The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-23
HINTS NATURE GIVES
SYMPTOMS THAT SHOULD WARN MEN
or COMING SICKNESS.
The Significance of SneeHinE, Yawn-
Ing and Recurring Winter Colds
The Meaning of Blue HnHds-Apo-
Dlexy'A warning signals.

Nature scarce ever strikes without
warning. In so far as disease is con
rerned it gives clear signs or what Is
impending days, weeks, months ana
even wears before the attack. II people
looked for these signs and took warn
ing from them, they would escape
much serious illness and live many
wears longer than they do. 1t Is indeed
remarkable how careless we are In this
respect. A man who will anxiously
scan the sky for signs Of coming rain
lest bis top hat may get spoiled Will
never dream OF examining his eyes,
ncse or finger nails for signs OF coming
! illness,
The sneeze, for instance, is very sig
niticant. 1t is always a sign that some
! thing is injuring the air passages any
| where from the nose down to the
| lungs. Should 1t be only case of snun
or pepper. of course the sneeze is of no
consequence. Rut often II Is an indica-
ton Of congestion There is inflamma-
ton somew here. 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 q warning that
every prudent person should attend to.
1t is al least the forerunner of cold.
But 1t may indicate an approaching at.
tack OF bronchitis or pneumonia. When
there is much sneezing, accompanied
by something like q small shower OF
rain, the victim will do well to take a
warm footbath. go to bed and adopt
the other usual remedies to cure cold.
The winter cold itself is a grave
warning, When 1t recurs two or three
times every winter, II Is sure to be fol-
lowed In the end by chronic bronchitis.
Once this comes on 1t is practically In
curable.
Men are started on their lives much
as a shell from cannon-with a GER
tain fixed qua antity Of energy. II 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 10
a sure sign. with some exceptions, that
the energy 10 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 NIL
crobes, The warning badness 10 that
kind which commences about the tenn
pies and on the crown, of the head and
gradually eats Its way oyer the scalp
until only q circular fringe OF hair 10
left.
Blue nails, or blue hands. betoken
weak or obetructed circulation. They
are q 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 10 not up
to the mark.
Yawning is a somewhat similar
warning. II is sign that the steam
has run down and that IL IN time TO 90
to bed or perhaps to so into the open
air. When you sit in close room. the
lungs do not receive sufficient ~ the
vital gas oxygen. The yawn is then
desperate effort OF the lungs TO proper.
ly aerate the blood. and II 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 bard days work. the waste prod
ucts Of your body are present In exces-
sive quantity. Then the yawn is a
warning to You to lie down and rest
Most people have a great horror of
getting stroke" or 1T OF apoplexy.
1t is not by any means as unpleasant
as the toothache. but the suddenness
OF IL is what appalls. There is really
no suddenness about 10. however. No
disease gives such early warning.
stroke" 10 a very simple occurrence
and not at all horrible. Ii 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. shalt
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
Occur-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 |
an omnibus or in any way overexert |
yourself, and do not dine too bea rtily. |