The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-02
Health Hints and
Rules OF Hygiene
Suggestions That May Save You Many
a Doctors Bill.
WISDOM FOR THE HOUSEHOLD
These Hints Don't Cost Much, Arc Not
Copyrighted, and if They Don't Do
You Any Good, They'll Not
Do You Any Harm.

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Copyrighted, and if They Don't Do
You Any Good. They'll Not
DO You Any Harm.
| 1t is claimed that the new method OF
sterilizing milk for the use of young
children Is a perfect preventive of It's
circulating disease. The milk is placed
In clean bottle. which is put inside
any convenient metal vessel, and int
which cold water is poured until II
reaches the level of the milk in the
| bottle, the mouth of the latter to EC
closed with a plug of clean white cot
| ton, ana, if the bottle containing the
milk be raised about half an inch from
the bottom of the outer vessel by some
simple means, this facilitates the circu-
lation of the hot water round the bot
tie. The outer vessel is then placed on
stove and slowly heated until the
| temperature of the water reaches 155
degrees II. The vessel is now taken
| from the fire and covered over closely
with a piece of woollen cloth, to re-
main covered for half an hour, at the
expiration of which time the bottle
is taken out and put in a cool place. The
milk is fit for use at any time within
twenty-four hours: the cotton, however
is not removed, as it prevents the en-
trance of dust or germs of any kind.
DR.. Cyrus Edsons idea of how one
should act when threatened with pneu-
monia is as follows: "When a severe
or sudden chill has been contracted the
main thing is to act quickly, and many
serious illness can be averted and
valuable life saved by Il little intelli-
Sence coupled with prOmptitude. If
possible, send for doctor Immediately
and meanwhile take ten grains of
quinine and five drops of spirits of
camphor in a little water or on lump
of sugar. These doses are for an adult.
Then soak the feet in hot water and
jump into bed. Simple as these RENE
dies are they have nipped in the bud
| many prospective cases of pneumonia
| While soaking the feet the body should
be warmly wrapped in blanket, which
should be kept on until some time after
| the person has entered the bed in order
| that free pcrspiration be continued and
not checked. A good thing to prevent
| colds is to wear wool next to the skin
When this is not possible, on accounted
the irritation sometimes caused, mix
| ture of wool and silk will generally be
| found satisfactory. | would not recon-
mend cotton in any form for under
wear, as it is frequently the cause of a
dangerous cold by becoming wet and
keeping the temperature of the skin be-
| low the normal. Care should be taken
that the feet do not get wet, or, if so,
| that proper measures are taken to dry
them and a change of hose made"
DR.. Ludwig Jankau, the eminent ply
scian of Munich, does not belong tC
| the Anti-Tobacco society. He main
tains that tobacco is not only permissi'
| BILE. but actually of value in the case
of the sick and convalescent, under
certain conditions. He recommends II
for patients after most surgical opera
| tions, should they desire the weed, and
urges that in organic disease OF the
heart the use of mild tobacco should
not be discouraged in respect to patients
who have been long accustomed to 1t
He considers that in the early stages
of phthisis smoking is of positive benefit
owing to is unquestioned bactericida
power As a disinfectant generally the
Munich doctor has the highest esteem
for tobacco; and as regards subjects
of nervous diseases he enjoins that dis
Cretion should be exercised in the mod
Grafton of the use of the fragrant Leaf
rather than in the absolute forbiddinp
of it. Altogether, he makes out strong
case for tobacco.
A foreign medical journal Is authority
for the statement that tablespoonful
of glycerne in hot milk or cream vii
at once relieve the most violent attack
of coughing. This is a simple, easily
obtained and harmless remedy, and II
it keeps good its promise will prove
to be of great value. Equally simple
and quite as effective is the use OF
glycerine spray through an atomizer
This is applied directly to the inilamed
or irritated surfaces, and gives almost
instant relief. In attacks of influenza
colds i'm the head, sore throat and like
troubles, glyCerine mixed with three
times it's bulk of water boiled anG
| cooled, IS an lhNaIuapie rerheuS'
| HEALTH FOR THE MILLION:
Cultivate the habit of yawning tC
| strengthen the throat and voice.
NJ ,,,ir,. tho h,oo1 tola n toblesnoon
c,i - rmcnio-mongnnIi in half glass of col,
I'm, " f,ar ,,och ,nonI FOR, tivo or six weeks
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