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The disease itself is not as dangerous as typhoid fever when properly handled. It is a continuous fever, lasting 72 hours. The premonitory symptoms are a pain in the back of the head and in the loins, followed by a slight chill. The pulse and temperature then rise rapidly, the former attaining usually about 110 beats to the minute, and the latter 104 degrees in a few hours. On the second day the pulse begins to drop and continues to do so slowly until the normal is reached, while the temperature remains steady, and this peculiarity is the one pathognomonic symptom of the disease, as ascertained by experts who have studied many epidemics. Toward the third day the temperature is often up to 105. This is a grave symptom, and unless it can speedily be reduced, "black vomit" or gastric hemorrhage appears, or the kidneys refuse to act on account of acute inflammation and destruction of tissue. The famous black vomit is not fatal in more than 50 per cent of cases well treated, but when albumen appears in the urine death almost inevitably follows. Nursing is everything. The treatment of the disease is wholly expectant. A hot mustard foot-bath and a large dose of castor-oil are preliminaries. After this nothing is given but orange-leaf tea, to promote perspiration, and sometimes a little extract of jaborandi. Champagne in small quantities is found to be the best preventive of black vomit, and dry cupping and blisters are resorted to in case of a tendency to kidney trouble. The nurse does more than the doctor in yellow fever to effect a cure, and in New Orleans nearly all the black "mammies" are experts in handling the disease, which undoubtedly accounts for the very low mortality in that city's epidemics. To watch the patient, be quick to start a fire if a north wind comes to chill the air, to keep the clothing adjusted, see that no talking is allowed, and be familiar with the symptoms forerunning black vomit or kidney trouble, and know how to treat them promptly--these are necessaries in nursing yellow fever, and in these the darkey women of New Orleans are more familiar than are the doctors in other towns.

On the third day after the attack, when the fever heat subsides, the patient is left in a weak and horribly nervous condition, and for many hours is subject to immediate relapse upon the slightest provocation. Then it is that the tolling of a bell, the sudden shock of a cannon fired by silly authorities, the slightest indigestion or exposure to cold or excitement, will do murder. The stomach is left raw, and for many days only milk, gruel, and crackers are given, doled out in miserly quantity.

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=Blindness.=--_A Simple Remedy That Often Will Prevent This Dreadful Misfortune._--It is distressing to learn that out of the 7,000 persons blind from their birth in this country, who owe their loss of sight to inflammation of the eyes, at least two-thirds might now have been in the enjoyment of their sight but for the ignorance or neglect of their earliest guardians. It seems that the remedies for the infantile inflammation which causes blindness are both many and simple. Thus, says the London _Figaro_, it cannot be too widely made known that the eyes of the newly-born child, if inflamed, should be washed with pure warm water, and that then a single drop of a 2 per cent solution of nitrate of silver should be instilled into each with a drop-tube. In Germany midwives are enjoined to adopt the above remedial treatment, under oath, and since this has been done the decrease in the number of blind children has been most appreciable.

_Increase of Blindness._--Dr. Lucien Howe says blindness has increased in the State of New York during the past five years thirteen times as fast as the population; and the State Charities Commissioners state that the excess in the increase of the insane in the State over the increase in the population for the last nine years has been forty-four per cent. These figures are most startling, especially when it is considered that the modes of treating the eyes and brain are supposed to have been so much improved of late years.--_Ex._

=Hiccough.=--_A Mechanical Cure._--Procure a glass of water and pour a little of it down the patient's throat. While he is drinking the water he should press a finger on the orifice of each ear. By this method you open the glottis, and in five seconds the thing is done. Should you by any chance meet with an obstinate case, you may rest assured that the throat and ears were not closed at one and the same time; either the water was swallowed before the ears were thoroughly stopped, or the water was not sufficient to fill the throat. Another precaution is to keep the chin well up. This cure was obtained by the writer from an old Indian medical officer who had experimented for some years to discover a method of relieving the terrible stage of hiccoughing in yellow fever, and this cure was the outcome.--_Pharmaceutical Journal._

=Hydrophobia.=--Dr. Bokai, a professor at the Klausenburg University, Hungary, claims to have discovered an absolutely certain remedy for hydrophobia and for destroying the virus at the seat of the bite. The remedy consists of a solution of chlorine, bromine, sulphuric acid, and permanganate of potash, with oil of eucalyptus. The above was received in the United States as a press dispatch, from Vienna, February 3, 1890.

=Intemperance.=--"We believe," says the Canada _Health Journal_, "that there is no better direct remedy for intemperance than strict vegetarianism. Sir Charles Napier tried a vegetable diet as a cure for intemperance in twenty-seven cases, and the cure was effected in every case, the time varying from thirty-six days to twelve months."

