Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-01-19
RELATING TO HYGIENE.

according to Leslie's Weekly. Re
Gently, il says, an eminent physician
gave utterance 10 the opinion that
| appendicitis is more common in this
country than in others because Of the
/ Yankee custom that men have-and
men are more frequently sufferers
from the disease than women-of
habitually sitting with one leg thrown
over the other. This habit The
I physician was quoted as saying. re-
stlfcts the action OF the digestive APP
paratus, and especially the lower In
/ testine, aud causes stagnatiou of the
contents and the stretching of the
opening OF the vermiform appendix
making it possible for distractions to
reach the latter, and thus giving rise
to appendicitis. There is no other dis
ease, If we may judge from the at
tention given TO il by current publi-
cations, In which the general public
takes SO much interest as In this one,
/ which is comparatively new to medl-
! cal practice. Probably much of the
popular interest is due to the fact
I that only within a few years what
! may be called the literature Of APP
pendcitis has reached the reading
community
The recent bequest by the viii Of
Prof. Baron, of sufficient funds to
found and maintain an orphan asylum
in which vegetarian principles were TO
be inculcated and observed, says the
Medical Record. has created con
siderable discussion In Berlin, Ger
many. 1t seems that after the pro-
! fessor's bequest had been formally
accepted by the mayor OF the city, OBJ
jections were raised by members OF
the council, which includes such
well-known physicians as Virchow,
Furbringer and Fraenkel. II was
cootended that the authorities should
hesitate before subtecting its orphan
wards to what must still be regarded
as an experiment in diet. While 1t is
quite possible that in many coun-
tries much more meat is consumed by
the individual than the requirements
Of a healthy system demand. stiH it
would seem that In some climates the
I
| tain proportion of such food n his
daily diet rs is furnished by animal
muscle and fat As an indication
Of what may be accomplished ian the
way OF muscular effort on q purely
vegetable diet the winner Of recent
foot race in Berlin, who was a vege-
tartan, covered the distance Of Is
German miles in 14A hours without
showing any signs Of marked fatigue
This was also the case, according to
La Medicine MOderue, with the five
Iother yegetarians who took part
while of the II non-vegetarians in
the contest only one was able 70
finish, and he came IN far behind the
others and in bad form
These recommendations by Dr.
Biggs the bacteriologist to the New
York board Of health, have been ac-
copied by that body J. rhe use o.
states, slate pencils and sponges
shall be discontinued in all the pno-
lie schools. 2. According to require
ment, pupils shall be supplied with
pencils and penholders, each pupil &c
retain those received in box pro
yided for the purpose, such box TO be
marked with the pupils name. Pen
ellis and penhoders shall not be trans
ferred from one pupil to another with
out suitable dsinfection. 3. All schoo
property left in the school building
by a child suffering from any con
tagious disease. and all such property
found In room occupied by a family
in which a case Of infectious disease
has occurred, shall ne taken by the
health department for disinfection OF
destruction T. Books which are taken
home by pupils shall be covered reg
ularly each month with brown manila
paper. These regulations says tbs
Sanitarium, would appear to be some
what stringent in character, but there
is no doubt mediate scope exists for
Imorc precautions than are at present
taken in our board schools. Notitica.
tion has done much TO minimize the
lspread of infections disease, but it il
lattenticu 20 details such rs the fore
going that will eventually stamp il
out
Physical endurance. says writer
IN Harper's Bazar, is often regarded
as the great end and aim of all, but
Iphysicsl endurance is only the result
Of mental action The training OF th'
body shows the exercise Of the brain
in every act. VIII judgment, thought
are the moving forces Of all these
special acts. II Is the discipline o'
these that measures the powers Of
endurance. Every one is familiar
with the fact that If a muscle or
member is not exercised the result Is
a whitening away Of the muscle or tht
part The nervous mechanisms wblef
control the nutritiCO Of the parts are
not called into action and the IN.
strumants Of Tue mind, owing 20 dis
use. become rusty and Incapable o.
performing their part The very place
I'm the order OF existence is only main
tanned by the training which cult.
Yates endurance II is the greatest
mistake To let the powers % en-