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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1914
Page
27
The article warns that glare from unprotected lights harms vision and may cause indigestion insomnia and headaches. It explains the rule light on the object not the eye and offers a simple experiment: hide the lamp with a visor and observe clearer vision.
The article explains how glare from unshaded lighting cramped eye muscles, caused pupil misadjustment, and led to headaches and indigestion. It notes eye and brain connection, adaption to brightness, and how indirect lighting can reduce glare. It compares tungsten lamps with gas mantles and suggests practical steps to protect sight.
The article outlines how insane individuals experience thought as a chain of associations that normal minds would reject. It cites a professor who scribbles on a moving chalkboard that turns out to be a cab's back, and a patient who believes she is predestined to damnation. It discusses how details grab attention, voices, dreams, poetry preference, and the appeal of mysticism, with contrast to normal cognition and public rhetoric.
A reader notes that placing a floor fan near a steam radiator can heat a room by circulating hot air from the radiator. Directing airflow downward warms the room quickly, creating a hotter zone near the radiator while the rest remains cool.
The passage explains that a fan moving air cools radiators and condenses steam, pulling cold air from distant corners and reducing hot air in the vicinity. It notes landlords may see higher coal bills and fans may gain more steam share, affecting comfort in cold days.
The article cites Dr. Charles Mercier on heredity, arguing great minds come from smaller bodies. It notes Caesar Napoleon and Edison as examples, explains brain versus body nourishment, and warns precocious children may later stall in growth. It cautions on feeding and care to support both mind and body.
The article argues dentists should become scientists, engaging in public health campaigns. In Cleveland a school study on Marion School children linked mouth care to overall health, weight, intelligence, and deportment, with lessons on brushing and proper chewing.
A Scottish veterinary surgeon Dr James M Galloway demonstrates that a cow can wear an artificial leg after a leg injury. After amputation the cow adapted to a wooden limb and moved about the herd with good health and productivity, challenging the prior belief that such animals must be shot.
Lighting gas range burners should be done at the back to ensure proper air mix and reduce flare back. For burns use a Epsom salt and phenol solution. remove old paint with potash lye and water. cabbage becomes more digestible when half cooked water is replaced. use sweet oil to remove finger marks from varnish. add vinegar to cooking water to keep potatoes white. piano keys should be wiped with a damp cloth and not cleaned with water.
A 1914 piece cites Belgian scientist Dr. J H Kohlbrugge claiming wives change more than husbands due to marriage, causing couples to grow alike in appearance and temperament as decades pass, with wives reportedly taking on facial and personal traits of their spouses.
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