The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-02
.lIMATIC WOMEN.
q md Plain Advice-HOme Ex-
Z Will Limjer Stiff joints.

loun is safe in one form Of rheutlsm
SGly-intmmatory But if it be your
f.a,lat aches with rheunatlc pam, you
s%3ss consider yourself heavily aiiilcted,
TfJu cannot do your daily work without
Special joint. You should IellcltEe
Elf instead that necessity obiges you
4, your arm and keep the painful JOINT
Bnotion. Recall how much worse Is tne
10y in the morning after the night III
i action of the hand.
If you are conscious that you nave become
! liable to rheumatic attacks you ought ~
j give your habits of life u serious overhaul
ing Rules for eating and drinking, work
ing, resting and bathing must be made ana
carried out. &C.
| have heard that Japanese women suffer
from rheumatism because they take so
many steaming hot baths. But
plenty of baths you must have,
either cold or hot. that the
skin may perform it's excretory functions
and rid you of your waste. II you i've IN
town where dust and germs are constantly
astir a Saturday night baths Is niue better
than no bath at all.
! Mineral waters prescribed as drinks for
rheumatism are of no value unaccompamed
by exercise and baths. .
Rheumatic people must. avoid sweets:
Beef, too, is best left out or your dlet. az
meats should be eaten seldom. NO meat
I should be eaten oftener than once day
/ Women's habits of careessness dispose
| them toward rheumatism. They sit with
/ damn stockings on and skirts. and they SIT
| in drauehts Many are careless of their
health from very unselfishness. Thousands
| have no time to take precautions. fNerE
I physician knows that there are lnyrlaus ol
i women who are too tired to observe rules
of eating sleeping. bathing and eHerclse.
| Their stOniachs cease to digest, their SKINS
/ lose tone so that they take cold easily. thelr
muscles break down. 1t seems almost use
less TO cry aloud in the ears of these hllr-
ried and tired women:
Save a little energy for future years
rs Won advance in life you will flnd lncreaS-
ing difficulty in keeping your system Ill
Yet the time used up today in exercise
would be regaied tomorrow or next "eeA'
Treatment for Chronic rheumatism.
IF Won have chronic rheumatism ana are
already stiff, you best cure yourSell ps
| swift means send for good nasSeufe,
and have massage every morning before
your DAYS work begins. If you hve III
| certain great cities, there are institutes
who're Won can 90 and let machines knead,
ponnd. tap and roll your muscles until you
feel like q new crature H.
IF Won cannot afford this luxury, You needs
must do the work for yourself. 1ou can
| not give yourself massage very "e'' D"'
you can take exercises: -, ,;.,,l,.
IF the rheumatism is in the lower ilinbs,
begin treatment with the ankles. Seas
Yourself in low chair, rest the can 9l
| {.
fortv times outwards and forty times up
wards Then bend it upwards and down
wards against the resistance which you can
make with your own hands. Ilncn ~;
D.. press it. knead it as deeply as you WouIi
kneod dough rub it from the toes TO the
I.no" +hen hothe If in hot soda water and
DO tbe same thing for any sore, Joint not
actually inhamed, give yourself hai1 an hour
of your day.
| Muscular Rheumatism.
If YOU have purely muscular rheumatism
| between the shoulders or Ill INC p'ch' '''No
| the following exercise:
a. Stand facing your doorway bar placed
at the height of your waist. Hands on hips,
fingers forward, heels together. Bend Tor
| ware, from the waist as far as possible, lean,
ing on the bar, keeping the knees sun ana
| the ewes on the ceiling. Now DO vigorous
arm movements, upward, outward ana Dack-
| ward with all the force possible.
CD Stand with your back to the bar, ana
bend backward as far as possible over 1t,
| doing the same movements with the arms.
(3D Hands ON hips rs before, shoulders
well back aud rotate the upper part OF your
body on the hips as pivot. Bend We'll tor
ward to the right, backward to the lett
and forward again. Describe as large CIR
Gle with your head as possible. When you are
dizzy from rotating in one direction then
untwist
a. Lie on table or bench. face down,
your feet held down by some person or thing.
i With your hands on your hips try to raise
your body by bending your back backwards.
After you can do this well, Try to turn tho
| body while you raise ii.
90 Rheumatism of the hip requires leg
and hip movement Lie on your back and
rotate each leg in turn and then together
making a large perfect circle i'll each direc-
ton.
o. A treadle motion in great moderation is
good for muscular rheumatism in knees and
| .,,lyI nc I;r1l,i TO; IApt ynr
else. Also long mountain walks.
| % Whatever exercise you take must be III
a wellventilated ROOM and let us much at
tention be paid to the breathing as to the
with long, full, lung expansion, and you
will soon learn the value of oxygen for
rheumatism.
Causes of Rhcumatism
And now what is the cause of rheuma-
tism? and why adopt treatment by exer-
ciSes? The cause is an excess of Tactic
acid in the system.
This excess may be due to failure in
| digestion; or to some want of tone in the
nerve ccnters which preside over assimila
ton of food. There may be little rheuma.
tism microbe-whO knows? but If one should
be found who could tell why it attacks one
| joint and not another!
1t is enough for all practical proven
tive purposes to know that people who are
exposed to changes of weather and of tenn
|
selves to become very tired-tOo tired to
keep warm or to digest their food-are the
teople who suffer from rheumatism.
Acute ,,r tn iin,ni lthruIn;t
If your rheumatism is acute the joint
must be kept absolutely quiet until the III
| tianinatiO'i ud~ Sui,Sl6pd.
If you have lumbago or stiff neck. or IN
tercosta rheumatism so sharp rs to make
you fear heart disease of pleurisy, or If the
pain has attacked your face or head, you
may take Il Turkish bath; or you may ap-
ply bisers and get yourself into Il tuil per
spiration. AS soon as the severity OF the
attack has passed, send for the masseurG
or 90 to work in your home gymnasium.
| In case of Gont.
As for govt many of our generation sur
| fer from thc sins ~ our tHth"rS Hhu ~" Ct
fathers Too much roast beef and red WINE
made our ancestors ''portly Ihcy over
ate, over-drank and have transmitted TO
their children not only govt but also an
epicurean taste in food.
An open air life, regular exercise ana reg
uiar hours will do all that can be done to
cornteract natural tendency to govt.
Form a habit of eating simple and SUB
stmntial food-the finer kind OF meat, eggs
h( and oysters: hut AZ little trEt' st" II
y tstarchy vegetables as possible; no not