New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-19
AS an international vagabond II "ou'u
be gross flattery to put Cipriano Cas'ro
into the beloved" category.
THE TALK or THE DAY.

THE Lancet" Of last week deals urgeh'S
with the old. well-colored tobacco pipe'
which gives such nice, cool, noh-lrii
Ing smoke. Instancing a case In wlio"
medical man was very much puzzled over
the breathlessness OF his patient nc
Lancet" says: AT length an old lrleh'
was suspected az the cause OF the uouoie
In the shape Of very dark colored orid'
which he had smoked on and of lot ten
years while the tobacco he affected was
described az powerful brand. the sus-
pic.on seemed we'll founded. for on discaru-
Ing the highly seasoned pipe an improve
ment in the condition Of the patient soon
set in. He expressed himself much pet
ter. there was little or no breathlessness
even when going upstairs. and he himseii
was convinced that the trouble had peeh
caused by smoking a foul pipe"
Father" said the small boy what Is
platitude?"
"A plsiitude. my SON. is. a. statement
whose truth you are compenen 10 a", ~
uttered by some one whom you 90 not POI
sonally admire Washington star.
DR. Collingridge. Medical officer OF Health
foi the City of London. in his annuai re-
port. speaks OF the danger OF the uhre-
stricted use of food personalities, anu
points out that the growth Of the practice
has been parallel with the increase In ap-
nendicltis "A man for his breakfast" he
saws. "might INCEST salicylic acid. for MS
dinner benzoates and for his tea porac'o
acid, and at the end of such DAY Wouru
in all proba blity have taken large medlci-
nal dose of an irritating drug The chem-
ical most in demand is boracic acid the III
effects Of which. when given meoiclnanS
DR. Collingridge declares. are indlgeSuon'
Inflammation of the kidneys loss OF appe-
titA and various skin diseases. and he ADDS
II am Of the opinion that many cases 81
m health for which no obvious cause can
be assigned are entirely due to the con-
sumption of articles Of food heavily treated
with this drug
Talk about Napoleon! That fellow
Wombat is something Of strategist NM
self
Got his salary raised six months ago.
and his wife hasn't found II out yet. -
Washington Herald.
Writing in THE Hospital" Gondon) Or.
Walford warns everybody against tight
collars. He considers II remarkable that no
one seems 10 have noticed or. at any rate,
to have laid great stress on, the fact that
such slight obstacles TO the free cfrcula-
ton Of the blood through the vessels OF the
brain may adversely influence the health
Of those who are in the habit OF wearing
tightly fitting neckcloths The fact APP
pears 70 be we'll known tn veterinary sur
geons. who tell us that neck construction
through badly fitting harness is a causa-
tive factor in staggers' in horses" says
the writer. 1t seems TO be equally well
known that dogs suffer a great deal
through having TO wear tightly fitting col
| lars. Is il too much. then. DR.. Walford
asks. TO argue that those Of MS who wear
our own collars TOO tightly buttoned may
find i'm that practice some explanation Of
symptoms ascribed to other causes?
81 didn't know you admired that offciaL'
II don't" replied the political manager.
Then why do you insist on crediting him
with a Presidential boom?"
Merely to make his life harder by CIV
ing him something more to worry about
Washington Star.