Connecticut western news., 1890-04-02
A PHYSICIANS TALK.

Crisp Sentences on Important Subjecta
 from One Who Knows.
 Dr. Lewis A. Sayre, the eminent New York physician, who says every body, under ordinary circumstances, ought to live to be 100 years old, made the following statements in a recent interview:
 ''The great mortality from phthisis or consumption is due to the varying temperature and the foul air breathed. It is contagious, and healthy persons can contract it. The sputum, or ex pectoration, becomes dry and is con verted into powder, which floats in the air and may be inhaled. The next ten years will show great diminu- ton in deaths from phthisis. Con- sumption can be cured. The way to cure 1t 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 dis ease. Certain specifies are essential, but they should be used with intelli- gence.
 Insanity, l should say, is increas- ing and the explanation is to be found in the way we live. Men rush to se- cure 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 if insan- ity is curable.
 Dreams do not indicate a physical defect They indicate that the dream er's stomach is out of order or that he is worried. Dreams often seem of long duration, but it should be remem- bered that thoughts fly so fast that they cannot be measured. They will travel over pretty much the entire universe in five minutes. If a 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 breathe through. But snoring will not do any harm. A person who appreciates hu. nor and has hearty laugh now and then Is the better for 1t, but to be eter- nally giggling and smirking, when there is no cause for the visibility, is neither beneficial nor interesting. 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 a decided danger ot trouble in his mind. Whether the jo vial or quiet person is apt to live long. est is perhaps a question. Some peo pie are so solemn that they have not life enough to die, and keep on earth to curse everybody they are acquainted with. It is not the length of time one | lives, but the good he does Some men could live hundred years and be oi | no benefit. Others could in twenty | years accomplish wonders by their en ergy and the proper use of their abili ties
 ''One man may know no fear while another may be frightened at his owr shadow. It is mental affair. The man with a good healthy stomach i. apt to have more courage than tn, man with dyspepsia. Every healthy man ought to love woman if he car find one worthy of his affection. There is a difference between love and lust Love is creation of the mind. A mar must have a mind capable of appreci ating love, or he has not the capacity for loving. Disappointment in love i! injurious. as great grief is alway l harmful"