FLORADOR.

Otago Witness, Issue 956, 16 May 1889, Page 35

FLORADOR.

This is the name given to a new food prepared from the best products of selected wheat. It claims to be a chemically perfeoli food, possessing all the constituents necessary to nourish the human body!^%s- 3 a nutrient, wheat, it is well known, ta^es much higher rank in.tihe 1 hierarchy of cereals than sago, rice, maize, oorn-flour, for; tapioca. Those are simply starches or-'faj^formers^ while wheat possesses a great percentage of flesh-forming constituents. Alltheseiare retained in florador,. which is prep^aled : ,fxjiAa the. best wheat by a new pr6ces^and|^y special machinery designed to ensttie'fche-ip-tention of the delicious aroma" of wheat as well as its nutritive qualities. It possesses also the important quality of being easily digested, which,- to, a large;olass«of personf^ and to invalids, will alorie^ ensure T fpr<? if; ;a hearty welc6me. Even when cooked 1 witti^ out milk or eggs it is light and palatable, making delicious porridge. It is made in three grades or sizes, large grained, medium, and fine. The first is well suited for porridge, and as a substitute for macaroni.or vermicelli in soups ; the second will to'a large extent take the' > place of flour 1 for pairing 1 boiled puddings and for baking an especially' wholesome bread; and, ,thei third, or , fine grained is most suitable for blanc. mange and similar preparations in moulds, and' for cakes, biscuits, and fancy bread! ' The" new food is put up in elegantly labelled packets ahd liins ; < and in view of the especial advantages which it possesses over other and similar foods now in the market,' there appears to be little room 'to doubt'that' it will be a great and signal success among the novelties of the year. It is (manufactured .by the.JJlorador Food .Co., Glasgow, and 11 Sputhampton street, London.— " British Trade 'Jofirn&l.",' Dr John Morgan writes;: ,y,By .applying boric "acid thoroughly to the feet, particularly about the nails, between and under the toes, and to the soles; two or- three tiinesta week or of tener, as the case may be,' dressing? them while there is a goocLpoating.of powder on the skin, (Sweating of the .feej; ( may, be effectually relieved! The application is easily made, and will 'prove satisfactory." Wash-" ing before and^fter might help.—" Medical Eecord." - ' * W" > •'•»■ ' • , ■ It is found no 'consumption exists ibeyond a certain altitude in. the Andes, and consequently South American patients go to the 'Andes. The' theory Is that the fektfeme cold kills the bacilli that are supposed tp ! cause 1 the mischief. The, result of/the theory in Europe (v is, that not ; only 40/iW{e,,jhiave the lofty health resorts of Davos apd.the;Engadine, but mountain sanatoria are .becoming increasingly common, and patients 1 will even brave the climate of '^Switzerland in the winter ? and dwell among '*' the * toners o£ silence." ' ' rli . An, English lady declares .that a .mustard plaster on the elbow will cure, neuralgia in the faqejjand tha.t,one on the back- < of the neck will cure neuralgia in the ijiead^andj the reason given for' this isthaViHe.mustara is said to touch the nerve directly it'begins to bite* while, if: put on a part' whefe no I nerve exists, it is ,of no use. The writer : states that she has cured, hundreds by this simple remedy. ' '„'•• r ■ A specialist interested in the question of children's sight, lately tested tjhe vision of 60 boys, indifferently, chosen < from < a public elementary school in London. Only 23 out of the 50 were found to possess normal sight ; 11 20 more only attained d,n average visional value of three-quartersYand'.the' remainder were not more than one-half,' one b'e'ihg as low as one-fifth." Korie of these boys had ever worn ( glas,ses, and as v>e further learn that few could, affprfl to", purchase such aids to sight, ie/is ;l perhaps a fair, inference to assume thac.'defeotive nutrition, owing to privation, jmay. be>atthe bottom of. the mischief. The subject is one of such great importance that it should be taken up and thoroughly inquired into by the authorities. Dr Mannaberg, of Vienna, claims to have established that Bright's disease^ of th l^ kidneys is due', to the ravages of, a rHidrobe, whiph , he "has isolated from- the urine of patients suffering from an apute form of the disease;; he ■ has. cultivated' it, and proyed ifc different from any of the knqwn o |orms of microbe, and by experiments pn rabbits he has been able to produce dieeslsjes' of the kidney by injecting the mictbbe 1 / ' It is to be hoped that' these statement's "are verified by the investigations of other., bacteriologists, as BrighVs disease has proved a .perfect mystery to physicians, and the more diseases are brought within [the category of microbio the more hopeful is the outlook, for the experience gained in the investigation of one must throw a light on all the others. In connection with the general subject of kidney diseases two Paris doctor have made the important discovery that the seriousness of a particular disease in a patient ca;i be measured with considerable accuracy by the poisonousness of the urine as tested on small animals ; by this {means they have detected serious diseases before any ordinary symptoms had given warning. ' „ *• ' ,''• CULTIVATE THE USE OF THE LEFT HAND. — Many are the advantages missed "by the hon-culfcivation of the left hand. Occasionally an artisan is seen who is equally able to handle tools with either hand. ; .Such a' one has constant advantages over his fellows, not only in the avoidance of fatigue, but in'dping nice work and overcoming with easediffi-' cdlties that present themselves to ' those skilled with only one hand. The man" who ' can use a hammer of 'knife or> perform any other feat with the left hand at the same time that the right is busy will find frequent occasion to exercise his skill-. *-" Another and important reason for training the left hand to act with as great ease and precision as possible is that if injury occurs to the right hand the left can exercise readily all the functions possible to one hand unaided. By training the left hand in youth one would be spared, in such a case, from spending much valuable time in educating muscles hardened" by age and unaccustomed to obey the mandates of the will. : ■ ■

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