ng to the other with the first and
second fingers (the middle and that next the thumb) of each hand.

MEDICAL MEMORANDA.

2689. ADVANTAGES OF CLEANLINESS.--Health and strength cannot be long
continued unless the skin--_all_ the skin--is washed frequently with a
sponge or other means. Every morning is best; after which the skin
should be rubbed very well with a rough cloth. This is the most certain
way of preventing cold, and a little substitute for exercise, as it
brings blood to the surface, and causes it to circulate well through the
fine capillary vessels. Labour produces this circulation naturally. The
insensible perspiration cannot escape well if the skin is not clean, as
the pores get choked up. It is said that in health about half the
aliment we take passes out through the skin.

2690. THE TOMATO MEDICINAL.--To many persons there is something
unpleasant, not to say offensive, in the flavour of this excellent
fruit. It has, however, long been used for culinary purposes in various
countries of Europe. Dr. Bennett, a professor of some celebrity,
considers it an invaluable article of diet, and ascribes to it very
important medicinal properties. He declares:--1. That the tomato is one
of the most powerful deobstruents of the _materia medica_; and that, in
all those affections of the liver and other organs where calomel is
indicated, it is probably the most effective and least harmful remedial
agent known in the profession. 2. That a chemical extract can be
obtained from it, which will altogether supersede the use of calomel in
the cure of diseases. 3. That he has successfully treated diarrhoea with
this article alone. 4. That when used as an article of diet, it is
almost a sovereign remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion.

2691. WARM WATER.--Warm water is preferable to cold water, as a drink,
to persons who are subject to dyspeptic and bilious complaints, and it
may be taken more freely than cold water, and consequently answers
better as a diluent for carrying off bile, and removing obstructions in
the urinary secretion, in cases of stone and gravel. When water of a
temperature equal to that of the human body is used for drink, it proves
considerably stimulant, and is particularly suited to dyspeptic,
bilious, gouty, and chlorotic subjects.

2692. CAUTIONS IN VISITING SICK-ROOMS.--Never venture into a sick-room
if you are in a violent perspiration (if circumstances require your
continuance there), for the moment yo