The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-10-23
HeaIthfuI observations.

!. 10 eat when you do not feel Ike 1t
is brutal may, this is slander on the
lower animaIsi they do not SO tebase
themselves
2 Do not enter a sick chamber Oh an
empty stomach, nor remain as watcher
or nurse until you feel nearly exhausted,
nor sit between The patient and the fire.
nor 10 the direction Of current Of air
frum the patient towards yourself, nor
eat or drink any thing after being in a
sick room unuI YOU have rinsec your
mouth thoroughly.
3. DO not sleep 10 any garment worn
during the day
a. Most grown persons are udaGled to
sleep soundly aud rtfrcshiugly, over Sc,
ven hours in summer. aud sight in win
ter; any attempt to force more sleep on
the system by nap in the daytime, ron.
ders the whole sleep disturbed and i'm
perfect. -I 90, ..-.. ....- nan,
8 Some Of the most painful stomach
aches" are oocasioned by indigestion. this
generates wind, aud hence distension. Ii
is often promptly remedied by kneading
the abdomen with the ball Of the hand,
skin to skin, from one side to another,
from tho lower edge of the ribs down
v. rd. because the accumulated air is
forced 90 and outward along the alimen
taIy canal.
6. When you return to your house from
a long walk or other exhaustive exercise,
90 the fIe or warm room. and do moi re.
move single article Of clothing until you
have taken a cup or more OF some kind
of hot drink. ...
Z. In going into colder atmosphere
keep the mouth closed, and walk with
rapidity sufficient keep of feeling Of
chillness.
8. Two pair Of 'hia stockings will keep
the feet warmer than one pail of greater
thickness than both.
0. The might sweat" Of disease come
on toward daylight; their dea,lly clani-
mss and coldncss is greatly modified by
sleeping 10 single, Ioose, long wOolleh
shirt. .f
10. The man or woman who drinks
cup Of strong lea or coffee or other simu
Ian. in order to aid in the better perform
ance Of any woik or duty. public or pri.
vate. is fool, because it is to the body
and brain an expenditure Of what is not
yet gol--it is using power in advance,
and this can never Le done, even once,
with impunity.
H. The less a man drinks Of any thing
in hot weather the better. for the more We
drink the more We want 10 drink, until
even ice water pals and becomes of
me alic taste; hence the longer you can
put of drinking cold water on the morn.
ing Of hot day. the beit.r you feel at
night. .... ....... ....
~. Drinking largely at meals, even Of
cold water or simple teas, is u mere habit
and always hutful. No one should drink
at any one meal moro than quarter Of
pint Of any liquid, even Of cold water for
it always retards, impars. and lntcIferes
with I,eallhful digestion
IS Ifyou sleep at all in the daytime
it will interfere with the sounduess of
your >le1p at night, much less if the nap
be taken in the forenoon.
"a. A short nap in tie day time may be
necessary TO soma. Lat it not exceed ten
mioutes; 10 this end sleep with the fore.
head =, sting on chair back OF edge Of
a table.
Is. Never swallow an atom of food
while in apassion, or if under any great
mental excitement, whether Of press.
ing or e'eyating naturs brutes won't do i!
-HaiFs Journal of Hc1lM.