Evening journal., 1903-09-05

before any one came along to release him.
was called one day in great haste TO
house some distance from my office. On
arriving l found the lady OF .the house
beaming with JOY, instead of being cast
down and worried as / naturally expect
ed. / ceased TO wonder at thiss however.
when she explained that when she sent
for me she thought her three-year-old
son had swallowed a cent. but cent
has been found, outside the boy. II did
me good to see how happy she looked. }.
Children should be carefully watched
when they show a tendency to pu such
things in their mouths. and often times
the habit may be broken up and the anx-
iety Of mothers much relieved.
a recent writer discussed the subject
Of carries Of the teeth. showing the good
effect on the public health which timely
treatment woul. have. In this disease
the teeth rot and crumble away. The
writer referred TO summarizes the pre-
ventive measures as follows: The teach
ing Of hygiene should be made compu-
sorry in the senior classes OF all eiemen-
tary schools and the hygiene Of the mouth
should for man important part Of the
subject. The enforcement Of daily clean
ing Of the teeth should be organized I'm
all residential schools. The medical pro-
fession Should examine TIE teeth Of all
children attended by them. and inculcate
on parents the necessity for regular clean
sing Of the teeth and early attention TO
carries Every Industrial and other school
authority should employ a dentist to M
carious teeth. to correct dental Irregular
flies and TO organize methods OF dental
hygiene. The expenses win be more than
repaid by the improved health Of the
children. The mouths which a doctor sees
in the course Of a weeks practice. even
among intelligent and well to do people
are convincing proofs that something IS
needed to impress more for\bly upon
parents and others the deslrabrity Of
dental cleanliness. II good teeth were
merely ornaments I would not fecl 50
strongly on the subject. but they are Of
the utmost Importance TO the health II
Is necessary not only that food should
be finely ground,l process that could be
accomplished by machinery, but Il IS es-
sential that Il becomes moistened with
saliva before It passes into the stomach.
When dining at hotels and restaurants
I have been greatly surprised to see the
amount Of salt that people slft. over theh
food. Though the food may have beer
prepared by an experienced cook who is
supposed to know how much salt should
be put into meats vegetables and other
articles Of food. yet many think they can.
not eat the food unless the quantity OF
salt therein Is greatly increased. I believ,
many persons eat too much salt. One OF
the evil results Of the habit Is to paralyz,
the nerves of taste so that no article nj
food can b. enjoyed unless It has salt,
flavor. Furthermore. the skin and kidney
are excessively taxed in removing the sal
from the blood. The amount of salt re
4 quired by the system is very small.
A Blister caused by an ill-fstlng sho
J may be treated as follows: Cut open fror
end TO end and when the nuii has disar
] peared. dust little iodoform under IN
flap Of each blister. A small piece Of ah
| sorbent cotton is then applied and ker
in place by a strip OF adhesive plaster
II Is stated by the physician who recon
r mends this treatment that The patient ca.
at once put on his shoe arS walk withou
material Inconvenience and N less thai
a day the wound will be dried up am
Fthere w.ll be a new layer Of epldermis
"Our Doctor"