The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-10-06
RHEUMATISM

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rather the congress, with people wiz
come mostly for the journey, and weber.
ever refreshments were served they
sought the table. Among the other pub
lie addresses, that Of Metchnikof Of Pari!
upon the plague. and Lombroso Of Tur-
in upon the new psychology, We're the
most interesting.
Metcnkof, though a Russian, spoke In
| French, with the clearest enunciation
have ever heard. Il was such a reliet
to hear him, after the mumbling of 9th.
ers, and even the plague became fascin.
ating. Leyden, the famous Berliner, fill.
| ed the theatre with mis- ringing voice
| and MS new ideas. When one recall:
the old works on mental philosophy
| through which We waded in the schoo
days, the words Of Lombroso were like
a language from another world. Ii is IL
longer an impossible dream TO place men
| tai phenomena in orderly sequence
while the power OF mental influence in
disease is just celebrating its nativity
| in the world Of science.
Lombroso reiterated theory which ]
humbly propounded twenty years ago,
! viz. that the criminal is a sick man and
should be treated as such, but no one
paid any attention to my prophecy, and
behold Lombroso propounding the idea
| into the heads of 5000 physicians and
| all the readers of all the medical jour
| nais in the world.
l cannot again refrain from referring
to the great Vircnrow, who is nothing
if NOT cellular. He still maintains that
life and its secrets are bound up in the
cell and prophesies that within the life
time of those present biologists would
discover the principal Of iife-within the
cell.
In the section on hygiene the necessity
OF separate cars, or wagons, as they are
called here. for the transportation of the
sick was strongly urged. Even now in
Roumania and Hungary there are such
cars constructed especially for the COM
fort and safety of the sick The same
recommendation was applied to boats
separate compartments that could be is
olated. The methods now in use to shut
off and make water tight compartments
could be used for the isolation Of the
sick.
Maissels Of Odessa strongly advocates
cremation. stating that it is an interna-
tional sanitary measure. The burning
Of all excretions as well as the bodies is
the only method by which 20 stamp out
scarlatina, typhus, cholera, the dagus, etc
DR.. Maissels states that the introduction
of cremation into Christian countries is
only return to the opoque OF early
Cnristians-a return of the ideal.
Very much attention is given 70 the
question Of the health Of school children
The complaint is that the hours are too
long and the nervous system is taxed
too severely. The conclusions upon this
subject by Wirenius of ST. Petersburg
are: 1. The absence Of harmony in ed
ucation, the developement intellectual to
the detriment of other sides of education,
culture involving the activity Of the
brain only. 2. The negligence of the ra-
tional culture peripheriQue nervous sys-
tenn, the neglect of the organs of sense
and movement. 8. The same negligence
as regards the meotional and volutary
acts OF the psychic life OF the child
the clild'S character. 4. The absence Of
regular teaching OF science. 5. The to-
tai neglect of inductIve and concrete
knowledge, the whole system being ex-
clusively based upon the abstract and de- |
ductive. 8. The course OF study isfittei |
only fore hljren endowed with superior |
capacity. z. The study hours and the !
system OF examina tons demand to, |
great strain upon the intellectual |
forces. 1 imagined myself listening 10 |
Colonel Parker OF Chicago, so in har-
mony are the views of the Russian doc |
tor and the Normal professor.
OF course that great modern invention |
the bicycle came in for good share Of |
bicycle spine. the bicy-
Gle heart, bicycle respiration, etc. etc,
were tossed backward and forward. but !
in summing il all up. il is only the ex-
cess. or abuse, and not the use OF the oi-
>yce that is condemned To this the
more enthusiastic cyclist mus, say amen.
In regard u epidemic diseases, l find
liphtheria one OF the most common. II
has a regular periodicity in the country
n the provinces and is unioub; ;edly due
% TIE same causes that produce cholera
n Asia. l find too that the constant
Thinking Of hot tea produces carries OF
ne teeth and diseases 0f the middle ear.
saw 50 many people with their ears
led up. / inquired the cause They take
his chi" or tea, absolutely boiling not
shoulr think that their ;h-oa :s would
,e scalded. The enamel OF the teech is
rackei by the intense heat. and 50 the
way IS open 10 diseases OF the teeth.
There seems % be no inspection ~ food
md one has 10 take ones risk as to il.
ondi;ion. The dried mushroom Is very
ommon article OF diet. and TO eat mush-
ooms here is like eating macaroni in
Naples. You wish you had aot seen tae
rying process. Sill Moscow Is q -c,Ean
nd well governed city compared Ti;l
'liclg0.
SARAH HACkETT- STEVENSON. /
POOR EDWARDS CONDITION
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