The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-22

in every 100 persons who consult the
doctor twenty will die and eighty get
we'll These twenty will die no mat
ter what may be done. If the re-
naming eighty would walk five miles
on their way to the doctor, the ma
jority of them would have no use for
him when they reached his Office.
Humanity will not, but If it would.
walk five miles daily the majority of
doctors signs would disappear, and
those remaining in business would
have hard time grubbing for living
An infant should double its weight In
six months. and treble 1t in a year, if
its nutrition is in every way satisfac-
tory. The weighing and measuring
should be conducted monthly, and the
practical point is this; If a child does
not increase at the rate of one pound
a month, during the first year of life,
and twelve ounces a month during the
second year, its nutrition is not salts
factory. 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 Sec
ond year of life, it is not satisfactory.
The latter is, of course, not of the
same Importance as the former A
nurse should cease nursing if the re-
suit does not come near 10 this pro-
portion with regard to increase of
weight.
The tradition that to eat anything
just before going to bed was sure to
produce indigestion and render sleep i'm
possible, is now happily exploded. 1t
is not well, as matter of fact, to go
to bed with the stomach so loaded that
the undigested food will render one
restless; but something of light, pal
atable nature in the stomach is one
OF the best aids to quietude and rest in
bed. The process of digestion goes
on in sleep with as much regularity
as when one is taking violent eXer-
else to aid it, and so something in the
stomach is a very desirable condition
for the nights rest. Some physicians
have declared, indeed that a good deal
of the prevalent insomnia is the result
of an unconscious craving of the Stom-
ach for food in persons who have been
unduly frightened by the opinion that
they must not eat before going to bed,
or who have, like many nervous wo-
men, been keeping themselves in a
state of Semi-Starvation. Nothing is
more agreeable on retiring for the
night than to take bowl of hot broth,
like oatmeal Cruel or clam soup 1t
is positive aid to nervous people. and
induces peaceful slumbers. This is es-
pecially the case of cold winter nights,
when the stomach Graves warmth as
much as any other part or the BODY.
Even a glass OF hot milk is grateful
to the palate on such occasions; but
light, well-cooked Cruel is better, and
in our climate, during the cold months
of winter, should be the retiring food
of every woman who feels, as many
do. the need of food at night.
The bathroom of the future
will be tubless, and in its
place will be a tiled room
where perforated pipes, packed.
coiled, or in lines at various angles
will spray the bather at his will. the
water being carried off by novel drain
arrangements. This is the most whole
some bath, and it is the quickest
where cleaning is sought. This has
been proven. conclusively by it's intro
duction into institutions, hospitals,
prisons and asylums It's sanitary and
hygienic advantages are palpable after
slight consideration. The douche is
a tonic in itself, and the doing away
with the opportunity for prolonged i'm
mersion, which is the chief cause OF
the exhaustings effect of a bath, is in
itself a great benefit. No time is lost
in beginning the bath, and no soiled
water comes in contact with the clean
water. The advocates of this bath I'M
hesitatingly claim it to be the only
rational and proper method the world
has ever known.-Annals of Hygiene.