HOW TO PREVENT DISEASE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3692, 30 June 1906, Page 4

HOW TO PREVENT DISEASE.

A Physician Believes Consumptive 1 Should Not Murry. At a recent lecture Dr. Potter of bany said that consumption vuc rmoat fatal of all diseases. To j r .< this fearful malady he maintained tb.; all animal foods must be examined also all animals that furnish food, and tho food furnished to them. Should any such animal be found to be afflicted with tuberculosis, it should instantly be killed and cremated to prevent a Spread of the germs. It would also in- , volv© a circumspection of railroad cars and steamboats to prevent people afflicted with tuberculosis boarding them. Then, again, a man afflicted with tuberculosis should not be allowed to marry a healthy woman. The same applies equally to a woman afflicted in the same way, and still more to man and woman If both of them had the disease. “I advocate,” added the doctor, “the enactment of statutes by the legislature prohibiting such marriages and making parties contracting them criminally liable.” Dr. Potter next outlined the history of typhoid fever and said that no means bad yet been discovered to prevent it from spreading. The same thing might also be said of diphtheria. The speaker said that the first necesaa ry step in the prevention of disease was the instruction of medical men. who should acquaint the people with the methods of preventing all diseases and not inform them how to cure them when they got them. Dr. Potter said that it was possible to prevent the spread of diphtheria by seeing that the throats of persona who were apt to be exposed wore protected so that there would bo no Inoculation. How to Make Polish Pancake*. Beat 8 eggs very light, use IY t pints of milk, the richer the better, a sprinkle of nutmeg and grated lemon peel and a saltspoonful each of salt and sugar. Melt 2 ounces of butter, mix it with tho flour, of which you will need 10 ounces, and gradually work in the whole mixture. Cook in a frying pan with butter, but pour in more than for the English pancakes. Before the batter has thoroughly sot, drop a few currants upon each cake, allow it to cook thoroughly and turn with a fork. Sprin- . kle thick with sugar and roll. How to Select a Brush For the Scalp. The right sort of a hairbrush used on tho scalp two or three times a day will remove every perceptible trace of dandruff. The scalp needs care, and to reach it the hair should be cut with the comb at Intervals of extreme proximity, so as to bristle every portion of tho skin and brush away the scurf. The metal woven brush is not to be recommended unless the desire is to produce baldness. What is known iu the trade ns the barber brushes are the best, of which the unbleached and undyed boar's bristle is first choice. A black brush conceals tho dirt, and a dirty brush will nof clean tho head. If the bristles are dyed, they will have lost some of their firmness, :n;d instead of going through tho hair it scraping the scalp they will bend un-K-r pressure, A woman’s hairbrush mould have bristles not more than half i inch long, unbleached white prefer vd, find stiff though to scratch but not rritato tho scalp. It should be band «wed ; tho points should present an ir-gub-r nnlhica to correspond with the . -.'i-nous and depressions of tho scalp, h .-i Ik;■ \ wood bound, cannot be !,p;r 1...- nmch leal than £B. How to Mnko- rarcliment Papet. ) lumeiso if tVr a few moments in a :ixtnre composed of 2 parts of sulphn- ; ic i-.cid and tof water. Then dip the ’ •tjvp into cold v.ater, slaking it about j ■ ;-vaov,iid traces. Thor, dip it in ; ■ ■; ■■ in v.Lii:h i-r n small quantity of ' *o perfect tb ,-removal of all acid, j vit wooi<l wrinkle in drying. :i must j -. avU-biKi s n a frahio while rdill wet. the .Sttyl.p: “A Miss Is as <i>»:<l iw a ..ille’’ Arose. Hie above expression had its origin a a tale, by Turpin, of two friends. is (or Amys) and Annie (or Amyle). ••ho are supposed to have lived in the eiga of King Pepin. According to the • lory, Annie risked bis life ami fortune t save tho reputation of hi.-: friend unis. The latter nobly rep...-.: him by acrlficing his children to cure Amile ; if his leprosy by puoiuting i.im with ■b< ir blood. He bad the delight of see big Amile thus perfectly cured, and u’se ; of having bis children immediately aft »-r miraculously restored to Hie. The friends were buried on the same day in tho same grave. Amis wan as good as Amile, or. as we have it, “A miss Is as good as a milo. ” . How the Word "Gypsy" Came luto Vh. ■ Gipsy, more properly gypsy, means | an Egyptian, the supposition being the | gypsies came from Egypt. The French ’ called them Bohemians, believing i they came from Bohemia. The fact is, ; however, that the original home of the | gypsies was India, whence they w*» driven by invading hordes. How to Prepare Game. I Dark fleshed birds, like duck and grouse, should be served as rare as roast | beef—that is, so that tho blood runs when they are cut. Birds with white flesh, like partridge, should be cooked us long and as thoroughly as tho hen, A very good rule is to cook canvaaback ; :>i redhead docks about 20 minutes, teal i 16, grouse about 30, doe birds from 18 j to 16, plover or woodcock 10 and Eng- | lish snipe from Bto 10. Quail require | between 15 and 18 minutes and par- j (ridge from 85 to 40 minutes. All ihie means with a good, brisk oven. io Preveul; a Cock From Crowing at- Dawn, The bird cannot crow unless he is able . io stand erect and raise his bead to the ) fullest extent. Now, if a plank, or even j a lath, be placed above hi.j perch • , ..at ho cannot gain an upright positim !■«, cannot possibly lift up his voice, br.‘ ns the cou-Aary, mast rwuain dumb V/mbeiiitS'* gggCaNtft