The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-01
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From a late number of a medical Jour-
nal vre take the following, giving It our
unqualified endorsement: The harm done
s 10 children by the present methods OF edu-
cation is too real to be ignored. Tho
conditions Of civilized life have so COM
plefely changed within the past half cen
fury that 1t becomes daily more and more
evident that measures must be taken TO
meet the new situation. and 10 endeavor
TO propagate and raise race better fitted
Y to withstand the strain of modern exist
1 ence. When children were brought up in
The country. spending the greater part OF
their time in the fresh. open air, consid-
erations as to physical development did
Inf enter Into the question.
The environments being healthy and
fond plentiful and nutritious. the natural
sequence was that the human product
grew up hardy and robust. well equipped
for the battle of life. The cyer-incrcasing
tendency to desert the country for the
town has placed fresh problem before
our scientific men and sanitarians. Chill
6rsn are born and pass their youth amid
unhealthy surroundings. IN many IN
stances improperly and irreguIarly fed.
in addition 10 these serious disadvantages.
they arc still further Handicapped by the
undue sfress OF school life. The sole aim
OF modern education would seem TO con-
sist in the attempt TO develop the mind
at the expense of the body. The necessi-
t.. Of fresh air and exercise as a part of
cht1d's training are strangely overlooked.
Mental and physical education should go
hand IN hand. Wherever possible, play
grounds of ample scope should be attached
to schools, and. above all, young children
should never BE expected TO work longer
: 2han1iwo hours at a stretch.
The author of that piece Of delightful
drollery The Last American" writing
rs a Persian author IN the year of grace
1851. says the ..Mehricans', had become
Ions since extinct by reason of their
haste for money-gettlng, their over
wrought nerves. and their improperly
reared children The germ of truth that
The story contains should not be missed:
and even though, by our Continual COM
ing we weary in this matter. 1t yet mer-
Its The wisest and best thought of our time
that the new generation should be proper
Is fed and wisely and syInmeticaily de-
se1oped.
INFANT FEEDING
In accordance with the custom adopted
.n these articles for The care of infants
as the summer months approach. we APP
pend the following as suitable in general
for infant feeding. For each drink take
fix drachms OF whole milk. twelve
drachms of thin, strained barley water:
two drachEls of cream: half a teaspoonful
I
end the samee of i1carbonate of sodium.
If the child is constinated part of the
barley water may be replaced by fluid
maEnesia;; while in the event of diarrhoea
1lmewater may be used in the same way.
AS the child yrews older the mixture NAV
be increased in strength and quantity.
POTATO POISONING
Dotatoes contain poison known as so
Mn New potatoes contain compare
yely little of this poison unless they
low above the surface of the ground and
: We green skin, when they are generally
aown to be poisonous II is not how
i er. generally known that old potatoes
gntain much more of this poisonous pr!n-
Ile-solan!n-and many cases of serious
= soning have occurred In late summer.
when old potatoes are used. In 1892 and
I 1893 there was almost wholesale poisoning
among the troops of the German arIny
The symptoms were frontal headache, coll
ict eiarrhoea, vomiting. weakness and slight
I ftupor- Investigation showed THAT old
pY-htocs, kept in damp place and begin
Mig TO sprout contained twenty-four'
times much solanin as new potatoes
When using old potatoes in June and July
It Will be we'll TO keep this fact in mind.
COMPULSORY VACCINATION.
An editorial In recent number of the
North Carolina Medical Journal has this
to say The Supreme Court of North