Everyday Etiquette (Part Two)

This book was co-written by a mother and daughter as a guide to improving social etiquette, and the authors say in the dedication: Men and women- women, in particular- to whom changed circumstances or removal from secluded homes to fashionable neighborhood involved the necessity of altered habits of social intercourse; girls, whose parents are content to live and move in the deep ruts in which they and their forbears were born; people of humble lineage and rude bringing up, who yet have longings and tastes for gentlehood and for the harmony and beauty that go with really good breeding- these make up the body of our clientele. This second part of the book covers topics like mourning, table etiquette, home etiquette, hotels and boarding-houses, Mrs. Newlyrich and her Social Duties, children, neighbors, church etiquette, courtesy for elders, the relationship between mistress and maid, finances and allowances, and self-help.https://openworks.wooster.edu/motherhomeheaven/1105/thumbnail.jp

Everyday Etiquette (Part One)

This book was co-written by a mother and daughter as a guide to improving social etiquette, and the authors say in the dedication: Men and women- women, in particular- to whom changed circumstances or removal from secluded homes to fashionable neighborhood involved the necessity of altered habits of social intercourse; girls, whose parents are content to live and move in the deep ruts in which they and their forbears were born; people of humble lineage and rude bringing up, who yet have longings and tastes for gentlehood and for the harmony and beauty that go with really good breeding- these make up the body of our clientele. This first section of the book includes chapters discussing correspondence such as sending and receiving invitations, home and church weddings, debutantes and debuts, the role of the chaperon, gift-giving, the etiquette for bachelor hospitality, visiting and general hospitality.https://openworks.wooster.edu/motherhomeheaven/1104/thumbnail.jp

Correct Social Usage Volume 1: A Course of Instruction in Good Form Style and Deportment by Eighteen Distinguished Authors

The preface of the volume says that, This course of instruction sums up for its readers the substance of the truest good form. It teaches society\u27s customs intelligently, it treats society topics thoroughly, it offers helps for social perplexities. In the scope of its subject matter it includes everything which could rightly be placed between the covers of a practical work on etiquette, while in the unique manner of presenting this matter it has accomplished something never attempted before. This volume is organized into three books: Social Self-Culture, Everyday Etiquette, and Conventional Requirements, each with several essays by an individual author. The book about Social Self-Culture provides general discussion of good manners and etiquette in society. Everyday Etiquette gives more specific advice for various social occasions, such as conversation, table etiquette, correspondence and gifts. Conventional Requirements provides guidelines for such social situations as introductions, calls, and visiting cards.https://openworks.wooster.edu/motherhomeheaven/1091/thumbnail.jp

Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker initiation on organ support-free days in patients hospitalized with COVID-19

IMPORTANCE Overactivation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) may contribute to poor clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19. Objective To determine whether angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) initiation improves outcomes in patients hospitalized for COVID-19. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS In an ongoing, adaptive platform randomized clinical trial, 721 critically ill and 58 non–critically ill hospitalized adults were randomized to receive an RAS inhibitor or control between March 16, 2021, and February 25, 2022, at 69 sites in 7 countries (final follow-up on June 1, 2022). INTERVENTIONS Patients were randomized to receive open-label initiation of an ACE inhibitor (n = 257), ARB (n = 248), ARB in combination with DMX-200 (a chemokine receptor-2 inhibitor; n = 10), or no RAS inhibitor (control; n = 264) for up to 10 days. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcome was organ support–free days, a composite of hospital survival and days alive without cardiovascular or respiratory organ support through 21 days. The primary analysis was a bayesian cumulative logistic model. Odds ratios (ORs) greater than 1 represent improved outcomes. RESULTS On February 25, 2022, enrollment was discontinued due to safety concerns. Among 679 critically ill patients with available primary outcome data, the median age was 56 years and 239 participants (35.2%) were women. Median (IQR) organ support–free days among critically ill patients was 10 (–1 to 16) in the ACE inhibitor group (n = 231), 8 (–1 to 17) in the ARB group (n = 217), and 12 (0 to 17) in the control group (n = 231) (median adjusted odds ratios of 0.77 [95% bayesian credible interval, 0.58-1.06] for improvement for ACE inhibitor and 0.76 [95% credible interval, 0.56-1.05] for ARB compared with control). The posterior probabilities that ACE inhibitors and ARBs worsened organ support–free days compared with control were 94.9% and 95.4%, respectively. Hospital survival occurred in 166 of 231 critically ill participants (71.9%) in the ACE inhibitor group, 152 of 217 (70.0%) in the ARB group, and 182 of 231 (78.8%) in the control group (posterior probabilities that ACE inhibitor and ARB worsened hospital survival compared with control were 95.3% and 98.1%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In this trial, among critically ill adults with COVID-19, initiation of an ACE inhibitor or ARB did not improve, and likely worsened, clinical outcomes. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT0273570

The cultivation of corn : weed control vs. moisture conservation

"This bulletin is a revision of No. 181, Soil Moisture and Tillage for Corn, issued in 1915."--P. [174].Cover title

"Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine" October, 1869

"Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine" Volume LXXIX-No. 472 October, 186