The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-10
ON GROWING STRONG.

Purify the Blood with Water and Air
Don't Stimulate tho Circulation with
Liquor.
There are thousands of women all
over the world who suffer very much
from what they sometimes call general
debility. They say they feel dull and
heavy, indisposed to action, easily
tired, and sometimes they imagine
that they need some stimulant, and
perhaps try ale or cider or something
of the kind and fancy they feel better.
This method of relief is a great mis-
take. The good effects produced are
only temporary, and the evil which re-
suits may be lasting, not only through
the life of the patient, but for genera
tions to come. Indeed, the bad eff
fects are even less likely to be seen in
the one who resorts to this remedy
than in her sons or grandchildren.
Such are the laws of heredity.
Let us examine the causes of debil-
ity. AS all action and feeling
is dependent upon the state of the
brain and nervous system, whatever
weakens the brain and nerves must
produce this feeling of depres-
sion of spirits, dizziness, drowsiness
and indisposition to exertion. The
strength of the nervous system depends
upon the supply of arterialized blood.
If the blood is impure, either from
breathing impure air, as, for example,
in crowded cars. churches or unven-
tilated rooms, we experience sensa-
ton of dizziness and drowSiness. There
is not enough oxygen inhaled to vivifv
the little blood discs. Care, anxiety or
trouble produce similar result, for
the reason that when under the in
huence of depressing emotions, we do
not breathe in SO much oxygen. The
tendency is to sigh, or throw out the
breath rather than to inhale it in deep,
full breaths as we ought. A deep,
full respiration of pure air is one of
the best ways of promoting health and
cheerfulness.
But the nerves also lose their vigor
and power of receiving and retaining
impressions, whenever the blood is
rendered impure by the presence of
effete atoms, worn-out particles or
discs or an accumulation of bile.
Moreover, the accumulations of pois-
onous matter in the blood must dis
tur5 and retard or quicken the circu-
lation, and cause the heart to beat ir-
regularly.
The eminent psychologist, DR.. j. w.
Draper, of the New York university,
says: 1.-THE functional activity of the
brain depends on the copious supply
of arterial blood. 1t is computed that
one-fifth of the whole quantity in cir
culation is sent to this organ. 1t is de-
liyexed through the two internal caro-
It'd, and through the two vertebral ar
teries.' Again, the same author says:
Whatever interferes with due arterial-
ization, inteferes with muscular
power. This is the reason of the ina
bility for exertion experienced in the
thin air of mountain tops. The con-
verse OF this likewise holds good. The
higher the rate of respiration the
more energetic the muscular power,
and therefore in birds which respire
most perfectly, muscular contractility
is exhibited with the greatest energy.n
And in speaking of how nerve cen
tiers act he says: ''The action of every
ganglionic mechanism depends upon
the existence of certain physical
conditions, among which as being
of paramount importance one may
be discerned. 1t is the due sup
ply of arterialized blood. If this
be stopped but for a moment, the
nerve mechanism loses its power, or if
diminished, the display of its charac-
teristic phenomena correspondingly de-
clines. If, on the contrary, the supply
be unduly great, or its oxidizing power
artifcially Increased, there is a more
energetic action. s.Nay. even the ac-
fumulations of the effete products of