Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-09
TIE FAMILY DOCTOR



Bit OF Good Advice.
IL there is any truth in the adage that
the .'way to a mans heart is through his
stomach" in nine cases out of ten it
would be hard road to travel. When
you consider the enormous and varied
amount of material that strews its path,
you at once encounter many unpleasant
obstacles. The man who gets outside OF
hot soup, boiled ham, fried clans, pota-
toes, picked cabbage, pastry, ice cream,
and tea In fifteen minutes, and then
wonders why he feels so badly, is either
an ass or an idiot--very likelya melange.
He cannot understand it. when he is
30 constantly taking those celebrated
tsafter dinner pills, " title that lis simply
a cover for wrong doing. True, he paid
extra to have his pills gelatine coated to
retain their virtues the longer; but he
evidently did not know that the tannin
in the tea would convert that coating
into a mass which the juices OF the
stomach are powerless to affect, and 80
no benefit is derived from the pills. He
goes on, however. stuffing himself with
food-and the delusion that the more ono
eats the stouter he grows, 1t Is not the
quantity we cat, but what Is assimilated
that Is, what the system Is capable OF
burning up as fuel to increase our vital
energies. II you smother your fire with
too much coal, out 1t goes. Now tho
dyspeptic, the sufferer Of that most COM
mon trouble, indigestion, may feel its
presence by thousand different signs.
80 numerous are they, that the mention
Of only few must suffice here.
For Instance, he wakes with a stufty
headache, bad taste In his mouth, bolts
his breakfast, and PUSHES of to business.
His food repeats" as our English
friends say, his taste becomes sour and
hot, and 80 does his temper, and he Is not
altogether the most amiable of mortals.
As the day grows apace no has Ill defined
aches, and fancies his eye sight is failing,
and his irritability increases. His clerks
live on pins and needles, and his friends
say, ''what bore he is getting TO be, 80
full Of Ills"
Thus ID goes on from bad to worse.
Think Of that man as a judge, and now
he might "make wretches hang that
iurymcn may dine" No doubt many a
verdict Of today Is largely influenced by
poisonous butyric acid In the circulation
Of one who has too hastily consumed hia
fodder. Ultimately, II he does not switch
off, he falls victim to nervous prostra-
ton and melancholia, a fit tenant for any
asylum, which no often cheates by draw
ing a razor across his throat. All from
dyspepsia. There Ii no hyperbole In this
picture; you will SEQ many like it every
day, IL you but keep your eyes open.
The rcmedy2 Certainly not indiscrim
mate drugging, proceeding as foolish
as to load your dog with an elephant,
burden and expect him to carry 1t. II
| the stomach cannot take care OF its ma
| tural guests it will resent the intrusion ol
| foreigners.
The panacea "a rest for the stomach by
the use of light foods, and rest for thu
| mind by anything which will draw at
| tention from tho suffering organ. Few
things accomplish this latter better thar
the diversion Of hearing good music
| You may think it strange, but there is al
eminent physician abroad who writes
out prescription for music much as VIZ
would for calomel. 1t possesses won
derful sway over tho lower orders OF life
and you have often noticed the spirite,
action of q horse, tho arched neck ant
proud canter, when hearing the strain
OF martial music.
Music cheers the soldier on the lonl
march and renews his tagging energies
So will it aid the dyspeptic. The instru
ment is a matter of choice, the wolf
hardly to BIO recommended unless handles
by a master, for no instrument is s
capable of distracting wailings, when i
the hands Of novice. The voice Is, pa
excellence, the best OF musical remedies
and four part songs are potent for good
l dare say, you who have been victim
Of atrociously bad performances will nc
agree with me. But give the best a tria
just go TO some of the near by resort
: that offer so many harmonious attraC
, tions and try tho curative effect of
'cQncord of sweet sounds. "--Richar
!, Guernsey, NJ. D., in Once n Week.