The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
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WHY fsvsry House shouid nave All Ifol.
ern improvements for Health.
There never has been period Of tho
world when 80 much was known a. to
the conservation and preservation Of
health and life. Il has been the tend.
ency In all the advances In science and
in arts to inquire how far they are ap-
plicable to the interests Of the indi.
vidual and what applications do they
admit Of directly in the interests Of
humanity. It IL . part Of the practical
character Of tho age that it seeks for
this practical use Of knowledge.
We have come to know much Of the
forces that act upon our lives both
within and without the body. The
organs and their fun ctions are under.
stood as never before. When we
speak of exercise we no longer speak
oft as mere development Of muscle
or Of the general growth, but come to
ask how 1t shall be SO arranged and
prncticed rs to give vigor to every or.
gan Of the body. II there is found to
be narrowness Of the chest or imper.
feet expansion. Of lung tissue. we at
once address our attention to pull
monary exercises, that shall supple.
ment what IL done for the invigora.
ton Of the general system. II
there is an organ, as the stomach or
liver. that fails fully to accom-.
plish its part in the process Of diges.
tion, we know how to favor it IN the
choice of our foods until It has had
time for rest and a process of hyglenic
medication or management Where
there seems to be good nourishment
and yet the nervous system is over
susceptible. If only the training is be-
gun in time it is surprising how much
can be done to give to it vigor and
tone. Thus It is that we now work
with the body on the lines of its own
physiology and take care of it as we
would of machine that is building or
is undergoing repair. 1t is body build.
ing and care and not mere exercising
in general way.
So in the choice Of a location and q
house to live in there are well-known
rules and conditions. What soil or
ground is best how to deal with It II
found too wet how to build walls SO
that they shall be we'll aired, how to
adorn and furnish house in accord
with the laws of health. how to heat
and ventilate it, these and many other
points are better understood than they
are applied. The greatest trouble is
that the process is often expensive. or
the workmen that are employed to
carry out the design are incompetent.
1t is just because Of this that we
are at tho present time run.
ming such risk to health.
That which is theoretically pos
sible and practical, SO far as methods
are concerned, is too often not really
secured. The wall IS not perfectly
constructed. the drainage, If done. is
made with defects, the sewer connec-
ton does not connect or II It
does the pipes are of such quality
as not to last The trap is veuti.
lated on the wrong side. or not at
all. Other traps are so arranged as to
secure syphonage. The overflow Of
the wash basin is but a conduit for
foul air The furnace which brings
in air from out-of-doors for heating
is so open in its joints or 50
badly cased that the cellar air
also gets in as we'll as the dust and the
gases from the fire. The gas-burner
has imperfect combustion or the fix
lures leak, The abundance of fine
shades and curtains serves to keep out
air as we'll as heat So the breathed
air Is kept in the house and so dried
and burnt that we have to call upon
our bodies for the supply Of moisture
that they demand.
In other words, it is easy to see how
all our conveniences increase the pos
sibilities Of abuse. Our greatest
blessing and conveniences become
our greatest hazards No physi.
clan in general practice but that
sees constant examples Of this. The
winter air Of many house does not
compare in purity with what it was
bofore all Of the modern conveniences
came to hand. There is, after time.
lowering of the vitality of the fami.
ly II not any severe form of disease.
It is for this that so many have to seek
summer on tho seashore and win.
|ster in Florida. B,tter than all is it to
have perfect home in which there
are no perils to health. Better still to
have it what it ought to be. real
sanitarium in which the family so live
and are 80 housed. clothed and fed as
to secure the highest amount of vital
force for tho growth of the
children and for the working
vitality of the older members.
We hope the time will come when the
householder will not begrudge five
dollars year spent in securing the
written report of a competent health
authority as to the actual condition of
his home and rs to any necessities for
health. There is no such saving as
that which saves from sickness and
gives full vigor for the work OF life.
Every ono needs to be a care-taker for
his own household. and thus secure
that deliverance from avoidable dis
case which comes In no other way
NJ y Independent
Wonderful Feat Of Endurance.