Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-11-21
REST AS A CURATIVE.


and plainly In Harpers' Basaar: The bene-
fits Of rest in aiding the healing process in
diseases might be exemplified In hundred
different ways. Indeed, the disease itself
Is often merely the result of disobedience,
often willfui, OF the great natural and uni
versal law which ordains that period of
rest must In every case be the sequel to one
Of activity. In the vegetable as well as in
the animal kingdom this law holds good
Trees and shrubs go to sleep In winter;
tiowers. are generally more tender In their
constitutions, and go to rest during the
night; while Others, again, find 1t necessary
to take nap, so to speak, during certain
hours Of the day, and this they do with such
regularity that one can pretty correctly tell
the time from the opening or closing Of their
petals.
Many people suffer from chronic indiges.
ton, from the mere fact Of having first
and foremost produced the dyspepsia by
overlooking the stomach, or, by other errors
in diet, they give It no rest; they keep on
worrying II to get we'll the very medicines
they keey pouring into II keep up the irri-
tation In probably five cases put OF ten. In
these cases am convinced that two or three
hours rest to the stomach every day from
meat and medicine would soon induce
healthy hunger. Those who have this or
gan In good working order would do well
to remember that the time when every par
ticle of food has left the stomach is not the
time to put more in. An hours rest, at least,
Is needed; and II you give 1t this each meal,
II will be willing servant, and will never
think Of suggesting the propriety of a sher.
ny and bitters before you iii down to dinner;
and remember. IA wiiiira cryant makes a
Glad noaster. ami Il gp'J Tnnpereu one %.
boot.
The kidneys are extremely Woodworking,
and, as rule, healthy organs, but are often
out of order when We little wotofit. They
are long-suifering organs, and are not like
the liver and stomach--they don't call out
when first hurt But they too need their Pc
RODS of rest, and undue stimulation is some
times productive of the most dire and fatal
results Beer and alcohol might be called
direct stimulants to the kidney; abstinence
from these in people who have been used to
them will often give this organ rest, and
time to get over ailments trifing in them
selves, but which IL not cured might lead
slowly onward 10 death.
A liver that does not get regular rest, gets
in time changed In structure, to the great
detriment Of the health Of Its owner; II Is
also rendered liable 10 diseases of more
active and fatal kind, for the simple reason
that It Is weakened organ.
The same may be said about the heart
How many times and of does the dissector's
knife reveal changes Of structure In this or
gan, which regular rest alternating with pc
RODS of activity during life might have pre-
vented! Too much hard bodily work, too
much athletic exercise, constant worry Of
mind, grief and care and sorrow--all these
act detfimently upon the heart, and shorten,
IL they do not speedily take life. Thecure
Is obvious; avoidance OF the cause, II you
can, and rest whenever possible. Unrcquit-
cd love, OF the loss Of the loved one from
whatever cause, some will tell you, never
kills, but could adduce more than one case
to prove II may lead so death. A grief like
this Is hard 10 bear; there In but one cure
change Of scene and soork. the work being In
that case actual rest for the strained heart
The brain Is frequently the hardest worked
organ In the body, and frequently, too, II
sjust the one 10 which rest Is denied. Brain
workers form a very large portion Of the
community If we include In the list, as
think we ought TO, not only writers, students
and deep thinkers, but business men as well
--nen In city life, whose minds are on the
rack from morning I'LL night, and probably
nearly every day In the year round. II Is
absurd for such as these 10 think that they
can keep on forever without some regularly
recurring periods Of rest and relaxation but
some men do think NO. They are mad on
the point, or strangely obtuse. Others,
again, think they can keep ON till they are
just within a step or two OF the inevitable |
breakup. They may, however, Just 20
step farther than they intended, and either
go out like the snuff Of a candle, or walk |
this earth ill they die. with ruined constitu-
tons. But thsre Is another class Of brain
workers who make n far more grave error,
namely, those who use stimulants 10 In
crease their brain-power and get still more
work out Of themselves. From the ranks Of
these men lunatic asyiums are recruited.