| Show how to acquire and retain the priceless possession of good health milk as a source of infect on the anti tuberculosis society of battle creel mich gave an interest ing exhibition recently at the gium in that city the state inspector of milk assisted by the local health officer and the superintendent of the sanitarium at battle cleek M ch has been investigating the condition of the dairies that sui i ly milk to the people of the city an 1 the results of the investigation as shown by stereos views afforded an object lesson that must be defective photographs were taken of the barns and stables where cows are 1 ept and of the barnyards and pictures of these were thrown on the screen the farm ers around battle creel are certainly as enterprising as those in any other section of the counley and conditions there may be taken as a fair average yet the dairy inspector tor this dis tact stated that there were but few dairies where the conditions a ere strictly sanitary and proper while there were many which were decided ly the reverse views were then shown upon the screen from photo graphs recently taken of dairy barns and yards some showing extremely baa conditions stables full of filth and barnyards where cows stood in ponds of manure water which could not fall to contaminate their drinking water supply dirty cows can give dirty milk and such milk is un fit for human food other pictures showed proper cooling facilities where the milk was cooled as soon as it waa taken from the cow and without con lamination from stable odors and where the cows had clean light and well ventilated stables photographs were also shown of various cultures as affected by diseased milk as they appeared under the microscope first a photograph of a culture from pure milk was thrown on the screen it showed merely a blank space then samples of the growths in the ordinary milk were exhibited and all manner of germ colonies were revealed ty diphtheria tuberculosis and others it is sate to say that few who saw the exhibition will henceforth use milk without knowing bitely the conditions under which it was produced no human being could live where the majority of cows are stabled will out speedily contracting fevers and consumption and investigations have shown that cows are no less sus in this one item of milk we have the source of a vast deal of tu bercu losis and typhoid which is ly this being the case the continuance of such conditions Is a crime let every community or itself into a health society and demand for one thing a pure milk supply and the good results will speedily be manifest open air treatment n city hosp atals the leading hospitals of the country 1 are giving great ici to outdoor treatment the nurses take their charges out in wheelchairs and on cots in great numbers whenever the weather will permit when visiting the state insane hos pital located at rochester minn recently the writer observed that a great number of the patients were out doors some of the men were en in an animated game of base ball which was watched by hundreds more apparently with as much inter est as is usually displayed on such occasions in the plans for the nine million dol lar hospital to be built in new aorl to take the place of the old bellevue hospital buildings ample provision Is made for wide balconies comm ing with every pavilion and for a great roof garden so that all tl e pa will have an opportunity for contact with the outdoor air the outdoor treatment is a measure of the greatest importance and is destined to receive increasing attention the food of primeval man the following enthusiastic becom emendation men dation of nuts as an article of food Is quoted from dr allely the food of primeval man consist ed exclusively of fruit and nuts but with advancing civilization they were more and more neglected as an article of food until at last they have come to be looked upon as only a side dish to be used to a limited extent and anen only as an accessory to the table a sort of luxury instead of a food nuts are not only exceedingly nutritious but easy of digestion it the kins or inner linings are discarded they possess little if any starch and there fore are a valuable substitute for other foods in cases of obesity they corn pel an amount of mastication which is given to nothing else they perform a function of in the stomach assist in preventing the for mation of an excess of bile and act as a gentle laxative persons suffer ing from dyspepsia will find great re alef by making nuts a part of their daily diet the corset a cause of cancer according to the london lancet an eminent english phys clan has pointed out the tact that the corset is a cause of cancer of the breast the pressure of the hard corset upon the delicate structures of the breast pro dues irritation which lowers the re ei stance of the tissues and gives rise to cancer of the breast the right mammary gland Is most subject to the disease because of the greater actie ity of the right arm dr lucas who calls attention to this form of mag nant disease gives to it the name corset cancer he recites numerous cases of cancer the history ot which shows the origin to be such as he has indicated A po nt in economy it has been estimated that twenty two acres of land are needed to sus tain a man on flech while that amount of land sown to wheat would feed tor tytko persons sown to oats eighty eight to potatoes