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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1915)
nOME AND FAHM MAQAKINB SECTION 10 Notes on Health and Sanitation Xou,rFa"nH ''""I".,. ' 'I L. 'Em Fromthi iaMaffilf m , :us &4' FlHKPUOOn.Va CLOTHING OK ('Htlil)ltHN. TIH3UK Is never a dny In the year In which some child Is not cither killed or maimed by burning garment!). Accidents of this kind are peculiarly likely to lutppon where there nro gas stoves and ojicn fires. And yet It Is possible to make the child's garments absolutely fire proof by dipping them In a solution of n harmless chemical that may bo obtained for a few ceut3 at any drug Btorc. The chemical that gives protection lo ammonium phosphate, which costs about 25 cents a pound, and should be used In tho proportion of ono pound to the gallon of cold wntor. Half a gallon Is sufficient for a thor ough dipping of the wash garments of an ordinary family of children; and the offect of the flreprooflug lasts un til after the next wash day. An educational campaign on this subject Is being carried on in Now York at the present tlmo. Tho dem onstrator takes a strip of cotton gauzo equivalent to the material in a child's dross or tho popular Indian suit worn by little boys, and brushes it through n flame. It Ignites and Is consumed In less than four seconds. Ho then takes a similar plcco of gauzo from the same electric fan or Iron, and holds It In tho flame. It does not burn even when held In the flame for 30 seconds. "Families should get this solution, keep It in tho house, nnd dip the whole family washing in It," says tho demonstrator. "It would cost about 15 cents a week for the entire fam ily." Tho chemist who discovered this method of flreprooflug children's garments was stimulated In his search by tho loss of his own llttlo girl through accidental burning of her garmouts. When nt last ho fathomed the flrcprooflng secret ho spread his dlKorery broadcast for the benefit of more fortunato parents. Skin Diseases nnd Sulphur. ' Sulphur has long been n staple houiehold remedy for skin eruptions, because such eruptions wero supposed to be the effect of Impure blood, nnd hurphur was thought to bo a "blood purifier." Dut many skin diseases arc duo to "Impuro" skin-surfaces rather than Impuro blood, and In mi) event, sulphur In tho ordinary pow dered form has llttlo valuo In mmtt skin diseases except as a local appli cation. There nro certain sulphurous sub Mnncos, however, notably sulphuroiiR acid, which seem to act bonollclnlly Hhortcntng tho course of bolls, In preventing their rccurrcnco, and In aiding In tho treatment of tho kind of face pimples that have tho appoar nnce of mlnlnluro bolls. Tho sulphur ous acid (which must not bo confused with sulphuric ncld) should bo tnkon In one-half tcaspoonful doses well diluted with water after each meal, nnd tho mouth thoroughly rinsed nfter each dose, preferably with milk of magnesia. When bolls or pimples appear on the trunk or limbs, n wash mndo of equal parts of bcnzluo and grain al cohol Is beneficial. And In this con ncctlon It In well to remember thnt squeezing a boll, or n largo pimple, In tho early stages, is about tho worst thing ono can do. Squeezing tho In flamed Hpot at this stago Hlmply bpreadu tho Infection, and is a pretty mire way to make n bad condition worse. Jfaiiclm: as a Hoincilv. Hanging u man In order to euro mm Beoms llko pretty far-fetched sur gery. And naturally this form of treatment Is not recommended In medical works. Nevertheless, many cases of apparently lncurablo mental dlseasos havo recovered completely after resuscitation from attempted mitclde bv hanclncr. These results aro explained by tho . tremendous chnngo In tho blood sup ply oi inu uruin wnicn is produced by shutting It oft temporarily, and tho resulting renctlon, which caiiBos nn enormous Incronso In tho amount of blood In tho cranial vessels, which boinotlmos acts curatlvoly. Tho same couaition is somotlmos producod by other Injuries, huch ns blows upon tho head, by Minstroko, and occasion ally In poisonous dosos of certain drugs, notnbly opium. Tho oxplana tlon of tho curntlvo offocts Is tho same as that of hanging a change In the