=La Grippe.=--_How to Prevent It._--A Boston physician has a novel preventive of the influenza, which has been named la grippe. He orders a small quantity of the flour of sulphur to be put in an envelope and worn in the bottom of shoes. "Only this and nothing more." Patients who complied with the conditions laid down, escaped the influenza. This particular physician evidently has some knowledge of human nature. If he had told his patients, in a general way, to keep their feet warm, they would have paid no attention to his directions. But there was an odor of a drug store in the sulphur prescription, and they followed it. Perhaps that was the easiest way to keep the feet warm.

=Teeth.=--_Extraction Painless._--By spraying the region of the external ear with ether, Drs. Henoque and Fridel, of Paris, render the dental nerves insensible, and extract teeth without pain or general anaesthesia.

INDEX.

Accidents, Percentage of, Preventable, 30-32
Prevention of, 85-87

Advice of an Ex-smoker, 148

Aids to Morality, Philadelphia _Ledger_, 58

Alcohol, Treatise by Dr. Felix Oswald on, 87, 88

Alcoholic Habit, 87-92

Alcoholism, Remedy for, 92
Reviewed by Dr. Spitka, 88, 89

Animal and Human Lives Compared, 45

Antipyrine, Female Intoxicant, 91
Paralysis Caused by, 139

Appetite, How to Improve an, 92

Artery, Ruptured, Treatment of a, 96

Asphyxiation, Remedy for, 93

Attorney, the Most Conscientious, 60, 61

Babies, Mortality out of 1,000, 45, 46

Bathing, Dr. Steele's Ideas of, 21, 93-96

Beer-drinking Excessive, 90

Beggar Centenarians, 13

Bethesda Water, Benefits of, 98, 108, 109, 113

Bites of Snakes, Remedy for, 145

Black Tongue, Prescription for, 152

Bleeding, Treatment and Cure for, 96

Blindness, a Simple Remedy for, 159
Increase of, in State of N. Y., 159

Boston _Globe_ Reporter, Experience of a, 6

Brain-Workers, Time to Rest for, 82

Brain Worry, Panacea for, 97

Breakfast, _Menu_ for, 24

Breathing, Healthful Mode of, 97, 98

Breweries, English Purchasers of, 152

Bright's Disease, Remedy for, 98

Brown Sequard's Vital Elixir, 48, 114

Bruises, Specific for, 99

Bunions and Corns, Preventive for, 108

Burns, Remedies for, 99

Butchers' Trade, Effect of, 60

Cancer Not Cured by Surgery, 99

Catholics and Liquor Evil, 37

Cemeteries of London, Pollution of the, 33, 34

Chevreul, M., Health at 100 Years, 68

Chewing-gum, Injurious Effect of, 99, 100

Chills and Fever, W. S. Green on, 130-133

Cholera, Remedies for, 100

Church and Society Duties, 37

Cigar Dissipation, 15

Cigarette-smoking, Insanity Results from, 150

Cleanliness, Hints on, 100, 101
of Teeth, Tongue, and Throat, 20

Clothing, Importunities about, 111-113
Hygienic Advance in, 49

Cold and Tired Feet, How to Prevent, 101

Colds, Cure for, 101-103

Commandments, the Ten Health, 28

Constipation, Remedies for, 19, 20, 103

Consumption, Causes and Palliatives, 47
Dr. Chapin's Treatise on, 103
Treatment of, 103-108

Consumptives' Pride Unhealthful, 19

Convulsions (Fits), Treatment of, 108

Corns and Bunions, Preventive and Cure of, 108

Cough Remedy, 102
Whooping, Cure for, 158

Crematories Will Stop Contagion, 33-35

Crime, Prevention of, Dr. Crosby, 58-60

Croup, Instantaneous Relief of, 109

Dartmouth College, No Student Smoker at, 152

Deafness, Prevention and Cure of, 113, 114

Death, How Produced, 44, 45
no Physiological Reason for, 76-78

Death-rate, of Poor and Rich, 49, 50
of Principal Cities, 49

Deity, Belief in, a Necessity, 54, 55

Del Monte Hotel, Model for Cleanliness, 41

Diabetes, Treatment and Remedies for, 109

Digestion, Time Required for, 122

Dinner _Menu_, 25, 26

Diphtheria, Dr. Deriker's Prescription, 111
Dr. Roulin's ", 111
Dr. Scott's ", 110
Notes on, and Treatment of, 109-111

