The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-03-28
HINTS NATURE GIVES
SYMPTOMS THAT SHOULD WARN MEN
CT COMING SICKNESS.


! ing and Recurring Winter Colds.
| The Meaning of Blue Hnnds-Apo-
pIexy's Warning Signals.
Nature scarce ever strikes without
warning. In so far us disease is con-
cerned it gives clear signs Of what Is
impending days, weeks, months and
| even years before the attack. If people
looked for these signs and took warn
ing from them, they would escape
much serious illness and live many
years longer than they do. 1t is'indeed
remarkable how careless we are in this
respect. \ man who will anXiously
scan the sky for signs Of coming rain
lest his top hat may get spoiled will
never dream of examining his eyes,
nose or finger nails for signs of coming
illness.
The SneeZe, for instance, Is very sig
niiicart. 1t is always sign that some
thing Is injuring the air passages any
where from the nose down to the
lungs. Should it be only q case Of snuff
or pepper. of course the sneeze is Of no
consequence But often 1t is an tndica-
ton Of congestion. There is infamma-
ton somewhere, with too much blood,
and the object of the sneeze Is to give
relief by getting rid of some of the
fluid. This sneeze is warning that
every prudent person should attend to.
1t Is at least the forerunner Of a cold.
But it may indicate an approaching at
tack Of bronchitis or pneumonia. When
there is much sneezlng, accompanied
by something like a small shower Of
rain, the victim will do well to take
warm footbath. go to bed and adopt
the other usual remedies to cure cold.
The winter cold itself Is a grave
warming When 1t recurs two or three
times every winter, 1t Is sure to be fol-
lowed in the end by chronic bronchitis.
Once this comes on 1t Is practically in
durable.
Men are started on their lives much
as shell from u cannon-with GER
tain fixed quantity of energy. II dis
ease or accident does not carry them
off. they will die some time of what
we call old uge-in other words when
the energy with which they started Is
spent. Some have energy enough to
carry them over the full century; 9th
crS have only sufficient to keep them
going for ninety. eighty. seventy, sixty
or fewer years. Now. early badness Is
sure sign. with some exceptions, that |
the energy is likely to fail sooner than
in the average man. But all kinds OF
badness have not this significance.
Sometimes the loss Of hair arises from
scalp disease caused probably by mi |
crobcs The warning badness is that |
kind which commences about the tenn
pies and on the crown Of the head and |
gradually eats its way over the scalp |
until only circular fringe of hair Is
left
Blue nails. or blue hands, betoken
weak or obstructed circulation. They |
are warning against overexertion Of |
any kind. The obstruction may occur
from disorder Of several organs in the |
body. But most commonly the blue
ness indicates that the heart is not up |
to the mark.
Yawning Is somewhat similar |
warning. 1t is sign that the steam |
has run down and that 1t is time to go |
to bed or perhaps to go into the open |
air. When you sit In close room, the |
lungs do not receive sufficient of the |
vital gas. oxygen. The yawn Is then |
desperate effort of the lungs to proper |
ly aerate. the blood, and 1t warns you |
TO open the windows or to leave the |
room When you are out of bed too |
long or when you have done an unusu-
ally hard days work. the waste prod
ucts Of your body are present In e1ces-
sive quantity. Then the yawn is |
warming to you to lie down and rest
Most people have n great horror OF
getting q ''Stroke" or fit Of apoplexy. |
It is not by any means as unpleasant |
as the toothache. but the suddenness
of 1t is what appalls. There Is really |
no suddenneSs about It. however. No
disease gives such early warning. A
"stroke" is very simple occurrence |
and not ut all horrible. 1t results from |
two or three causes. but the most COM
mon one is this: A little artery In the |
brain wears out and lets some blood |
escape. which clots. presses on the |
brain and paralyZes whatever part or |
the body IS governed by the piece OF
brain pressed upon. Now this artery |
wears out only III common with other |
arteries Of the body. In some people |
they all become what Is called athe- |
romatous. or hard and brittle. At the
same time they become tortuous or
twisted. We can see these hard and
tortuous arteries on the temples. and
then we know it is not safe to do any
thing which will congest the brain. |
lest the one little artery there, which
is especially liable to give way. Shall
let the blood escape. Likewise warn
ing is often given by the tiny arteries
of the eye. They break and let out
little traces of blood. which can easily |
be seen. hut n cold or sleepless night
may do the same. When these signs
occur they occur months and
years before the stroke-do not get ex-
cited or angry. no matter how great
the provocation. do not rush to catch
an omnibus or in any way overeXert
yourself. and do not dine too heartily.
BY taking the warnings given by M
turp you will insure yourself against
this pleasantest way of leaving the
world and he sure Of dying Of cholera
or smallpox or some other respectable
uispase- London Mail.