The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-28
sOME MINIS or HEALTH.
surssstions that may Enable Mssy Read
ere to Feel Better.

ere to Feel Better.
Cable adyices announce the expioita
ton. before the Budapest Medical con
gress, OF the diphtheria cure of DR. Ben
ring of Berlin, a disciple OF Professor
Kocn. The cure received high lhHOi
ment. Dr. Behring cure Is ea can in
| creased doses dpntheria virus Is lnJectigiu :,
into animals. and they have graduaiiy
acquired immunity against the iiia aa"t.yi
I and the blood OF sucn animals inJ. -,
| into other animals had the eHeC. or
1 comforting immunity upon the latter Va
/ healing them IL suffering from dlphtle 70, 10
, OF this blood Or. BehrlnS eXtraCttu ~ ~
| serum and has Injected II INTO Tu I.satsoys
/ ings with wonderful results. frOle,soo
/ hcubner, OF Berlin, ana RouN' ol IT, D. 80
/ indorsed the cure at the congress, .,
/ fessor Roux said tnat he had aPPitI IU to
at the Childrens hospital, In whICn' .e uP ar
| last year, % per cent. or the Caa.' no
! dphthera ended fatally. TINS yea, -, ue
| added, he had inOculated over Nv ~,
| dren with the serum, and the mo. .an''y
sank from % to 10 per cent 60 al
few injections the malay chahStu III
most Instantly to light fever and then
soon disappeared.
Not very long ago a foreign physlG@gidh
recommended very pleasant anu en- tIe
tive means OF curing short colds ~ tne
head and chest. His remedy was silHpic
colonge water. fifty drops OF "hIGh are
inhaled four or hve times a DAY ny me
!
aids European edition now puDlsnes
very simple method OF checking asthma,
by the use Of powder. when acts IN
the same way as cologne water. me
formula is: Powdered snuf, I'VE gram
mes; camphor. five GramWeS, men
thOi. OLD centgr. Another iHethod OF
checking asthma. is by rhy.hmical trac-
tons OF the tongue made by me patients
themselves when they feel that an at
tack Is coming In. These fractions OF
The tongue are made with the hand COW
cred with handkerchief eighteen 70
twenty times a minute, initiating the res
piratory rhythm by an I'm and out move
ment. They restore breathing and may
check the attack. These fractions made
by an assistant may also be found eiii-
caclous during the stranSIIatory period
or an attack.
Il il "A weil-known oculist who says
TIE practice Of wearing other peoples
glasses is extremely injurious. 1t should
not De- done any more than wearing
anothet's false teeth. one may seem
more clearly than the other. but both
display equal ignorance. The teeth would |
be as likely 20 fit as the glasses. In
response TO the query: Have you ever !
hear; 40, only pair OF ny mothers |
or aunt's or pair | found In the house |
They are worn IN too many cases long
enough 70 do serious damage"
The ubiquity Of the tubercle bacillus
IS already we'll recognized. says the
Philadelphia Record. II has been found /
on fruit exhibited for sale on the streets
and upon the walls and ceilings and i'm
the dust Of houses occupied by tubercu-
lOus subjects. The knowledge of these
facts prepares us for the announcement
made by Strauss at recent meeting OF
the Paris Academy OF Medicine. that he
had found Vrulent tubercle-bacili within
the nasal cavities Of non-tubercU'oUs
persons whose relations necessitated their
associations with and frequent presence
n rooms occupied 10y Wberculous pa
Of in, !
ledlth and presented not the slightest |
violence OF tuberculosis These obserya-
ions emphasize not only the widespread |
distribution Of the bacillus but also the
isk Of associations with the tubercuiOus
nd the dangers OF dust, as from the
areless street cleaning Of our large
tiles and house sweeping and the beat
ng Of carpets In the open air. and finally
he Importance Of breathing through The
lose. for as is well known the nasal pt-- +,
ages act as a filter for the air that !
nters the lungs and stand rs a barrier D /
o the entrance Of PARTICLES whose pres
nee might occasion mischief ,
tIhe germs OF typhoid icver. saws a
iodern Medicine, not inirequeot- i
cling to residence for '
ocur there in one family after another, .
ach being often in ignorance o. the =
revious fatalities. When a well one :
becomes Infected with typhoid IeNrr | a
erms from an adjacent vault. cleaning | "a
M the We'll amounts 10 nothing as II | 4
ould generally be necessary % clean ont -
space bounded AZ the surface by | o.
rcle having a diameter three times the | 81
apth Of the well. and extending down a.
ITO the earth 70 the bottom of tie we'll
least below the water level such a ..
ode Is. Of course. impracticable. The y
lly thing TO be done with a we'll which -
rs become infected with typhoid fever -
rms Is 70 close fl up IL ia impossible -
have a Well upon such premises. or w.
'en near by. which will not be iH dan 81
r. Of similar infection. \ Philadelphia %
lysician, in n recent careful study OF
@ causes of death I'm the Older and
'nciplc wards of the city. found thlt
q deaths from consumption we're large ii
confined 10 q certain number Of houses | an
r the most part arranged i'm groups. | Ia
owing that the disease had extended | nj
ON one house 20 adjacent houses The m
alth officer Of every town should keep n,
register Of the houses I'm he town or I'm
". including a complete sanitary history ca
each building showing every case OF p,
'kness from whatever cause. chronic or IN
ute and all cases Of death. with the an
uses \ person DESTROYS Of purchasing ri
renting n DWELLING could. by consulting ~
IS register learn the exact history OF or
v house which might be under COnsii- ar
alton, and might obtain Information u
p value of which I'm the saving of eco
kness and life, could scarcely be cstl- H.
lted.