The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-01-23
RHEUMATISM.
Hints to Sufferers From That Disease.


Keep the skin in constant good tone
and working order The matutinal
sponge-bath will strengthen the nerves
and keep open the pores; the Turkish
bath, portable or otherwise, ought to be
taken once a week, or whenever an at
tack is threatened; if even once q day
for a time should be deemed necessary,
it will not hurt. 1t is a wonderful pro.
phylactic. / could adducc hundreds OF
cases in proof of this.
Those subject to rheumatism very Of
ten feel tired, detected, with or without
loss of appetite. The body may not
ache, but it does not feel fresh. Prob.
ably there is little headache, but
more often a fullness in brow or eye.
balls, and the patient has but little
heart for his ordinary employment, and
things that interested him only the day
before now appear devoid Of any value.
If he thinks back, perhaps he will re-
member that for day or two previous
ly be has not been living SO abstemious-
ly as he ought. Well. he may call this
little illness mere fit of indigestion, il
he pleases, but it is indigestion of a
kind that has detrimentally increased
the uric acid in his blood. Let him
take Turkish bath at once, il his doc
tor will permit it, and live BY rule
again.
The living by rule includes . certain
amount of daily exercise in the open
air. Without this, no rheumatic person
can expect to be long free from aches
and pains and wearisome ennui-almost
as bad to bear as pain itself. AS to
diet, it will greatly depend on the age.
The young require more nourishment
than the middle-aged, but old people
must have their little often, and it must
be well cooked and easy of assimila-
ton.
For breakfast, let tea and coffee both
be avoided, substituting cocoa or cocoa
tina, with milk and sugar. Let toast be
eater, or, IL bread be preferred, it
should be brown bread and butter, and
the bread should be stale. Avoid meat,
except little nicely-cooked bacon, not
too fat. Eggs poached or mushed, or
lightly boiled, not fried, and any kind
of fish except salmon, herring, or mack
erel.
If hungry about ~ o'clock, light
DlSCult vi IWO, Will DuttcT, may De
taken, and glass of sodawater and
milk.
Dinner should be early-say 1:30 or
2 o'clock. Soup the old may take;
middle-aged or young people do not re-
quire it, and it isapt to get acid with
some. Meat may now be taken spar
ingly, say twice week. Game, fish,
poultry. and vegetables, except the
stronger kinds, may be eaten every day
with dinner. No beer with dinner.
Lemon-juice is good substitute, but
ginger-beer and ginger-ale should be
avoided. Light buildings, such as
bread, tapioca, or ground rice, may be
taken, and little good wholesome
fruit; but this latter is better before
breakfast. No pastry; and cheese is
poison.
One cup of not overstrong tea at 8
O'Clock, and a tiny biscuit.
Supper at or 1880, with cup of CO.
Goa. Sauces and hot peppers disagree;
so do stews, for this reason: no cook
lives who can keep grease out of stew;
and moreover, stews and food of that
consistency are generally swallowed
too quickly, and do not get mixed with
the salvary juices.
Salads are also to be avoided. -
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