Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1887 — Effect of Trades on the Health. [ARTICLE]

Effect of Trades on the Health.

Some singular statements have been made in the Deutsche Monatschrift concerning the effect produced by different trades and industrial occupations upon the general health. Among these facta are those contributed by Prof. Hesse, of Leipsic, who points out the deplorable condition of the teeth of bakers, and who also asserts that he is frequently able to indicate the occupation of persons by the condition of their teeth. In the case of bakers the caries is soft and rapidly progressive; the principal parts attacked are the labial and buccal surfaces of the teeth, commencing at the crevix and rapidly extending to the grinding surface —the approximal surfaces not seeming to be attacked more than in other trades. Prof. Hesse believes that the disease is owing to the inhalation of flour dust, the caries being caused by the action of an acid which is formed in the presence of fermentable carbohydrates,

The soil for house plants should receive attention, as medical men have found that malarial fever is propagated among occupants of rooms containing pots of malarious earth. , A Memory of Early Days. Bane of childhood’s tender years, Swallowed oft with groans and tears. How it made the flesh recoil. Loathsome, greasy castor oil I Search your early memory close, Till you find another dose : All the shuddering frame revolts At the thought of Epsom salts! Underneath the pill-box lid Was a greater horror hid, Climax of airinward ills, Huge and griping old blue pills! What a contrast to the mild and gentle action of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets, sugar-coated, easy to take, cleansing, recuperating, renovating the system without wrenching it with agony. Sold by druggists. A north of England ferryman has the following motto: “No ciown, no cross!”