The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-06
CONCERNING HUMAN LIFE.

CONCERNING HUMAN LIFE.
1t has been asserted by some scien-
lists that the head of the bed should
be pfaced to the north, so that the polar
current may srike vertically through
the body toward the feet; others advo-
cate very low pillow. allowing the
neck to remain unbent. Many people,
however, prefer Il more upright ntti-
tude during sleep and some sufferers
from insomnia even go so far as to
nave the spring mattress slightly ele-
vailed at the top, so as to form q low
Inclined plane. The correct position to
assume while seeking sleep Is on the
right side, especially after Eating. The
breathing should he done through the
nose, and the mouth kept shut If pos,
Sibe.
Bread is now placed under the ban
Dy some of our advanced scientists as
the most fatal Of the numerous foods
which have lately incurred The dis,pp-
probation Of medical writer's Several
experts, medical and lay, are advocates
OF the theory that the staff of life be
comes the staff OF death, and declare
That we must avoid bread as the king
evil OF the starfhy foods. An American
writer on hygiene maintains that bread
causes indigestion and obesity Dr.
Evans of the Royal College Of Surgeons
concurs with the New York physician
In his bioomy view of bread as n health
ful food. Tn scientists should have eX-
piadned that 1t is the yeast wllioh causes
the trouble with the bread Most
yeast bread, and particularly yeast
rolls, mullins and grld(lle cakes, are
not baked at n temperature high enough
, TO XIII the yeast germs, which are ac-
cordingly left to pass alive into the
stomach, where they rapidly muLtiply,
fEInlPnt "A n 1,tnA ut
retard digestion. cause dyspepsia and
other alimentary Ills. There Is no food
more healthful in every respect than
light, sweet rolls. mullins. tea biscuits
ana similar bread foods IL raised with
proper baking powder and they should
be substituted i'm place of yeast raised
FOOD wherever possible.
The British association for the Adj
Vancement of Science at IFS annual
meeting took UP, among other things,
Inc study of the structure of human
beings 1t comments upon the manner
IN winch the human anatomy is put to-
SSther in order to give grace tnI free
dom or action. These pecuiarjtdes are
10 a great extent wanting in the lower
ANIMALS The marked superiority OF
the hand over the forepaw Of any croa
tufe rs dwelt upon. The brain comes In
ior Speclal study. 1t is said that the
N'At' "a ivy Weigh more at their birth
than those of girls, and that men ri
great intellectual power have brains
that weigh flfty-hvc or sixty ounces
whiie brains of imbeclles may not weigh
over thirty ounces. While this may
DE. and probably is true, the question
arises whether quantity Is the thing TO
De sought after in the brain. Many of
our intellectual giants have haen ov.
ceedhgly small men, with heads that
could ny no possibility contain sixty
ounce brains. We live far above the
level where power, ability and great
ness can he measured with n. noc,xet
RUE. a tape line or a pair of scales,
Vuahly SO far tmtranks quantity that
~ 10 iioL 20 ne mentioned in the same
connection. BY ingenuity. dizziness and
1orethought man may perform prodi-
gies of labor without the exercise of as
siiuch muscle as other men would en-
pioy an doing 1.-THE Of the work