The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-11-08
HOW 10 ward or Consumptlon.


relieved must be moro careful than ever
in his habits OF life, in what he eats and
1 drinks, and how he dresses. The
enemy has made one assault at the
strongliolds of his life and been repulsed
but that is no reason why he should not
return to the attack, especially if he
sees the gates left invitinaly open for
4 him. am talking now OF individual
cases Of consumption, where the patient
himself has to do most of the battle
against the foe. Consumption is. apart
from all hereditary influence, the dis
ease of the ill-fed, the badly clothed,
the breathers of impure air, the dwellers
in crowded cities with drainage al fault.
/ the laborers and toilers' in crowded
shops and factories where ventilation is
4 imperfect. and where the atmosphere is
impregnated with obnoxious vaporst or
kdllst.
II is a disease, therefore, that may be
4 prevented, and can be prevented to a
very large extent. shall, therefore, /
4 think, be doing the best by my readers
# lay down some simple rules for the
| guidance Of those who may be con-
sllmptiyely inclined, promising, how
| ever, that at the first alarming symptom
or sign the advice of medical man be
taken.
Consumption, then, is blood disease,
or disease Of a constitutional, nature,
and its first symptoms are stopnachic in
\ their nature. There is a peculiar kind
Of dyspepsia, characterized by the ina
bility to digest, and probably distaste
/ Tor. certain articles of diet, such as fatty
meat,1 butter or sugar, and beer or
alcohol ,in any form. These turn sour
on the stomach, and heartburn is tho
4 result, and a varietyof other distress
4 ing symptoms, not the least painful
among them being flatulence. a form
4 Of dyspepsia OF this kind, could not
4 long exist without producing disease Of
4 some kind, and in those who have a
\ tendency to the disorder the result is too
/ often consumption, set up or excited,
perhaps, by an attack of catarh from
l'eNposure in some way to cold and
damp. But indigestion, even i'm those
Of strong constitution, should always be
4 taken ms a warning of something inn
pendingaIg dyspepsia is the dark
\ shadow cast before many q coming
event that may end in death to the suf-
fcreri from this simple but insidious
| complaints it should never, therefore,
be neglected. But it must not be sup-
posed that it can be removed BY a few
boxes, few bottles of mixture, or by
medicine alone of any kind. The
indigestion will yield only to regulation
II of the whole system. .aUrA change
should be made in the method of living.
Begin with the food; the dict should be
/ wholesome, simple, and well cooked.
Made dishes ofievery kind should be
ayoided.s For breakfast, which should
4 be taken.by eight o'clock, preceded by
a short walk, III possible, weak coffee
/ with plenty of milk will be found better
\ than tea, and cocoa is better than either;
toast, with butter, is preferable To- bread,
and fish, eggs, ham, or cold meat may
| be eaten herewith. The meals must
mot be htlrried ii there be no one at the
table to carry on an agreeable conYer..
'sation with, book or-a Newspaper
should be the companion;sso so will the
food be taken slowly enough toproduce
THAT due admixture with the salvary
1 Juices which prevents the formation of
4 ncidlty. Hlbreakfast be taken at eight,
A at twelve or one some luncheon, how
4 lever light should be taken. Advgpep-
ticipatenb should never fast long, nor
ever eat much ut one time. Dinner may
belpreceded by that light and pheasant
rejection called the afternoon tea. I
think soup for dinner is, as a rllle,i bet
ter avoided. Variety of dishes at any
one meal is to be avoided, whileifish,
1 game, mutton,4 beef and fowl, with we'll
boiled potatoes and green vegetables,
used spardngly, should form the staple
4 of dict. Condiments, rich sauces, pork,
fatty dishes and pastry should not be
taken, nor cheese; but little iipeifruit
may, avoiding nuts as poison. Wine,
and even beer, should be done without
4 If possibIe.d ai1 - a tHsl -
The supper should be light and not
sloppy, and so-called night-caps should
ibe avoided. The hest tonics are-exer-
else in the open air, the soap-bath. an
occasional Turkish bath, and, when-
ever il can be borne, d cold or at all
events a tepidsponge-bath before break.
fast. sH aH
Cod-liver oil will do good If il can be
borne, but question the righteousness
of what l may term cod-liyer-oil cram.
ming. A bitter vegetable tonic, such as
calufnba infusion, with some mineral
acid, does good by increasing the appe-
| tite, but it should be taken in small
uOstsi olten repeated. Good Is uone by
the use of the extract of malt, or malt
ine:. it may be mixed with milk, or even
| water, to which d little Iiine-iuice Is
added. If good lime-iuice can not be
had, the pure Juice of the lemon should
take its place. isS ~
! The bedroom should be quiet and
well aired. The bedclothes should be
/ light and warm, but not, so much so as
to cause sweating. Flannel Should be
always worn. next the skim and
dranghts, damp, fog, night air and east
winds avoided Ike the pestilence.
/ AS ochange Of climate to other Iands.
let me Just warn the incipiently plfthis-
icai to look well before tliey leap:d dthey
u may DO far better by stay ting &t home. -
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