The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-12

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and the children who are liable 10 nervous
strains express themselves in emouohai us
plays. restlessness explosions or anger
nagging propensities, egotism or conVulsiVe
tendencies which may at the outset De oesu-
tute OF moral or mental signincance- Ihey
are removable by removing the school strain
and its consequences. If strengthened py
protracted existence they intensity moral
and physical degeneracy. Attention 10 these
physical states by providing sultapie Train
ing conjoned with strict observance OF the
laws OF hygiene and indoor sanitation VIII
prevent the development and Is oftentmes
a cure of these conditions and the resultant
moral or mental deterioration. School Work
should be adapted to the conditions of the
child; and no matter what excuse may be
made for the practice as part Of our school
system II Is unjust to require the feeble. to
exceed their powers"
Observation during the past few years
shows that there Is a great decline In the
use or alcohol and change of opinion re-
garding its medicinal qualities. Time was
when 1T was a common remedy and had
reputation Of being the king of stimulants.
1t was conscientiously believed that by its
use in a critical moment men had been
snatched from the very jaws of death, and
that it was the one remedy to give first
and freely in all cases of accident. Then it
was announced that alcohol was only a
stimulant in moderate doses and that then
1t became sedative. Now the report is
abroad that 1t is an anaesthetic and sedative
in all doses, and that it has primary stage
OF excitement but is never truly stimulat-
ing. The reputation which 1t enjoyed as an
appetizer. tonic. an assistant of digestion
and promoter of strength has been blasted
and certain physicians to-day claim that it
is injurious to the stomach. That which
was once freely given as a food for the
fever-famished body must now sit upon the
shelf under suspicion of having beckoned. on
rather than fought back the angel and the
shroud. The Charlotte Medical Journal
says these things are only straws, but the
time is coming when we shall prescribe all
cohol intelligently for certain indications in
certain doses. AS a beverage, however
men will not cease drinking until they are
given new thirst and a new throat.
Grape Juice. which is of undoubted bene-
nj In many cases, may be homemade as
follows: Take twenty pounds of Concord
grapes, wash them, pull them from the
stems. and make up the weight with
stemmed grapes. Boil them in two quarts
OF water until they become pulpy enough
To strain through a cheese-cloth bag This
will take about ten minutes. Add five
pounds of graduated sugar, boil again for
hve minutes, and bottle Keep the bottles
while filling in pan of boiling water. Pint
bottles are preferable (beer bottles are Just
the thing). and they should be sealed tight.
ly. This will make about fifteen bottles.
1t will keep several years.
Tea, which is so often used for relieving
headache, is, according to Dr. kellogg. a
common cause of rheumatism Many per-
sons cannot forego the morning cup of tea
or coffee without suffering from headache
and depression during the day. Them. the
active principle of tea, and caffein, the
active principle of coffee, are somewhat
similar In effect to uric acid. Rheumatism
and allied conditions have their foundation
in so-caled uric acid diathesis; that is.
condition resulting from storing up in the
body abnormal quantities of uric acid and
the urates or salts of uric acid.
Sun baths are recommended by DR.. Viii.
son, in the Popular Science News for the
complexion, for the circulation, and fol
sleeplessness. He says that sun is neces.
sary for the body as water, and that it is
the best tonic as we'll as beautifier He
| says. take all the clothing off, and sit OF
lie In room Hooded with sunshine. Change
the position often enough to bring all parts
of the body in the suns ray. Tanning an6
reddening do not hurt the skin, bu
| strengthen and improve it. He claims that
this practice will invigorate the entire sys
| tenn, act as a preventive of colds and i'm.
prove the disposition by increasing vitality
and strength.
1t isn't every doctor who can rightly bs
called professor, but in Chicago there is
better chance than elsewhere. Chicago IL
! fact, may be considered the hub of medica
learning, for according to the Western
| Druggist, there are twenty-five medical col
leges there, some of which, however, ar,
not superclassical. These, of course, require
their quota of officers, the number being
LOCO, who are recognized by the Board o.
Health as in good standing, while there i:
a goodly number of those who style them
| selves professors to increase the number
| The total number of practicing physician.
in Chicago is 5000, so that it naturally fol
lows that every third doctor in Chicago i.
a professor.
| AS the cold weather approaches peopl,
should bear in mind the fact that it is pos
sible to catch as bad a cold in a close
| overheated, ill-ventilated room in a cold
| draughty one. Much of the prevalent ca
| tarrh, sore throat and other forms of cold.
are due as much to want of ventilation al
| to exposure to cold. Pure air is the sures
preventive of these diseases, but the mis-
take should not be made that pure ali
| means cold air.
1t is q well-known fact that the profes
greatly overcrowded The Charlotte Medi
| cal Journal records that the United States
with population OF 100000, has 1000
| physicians, or a doctor for every 625 inhab
itants. Russia, on the other hand, shows
fine opening for physicians. since. with
population of 127, OOO,O OO there are only Is, SO
physicians, or one doctor to every 6.926.
| Prescriptions.
To stop falling of the hair the Revue
| Therapeutics recommends: HORTICULTURAL
| Of quinine, one ounce; fannie acid, tw
ounces; alcohol GO per cent?, one and hal
| pints; tincture of cantharides, two and
half ounces; pure glycerine, two and a hal
| ounces: eau de cologne, ten ounces; Vanilla
two grains; powdered sandalwood, on
ounce. This mixture, after being We
1 hob iS oil c+o md for fo11r 6ox,