The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-07-30
Health in Hot Weather.

every man at forty is either physi-
clan or FOOL
The old proverb was based on the no.
ton that every man by the time he reach
ed middle life learned how to care for his
own health.
If We admit it's truth, however, we
must concede that very large proportion
OF our male population of mature years is
made up of-well not physicians. In
mersed in the rush and hurry of business,
the last thing they give any attention to is
their health.
In this frightfully hot weather every
man who would avoid the risk of collapse
or sudden death must pay some regard to
his physical condition and adopt a whole
some, rational way of living. If he does
this he can not only preserve his health,
despite the high temperature, but may
enjoy comparative comfort in eireum-
stances which impose intense suffering
upon less thoughtful persons.
To begin with, one must keep up his
strength. Natures provisions for restor
| ing the tired or wasted system are food
and sleep. 1t follows that to be healthy
man must eat well and sleep well. To
say that one should in this weather take
only light nutritious food and sleep in an
airy, well ventilated room is to state d
mere commonplace, and yet how many
disregard these simple suggestions. Avoid
fatty or heat producing foods. For most
| persons leading sedentary life meat once
a day is quite sufficient. Many men who
would 60 to their days work refreshed
and strengthened by a breakfast of eggs,
bread and butter and ripe fruit are made
| torpid by devouring fish and flesh until
their overburdened systems beget cray
ing tor stimulants.
Don't eat in a hurry. If you live in the
suburbs and must rush to catch the morn
/ ing train a sandwich carried to the cars
and eaten at leisure on the road will do
you more good than dainty breakfast
| that is "bolted' before you start. See
that your clothing is not only light in
weight but that it fits you loosely, so as
to permit of the circulation of air about
the body, and particularly shun tight
shoes, which are menace to health and
positive preventive of comfort. 1t is of
chief importance that the head be cool. A
straw hat is indispensable, and when ex-
posed to the direct rays of the sun those
who can do so should carry an umbrella.
Those who are obliged to labor in full
sunshine should guard against stroke
by placing a cabbage leaf OF similar sub
! stance within the crown of the hat.
To readily carry off the waste of the
system it is not sufficient that the diges
! ton be regular; the millions of pores that
cover the surface of the body must be
! kept open. Each of these pores is a little
escape pipe through which rejected and
! poisonous substances are exuded. When
/ they are choked these substances are
forced back into the system and there
work no end of mischief. Even when one
is taking daily dip into the surf the skin
should be kept in good working order by
means of tepid baths When the facilities
for this are not at hand good sponge
| makes a tolerable substitute. The great
est danger of all in this kind of weather
| is a draught or a sudden change of tenn
perature when overheated. When the
| body is bathed in pe1spiration, if one
calelesslv throws off the clothing. or in
| any way suddenly reduces the tempera-
! ture. he is simply inviting death.
Ice water kills more persons than
strychnine does. 1t should be drunk in
great moderation and slowly slipped. a
mouthful at a time-never GUIDED. 1t
should be absolutely avoided at meals.
Taken into the mouth directly after hot
food it cracks the enamel of the teeth.
and entering the stomach it chills the
natural fluids. so that they are untitled
| for the work of DIGESTION Tins 1ayino the
foundation for thousand evils. The use
of moderately cool wafer NOT only avarts
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