vain, and expected to die with consumption
_Gentlemen_–Several years ago I spent many dollars for medicine, but in
vain, and expected to die with consumption. But hearing of your
Invalids” Hotel and Surgical Institute, I visited you.

‘KNOWLEDGE THE PRESERVER OF PURITY.’–Laura E. Scammon, writing on
this subject, in the Arena of November, 1893, says: ‘When questions
arise that can not be answered by observation, reply to each as simply
and directly as you answer questions upon other subjects, giving
scientific names and facts, and such explanations as are suited to
the comprehension of the child. Treat […]

from the size of a pea to that of a hen”s egg
These are concretions found in the gall-bladder or bile duct, and vary
from the size of a pea to that of a hen”s egg. There may be no
indication of their existence in the gall-bladder until they begin to
pass through the duct.

KNOW NOTHING WHATSOEVER ABOUT COOKING OR SEWING OR HOUSEKEEPING.–I
am inclined to make my answer to this question somewhat concise, after
the manner of a text without the sermon. Like this: To be the ‘best
wife’ depends upon three things: first, an abiding faith with God;
second, duty lovingly discharged as daughter, wife and mother; third,
self-improvement, mentally, physically, spiritually. […]

studying when we made this last digression
We may now continue our account of the fermentation which we were
studying when we made this last digression. On June 17th that
fermentation produced three times as much gas as it did on June
11th, when the residue of hydrogen, after absorption by potash,
was 72.6 per cent.; whilst on the 17th […]

As a rule people protect the skin too much. The best protection they
have against cold is a good circulation. With a poor circulation it is
difficult to keep warm in spite of much clothing. Coldness is also
largely a state of mind. People get the idea of cold into the head and
then it is almost impossible for […]

great surface of liquid, fermentation is rapid
‘If the experiment is made in contact with the air, and with a
great surface of liquid, fermentation is rapid. For the same
quantity of sugar decomposed much more yeast is formed. The air
with which the liquid is in contact is absorbed by the yeast. The
yeast develops very actively, but its […]

CASE XVI.–Sarah Nelmes, a dairymaid at a farmer”s near this
place, was infected with the cow-pox from her master”s cows in
May, 1796. She received the infection on a part of her hand which
had been previously in a slight degree injured by a scratch from
a thorn. A large pustulous sore and the usual symptoms
accompanying the disease were […]

HOME TREATMENT.–During the paroxysm dashing cold water in the face
is a common remedy. To terminate the spasm and prevent its return give
teaspoonful doses of powdered alum. The syrup of squills is an old and
tried remedy; give in 15 to 30 drop doses and repeat every 10 minutes
till vomiting occurs. Seek out the cause if possible […]

MILK. The milk is a white, opaque fluid, secreted in the lacteal glands
of the female, in the mammalia. These glands consist of numerous
follicles, grouped around an excretory duct, which unites with similar
ducts coming from other lobules. By successive unions, they form large
branches, termed the _lactiferous ducts_, which open by ten to fourteen
minute orifices on the […]