The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-08
TAKE CARE OF THE STOMACH
And Then You Will Enjoy Reasonably
Good Health.

Good Health.
BROOKLYN, n. Y, Feb 7.-S0metines 1
am crazy enough to wish that were the
proprietor and editor OF medical magazine.
grow sane again when think that have
never studied medicine, and without a
| diploma l should go to Jail. and again that
| though might have the magazine should
| not have the readers. But when | 60
through my mail morning otter ming
and read the complaints and note the in
| quiries, not only of my sisters all
over this blessed country, but
| from an occasional brother as
well, should be less than human II did
not wish for a wider sphere OF usefulness
| even for my limited capabilities. Given a
| few grains of common sense, q wide obser-
walton, practicasu understanding of physi-
| ology and desire to be of service with the
sick, the ignorant aDd the careless in close
proximity-a letter from Oregon even
| brings the pain Of the writer almost as
close as IL he were in the next room-it is
impossible not to wish for larger oppor-
| tuu1ty. Those communications are so pa
| thetic, so full Of mental and physical
anguish, and every wall is so much more
| plethoric with misery than the one that
preceded it, that sometimes | am fam to
ask, Where under the sun are the doctorsT'
| Heaven knows they are matriculatsd fast
| enough, aud 10 would seem as IL there ought
TO be enough Of them to 60 round. The
| science OF surgery he's advanced beyond the
most enthusiastic hopes of those who had it
most at heart. We have surgeons who an
be trusted to do almost anything with the
| human body, and still keep tbs breath
OF life In the patient. But surgery is an
| exact science and medicine is not
Physicians have always been terribly
Handicapped" popular practitioner told
| me not long ago, Tin their treatment of
| ladies. For instance, If ! am called to a
| patient suffering from a complication of
| disorders which c&n trace directly 70 a
constantly overloaded stomach or rich
and improper food; or tight cersets, or thin
shoes, or social dissipation, / can treat
| symptoms only which is a very uncientifc
thing TO do. II tell patient that she
| should have ten hours sleep out Of every
twenty-four aud that nothing else will re-
store her nervous tone, l am in disgrace at
once, provided she Is in society. Why,
| DIR. So-ahd-So keeps Mrs. So-aud~So all
| right, and she has something on hand every
night of her life during the season. she
| will answer, and if tell her that French
| heels cause the backache aud internal
| troubles from which she suffers l am not
likely to be sent for again. Women are
| very unreasonable and illogical, and when
| they have headache they want the head
| ache cured by means Of instant remedies
a fool or an old fogy."
would like to have been able to contra
| dict this statement, but / was not The
| fact is that women have not been educated
| to look back of effects. A headache is a
pain incident to humanity, and il physi-
clan knows anything he ought to- in their
| opinion, be able to dismiss il with a single
dose of medicine. In this way the different
dangerous bromide preparations have come
to be universally used. Two or three strong
doses OF soma Of these bromides will usually
| relieve, but In no instance do they touch
the cause Of the difficulty.
1t may be impossible for some prac.
titioners to separate the manly and chival-
| rous from the professional TO imply that
physical III has its origin in a mental
| weakness, in a wonnan's vanity. is not a
| very agreeable Office to perform, but the
| doctor who cannot do this should go out of
| business, or prescribe only for his fellow
men to whom he can speak with frankness
| and profit.
In view of these facts it becomes the duty
| or every woman who has anything vital to
say on these subjects to do it, for the need
| is great
should judge from my correspondence
| that headache was much more common and
serious than ever before. Some of my COR
respondents suffer chronically, some period
| ically, and others are likely to be attacked
ment, day or night They all inquire about
tue bromides, AID many tell me that they
| could not live without the relief afforded
| by them. Now | want to say to these
sufferers, that while there may be various
causes for this condition, that the principal
| one will be found in the stomach, aud can be
| traced TO overeating or improper food. IL
| can be safely said that we all eat too much.
We are in the habit of assembling three
times day in the dining room, aud If at
| any meal our appetites flag, we Immediately
| ny for the bottle which contains thea all DOW
erful tonic 1t never occurs to us that
our stomachs are the best Judges of what
they need, and that our Rppetites depend
upon the proper digestion and assimilation
of food. headache which comes from a
crowded stomach can always be cured by
| 1udicious fasting. Not long ago | made
this statement TO lady who had been a
victim for years Of what the doctor told her
was a nervous headache. l inquired what
kind aud what quantity of food she was in
the habit OF eating. This was a represent
alive bill of fare: Dat meal and cream,
beetsteak, two eggs and biscuits or cakes
Tor breakfast; soup, slice of roast beef
with vegetables and little of whatever
entree there was, pie or pudding and coffee
for dinner; for tea cold meat or fowl,
| pickles, preserves and cake.
| When she could not relish her food she
consulted her physician, who seemed able to
increase her appetite but not to decrease her
headache. advised this patient out OF my
| own personal experience. told her to stop
eating until her head ceased aching, and
then TO eat sparingly, indeed, and of the
simplest things. 1t cost a struggle to give
up desserts, and cake, and pickles. and
sweetmeats To eat one soft-boied egg and
piece Of dry toast with a cup of ffes for
breakfast was come down of several de-
| grees from the old programme, but she per-
severed. For dinner she had a small piece Of
rare beef, and sparingly of one vegetable.
Her dessert was sea moss blanc mango, and
her supper consisted entirely of thiss blanc
nange- She did not even eat piece of
| bread at that meal This woman has not