THINGS WORTH KNOWING. 



Spine Complaint. 



It is asserted by those who should know the facts, that in Ire- 

 land and other countries where milk-pails, etc., are continually 

 carried on the head, no such ailment as spine complaint is to be 

 found. And there is yet another very important point in rearing 

 children, often neglected for want of thought, viz., teaching them to 

 go to sleep in a proper and healthy attitude. The head should be 

 but little raised; the chin on the pillow, not bent down on to the 

 chest; the mouth shut, and, above all, the backbone stretched 

 straight; or, if at all bent, bent into a hollow curve, like a horse's 

 back, instead of into a round curve like a pig's. 



Sure Test of the Extinction of Life. 



If a limb of the body a finger is best for the purpose be con- 

 stricted by a strong ligature, quite tightly, there will be seen, if the 

 subject be yet alive, a reddening of the constricted member. First, 

 the part in question becomes red, then the red color becomes darker 

 and darker and deeper in hue, till it is finally converted into a 

 bluish-red, the whole limb being from its tip to the ligature which 

 encircles it, of a uniform color, except that at the region immediately 

 around the ligature itself there is to be seen a narrow ring, which is 

 not bluish-red, but white. The bluish coloration of the nails or of 

 the finger-tips, so often seen on the dead body, as well, too, in cer- 

 tain cases of blood disease, need not be regarded as any source of 

 fallacy, for, after the ligature of a finger, as long as life remains 

 in the body, the whole of the limb from the place of the ligature to 

 the extremity will be uniformly blue-red, but if the coloration do 

 >iot take place, or only at a circumscribed spot on the limb, it can be 

 with certainty concluded that the spark of life is extinct. 



Neglect of the Foot-bath and Stockings the Cause of 

 many Doctor Bills. 



The poisonous exudations, by not being removed, are graduallj 

 absorbed again into the system by the large pores that are located 

 on the bottoms of the feet. It is, therefore, necessary that they 

 should be washed daily with pure water. This neglect to keep the 

 feet clean, coupled with the pernicious habit of wearing socks four 

 or five days or a week without a change, is one of the most prolific 

 causes of disease. Stockings or socks should not be worn more than 

 a day or two at a time. A good way is to wear them one day, then 

 leave them off one day until they are aired, when they may be wore 

 another day. If they are worn" longer, the fetid, offensive matter 

 from the feet that is deposited on the socks is readily taken into the 

 system and blood by the absorbent vessels of the feet. 



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