St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-24
will show great diminution in deaths
l%t, sd,
for Consumption.

will show a great diminution in deaths
from phthisis.
"A Cure for Consumption.
consumption can be cured. The way
to cure it is to put the patient in the
mountains where the air is dry and keep
him away from the doctor and the
apOthecary shop. He does not need
medicine. There Is too much medicine
used IN many kinds Of dlsease. Certain
specifics are essential, but they should
be used with intelligence. The great
trouble comes from the nOstrumS and
advertising Quacks.
Insanity, should say, is increasing,
and the explanation is to be found IN
the way in which we live. Men rush to
secure millions when they ought to be
satisfied with hundreds of thousands.
They likewise rush to spend their
money and then worry to meet their
financial engagements. Insanity may
be caused by functional disturbance or
by an organic change. In case OF an
organic change it is doubtful II insanity
is durable. Dreams do not indicate
physical defect. They indicate that the
dreamer's stomach is out of order or
that he is worried. Dreams often seem
OF long duration, but 1t should DC re-
membered that thoughts fly so fast that
they cannot be measured. They will
travel over pretty much the entire uni
verse in five minutes.
Keeping the Mouth Shut.
"1f person keeps his mouth shut he
will not snore. If he cannot keep it
shut any other way he ought to tie
bandage under his chin and over his
head. The nose is the proper thing to
breath through. But snoring will not
do any harm. A person VINO appre-
ciates humOr, and has good, hearty
laugh now and then, is the better for it,
but to be eternally giggling and smirk-
ing, when there is no cause for tue rlsl-
bility IS neither beneficial nor interest
ing. A giggler is fool. Crying often
affords relief. If a person is suffering
from great grief and he is unable to
shed tears, there is decided danger OF
trouble in his mind.
NV neither the jovial or the quiet per-
son is apt to live longest is perhaps
question. Some people are so solemn
that they have not life enough to die, and
keep OH earth to curse everybody they
are acquainted with. 1t is not the length
of time one lives, but the good he does.
Some men could live 100 years and be
of no benefit. Others could in twenty
years accomplish wonders by their en-
ergy, and a proper us of their abilities.
One man may know no fear, while an
other may be frightened at his own
shadow. 1t is a mental affair. The
man with a good healthy stomach is apt
to have more courage than the man with
dyspepsia.
Every Man Should Love.
Every healthy man ought to love
woman if he can find one worthy of his
affection. There is a difference be-
tween love and lust. Love is creation
of the mind. A man must have mind
not the capacity for loving. Disappoint-
ment in love is I'M curious, as great grief
or sorrow is always harmful"
The same day DR.. FOrdyce Barker, the
eminent physician, whose practice is
among the wealthiest families in New
York, said to the writer: Human life
has been added to ten or eleven years
during the past half-century. The rea-
son people live so much longer, on the
average, than they use to is that there
has been a great improvement in hygi-
enic treatment and in food. People, in
other words, are better fed and better
cared for than they were half century
ago. The longevity Of future genera
lions will be still greater, for not only
will the human race become harder,
but the ways of living will continue to
grow better.
The average duration of life varies
in different parts of the world. There
are also periods OF life when disease
and death are more likely. A mans
life, in reckoning the liability to dis
ease, may be counted IN cycles. The
greatest mortality is found under the
age of five years. The individual liza
bility to death depends, of course, upon
the disease.
Consumption and Insanity.
THE most recent and most valuable
discoveries in medicine have been the
revelations as to bacilli. Phthisis or
tuhercular consumption is the most fire.
quent cause of death, as shown by the
vital statistics. The mortality from
phthisis is greater in colder climates, in
New England for instance, than In
Pittsburg or New York, and less in
milder climates. The disease is infectious.
1t may be communicated by the eXpec-'
torationS of person afflicted with 1t.
The reason cOnsumptlveS almost invari-
ably take whisky persiStently is on ac-
count of the belief that it arrests waste,
but it is doubtful if this theory is we'll
founded. The whisky, however. tenn
porarily overcomes lassitude and ex-
haustion.
Insanity, one of humanity's greatest
Affections, may be caused by excuses OF
almost any kind. Alcohol is frequent
cause. Tobacco, to some people, is
poisonous, but there is great deal of
extravaganza in the language used con-
corning it. If commanding is a cause
of insanity, it is very indirect one.
Paresis is decidedly different from
paralysis. Paralysis is loss Of power
and sensation, while paresis is loss of
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