The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-22
pREVENTABLE PAINS.
PHYSICAL SUFFERING BROUGHT ON
6Y OUR CARELESSNESS.

/ Head-Tortures Of the ToOthache-Ca-
| sarrh and Throat Troubie-The Amer
Sosn Neck breathing Bad Air.
How large proportion of our pains
are una voidably necessary 1t Is not ex-
trsvagant to say that four-ffths OF all
the aches and pains Of humanity are
brought on us by our recklessness and
heedlessness. ] would set down one
half OF these to bad fashions, and the
other half to carelessness in our habits.
Suppose we begin at the head and go to
tho feet. Headaches are rarely, If ever,
known by savages. They are rarely, II
ever, known by children brought up ON
fruit and cereals. They are mostly de
pendent on impaired digestion, over
loaded stomachs and kindred abuses; or
10 hot, close rooms, and breathing car
donated air. A cure for headache is ra-
tional diet, abundant exercise, good ma
ture and pure air. Ishould add one more
cause.-the babitual exhaustion OF the
system by abuse and intempcrance.
/ have tried the experiment with emil
dren. and find that If from Their infancy
they are prevented from INDUCING, IN
cakes and pastries, and are lndu1geu In
en- abundance Of ripe fruits, cereals,
milk and pure sugar, they never know
what headache is. The sitting and
poisoning effect OF bad air. OF close and
Overhcated rooms, Is understood better
than it was one generation ago. Coids
in the head are not caused b. dfaught
Of cold air if we are not first Overheated,
and made unduly sensitive TO common
fresh air. I'm addition, or in connection
with the causes above named, our inter-
airy classes also are compelled to endure
o vast amount of brain trouble IRON the
lack Of good sense in their habits OF
study. They should simply let Their
brains rest while their stomachs are at
work. and their stomachs rest while
their brains are at work.
ToOTuACHE AND DYSPEPSIA.
But we cannot leave the head when
we leave the brain case, for there are
years of agony in nearly every man
mouth history The decay Of teeth may
not be wholly preventabe with our pres
ent heredity, but am positive that nine
tenths of our toothaches are preventable
by proper care from the outset. Decay
Ia teeth begins ut q very early age, and
might be prevented largely by the sim
plcst means. The cause is not always
neglect of cleanliness, but it is acidity OF
the stomach, caused by improper food
A thoroughly sound digestion should he
secured for every child. 1t Is the one
duty that precedes morals, because dys-
peptic child cannot be saint. ChurcI
i. IL 4 L.. lAsl
by the toothbrush, and catechism is more
than counterbalanced by cake and pas
try.
The majority of Americans suffer from
catarrh The disease is preventable,
even in our worst climates, like that Of
Boston Ii is almost invariably the con-
sequence of a neglected cold. Throat
diseases follow in the same line. The
throat should be clothed. Notwithstand-
ing what many physicians urge to the
contrary. there is no reason why the
neck should go bare. except when swad-
died for ride in winter. Our Ameri-
can typical neck is long one. Ii car
ries little fat The vocal organs are
close to the surface The ordinary scarf
and collar leave the neck altuost en-
tirely uncovered. The old fashioned
stock was better The modern linen col
lar is little better than nothing; it should
be dispensed with.
WOODEN FOR THE NECK.
Wooden is quite as necessary for the
neck as for the chest. The same tubes
reach through, or into, both. Why
should the lower end be abundantly
clothed, and the upper end exposed
Consumption generally begins at the
throat unless il be caused 10y general de
vitalization. or poisoned air. What we
should demand of our clothiers is class OF
wrappers and shirts that can be brought
well up about the throat. From tnc list
Of October 10 the lst of June | wear an
extra flannel collar. made 10 button over
the other flannel shirt collar. and then
turned down over a scarf. Ii thoroughly
protects the throat and meets every re-
quiremcnt If the case; is both soft and
warm, and neat. Ii is all important that
the throat be relieved from the gross IL
ritation OF fashionable collars which
scratch and poke at all points. Indeed,
if YOU will consider, there is not part
OF the body 50 roughly and unkindly
heated as the throat. Starched neck
wear is fit only for fools.
Our lungs will easily take care Of them
selves, and of all the rest of the body,
If warmly clothed with wooden and pro
tected from foul air. | am compelled, as
a physician, to breath air that | would
not be able TO live in by the hour. One
house in ten is properly ventilated-not
more than that. Country houses mainly
depend on the opening of doors. Worst
of all is the air breathed at night Either
the room is kept closed, and the foulness
is breathcd over all night, or.the window
is left open, and the lungs must use Arc
<ic cir at night while all day accustomed
10 the hot atmosphere from stoves. On
no account should the lungs be compelled
to brace themselves to frigid air at night.
Very many colds are caught by these ex'
treIues, and one may count TO Ger.
tainty that, if practiced. the end will he
catarrhs. bronchtis'or consumption
Nj. Maurice NJ. d., in Globe-Democrat.
Forage for the Goat.