Diseases and Their Remedies, 79-160
Individual Experience with, 14, 29

Disparity between Actions and Teachings, 79

Dissipators Long-lived, Why?, 12

Dives and Variety Theaters, Grand Jury's Report, 35

Doctors and Dentists a Necessity, 6, 7

Drinks for the Voice, 124

Dropsy, Treatment for, 113

Dyspepsia, Treatment and Remedy for, 113

Ears, Care of the, 113

Eat, How You Should, 22, 27

Eat, What You Should, 22
" " " " Not, 22

Editor's Opinion of Evil, 36

Eggs, How Best to Preserve, 123

Electric Light, Incandescent, Best, 40

Elixir, Brown Sequard's, 48, 114

Employment Necessary for Health, 30

Epidemics, History of, 114-116

Erysipelas, Facts Regarding, 116

Esculapius, 6, 70

Evil, Editor's Opinions of, 36
Ministers' ", 36

Exercise, Ben Hogan's Opinion of, 116, 117

Ex-smoker's Advice, 148

Eye-glasses, When to Use, 118

Eye, Surgical Operation on the, 47

Eyes, Care of the, 117-119

Faith in the Source of Goodness, 9

Feet, Cold and Tired, How Remedied, 101

Fever, Yellow, Treatment of, 157, 158

Filtered Water a Necessity, 21,, 35

Filters Indispensable, 35

Fire Losses in U. S., How to Avoid, 30

Fits (Convulsions), Treatment of, 108

Food, Carbonates of, 23
for Each Meal, 24-28
Most Wholesome, 119-123
Nitrates of, 23
Phosphates of, 23
Sinew Producing, 23
Temperature Most Healthful for, 12

Foreign Substances, Removal of, 139

Forgotten Lore Remembered, 41-43

Fountains, Public, a Necessity for, 35

Freckles, How to Remove, 123

Friends or Quakers, Average Life of, 11

Garbage Creates Contagion, 32

Gargle for Throat Troubles, 123

General Government, Duties of the, 37

Germ Theory, Discovery of the, 81

God, Clearer Perception of, 9
Who and What Is, 54, 55

Gossip, by Dr. J. G. Holland, 61
Remedy for, 61, 62

Grand Jury's Report, of S. F., Cal, 35, 36

Hair, Treatment to Preserve the, 123

_Hall's Journal of Health_ on Food, 119

Hammond, Dr., Death Not Imperative, 76-78

Happiness, 51-65
Formula for, 55

Happiness, Not Found in Ignorance, 53

Headache, Causes and Remedies for, 124

Health, 5-50
Beverages, 124
Chief Desideratum, 5-50
Commandments, Ten, 28
Contagious as Disease, 10
Happiness and Longevity, 5-78
How to Keep in, 10, 14-18
Laughter a Promoter of, 46
Maxims, 41-43
Officers' Attention, 32, 33
Requirements of, 41-43

Healthful Houses, by Dr. Cushing, 40

Hemorrhoids, Remedy for, 135

Hermit Centenarians, 13

Hernia or Rupture, Cure for, 125

Hiccough, Remedies for, 125, 159

High License, Liquor Remedy, 36

Hotel Del Monte, Model for Cleanliness, 41

House Decorations, _Sanitary News_, 40
Sanitary, Model for, 38-41

Human and Animal Lives Compared, 45
Life Prolonged, Professor Hammond, 73

Hydrophobia, Drs. Mott and Baldwin on, 126
Remedies for, 125, 126, 160

Hygiene, Systematic, Dr. J. H. Brown, 70-72

Hygienic Clothing, 49

Ignorance Is Not Happiness, 53, 54

Incandescent Light the Best, 40

Individual Duties, 30

Influenza (La Grippe), Remedy for, 126

Insanity and the Cigarette, _Bulletin_, 150

Insomnia, Relief for, 126

Insurance, Persons Not Eligible, 31

Intemperance, Cures for, 92, 160
Deaths Caused by, 90

Intemperate Men, Age of, 13

Invalids Should Not Eat, What?, 27

Irrigation and Malaria, by W. S. Green, 130-133

Kidney Surgical Operation, Successful, 47

La Grippe (Influenza), Remedy for, 126
Pasteur's Cure for, 150
Prevention of, 160

