Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-07-28
HEALTH HINTS.

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Healthy in Summer" medical writer
gives the following seasonable hints I:
AS general rule sunstroke attacks
those exposed to the direct effect of the
sun, more particularly on the third or
fourth days Of heated term. With
but little care and attention to few
rules, sunstroke-even among those
whose occupations expose them to q
great heat ought to be very rare oc-
currence.
In the first place, people as general
thing eat too much meat during he hot
months. I have known many families
who fe. d their children, while yet quite
young, on salt bacon, salt fish, fat
gravies, butter rand such complications of
dishes, favored with hot condiments,
and it is a great wonder that not more
die during the heated term. These
people who must work and who cannot
avoi the piercing rays Of the sun, can
at least avoid all such articles Of food
which have a tendency to fire up the
system and then, in the next place,
everything should be carefully avoided
that tends to check perspiration. In
fact, when the skin becomes dry persons
may drink water until they perspire in a
free manner. When the skin is in good
working order there is not much dan
ger of becoming overheated. A straw
hat is a good covering for the head, and
a good plan to keep the head cool is to
wear leaf, previously dipped in water,
in the crown Of the hat. Every oppor-
tunity should be taken to remove the
hat when in the shade, as the fresh air
cools the head and removes any ten
dency there may be to slight conges-
ton Of the brain.
All strong drinks should be
avoided without exception The use of
alcoholic beverages have greater in
fuence to overhead the body, by pro-
ducing fevered action of the heart, than
all the predisposing causes together.
It is safe rule never 10 drink ice
water, yet those who are in the habit Of
drinking ice water it will not hurt so
much as those who only occasionally
use it. People from the country on
celebration DAYS drink ice water, ice
Lemonade, and eat ice cream all day
long, and often thus contract disease
of the stomach of which they are never
cured. Another pernicious habit which
people have, is to drink ice water i'm
mediately after eating fruit. For exam
pie, young fellow with his sweetheart
goes to the ice cream saloon and not un-
frequently they eat dish Of stra wber-
ries, dish of ice cream and then drink
glass Of ice water Such violation Of
natures laws will produce congestion
of the stomach, and the body becomes
overheated by increased activity OF the
whole vital organism in an effort to save
life and rid the system of the intruder,
and now this feeling of heat is attrib-
uted to the hot weather, when it comes
from want Of knowledge Of physiol
ogy.
Great care should be taken as TO the
quality Of the food used. Partially de-
cayed fruit, berries and vegetables are
more frequently the immediate cause of
large number of the cases of diarrhea
and digestive troubles that people suffer
so from during the hot summer months.
Muskmelons and watermelons may be
very pleasant TO the taste, especially
when on ice, but unless perfectly ripe
and fresh are often the source Of much
trouble.
70 persons when very thirsty, and as
rule in very hot weather, lemon and
water is very pleasant drink. The or
dinary lemonade made with sugar, is
sweet and nice, but not always healthy
drink. Milk for children, but not toe
much. Care should be taken in obtain
ing milk free from poison. There is
perhaps no other article of diet so easily
rendered unfit for use IS milk. Exposed
even for short time to impure air, it i
not alone spoiled, but is rendered abso-
lutely poisonous.
Sleeping in close room without
proper ventilationf for a night will poison
the system. Tc avoid spurious cholera
cholera-morbus, biliousness, fevers, sun
stroke and like disorders, it will pay
for people to give some attention to the
few simple suggestions here given
There is no subject perhaps more neg
lected than a study of the rules o
health applicable to habits and methods
Of life during the hot weather