The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1890-10-31
A PHYSICIANS TALK.
Crisp Sentences on Important Subjects
from One Who Knows.

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 recent
interview:
"The great mortality from phthisis
Or consumption is due to the varying
temperature and the foul air brSathed.
It is contagious, and healthy persons
can contract it. The sputum, or ex-
pectoration, becomes dry and is con-
verted into a 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 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 dis
ease. Certain specifics 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 Sc
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 durable.
"Dreams do not indicate 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 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 hui
NOR and has hearty laugh now and
then is the better for it, but to be eter-
nally giggling and Sinking, 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 decided danger Of
trouble in his mind. Whether the jo-
vial or quiet person is apt to live long
est is perhaps 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. 1t is not the length of time one
lives, but the good he does. Some men
could live hundred years and be of
no benefit. Others could in twenty
years accomplish wonders by their en-
ergy and the proper use of their abili-
ties.
lone man may know no fear while
another may be frightened at his own
shadow. It is mental affair. The
man with a good healthy stomach il
apt to have more courage than the
man with dyspepsia. Every healthy
man ought to love woman if he can
find one worthy of his affection. There
is difference between love and lust.
Love is a creation of the mind. A man
must have a mind capable of appreci-
ating love, or he has not the capacity
for loving. Disappointment in love is
injurious. as great grief is always
harmful"