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Show "-,es. cherneV cacies. , H- Perhaps y0Ur pet health stition involves food r, r" think an apple a day will t doctor away? Well too n ttle pies a day may cause von ap-for ap-for him in a hurry 0v H . good to eat during 'even n of the year and do not LWmi ness if they are used for ing the months of May j, dllt' and August. Cucumber, III' hl)' or ice cream are mk patible and will not indu T' ach ache. ce stm- As a doctor I have enconn( the widespread superstition T rheumatism can be cured hv vying in one's pocket eitw horse-chestnut or an 1,-uh a which must be stolen grocer. A dead dove-not geon placed on the chest of suffering from pneumonia is posed to insure promnt recov Fevers? An "absolute remed is a cut onion carried in g.0,: pocket, sock, or woman's stock' ing, or worn about the neck' Su perstition holds that mustard pia: ters, applied to forehead, arms wrists, ankles and abdomen are proper treatment for typhoid e ver despite the patient's high temperature. Fat bacon, chewed tobacco, and cobwebs are applied to cuts and bleeding wounds, the idoa being that they cause speedy healing, although as a matter of fact they usually infect the wound THE tyW.EAWIMBAUGEMIl HEALTH SUPFRST1TIOXS Some of the most deep-seated health superstitions are linked up I with notions about heredity. The children of brothers and sisters, of first cousins, of uncles and nieces, of aunts and nephews, are not necessarily mental defectives. Indeed, if their parents are high-"rade high-"rade the chances are that the children will be brighter than their forebears. Birthmarks, despite the persistent persis-tent beliefs of women, are not caused by expectant mothers being be-ing frightened by dogs, cats, rats, snakes or insects, nor are they due to an unsatisfied desire for straw- |