Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-03-12
HINTS NATURE GIVES
SYMPTOMS THAT SHOULD WARN MEN
OF COMING SICKNESS.

Ehe StEnsn~nnce OF sneezlng. Hawn-
Ing and Recurring winter Colds.
The Meaning Of Blue Hands-ApO-
plexy's Warming Signals.
Nature scarce ever strikes without
warning. In so far as disease Is con-
cerned it gives clear signs OF what is
impending days. weeks, months and
even years before the attack. IL people
looked for tbese 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 will anxiouslv
sean the sky for signs Of coming rain
lest his 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
niiicane 1t is always a sign that some
thing is iniuring the air passages any
where frOu the nose down to the
lungs. Should ii be only a case of snuff
or pepper. q course the sneeze is of no
consequence. But often it is an indica-
tiOn of congestion. There is infiamma-
tion somewhere, with too much blood.
and the object Of the sneeze is to give
relief by getting rid OF some Of the
iluid. This sneeze is n warning that
every prudent person should attend to.
IL is IT least the fOrerunner OF a cold.
But il may indicate an approaching, at
tack of bronchitis or pneumonia. When
there Is much sneeZing. accompanied
by something like small shower of
rain, the victim will do we'll to take a
warm foOtbath. go TO bed and adopt
the ether usual remedies to cure a cold.
The winter cold itself is a grave
warning. When il recurs two or three
times every winter. IL is sure to be fol-
lowed I'm the end by chronic bronchitis.
Once this comes on il is practically in
curable.
Men are started OF their lives much
as a shell from a cannOn-with a GER
tain fixed quantity 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 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
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 probably by mi
crobes. The warning badness is that
kind which commences about the tenn
Piles and on the crown of the head and
gradually eats its 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 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.
Yawning is n somewhat similar
warning. 1t is sign that the Stea m
has run down and that 1t is time to go
10 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 a
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 hard days work. the waste prod
ucts CT your body are present in exces-
sive quantity. Then the yawn Is a
warming 10 you to lie down and rest.
Most people have a great horror OF
getting "Stroke" or fit OF apOplexy
II is not by any means as unpleasant
as the toOthache but the suddenness
Of II is what appalls. There is really
no suddenneSs about it. however. No
disease gives such early warning. A
stroke" is 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 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 in common with other
arteries of, body. In some people
they all become what is called athe-
romatous. or hard and brittle. At the
same time they become tortuous OF
twisted. We can see these hard and
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. 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 OF 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 lot rush to catch
an omnibus or in any way overeXert
yourself. and do not dine too heartily.
BY taking the warnings given by ma
ture you will insure yourself against
this pleasantest way OF leaving the
world and ha Sura Of diving of cholera