Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-07
RATIONAL LIVING.

One great benefit OF modern DIFF
coveries concerning the causes and
sources Of disease is the interest
thereby awakened in the question
Of The prevention of sickness ns equally
Important to that Of its cure. 1t is now
generally recognized that a perfectly
healthy person is practically safe
sgsinst the attacks Of the germs OF
sickness. A person may breath baeillie
--as the case often is in street cars,
theaters, hotels, and other public
pIases-but unless his system lie pre-
viously made susceptible, the chances
Of infection are now deemed
% small az not to merit mention. Un-
less the soil ia previously prepared for
the seed, there can be no growth. A
healthy body carries within itself am-
pie protsctioR. The great question
then is how TO live so 40 to secure
health and to have sufficient to trans
NIT to the posterity.
DR.. Charles w. Purdy, In the North
American Review for June, devotes
All article to the discussion OF this
question, and points out some OF the
more general errors In living.
Que OF them IL the overindulg.
snoe In meat. Man belongs to the
GLASS known ~ omnivors, and only by
drawing proportionaily upon all the
ordinary products Of the earth for his
food can hs hope to retain health,
since by combining himself largely to
only one source he overtaxes one set
Of organs to the injury Of the whole
system. For similar reasons 1t 10 q
grave error to indulge largely In
sweets and starchy foods. People OF
sedsntary habits particularly feel the
effects Of sin in this respect.
Another error noted IL the excessive
quantity Of food consumed. A great
many people who have inherited q
splendid physique from their aneei-
tors break down in early life because
Of this violation Of = natural law.
The question OF beverages IL also
important, The author condemns the
aduIterated mixtures that often are
sold under the name OF soda water,
which seem to contain almost every
thing but sods. Equally bad are the
liquors and beer that are used as stim-
uiants. The hAbitual use of these en-.
tail the consumption of large amounts
OF sugar, and indigestion and head
ache are the consequences. "Be 1t re
membsred," the doctor says, "thst al
q rule, It Ia the sugsr, and not the al
ophsl, that 10 responsible for BOTH"
Other srrors Of living are aversion t.
bodily exercise, overheated dwellings
and disrsgsrd OF proper clothing
adapted to the varying seasons. On
the last subject It 10 stated that 1t is o.
comparative Indifference Of what
material external garments are com
posed 80 long ss the proper quality oil
goods be worn next the body. All
wool underchothes are recommended
as the only ones that afford adequate
protection ip our northern climate.
Probably never since the days o
the old republics to which the worl'
Is still Indebted to much that is exec
lent In arts and sciences have tn
questions OF the proper mode OF livini
bsen 70 seriously considered as ut thu
present time. 1t Is sign OF advance
ment and q promise for the future. 1
the old saying about sound mind ii
sound body be true, 1t may be ex
peoted that men,al improvement
Will 60 hand in hand will
physical health. And on thi
held, as so many others, theI psopl
that first settled these valleys must b
recogn ICED as pioneers. At the tim
The Word Of Wisdom was given TO tn
world, the subject was bat imperfect.
understood, even where its importanc
was to some extent suspected. Toda.
science has thrown some light upon II
Ind thoughtful men and women ar
pbeying the uounsels OF that sword