The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-05
HINTS on HEALTH.

culled from DIR. Halls journal Of Health:
Dyspepsia means q difficulty in preparin
the food eaten so that the nutriment C n
extracted from it to supply the wants of til
system. Eating too fast and too much al
prolific causes; the first because the foot
being swallowed in too large pieces, begins
ferment before it can digest; and the SECOND
because the stomach can not cope with tn
Quantity forced upon it. A limited supply {
gastric juice is another cause, and this In
plies bad blood. Out-oi-door life, moderat
exercise until hungry, and simple food az
the best remedies.
- Bitters, the rames of the multidinous varie
ties OF which disfigure the fences and scener
OF the country, come in for severe handling
on account of their alcoholic imposition
In brief, while persons are using bit.ers IS
medicine, they are often drinking, three time
q day, more concentrated form of ale )hol
than IS found in the purest WHISTLES ant
brandies. It should be set down as settle.
| rule that bitters in any form is alcohol in dis
guise.
Localities of life should be high. Elevated
stations are generally exempt from the rava
ges OF consumptive disease, The air is
lighter and contains less oxygen; but as thu
lungs live on oxygen, as 1t IL the oxygen
which they bring IL contact with the blood at
every breath, it is that which purifies and
gives it its life-2iving power. If each breath
of air does not give o sufficient amount of
oxygen, instincs prompts a fuller breath; this
distends the lungs more fully, and thus de-
velops and strengthens them. A statement is
given Of the elevation OF several American
cities: New Orleans is relatively given as 10,
New York and Philadelphia 30, Boston 40,
Chicago $50, Neoraslh. City 1909, and Vino
ma, Mimi, 1900.
Many family mansion has been built with
the Accommodations of the savings OF half life
time to make the graves of half the house
hold III few months, from neglect of the
precautions for thorough drainage aud a prop
er water supply for drinking and cook
ing. Never select a house over a filing; pre-
fer sandy soil or the top Of a hill.
With reference to winter garments, suf1i
Gent clothing should be worn to keep off
feeling Of chiiliness when about usual ayoea-
tons. Less than that subjects one to an
attack CT dangerous pneumonia at any day or
hour. More than that Expresses. Steadily
aim, by all possible ways and means, to keep
off a feeling Of chilliness, which always indi-
Gates that cold has been taken.
Instinct teaches that less eXertive power is
required to keep moving than, after coming
to stand-shll, to set the body in motion
again. The frequent stoprages of stages and
street cars kill off the horses. Instinct also
teaches the requisite expenditure of strength
according to the circumstances of the season.
No one walks as fast in summer as in winter
We get up in the morning with certain
amount of strength, and much may be gained
by economizing during the day.
Spectacles become necessary when You
first notice yourself going to the window in
stinctively for better light, or when your
eye gets tired by looking at any small thing
at h,v,I 4
so as to cause indist!nctness
First purchase No. 20, and as you observe the
symptoms above named, get No. Is and SO
IN. The glasses should be near enough to |
he eye almost to touch the lashes they
hould be washed every morning in cold wa
er and carried in a pocket by themselves |
Brazilian pebble makes the best lenses. Avoid |
eading before sunrise and after sunset Read
s. little as possible before breakfast, or by ar
iticial light ; do not sew on dark material at
.ight and use no other eye-wash than pure,
cpid, soft water Babies eyes are often in
ured by allowing the glaripg sunlight to FIJI
pon them.
Exercise is worth more than all the medi-
ines in maintaining health. 1t it rains, take
n umbrella and let it rain on; if it is cold
'alk or work faster; if it is windy, turn
round and 60 the other way; it it rains,
ails, SHOWS, and blows, all at once, SO that
on have to stay indoors, then live on bread
nd water that day, not an atom else and you
ill need no exercise to work it up
1t should always be borne in mind that
rye share of our little aches and pains
ould pass off about as soon by letting them
one as by doing or taking something; and
lie more we stake" the greater is the neces- {
ty for "taking.' {
The best way to enjoy things is to use them,
Id thus get the worth of your money out of {
lem. There is no use OF gorgeous parlors
spt in darkness. I,
Sometimes the reading of single senti-
ent in a newspaper makes an impression on Y
e mind. which tinges the whole subsequent
fe for good.