The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

most trustworthy guide to judicious prac-
tice. Established custom affords a far
truer indication of the method most COM
patible with healthy existence. TIL case
of the overworked and the invalid lends but
a deceptive color to the argument of the
daylight sleeper. In them excessive waste
of tissue must be made good, and sleep,
always too scanty, is at any time useful
for this purpose. For the healthy MAORI
ty, however, the old custom Of early rest
and early waking is certain to prove in
future, as returns Of longevity and common
experience alike show that it has proved
in the past, most conducive to health and
active life.
A doctor writing in a medical paper says:
Gan immense number of people sleep on the
left side, and this is the most common
cause of the unpleasant taste in the mouth
in the morning, which is generally attrib-
uted to dyspepsia II a meal has been
taken within two or three hours of going
to bed, to sleep on the left side is to give
the stomach a task which is difficult in the
extreme to perform. The student of anat-
omy knows that all food leaves the stom-
ach on the right side, and hence sleeping
on the left side soon after eating involves
a sort of pumping operation which is any
thing but conducive to sound repose. The
action of the heart is also interfered with
considerably, and the lungs are unduly
compressed. 1t is probable that lying on
the back is the most natural position. but
few men can rest easily so, and hence it is
best to cultivate the habit of sleeping on
the right side.
A sense of dullness betrays something
wrong within him who feels 1t. He may be
i'll and need a physician; he may be idle
and need employment; he may be narrow
minded, and need broadening; he may be
selfish and need rousing to generous i'm
pulses and lofty purposes. Whatever be
the matter let him be sure that 1t is in
himself, not in the place where he lives
or the people with whom he Is thrown.
Everything in life is interesting, only he
has not found it out nor taken any trouble
to observe or to ~sympathize. As soon as
he does this, as soon as he goes out Of him.
self and hastens to act and to give, instead
of waiting to be acteu upon, and to receive,
dizziness flies away, and life is full of hope,
earnestness and interest
To keep girls compilations and spirits
good, to preserve grace, strength and agil-
ity of motion, there is no gymnasium so
valuable, no exercise more beneficial in re-
suit than sweeping. dusting,. making beds,
washing dishes, etc. One year of such
muscular effort within doors, together with
regular exercise in the open air, will do
more for a girls complexion than all the
lotions and pomades that were ever in
vented. Perhaps the reason why housework
does so much more for women than games
is the fact that exercise which is immedi-
ately productive cheers the spirit. 1t gives
women courage to go on living and makes
things really seem worth undertaking..
The Importance OF keeping the surface
and extremities of the body warm during
brain work has long Seen recognized in a
general way; but Professor Mosso. of
Turin. has demonstrated that when the
brain is active much more blood is sent to
it from the peripheral parts OF the body.
He has also found that the circulation of
the blood in the brain Is
subject to fluctuations which are
apparently not dependent on physical
activity. Fatigue caused by brain work
| acts as poison, which affects all the organs
| especially the muscular system. Sense OF
fatigue seems TO be due to the products of
the nerve cells rather than to the deficiency
Of proper substance.
According TO the Pharmaceutical Journal.
of Australia. the practice has been intro
duced into Victoria, on the recommends
ton Of Baron Won Mueller. OF placing green
branches Of eucalyptus in sick rooms as .
disinfectant- DR.. Curgenvsp states. after
: tuelys months trial. that ~ sases Of scax-