More About Ants. By JOHN WETHERBEE, Jacksonville, Florida. The Columbus Journal is a good advertising sheet, For so many different questions and answers to meet. Last_summer you published a piece on ants, Doctor Carr, I have had answers from Maine to Texas, near and far. We thank the correspondents, the ladies, and men, and all. We consider it a favor, and not one very small. The big, little red, and black ants can be found in a nest. A little hot water or kerosene will put them all to rest. Turpentine, crude kerosene, sulphur, borax, lime or chalk Didn't stop the drabs; within ten hours they through it all would stalk. The drab ones are the size of nothing, whittled to a point. They lay their eggs in boxes, and hive in every joint. Infinitesimally small, but appear to be chummy, Probably imported on an old Egyptian mum One Cause of Gout. The relationship of sexual functions to gout was recognized by Hippocrates, who devoted three aphorisms to this subject: "Eunuchs never suffer from the gout or become bald." "Women are exempt from gout until the cessation of the menses." "Gout does not appear in adolescence previous to venery." THE LIGHTNING DOCTOR BY BENJAMIN F. WEAVER, M. D.-A practical doctor book for private families, giving the best treatments of the different schools of medicine. The pain-centers produced by diseases are marked on figures photographed from life, so that one can tell instantly what the disease is. Each disease is marked by numbers on the figures. By referring to the number in the text, one finds the disease fully described and the treatment given. Contains 1,554 modern prescriptions. Treats over 400 diseases. Latest discoveries in regular and homeopathic treatments given. Divided into three departments: General, Women, Children. 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It is too bad that this important fact has not been known before. For many years a host of doctors have been giving drugs for typho-malaria, and now if it be true that there is no such disease, what about the patients who have swallowed the drugs? It would seem as if the druggist got it in his till, the doctor got it in his pocket, but the patient got it in the neck. Suppository for Constipation. Query: Am somewhat constipated, but I think it is a lack of power in lower bowels. Would a suppository help, and of what kind? -M. E. M., New York. Answer: If you use a suppository for constipation it should be simply cocoa butter. You can make it yourself by buying ten cents' worth of cocoa butter, cutting it into small pledgets about as large as the last joint of the little finger. It should be kept in a cool place. Vaccination and Eczema. John V. Shoemaker, M. D., professor of skin diseases in the Medico-Chirurgical college and hospital of Philadelphia, is the author of one of the best text-books on skin diseases in the English language. Of course this learned doctor is a believer in vaccination as a preventive for smallpox. But in spite of his prejudice in favor of vaccination, he admits that vaccination sometimes causes eczema of the skin. This admission is to be found on page 395 of his Practical Treatise On Diseases of the Skin, published by D. Appleton & Co., New York. Treatment of Cystitis. Robert E. Davison, in the New York Medical Journal, lays down certain general principles of treatment to be observed applicable to all cases of cystitis. The patient should drink freely of pure water. There is no advantage in the advertised mineral waters. The bowels should be opened and kept well open. The food should be light and bland, but nutritious; liquid food is sometimes advantageous, because it enables the patient to take more water, but this mode of treatment must not be pushed to the point of malnutrition. Alcoholic beverages should be prohibited excepting in weak old people, In writing to advertisers, please mention SEND NO MONEY JUST YOUR ADDRESS In order to prove that Rheumatism, Indigestion, Constipation, Neuralgia, Headache, A VIBRO-LIFE VIBRATOR Try it 10 days, then if you are fully satisfied with the benefit received send us $5.00, otherwise, return it, and we will pay the express charges. REMEMBER you send no money in advance. You decide whether to buy it or return it, and, it costs you not one cent unless you keep it. Write at once to Eureka Vibrator Co., Department 7, 1269 Broadway, N. Y. Painting a bunion with iodine will remove the soreness and inflammation. Apply with a bit of cotton, and repeat at intervals of several Lost Your Nerve? 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BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS WATER days, as the soreness returns. Special care should be taken to have the shoes broad, avoiding all pressure on the bunion. Golden Rule of Dietetics. This is the peculiar title of a book devoted to the chemistry and philosophy of the preparation of food, digestion and nutrition. The book begins by giving a sketch of physiological chemistry, a subject very little known by physicians. Then it answers such important questions as the following: What are the daily food requirements of the human body? What constitutes a good standard diet in health? What are distinctly deleterious food stuffs? What are the best diet lists? What constitutes the best kind of infant feeding? Is there any diet that will check sugar diabetes? Is there any diet that will make fat people lean? Is there any diet that will make lean people fat? All of these important questions are asked and answered according to the latest development of dietetic science. The book was evidently written for the profession, and consequently technical words are freely used throughout the work, yet a great deal of information can be obtained from this book by the average reader. Surely no physician ought to be without a goodly supply of such books, even though his library is scantily supplied with drugs. For Sale by Druggists generally. CO., Buffalo Lithia Springs, Virginia The price of the book is three dollars, the author is A. L. Benedict, A. M., M. D., of Buffalo, New York, a distinguished physician and author of dietetical literature. The book is published by C. V. Mosby, Medical Book and Publishing Company, St. Louis. The date on the book is 1908, which brings it spang up to .date. A Cure for Nervousness. A French savant has advocated a strange cure for nervousness. I just happened to read a reference to it in a recent magazine. Having heard of this cure many years ago myself, and having prescribed it with success to nervous people, I am going to give my readers the benefit of it. It is simply to use the left hand in place of the right one. In case of left-handed people the right hand should be used in place of the left. Practice a little every day reversing the use of the hand. Those who write should practice writing with the left hand. No matter what vocation you follow, if you are righthanded substitute the left hand as much as possible, and learn to use the left hand. In case you are lefthanded, of course the reverse would be cor rect. It seems at first to be a very silly remedy. But those who understand the anatomy of the nervous system will see a deep signifi In writing to advertisers, please mention THE COLUMBUS MEDICAL JOURNAL. THE COLUMBUS MEDICAL JOURNAL sent one year for $1.50 cash and you may select $1.00 worth of any of above books FREE and postpaid. 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