The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-29

little exercise can be taken, all growth
hiss ceased, and the bodily furnaces
which make heat are Rbla to destroy buI
very little food fuel. Some little time
since | had occasion to lecture on thii
subject at the Philadelphia Hospital, and
an assertion that | then made that mos
old people are more comfortable, enjoy
better health, and probably live Longer
for the use oil wine, has met with very
severe dlsapprobation at the hands Of
some Of the profession, Whole strong sym
pathy with the temperance movement
dominates their judgment, No valid
reRsonB have, however, 80 far as my
Judgment goes, been brought forward
10 lead me 10 change my opinion,
la the overfed American people the hab.
ltpRl uRs Of wine during youthful or mid
Idle nge aud vigorous health Is, We think,
an Injury rather than q good, but when
The powers Of life are falling, when digss.
ton is weak, and the multtudinous small
lila Of fsebleaess peEplex and anpoy,oneo or
two glassGs Of generous wine at dinner aid
digestion, quiet for the t~imelheing nervous
irritation, and in no way do harm,
The sum total OF ruin wrought by
alcohol iu the world Is appalling, but Il
Ia not lesse1ed by our shutting our
eyes TO the good that wine properly used
msy achieve, When in the aged there Is
a distinct failure Of vital power, and es'
psCially OF digestive power, tho call for the
1Gbltual use OF alcoholic liquors is, in my
opiuion, imperative. The danger Of the
formation OF any evil habits where q man
has crossed the line OF seventy is SO slight
mat the most conscientious physician
iced not hesitate in recommending the
daily uss Of alcoholic beverages to his
patient,
1t Is, perhaps, not universally recog-
niZad, that in IuLer0uB cases OF various
character death is finally due, In greater
or less measure, to cold and to an absolute
failure on the part OF the body TO keap II,
self warm, In the old, the Matchmaking
functions ara exceedingly low and hence
II Is that few old people are comfortable
IA q oom whoae temperature Is leSs than
So. 1t is especially important, therefore.
that an abundance OF clothes be worn
ny old people; but the very weight Of the
clothes oppressss, 30 that II Ia important
that lightness OF material should be com.
blnGd with warmth, There Ia no ordinary
Iarment which compares Ia hsRt-prssery.
ing powers with the buckskin jacket,
aud, iu, our climate, every man who
passes tho SEVENTEEN year should FUR
1i4h himself with such covering, AT frat
the Jacket should only be worn when 90.
lux nut OF doons; but in very advance
,gs It should form part Of the habltual I'M
lerweNr, Tho Jacket should bs high up
n the neck and long in tho slesyes, and
mould bs Of 81 Oh q ledgth IS to thorough.
y cover thu a i men, II worn as an un.
II sh ulib % perforated so as to
,llnw thu escape Of thu vaporous emana-
ions from the body, Whenever there
tendency TO abdominal weakness, 10
IddiLion 10 the jacket aud the Ordinary
warm uuderGlotnes an abdominal fan.
lel bandsgs BhOuld be- worn. II ought
not be forgotten that the mass Of blood
the human body Is in the abdominal
riga c, and That THIS Is especially 80 when
he circulation Ia sluggish. 1t Is affirmed
by authority, that alter death all the
Diooi IN the body can be put Ia the re-.
IaxOd abdominal vesse's; hence also the
Innd etrt Ct ipfeeble people with pendu-
Gus bellies OF the bandage, which heVps
10 sustain the relaxed vessels, aud there.
ny maintain the general circulation. The
mechanical effects Of light abdominal ban.
lsgtS are we'll understood blythe profession
the treatment OF agcltes. 1t IL well
GuoWn thar the sudden removal OF the
luid by tapping over the abdominal cav
Iy takes away so much pressure from the
abdominal vessels to cause them to relax.
and draw tho blood away from the head
aud lungs aud brain In sufficient quality
10 produce fAintipg, 1t Is to prevent this
hat the patient about to DO tapped 10
bound up, and tho bandage continually
ighteuel as the water il1ws of. Tho i'm
p%ortsEca Of the hsbitual abdominal band.
lge IL, perhaps, no less although not as
universally recognized.