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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



the difference in manifestation is only a differ- 

 ence in energy, and a perseverance in pur- 

 pose. On tliis great occasion the farmers of 

 Lanca.ster county ought not to be content with 

 merely self-gratitication ; they ought to do 

 something to gratify others, and we ktww that 

 they can ch it — their thouglits should be run- 

 ning in that direction now. A like opportunity 

 will not again be aiforded to this or the next 

 generation. 



In this connection we would state that C. 

 M. HosTETTER, esq., of this city, has been 

 appointed General Agent for Lancaster coun- 

 ty of the Centennial Board of Finance, for 

 the sale of stock and medals, his head-quar- 

 ters being at the Stevens House. He has 

 shown us samples of the Centennial Medals, 

 of which there are four sizes and styles, silver, 

 bronze and gold — all very beautiful, with ap- 

 propriate State and National emblems, and 

 bearing the following inscriptions : On the 

 face — "These united colonies are, and of 

 right ought to be, free and independent States, 

 177G." On the reverse — "In commemniora- 

 tion of the hundredth aimiversary of Ameri- 

 can Independence. 187(3." Act of Congress, 

 June, 1874." These sell at prices ranging 

 from one to five dollars, or the set in a beauti- 

 ful case, for $11. The proceeds go to aid the 

 building fund. 



THE RELATIONS OF HYGIENE TO 

 PRACTICAL MEDICINE. 



BY PROF. JAR VIS S. WHITE, M.D. 



"Who clothe tlje young ? It is done under 

 the guide of maternity. How is it done ? The 

 legs are bare, the arms are naked, the neck and 

 upper part of the chest are exposed, scanty 

 clothing is \>\\t on the horly, and that is all. 

 "Wliy so '? Would you believe it ? It is done 

 to harden the little ones, to give them good 

 constitutions ! How cruel, how sad, how 

 touching, and how lamentable may be tlie re- 

 sult ! The mother means this for good. But 

 let her dress herself as she does her infant; let 

 her give it a fair trial; depend on it, the trial 

 will not last long. Will you dissipate on the 

 winter air the warmth that God has provided 

 for developing your child into the full vigor 

 of manhood and womanhood ? W^ill you imi- 

 tate that poor mother, who gave her new-born 

 infant a daily snow-bath ? The gods had com- 

 passion on her tender babe and took it away. 

 I will not say that she was guilty of infanticide. 



Intramural sepulture has been found to be 

 detrimental to health. This is simply a matter 

 of experience. In theory, the same result is 

 obtained. Sepulture now takes place outside 

 of cities; but the city grows — it invades the 

 place of sepulture, hence it is alleged that sep- 

 ulture is not accf>rding to the principles of 

 Hygiene. Why delay the change of " dust to 

 dust and ashes to ashes V" Why wait hun- 

 dreds of years for tlie decomposition of the 

 body ? Repulsive mummies, putrid flesh, and 

 disagreealjle bones are all surely going back to 

 dust again. I do not, at present, undertake 

 to give an ophiion on this subject; but they 

 tell us to burn the bodies of the dead — to imi- 

 tate that which nature does — but what we do, 

 to do quickly. A handful of gray ashes in a 

 sepulchral urn will symbolize the "ashes to 

 ashes and dust to dust," and rivet the links 

 of memory, wliile the uprising gases from the 

 furnace will symltolize the si>irit that's gone. 

 And then of a truth — the dead cannot harm 

 the living. 



Where shall Sanitary Science be taught? 

 And to whom shall it be taught ? I will 

 answer this q\iestion by and liy. In the 

 meantime, let me ask : Who need aanitari/ in- 

 struction ? In my opinion, the people need it 

 —and the medical profession need it. Let the 

 elements of Hygiene be taught in every com- 

 mon school, ni every academy, in every private 

 school, and in every college in the counti-y. 

 The bodies of our youth need the saving grace 

 of cleanliness. And when they grow up they 

 will teach their children the simple and 

 health-saving rules of Hygiene. But where 

 shall we begin to dissipate ignorance V Why, 



of course, begin with the medical profession, 

 and begin with undergraduates. 



