Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-22
ABOUT BILIOUSNESS.
EXTRACTS FROM A PAPER ONA SUB.
JECT OF GENERAL INTEREST.

EXTRACTS FROM A PAPER ONA SUB.
JEcT OF GENERAL INTEREST.
TOMS Of Biliousness-People Who Are
NOtional About Their Diet
Of the Actively Ensaged-Cure.
The liver has numerous duties to Der
form So far as we now know, it makes
sugar out Of substances such as eggs. lean
meat, gluten Of wheat, etc, which no other
apparatus can do 1t turns sugars of all
kinds into substance resembling starch.
and stores it up until there is need for sugar
to keep up the heat Of the body, then turns
1t again into sugar. It modifies fats in
some way, separating from the blood such
as are useless or injurious and sending them
out OF the body. 1t separates many poison
Gus materials taken with food or formed
formed from it by defective digestion, and
sends them out or makes their mixture with
the blood of the system very slow and grad.
ual Finally, it manufactures the bile,
which is very complex substance, some
OF it being made use OF In helping digestion,
the rest is composed of the numerous poison.
GUS materials just referred to, including the
hurtful modification of fat that that forms
'gall-stones," sometimes termed cholesterin
Disorder in the performance of any of
these various kinds of work makes itself
known by various symptoms Almost any
Of them might properly be called bilious
ness, for whatever be the particular sort of
disturbance, the bile shows that somethirg
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the quality of this very important score.
ton; there may be too much Of it made; or
there may be less manufactured than in
health, even to he extent Of none at all be-
ing formed.
No class of individuals are so notioual
about diet as the victims of biliousness who
have inherited liver OF limited capacity
from their ancestors or who have over
worked the org n by excess in eating and
drinkiney. They ind by sad experience
that some substances can not be taken even
in the smallest quantity without hours or
days Of suffering. Thus some can not eat
eggs at all, others can take the whites OF
eggs with impunity while the yolks invarla-
bly, cause disturbance. Others are made
bilious ii they drink milk some can en- .oy
glass Of milk once or twice a day for Il
week, eniing invariably with an attac1 Oh
pain, headache, disturbances Of sight .izA.
ness and depression of spirits that al!iotl.,
to torture Others still find that SOM Li...
OF fish, especially clans, Holsters ana crab
always produce similar effects Rich, O..
fish DO the same thing; eeis and mac.
being particularly huitsul Some patieA
find tea or coffee affect them in the s;.ip
way, but these drinks are more apt to 81
up an attack ordinary indigestion, tia
biliousnesS
PEOPLE WHO EXERCISE EXEMPT.
Actively engaged laborers, artisans, sur.
veyors, explorers, gymnasts and others who
employ their muscles to the extent Of their
capacity, seldom If ever suffer from bilious.
ness The circulation through the liver is
aided and encouraged by deep breathing and
by the movements Of the mus les everything
the organ in way that can not be initiated
by medicines Besides hurrying the passage
if the blood through the liver, the bile il
sent on its way most rapidly and has no
time to clog up the cells where the essentia!
work of the organ is done Therefore, active
muscular exercise is of very great utility in
the cure of biiiousness. The act of vomit.
ing acts In the same way. So a sea voyage,
Of the patient has q good long spell of sea
sickness, often effects a radical cure Ranch
life, although the food may not seem ex.
actly suited to the epicure, is of great ben
eft II the subject Of the experiment will
learn to ride horseback, and will, after
awhile, attempt to break a few "bucking
bronchos," he is pretty certain to rid him.
self OF his biliousness. In fact all sorts of
outdoor exercise have a beneficial effect
upon those able to make use of them The
bicycle, active membership in a base Oau
nine, canoeing, etc, each has its advan-
tages.
In case there is too great depression OF
the mental or physical forces or Of both, tc
permit the use Of any Of these methods,
much may be done by the employment Of
massage, electrical excitation Of muscles,
shampooing, etc, to put the patient on the
road to the voluntary exercise of his own
strength These methods can not take the
place Of personal exertion-only place the
patient in q condition in which he can &c
something for himself. The moral effects OF
voluntary exercise in the open air must not
be forgotten
Prolonged anxiety, business worry, pro.
found sorrow and the depressing emotions
generally can not BE- reached by drugs
Change Of scene or Of employing travel,
amusements and cheerful company away
from nome are among the OeSC Oh remedial
measures These are not always at the dis
posal Of either patient or physician, but
they must be utilized to the utmost If
nothing else offers, exercise by walking, not
to the extent of too great fatigue, baths Of
an agreeable temperature ami the cultiva-
ton of a garden if it is limited to one win
dow, are within the reach Of almost every.
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