The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-21
Medical Notes.

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According to the Medical Brief, speak
ing editorial1y. in words Lndt are IL
dorsed by every true physic.Gn, the es-
regular habits. Thes conserve and pro
mote strong Organization. second, am
sentials of health are: First good anj
l.le provision for the growth DEVELOP
ment and recreation of the mind. Tnc
lnr constantly INF presses It's activity
upon the BODY: hence morbid saind wi !.
IA time. cause a morbid b ,dy and wise
versa. Third, temperance in all things,
both material and immaterial. It is as
foolish and hurtful to carry self denial
and self sacrifice to extremes as to over
eat or get drunk. Health is a harmony,
and requires US to strike a true balance
between the indulgence and repression OF
natural desires ana appetites. Upper
verted instincts furnish US a correct guide
in this matter
Persons who inherit delicate health lack
these highly developed instincts, but intu-
ition is very strong in them and If they
will follow its light unfalteringly and
practice good habits, dormant instincts
are viviied and trued up. Reason, too,
may be made to cooperate by expert
menting with. various plans to find out
what manner of life is best adapted to
the individual. Proper diet, unstinted
sleep, congehial occupation for mind and
body, with a progressive mental outlook
and the occasional change of air and
scene which refresh and eXhilarate, will
insure health. 3 s1
The trouble with the multitude is that
they like extremes. They want passion
torn to tatters. Hysteria in some shape
is their preference. They insist upon
spending their vitality lavishly. Life
must be vivid to luridness-ene long sen.
sation. Excitement is the breath of life
moderation the extreme of dullness.
They do not want health so much as
something which will enable them to
spend1eonstantlY and never be exhausted.
Doctors and drugs that will paralyze re-
action with its inevitable weakness, de-
lection and sadness, are in great demand
Hence morphine, cocaine, alcohol addic-
ton, and the like. Anybody can have
health who Will work and endure for it,
but there is positively no royal road to
well-being. Health must be paid for.
Drs. Pennebalzer and Trip call atten-
tionEto an element of danger in tobacco
more deadly than nicotine This is the
use of Paris green for destroying insect
pests which threaten the growing tobacco
plant. At first this WOrn-ldller was used
secretly, but 1t is now used openly. Dur
ing the present season It's use has been
directly causatiYe according to these
writers) Of the death blown into their
faces by the wind These physicians
state that the poison in plainly visible-en
the tobacco leaves as they are hung in
the tobacco barn and that without any
attempt to remove it, by spray or
sponge, the leaves are made up and sold !
Processes used for sweetening or other |
wise treating the tobacco do not remove |
the poison, but incorporate it more com
pletely throughout the tobacco. Produc-
ers of tobacco, say these writer's, do not
use their own tobacco, but seek that |
raised by smaller farmers who have
scruples against the use of Par is green |
Paris green contains over so per cent of |
arsenic and smokers or chewers of such |
tobacco must be Of necessity, sooner or |
later, be affected with chronic arsenical |
poisoning. The writer's suggest that in
spectors be appointed to examine to- |
bacco both during cultivation and manu- |
facture and that laws be enforced pro-
hibiting the use of Paris green as an
insectide in the tobacco fields.
The Medical Brief. speaking editorial
ly of taking cold" refers to weak spine
as a causative factor. Persons thus
afflicted usually take cold at the slightest
provocation. Such persons. even though
young, have round shoulders and stoop
forward like old men, while the muscles
of the back and abdomen are feeble and
faced. The internal organs under the
control of the spinal nerves are also
weak and iiI-regulated in their functions
and are thus readily disturbed by the
influence Of cold. The three most senxa-
tive centers are the nape of the neck the
region across and just below the Shout
ders and the small of the back. To
relieve this tendency to spinal conges-
ton, weakness. and undue sensitiveness,
the patient must learn to sit and stand
erect. AT first this requires an effort
of the will and constant attention, but
after little practice the muscles will !
become developed and become firm and |
strong. Daily and systematic exercise of |
the arms and legs is of value to strength /
en- the muscles in the back Cold spong- |
ing followed by friction, rubbing with |
alcohol. salt baths, etc, are also excel
lent measures fer hardening and viyi-
flying the skin and toning up the spinal
muscles and nerves. When a cold has |
hneen contracted mustard leaf or any
other form of counter-irritant applied
TO the back, near the affected part, will
greatly assist IN bringing about a cure.
DR.. Jack believes that in asthma the