It was a damaging thing when one of the 

 officers of health of New York city gravely 

 informed Judge Whiting that "highjinnicks" 

 meant "a bad smell arising from dirty 

 water" — damaging both to politics and 

 medicine, but most damaging to the people, 

 whose most important interests were in the 

 hands of ignorant keepers. 



But what shall I say of medical schools and 

 Hygiene ? If medical schools taught Hygiene 

 per sc, and insisted upon their graduates being 

 "posted " in the principles of sanitary science, 

 officers of health would at least have the 

 merit of being sanitarians. 



The obstetrician is the sanitarian of the 

 cradle and of maternity. He heralds the 

 advent of the "little stranger," and watches 

 over the function that mvests the invisible 

 with the form divine. His office, ^:»er se, is the 

 prevention of disease, and when disease super- 

 venes he is no longer the obstetrician — but the 

 medical practitioner. 



What hope is there for Hygiene in this 

 country ? Will it succeed ? Can it be planted 

 among the people ? And will it grow and 

 flourish V In my opinion. Hygiene has a 

 grand future in this country ; I will tell you 

 why I think so. The American youth — and 

 especially those who come here to study 

 medicine — have a practical turn of mind ; 

 they do not believe much in theories — they 

 believe in the useful first, and after that the 

 beautiful. It is an acknowledged fact, that 

 our. medical men are among the. best practi- 

 tioners in the world ; they have more science 

 on the other side of the ocean, but our stu- 

 dents are always wanting to know what will 

 cure their patients, and they generally find 

 out, too. Now, I hold that this practical 

 turn of mind is the best kind of soil for the 

 cultivation of a sanitary science. Let the 

 seed be planted there — it will take root and 

 grow, and it will be perennial ; the seed will 

 be scattered over the length and breadth of 

 the land, and the harvest will abound more 

 and more ; the calamities that befellMemphis 

 and Shreveport will not occur again ; the 

 beauty and healthfulness of our rivers will 

 not be marred by dead animals, by the refuse 

 of factories, and by sewage ; there will be 

 more to live for,, and life will be more desira- 

 ble ; there will be less sickness and less need 

 of medicine. Hygiene will be invited to come 

 to our banquets ; she will be a perennial guest 

 in our homes ; she will be the presiding genius 

 of our hospitals ; she will adorn our temples ; 

 she will be sculptured in marble and wrought 

 in bronze in our public parks ; and she will 

 be raised high above Medicine, and enthroned 

 in the Capitol of the nation with Liberty. — 

 Sanitarian. 



OUR PUBLIC RECEPTION. 



The reception of the first number of The 

 Farmer in its new dress, both by the press 

 and the agricultural public, has been most 

 cordial, and shall incite us to renewed efforts 

 to make still further improvements. We 

 stated that it would be our aim to make each 

 succeeding number an improvement on its 

 predecessor. We think a careful examination 

 of the present issue will show that this prom- 

 ise has been redeemed. In no other jomnal, 

 furnished at- the same price, can there be 

 found an equal amount of original and valua- 

 ble matter, of practical interest to the farmer 

 and fruit-grower, and especially of the same 

 local interest to the farmers of Lancaster 

 county. Nor is the favorable impression it has 

 made confined to our own county. Business 

 letters of encpdry from parties engaged in 

 stock raising and agricultural merchandizing, 

 Ln different sections of the country, indicate 

 that, aliroad, a first-class farmers' organ of the 

 great county of Lancaster is regarded as an 

 important enterprise, especially as a medium 

 of communication between our fanners and 

 the class referred to. We have room for only 

 a few of the many flattering compliments paid 

 to the appearance of our January number. 



WHAT OTHERS SAY OF US. 



"The. Lancaster Farmer." The first number 

 of The Lancaster Farmer issued by the new pub- 

 lishers is just out, and the general verdict is that it 

 is in every respect creditable to the editor, the pub- 

 lisliers, and the agricultural community, whose in- 

 terests it proposes to promote. The new head, en- 

 graved by one of the best artists in the State, is a 

 beautiful and life-like representation of a Lancaster 

 county farm scene, representing farm work in different 

 stages of its progress. Prominent among its features 

 is the ' big barn ' for which our county is noted by 

 strangers from every section of the country. The 

 motto which forms the base line, is that suggestive 

 and truthful declaration of the Statesman, Webster, 

 that ** the farmer in the fottndation of civilization^^' in 

 itself a text for an enlarged dissertation on one of the 

 noblest occupations in which man can engage. The 

 table of contents presents a great variety of interest- 

 ing and valuable information relating to the Farm, 

 the Garden, the Orchard and the Home, the number 

 of articles, large and small, footing up one hundred. 

