Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-02-09
Sound Lungs and Healthy Throat.
IDemorest's Family Magazine.l


If we would have good, sound lungs,
and a healthy throat, the following rules
should be observed: First, do nothing
that will diminish the lung capacity |;
take exercise enough to stimulate these
organs to normal activity, and then sup
ply them with plenty of fresh air, free
from every sort Of impurity. Second,
adopt diet that is plain and unstimulat-
ing, one in which iipe fruits and grains
form a large proportion and in which
greasy animal foods are used In limited
quantity. Third, do not eat more than
the system requires; find out about what
it needs and do not overtax It. Then, II
from any cause there is slight irritation
Of the throat or lungs, bathe the parts
frequently in cold water and follow with
brisk hand-rubbing till the skin is red.
Lastly, take full breathing exercises In
the open air with the mouth closed. CIV
ing to the lungs an ample supply of their
natural food.
With all this, use some precautions
against taking cold. Always regulate
your clothing to suit the temperature,
wearing just enough to keep comfortably
warm and let it be distributed equally
over all parts of the body. The extremi-
ties should be care fully looked after and
the feet kept dry and warm. On going
into the open air, have the back, espe-
cially between the shOulder-blades, we'll
protected, as we'll as the chest: but al
ways open or throw Off wrap in going
into a warmer atmosphere. Avoid
draughts, both indoors and Out-of-doors.
If the throat or lungs be delicate, keep
the mouth closed as much as possible
when out-of-doors: by breathing through
the nose the air becomes warmed before
it reaches the lungs. A silk handkerchief
or piece OF loosely woven material pla ced
over the mouth and nose, or the mouth
only, when in the open air, is very bene-
fetal for those who have any section OF
the throat or lungs and should not be
neglected when the temperature is at OF
below freezing point. Do not forget the
daily bath and handwriting, and, above
all, do not take medicines: they will dc
you no good, but much harm.
Our people need to substitute clean
wholesome diet for one that is gross anC
impure they eat too much animal food
and not enough of the products of the
earth. Our horses fare better than we
do, so far as their eating is concerned
their food is natural, while ours toe
often is not. Added to this, we are quite
| too fond of condiments, things tina
tickle the palate, but do not nourish
and whatever the system cannot appro
pirate 1t must throw out and Overtax it
self in trying to get rid Of them. An
other of our sins is that Of overeating
This, too, throws extra work upon tn
depurating organs, including the lungs
the mucous membranes are liable to suf
fer and, consequently, the throat. Man!
an individual breaks down in the thrOa
and lungs, simply from eating too much
more. perhaps, by one-half, than tn
system requires.
/ think 1t is Abernethy who is said tt
have given to patient, a lord suffering
with the govt, this prescription Ear
six pence day, and live on it." To
much to eat and too little to do il III
parent Of many ills. Nor is it too nue.
to say, that II our people were allow
anced, both in the quantity and qualit.
of the foods they eat, many diseases nov
prevalent would soon disappear.