Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-07-07
DR.. Halls Maxims Of Health.

DR.. Halls Maxims Of Health. ;,
Pickles should never be kept moment
in any vessel except it be of stone, wood,
porcelain or glass. In most other vessels,
earthen or metallic, they soon become
poisonous.
Do not commence days travel before
breakfast, even. if that has to be eaten at
daylight. Dinner or supper; or both, can
be more healthfully dispensed with than a
good warm breakfast ~
The habitual use of pills or drops or
any kind of medicine whatever, for the re-
gulation of the bowels. is sure means Of
ultimately undermining the health. in al
most all cases laying the foundation tor
some of the most distressing of chronic
maladies; hence all the pains possible
should be taken to keep them regulated
by natural agencies, such as the coarse
foods and exercises.
Spasmodic exercise, that which is short
and violent. is contrary to nature. 1t is
seldom unattended with injurious conse-
quences, and as to invalids causes death
sometimes.
The greatest humanity we can show the
sick is to secure to them the most import
ant remedies ever known. to wit-quiet-
ness, cleanliness and pure air. These a.
lone would cure ree-fourths or all our
diseases, but we will not use them. Yet
they are everywhere attainable. and cost
nothing but little trouble. With the
same physicians and the same medicines
the mortality of the British army in the
Crimea was diminished one-half through
the influence of Florence Nightingale in
the procurement of greater comfort and
cleanliness among the sick.
A sixpenny sandwich, eaten leisurely
in the cars, is better for you than>s dollar
dinner bolted at station.
Eat your meals with an unanxious, un-
annoyed and cheerful heart, and consider.
him, her. or it your worst enemy that jim
terferes in this direction for passion, anx-
iety, alarm, modification, instantly arrest
digestion. =
A dollars worth Of time, shilling rib
lhnnzor a few- -nanniea, Wnrth of naint may
be so used as to give an impression OF lie,
of cheerfulness and of thrift about home
altogether beyond the means employed for
the purpose.
There should be no standing fluid Of
any description, nor particle of food or
vegetation, or any decayable substance
allowed to remain in bedroom for mo-
ment; nor should any light be kept burn
ing except from necessity, as all these
things corrupt the air WHICH is breathed
while sleeping.
Consumption always comes on in one Of
two ways-the lungs not having fresh air
enough supplied to them. or by not being
able to take in enough, which latter con-
dition is brought on in the first place BY
sufficient amount of pure air not being
supplied for weeks and months in success
sion. Whenever consumptiye patient
is brought to physician; one symptom is
always present, is never by any possibili-
ty absent in any one case; pain may be
absent, night sweats. may be absent, and
swollen feet and ankles also; but want
of breath is always present.
As pork has been the mainstay of the
nation for hundreds Of years. and statistics
tells us that the average duration Of hu-
man life is steadily increasing, we would
advise the people to eat as much .'ham
and eggs as heretofore and not to discard
''pork and beans," to retain sausages in
their proper season, to supply themselves
with good store of hogs lard every au-
tumn for ten years use, and dismiss all
apprehension of being eaten up alive by
pig worms; but always cook these articles
most thoroughly.