Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-07-27
A(NiENlC TOPICS.

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gyttiyl b. Mr. ~ ~ Cr,.hays N i.
article .,n,aibu.r6 ~ me larrpal ~
lae American lIs3.,, association
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are ,3ag..v yonngeN. and tg,,u3e MI
taE y....,aS States M aa,fprrafsao
Wa,>h ,G'Weuye ana disturb nQ,riioa.
~ Obs, NvS M3iEest.un hrgiNs, ana
for ,a;> 5yUsS ami AitttyS containing
al1N62. dvc used. The narlotiSm which
follows is So &ra;ctal that II is con-
un"r3, ~ NjsD, decisions are
toSteCej IN the maids vi parents and
cMtdrCo, and from thiS many diuerent
forms 81 tneNrlety begin "a Often the
mos, @aulacal ana yhrontE MeNrjateS
are trNm these ic'usjNnal dySpeptiSs
CO.. Starvation is present IN many Of
taeSe cases. The quality ana variety
az foods are deficient. and defective
nonyiShment follows 90 The uniform
ltE or ,akinG foods and the quality and
variety are essential, This and
intentional rest and mcutal anxiety
are important factors. to Nhe inebrt-
ietN following these conditions IS
successfully treated by elimination Of
the toxins and special correction Of the
nutrition. lS) Nutrition Is a very act
I'VE cause IN the production Of inc
hfletN, ana should receive 4 careful
sthdN III all cases,
-
the air Of unhealthy houses ravors the
growth Of the tuhercule harNN pr
Ransom is said to have found con-
ditiOn which cNqlaius the problem of
this microhlc vitality. Experiment.
ing on tho air from the lungs Of
healthy persons and consumptive pa-
tients. and noting the character OF the
air ana yapors OF clay soil, SANDY soil
dud town soils. he obtained saws the
London News, a LIQUID In each case,
The liquids were sterlll2cd, and In
them were soaked pieces of filter pa-
per ana of ordinary wall paper The
papers were intended to form hrcedins
grounds for the hacilli of tubercule,
and when the microbes were sown on
the paper they multiplied and flour
ished in each case. The outcome of
these most noteworthy experiments
has an important bearing on the pre-
Ntntlon of consumption and on the
general sanitary treatment of patients,
For they prove to us that the germs OF
tuhercule possess wonderfully elastic
constitution. They multiply, grow
in the lungs and in the other organs
| OF our bodies, but they thrive equally
wei IN the organic matter which Is
contained in the air we emit from
our lungs and in the foul vapors that
arise from unhealthy soils, Thcy in
culeatc the great lesson that dryness
OF soil and light land plenty of III are
the natural agents to which we should
look for the destruction of the mi
crohes that convey tuberrule to us,
Long ago Sir George Buchanan, and
DR.. l}owditta of Boston also showed
that according to the drynoss OF the
soil produced by good drainage, the
cities in which such sanitary works
were carried ont showed n marked de-
crease Of the death rate from con
sumption.
The subject OF bedtime Is thus dis
russod by writer in Harper's Bazaar:
So many people are engaged all dav,
and the dinner hour is necessarily, In
city life, deferred To so late an hour,
that families do not break up from
their quiet evenings until after 10. So
ciety pushes its hours later and later,
and the votaries Of fashion come near
having no bedtime at all, snatchIng
their rest when they can between one
gay rout and another. The invalid
and the aged person and the child
must perforcc retire early. For those
steady-going persons who regulate
their lives by rule, and who habtually
rise at an early hour and breakfast
punctually at Z O'Clock, 10 is certainly
good bedtime hour. Brain workers
would find their account in seeking
the repose of the couch and the dark
ened and silent chamber, with pre-
ferably OPAQUE curtains TO exclude the