Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-16
THE BODY AND ITS HEALTH.

THE BODY AND ITS HEALTH.
LIME JuIcE.-Lime juice is very SINH
lar to lemon juice in its nature, says
medical writer, ard is sold in the market
by the bottle. 1t is generally acknowl-
edged to be an antidote for scurvy, and
by English law it is rendered compulsory
for every ship to take on board lime or
lemon juice. For the navy the admiralty
use lime juice only. The constant use
of lime or lemon juice of good quality will
greatly discourage a variety of COM
plants, such as dyspepsia, bilious disor-
ders, etc., which the present luxurious
state of living on liberal flesh. alcoholic
diet, without its corrective aid, greatly
fosters. This vegetable acid should be
placed on the dinner table instead of the
vinegar bottle, and as regularly as salt.
While as an ingredient for sauces. for al
most every kind of food, it has no equal.
AS salad dressing, to mix with oil, it is
more wholesome than vinegar.
DoN'T WoRRY.-Every movement of
muscle, whether it accomplishes anything
or not, whether voluntary or involuntary,
costs an outlay of bodily strength.
Every thought also involves an expendi-
ture of strength. Therefore, all thought
involving fret, worry, fear, or borrowed
trouble, is so much strength unproftably
expended. You may always tell man
or woman whose existence has been u
lifelong fret by their oarewoln, emaciat-
ed faces. They are never healthy. Fret
kills more people than cholera. 1t leaks
away strength constantly. At last the
weakest organ of function gives way.
This we call disease. The doctor comes
and gives the disease Latin name.
The disease may attack the heart, liver,
lungs, or other parts of the body, but
the real and underlying cause has been
at work for years in the patients mind.
It may almost be called automatic mind
or body action, or automatic exhaustion.
A TREATMENT FOR HEADACHE.-This
treatment, recommended by NJ. Dour-
douki, of Moscow, has the merit of being
both original and simple. While exam
lining one day patient complaining of
atrocious headache he used percussion of
the Uranium, just as is done for the chest
to ascertain whether there was any appa-
rent material lesion. Two or three min
utes after finishing his examination he
was greatly astonished to hear his patient
say that his headache had completely
disappeared. This method of treatment
has succeeded in his hands whenever
there was no material cause for headache.
The percussion must be made lightly
with only one or two fingers, without
producing any disagreeable sensation.
but increasing gradually the intensity of
the taps. In this way sort of vibratory
massage is administered, which removes
the distressing symptom. 1t is evident
that this relief can only be momentary
and that the cause must be discovered
| in order to be sure to cure the headache.
| The same means is efficacious in muscu-
lar pain in nervous, impressionable
people. 1t is at any rate easy to try,
and according to the old saying, can't do
any harm, even if it don't cure.
| THE Foop VALUE OF AN EGG.-Six
large eggs will weigh about a pound.
As q flesh producer one pound of eggs is
equal to one pound of beef. About one
third of the weight Of an egg is solid
nutriment, which is more than can be
said of meat. There are no bones and
tough pieces that have to be laid aside.
Practically. an egg is animal food; and
yet there is none of the disagreeable
work of the butcher necessary to obtain
it. Eggs at average prices are among
the cheapest and most nutritious articles
of diet. Like milk, an egg is complete
food in itself, containing everything that
is necessary for the development of per-
feet animal. It is also easily digested,
If not damaged 10 cooking. Indeed there
is no more concentrated and nour-
ishing food than eggs. The albumen.
oil and saline matter are, as in milk, in
the right proportion for sustaining ami
NAL life. The valuable or important
salts are contained in the yolk, and hence
this portion of the egg is most useful in
some forms of disease. A weakly per-
son, in whom nerve force is deficient and
the blood impoverished, may take the
yolk Of An egg with advantage, The
iron and the phosphoric compounds are
in condition to be easily assimilated,
aud, although homeopathic in quantity,
nevertheless exert q marked influence ON
on the system. The yolks of eggs con-
tanning, as they do, less albumen, are
not so injuriously affected by heat as the
whites; and a hard boiled yolk may
usually be eaten by invalids without in
convenience.
An English lady owned big St. Ber-
nard which would kill lambs. One day
q farmer gave the dogs mistress pretty
lamb. she put it on the lawn with the
dog and sternly commanded him to let it
| clone He did and thu two h.c.~n