Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-14
THE BODY AND ITS HEALTH.

For PAIN IN THE BowELs.-That Sc
we're pain in the bowels, from cold, infiam-
nation, or collie, may be greatly allevi.
ated by heating plate as hot as posi-
bic, wrapping it in flannel, and placing
it over the abdomen. Others should be
| heating, so that it can be changed as
soon as it begins to be cool. The plates
are light in weight, the earthenware
holds heat quite a long time, and they
can be managed better even than the hot
water bag for this special purpose.
PROPER TINE TO EAT FRUIT.-The
proper time for eating fruit, says a
medical authority, is in connection with
meats, especially at breakfast and dinner
1t should be supplied in generous meas
ure with those two repasts, either in its
natural state or simply cooked. In either
OF those ways it will be found easy Of
digestion, agreeable to the system, a
corrective of many demoralized con-
ditions, and most highly relished by all
appetites of normal condition. There
has come into vogue in late years what
may be termed almost a fad for the pro-
duction of strangely compounded things,
in the form of sauces and relishes of one
name and another, of which fruit forms
the foundation, but which are 80 dis
guised by the addition of spicing and
other foreign ingredients that the orig
inal fruit is practically lost to sight and
taste. Let it be understood, once for
ALL that these things are no longer fruits,
and are not to be considered such, and
can in no manner or degree yield the
beneficial results to be derived from the
use of fruit.
GROWTH OF THE HUMAN HEART
The human heart is hollow muscle OF a
conical form, placed between the two
lungs and enclosed in the pericardium,
or heart-sac, says Spare Moments. The
ordinary size of the heart in the adult is
about 8 inches in length, 81 inches in
breadth at the broadest part and p
inches in thickness. Its weight is from
10 to II ounces in men, and from 8 to 10
ounces in women, DR.. Benecke, of Mar
burg, has made known his observations
on the growth of the human heart, the
fact appearing that the increase is great
est and most rapid during the first and
second years of life, its bulk at the end
of the second year being exactly double
what it originally was; between the sec
ond and seventh years it is again almost
doubled in size. A slower rate of growth
then sets in, and continues during the
period of maturity of other portions of
the body. After the fifteenth year, up
to the fiftieth, the annual growth of the
heart is about .061 of cubic inch, the
increase ceasing about the tiftieth year.
The heart, although so small, is a won
derful piece of mechanism and of great
power. With each stroke or beat it pro-
jects something like % ounces of blood
into the conduits or channels of the body,
throwing it for distance of nine feet.
This it does sixty or seventy times
a minute. The number of its pulsations
varies in the sexes, and according to pos
ture. In the male it beats 81 times per
minute when standing, II when sitting
and 66 when lying. In the female it is
Of "a, so, in similar positions respect
lively.
SANITARY HINTS. - Without falling
into the extreme of making ones life
wretched with suspicion of danger it is
wise to attend Systematically to what too
many people scorn as useless "fads" or
pass over altogether as sheer ignorance,
writes physician. One great danger
lies in the water which is used for cul-
mary and drinking purposes. Many
people think that when they have fill
tered the water they have do& all that
is necessary and feel that they are to be
commended for being 50 careful. They
do not realize that to be absolutely
safe water must be boiled 1t is
as great a mistake to think that
house must needs be insanitary because
it is not fitted with all the most modern
improvements in the way of drainage as
it is to take the absence of bad smells as
a proof that all is right since some of the
deadly gases produce little or no smell.
As to the ordinary precautionary
measures the following details should be
remembered Always use plenty of
water. Flush the drains SINKS, etc,
two or three times a week, or even daily
in hot weather and insist on the fire.
quent use of some disinfectant, which
need not necessarily be strong smelling.
Servants do not understand the full i'm
portance of these things; herce
it is absolutely necessary to
watch them closely in this respect.
The kitchen and pantry sinks should
be thoroughly rinsed when the washing
up is done after each meal. A wire cage
fastened over the trap will prevent the
passage of tea leaves or other substances
which might stop up the pipe. A very
common source of unpleasantncss is the
vegetable refuse, for there is hardly any
more pernicious matter than this. All
sorts of plans have been suggested with
regard to the best way of disposing of
vegetable refuse. Many are in favor of
burning it in the kitchen, and it would
certainly be an excellent thing to be able
to rid ones self promptly of such matter,
which even when relegated to the ash
can or bin remains source of danger.
Besides these precautions much can
be done in other little ways to keep the
house in a sanitary condition. Firstly,
ell the rooms should be thoroughly well
aired. This can be done by keeping
the windows open at the top; when 1t Is
convenient, to raise them at the bottom.
Some odorless disinfeotant poured into
a saucer and placed on a shelf or on the
top Of cupboard goes far toward puri