The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-25
YOUR GOOD HEALTH.

Cheerfulness. first Of all, Is a duty A
man owes to himself Any physician will
tell you that one of the best preventives
OF disease Is cheerfulness, and one of The
best curatives, when disase has set in is
that happy and hopeful disposition tina,
reels II IL all for the best, whatever comes
health or sickness, life or what they cali
death such man will be restored TO
health under the most adverse circum-
stances. while the strong but desponden,
and melancholy disposition will weaken
and fade away. All the doctors in the
land cannot save man who has not en-
Thinking OF this. the great English his
torian said that cheerfulness was worth
more than 5000 a year.
The Dublin Journal OF Medical Science
quotes an Interesting statement nv Sir
Benjamin W. Richardson concerning his
observations on the duration Of life Of the
onspring as compared with that of the
parents. He considers that II the ages of
the two parents and OF the four grand
parents be added together and divided by
six. the age Of the case in point will be
told with an average variation of not moro
than two. II the ages Of the parents are
high. the offspring tends to improve on
them; II low (say an average of 40 or low
err. the life Of the offspring will probably
be shorter.
Grapefruit is an admirable tonic as well
as most appetizing breakfast or lunch
con relish. The sharp stimulus of fruit
is one Of the best things to set the dges-
tive organs I'm order for the day and the
peculiar properties of the grapefruit give
1t marked medicinal value. When eaten
at luncheon 1t is prepared In differen:
way than for breakfast service. For the
second meal the contents OF two halves
should be scraped out. the seeds and
tough cone of dividing skin taken out
and the pulp and Juice thus obtained used
tf,f ~ ,, 1xynu x.,ht t.t
about do. 4 tablespoonful of sugar and
one of rum or sherry. mixed with the
juicy pulp, add the perfecting flavor At
breakfast. with the long. pointed orange
an orange and very little sugar Is used,
many persons preferrlng none on the
ground that its full medicinal value is bet
ter obtained.
The diet in old age is matter Of no lit
tie Importance. Milk. milk preparations,
and farinaceous foods are usually well
adapted to the nourishment of aged in
dividuals. Vegetable ailments rich in
starch and sugar and animal food con-
cause they are likely to increase the
fatty deposits within the body, and also
because, In consequence OF retarded cir
culation and less ,vigorous respiration.
trev become check to tissue metamor-
Observation-Disclosures from the blood the
oxygen necessary for Transforming other
and more available principles in tissue
food. On the other hand. an excess of
nitrogenous food IL to he avoided because
of the falling powers of the organs of ex-
cretion-particularly the kidney and liv-
ers. Plethoric persons should particular
ly avoid a tod stimulating diet, for the
walls of the blood-channels lose much OF
their strength with declining years and
render easy. from trifiing cause. the r,,p-
t,ire of a vessel in lungs or BRAIN For
similar reasons strong emotion or undue
physical exertion are frequently fatal to
the aged.