The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-07
Medical Notes.

Certain actions or pastures usually in-}
dictate probable diseases, as smoke indi-j
Gates fire, and DR.. Lewis has called at-(
tention to a number of these }
When a person evinces a tendency to
sleep with the hands tightly clasped
over the head, he proabby suffers from
some form of dyspepsia.
When person has one eyelid dropping
over the eye and cannot voluntarily raise
it, he is probably in danger OF an apo
plectic seizure, unless it follows an injury
or disease causing paralysis of the nerve
controlling the eyelid
When person has a small, movable
pea-like body in the lobe of the ear. it
probably consists of urate of soda, and
he may sooner or later be attacked with
some form of govt.
When a person has persistent bad
taste on rising in the morning, indie
pendent of arrangement of the stomach,
he probably has or is threatened with
heart trouble.
When the ends of the fingers become
club-shaped the person may have phthsis
or heart disease.
When a person commences to drag
one leg after it's fellow, without raising
it from the ground, although the limb
some disease of the spine
When person cannot stand steadily
with his eyes closed or is nervous when
descending stairs, or raises one leg I'M
necessarily high, when wanting to cross
it over the other or hesitateS in rising
from a chair when hidden, he is
probably threatened with locomotor
ataXia.
When a person suffers from continu-
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seated or referred to the whole Uranium.
and never yields, even temporarily, to
any treatment, he probably has organic
disease of the brain or it's membranes.
How small thing may lead to death
is Illustrated by the historical ease of DR.
Nathan Schwarzkopf, an Austrian ply
stefan. He was walking on the street,
one day. when mans hat blew off and
| he ran to pick it up. While doing so he
received blow on the hand, from the
walking stick of another pedestrian, who
was also chasing the hat From this
slight injury inf1amma ton and suppurG-
tlen set in and in spite of timely surgical
care death followed from blood poison
ing. He was called, in consequence, the
victim of civility' The carrying of
canes and umbrellas, in the public streets
is hardly a matter for regulation by the
health board, but public opinion should
severely censure, if not reprimand in
more forcible ways, the man who carries
cane or umbrella crossways, grasping
it by the middle and swinging it reckless
ly about. This man, and there are
women sinners too, jeopardizes eyes and
other parts of pedestrians. especially in
a crowded thoroughfare, and the danger
is now greater since the small. round.
sharp-pointed, steel, tubular frames have
become common In some cities it is
against the law to carry a shovel Or
pick through the streets, over the ShoUl-
der, and this law applies to other tools
as well. All such dangerous implements
must be carried with the point downward
and the arm full length at the side 1t
would not he an injudicious law to in
clude the carrying of canes and UNI
b:ellas in this edict for few carry picks
and shovels but millions carry canes
without due care for the comfort and
welfare Of others. Aside from the painful
and even serious wound that NAV be in
f1icted by a cane or umbrella tip there is
great danger that the germs of lock Jaw
Or other disease may be inocufated by
these soil and filth contaminated weapons
and simple wound made by them be-
comes very serious if not fatal matter
They are, in fact about as dangerous as
q wild Indians poisoned arrow or spear
point and some folks brandish them
about as the wild Indian does these
weapons.
At this season of the year. when colds
are common, the value of codeine should
be more popularity known. Codeine is a
principle derived from opium, but unlike
many others, has few injurious Qualities.
Morphine, also derived from opium has
hitherto been one of the sovereign in
gradients of most cough remedies, but
it has certain undesirable actions upon
the system. Codeine acts more pleasant
ly than morphine, does not constipate,
does not as a rule disturb the stomach
or digestion, leaves no disagreeable after
effects, is really an eXpectorant, and thus
aids the cure of cold by natural means
and, best of all, as it can be taken for
months without the necessity of increas-
ing the dose, it does not lead to a drug
habit. 1t is especially valuable in reliev
Ing pain, irritation and cough, in affec-
lions of the respiratory system, either in
children or adults, both in acGF5 and
chronic diseases and is a valuable sub
| Stltute for ether preparations or deriya-
tiVes of opium in subduing pain in chron-
| ic, inoperable and incurabIe diseases. es-
peelaliy in the latter, on account of re-
quiring no increase in dose no matter
how long period it is used.
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Considerable misunderstood ding exists
about ptomaines even among profes SIGNAL
men. Ptomaines are not bacteria
Ptomaines are not destroyed by the heat
| of ordinary cooking. If they were de-
! stroyed by cooking cases of food pos on
| Ing by ptomaines would be unheard of
If there be death in the pot, generally
! speaking, no amount of boiling will pre-
vent its work. Neither will continued
boiling soak out or distil out the poison
J or dilute it to such an extent as to be-
! come harmless. 1t is a strange fact, too
that the poison may be localized in cer-
tain spots, and one who eats Hlis par
/ tieular piece of food will be poisoned.
while others who eat of other portions
of the same food may go free A box Of
sardines, for example, may contain one or
more tainted fish, while the others are
innocuous, and this is a good example.
because, while the sardines are little
fishes boiled in OIL this boiling does not
make those infected with ptc,naines anv
the less dangerous. Neither does it fol-
low that because one person eats of GER
tain food and is not injured that the food