Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-16
A health magazine observes that tc


get the correct method Of walking
without teacher We should know
what to avoid Go out in the street,
notice the walkers in front of you.
See the lady that Waddles SO along the
street that you are reminded of ducks.
Observe the man beyond her, how he
racks from side to side. Notice the
young lady who raises her head and
throws back her shoulders and walks
as if her spine were bolt Of iron run
ming into her head, stiff even to her
fingers. Watch the motions that give
| the ungraceful pOises2 and endeaVor to
correct them by .-e law of opposites.
Hold the hips well back, but not too
| stiffly, just easily. Poise the head so
that the eyes look on level with
! themselves, but hold it easily. Swing
the legs, in walking, straight back and
forth, not toeing in or out, and prac-
tice swinging step by raising the
| foot from the heel to the ball, and
from the ball to the toe, then back to
the same position by lowering the heel
to the floor Practice this with first
the right, then alternately, keeping
| the knee of the foot that is mot prac-
ticing easily straight.
! A physician who lis connected with
an institution in which there are many
children, says: There is nothing more
irritable to a cough than coughing.
or some time I had been so fully as
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minute at least to lessen the numDer
of coughs heard in a certain ward in
hospital of the institution. By the
promise Of rewards and punishments
[ succeeded in inducing them simply
to hold their breath when tempted to
cough, and in little while I was
myself surprised to see how some Of
| the children entirely recovered from
! the disease. Constant coughing is
precisely like scratching a wound on
the outside of the body: so long as it
| is done, the wound will not heal. Let
person when tempted to cough draw
| long breath and hold it until it
some benefit will soon be received
from this process. The nitrogen which
| is thus confined acts as an anOdyne to
the mucus membrane, allaying the de-
sire to cough and giving the throat
| and lungs a chance to heal.
A physician has recently remarked
a resemblance between myopia and a
certain disease of the heart. In both
diseases the walls of the organ affect
ed are stretched beyond their normal
limits, and as a consequence are
thinned and weakened. In both dis
eases the walls of the organ affected
are stretched beyond their normal
limits, and as a consequence are
thinned and weakened. In both dis
eases the well being of the sufferer
depends in large measure on the
amount of rest given the affected or
gan. Unusual eXertiOn, or sudden
or prolonged strain, must in both cases
be carefully guarded against. AS soon
as short sightedness is noticed, it
should be checked by giving the eyes
nearly absolute rest. Glasses will US
ually enable child to play with his
! fellows, which is always to be en-
cOuraged. The general health is to
be looked after when for any cause it
is lowered, since the progress of the
local disease is always affected 10y the
general state of health. When it has
been definitely ascertained that the de-
feet of the eye is not becoming worse
but is either stationary or improving
work may be resumed within limits
decided upon by the physician.
''One is never" says a physician
far from pretty good medicine chest
with hot water at hand. It is most
useful assistant to the mother of a
family of small children, who is fright
ened often to find herself, in the sum-
Gner wandering, confronted by a sud-
den illness of one of her flock, without
her usual dependence-th family doc
tor. If the baby has Group, fold a
strip of flannel or a soft napkin
lengthwise, dip into very hot water,
and apply to the child's throat Repeat
and continue the application till relief
| is had, which will be almost at once
For toothache or collie, or a threat
| ened lung congestion, the hot water
treatment will be found promptly eff
| ficacious If resorted to. Nature needs
only a little assistance at the first
stage of trouble to rally quickly in the
average healthy child, and often hot
water is all that is wanted"
| STRANGE.