The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-07
IT HAS a LARGE CIRCULATION

many another disease, IT creeps upon the
brain In the form Of a single constant
never-lost idea: and as the drOpp'rg CT
water over q period OF years will wear
a groove I'm a stone, so does worry
gradually, but no less surely. destroy the
brain cells that lead all the rest ana are.
so to speak, the Commanding officers"
OF mental power. health and motion.
Worry, 20 make the theory still strong
er IS an irritation at-certain points. that
If continued. has serious results. but pro-
duces, little harm If IL comes only M
Intervals or irregularly The brain can
easily cope with occasional worrying OF
The system But 81 IS not proof gainst
The Iteration and rciteratiOn Of one 'Gea.
To Is precisely as though the skull were
laid bare and the surface Of the brain
struck lightly with q hammer owe " few
seconds. with mechanical precision. fer
days and weeks. with never "a sisn OF
let-up or the failure Of a stroke. such
succession Of blows from o. hammer
would. Of course irritrievably inIuie Tie
brain Immediately but that is the piinci-
pie. For just I'm this way. does lie On
noyne idea. the maddening thought that
viii not be done away with. strike or fol-
urOn certain nerve cells. never cedsing
and week by week diminishing the Vita
lily OF these delicate organisms thai are
so minute that they can only be seen
under the microscope.
This most interesting and instructive
subject will be concluded I'm the next ar
ticle on Health and Hygiene
INFECTION BY PETS.
Cats have been suspected Of conveying
the infection Of diphtheria. and s,srlet
fever has been traced TO them. To It's.
may be added tho unwelcome news ihat a
health officer has reported a case OF
smallpox. wfch was brought about In
the same way that is 10 say by a cat
from an infected house entering that Of
neighbours
And TO cap the climax. there are row
appearing in the various. medical our
nails instances OF the conveyance Of
disease similar TO typhoid fever, (calisd
psittacosis) from parrots to man.
HOT BATHS AND SLEEP.
Suppose a person to be tired out by
overwork Of any kind. TO feel nervous.
irritable and worn. 10 be absolutely GER
tain that bed means only tossing for hours
In and unhappy wakefulness says. Dr.
Edison. We all know this condition OF
the body and mind. Turn on the OF
water IN the bathroom, and soak in tue
hot bath until the drowsy feeling comes.
which will be I'm about three minutes;
then rub briskly with coarse Turkish
towel until the body is perfectly dry. 80
10 bed. You will sleep the sleep of the
Just. and rlse IN the morning wondering
how you could slave felt 50 badly the
night before.
GERMS IN ICE
II has been shown that some kinds OF
bacteria live and grow in melting ice
Putrefactive bacteria having gained ac-
cess 10 the ordinary household refrigera-
tor where tho temperature is a few de-
groes above the freezing point. can live
and multiply there thus communicating
meat and other food kept therein A
butchers refrigerator 30 contaminated
VIII faint his meat and perhaps, niurs
his patrons.
FAMILY ARCHIVES.
A writer IN The Paris Journal d'Hygiene
suggests that II families would preserve
In their archives full records Of the i'm
portant Illness. accidents, operations. etc.
as they occur IN them. with detailed re-
ports OF p0st-morterns which should be
more frequent" they would possess I'M
mense scientific and historic value and
interest In time. and prove Of great SER
vice 20 the health Of future gensraton3
lie cites the queen mother Of Henry
Nv. who left commands that her mead
should 30 dissected. I'm order 10 discover
the cause OF her frequent severe head
aches. that the information thus obtained
might be applied 10 prevent the same
trouble In her children.
WHOOPING COUGH
A writer IN "Pediatrics' said. that in
attempting 10 discuss this subject. ex-
ceedingly important as II was 10 both
the public and the medical profession. he
found himself fettered with emharrass-
ment. arising from the fact that many