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GENERAL SCIENCE 



Shop girls and overworked people often gather in their systems 

 a fatigue poison which accumulates faster than the oxygen can carry 

 it off. Headaches caused by study rooms and long, tiring speeches 

 are due to fatigue poisons. 



Sour stomachs, biliousness, eye strain, indigestion caused by 

 foods which should not be eaten, caffein stimulation from the drink- 

 ing of coffee to excess, and the over-use of tobacco, are causes of 

 headaches. Headache powders or tablets containing acetanilid do 

 not cure such troubles. They simply cover up the true cause of the 

 trouble and may develop a " dope " habit. The removal of the cause 

 is the best way to cure headaches. A physician will remove the cause. 



FIG. 154. The name Pa-pay-ans has been changed to Bell-ans as the illustration 

 shows. The nostrum consists essentially of charcoal, ginger, baking soda 

 and oil of wintergreen. Any physician could prescribe a far better remedy. 

 The name originally suggested the presence of papain, obtained from a 

 fruit. Why do you think the name was changed? 



Soothing Syrups. Many of the soothing syrups so widely adver- 

 tised contain laudanum, opium, or morphine. Some contain potas- 

 sium bromide. Paregoric is essentially a compound containing 

 opium and alcohol. The soothing syrup containing laudanum is 

 more dangerous than many of the other preparations. The use of 

 all soothing syrups should be carefully avoided. 



Cough Syrups. In addition to alcohol, many of the cough 

 syrups contain morphine, ether, or chloroform. The amount of 

 alcohol varies from 3 per cent to 75 per cent. Some of the cough 

 syrup labels recommend that the medicine be used for: 