Lane, Prof. L. C., on Quackery, 6

Laughter, a Health Promoter, 46

Lawyer, the Most Conscientious, 60, 61

Lawyer's Profession, Influence Exerted by, 60

Lepers of Hawaii, Number of, 127
Pork Eaters Are, 27

Leprosy, Statistics Regarding, 126-128

Life Being Prolonged, Reason for, 9

Life-table of 1,000 Souls, 45, 46
Vitiated by Anxiety for, 84

Light, Electric, Incandescent, Best, 40

Liquor Remedy, High License, 36

Liquors Consumed in U. S., Value of, 88

Lockjaw, Successful Treatment of, 129

London Cemeteries, Condition of, 33-35

Longevity, 66-78
by Dr. Maurice, 73-76
Curiosities of, Dr. Oswald, 69, 73
Possible Without Virtues, 9, 12
Statistics Regarding, 66

_Longman's Magazine_ on Vegetable Diet, 121

Love, Those Deserving, 53

Luncheon, _Menu_, 25, 26

Macdonald, Geo., Neighbor of, 52

Mackay, Chas., on Love's Subjects, 53

Malaria and Irrigation, by W. S. Green, 130-133
Chills and Fever, Cures for, 133
New Theory by W. S. Green on, 130-133

Maladies and Ills Cured, 79-160

Man, Oldest, 69

Marriage, Facts Regarding, 62, 129, 130
Physical Degeneration, M. Huth on, 130

Married Life, Is It a Failure?, 62, 63

Maxims for Health, 41-43

Measles Contrasted with Small-pox, 115

Meats, How Best Prepared, 25
Kind and Quality of, 25

Men, Oldest, 69

Microbes and Bacilli in Water, 21

Milk, Purity, How Ascertained, 122

Minister, Teacher, and Physician, 7

Minister's Opinion of Evil, 36

Misconceivements, 43, 44

Miser Centenarians, 13

Mistakes of Life, 53

Morality, Aids to, 58

Municipalities, Duties of, 32

Naphtha, a Female Intoxicant, 91, 92

Nelly Bly's Experience with Doctors, 6

Nervousness and Worry, 134

Nicotine in Tobacco, Deadly Poison, 148, 149

Nose-bleed, Remedy for, 96

Obesity and Thinness, Treatment for, 134

Oldest Man Living in U. S. in 1890, 66

Patti's Formula for Health, 16

Physician, Minister, and Teacher, 7

Piles, Remedy for, 135

Poem, "Deserving Love," by Chas. Mackay, 53
Heart's Test, by Ella W. Wilcox, 51
Milton's "Adam to Angel", 3
"The Two Workers", 56
"Where Do You Live?" by Josephine Pollard, 56-58

Poisons and Antidotes, 135-139
Mineral, 136-139
Taken with Impunity, 13
Vegetable, 135

Politeness, Health Interfering, 18

Pork, Disease Producing, 26
Unfit for Food, 26

Practical Knowledge, Health Begetting, 14

Prevention of Accidents, 85-87

Prohibitionist's Reason for Longevity, 11

Public Fountains a Necessity, 35
Urinals " ", 37

Quaker's Life Prolonged, Why? 11
or Friends, Average Life of, 11

Quinsy, etc., Prescription for, 152

Regularity, First Consideration Is, 8

Religionist's Reason for Long Life, 11

Religious Perceptions, 55

Remedies for Alcoholism, 92
Diseases, 79-160
Supplemental List, 159, 160

Rest, One Day in Seven Necessary, 38

Rheumatism, Prevention and Cure of, 139, 140

Rupture or Hernia, Cure for, 125

Sanitation and Sanity, 80

Sanitary House Building, 38-41

Scientific Education, Practical Knowledge, 14

Scientist's Reasons for Longevity, 11

Sea-bathing, Effects of, 95

Seasickness, How to Prevent, 140

Selfishness Excusable in Tax-payer, 31, 32

Sleep, Hours Required, 20, 140-142
Position of Body During, 141

Small-pox and Vaccination, 142
Contrasted with Measles, 115

Smoking, Evil Effects of, 148-152
Pasteur's Substitute, Camphor, 150

Snake-bites, Remedy for, 145

Social Evil, Grand Jury's Report of, 36, 37

Society and Church Duties, 37

Sound Health, Secret of, 83

Spectacles, When to Use, 118

Stimulants, Most Healthful, 24

Strychnine Taken with Impunity, 13

Substances, Foreign, Removal of, 139

Sulsonal, a New Opiate, 48

Sunday, or One Day, for Rest, 38

Superstitions of the World, 143-145

Supplemental List of Remedies, 159, 160

Tanks for Water, Death-traps, 32

Tape-worms, Cure for, 146

Tax-payer, Selfishness Excusable in the, 31, 32

Teacher, Minister, and Physician, 7

Teeth, Painless Extraction of, 160
Treatment of the, 17, 20

Ten Health Commandments, 28

Temperament, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 51, 52

Temperance Not Necessary to Longevity, 12

Temperature for Food and Drinks, 12

Thinness and Obesity, Treatment for, 134

Tobacco Habit, Dr. Dudley on, 146
Experiments Regarding, 150
Authorities on, 146-152

