The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24

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and bitter attack upon surgery Very
few, however, are aware that Tennyson
expressed sorrow to Sir Andrew Clarke
that he eyer wrote this poem The medi-
cal student has too long been taken 8
typical Of all that Is low, uneducated and
unclean. redeemed only by the saving
grace of love Of humOr and practical
jokes. Today the behavior Of the con-
scientious medical student is that of any
gentleman ambitious to become a useful
factor In the wCrld, honored and respect
ed
Among the improvements in city sani-
tation In the future will doubtless be a
system OF ventilation towers in connec-
ton with sewers, thus doing away with
the present denominations known as
sewer VentilatorS. At present catch
basins and sewers are merely ventilated
by means Of iron grattngs in the road
way the consequence being that under
the best conditions the air in the streets
and 1t Is only from the street air that
our houses are ventiated-is continually
befouled by sewer gas, while under GER
tain conditions las in summer time, or
When the sewers are being fushed) the
streets become simply pestilential from
the stencil Of sewer air.
DoVer's powder is of value for many
treating a cold 1t frequently relieves
the pain and cures at least for a consld-
cradle period of time muscular rheuma-
t1sm, given in doses varying from TO 10
grains. 1t is of value in measles and
scarlet fever, the perspiration which it
Induces aiding in the development of the
rash and quieting the fever and nervous
agitation. In certain cases it is well to
administer with it two or three grains Of
washed sulphur. In influenza, Liegois be-
neFes that Dover's powder is very USE
1uI in relieving laryngeal and bronchial
pain and Inflammation and pain IN the
limbs, two or three grains three times a
day being usually sufficient.
Gambat calls attention to the fnonor
lance of not neglecting the teeth In gen
eral diseases, and especially in those of
the ear, nose and throat Disease nav
erect the development and formation Of
the teeth The reverse is also true. A
decayed tooth or abscess Of the gums
may develop symptoms that are thought
10 depend by the patient on trouble in
the ear, nose and throat The ear esDe-
claIiy IS frequently the seat Of reflex dis
turoanceS that originate from the teeth
although the nose and throat are also
sometimes affected in this manner.
In the rush and turmoil of business ara
rest or recreation. hoping to meet obliga-
tlons and secure modest stipend against
OLD age and tnfrmities. These, wear after
year see opportunities grow less. the
values of the production of farm and
shop grow smaller, the money of the peo-
PIE deprecated and the gold standard
raised higher. Who can wonder that
with hard work, privation and dfsaD-
polntment, they brood and brood and
HnaIIy cross the borderland of fnsanftvq
Prof. Rasori, after careful study Of
statistics. states that the greatest number
or deaths occur between and 7 o'clock
IN the afternoon, while in the early
heurs OF the morning there are the great
est number Of births. The coincidence of
the time of the maximum number of
deaths with the hours when the pulse and
temperature are at the highest point in
health and when there is an increase Of
fever In cases of Illness has been offered
as the explanation of this fact.
In accordance with acoustics and a1at-
ony the best singers should have the
mghest forehead and a large upper face.
Dr Hubbard says resonance chambers
are necessity to good voice production.
ne nigh forehead with its frontal sinus
tne porous bones of the upper face.
honeycombed with cells the tfirty-six
square inches of nasal space, the yaIIItad
dome OF the nasal pharynx. all lend reso-
| nance to the voice
An educated Chinanan. the Rev. Poon
Gnu speaking Of the comparative evils
or alcohol and opium as fntoxicant7
finds one striking difference between fbs
effects Of the opium vice among his coun-
trymen and those produced among
Americans by alcoholic intemperance.
He says: When the Chinese opium
smoker comes home he does not abuse
! his children and kick his wife his wife
kicks him"
Coffee has been found by a German
investigator TO possess marked germ
icidal properties. Pure coffee. of the or
| binary strength in which it IS utilized
as beverage. killed cholera bacilu in
three hours and typhus bacilIi in twenty
four hours. An artI-bacterial substance
seems to be developed in the coffee bean
by the roasting process.
Apropos of methods for the prevention
of accidental poisoning by mistaking bot
ties containing them for those containing
harmless medicine, the law of Germany
is wise one. All drugs intended for
internal use must in that country be
put In round bottles and those which
are to be used externally must be placed
in hexagonal bottles.
If the mouth is rinsed freely once a day
with water in which a pinch of alum Is
dissolved it will prevent the formation
of tartar. 1t is harmless to the teeth
and keeps the gums in good condition.
According to Hail. scarlet fever occurs
in epidemic form only in countries where
cows milk is used as a food, but not in
countries where children are fed solely
at the breast or on goats or ASS milk.
He states that the disease is rare or IN
known in China, Japan and India.
Among the evils of education is the
educated Jaw" Dental observers say
that the square jaw. through lessons and
book learning, is becoming V shaped,
the molars being crowded together so
that they do not have room 10 grow, and
will in time be unable to cut" at all.
Indeed. this is not uncommon today, for
in many the original teeth are becoming
less in number than they ought to be,
and the VISIONS" often fail to appear
These jaws usually carry peariy, yet very
frai teeth. II specialists are right, in
the course of time the higher education
will produce race without any teeth at
all. and peepe will require artificial sets
in their babyhood.
Sir James Crichton-Browne, In an adj
dress at Selkirk upon brain dasuetude.
said elderly persons who give up business
and professional men who set aside their
avocations without having other in .erGs1s
or pursuits to which to turn. are in many
cases plunged into dependency or hur-
RED into premature dotage He knows no
surer way of inducing premature mental