Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-01
HINTS ABOUT HEALTH.
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION WORTH
A POUND OF CURE.

AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION WORTH
A POUND OF CURE.
Advice to the Man Who Is Always Dosing
Himself with Drugs-something About
Underciothing-Head and Feet-Negli-
gence of Ladies.
The great secret Of unvarying health is,
before everything, 10 have body in high
state OF vigor, and once having that, to keep
IL, There is less wisdom in studying the WAYS
OF curing an ailing frame than in giving your
attention to those of obtaining hardy one
tnat never becomes ailing. A proper physique
sheds pains, aches, disorders, illnesses, dis !
eases and epidemics as duck does water, and |
enables It's owner to laugh at doctors bills |
IL confers upon its possessor happiness amid
tne heaviest msfortunes, and gives the surest
promise OF longevity. To obtain it, have
some regular business that will give you an
interest in life and make you alive all over,
without overworking you; shun care and
worry be systematic in your habits; avoid
dissipation; sleep enough; eat plain, whole
some food, the best of its kind; and, above
al. devote yourself methodically to some
athletic pursuit, such as will give Won exercise
: All rounGf and spend all the time you can in
the open air. Then forget you have body
that can by any possibility get cut of order,
and never think of your health
COMMITTING SANITARY SIN.
We find people who commit well nigh every
sanitary and hygienic sin. They eat un-
healthy food at irregular and unreasonable
hours; they work too hard and worry too
much; they pass their lives within doors, in
III ventilated rooms, sleep with tightly closed
Nihdows, and fear puff of pure air as they
.Cuid the breath of contagion; exercise they
.aSe none. Perhaps they do not dissipate-
nc have not superfiuous vigor enough for
They are eternally 'coddling" them.
cas- and doing all they can to become deli
alwssha tender. They are always ailing and
10 .daoslng with some drug Ii they have
II thew re, they take this to give them one;
that to sr I've eaten too much, they swallow
not slaar Ut the bad effects Whes they do
another stiey try one thing; for a headache
STOMACH a iIr p'1zStation of the heart or a
~ to- 1e e~third, and so on. Undoubt-
esz l. ~ they have convinced themselves
tney have some chronic and serious disorder,
and for this they are under the care of a
physician.
But one thing further is needed to make
them utterly miserable and that is to be-
come devourers of indiscriminate medical
literature. With their habits. and in the
state of mind which those habits must inev-
itably produce, that alone would cause them
TO imagine themselves afflicted with "all the
ills that flesh is heir to- Every disease they
find described they are sure they have, until,
in fancy, they become a mass of ailment
such as, II it should occur in reality,
would constitute monstrosity in the
annals of medical science Ii they have
not gone too far, all they need is to
live properly, stop dosing, forget their
ailments" and then join gymnasium, buy
or hire and ride a saddle horse, or a bicycle
take long walks every day and otherwise ex-
ercise wisely, and they will be what they
have neve- been since they were children,
healthy, and, as a consequence, happy.
Leave off your winter clothes late In the
spring, and put them on early in the au-
tumn." This is very old injunction, and in
some respects it is wise, while IN others the re-
verse. If, following it literally, a person in
late autumn puts on his thickest winter fan
nels and calls into service hts heaviest over
coat, he is sure to suffer in consequence be
fore warm weather comes again. Very
many people in this way make themselves
what is popularity termed tender-unusually
susceptible to cold-and hence, are fire.
quently ailing during the winter.
THIN, MEDIUM AND THICK.
Every one should have for wear at least
three sets Of underclothing-the thin, me
dunn and thick-that the change may be
gradual Now Is the time for Undertaking
of medium thickness. As for oveTcoats they
should not be heavy in late autumn while
there will yet be warm days, when one
would swelter in a thick coat and if once &C
customed to it, there would be very great
danger in leaving it off. For well men of
sedentary pursuits, who can walk TO and
from their work, it would be far better if
they were dressed q tri1e light; 50 they
would feel slightly chilly on first going into
the open air. Walking would soon warm
them up, and the discomfort felt would en-
courage that essential exercise, which is most
enjoyable at this season.
Keep the head cool and the feet warm -
Here is another antique health saving To
keep the feet warm is certainly an essential
10 health, but about having the head cool in
winter is matter of discussion The head
certainly should be comfortably covered.
Probably the Derby hat, so popular, would
he a sufficient protection, even III mdwinter
for those men who walk much, or who's
work Is largely indoors For car drivers and
Others, who are much exposed to fierce winds
thick, warm hats or caps are absolutely
needed. They might wear fur caps, but ner
who are not constantly forced to encounter
such hardships As they certainly do not neet
head coverings Of fur and are infinitely bet
ter without them; for there are many days il
winter when they are uncomfortable, keel
the head too warm, and hence are productiv
of colds Every one knows that, when tn
feet are not properly protected, cold is tn
common consequence. If the head is INSULT
GENTLY covered, the same result is scarcel
less certain
At the present day, but few ladies preten,
10 cover their heads, even in winter-th
fashionable bonnet is surely no protection
Much sickness among them is due to tina
neglect, and where it occurs with cotto
stockings and thin shoes-and, therefore, col
feet-it Is surprising that so foolish perso
hives through one OF our hard winter
Among Shakers, and other classes OF wome
who pretend 10 wear comfortable head covel
ings there is infinitely less sickness tina
among their fashionable sisters. and much {
the immunity is clearly aSsignable T. th
difference in dress Heaven hasten the do
when women will correct this most grievor
fault of theirs and return to hoods, or som
thing like them, for winter wear. As Il
keepng.the shoulders and upper part of IL
chest amply protected from the cold, wome
know well its Importance TO health al
uothing which can be written will infiuen,
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