Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-07

sic is, that it renders the sufferer unwilling
to remove the cause. He cannot reduce
his meals, cannot check the morbid crav-
ing of his appetite, cannot summon cour-
age for vigorous exercise regularly taken,
cannot endure cold, cannot, indeed, say
nay to the delusive whisperings of the
fend that possesses him, and refuses to
give heed to natures protest. On the con-
trary, he keeps up the fires, plies the spur
of stimulants, digestives, bitters and ton
les, to whip nature up to new exertions.
As Oswald puts it, "spur.fed horses are
short lived" If the horse could be sup
ported by the application of the goad, it
would he an economy of hay and oats.
Oswald's initial remedies for dyspepsia
may be summed up as First, restore the
capacity for exercise; second, create a
healthy demand for food. The far. gone
dyspeptic must resort to the refrigeration
cure, based on the tonic influence of cold
air and cold water. Voracity increases
with distance from the equator bracing
temperature exacts sort OF automatic ex-
ercise, accelerates circulation and stimu-
lates the respiratory process. Sponge and
shower baths-indoors at first, and then
more rugged bathing outdoors-are neces-
sites. Early rising, frequent cold baths,
deep draughts of cold water with settler
and sugar or few drops of berry syrup,
air baths before retiring, wide.open bed
room windows but plenty Of bedclothing-
all tend to invigorate the stomach.
Abandon drug-exorcism, for, says the witty
doctor, temporary blue devils are far pref
cradle to persistent blue.pill Beelzebub.
Masticate food thoroughly, eschew spices,
avoid pickles, cheese, salt meats, sauer
kraut and hot drinks. Take light break
fast, lighter lunch, and place the princi-
pal meal after the days work is done, and
make the after dinner hour as pleasant as
possible. Court fresh air at all times, day
or night. Exercise, with the return of ca
pacity for it. With the return of this ca
pacity recovery is but question OF perse-
verance. Outdoor exercise is preferable.
Walking will not do alone horseback, the
blackboard, the amateur carpenter shop
anything to shake up the system and in
duce conclusion" Cold baths before
dinner he dwells upon with persistency for
the summer season, and open bedroom
windows the year round. Non-stimulating
diets must begin dietetic reforms. Fruits
he prefers to buildings, and cream to lat
meat. He denounces catsup, fried viands,
etc., but he does not desire that diet should
be insipid, and he makes sport Of the
ultra vegetarians and ultra. Grahamites.
What is naturally palatable ne does not
condemn, but all that is unnaturally stimu-
lating, for no man can thrive on naturally
distasteful diet. Nature intended US to be
vegetarians, but the word is misleading, as
associated with the idea of kitchen veg
etables, and to the exclusion of fruits.
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the fewest meals with which we can do.
For more than thousand years two ns.
tons adhered to the one-meal system, and
raised armies, every man of which would
now be considered an athlete. Finally,
dyspetics must avoid exasperating mental
emotions. Anger disorders digestion,
while pleasurable emotions are tonic.
Mental worry and nervousness must be
driven out and plenty of sleep insisted
upon. While the doctor does not refer to
it specifically, it is of course known that
alcoholic drinks check digestion, as do ice-
cold beverages.
It may be added that while the treatise
is full of good suggestions, and that while
all the doctor says is true in q general
sense, few men can apply the practice
directed, if they make the diagnosis of
their own cases. There are no far gone
dyspeptics fully capable of this. The adj
vice of competent physician is necessity
to all such. Then again, however learnedly
doctors may write, it is a fact that general
advice will not apply to all cases. Dys-
pepsia is as varied in its manifestations as
are the victims of it. The treatment one
might adopt would be impossible to
another. Nevertheless the general scheme
of treatment, and the application of the
remedies of nature, should be understood
by all, and in that sense DR.. Oswald's
article ia of much inheritance