Baby in Infirmary Cleared After Eczema Case
A newborn treated for severe eczema faced months in care with heavy bandages and repeated scratching. Doctors report the infant discharged in stable condition after three months in the infirmary.
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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
10
A newborn treated for severe eczema faced months in care with heavy bandages and repeated scratching. Doctors report the infant discharged in stable condition after three months in the infirmary.
A Northamptonshire mother recounts her two year old son’s severe eczema covering most of his body after a facial operation. Three doctors could not cure him, but after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent his skin cleared within weeks. The letter praises the treatment and notes improvement and recovery.
A chaotic collage of notes on travel daydreams, fashion, and social scenes in Sydney. The fragment mentions balloon travel fantasies, club and theatre life, women’s fashions from Directoire frocks to mermaid gowns, grooming debates, tram etiquette, charity hospital readers, and reflections on wartime society. Names like Miss Dorothy Grimston and The Flag Lieutenant appear amid vivid, period voice.
Mr Charles Russell urged Catholic women in London to teach girls money management from childhood. He blamed parents and schools for financial ignorance and proposed allowances, independent purchases, and kept accounts from the nursery stage onward to prevent miserliness and misery.
In early June while Australians met Cambridge University, Trumper tested a newly invented bowling machine by Dr Venn and son J A Venn. He praised it as a valuable practice tool for schools and winter indoor use, capable of simulating any length and break for long sessions.
An old advertisement claims bromoquinine and Grove’s alg. cure a cold in one day. It promotes use against headache and cold symptoms with a laxative effect and asserts worldwide usage. The text notes a 1/14% figure and references E. W. Grove.
The Waverley municipality, incorporated after a large petition in 1859, began with a small population and simple roads. By mid century it has expanded to 17 209 residents with substantial street and sewer work, a growing civic tariff, and plans for a town hall as the suburb gains fame as a surf-bathing resort.
A man escaped from Bishopstane and fled through Wiltshire during a removal to a county asylum. After hours on the run he was found near Uffington and reportedly climbed to the belfry at Wanborough church seeking to ring the bells.
A report surveys parliamentary speaking limits, long speeches, and tactics in the House of Commons and other legislatures. It notes ministers, opposition moves, and procedural tricks, including adjournments, whips, and staged divisions, with examples from Australia Britain and Canada.
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