Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-05-02
PRESERVE YOUR HEALTH.

With tho discussion aud develop.
mcnt Of sanitary science aud the
general increase " knowledge regard.
ing hyeieuiU laws, there has been a
very material reduction during the
past century In tho death rate which
attends tho collecting places Of civil.
i2atlou-villagos, towns anu cities; and
~ information and practice Ia respect
to tho laws VI health arc augmented
among the people We may look for a
SIN further cutting down Of thr lisl Of
premature deaths. Some people are
singular iatallsis; they believe that
dissolution cannot come 10 any IN.
diyidual except by the DEGREES Of fate,
which mortal efforts cannot ovstturn.
Hut the actual experience Of mankind
points 10 an opposite conclusion. Not
that people arc not fa,ed TO die nj a
given Time; for th0y are, when the
circumstances which control them are
directed that way aud are unchanged.
For instance, Ia times Of epidemic,
or with unhcalthful surroundings
Or climates, when people are stricken
with disease, medical skill OF fails 10
having the eject which usually might
DO expected 10 follow igs employment.
The conditions arc such that the
applied -klll cannot overcome or con.
troll them. hut when disease which
produces death Is result either Of uu.
cleanliness or ChTelrssuess, caro- aud
cleanliness will prevent the operation
Of the dueuse anu CUut,uurully the
death which otherwise would come.
Inc cause being Tor health and longey.
lty, ils effect IL the one 10 DO naturally
expected, w the cause being tor death
produces that result. That IL the extent
OF tho iatalism referred t0,and no more.
Human experience has shown that In
worry large mehturb the ability 10
TO reach the cause aul direct IT, opef,
atIuns one way or another Is within
touch Of human beings both by spirit.
ual and material meaus; hence the
Importance Of asCortuu,ug how 20
exercise this ability to the creates, ad.
vantage.
with each change Of the seasons, the
human body is exposed TO new dau.
geIs agaius, which the Intelligence Of
lhe community aud the individual,
acting In harmony with the FIRST law
Of nature, "shUuld guard. For instance,
now that spung Ia fairly upou us and
everything breathoH easier through tho
freedom iUm winters cold, how rich IL
the harvest of death, which Ia many
respects could be- materially lrssrupd.
How 20 do this isa umrIy topic. Aud
Ia this respect there be- something
worth deep study iu the advice OF that
eminent German writer ON health, d.
a.,MiL He declare. that the method
uecy.stllly 60 combat climatic varIa.
lgns b. "tuuyhcn uur bodies againat
changes in weather.
Bul the lougnuuiug process 10 the
Hncully which Bppcars before many
rroglr, yet a. the Gcrmsn writer
shows, and Bs every Hu ynt 20 aaul,
.ary ami medical science ls aware, D.
ia within the rc,rh W most prrsous.
|ItiB nothing more o. Ices than plenty
OF iTesh aIF gud reasonable exercise.
some people close their houses DO
tightly that the occupant must re-.
breathe the Gir many times over they
shut Down everything At night under
the false idea lbst night air ls az,
healthy, ns though We he'd any other
than ulghta.r To breathe during th,
sleeping hours they seem 90 imagin,
that TO keep out OF gao trslght 10 q.
necessary TO shut On Mo CHIEF sup
porter %. NE, the freely circulated at
m9sphefD,
This excessive care is a cause oil
Destroying, not prolongiug life. Tn,
normal condition VI existence, physi