Scrape off the fragments from plates and utensils and prepare one basin with hot soapsuds and another with rinsing water of clear hot or cold water. People whose time is valuable can save much work by placing the dishes from the draining board upside down on a shelf prepared from wooden slats, or set them in a wire basket and let them dry without wiping.
If the dishes are not washed immediately after each meal, place the silverware and knives in a high bowl or quart measure and let them soak in hot or cold water. Remove all foods from metallic utensils immediately after the meal is over. Never allow metallic spoons to stand in fruit sauce, salt or in any kind of prepared food. Acids dissolve metal and in this way may produce poisoning.
In contagious diseases all dishes should be sterilized. Burn up all particles of left-over food, put the dishes into a narrow pail and boil with plenty of water and soda for an hour or longer.
DISINFECTION OF EXCRETA.
Use solutions of carbolic acid or chloride of lime. Mix with equal quantities of the excreta and allow it to stand for several hours before it is disposed of.
WHITEWASH FOR WOODWORK.
Soak one-fourth of a pound of glue in cold water over night. Dissolve some lime with cold water, add a few handfuls of salt. Heat the glue until it is dissolved and add to one bucket of whitewash. This makes a smooth and healthy paint. Use for rough or smooth woodwork, twice per year in laundry, basement or cellar or pantry.
PART
II.
CHAPTER I.
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF BRAIN AND BODY.
The vitality and activity of every organ of the body is maintained and controlled by mental impulse, which is transmitted or individualized by the brain, transmitted in the form of mental impulse through the channels provided by the nerves. The brain consists of three parts: the cerebrum or fore brain, the cerebellum or back brain, and the medulla oblongata.