Organic Impurities in Water. -- a small quantity of organic matter of vegetable origin, that is to say, an amount not exceeding three grains to the gallon, is not generally found to be injurious, but even very minute quantities of organic material of animal origin, especially if this material is composed of the waste matters, such as urine or excrement, for man or animals, is the great cause of unwholesome nests of water. Probably one fourth of the sickness and death in civilized communities arises directly or indirectly from this one cause, and, unfortunately, even when we are fully forewarned of this imminent danger to health, it is exceedingly difficult and most thickly populated places to secure a source of water supply with which sewage has not been mingled.
It is little wonder, that 100 years ago and even further back, people developed a taste for wine and other forms of alcohol, which essentially had to be distilled. This was one way to actually purify water or something drinkable, and help people avoid some of the issues that were probably readily found in the water supply of many urban areas. If you were to travel back in time, and you were looking for a small business opportunity to earn a good living in the past, setting up some sort of water purification system, could definitely help a person earn a good living and possibly change the course of history not to mention decreasing the deaths of many children in newborns. In fact the war old would probably be more populous today, if it had not been for this issue.
Additional Articles from the Book of Medicine:
- Buying Prescription Drugs Online Through an Escrow Agency
If you have ever considered or tried purchasing prescription drugs online or even supplements, the internet is a very difficult place. You can never really be certain if a company will actually deliver what you order or whether they will deliver what they promise.
Enter the Canada Pharmacy Escrow Service which basically enables you to- shop for drugs and supplements online
- Review prices from pharamacies around the world
- Place orders through those pharmacies
- Provide a prescription or have a medical review performed online
- Get the drugs or supplements shipped to you.
- If a pharmacy does not deliver or the shipment is lost (remember this is international) then the escrow service protects you and reships the order at no additional cost.
This basically opens up the pharmacies around the world to people shopping for the best prices. It is an interesting business application to a problem that was created by the internet and the flattening of the world economy.
More an more escrow services in general are finding new and useful applications to a number of areas on the internet, medicine is just one of them, but given skyrocketing price of medicine prices around the world, this offers a solution of enabling customers to benefit from price arbitrage (buying from whatever jurisdiction or pharmacy offers the lowest price).
- WOMB, OVARIES AND VAGINA.
The Womb.–the plate beautifully and effectively illustrates the location and formation of the womb, that wonderful organ which performs the function of parturition, and which is so constructed as to assist in all the necessary efforts of birth. Its structure is elastic and strong, and it expands readily to accommodate the growth of the child (fœtus). While this is true exteriorly, its inner parts are rather delicately lined, and subject to a variety of painful diseases, generally designated as “Diseases of the Womb.”
At this point, the author or authors just couldn’t help themselves and a return to some of their previous form.
First off it like to point out the use of the word parturition. This word simply means the act of giving birth.
Second, I’d like to point out the atypical spelling of the word fetus, spelled as “fœtus.” I have wonder if the use of the spelling using the Greek characters “œ” was used to describe the fetus from a secular perspective while being very respectable of nonsecular concerns and sensibilities. The etymology of the word is actually theoretically linked to a spelling mistake by Saint Isidore of Seville, who introduced Aristotle to his countrymen around between 535 ad and 636 ad in his work the Etymologiae (taking its title from the method he used in the transcription of his era’s knowledge). He may not have been a travelpro but he was well learned. He brought ancient knowledge back into Western knowledge as early as the beginning of the Dark Ages.
Third, the last phrase of this section “Diseases of the Womb” seems to hint to me, and my perspective may be flawed, that the author is referring to illnesses often associated with women, but downplayed by doctors hundred years ago. They lump the large number of health issues together at times it did not take practical nor realistic look at it as they were avoiding the sensibility issues of the day.
- How to Destroy Bed Bugs
How to Destroy Bed Bugs.– Spray with pure spirits or crude turpentine or benzine by using an ordinary nose and throat atomizer which can be bought in a drug store, all brass or wooden beds after scalding where possible with hot water, spray the crevices of floor, back of picture frames and where a house is “alive” with the pests repaper and paint rooms.
These small little bugs are very difficult to see even when you know what you are looking for, dozens of them or their eggs could fit on a micro sd card that would go in a modern cell phone. Spirits of turpentine will kill where carbolic acid has failed. After each spraying, watch for the bedbugs as those which are not destroyed will hasten to escape and can be killed. Remember benzine and turpentine are inflammable and poisonous. No lights should be permitted in the rooms during or immediately following the use of these drugs. When articles cannot be sprayed, as books, etc., seal up the room and burn a sulphur candle. Place sulphur candle in a tin cup and place cup in a tin or metal pie plate containing water.
