The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-10-15
POINTS THAT MAY SAVE DoCroR's
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cases OF consumption IL laid before th
age Of twenty-five years, In women
during their teens. Tho hereditary Gle
msut Is not Of special account aa a eaus'
of consumption, as less than 20 PER cen
Of caaea are clearly of oonsumptive par
entsee.
| One Of the ruling causes Of diseas'
and premature death 10 largo cities /
found in that exhausting strain Of the
mental energies in the struggle for sub
aistenee--a death race for bread.
Insanity runs in families; but, - iu
the case Of family likeness, II sometimea
overlaps . generation or more.
Personal resemblance entails like
eharaoteristica ofmiad and disposition
A current Of the parest air from The
poIsa for half an hour on person sleep
log, sitting still, or oysrheated, Is .
thousand-fold more destructive oG
health aud fatal 10 life than the moi
somensss of crowded room OF vehicle OF
hes.enCh Of . pig-sty for thrice the
time.
To exercise IN aeafinsss, Increased by
every step, is not only not beneficial, II
10 useless, and worse than useless, II il
positively destructive.
As no good traveller, after having fsd
bis horse, reuews bis journey in trol,
but with slow walk gradually increas.
ing his pace, 80 IN getting up 70 address
an assembly for continued effort the
frat few sentences should be uttered In
= low, allow tone, gradually intensified,
otherwise the voice will break down in
= very few minutes with coughing or
hoarseness.
A growing inability 20 sleep in aick.
ness IL omincus Of fatal result In
apparent good health Il indicates the
failure Of the mind and madness soon
the other hand, 10 disease or dementia,
very slight Improvement Ia the sleep
log should be hailed ~ harbinger Of
restoration.
No one can possibly sink IL the head
Is thrust entirely under water, aud in
this position q novice can swim ~ easily
as walk,an gst TO shore readily by lift
ing the head at intervals for breath.
Iatense thirst l. satisfied by wading
ia water, or keeping u % clothing satur-
a.sd with water, even II Il is taken from
the sea.
Water cannot satisfy the thirst which
attendscholera. dyssntery. .diarrhoca and
som, other forms Of disease in fact
drinking cold water seems TO incrsass
the thirst and induces other disagreea.
ble sensations; but this thirat will b
perfectly aud pleasantly subdned BY
eating comparatively small amount ol
ice,swaIlowiug Il in a. large pieces ai
practicable and as much as IL wanted
InAammatious are more safely ant
far more agreeably snbdued by the ap
plicAtion Of warm water than Of cold.
Very excessive fort 10 a short spac,
OF tine, as In running or jumping
rops, etc, has repeatedly caused instan
dsaih by apoplexy Of the lungs, the ex
erciss ssnding the blood there taste
than il can be forwarded to the heart
apd faster than IL can be purified by th
more infroquens breathing on such o,
cAsions.
No disease ever comes without
c4ase or without warning hence en-
dsavor TO think back for the cAase, wit
view TO avoid Il IN future, and on th
instant Of anyiunpleasant bodily senss
tion cease eating until it has disappear
q, at least twenty-foor hours If sti
remaining, consult physician.
The more clothes man wears, th
more bedcIothing he uses, the closer b
keeps his chamber the closer he oonfins
himself to his house, the more readil
will be take cold, as the more thrift
less youth is helped the less able doe
be become TO help himself.