The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-06-30
NUMBER 26.
THE BODY AND IT'S HEALTH.

AIM hoDf AND IT'S HEALTH.
HIvEs.-Do not forget that hives are
caused sometimes by a sudden check of
| perspiration, sometimes by an attack of
indigestion. The intense itching NAV
be allayed by rubbing the hives with a
little castor oil, or by bathing them with
vinegar and water.
CHECKING UNDUE PERspIRATIoN.-A
celebrated physician prescribed the fol-
lowing for checking undue perspiration:.
Fiace three or four ounces of oak bark in
pint OF boiling water and boil for ten
minutes. Add half of this to baein of
not water in which also place dessert
spoonful OF powdered bosAx and ta1s.
;ss sssss aSsnsity ss y, q pow g. ds stsEg s
20 mnSsles which are rnoSe lsSs s3slsStalsSf
used leave, In becoming relaxed, incf-
faceable lines. It is well, therefore, IL
ono must have wrinkles, to take care
that they shall be pleasant ones. Tie
habit of wrinkling the forehead is very
common fault. Come people cannot talk
without distorting the face in a most
horrible manner, thinking that this gives
greater emphasis to what they are saying.
This is a mistake, and it would be well
| if those people could have mirror sns.
pended before them for one day, so that
they could become aware how greatly
they detract from their appearance by SD
doing. We find that people of phleg
matio temperament retain their youth
longer than those of nervous, excitable
disposition. Do not hurry or worry and
a. hot nrrl, fn
become fixed between your eyebrows.
Things taken quietly will soon arrange
| themselves. Cultivate, therefore, rcpose
| of mind and manner.
R II. I" filth fFfiiKtN KtNnh nthatn aEtnEEfA1nfnn INV nafnn
dren get too little light aud air, do not
| take enough of the right kind of cxcr-
| else, are often overfcd or underfcd, or
| pushed or hampercd too much in their
studies and especially in their emotions.
There is precocity in knowledge of
people aud social relations, darkest ignor-
ance with regard to most natural objects
and processes. IN diet the city fed child
often fares better than the country one,
but in regard to fresh air he is not nearly
so fortunate, and as he gets Older the
difficulty is increased. The city child
is hampered in his movements, and ut
the same time subject to streams of audi
tory, visual and other impressions in un-
ending succession. His ordination is
less perfect, although his wits are brighter
than those of the country child. The
city child loses much In not obtaining
an early knowledge of nature. A child
to grow up naturally should have a
fan. share Of wholesome neglect and
make himself useful, and It IS cruelty to
| deprive him of this pleasure and stimu-
lus. A boy is better for having a car
penter's bench and girl for doing por-
ton of the housework.
DIET FOR DysPEPTIcs. Eat slowly;
masticate the food thoroughly, even more
SO if possible than is required in health.
Avoid drinking at meals. At mo take
a few sips of warm, unstimulated drink
at the close Of the meal if the food is
very dry in character In general dys-
peptic stomachs manage dry food better
than that containing much fluid. SO avoid
light soups. Eat neither very hot nor
very cold food. The best temperature
is about that Of the body. Avoid ex-
posure to cold after eating. BE careful
to avoid excess in eating. Eat no more
than the wants of the system require.
| Strength depends not on what is eaten,
but on what is digested. Never take
violent exercise of any sort, either mental
or physical, either just before a meal or
| after q meal. 1t is not good to sleep i'm
mediately after eating. If it is thought
necessary to eat three times day make
the last meal very light For most dys-
| peptics two meals are better than more,
according to the courageous formulator
of this set of rules for the management
of that most eccentric and uncertain organ
"a dyspeptic stomach.
PETROLEUM FOR DIrurHERIA.-In the
| Nornandie Medicale of Rouen there is an
interesting account of new, and so far
wonderfully successful treatment of
diphtheria. Itappears that in the village
of Neuville Champ 'Oisel, about miles
from Rouen, malignant type of the dis
ease broke out last year. The country
doctor, M. Frederic Flahaut, treated the
cases in the usual way, but the deaths
were numerous. Remembering, as he
says, that the English use petroleum as
an anti.spasmodic and an antiseptic, he
determined to try it as an experiment.
His first trial was in the case Of a little
girl, years old. He had already given
her up, and proposed to the parents to
make the experiment, which consisted
| III tn0 tutOut WCu common
petroleum. He had little hope Of the
success Of his new method, but to his
astonishment, he noticed an. improve.
ment after the very first application. He
continued tho treatment and the child
recovered. Then he tried it successfully
with his other patients. This year he
had forty cases of diphtheria to treat,
and he was successful in every one. In
order to be perfectly sure that the cases
in question were genuine ones of malig-
nant diphtheria, he had the expectorated
matter submitted to the analysis of Prof.
Francois Hue, of the Rouen College of
Medicine, and the Professor reported
that he had clearly discovered the pres.
ence in it of numerous bacilli of diph.
liberia. Moreover, his diagnosis was con.
firmed by Drs. Deshayes, Lcrefait and
Ballay, of Rouen, the last named being the
physician in chief of the hospital of that
city. The treatment presents little difficult
ty or danger. The swabbing is done every