Eyes And Cold Water

Tho American Journal of Health and Medicine says : "The aquatic furor has eco n e so general that, f or the simple eason that cold water is pure, natural roduct, it is claimed to be a universal ,nd beneficial application. Arsenic is a )ure, natixral and simple product ; so is missie acid, as obtained from a peach cerncl. A single drop of tobáceo oil yill kill a cat or dog in fiye minutes. " Many persons are daily ruining their iyes by opening them in cold water, nornings. Cold water will roughen the lands, and nmch more will it do so to the manifold more delicate covering of the oye ; or the eyo will, in self-defense, Decome scaly in tho manner of fish ; that is, the ooats of the eye will thicken, constituting a species of cataract, whieh must impair the sight. That water, cold and harsh as it is, should be applied te the eye for curativo purposes in place oi that warm, soft, lubricating fluid which nature manufactures just for that parpose, indicatcs great thoughtlessneas or great mental obliquity. Nothinf strongor than lukewarm water shoulc ever bo applied to the eye, except by medical advice, and under special med ical supervisión." An officer who nndertook to arrest boy in Blair county, Penn., enoountered a skillet in tho hands of the boy's mothei and waa carried off on a barn-door. H Trill recover.