The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
Medical Notes.

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BOT many years ago European civiliza-
tiou. remarks the British Medical Journal
Wa an optimistic phase, and people went
about saving that. what with railways
steamers and teIegraphs we might thank
heaven that we We're born in the nine
tccnth century. Safety, disillusion. ana
The Increase of the population has thrown
Il gloom over these old happy notions
Thoughtful people wish to know if We
T. a. rcalS better than our ancestors. One
positive fact is ascertained-we are Ger
tainly cleaner 1t is difficult to say that
anybody can be too clean: but it is easy
10 understand that a man can clean him
self in the wrong way. Dr. Ricketts, has
discovered a skin affection almost pc
cuiar 10 women who WASH and powder
TOO frequently. There IS redness, with
scalineSS and considerable burning Elk
po~urc 10 draughts Increases the symp-
IONS. Al times there Is pain. causing loss
of sleep. The zeal of some American
ladies in the practice of the virtue which
Is next 10 godliness is marvellous One
is said TO have confessed to having ap-
piled a well known cosmetic powder
thirteen times in twelve hours, each time
after ne face had been thoroughly wash
ed with a yet more famous soap. DR..
Ricketts, prefers good. pure olive oil APP
piled Two or three times day with some
soft silk or linen fabric to the blandest
soap. There Is also such thing as using
100 much water, especially if cold or very
hot. In our profession frequent washing
of the hands is an absolute duty and ne
cesSitY: vet how well we know that
20 ,nT h.
washing. and that glycerine often irri-
tateS the hand which it whitens The
rougheninE of the hand by frequent abiu-
uoES Is a grave matter. as it diminishes
1actle sensibility and is very disagree
able 20 patients. Thorough drying of the
hands after the use of tepid water and
a bland soap, cause them to become dirty
again with rapidity.
Every one does not know that very
strong Pungent odors are injurious to the
nerves Of smell and often produce serious.
j not lncurable difficulties 1t is we'll un-
derStood that certain scents start the
action Of the secretory glands Of the nose
and throat and often the eyes fill up with
Sears. Frequent indulgence in the use of
such perfumes viii soon overtax the sec
retory organs and weaken them Some
day the person observes that the hearing
Is less acute than usual and the sense OF
smell seems defective. This is, of course.
accredited To a cold or other similar
cause. but little is thought of it.
After q time the entire head becomes #
fected, hearing and smell are almost if
not altogether lacking. and there are
throat and lung complications which are
likely 10 end in chronic if not fatal ill
ness. 1t has taken the medical world a
great many years to discover that loss Of
hearing IS almost Invariably caused by
Il Of he
both. But very recent researches in these
fields have demonstrated this fact beyond
question and 1t IS now admitted by the
most advanced medical men that aside
from rupture of the ear drum there Is
scarcely symptom of defective hearing
which IS not traceable directly to the con-
dition of the nose and throat.
One Of the greatest cures at the sana-
fariums established all over the country is
the simple sun bath. The solar heat gives
To the whole system Il strength and vigOr
which no nourishing food can fmpart
IL is 50 essential TO our health and hap
FineSS that when it is taken away from
Us We become weak, puny and ghastly
pale When winter is over. most town
people are weak, run down and pale. but
when they go into the warm sunlight
again. new strength ana health quickly
come. The sun bath is absolutely essen
tiaL Take it every day. Cut down the
trees that are so close to the house that
they obscure the sun. and have every Nv
Ing room flooded with light If one is
forced 10 stay indoors all day, try to get
near the sunny window, where the full
effect Of the sunlight can be felt It will
cur" neuralgia, nervousness, faintness.
weakness and dozen other complaints.
Il will give color and beauty to the COM
pleNion by making the blood better and
purer. The purest and prettiest complex
Ions are those which are wind swept and
sun-browned during the summer time and
not those which come from a dark room
Painting Is due to diminished blood sup
ply To the brain There are various causes
for this, weak heart being the most
common; and strong emotions, as fear
ard JOY, may bring 1t on Anything. says
a medical contemporary. that favors the
flow of blood to the head will avert faint
nesS-as the head being kept low or heat
applied TO the head. In person with a
weak heart syncope may be produced
by simply sitting with the feet in hot
water. DR.. w. Motley says that any one
may convince himself Of this by getting
into bath of about 10 degrees Fahren-
heit, in Il few minutes he Will feel faint
Let him then plunge the whole of mis-
head, except the nose and mouth, beneath