Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1882 — Hygienic Hints. [ARTICLE]

Hygienic Hints.

Sucking the thumbs may cause a peculiar deformity of the chest in children, and even a form of dislocation of the jaw. Arsenate of gold, a combination of gold with arsenic, is claimed to possess extraordinary powers in the cure of nervous affections. Blisters have been found by the French surgeons} very useful in promoting the resolution of enlarged glands, even including those which have begun to suppurate. A recent statistical paper shows an intimate relation between the fatality of diphtheria and the amount of communication with sewers through waterclosets, waste-pipes, etc. Dr. 11. S. Shell contributes to the Medical and Surgical Reporter a pa•per showing that the earliest stages of Bright’s disease are best detected by an examination of the eye with the opthalmoscope. Professor Mialhe, of Paris, holds that dwellers in cities who take a little physical exercise, Often require considerable quantities of alkalies, such as soda, in order to maintain their bodily functions in a healthy condition. Tiierf. are no taxes in New Castle, Del., for the support of the local Government and schools, William Penn having endowed the town with land which now rents for enough to pay all the municipal expenses,