Evening star., 1902-01-02
HEED NATURES HINTS
SYMPTOMS THAT SHOULD WARN MEN
OF COMING SICKNESS.
Significance of Sneexing. Yawning,
Winter Colds and Blue Hands
Lines on the Gums.
Form the London Mail.

Nature scarce ever strikes without VAIN
ing In so far as disease is concerned 1t
gives clear signs of what is impending
day, weeks months, and even years pe1ore
the attack If people looked for these signs
and took warning from them they would
escape much serious illness and live many
wears longer than they do. 1t is indeed re-
n1arkab BILE how careless we are IN TINS re-
spect. 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 hnger mans Tor
signs of coming Illness.
The. sneeze,. for instance, is very signih-
can't 1t is always a sign that something
+ is 4niuring the air passages anywhere from
|sthe nose DOWN to the lungs. Should 1t pc
+ only a ease of snuff or pepper, OF course the
sneeZe- is of no consequence sBut often IL
IS an Indication of congestion. There Is in
fammation somewhere, with too mucn
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 cold
But it may indicate an approaching attack
of bronchitis or pneumonia. When there
Is much sneezing, accompanied by some
thing like small shower of rain, the VIC
tim will do well to take a warm footbath,
go to bed, and adopt the other usual reme-
dies to cure cold.
Winter Colds.
The winter cold itself is a grave warn
ing. When il recurs two or three times
every winter, it is sure to be followed, in
the end, by chronic bronchitis. Once this
comes on it is practically incurabie
Men are started on their lives much a
shell from a cannon-wlth certain fixed
quantity of energy. II disease or accident
does not carry them off, they will die some
time of what we call old age-in other
words, when the energy with which they
started is spent. Some have energy enough
to carry them over the full century; others
have only sufficient to keep them going Tor
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 prob
ably by microbes. The warning badness is
that kind which commences about the tenn
pies and the crown of the head, and
gradually eats it's way over the scalp, until
only a circular fringe of hair is left.
Blue nails, or blue hands, betoken weak
or obstructed circulation. They are a
warning against overexertion of any kind.
The obstruction may occur from disorder
of several organs in the body. But most
commonly the blueness indicates that the
heart is not up to the mark
/ Yawning is a somewhat similar warning.
1t is sign that the steam has run down
and that it is time to go to bed, or per-
haps to go into the open air. When you sit
in a close room the lungs do not receive
sufficient of the vital gas, oxygen. The
yawn is then desperate effort of the lungs
to properly 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 unusually hard
days work, the waste products of your
body are present in excessive quantity.
Then the yawn is warning to you to lie
down and rest.
Stroke of Apoplexy.
r Most people have great horror of get
ting "stroke" or fit of apoplexy. 1t is
not by any means as unpleasant as the
toothache, but the suddenness of it is what
appalis. There is really no suddenness
about it, however. No disease gives such
early warning. A stroke is a very simple
occurrence, and not at all horrible 1t re-
suits from two or three causes, but the
most common one Is this: A little artery
In the brain wears out and let's 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 atheromatous, or hard and brittle.
+ At the same time they become tortuous, or
twisted. We can see these hard and tor
tuous arteries on the temples, and then We
KNOW 1t IS not safe to 90 anything which
will congest the BRAIN lest the one little
artery there, which is especially liable
to give way. shall let the blood escape
Likewise warning 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 sleepless
night may do the same. When these signs
occur, and they occur months and years
before the stroke. do not get excited or
angry. no matter how great the provoca-
tfon, 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 nature you will insure yourself
against this pleasantest way Of leaving the
world. and be sure OF dying Of cholera. or
smallpox, or some other respectable dis
ease.
The tongue gives many warnings II 1t
Is large. habby, and yellow, you are eating
too much or In some way mismanaging
your feeding. II 1t is small, red and in
famed, your stomach Is infiamed. too. and