The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-08-13
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,

s..sass.tt,,emssssuEvssasfalli seases @ss-a's's
, "a source m.disehss aotIs1ways recog-
nized a. such is the existence of certain
deposits of filth near wells, from which
families obtain their, drink, or ensar
dwellings, so that in the course Of years
the soil about them becomes satnraeed
with impurity that lt;lnately percol
the soil and reaches. wells and cellars.
From these ii reaches the human system
and starts disease. ltis not unnsualto
have wells in barnyards, orveEy neal.
them, into which fluids Of various sorts
may. find their .way. This isby no means
in light and sandy soils. Wster from
such webs is used BY some milk men tos
dilute Or medicatesth milk, that atSthe
best is none too pure.
Another fruitful source of maladies is
the inefficient way of draining marshes.
1t would be wiser in many cases to keep |
them constantly covered with water
rather than poorly drain them, and 80
expose day by day large amount OF
vegetable and animal material to the
influence of the sun and air. Doing 50
increases the amount Of decomposition
and liability to disease. " ~
Still another source of disease is sud-
den changes of temperature, especially
among children. Hot days alternating
with cold nights excite the action Of the
skin too much in the one and suddenly
closes the pores in the other. This vicis.
situde Of temperature can DO obviated
only by a wise change in clothing. II
Is not easy to change clothing IS often g.
the outer air changes its temperatures
And then only few appreciate the
great importance Of any change innloth-
ing at all, and SO it happens that many
children take cold and die every year
simply from neglecting to observe this
care-aamely, keeping in an even tenn
perature, especially in a freedom from
chills and moisture,a combination much
more to be dreaded than cold ard dry
condition. This accounts for the .bron,
chitis of infancy and Childhood ipI the
spring Other diseases are prpduca ,in
part at least, by vicissitades Of tempera!
ture and in part by infectious maladies.
|, In autumn typhoid fever may prevail,
induced in part by hot days and cool
nights, with very little regard to clothing
and proper food. This fever needs not
so much medicine as hygienic means.
Infants especially need cleanliness, .
daily washing and friction, q proper
change of clothing, proper ventilation,
so that no emanatiOn from the body of
the sufferer can accumulate in their
chamber, and the natural temperature
Of tho human body be mentained. In
all diseases, of this sort the temperature,
Of the body is high at the outset of the
disease, and so must be reduced By cool
sponghg, followed by cool drinks ana.
fresh air. The effort should be to re-
store, an even Temperature by warm
clothing and nutritious food. Even
temperature docs not depend upon
clothing alone, but in part at least upon
proper food, splenty Of sleep and full
supply ofrest. Regular periods Of sleep,
activity and rest contribute largely I'd
health I'D, lr1s' 1t 81 sndt alwSt(l It'd
amount Of these that is so much to be
desired as their occurring at regular
periods of time. In many diseases
physicians ape needed .otly t Determine
WHAT the disease may be-; when this is
settled and the cause has been removed,
little else is needed than cleanliness
and proper food, rest and sleep, q level
resting place and quiet frame Of mind.
Very. few diseases need potent medicine.
Dysentery, al, inflammation Of the lining
of the large intestines, often runs race
in company with typhoid fever in the
autumnal months, when brooks and
ponds have much less water than usual
and so vegetal and animal materials are
more exposed to the heating and deconA-
posing influences of the sun and con-
vert rapidly such materials to sources Of
disease. Dysentery is much like typhoid
i fever u its usual course, Y and needs to
be led u q happy end ~ cleanliness,
good air, nutritious food and pure water.
No food suits the mucous membrane of
the food and waste canal SO well as
milk osrnilk sporTidges The longer the
latter may be boiled the better, the more
able it is to. soothe and heal the diseased
canal.
Now and then dysentery, consists of
ibm@ hing w0rse i1s itss feSIts HAT h.
lam aaon u The Intestinal Ynue6l IS
membrane, namely, ulceration Of The
same. And so does typhoid fever. In
both diseases, eauseain part by climate,
prostration follows and removes the pa
tient to higher plane, ,,.-.,,,.. ~,
Il! Severe dysehtery is compsratively d
| rare disease in orr healthy rural dis,
tricts.. Among its causes are exposure
I'd. Wet and cold, TO infection, to a lack
Of fresh vegetables and fruits, TO insult
r6cisnt cloehine, respectfully k hl*h9 to
! irregular dnd' sfetsi16eA dssxefetions. Va
repeat these facts because they can not
be- too we'll known. Many other indica-
ltions Of this disease are developed from
hour to hour if it is not early checked in
4 it's cruel course. SopefFme ID (ysa>'
terry are so mild as to require no treat
ment other than that we have described
above. Severe forms need wise ply.
1 stefan: Even mild cases are safer man.
aged by him than by any, domestic ply
acian. 1t is always too serious a malady
to be neglected, and needs very early
|. treatment. Prairie Farmer. i, 5t4aG
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