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| Keywords: TheFamilyDoctorAug24 1889page410.png <center>Notes Queries <br>- 0 -</center> This column is specially devoted to subscribers who are desirous of obtaining information on any practical subject whether Domestic Medical Sanitary or otherwise The wishes in as brief a manner as possible Al letters should have the words Notes Queries on the envelope <center>QUESTIONS </center> Can any of-the readers of the FAMILY DOCTOR tell me how to dye light kid gloves as my mistress gives me many beautiful pairs of light ones which I cannot put on when I go out-of-doors unless loan dye them I should like to make them dark brown or purple -- Sarah Will any of your kind readers tell me if there are any means to give a correct diagnosis of disease from a lock of hair by chemicals If so what is the modus operandi -- M A Cox I am partially bald and not yet thirty Will any reader tell me of some remedy for baldness -- R Jenkins <center>ANSWERS </center> Rational to Inquiring Girl --I advise the wearing of the Rational corset bodice which affords support and gives a good shape to the figure without the injurious effects of stiff stay busks I purchased mine at Mrs Fanlkner's St Anne's-passage Manchester but could not tell where they are to be had in London If An Inquiring Girl will wear a closely-fitting bodice of stout jean without bones or steels immediately over her chemise she will find a dress look infinitely better than over a corset Once accustomed to the absence of the artificial aid of the corset An Inquiring Girl will never put one on again -- H B J A L B may if she likes scarify her skin with pumice-stone but the operation will not be of the least use The beet depilatory is that of Mr Sellers of 57 or 59 Farringdon-road I do not know if he still makes it but I suppose he does -- H B J Ariadne -We cannot easily make a list of all the articles of food which would be unwholesome eaten at the same meal but perhaps we can give you some idea For instance eggs sigar cream and flour or eggs sugar butter and flour made into cake are very objectionable when eaten a t the close of a meal as is the custom The combination is unwholesome because one is apt to get too much of the carbonaceous elements at once; and it also promotes fermentation Eggs beefsteak peas and beans eaten at the same meal often overload the stomach with nitrogenous elements and so induce rheumatism gout and gravel Meat and milk at the same meal furnish an excess of nutritive material In certain forms of dyspepsia milk and acids cannot be used together ; while in other forms butter and meat and bread cannot be combined on account of fermentation and the formation of certain acids which takes place Vegetables and fruits cannot be eaten together by many dyspeptics the acid of the fruit in some way interfering with the digestion of the starchy elements of the vegetables Good fresh butter is wholesome so is corn-meal mush; but even these would create trouble in certain combinations To fry c'lrn-meal mush in butter so changes the relation of the digestive functions by the addition of butter as to create acidity or pain and frequently causes what is known as waterbrash In order to eat properly the right proportion of nitrogenous and carbonaceous matter should be taken at each meal To Inguiring girl ; from Rational ; from H B J PD-Art Tightlacing The Family Doctor 1889 Artworks missing infobox template | ||||
