The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-21
"SANITAS' ON HEALTH.
the REL4IION or ALCOHOLIC IN
DULGENCEs 10 INSANITY.
The Care of Teeth in Childhood-Dissem
nation of Scarlet Fever by Maii-Isn
Hygiene Aphorisms.

| The Az erlcan Journal OF Insanity says:
l. Alcoholic excuses produce insanity
2 They are directly the cause OF at
least ten or twelve per cent and probably
| OF q somewhat larger percentage. In
directly. they are among the casual fac
| tors OF 4 very large proportion OF cases
that cannot be directly attributed TO al
cohol.
q. Moderate drinking is 4 very indeh
mite term. and this fact alone. makes II
impossible to utilize satisfactorily any sta
tistio as TO its effect in producing mental
disease. There Is. however, no reason to
| believe that moderate indulgence IN al
| cohol is especially conducive to mental
| health in tho average individual and there
| Is. on tho other hand. certain amount
| Of physiological a priori presumption 20
the contrary. For the victim Of heredi-
tary faint or the neuratic. II is undoubt-
odly, often disastrous in its effects IN
this direction.
CARE or TEETH IN CHILDREN.
Every mother ought 10 know that at
age of six, or Whereabouts, the first per
manent Jaw tooth makes its appearance
back OF the temporary one.
She must be instructed concerning the
value of this tooth during that critical
period Of childhood. that the second mo-
lar Will not appear until the twcifth year.
and that the child will have 10 depend
upon this tooth, TO great extent, for
masticatiOn.
Children should receive early training
IN the use OF the toothbrush.
DISSEMINATION OF SCARLET FE-
YER BY MAIL.
A foreign physician on Investigating
the source Of Infection in an instance Tn
which n child was attacked by scarlet
fever IN place where there had been
no case Of the disease for years found
that six days before the onset OF tho
chid's Illness, a letter had been received
from its grandparents stating that an
other child living with them had just had
scarlet fever and was shedding It's skin
like a snake" Two flakes OF the con-
valesccnrs skin were inolosed IN the
letter, which. together with its contents
had been employed as a playthlng by the
child first mentioned.
The same physician cites another IN
stance OF tho conveyance OK scarlet fever
By means Of a letter. A lady i'm Germany
wrote 20 two Of her acquaintance in
France. saying that she had just had
scarlet fever and was pecling so copiously
that while writing she had been obliged
10 brush off the sheet OF paper several
times. Both the recipients OF tho letters
were seized with scarlet fever I'm the
course Of few days and one Of them died
of IL.
BREAD AND FLOUR.
Wheat is orc OF the few articles that
will sustain life indefinitely. but bread.
made from white flour. will not. Why
Because the white flour customarly used
| does not contain the most desirable parts
Of wheat. Bread made from -four which
! includes tho entire grain. except the out
| side hull. a. complete food. II children
were raised on this kind OF bread. in-
stead OF white bread. neither the dentist
nor tho doctor would be needed so often.
and the bones. brain. and muscles of
those growing up would be better stuff.
TREATMENT or LIGHTNING
STROKE
Professor Oliver Lodge writes 10 tho
/ Liverpool Post % warn the public
against the notion that lightning stroke
is necessarily fatal II stops the vital
organs. he says. but il rarely destroys
them. II respiration can be- maintained
artihcally Tor sufficient time there is
fair chance that tho heart Will re-
sumo IT'S suspended action. and that the
stricken man Will recover The practical
! outcome of this IS never % pronounce "a
/ lightning-etruck person dead until tho
well-known method of resuscitation from
drowning has been practiced upon the
apparent corpse for two or three hours.
Experience has justified this teaching
both in America and i'm France where it
has been strenuously urged and prac-
ticed by DIT d'ArsOnvale. This is q matter
Of great Importance. Comparatively few
people are Killed by lightning in this
| country. but 10 seems probable enough.
81 We are TO believe Professor Lodge. that
the number could bee still further Tee
I D .fr..
! uced.
TEN HYGIENTC tPHERIsMS
Tho late DIR. Frank IT, Hamilton Of
bellevue Hospital is said 20 have franz
od the following decllogue of health pre-
ceDts.
]. Tho best thing for the insides of
man is the outside OF a horse o. Bless
cd is he who invented slccr. but thrice
/ blessed tho man who viii invent cure
| for thinking. 3. Light gives bronze or
ran color 20 the skin; but whore it ~
roots the lily # plants the rose. 4. The
lives Of most men are in their own hands.
and. as % rule. tho just verdict after
death would be felO-de-ec 8. Health must
DO earned. it can seldom be bought g.
| a change of air is loss valuable than
| n change Of scene The air IS changed
every time the wind is changed e. Mold
and dccaying vegetables in a cellar weave
shrouds for tho upper chambers. s. Dirt.
dcbauchcry. disease. and death are suc-
cessive links in the same chain. @. Calls
themes may be very gentle and romp-
ing very ungentle. but one Us the shadow
the other the substance of healthful exc
crCise lo Girls need health as much.
nay. more. than boys. They can only OBJ
tain 90 as boys do hy running tumbiing-
by an sorts OF innocent vagrancy. At
least once % day girls should have their
halters taken Of. the bars let down. and
DO turned loose like young colts.
SANTTAS.