The record-union., 1897-11-07

trefaction, and poisonous matters are
developed in the mass of putrefyins
food"
These still further irritate the stom-
ach But worse even; portion are ao-
sorbed and cause various nervous
symptoms. Headache, neuralgia, dizzl-
ness, and so-called hot flashes" affect
the sufferer.
Tender spots varying in size from q
silver dollar to three inches in diameter
develop over the chest and head. Tne
patient feels so i'll he commonly suspects
that he is suffering from heart disease,
Bright'S disease, or some illness saving
a certain fatal termination.
The painful neuralgia in his chest or
back confirms this fear. Often the
stomach arrangement is SO insidious
that even physician is misled and does
not suspect that the symptoms so far
removed from that organ have their or
IGN there.
Moreover, the weakened, debilitated
condition which quickly results from
stomach arrangement, the half-starved.
anaemic state which follows, renders
the patient peculiarly liable to contract
and develop the infectious and conta-
gious ailments.
Though consumption and other COM
runicable disease may attack strong,
healthy persons, it is extremely rare for
them to do so. The dyspeptics and the
weaklings in ninety nine cases out OF
every hundred are their victims.
The cure of. dyspepsia, when it has
advanced to the stage of catarrh or the
stomach, is often very difficult, weeks
and even months being sometimes nee
essary to effect it.
If the disease has extended beyond the
stomach into the intestines, the nervous
paroxysms that are of almost daily oc-
currence render life uncomfortable.
tor. is difficult-but nothing is easier
than their prevention. In nothing else
is the difference between the proverblal
ounce and pound better exemplifed.
"A little time devoted to proper eating;
a little rest after meals, that the stom-
ach may get good start to do it's work
again, and all may be avoided"
When / first began to practice my
i
Der of women of my acquaintance
whom l saw, not only professionally but
socially, who We're afflicted in some de-
gree with some ailment. 1t was very
difficult to find healthy woman.
Even now, though conditions have
greatly improved and are still improv-
ing, l believe a perfectly healthy wo-
man is quite rarity. I recently insti-
tuted a sort of rough census with the
purpose of ascertaining in a general
way the percentage of healthy women
tc the general mass of womankind- Feui
of my friends whose interest / awaken
ed made personal inquiries among theiI
aequaintances. The inquiries reached
239 women. Out of this number only
fourteen could boast of perfect health
How many women owe their i'll health
to modern modes of living, improper
eating, and improper clothing!
Tight lacing and its evils are hack
neyed themes, but l cannot pass them
by without just a word of denunciation
The bodily distortion that results from
COMPRISING the vital organs and dis
| placing them from their proper posi-
| tons is answerable for much misery
| Can a woman ride bicycle when Shf
| is tightly laced?" / asked an enthusias'
tic lady cyclist, when first noticed wo'
men were taking up the fad. She can,
was the reply, "but she is the most un
comfortable person on the face of the
earth. and she cannot climb a hill Il
save her life" l soon noticed tha
among a large class of women tigh
lacing was the exception. The bicycle il
doing more toward curing this evil thar
all that has been written or criet
| against it.