The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-03
THBJIHEA' DOCTOR.
Benefit Of Ment Di-t-The Feeding OF In
fants-Ies.

Here is something for the vegetudi-
ma rian TO digest:
"In older countries the lower orders,
as A rule, have but low vitality. IT
may be truer TO say that the vital Voll-
ticn is weak The fact Is easily
| accounted for. During generations upon
generations, the majority OF european
agricultural populations lived upon Vegt-
Ia bic food like the majority OF Eastern
Asiatics, and with the same result. hard
labor produces hard muscles, but Vege-
table food yields . low vital tension
so to say. Soldiers know 1t Wen enough:
The pala-faced city clerks, who eat mca,
twice day. will Outright ana outast
and outstarVe the bury laborer, whose
big thews and sinews are mostly com
nounded of potatoes, corn and water.
In connection with this let me repeat
some lines which occurred earlier IN these
articles on Health and Hygiene, ana
which were taken from the notes OIL d
noble traveller: >, ,s.,..,,
or rather pass their lives on horseback.
In spite of the climate, which IS burning
hot in summer and freezing IN winter,
these brave men, who have never YET
been subdued, are entirely naked, ana
have not even a covering Tor thelr headS'
They have neither bread, fruit, nor VeSe-
tables, but subsist entirely on the heSh
The traveller goes on to say that after
he had been riding three or -FOUR months,
having lived only on beef ana water
i'm the meantime he felt that no. eXertion
could kill him Although often so tired
that he could scarcely speak, yet two or
three hours of sleep would completely
restore him.. 800.
that | don't advise one TO live entirely
on a meat diet TO the exclusion OF Nege-
tables but do say that tnat IN on heai,1 IS!
and If YOU consider moment, you VIII
remember that in sickness a physician
advises the use of milk, soups beef JUICES
and beef teas, all of which are meat.
and allows but few vegetables, even IN
convalescence.
INFANT FEEDING.
An infant should double its weight In
six months, according TO authorities. ana
treble II in a year. If its nutrition IS
satisfactory The weighing and measur-
ing should be conducted monthly, and
the practical point is this: If child
does not increase at the rate of one pound
a month during the first year of its lie,
and twelve ounces month during the
second year, its nutrition is unsatisiac-
tory. If a child does not grow nearly
three-quarters of an inch every month
during the first year of life. and half an
inch a month during the second year OF
life, it is not satisfactory. The latter
is, of course. not Of the same importance
as the former
Here let me tell your something of vital
interest. The saliyary glands situated
in the mouth, as you well know, give
rise to a substance necessary for the Ill
gestion of starchy foods while they are
in the mouth. Psychologists say that
these glands do not become functionally
active till the age of four to six months.
and hence the bad effects of feeding IN
fants younger than this on starchy food,
as arrowroot. corn-starch, etc, which
they are unable TO render soluble ana
capable of absorption
TEA DRINKING.
You remember old Sam johnson q
think it was Sam, the photographer,
and what a great tea drinker he was,
and how irritable and oVerbearing he
also was. In his day there was were
parvenues, as there are now. 4 lady
wished TO show how intimate she was
with Sam, so she invited a company
TO dinner and Sam was also asked. The
time came, so did the company, so dld
Sam. but Sam never opened his mouth
except 20 pour down cup OF Tea, ana
he did this seventeen times Here we
have a clue TO Sans irrtabllty-much
tea drinking-and this brings De TO my
subject The influence of tea drinking
upon the human organism. and especially
its relation TO insanity, is being lnNeSu-
gated by the commissioners appointed
for this purpose in Ireland. The increase
of insanity in that island suggested
relationship between il and the excessive
consumption of tea. The Irish peasantry
make a strong decoction Of tea. which IS
allowed to steep all day, and this. with
bread and potatoes, constitutes the three
daily meals. The excess OF tea causes
a general debility OF the nervous system
and leads to a form of dyspepsia. The
nervous unrest, accompanied by sleep
lessness, frequently terminates in per-
manent mental disorder. To tea drink
ing is also ascribed dental decay. which
Is on the increase among the peasant
and laboring classes. That solutions Of
tannin Uhe bitter ingredient of tea), ac-
companied by bread, cover the teeth ana
furnish a good growing soil for The vari-
Gus gearms SANITAS.