The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-10
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years Dy women.
DR. Laser of the hygienic institute of
Konigsberg draws attention to the power
which lemon juice has in destroying the
diphtheria bacillus. He testifies that he
tried 1t as gargle in fifteen cases of
acute diphtheria, and eighty other cases
OF throat disease. and that only one of
these proved fatal. The lemon Juice must
De diluted when used as a gargle, but
slices OF lemon may also be given 20 the
patient to masticate when he is able to
do so. But the pulp should be rejected
The brain in its relation to the muscles
of the eye, says DR.. w. E. Hamill, may
be likened to a person driving a horse;
the reins in the hands of the driver guide
the animal perfectly when tractable and
responsive, with scarcely a conscious eff
tort on the part of the driver, their des-
tinauon and intent being reached with
a feeling of satisfaction and pleasure; but
were the horse fractions and difficult of
management, the driver would soon be-
come nervous. irritable, perhaps explos-
i've. When the muscles (reins) of the eye
are too short or too long, too weak or 100
strong; or when the demands of the eye
(horse) are unusual or irregular, the brain
driver becomes irritated, agitated, ex-
hausted, producing headache. The smile
may be verdant, but it is apt.
DIR. Waetzold expresses his belief in
the Journal dHygiene that the chloroses
and neuroses, from which so many young
girls suffer, may be largely attributed TO
the abuse of the piano. 1t is necessary,
says the author, TO abandon the deadly
habit of compelling young girls to ham
mer on the keyboard before they are Is or
16 years of age. Even at this age the ex-
ercise should be permitted only to those
who are really talented and are possess
ed of robust temperament. Dr. Waet-
zold shows that out of 1000 young girls
studying the piano before the age of Il
years, 600 were afflicted with nervous trou-
bles later on, while the number having
affections of this kind was only 200 for
those who commenced the study of the
piano at a later age, and only 100 were
affected among those who had never
touched this instrument. The study Of
the violin produces even more disastrous
results than those attributed to the piano.
The swallowing of carbolc acid ap-
pears to be favorite method of suicide
nowadays, although no more painful way
of shutting off the mortal coil could be
selected. An antidote for the poison is
suggested by DIR. Powell in the Medical
solution of alcohol sufficed to counteract
the effect of the carbolic acid. 1t was
probable, therefore, that whisky brandy
and some of the wines might answer the
same purpose. He had heard of an inter-
esting case of carbolic acid poisoning oc-
curing in Pittsburg. mother had hur-
Hed to the hospital during the night. com
ing long distance with her one-month-
old infant, who had been given strong
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at the hospital had Immediately put a tea
spoonful of alcohol down the childs
throat. The child had recovered, although
the parts had been almost covered black
at the time of entering the hospital. About
one week later the baby had contracted
pneumonia, presumably from exposure on
that night 1t had died. and the attending
physician had reported that the autopsy
showed absolutely no damage to the esoph-
agus and stomach.
"A New Zealand correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun writes: 1.-THE first floor of
their theaters is fiat, supplied with plain.
unpainted wooden benches, with omen
backs. The balcony, the fashionable place.
contains only cheaply upholstered benches.
ana Is badly ventilated. Early door tickets
at l212 cents extra are sold, admitting the
holder an hour before the regular doors
open, that he may obtain first choice of
the implanted benches. Five minutes be-
fore the orchestra appears a big bell,
suspended in the theater is violently ring
making all but the dead jump. Then ali
knowing ones understand that order is
wauted-the stranger probably thinks it a
hre-alarm bell. Every Saturday night in
all New Zealand towns the people crowd
their leading street. They walk chiefly
IN the street in preference to the footpath
The girls, women, men and boys. Young
and old, promenade up and down the one
street, meet friends and stand in groups
In the street. An occasional cart. cab or
tram, driven at breakneck speed In their
midst makes the people scatter for mo-
ment, with many narrow escapes. Vebi-
cles, trans, cycles, etc, turn to the left
instead of to the right"
DO we age more slowly than our fore
fathers did? is a question asked bv DR.
w. Ainslie Hollis, physician at the Sus-
sex county hospital, in the London Lam
Get, and answered by himself in the af-
hrmatfve. He quotes statistics in sup
port OF his argument and refers to MANY
cases of famous veterans in Eurone who
continue to uphold their early regulations
for longevity, which, he says. is one of
the most striking features of the present
NSS' CHNOubtSuiy lIle improved sanitary
conditions in the modern times and the
gradual education of the people In the
science of living and the more mature age
at which people marry nowadays extend
the period of adolescence. Apropos of the
ABOVE. Dr. Julius Althaus discusses the
question how to prevent old age, and saws
the only way is to be careful to annro-
pirate and use the galvanic current. which
he has studied and experimental upon for
forty years, and lays the charge against
doctors Of having far too long neglected
electricity in cases of debility and exbaus-
ton, in which he himself has often oh
tanned results He has known men nre-
maturely aged after treatment look ten
years younger, be restored in temper take
fresh interest in life, and have Quicker
digestion and healthier sleep
Somebody who calls himself "Prof
Leon is quoted by the Boston Journal as
declaring, after twenty years of experience
in the training of horses, dogs, lions and
animals, that none of them has anv in
telligence or possesses either the incIine.
ton or the power to perform what can