Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17

make cider ferment. not merely by yeast
but also by piece of meat put in H.
But IL Is mistake 10 give up meat and
70 substitute no staple or basis Tor H. What
this bass shall be we cannot saw. II wheat
were properly prepared and not deprived
OF It's most precious parts Il might form one
OF the best foundations OF diet. Graham
bread or graham biscuits win be n good in
stance. or perhaps milled nuts might be
thoroughly satisfactory. For my own mart
colds are almost unknown to me sine. /
have made the backbone Of my diet-not
hesh foods, for 1 never eat them. but pro-
ted.
Many starchy foods tend toward acid fer
mentation, not only because they are eaten
without their natural accomplishments ie
that which nature supplies with the flour
in the grain. but also because bread Is fire.
quently raised by means Of chemicals and
these chemicals tend toward the fever Of
fermentation. The inorganic salts seem
Scarcely profitable to the human system
Besides this both meat and ord nary fine
Hour are constipating In their effects
IL Is necessary, above all. for him who
has TO prevent or cure A cold to get rid OF
constipation. RI air-raised whole wheat
bread or biscuits can be eaten, then Il is
probable that the bowels Will work freely:
or fruits can be eaten, or proper exercises
can be taken. But constipation must some
how be removed.
Light in Plenty is Needed
The next means is light 1t is probable
Ahsttsst II tilt W faott bttt were alloNtN SUI
fcieut Hight. colds would be unknown. DR.
Forbes Winslow and Sir James wylie late
physician 10 the Emperor of Russia. and
many other physicians. all emphasize the
importance OF light The last of these
authorities caicufaied the effects Of light
in the St. Petersburg hospitals. He found
that the number OF patients cured i'm rooms
which Were properly lighted was three times
greater than the number cured in dark
rooms. II natural light cannot he obtained
then electric light is good for the body. At
any rate, the undertaking should be white.
and certainly not black. which lets in very
few of the rays. Every morning and every
evening there should be light-an air-bath.
with exercise and brisk friction.
Air is OF Importance. The whole body
should breathe as often as possible daily.
In Germany the air-cure alone has for some
decades been employed in curing consump-
ton and nervousness There is no fear OF
chill II only massage and brisk movement
be insisted upon.
Deep breathing Will lSo help TO keep the
body warm IL should form the basis Of
national education. At present not one
word is ever said about Il in an ordinary
school. 1t should always be through the
nose. The nose passage must be clear 1t
all costs. even il an operation be necessary.
Such are a few Of the cures for cOlds-a
few out of very many. No single drug
can he recommended: no single drug would
be advised by the majority Of doctors:
single drug has stood the test of ten years
experience. although IL is possible that In
some cases a drug may restore the upset
equilibrium of the system.
A cold seems to be an attempt Of the tiny
lives within us-we have myriads of them
to get rid OF some mischief. to get rid of
the results of mistakes that We have made.
If the skin will not throw off the trouble
then the nose and the mouth will have TO
do extra work in the republic OF the body.
But the root of the mischief is generally in
the stomach. The draught which We
lay the blame, or the wet feet perhaps, are
only the match that lights the fire. the fire
has been already laid ready for lighting by
errors of diet laziness. etc. Even slow eat
ing and mastication of food might by itself
be sufficient to prevent any cold: even deep,
slow. full breathing through the nose might
be sufficient: even cleansing followed by in
MIGRATING water treatments with rub1ings
and exercise might be sufficient In fact,
there numerous avenues to immunity.
We must never imagine that the draught
or the wet feet can ever be by themselves
the real and vital cause. They never light
the fire nor tto carry out the metaphorb help
to burn up any refuse.
We. for our part, must not stop nature in
getting rid of her clogginess: rather We
must help her. we must add no more pol
sons and we must expel those which are
already within us. And the channels OF
expulsion are surely obvious.