Tonsillitis, etc., Prescription for, 152

Toothache, Remedy for, 146

Typhoid Fever, Substances Affected by, 47

Ulcerated Sore Throat, Remedy for, 152

Under-garments, Important Function of, 111-113

Urinals, Public, a Necessity, 37

Vaccination and Small-pox, 142

Vegetable Diet, Why Preferred, 121, 122

Vegetarian Restaurants in London, 122

Virtues, Rank of the, 8

Vital Statistics, 10, 152, 153
Principal Cities, 49

Voice, Drinks for the, 124
Essential Elements in the, 154
Treatment of the, 153, 154

Warts, Remedies for, 154

Water, Detection of Impurities in, 154-156
Filtration of, 154-156
Pollution Remedy, 156
When to Drink, 155

Water-tanks, Uncleanly, 32

Weariness, Different Phases of, 44
Treatment for, 44

What We Inherit, 63-65

"Where Do You Live?" by Josephine Pollard, 56

Whooping-cough, Positive Cure for, 156,157

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, on Temperament, 51, 52

Wisdom, Prerequisites for, 54

"Workers, the Two", 56

Worry and Nervousness, 134

Yellow Fever, Statistics and Treatment of, 157, 158

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PACIFIC Business College,
320 POST ST.
SAN FRANCISCO.

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Individual Instruction.

No Vacations.

LADIES ADMITTED TO ALL DEPARTMENTS.

_Life Scholarship, Full Business Course,--$75._

Send for Circular. T. A. ROBINSON, M. A., President.

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A SPLENDID STOCK

Of Common Sense Shoes kept constantly on hand, superior goods only, at bedrock prices, at

Kast's, 738 & 740
MARKET ST., S. F.

BRANCH:
Broadway, Oakland.

THE PACIFIC

Mutual Life Insurance Company of California,

_418 CALIFORNIA ST., SAN FRANCISCO_.

Geo. A. Moore, President.
Geo. W. Beaver, Vice-Pres.
Thos. Bennet, Supt.
J. N. Patton, Secretary.
S. M. Marks, Asst. Sec.
H. F. Band, Asst. Supt.

LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE. ORGANIZED 1868.

Assets, $2,250,000. Paid on Policy-Holders' Acct., $4,300,000.

Policy Contracts unsurpassed. Claims paid on presentation of satisfactory proof's. For Policy Holders the best legal organization.

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W. W. Montague & Co.

MANTELS, GRATES, TILES.

BRASS, BRONZE, STEEL, AND IRON

Fire Place Trimmings.

_Warm Air, Hot Water, and Steam_

Heating Apparatus

For Warming Churches, Halls, School-Houses, Dwellings and Public Buildings.

Wrought Steel Ranges.

309--317 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.

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SHERMAN, CLAY & CO.

IMPORTERS, MANUF'S AND JOBBERS.

PIANOS. Weber, Estey, Emerson, SOLD ON INSTALLMENTS At Cash Prices.

GUITARS. C. F. Martin, H. L. Mason. Fairbanks & Cole Banjos. Bohman Mandolines.

Organs. Estey, Story & Clark, MANUFACTURERS OF CHURCH PIPE ORGANS.

Band Instruments. Strings, Accordions, and MUSICAL MERCHANDISE. Sheet MUSIC, Music Books, Etc., Etc.

CORNER Kearny and Sutter Sts. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

Transcriber's Notes:

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Page 22 Add missing period. ... and beef at 15.

Page 39 Correct spelling: celler to cellar. ... not from the cellar itself or ...

Page 39 Correct spelling: unesthetic to unaesthetic. ... and, however unaesthetic, varnished.

Page 42 Correct spelling: succintly to succinctly. ... may find succinctly stated ...

Page 54 Correct spelling: Shakspere's to Shakespeare's. ... startling of Shakespeare's plays, ...

Page 81 Change comma to period. ... of sanitary value, is disproved. Few doctors ...

Page 135 Correct spelling: quaniny to quantity. ...with a sufficient quantity of cocoa ...

Page 149 Correct typo: in-instantly to instantly.

Page 152 Correct spelling: conjuctiva to conjunctiva. ... under the conjunctiva of an ...

Page 152 Correct spelling: Tonsilitis to Tonsillitis. =Tonsillitis, Quinsy,=

Page 166 Correct spelling: Tonsilitis to Tonsillitis. Tonsillis, etc., ...