Tuberculosis Costs and Health Losses Across the Nation
Dr. Harmon Biggs estimates tuberculosis costs to the United States at 390 million dollars yearly. He calculates the value of each life lost, counts associated nonmedical losses, and notes New York bears high care costs. He argues doubled or tripled spending could save lives and reduce suffering.
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Harmon Biggs
New York
United States
Blage Aleo
Legends Of Brazilian Life And Longevity
The excerpt describes Brasilians living simply without excessive labor or care, subsisting on plants and water with no strong temptations. It notes long lifespans, citing an old Rio de Janeiro woman reported at 141 years, though the claim is likely exaggerated.
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Arta
Rio Janeiro
Oil rubbing as skin care after baths advised to aid health
The text urges oil rubbing after baths to replace loss of skin tone from excess clothing. It notes that warm dress weakens skin and rubbing helps prevent colds, aids infants and children, and supports recovery in chronic dyspepsia emaciation diabetes and dry skin. It warns against over vigorous rubbing to avoid sweating.
Horrora of the Cocaine Habit and Academic Warning
A professor of materia medica praised cocaine as harmless to a class of thirty two. Five became cocaine takers within two years and thirteen more were rog and spirit takers ten years later. Four died from direct cocaine use and the professor later retired invalid, victim of his own counsel.
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Materia Medica
Ita
Mann Quote on Growth and Reformatories
An historic saying from Horace Mann asserts that growth elevates value beyond a thousand reformatories, highlighting education and reform as essential paths to progress. The line emphasizes quality over quantity in institutional efforts.
Tuberculosis Now Classified With Contagious Diseases
Philadelphia Health department Treats tuberculosis as a contagious disease requiring reporting by physicians. The law aims to enable disinfection of patient areas and educate families to prevent spread, aligning tuberculosis with smallpox, diphtheria and scarlet fever.
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Health Department
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Union
Body and mind as gifts and moral accountability
The statement emphasizes that both body and mind are gifts from the Creator and that people will be judged based on how they use them, framing a duty of responsible conduct and stewardship.
Contemporaries Describe Early Brazilian Life In Magazine
A writer in a contemporary magazine notes that Brazilians, upon discovery, lived in a natural,原 origin manner shared by mankind as described in ancient histories.
Nature’s Law: True Beauty Rises From Right Living
The article argues that beauty of form and face comes from moral conduct and natural order. It warns against seeking beauty through idle massage drugs or artificial physical aids that undermine fundamental charm. Nature dictates health for all, Henlius or common clay.
The Quiet Way Best
A reflective verse passage extols restraint over haste. It laments noisy unrest and praises self mastery and calm as the superior path, noting ruin in turmoil and harmony in a serene demeanor. The imagery highlights gentle winds, fragrant cups, and the virtue of patience.
Exercise Builds Power and Resilience Against Illness
The practice gradually increases physical powers and strengthens the body to resist sickness. It emphasizes progressive effort to boost endurance, strength, and overall health through steady training.
Frequency of Tuberculosis Across Nations and Ages
The Massachusetts Medical Journal summarizes findings from the 1902 American Congress on Tuberculosis. Dr. Pryor notes 14 000 deaths annually in New York State, one sixth of world deaths from tuberculosis, with France 150 000 Germany 170 000 U S 160 000 Paris 11 000 London 153 000 New York City 8 000. Among ages 15 to 40 tuberculosis kills one third and 15 to 35 one half. mortality from tuberculosis surpasses war plague cholera yellow fever and smallpox. Plato warned that study of mind devalues body.
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Massachusetts Medical Journal
New York
Pryor
France
Germany
United States
Paris
London
New York City
Healthful Dishes and Easy Fruit Desserts
A collection of kitchen tips and recipes including Concord grapes fruit nectar stew with sugar, Macaroni au Gratia with cottage cheese and crackers, grape fruit halves with sugar and cherries, vegetable bouillon from bran and tomato, coconut butter with nut cheese straws, and Golden Salad with deviled eggs made from yolk mashed into mayonnaise.
Nebraska Legislature Passes Bills in Late Session Minutes
The Nebraska Senate and House committee actions approve various bills including HW R75 on gasoline dealers painting canes red, HW 166 Foster dental bill, and BF 207 on medicine alcohol limits. Bills authorize appeals on tax levies, consolidate biennial reports, penitentary lands fund, and special county funding for agricultural societies. New measures include tax rate force notices, oil and mineral explorations funding, and open depot provisions. The session also postpones some items and passes a hunker resolution backing Kansas against the Standard Oil Trust.
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Foster
Dowelae
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Bresee
Sheridan
House
Bartoo
Valley
Jackson
Antelope
McClay
Lancaster
Bacon
Dawson
Howe
Nemaha
Good of
State Board of Equalization
Burns of
Lincoln
Graf
Nebraska
Senate Committees Delay Blacksmith Lien Law Amid Nebraska Bills
The Nebraska Senate in committee of the whole indefinitely postponed the blacksmith lien bill while recommending passage of the South Omaha sewer bill by Gibson. Various house bills were advanced or postponed, including live stock pavilion planning and state fair printing, with multiple emergency clauses and amendments proposed.
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South Omaha
Gibson
Cady of
Howard
Jones
Otoe
Hastings Insane Asylum
State University Regents
State Board of Education
Senate committee action on state architect repeal and related measures
In the senate on the 23rd in the committee of the whole with Mockett presiding, measures were disposed of. Epperson’s repeal of the state architect office was recommended for passage, citing cost savings. Bills for building a fish pond at South Bend, jury bribery penalties, and penalties for parents causing delinquency were advanced or amended. New bills included increases for South Omaha police board salaries and refunding a local tax along Twenty fourth street. House items mentioned as of the 28rd.
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Senate
Mockett
Epperson
Leas
South Bend
S&s
Senate Rail and Finance Actions Move Several Bills
The senate railroad committee cut speed limits for livestock shipments from twenty to twelve miles per hour and debated other measures on file. Bills cover eminent domain, bank examiners salaries, and a 25 mill road tax. The General Appropriation Bill totals 1 720 000 for the biennium, with a notable National Guard increase.
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Gould
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Sheldon
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Omaha
Hill
Beghtel
Greeley
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Wilson
National Guard
Healthy old age praised as life’s best part
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for nervous exhaustion during the change of life. It features a Chicago reader, Mary L Koehne, praising the product for easing dizziness spells back pain and headaches and quotes Mrs Pinkham inviting women to seek free advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mary L. Koehne
Garfield Avenue
Chicago
Thave
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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