The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-29
HINTS NATURE GIVES
SYMPTOMS THAT SHOULD WARN MEN
OF COMING SICKNESS.


ing and Recurring Winter Colds.
The Meaning of Blue Handn-ApO.
plexy's Warning Signals.
Nature scarce ever strikes without
warning. In so far as 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. 4 man who will anxiously
acan 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
nfficant. 1t is always a sign that some
thing is injuring the air passages any
where from the nose down to tie
lungs. Should it be only case Of snuff
or pepper. Of course the sneeze is of no
consequence. But often it is an indica-
ton of congestion. There is inhamma-
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 a warning that
every prudent person should attend to.
| 1t is at least the forerunner Of cold.
But it may indicate an approaching at.
| tack of bronchitis or pneumonia. When
there is much sneezing, 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
warning. When it recurs two or three
times every winter, it is sure to be fol-
| lowed in the end by chronic bronchitis.
Once this comes on it is practically In
durable.
| Men are started on their lives much
as a shell from a cannon-with ce--
tain fixed quantity of energy. If dis
ease or accident does not carry them
of, they will die some time OF what
we call old age-in other words, when
the energy with which they started 10
spent. Some have energy enough to
carry them over the full century; 9th
ers 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 CT
badness have not this significance.
Sometimes the loss of hair arises from
scalp disease caused probably by m4-
crobes. The warning badness is THAI
kind which commences about the tenn.
pies and on the crown Of the head and
gradually eats it's way over the scalp
until only q circular fringe Of hair 10
left.
Blue nails. or blue hands, betoken
weak or obstructed circulation. They
are a warning against overexertion OK
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 a somewhat similar
warming 1t is sign that the steam
has run down and that it 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 a
desperate effort of the lungs to proper
~ aerate the blood, and it 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 eAces-
sive quantity. Then the yawn is IA
warning to you to lie down and rest.
Most people have great horror OF
getting a stroke" or fit of apopexy.
1t is not by any means as unpleasant
as the toothac che. but the suddenneSs
Of it Is what appaIs. There is really
no Suddenness about it, however. No
disease gives such early warming.
stroke" is a very simple occurrence
and not at 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 Of
the body is governed by the piece OF
brain pressed upon. Now this artery
wears out only in 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. but cold or sleeplcss night
| NAV do the gamnl When these signs