The Tucson citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz.) 1901-1928, 1902-02-18
HINTS NATURE GIVES
SYMPTOMS THAT SHOULD WARN MEN
OF COMING SICKNESS.

Nature scarce ever strikes without
warning. In SO far as disease is con.
Cerncd it gives clear signs of what is
Impending days, weeks, months and
looked for these signs aud took warn.
ing from them, they would escape
much serious Illness and live man!
years longer than they do. 1t is indeed
remarkable how careless we are In this
respect \ man who viii an1iouSly
lean the sky for signs Of coming rain
lest his top hat may get spoiled will
never dream Of examining his eyes,
nesc or finger nails for signs of coming
illness.
The sucege. for instance is very sig
u.6cHrt II is always sign that some
ttuS $ injurnG the air passages any,
where from the nose down to tie
ua@s. Should it hc only q ease of snufT
or pepper. or course the succ2r is of no
consequence But often 1t is an tudca-
tfon of congestion. There is iutlumma-
tion somewhere with too much blood,
aud the object of the surcze is to give
rt'ief hy getting rid of some of the
duid This Suecze is warning that
every prudent person should attend 70.
II j. at least the forrUUUutr If Il cold
Butt it may Indicate an approaching at
tao Of bronchitis or pneumonia. When
there IS much Snccziug. accompanied
by something Ike a small shower OF
ram. the victim VIII do we'll to take
warm foothath. "a to bed and adopt
the ether uSual remedies TO cure cold
The winter cold itself is grave
warming. When it recurS two or three
times every winter. ii 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
ms a she'll from a caunon--with q 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 age--in other words. when
the energy with which they started Is
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
n sure sign. with some exceptions. that
the energy Is likely to fail sooner than
In the average man. But ali kinds OF
badness have not this significance.
Sometimes the loss Of hair arises from
scalp disease caused probably by NH
crobes. The warning badness is that
Kind which commences about the tenn
Piles and on the crown OF the head and
gradually eats it's way over the scalp
until only IL circular fringe OF hair IL
left.
Blne nails. or blue hands. betoken
weak or INSTRUCTED 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.
Hawning is somewhat similar
warning. 1t is a 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 "a close room. the
lungs do not receive sufficient OF the
vital gas. oxygen. The yawn Is then
desperate effort of the lungs to proper
~ 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 exces
sIve quantity. Then the yawn is
warning to you to lie down and rest.
Most people have a great horror OF
getting stroke" or fit OF apopIexy.
II is not by any means as unpleasant
as the toothache, but the suddenness
Of il Is what appalls. There is really
no Suddenness about II. however No
disease gives such early warning.
'stroke" is 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 VIII 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 a cold or sleepless night |
may do the same. When these signs
OccuF-and 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 |
nnE ON uibuS or in any way Oyprpyprt |