Health Suggestions.

Otago Witness, Issue 2647, 7 December 1904, Page 68

Health Suggestions.

"Drink all the water you want between meals, but none with your food." is ih« latest cure for obesity. An orange put in an oven and bafaed will bo found an excellent cure for a bad throat, if eaten just before retiring; for the night. Nervousness and a sallow skin come frequently from tho lack of deep breathing. Deep breathing stimulates the circulation and helps the body to throw off its impurities. In ease of fainting lay the person flat on. the back, keep the people at a distance so the sufferer will have plenty of fresh air. Sprinkle the face with water andl apply spirits of hartshorn to the nose. Coffee is a fairly good air-purifier. A little burnt on hot coals will purify a sick room and abolish bad smells. Many physicians think highly of the bracing effects of coffee taken before they visit cases of infectious disease. | A German physician has discovered that fclie wearing of tight lace veils may easily produce skin troubles. The nets catch and hold dust, and entrap all general impurities of the air, and endanger not only the complexion, but the lungs. Boil a potato in it? skin, and after ifc is boiled take tho skin and put the insid© of it to the corn, and lcavo it on for 12 hours. At the end of that period the corn will be much better. The above useful and simple recipe has been tried, and found to be a perfect- remedy — For perspiring feet, bathe them frequently with warm (not hot) water, to which a little ammonia has be&n added. After drying, the feet should! bo dusted over with boracio powder. Bathing in alum> water will afford relief to burning and tender feet. There is nothing more strengthening to the feet than salt. Bad teeth arc- the cause of many more troubles than mere toothache. Contagion and disease, according to one doctor, lurk in the human month To septic conditions of the teeth many disorders of the stomach, the kidneys, and the nervous system are* due, while the most pernicious factors of lung infection are entrenched in the teeth. — Nine Ounces of Prevention. — Never lean, with the back upon anything that is cold. Never take warm drinks and then immediately go out into the cold. Keep th© back, especially between the shoulder-blades, well covered ; also tho . chest well protected. In sleeping in a cold room, establish the habit of breathing through the nose, and never with the moutli opp>n. Never go to bed with oold or damp- feet. Never omit regular bathing, for, unless the skin is in active condition, the cold will close th© pores and 1 favour congestions or other diseases. After exercise of any kind never vide in an open carriage or near the window of a. train for a moment : it is dangerous td health and oven life. When hoarse speak as little as possible unt : l the hoarseness is lecovered from, else the voice may be permanently- lost or affeo tions of fhe throat be produced. Merely warm the back by the fire, and never continue keeping tho back exposed to heat after it has become comfo>rtabljj warm. To do otherwise is debilitating. When going from a warm atmosphere into a cooler one, keep the mouth_ olosedi so that the air may be warmed by its passago tliroxigh the uosa erg it reaches fcha lun^s.