The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-05
Health Hints and
Rules of Hygiene
Suggestions That May Save You Many
a Doctors Bill. ..
WISDOM FOX THE HOUSEHOLD
These Hints Don't Cost Much, Arc Not
Copyrighted, md II They Don't DO
You Any Good, They'll Not
DO You Any Harm.

I All the dishes that delight
When my temperature is high
When to pastry and to pie
Duty bids me say farewell.
Then hail thy fragrant smell!
When the doctor shakes his head
Banning wine, or white or red,
And at all my well-loved joints
Disappearing finger points,;
, When my poultry, too, he stops,
Then, reduced to taking slops,
i, for solace and relief,
Fly to thee, o Tea of Beef!
But, If simple truth tell.
can brook thee none too well;
Thy delights, o Bovine Tea,
Have no special charm for me!
Though thou comest piping hot,
Oh. believe l love thee not!
Weary of thy gentle reign.
Give me oysters and champagne!
Punch.
In recent number of Household
News DR.. Charles M. SeltZer gives some
timely and sensible advice pertinent,
unfortunately, to most readers. He
says: ''My own belief Is that the con-
dition that makes one susceptible to
cold is usually occasioned by the sur
plus of waste material, the result of
over-feeding or of bad digestion, and
that this effete matter, in its endeavor
to be excreted, irritates the lining men,
brane of the breathing tract. l also be-
lieve that because these various forms
of cold are most common in persons
who are subject to some of the various
forms of rheumatism or gout, that the
waste material that thus tries to escape
is largely derived from an excess of
food, mostly of an animal origin. The
waste material from animal or nitro
genous food should be eXcreted by
the skin and Kidneys; but low tempera-
ture or cold checks the action Of the
skin and thus throws the entire work of
eXcretion upon the kidneys. When the
work for these organs becomes excess
sive then the waste accumulates In the
system, and from this accumulation af-
ter exposure to low temperature arises
the inflammation of the breathing tract,
which Is commonly designated as a
cold"
| The best plan to pursue Is to modify
the condition and gradually conduct the
case to recovery. This is safer and
better than the usual attempts to
break it up with large doses of qui-
nine and whisky, or either alone. The
best method to pursue Is to first relax
the patient and start all the secretive
organs into great activity. This is ac-
complished by rest in a warm and jim
changing temperature, so that the skin
may do its full share of the work.
This work can be augmented by hot
baths, foot baths, tub or Turkish, and
the use of large, hot, non-stimulat-
ing drinks, such aslemonade mot sweet,
various teas or plenty of hot water
slipped slowly. But little medicine is
needed in this stage of the attack, and
that only to increase the activity of
those other two great eXcretory organs,
the kidneys and the bowels. The food
taken at this time should be the least
possible in both quantity and quality
that will satisfy the patient. 1t would
be better If none We're taken for at
least twenty-four hours. There Is nc
danger of starvation or undue weakness
following a voluntary fast of day OF
previously been well to take food dur
ing the first two or three days of an
acute infiammatory trouble. At the end
Of this time the active symptoms will
i have subsidized If the above course has
been pursued, and then a gradual re-
turn to the ordinary food may be per.
mitted to take place in a few days
more. Stimulants are never needed
except where there is marked debility
or tardy yconvalescence. Fresh colds.
and ''one cold on top of another" arc
usually the result of undue haste to re.
turn to the ordinary modes of living.
Prevention Is better than cure, so le,
us see what can be done to prevent
taking cold. First, avoid all excesses
Of food, especially meats and sweets. II
the appetite is strong let vegetables
and fruits make up the bulk of fooG
taken Do not use tea or coffee, as they
retard tissue change and the excretior
of waste. Use plenty of good, clear
soft water-at least from three to foul
tumblers day. Take plenty of out
door exercise, so as to use up all sur
plus food. A sustained effort of al
least thirty minutes a day at such
exercise as vigorous walking, or it.
equivalent, will do wonders in purify
ing and balancing the circulation of tn,
blood. A daily cold or tepid sponge
bath, followed by brisk rub down
will help much In increasing the health,
action of the skin and making it re
spond more quickly to sudden change.
of temperature. Wool next to the skin
or, next best, over thin gauze, is alb
solutely necessary for those who easil,
take cold. Breathing through the nos,
must also be insisted upon; mouth
breathing being very frequent caus,
of tonsilitis and sore throat. Sometime.
surgical interference is necessary t,
make nose-breathing success. 1
these directions are lived up to, colds
will be few and far between, ant
chronic catarrhs and large tonsils will
be less prevalent.
The New York Herald emphasize.
the need of antiseptic precautions t,
keep the mouth always free from ais
ease-producing microbes, and more es
pecially in sickness and old age. TIL,
cavity of the mouth contains innu
merable microbes that are lodged II
the tartar or between the teeth ant
multiply there indefinitely, becoming
the source of various complaints of tn,
gums and in some cases even the poin
of origin of an infectious complaint
The most minute cleanliness of thi
cavity Is therefore indispensable
Among the best antlseptic agents is
per cent. solution of boric or salicyli
acid. In addition IL stiff brush shoult
be used. even If 1t should make tn
gums bleed at first" And this brusl