by
uric acid diseases, owing to the quantity of ' dahl' (lentils) which
they eat. Other natives who abstain from ' dahl' are almost entirely
free from uric acid ailments." One simple homely method by which any
one can readily test the quality of his, or her circulation, so as to
gain some reliable idea of the blood (as to its freedom, or the
reverse, from uric acid in excess ; and as to its activity of current),
is to press the point of one finger on the back of the opposite hand,
and to notice the rapidity with which the resultant white, bloodless
spot thus produced recovers its redness after removing the finger. In a
perfectly healthy condition it should do so in three seconds.
Common Salt is
chemically a combination of Soda with Hydrochloric Acid ; a Chloride of
Sodium. As table salt, the article designated " Cerebos Salt"
(irrespective of such commercial claims as it has to advance) is
preferable for ordinary use, because of its special features, which
serve important dietetic ends. Certain alimentary phosphates are
blended with the common salt, whereby the deliquescent chloride is
converted into a dry phosphate, and thus the salt preserves its fine
dry powdery state; at the same time it is nutritively improved. If it
should be noted that Cerebos Salt, when put into water makes it
somewhat turbid, the reason for this is because of the (salutary)
phosphates combining with the natural chlorides of the salt.
In
the famous Salt Mines of Austria (which have been worked for the last
six hundred years) the beds of salt are so thick that they have been
excavated into houses, chapels, and other ornamental forms; and the
Mines, when illuminated, are regarded as one of the sights of Europe.