indian corn or rice one hundred and seventy six persons planted with the bread fruit tree it would furnish sustenance for more than six thousand people the dress of women the old greeks had a proverb ex pressing their belief that the mother should be strong and vigorous in or der that the sons might be brave and mighty in battle accordingly in the pal days of greece laws existed wl ich ired every woman to en gage in the practise of gymnastics and to give min ite attention to all the re quire ments of tg enic laws not stat she might be able to enter contests in the arena or to figl t battles in de tense of her country but that her sons might be victorious in all the conal acts of life in peace as ft ell as in war to be the mother of sons who were noted for strength vigor and en d ranee was the highest honor any grecian woman could enjoy do all mothers think of these things when they treat bodies very mi ch as the do a mass of dough in mal ing bread molding it into such sl ape as may happen to s lit chef fancy of the reigning queen of fashion with considering that the artificial shape produced may be in the highest degree incompatible with the physical health and conduce to no small extent to the constitutional feebleness which their unborn sons and daughters must hereafter endured babies are simply buds hence they must share the character of the par ent stock A weak mother transmits to her son or daughter a predisposition to a kindred feebleness of structure the mother whose aher and stomach are so carried out of place that they cannot perform their functions in a proper manner if the does not actually transmit to her sons and daughters a displacement of the stomach and liver gives to them a predisposition to deformities of this sort that a large responsibility rests upon women because of their neglect to care for their bodies and because of the homage they pay to fashion cannot be doubted the woman who starts out in good earnest to learn to live one hundred years and who desires that her sons and daughters shall follow her in such a laudable un der taking will certainly give this mat ter the caret il consideration which will lead her to take her stand with thousands of other intelligent women who have declared their emancipation from the tyrannous fetters of fashion and who believe it their inalienable right to accept what civilization haa so long denied them the god given freedom to breathe and move without restraint the value of apples the apple Is one of the most wholesome and valuable of foods it keeps well in temperate climates and pre a variety of flavors suiting itself to man s needs by ripening at different seasons and supplying a considerable amount of nourishment in the most easily digestible form the nutritive value of the apple Is about 14 per cent its value consists chiefly in the amount of carbohydrates and vegetable acids it contains the apple contains also a large amount ol 01 phosphorus the old scandinavians believed that the gods subsisted solely upon apples and that it was through the peculiar properties communicated by this queen of fruits that they acquired the wisdom that they imparted to men the acids of apples are exceedingly useful through their stimulating influx ence upon the kidneys whereby pois ons are removed from the body and the blood and tissues purified they are also highly useful as a means ol 01 cl easing the stomach since the ardi nary germs that grow in the stomach producing biliousness headache and other troubles will not grow in fruit juice or fruit pulp A ripe apple 1 digested in an hour to an hour and a half whereas a much longer time is required tor the diges alon of flesh foods and most cereal foods in the case of a person suffering from biliousness it is an excellent plan to adopt an exclusive diet of ap pies tor a day or two one could live upon such a diet for a week without any injury and in some cases decided benefit may be derived from the use of such a special dietary apple sayings ate frequent both in our countr and england all of which testify in favor of the fruit in the west countree there are four such an apple a day keeps the doctor away is the first and briefest then follow la the order of their vigor three more apple in the morning doctor s warning roast apple at night starved the doctor outright eat an apple going to bed knocked the doctor on the head A little less aggressive Is one of the midlands three each day seven days a week ruddy apple ruddy cheek woman s secret wish miss frances wallard was a great lover of what she called the big blessed inspiring outdoors we women she said shall never rest until we rest once more in our para dise regained I 1 wonder it this is not a secret wish in every woman s soul it astonished and amused me not a little though there was really untold pathos in it when a bright young friend of mine responded to my ques tion what do ou think I 1 should really enjoy most of anything on eartha with the astonishing state ment well in spite of your demure ways and devotion to philanthropy I 1 really believe like best of all to put on a gymnasium suit and climb a tree unavailing motto what has become of the copy book that used to say honesty Is the best policy it has been discarded by the present generation answered the college professor it proved wholly in effect ual some of the most eminent graft used that copy book in edu cation |
