The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-07
HINTS NATURE GIVES
SYMPTOMS THAT SHOULD WARN MEN
OF COMING SICKNESS.

rhe significance of SneexIng. Yawn-
ing and Recurring Winter Colds.
The Meaning of Blue Hnnds-ApO-
piexy'S Warning Signals.
Nature scarce ever strikes without
warning. In 80 far as disease is con.
cerned II gives clear signs OF what Is
impending days. weeks, months AMI
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. a man who viii anxiousy
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
nidcant. 1t Is always Il sign that some
thing is injurlng the air passages any
where from the nose down to tie
lungs. Should II be only case OF snuff
or pepper. Of course the sneezc is Of no
consequence. But often II is an indica
ton Of congestion. There is infiamma-
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 q warning that
H. nff tn
1t Is at least the forerunner Of cold
But II may indicate an approaching at
tack Of bronchitis or pneumonia. When
there is much sneezing, accompanied
by something like small shower or
rain The victim will do well 10 take
warm footbath. go TO bed and adopt
the other usual remedies 10 cure cold.
The winter cold itself Is a grave
warning. When II recurs two or three
times every winter. II is sure TO oe fol-
lowed In the end by chronic bronchitis.
Once this comes on Ii is practically In
curab,e.
Men are started on their lives much
as shell from caunon~with Il Ger
tain tixet quantity OF energy If dis.
rase or accident does not carry them
off. they viii die some time of what
we call old age-~in other words, when
the energy with which they started Ia
spent Some have energy enough 10
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
5 .r9tE l,ms
the energy is Iikeiy 10 fail soouer than
iU the average man. But all kinds II
/ ba aidness have not this significance
Sometimes the loss of hair arises from
scalp disease caused probably hy mi.
/ crotes The warning badness IN that
Kind which commences about the tenn
pies and OH the crown OF the head aud
gradually eats its way oser the scalp
+ until only q circular fringe Of hair 10
+ left.
Riue nailA or blue hands bstokcn
weak or ohstructed circulation They
are Il warning against oyereEertiop 81
Soy kind The obstruction may occur
from disorder OF several organs In the
body. But most commonly the tlne~
ness indicates that the heart IL not up
TO the mark.
Yawn}ug Ia somewhat similar
warning II is sign that the steam
has run down and that II IS time 10 so
TO bed or perhaps to go into the open
air. When you sit iu a close room, the
lungs do not receive sufficient AZ the
vital gas. oxygen The yawn IS then
ly aerate the blood. and Ii warns yon
10 open the windows ct 10 leave tie
room when you are out OF bed To"
long or " heu YOU have done an uuuSn-
ally hard days work. the waste prod
ucts of your body are present In e1ccs-
size quantity Then the yawn is
warning 10 you to lie down and rest.
Most people have great horror OF
getting a stroke" or nt OF apopiexy.
II is not by any means as unpleasant
as the toothache. but the suddenhess
OF IL is what appaIls. There is really
no suddenness about H. however No
disease gives such early warning.
"stroke" Is very simple occurrence
aud not at all horrible. Ii results from
mon one Is this: 4 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 Ia governed by the piece og
brain pressed upon. Now this artery
wears out only In common with other
arteries OF the body. Ia some people
they all become what Is called athe-
romatous, or hard and brittle. NJ the
same time they become tortuous or
twisted. We can see these hard and I
tortuous arteries on the temples. and
then we know 1t 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. SHAH |
let the blood escape. Likewise warn |
ing is often given by the tiny arteries
OF the eye. They break and let ont /
little traces of blood. which can easily |