Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-09-08

about its cleanliness. This liaui,
taken slowly, in small tunblersfu
and for the most part between meal
VIII largely serve the purpose ,
mineral water. Not more than
tumblerful is wholesome at eac
meal, and it is best not to take tn
water just before going, or imme
diately after eating, or on going {
bed.
PLENTY TO EAT.
"As told you at first. a rheumati
must be nourished, and most espec
tally one who has languid appetite
Three meals a day is not enough fo
such a patient. Between breakfas
and lunch and between lunch ant
dinner fresh egg, beaten up il
sweet, fresh milk, is an excellent
Stimulant, more valuable than all the
milk punches ever devised. All these
reasonable courses do not lead to
cure, though, and unless exercise
that is, regular and never stinted, Is
taken every day. First of all, don't
pretend to try for athletics or violent
motions of any kind, since il il just
rs injurious to strain the aching
limbs as to let them lie inert.
For example, when rheumatism
attacks the knees, to swim, to bicycle
or play golf simply overtaxes the
tortured nerves and muscles. but il
you will take n cane and walk quiet
ly for mile or two; if the weather is
dry take your gun and go prowling
through fields and woods in search
of game, or, lacking an interest in
that, try to cultivate taste for
hunting botanical and chronological
specimens, the exercise then serves
as tonic. The main point is to use
the muscles regularly. In wet wealth.
er bedroom gymnastics serve rs an
excellent substitute for the more in
telligent outdoor pleasures, but only
in wet weather. Care must be taken
never to exercise so violently that
any danger is incurred from cooling
off too suddenly.
BATHS AND MASSAGE.
"The average American puts con-
siderable faith in baths, and natural
ly prefers the stimulating cold water.
This is well enough when the twinges
are not severe and the joints not
In violent attacks of rheu-
it is most essential to avoid
cold water and substitute hot daily
bath, dissolving i'm the water u piece
Of sulphur as big as hens egg. Such
a bath may not seem so invigorating
as the cold water, but, if taken rapid
Iy, followed by brisk toweling, with |
no sudden after-expOsure for an hour
to any cold air or drafts, the hot dip |
IS as bracing as the cold.
Last on the list of aids to the
rheumatic is massage. 1t Is one of
he few real aids TO relief in severe
attacks. Amateur rubbing is often Of
is great injury as genuine help, but
good Swedish nlasseuse can help
IN invalid over the hardest places,
nd really help to tone up the system.
\ rheumatic must, moreover, submit
o the unpleasant bondage of fan
lels-not the thick swathings that
he patient American, in his steam-
leated house, dutifully puts on in
october and wears until the first Of
-une, but close. lightweight flannels,
nd i'm so changing a climate as that
f the Northern States every rheu-
natic should own several sets of
Iannel of various degrees of weight.
'hese must be shifted off and on as
he thermometer rises and falls, so
hat at no time need the body be ex-
osed or Overclothed, but invariably
arefully protected. This is the whole
actics of war against rheumatism,
nd it's the only way" says,Dr. Ley
en-, .'that modern science can as
ume to battle such dire enemy to
uman well being"
He insists that whoever will follow
uch a regimen, will try to get plenty ,
f good, sound sleep and avoid un- ,
ecessary excitement and mental
train, can execute flank movement
n the foe and hold it absolutely '
'ithin bounds.