circulation of the brain. Tho talon of suddenly rounlnod memory, and rostorntion to normal mentality after sevora injurlw, have been somewhat ovor-worked in fic tion. Xewtiiuloftw, those storlw have a foundation In fact. llliACKllMADS AND PIMIM.IW. THE Importnnco of keeping tho skin In n healthy condition can hardly bo overestimated. ot very few persons give much attention to Intelligent caro of this Important organ. As n result, crops of pimples nnd blackheads mnko their appear ance, with nn occaslonnl attuck of more serious eruption which Is much moro easily prevented than cured. Uatlilng Is, of course, tho shoot nn chor of skin hygiene, llut tho good effect of tho wnter may bo moro than counterbalanced by tho bad effect of strong, irritant soaps. When skin that has hitherto been healthy, tends to Jjo too greasy, or too dry, or It eruptions appear, It Is well to Inves tigate tho kind of soap used. A good, practical test for reasonablo purity tu a soap Is transparency, although many kinds of opaquo sonp3 nro of excellent qunllty. Hut If In addition to being opaque, tho cako tends to "sweat" nnd form whito, salt-llko crystnls on tho surface, It should be condemned for uso on tho skin, Dlnckheads nnd pimples nro the result of over-actlvlty of tho fcobace ous glands, which secreto an oily sub stance. This oil catches particles of dust that help to clog the openings of tho llttlo glands, which becomo congested nnd form blackheads. Sometimes they become Infected as wall as congested, thus forming tho unsightly face pimples of acne. Fre quent removal of this oil substanco with soap and water will usually pre vent eruptions, oui particular iuiuh (inn ctmniii tm until tn the fnrohend. chin, nnd angle of tho nose, whoro the sebaceous gianus nro very ncuvo. "Hobnailed Liver" In Wild AnlnuiR It has long been supposed that wild animals seldom suffer from dis eases that afflict human beings, nnd nro nbsolutoly Immuno lo most hu man afflictions. Hut n recent re port of Dr. Horbert Fox, pathologist to tho Zoological Gardens in Philadel phia, refutes this old Idea. Ho shows that wild animals suffer from nil manner of mnladlen common to tho human race, ono of thoso malndlos, at loast, supposed to be the direct ef fect of prolonged Indulgence in ardent spirits. I Ills dlscnso In question Is cirrhosis of tho liver, popularly known as "hobnnlled llvor," or "drunkard's liver." And yet Dr. Fox found this condition existing In such widely dif ferent anlmuls ns Texas skunks, clouded leopards nnd Indian clc nbants. It appears, therefore, that wo must readjust our Ideas Home what about tho usual causo of "drunkard's llvor," unless it can bo shown that tho Quaker City fathers furnish n grog ration to their zoolog ical pots. Of course In tho enso of the Indian olephnut duo allowance must ho mndo for tho first half-century or bo of his early llfo boforo ho was captuicd nnd brought to Philadelphia. It do oh not appear that ho was given to alcohollo Indulgence during any of tho 20 years spent In tho zoo. Nevertheless, thoro Is no proof thnt ho may not havo been a roistering blado In his early Junglo yoars, leading a vagrom existence, which put tho "hobs" in tho hobnnlled llvor nnd finally killed him. Hut in any event ho died of n dlscnso hlthorto supposed to afflict only humnn bolngs of HOiuowlint.quoa tlonnblo habits. 1 Strange Cmi.es or Death. Of tho hundreds ot denth certifi cates handled annually by tho Wis consin Stato Hoard of Health In mak ing Its classification ot diseases, many, ns filled out by the locnl phy sicians nnd mailed to tho Hoard, cou taln unusual comment ns to tho causo of doath, says tho Chicago Horald. Somo of thoso found In tho roports or L. W. Hutchcroft, chlof statistician, follow: A mothor "died In Infancy." "Wont to bod feeling well, but woko up dead." "Died suddenly nt tho ngo of 103. To this tlmo ho bid fair to reach a rlpo old ngo." "Do not know causo of death, but patlont fully recovered from last Ill ness." "Deceased liml nrtvor 1inr.fi rni..l1.. sick." "' "Died suddenly; nothing serious." "Pulmonary hemorrhage sudden death." (Duration four years). "Kick by horso shod on loft kid ney." 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