Hints.

Otago Witness, Issue 2803, 4 December 1907, Page 76

Hints.

A great deal of lung- trouble, consumption, and throat difficulties is chargeah.o directly to the habit of laughing and talking on going out from heated audience rooms. People sit for hours in warm rooms, then go out suddenly into the oolft air. They are in high spirits, and naturally inclined to chatter and laugh, often keeping this up for a long time. Tho sadden reducing of the temperature of tho lungs by the enormous inhalation of ■ cold air is productive of congestion and 1 chills innumerable. When one is very much fatigued the strength and vitality are reduced, making: one susceptible to cold and illness that; under ordinary conditions would be harm.- [ less. When one feels thoroughly tired outr the very best plan is to take a warm bath, followed by an alcohol rub, and then jret into ted, if only for 10 minutes. TTbo water should not be hot enough to causa perspiration; it should only be warju enough to allow one to relax. The stay ! in the tub must never be longer than five i minutes. Tho bed should be ready to get | into immediately on leaving the tub. ! Never meddle with the ear if a foreign! body enters it; leave it absolutely alone, but see that a doctor attends to it. More damage has been done by injudicious at* tempts at the extraction of a foreign body than could ever come from its presence in the* ear. If the nails are hard and brittle rub them at night with a little cold cream-. Lemon juice will remove stains, and tarn use of a little ammonia in the bath water will strengthen the ntfil*. There are many maladies affecting the feet which are attributed to corns, but really are caused by other troubles. _ It is often the case that a muscle is strains i or a rerve may be hurt. The foot is a very delicate and complex member, and needs very much better care and attention than it receives from the majority of persons. If there is anything that seems seriouo it is well to consult a surgeon. People have become helpless and unab A « to -walk ai all on account of neglect. Injuries which they slight at first may culnunate in something of great account IB the feet swell and are so very painful an<t tore, there is more, than a trifling causa for it. .

—An invention has lately been placed on the market which seems Aikely to revota^ tionise electric lighting. Hitherto uaa complaint has been that one has either ta switch the light on to its fall power c«t do without a light altogether. That a ia 6ay, there was no means of turnmgr tn» light high or low, as in the case of «4 or an oil lamp. The Variable Electro* Lamp Syndicate {Ltd.), of London, an» now selling a lamp, however, which can Df turned high or low, with a corresponcHi/jj reduction in the current consumed. Thia useful invention fits »ny ltanoard hold** without alteration- ,