The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-06-30
NUMBER 2e.
THE BODY AND IT'S HEALTH.

rs M.yHs.-Do not forgot that hives ar.
~aasoa sometimes by sudden check ~
ns,on' sometimes by an attack M
hkesuon, Tho intense itching NAV
,,,.s" W sn'Syee oy rubbing tho hives with y
xin.Ds "~ castor oil, or by bathing them with
CHECKING UNDUE Prpsr,.,~
S,aIeprated ,s physician prescribed ths foiA.
Ee lor chccking undue pcrspirat,or,
= 'nIee or four ounces OF oak barI IN
a.PluS ot boiling water and hn,i ~. a..
hn. haa.es Add half Of this to a basin "A
mos water Ia which also place q dcssess &c.. 49, =
spoonlol q Powdered boraxs "a 6 49, n
..I3.,l ..!(l| .<.|.I = 49, . | e.
these muscles which arc inose frS4 4llgl7tlyss
used leave, In becoming relaxed, inof
faceablo lines. 1t Is well, therefore, IL
ono must have wrinkles, to take care
that they shall DO pleasant ones. The
habit Of wrinkling the forehead is q very
common fault Some people cannot talk
without distorting tho face in a most
horrible manner, thinking that this gives
greater emphasis to what they are saying.
This Is a mistake, and It would DO we'll
II those people could have mirror shs.
pended before them for ono day, 80 that
tney COulU DeCOTuo uWuEo uOW StSoey
they detract from their appearance by 30
matio temperament retain their youth
longer than those of nervous, excitabie
disposition. DO not hurry or worry aud
thereby allow that ugly little scowl to
become fixed between your eyebrows.
Things taken quietly will soon arrange
themselves. Cultivate, therefore, rcpose
| of mind and manner
pffi T.: YNyfor it,qfsi it,YqfsiKhA inf INV HTnh.
dren get too little light and 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 prccocity In knowledge of
people aud social relations, darkest ignor-
ance with regard to most natural objects
aud processes. In diet tho city fod child
often fares better than the country one,
but in regard to fresh air he is not nearly
SO fortunate, and as he gets oldor 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 co ordination is
less perfect, although his wits arc brighter
than those of the country child. Tho
city child loses much In not obtaining.
an early knowledge of nature. A child
to grow up naturally should have q
iaiE. 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
pcnter's bench and girl for doing por-
tion Of the housowork.
| DIET FOR DYsPEpTICs.-Eats slowly;
masticAte the food thoroughly, even moro
SO II possible than Is required In health.
Avoid drinking at meals. At mot take
few sips of warm, unstimulatod drink
at the close of the meal IL 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-
posurc 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 digcsted. Never take
violent exercise of any sort, either mental
or physical, either just before meal or
after meal. 1t is not good to sleep i'm
mediately after eating. If it is thought
necessary to eat three times a day, make
the last meal very light. For most dys-
pcptics 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 aysper::c stomach.
PETROLEUM FOR DIPHrHERIA.-In the
Nornandie Medicate of Rouen there is an
interesting account Of new, and so far
wonderfully successful treatment of
diphtheria. 1t appears that in the village
of Ncuville- Champ d Oiscl, about miles
from Rouen, a malignant type of the dis
case broke out last year. The country
doctor, NJ. 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 us an experiment.
His first trial was in the case Of little
girl, years old. He had already given
her up, and proposed to the parents to
make the experiment, which consisted
in swabbing the throat with common
petroleum. He had little hope of the
success of his new method, but to his
astonishment, he noticed an improve
ihcnI alteT tne very nrSI appllcaJlOn. lie
continued the 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.
encc in it Of numerous bacilli of diph-
iberia. Moreover, his diagnosis was con-
rmed by Drs. Deshayes, Lerefait 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
hour or every two hours, according tC
+ the thickness of the membranes, which
become, as it were, diluted under the
action of the petroleum. The brush,
{ after being dipped in the petroleum,
should be shaken to prevent any drops