The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-04-17
CHAPTER LXIII.

tho only way rich people can enjoy their life |
is to persist in habits of exercise and alb |
stinence, as if they were poor" and adds that |
no sensible man would envy wealth if it were |
not for the privilege of travelling and seeing |
the world abroad
From a sanitary point of Wow, too. that |
privilege may prove its occasional advantage. |
On the gray side of fifty :" very few men of |
modern times remain free from intermittent
attacks OF disorder known as dyspnBa or
short wndcdness, sudden difficulty in breath |
ing, as if the expansion apparatus of the lungs
had somehow got out OF order. Dust, coal
smoke, etc, may accumulate in way to cause
very similar disorder of the respiratory
organs, to which mllers are more liable than
other people, and it has been observed that the
dust of old feathers has an identical effect and
that persons may for years suffer in conse-
quence of sleeping on feather pillows without
as much rs suspecting the real cause of their
trouble.
But tho experience of many different nations
has proved the curious fact thai, without any
change of general habits, u mere change of
climate will often effect complete cure OF the
mysterious affection, and that the choice of the
locality most apt to prove beneficial in such
cases must depend much on the constitutional
peculiarities of each patient. Some people eau
breathe more freely ON tho seaCOast, others in
the highlands, aud few actually get along
better III the atmosphercof large city, aud get
short-winded rs soon as they try to pass few
vacation weeks in the country, even in dis
trcts where " hay. asthma cannot be explained
by the abundance of meadUwlands. Among
the curiosities of sanitary alterations medical
writer mentions the resolution OF a medieval
board OF health in the city of Madrid,
Spain where large number Of citizens had
signed n petition to have the streets cleaned
more frequently and thoroughly. After due
delberation the medical advisers of the City
a..
posed change would result in grave disorders
OF the respiratory organs, as the Odor of decay
ing garbage, etc, had beneficial effect in mol
liiying the raw, keen air of the Siorras. And
yet that apparent here5y against the fuuda-
mental principles Of hygiene may have been
founded on the personal experience Of one or
more of those medical pundiis. Removal TO
the raw" atmosphere of the Sierrts may have
affected them as it affects many emigrauts to
the trceless platcaus Of our Central States, and
on the whole. iOrest-dwellers appear 10 enjoy
remarkable immunity from asthmatic disorders
In numerous cases, however, migration from
low. malarial river.bottums To moro elevated
districts, will effect nnmisakHbe improve
ment in the troubles OF sufferers from short
windcdnoss, aud have letter from an intel
ligent correspondent who latter trying all sorts
of other remcdcsl found permanent relief by
removing from tho banks OF the Potomac TO
tho highlands north of Bladensburg. Md. My
advice to sufferers from asthmatic trouble
which change Of location has failed 10 improve,
is still :" Keep trying. Somewhere or other
you will find climate exactly suited 70 the
| comfort Of your lungs"
The frequency OF the attacks may. however,
DO anywhere diminished by ctStan sanitary
precautions, among which the avoidance Of
sexual excuses holds first place. The me-
dnval monks, in spite OF their miserable habit
OF indoor life, must have enjoyed an cxcep-
al nat hay v
| up TO their vow of lifelong chastity. Indigest-
| ions are sometimes followed by periods OF
breathing difficulties, aud persons subject TO
such troubles should beware of surieits in
| dishes which experience has proved 10 disagree
| with their digestive organs Asthma patients
| of my acquaintance are liable to an immediate
relapse after indngiug their partiality for
| strong cheese. pickles and onions, and one of
! them has learned to keep the trouble Mt bay by
| almost total abstinence from animal food
| Violent exercise is another. often unsuspect-
| ed, cause of shortwindedness. City patients
advised TO try change of mir, will rustcaie
| for a couple of weeks and attempt to make the
best of their opportunity by climbing steep
/ mountains in defiance OF the MONDAY heat, or
| attacking gnarled old hickory tree with tho
| enthusiasm of a back w0ods pioneer. Ia the
| course of year or two their organism would
adapt itseif TO the new mode of life. but the
| FIRST effect Of the experiment is rapid ex-
-
most carefully avoided by sufferers from ner-
| vOus disorders.
MY appetite Is always improved by few
weeks outing" wrote young friend OF mine,
but ! cannot say that my lungs seem TO share
| in the benefits of the cure get shortwinded
about the third day after moving into camp,
aud can't get anything like full breath OF air
! till get home again back to boarding house
steaks and stale mince pies ! can't account for
| IL, but, somehow, seem doomed To the alter
| native of lung troubles or digestive troubles.
asthma or dyspepsia ! have given up the hope
| of getting rid of both at the same time"
About month after i saw fellow-tourist
OF the mysterious patient aud inquired after
| his habits of camp-liie. He's teetotal," said
the mutual friend; you can't get him TO touch
| anything stronger than lemonade. so IL must
be our culinary sins that had something To do
| with his trouble We did our own cook ing, aud
some OF the biscuits we turned out would have
made a Government mule shudder."
why, but he says his digestion was always
| first class in camping time"
| lit must be- his mania for athletics then.
| He's an amateur log.oabin builder, aud would
| start for the high timber with an aud come
back with u log on his shoulder AS big as Il
| mans body. With ten twelve such logs he
/ laid the foundations of his shanty before he
asked anybody to help him, and if the rest of
| us happened To bo too lazy he finished the
| building all by himself-gettng the top
logs in place by dead lift aud tagging away
| till he got black in the face when any Of his
| cross timbers got wedgcd."
Did he ever enact those heroics right after
| dinner2"
"Yes. and even during dinner. He got too
much absorbed in his work to sit down TO his
meals, and would munich piece of bread while
| he hammered away at his logs"
| Without investing cent in patent asthma
| cures, or hygiene books of cookery, my young
| friend, think, could have avoided his trouble
| by little moderation in the zeal of his move
ment cure. His lungs would have been all The
better for a few hours squirrel hunt. or an ex-
cursi0n to the huekleberry grounds of his high
| land resort; and by "A temperate use of ax cx-
ereise aud total abstinence from tho personal
transportation of three-hundred pound logs. he
| would have found it easy enough To get rid
of asthma and dyspepsia" at the same time
(Tobe coniiHued)
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