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surface of the body during the entire illness. 



Remedies : Peroxide of Hydrogen (Marchand's), or 

 Glycozone, for the anticeptic effect of the oxygen which 

 is set free in the stomach and intestines. But to be of 

 real value, these remedies are to be taken in consider- 

 able quantity largely diluted in water, else, in my opin- 

 ion, they are of little use. The capacity of the bowels 

 is so great that a little of anything cannot spread over 

 this enormous area to effect it beneficially. Cleanliness 

 is the principle governing the use of Peroxide of Hydro- 

 gen (medicinal) and Glycozone. 



For a remedy that sooths and brings on sleep at night, 

 sulphate of Codeine is better than chloral, besides it is 

 the safest and best. 



For food, anything that is simple and in liquid form. 

 Milk is always the best ; milk and whipped eggs ; 

 pressed juice from broiled meat. The juice from fresh, 

 ripe fruit. The nutrition taken should be at regular in- 

 tervals (four hours), that sufficient time may be allowed 

 for digestion. 



Stimulants and drugs are injurious without exception, 

 and better results are secured without their use. Typhoid 

 fever, generally transmitted through the drinking water, 

 is a preventable disease. Typhoid fever affects all 

 classes, but if food and water were always pure, no class 

 or age need contract Typhoid fever. Cleanliness every- 

 where and always is the means at hand which makes it 

 possible to escape Typhoid fever and other diseases of 

 the bowels. Internal cleanliness as well as external is a 

 reasonable proposition of hope for the cure of the un- 

 happy multitude of sick and discouraged humanity. 



Centrifugation — to separate sediment, is coming into gen- 

 eral use among Euro})ean investigators. A number of instru- 

 ments are in use for the purpose. 



