The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-06
SOME HEALTH HINTS.
For the Saturday Tribune.

Woman, 1t Is claimed by high au
thority, has the advantage of man as
regards longevity; she suffers less from
accidents, injuries and many forms Of
disease; she is, in fact, more tenacious
than man of the limited enjoyments
allowed her. DR.. Brandreth Symonds
has collected and studied large mum
Der of statistics to illustrate this inter
esting fact. The comparative mortal
ity of tho sexes at different ages shows
that in the first year Of life the mortal
ity of the female is much less than that
of the male, being at birth 92.64 per
1000 as against 1880, and at the end
OF the year 3l.S7 as against S5.0S. The
difference continues up to the fourth
year. From to IL the female mortal
ity is greater than that of the male,
being at the latter period 1855 for males
and 4.2S for females. AT the age of As
the male mortality equals that of the
female, the latter having been up to
this time slightly in excess. During
the years 46 and 56, the period of the
climacteric, the male mortality gains
rapidly on the female, being 6.S2 per
annum for the one and only 3.47 for
the other. Hence the climacteric is
really a much more serious time for
man than for woman. After 55 the
female mortality gains on that of the
male, but is always slightly below it.
Woman has not only less mortality,
but 4 greater longevity than man.
There is, also, a plurality of female
births.
A cup of clam broth made from fresh
CLAIMS and unseasoned is most accept
able bit of nourishment after sick
headache. Often the stomach will tol-
crate it when all other forms Of food
are exceedingly distasteful. The broth
should be made strong and can then
be diluted according to taste. A little
of it may he frozen, or diluted with ice
water, If cold food is advisable. If at
q distance from supplies, it is well to
have few bottles of clam juice in the
storeroom.
Fleshy women should avoid every
thing in the shape of liquors Especially
beer), starchy cereals, like cornmeal,
hominy, rye, oatmeal and brown
bread; also they should avoid too much
seasoning In the way Of salt, pepper or
sauces; these create an unnatural thirst
which nothing but liquid of some kind
can quench. And water enters largely
into the composition of fat. Meats can
be eaten freely, as they enter into mus,
Gle, not fat. Fleshy people should ex.
ercise vigorously every day and not be
given to too many hours Of sleep. They
should also sleep on hard beds; pam
pering the body in habits of luxury
predisposes one to embonpoint.
A noteworthy feature of the congress
of physicians at Vienna few days agC
was the discussion of the discovery o.
Professor Behring, of Halle, Of a cure
for diphtheria by the incubation of the
blood of the patient with blood serum
Professor Behrng, in an interview
said 1t was his belief that his discovery
would eventually be applied as cur,
for typhus fever, cholera and pneu
monia He contended that inocula
ton for diphtheria ought to be com
pulsory, the same as in the Treatment
of smallpox. During the debate in tn,
congress, Professor Ehrlich, of Berlin
stated his belief that the milk of inocu
lated animals would tend to assist il
effecting cures. In support of Profes
sor Behring's idea he held that BLOOD
serum was as powerful against diph
liberia as vaccine YVES against small
poX. The present expense of procur
ing the blood serum puts 1t beyond thu
reach of most persons, as II is manu-
factured in only two places in Ger
many, in Hoechst, near Frankfort, ant
Berlin. Two injections Of the remedy
cost $7.20, and as many cases requir
six, the costliness of the treatment ma,
readily be seen. Despite the expense
however, the treatment has alread,
been applied to great extent In thu
larger hospitals In Germany and Aus
trla,
HEALTH FOR THE MILLION:
Don't use towels provided for genera
use In public lavstories, restaurant
and sometimes In schools. They hav
been found by microscopic investiga
tion to contain bacteria Of several con
tagious diseases.
Don't swallow grape seeds. The,
were not meant to form part Of an,
civilized mans meal. Imagine you
stomach trying to digest teacupful @
pebbles. Grape seeds are even wors
than pebbles, because their sharp end
tear the delicate lining Of the stomsel
and intestines and may at any tim
lodge somewhere inside one and pla,
havoc.