The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-12

She's learned in sphygmometry, alert in
anthropometry, is deft at ophthalmo-
metry and wields a skilful knife.
She gloats in joys dissectional, in cuts
and Jabs correctional; the scalpeIs
introspectionals her keenest joy In
life.
Her hobby Is spectroscopy, stethoscopy,
microscopy, and also laryngoscopy,
zygomoscopy and all that.
Knows all hydroiddeaculae, tentaculi, ami
malculae, and zoanthocelaculae-but,
gosh! ust-sce-that-hat!
New York Recorder.
Erasmus Wilson raises the point
apropos of the anti-kissng crusade,
that no crusty savant has yet cited an
instance where a pretty, sweet-lipped
girl has ever poisoned her lover by a
kiss. The point is well taken.
Perfect cleanliness means clean
blood as well as a clean skin. 1T means
0 derly habit as well as clean hair. 1t
means sweetness of disposition irradi-
ating the face as we'll as well-kept
nails. 1t means wholesome thoughts
instead of morbid ones. The woman
who has this all-around cleanliness
and beauty need not be afraid of the
advance of old age"
A pulseometer has been invented with
which, it is claimed it is possible to tell
to fraction the exact condition of the
heart beat. An electric pen traces on
prepared paper the ongoings, haltings
and precise peregrinations of the blood,
showing with the fidelity Of science the
strength or weakness of the tell-tale
pulse. This should, 1t is considered, be
of special advantage to life insurance
doctors as well as to the profession at
large.
So far as we can learn at present
there Is nothing dangerous in two per-
sons looking at each other, but kissing
is said to be frequently fatal, and so Is
shaking of hands. In fact, shaking
hands seems to be so risky that So,
ciety Is being formed at Baku, in Rus
sia, the members of which are bound
| under penalty of a fine never to shake
hands with anyone unless with gloved
hand, as the practice Is contrary to
| health. 1t is heartbreaking to think,
observes onecynical commentator, that
when you honestly believe you are only
ship you are, perhaps, giving him
dangerous microbe or (Which Is worse)
taking one.
Oatmeal bags used in the bath give
velvety softness to the skin. Health's
way to make them is as follows Take
five pounds of oatmeal ground fine, a
half pound of pure CASTLE soap re-
| duced to powder and a pound of Ital-
| ian orris root. Cut yard of cheese
cloth into bags about four inches
square, sewing them on the machine,
and taking care not to leave any united
| threads where break may let the con-
tents ooZe out. Mix the soap, oatmeal
| and orris root thoroughly. and fill the
bags loosely. Sew up the opening in
each, and lay them away to use as re-
quired. They are used as sponge,
dipped in warm water, making thick,
velvety lather and wonderfully soften
ing the skin.
Score another triumph for electro
therapeutics. Trials are reported to
have been made in London with new
apparatus for the extraction of teeth
| ny lNlly. II tpllSlSlS VI all lIuuC-
| tive coil of extremely fine wire having
| an interrupter that can vibrate at the
rate of fifty times a second. The pa
| tient sits in the traditional arm chair.
| and takes the negative electrode in his
| left hand the positive in his right. At
| this moment the operator turns on a
| current, whose intensity is gradually
increased till it has attained the ut
| most limit that the patient can sup
port The extractor is then put in
circuit and fastened on the tooth,
which under the action of the yibra-
| tions, Is loosened at once. The opera
tion is performed very quickly, and the
| patient feels no other sensation than
| the pricking produced in the hands
| and forearms by the passage of the
| current.
The uses Of borax in the household
are almost innumerabe. writer in
Good Housekeeping thus cites some of
them:
sprinkle places infested by ants with
borax, and you will soon be rid of them.
Blankets and furs put way we'll
| sprinkled with boraX and done up air.
tight will never be troubled with
moths.
A little boraX, put in the water before
washing red or red-bordered table
| cloths and napkins will prevent their
| fading.
Ringworms will yield to borax treat
| ment. Apply a strong solution of borax
, three times a day; also dust on the dry
powder very often
Silver spoons and forks in daily use
may be kept bright by leaving them in
| strong boraX water several hours. The
water should be boiling when they are
put in.
Put a teaspoonful of borax in your
rinsing water: it will whiten the clothes
| and also remove the yellow cast on gar
| ments that have been laid aside for
two or three years.
One of the best things to cleanse the
| scalp thoroughly is to dissolve one-half
| teaspoonful of boraX in quart of
water and apply it, rubbing 1t in WELL
Rinse thoroughly in clear water.
For washing fine nice flannels moth
| ing will cause them to look so nice as
borax in the water, tablespoonful of
borax to pail of water being the right
proportion. Always wash baby's little
| flannel skirts, etc, in this.
Always wash baby's mouth and gums
every morning with water in whic
you have put a pinch of borax. 1t keeps
| the mouth fresh and sweet. and pre-
| vents that uncomfortable afiliction. a
sore mouth, with which so many poor
babies are troubled when their mouths
are not kept perfectly clean.
YOURS FOR HEALTH:
When suffering from nervous headache.
which Is felt at the base of the brain, try
rubbing the painful part of the neck with
camphor. Rub hard and for five minutes
mt time. This treatment, In most cases,
| IL ant to bring relief.