if this is greater
when the respiratory capacity is great
est, may not the color of the blood be
heightened by charging the chest and in
crcasing the lung power ? From some
observations l have made | believe it
can"