 Even the advertisements are invested with a peculiar 

 interest, being made up of business announcements 

 of forty first-class houses, all engaged in different, 

 kinds of business — a very unusual feature in a work 

 of this kind. The publishers are conscious of pos- 

 sessing a valuable advertising medium in The 

 Farmer, and they propose to exercise the same care 

 over that department that the editor will over the 

 reading matter proper. All swindles and humbugs 

 will be rigidly excluded. Two thousand copies of 

 this number have been printed, and we see no reason, 

 why the circulation of The Farmer should not reach 

 ten thousand copies in Lancaster county within six 

 montlis. It will certainly be the cheapest local agri- 

 cultural newspaper in the country. We invite atten- 

 tion to the prospectus in our advertising columns, 

 where it will be seen great inducements are held out 

 to those who wish to subscribe to The Express in 

 connection with The Farmer. Specimen copies will 

 be sent to any who express a desire to examine it. 



The next issue will be on the loth of the month. 

 Business men desirous of specially reaching the 

 farmers, cannot find a better medium through whicli 

 to do so effectively than by The Farmer.^ As the 

 space is limited, those desirous of advertising in the 

 next number, should make early application for the 

 space wanted. — Lancaster Express. 



The Lancaster Farmer. This publication comes 

 to us this morning, opening its seventh volume with 

 great improvements manii^cst in its editorial manage- 

 ment and in its form of publication, which has been 

 changed and enlarged to twenty pages imperial, Svo., 

 the cover being devoted to advertisements and sur- 

 mounted with a handsome and appropriate head. 

 Prof. S. S. Rathvon will henceforth be editor of The 

 Farmer, and his ample qualifications for the posi- 

 tion guarantees its success as an organ of the agri- 

 cultural interests of Lancaster county. Pearsol & Geist 

 are the publishers, and announce their intention to 

 make still further improvements. — Lancaster Intelli- 

 gencer. 



The Lancaster Farmer. This deserving valua- 

 ble English agricultural monthly is now published in 

 this city by Messrs. Pearsol & Geist, and the first 

 number of the seventh volume, with every ap- 

 pearance of external and internal improvement, is now 

 before us. Prof. S. S. Rathvon will for the future 

 occupy the position of editor of The Farmer, and his 

 acknowledged ability and experience are equal guar- 

 antees for the excellence of the contents of this useful 

 publication, as are the names of the publishers for the 

 proper and attractive typographical execution of the 

 work, for which we wish a widely extended circula- 

 tion. — Lancaster Volksfreund. 



Number one of volume seven of the The Lan- 

 caster Farmer is before us. This is one of those 

 excellent niontiilies so necessary to every intelligent 

 farmer, and indeed to all persons who feel interested 

 in agricultural or horticultural progress. Prof. S. S. 

 Rathvon, the editor, deserves great praise for the 

 improvement made on this journal. Everything 

 written or selected is worthy of a careful reading. — 

 Lancaster J^xaniiner. 



The Lancaster Farmer, which has recently 

 changed hands, now makes its appearance in an en- 

 larged and greatly improved form, and presents a 

 very fine appearance, while its contents are of such a 

 character as to be of great value to farmers and 

 others, and especially so to the farmers of our great 

 county. Prof. S. S. Rathvon is editor, and Pearsol & 

 Geist are the pubhshers; subscription, $1.00 a year. 

 — New Holland Clarion. 



The Lancaster Farmer has been enlarged apd 

 otherwise improved, and is now published by Pearsol 

 &. Geist. The January number is before us, and 

 abounds with interesting agricultural reading. It is 

 still edited by Prof. S. S. Rathvon. — Lancaster In- 

 quirer. 



We have just received a specimen copy of the Jan- 

 uary number of The Lancaster Farmer, the first 

 one we have ever seen, and we are favorably impressed 

 with its style, form and general arrangement, and 

 cannot see why it should not succeed and prosper. 

 Wishing to encourage this noble cause, aud at the 



