Old-Time Indian Remedies and Colonial Quackery Compared
A Kansas City Star summary notes that before contact with whites Indians lacked many diseases, using simple cures like fasting water and sweats. It contrasts with early colonial medicine by citing Oliver Wendell Holmes and Puritan practices such as sowlings and Cotton Mather’s use of odd medicaments, inviting reflection on crude historic healing.
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E. J. Kempt
Kansas City Star
Lr. Kempf
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Massachusetts
Cov
Winthrop
Cotton Mather
England sees rise in average worker size across regions
A Leeds woolen firm compared current measurements with those from generations ago and found an average chest and hip increase of about three percent. The trend spans most of England, with larger men in Tyneside shipyards and the limestone districts of northeast Yorkshire Westmorland and Cumberland. Dwarfs are found in Oldham and Batley. Europe’s most popular lake is Lucerne with 20 steamboats carrying 1,529,000 passengers last year.
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Leeds
England
London
Tyneside
Yorkshire
Westmoreland
Cumberland
Ireland
Oldham
Batley
Europe
Lucerne
Illiterate intelligence and the value of plain knowledge
An essay notes that illiteracy does not preclude sharp minds. It contrasts practical wisdom with formal learning, praising self- taught insight in business and public life. It condemns ridicule of nontraditional intelligence and urges respect for both plain sense and scholarly ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Reed
Reed
Saturday Evening Post
Crisia
New Thermite Welding Material Promises Easy Rail Fixes
A new welding material thermite could let unskilled workers join rail ends and repair shafts with minimal supervision. The system is already used abroad with 20,000 joints in 40 European cities and automates welding by heating molten thermite inside a mold around the joint or shaft.
Candles in Mexico Despite Petroleum Costs
In Mexico candles dominate daily life as oil is costly. A bookkeeper writes by a single candle, a printer uses a candle in a box, and two tailors share a dim miggle light in small shops.
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Mexico
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