HEALTH HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 188, 8 August 1914, Page 15

HEALTH HINTS.

TYPHOID AND TUBERCULOSIS. Colonel 1". E. Woodruff, of the United States Army Medical Corps, discovered thut typhoid leaves its victime peculiarly sueccptible to tuberculosis, the chief reason being tfhe great lowering of the vital power of resistance to the bacilli of this disease. HOW TO TAKE CASTOR OIL. It is sometime* exee«dingly difficult to get chiJdren to take, castor oil, and even adult* have a strong objection to this nauseous article. In order to make the dose quite -palntahlr. save "The Lady," put into a tumbler about two ounce-s of strong lemonade, using nearly lralf a lemon. Pour in the desired quantity of castor oil. .lust as you are ready to give it stir in alxml a quarter of a. teaspoonfiil of carbonate of enda. It will foam to tlie top of the glass. J jet t'"ie patient drink it while, it is effervescing. Even the oiliness of the dose is not detected. HINTS ABOUT BURNS. Don't thrust a burned foot or hand into wold water, cays Mrs. Orman Cooper, in "Wret Aid for Everyday Accidents;" it relieves for a moment, only to be followed by an increase of pain, peeling off the Mitiele. and very frequently by ulceration of t'be wound. Don't tie up in a dry doth; all woven material is porolis. and ailtnHs aiir. Don't drag off the doth ing. Don't rub or cut oft the hanging skin. Your object when (tailed upon 'to treat a burn is at once to exclude -,iLr. For this purpose, nothing is better than oil of some sort. Paraffin is not a bad thing, or vaseline, or common olive dil, or lard and butter, if both be entirely without ealt, STALE BREAD SAVES TEETH. "The jaws were designed for use," said Dr. Horace L. Howe, in a discussion at the recent meeting of a dental association. "Recently a strong, handsome, splendidly developed Swedish gentleman came to mc for treatment. Every tooth was perfect. Tlie jaws were large and well developed. Only four or five small fillings were present- I remarked that be must hive ueed his teeth when young. In reply he told mc that bis people in I Sweden considered bread unfit for food rf less than three week* old. There is no doubt that the use of the jaws in vigorous mastication is the source of stimulation towards their development, and the source of the preservation of the teeth after they erupt.—"Science Siftings." A LONG SUFFERING ORGAN. It is hardly exjigseraAion to say that, in the majority of cases in which :i patient knows himself to be a victim of .heart disease, he goes in fear of sudden death. As a mutter of fa<-t. this method of termination is by no means m> common iv it U popularly supposed. Tho heart is a very long-suffering organ, am , of all methods of death, the one whacJi heralds its approach over the longest period of time is unquestionably v t)hat from heart disease Death, whenever it conies is sudden. The shock of departure is alwuys fresh, but. in the sense tlrat it 'Iras conic without warning, the statement is based on a very flimsy foundation of iaxL Uwt, m certain stages of heart disease. U imperative, and to be efficacious must be absolute. Timely rwt will alone often be enough to turn line scales in favour of the invalid. When rest is ordered, confinement to bed. even though the recumbent Zftui* i* should be ineteted Cγ, Weak, aimless perambulation of r.roem. with braces ounnort to various articles of furnrtiu-* , . fe X «» mv* the physical «f finvatera-te despair as is very fro iS/£ n-n*>« s Tcfusal t0 cxcr - cise out of doom.