STRAMONIUM (_Datura Stramonium_). Stramonium, also known as Thorn-apple,
in large doses is a powerful narcotic poison. In medicinal doses it acts
as an anodyne and antispasmodic

Eggs should be fresh. Some bakers buy spoiled eggs and use them for
their fancy cakes and cookies. This is a very objectionable practice and
may be one of the reasons that bakers” cookies never taste like those
‘mother used to make.’ Eggs take the place of fish, meat or nuts, for
they are rich in protein. They may […]

CHRONIC ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM. Articular rheumatism, in the subacute or
chronic form, is frequently observed in medical practice. The symptoms
are pain and more or less swelling of the joints, although not of as
grave a character as in acute rheumatism. There is frequently an absence
of increased heat and redness. As in the acute form, the different
joints are liable […]

Persons who are suffering have often very strong prejudices. For
example, one who has decided most firmly that he ‘cannot do at all with
anything cold,’ is suffering from cramp, and nothing but cold will
relieve him, but you must not even hint at any such application. You
must in such a case consider how this prejudice took its […]

THE LADY SHOULD SELECT THE DAY.–There is one element in the time
that is of great importance, physically, especially to the lady. It is
the day of the month, and it is hoped that every lady who contemplates
marriage is informed upon the great facts of ovulation. By reading
page 244 she will understand that it is to her […]

_Mode of Operation_.–Fig. 4 represents the manipulator in operation.
The machine is propelled by steam power at the Invalids” Hotel and
Surgical Institute, but may be worked by hand, as here represented. One
arm is inserted between the double-rubbing pads, which are raised to
about the height of the shoulders, the patient being seated at the side
of the machine; […]

must be deemed), before we know for an absolute certainty how
soon the virus of the cow-pox may suffer a change in its specific
properties, after it has quitted the limpid state it possesses
when farming a pustule, it would be prudent for those who have
been inoculated with it to submit to variolous inoculation
In the present early stage […]

Anemia is very common among children, especially among the girls. The
chief reason is impoverished foods. Salts can be used by the animal
organism only after they have been elaborated by the vegetable kingdom.
To remove all the iron from wheat and then give inorganic iron, which
can not be assimilated, in its stead, is the height of folly. […]

value if this is done
Vegetables should not be soaked in water, for they lose a part of their
value if this is done. Cucumbers may be soaked in water to remove a part
of the rank flavor, before being peeled.

M. Robin, however, would have no difficulty in determining the
limits of the two kingdoms. According to him, ‘every variety of
cellulose is, we may say, insoluble in ammonia, as also are the
reproductive elements of plants, whether male or female. Whatever
phase of evolution the elements which reproduce a new individual
may have reached, treatment with this reagent, either […]