The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-04-05

GUS gases emanat1ng from the stove mon
ace not only health but life.
Lac fael also may be DANGEROUS to iisc
Dr- Ba1nes reports case in winch q. fam.
lily suffered from grave symptoms of lead
poisoning, and one of the children died
investigation in this case showed that for
a week previous to the illness in the FAM
ny slaves obtained by breaking up old
parrels which had contained white lead
had been used for firewood. and the
Tunes OF which had not only permeated
the air throughout the house, but had ac-
tualiy entered into the food cooked over
the hre. The moral Is clear; 1T IS not
always safe to use any old Kind of wood
Tor cooking or heating purposes.
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Among the causes of kidney disease DR.
Davis places overeating and injudicious
eating, and thinks that cold and wet are
FACTORS only as they induce rheumatic dix
orders, having a reflex action on the kid
neys. A hard-working man who over
eats IS liable to an attack o. acute kid
ney disease. which In turn has a Tendency
to become. chronic and serious: but nm Tho
other hand, a sedentary life, with the ex-
cessive use Of meats as food leads to the
same condition., In a case of acute in
hammation OF the kidneys he recon-.
mends that the patient be put to bed and
all food withheld for at least twenty-four
hours. Then milk should be given in
d IL
tn two quarts are taken daily.
MILK Is especially good in these cases
as 1T Is nutritious, easily digested and
aDSOrped, and If 1t Is not pa1atah1a -
can be made SO by the addition of tarchv
ioods, sugar or fruits. Other food NAV
De taken as recovery progresses, but red
meat Should be prohibited. Bread, but
ter, potatoes, green vegetables and fruit
are permissible, but meat extracts and
meats r1ch In extractive matter should
De avoided. Eggs may be used and
SQUADS, chicken, ham, cold pork ara
lano may be cautiously eaten, but beef
mutton and the coarser kinds of fish
snould pe forbidden. Coffee and cocoa,
may De used in moderation, but alcohol
IS to be strictly forbidden in any form
There are many diseases similar in
character to writer's cramp, resulting
from over use of certain muscles and
nerves among them being telegraphers
cramp and type-writer's cramp These
are diseases, so to speak, Of "necessity."
the result of constant application at a
Wage-earn1ng occupati on Piano nlaver'e
cramp, however, IS not disease of ne
cesslty, but of luxury as a rule Not
only is the plano player affected with this
cramp. but actual diseases occur reouir
| ing surgical treatment and nervous eek
haustion may be caused by piano playing
when 1t becomes a task Zabludewski
does not class the disease Of piano plav
ers among those, Of occupation, but saws
1t Is disease resulting from inf1amma
ton of one Or more nerves of the arms
having Its origin In muscle or joint
winch, has been injured by too much
piano playing. Most Of these affected are
pupils In conservatorie who have small
ana thin bones, or weak Joints or hands
much too small to comfortably sran an
octave. The treatment consists chiefly
IN rest, and not in massage and exercise.
AS preventive of such trouble DR.. Zah-
ludowski believes that there should be q
chlldren's piano having smaller, closer
set keys, that there small hands may not
be oTerstretched or overtaxed
According to Health" everything
taken into the stomach affects 1T much
more when the stomach is empty. be-
cause it then comes in direct contact
With the organ, whereas if food is pres
ent 1t is mixed and diluted with this
medicinal dose of pTussic acid, for ex-
ample, may not affect a person disagree
ably If taken after breakfast but would
cause ullcOnltOrtaDe SENSATIONS II tdAel
before breakfast. Physicians may take
advantage of this fact when they want
a drug to be a,ssimilated quickly by Civ
ing 1t on an empty stomach, but as Z
rule it is ordered with or after meals
Acrld substances also affect the stomach
n, 1t
When diluted, and least of all in Pill form.
as in the latter case it slowly dissolves
and exerts its action gradually. Poison,
TOO, TOR the same reason, given with
hom1c1dal intent or taken with suicidal
purpose is less likely to prove fatal if
mixed with food, or given Or taken after
Il meal. although in this case it NAV
SIMPLY De ~ matter OF slower action. =
Chambers, occurring as a disease in man
is always due to inoculat ton of the spe-
cine germ either from an animal or an
other man, taking Place through an
abrasion of the skin or through the r1u-
Jus membrane, and the germs may even
be inspired and cause a species of pneu
lnonia. Strube, who has made a snecia,
study of this subject, says that it mani
tests itself in one of two ways; in one
or Which the disease remains localized
in o10e spot, as ON the skin or in the nose
as hardened swelling later becoming
an ulcer and possibly leading to serious
Inflammation The other form is that
of blood poisoning with liberation at
many remote points from the site of in.
fecuon sometimes difficult to distinguish
from typhoid fever. Either form may
be acute or chronic and may heal spon-
taneously or increase in severity until it
ends in death. 4s&0 ~ H.
According to the French military law
recently enacted suicides will henceforth
be treated as deserters and no military
hOnors will be rendered at the funeral
1t is no secret that suicides are common
In the French army and this Is attributed
to. the brutal treatment of the life Of
the soldiers by the officers and the bru-
talizing condition of the life which they
lead during their three years service >
Suicides in our own army. which have
become quite common among those
In the Philippines, are not due to inhu-
man treatment, but are attributed to eli
Upsahw, referring to the heart in life
insurance. says that in fleshy persons
past middle age any irregularity In The
hearts action is to be looked upon with
suspicion. In applicants who are reform
ed alcoholics any change in the heart Is
suspicious. Tobacco heart is a practi-
cal entity, and sudden death from heart
failure is not SO common as to pre-
clude the acceptance Of such q risk as
safe one.
PRESCRIPTIONS. 81
s For the treatment Of acute pleurisv
DR.. Hartshorne recommends: Acetate Of
potash. Is grains, sweet spirits of inter.
u drachm; wine Of ipecac, 8 drops: syrup
of tolu, Y ounce This is one dose, to
De repea ted four times daily
In the treatment of neuralgia the fol-
lowing pill is highly recommended. Tar,
trate of iron. sulphate Of quinine, iartartc
acid and extract of nux vomica, ST each,
Y grain. To make one pill, to be repeated
three times a day.
AS ar ointment for rheumatic FONTS
lBourget recommends: Salicylic acid, Ian