The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-10

Discussing the healthfulness of cy-
cling the Lancet sensibly says: "Cy-
cling is not good for everybody, and If
abused is good for nobody. Within the
last two years people of all ages have
rushed into cycling in the most hap
hazard way They have regarded
neither age nor previous habits, nor
their physical condition. Small wonder
then that many have found evil rather
than good come from an exercise which
inevitably demands a heavy eXpendi-
ture both of nervous and muscular
force. Probably just the same outcry
would have arisen if the same class
had suddenly taken to running or row.
| ing, or mountain climbing, without any
| previous preparation. 1t is easy to
| preach moderation, but it must be re-
| memhered that moderation is a term
| varying with the individual and every
| one finds for himself how much he can
| do. With regard to the strain involved
in keeping up bicycle and keeping a
| lookout, it is probably no more than
| that involved in walking down the
street without 'cannoning against 9TH
ers, but many of US have done the one
| from childhood, while the other is but
| a newly acquired accomplishment.
| There is no need to make a bicycle a
very wheel Of IXion, especially with a
| safety for 1t is easy to get off and
! equally easy to remount; therefore the
| cry You must go on or you will fall
seems to us to ignore the fact that we
are reasoning animals"
| A person subsisting upon a lean-meat
diet, while he may manifest a greater
amount of strength than upon a more
natural dietary, and may be uncon-
scious of any abnormal condition, Is
like a person in a powder magazine
he is in constant danger Of vital cat
astrOphe The poison destroying func-
tiOns of his liver and the poison -elimi-
mating capacity of his kidneys are
| taxed to their utmost to keep the pro-
portion of ptomain and leucomains In
| the tissues down to point which per-
mits of the performance of the vital
functions. The margin of safety,which
nature has wisely made very large in
| order to provide for emergencies, is re-
duced to the narrowest possible limit,
50 that anything which temporarily in
terferes with the functions of the liver
or the kidneys, or which imposes addi-
tional work upon them, may be sufl-
cient to obliterate the safety margin,
and produce an attack of grave dis
ease.-Pub. Health Journal.
| o
Overlooking is the most frequent
cause of all gastric troubles. The stom-
ach of an infant is very small and
should be nursed at two hour intervals
and in small amounts. Too early
| weaving and the substitution of solid
for liquid food often causes Indigestion.
The pancreas does not secrete its spe-
cial ferment until the fourth month,
the salivary glands begin to furnish
! diatase about the ninth month, and
their full power is attained only at the
| eleventh month. Starchy substances,
therefore, cannot be digested at all be-
fore the fourth month, and nitrogenous
| matter before the tenth month. Vom-
iting is the characteristic symptom Of
infantile dyspepsia, but should be care
fully distinguished from a mere regur-
citation, which latter occurs imme-
diately after nursing, the former about
an hour later consisting of acid SMELL
ing clots.
Some women spoil their teeth by
their neglect to have them attended to
directly the least speck of decay is ap-
parent, and thus one tooth after an
other becomes affected, for the disease
Is very infectious and soon spreads.
The neglect in the majority of cases
arises from the dread of going to a dem
aist, but provided you consult a skill
ful operator the pain resulting from
having tooth stopped is nothing in
comparison to the aching which will
surely come at sine time or another.
Decayed teeth are not only unsightly
but tney impair the digestion and in
jure the general health. All acid bev-
erages, If frequently taken, are very
harmful TO the teeth, for by degrees
they destroy the enamel, and the ivory,
no longer protected by this covering,
is very liable to be injured and then
decay soon sets in.
In the report of the Massachusetts
state board of health are found the fol-
lowing statements of the percentage Of
alcohol as an ingdedient OF nerve slim
ulants and blood purifiers: Ayers sar-
saparilla 26,2 per cent, Paine's celery
compound, 2l per cent, ana Greere's