St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-11
Evils or MAlNUralTIoN.
Those That Suffer Most from This
Common Ill Of Humanity
Simplest Remedies Best.

Those That Suffer Most from This
Common Ill Of Humanity
Simplest Remedies Best.
In a recent number of his magazine
| (Suggestion), DR.. Herbert A. Parker
says: "The pesismlstic man, the nerv-
Gus man, the bashful nah, the excitable
man, the forgetful man, the melancholy
| man, the fussy man, the over-sensitive
man-are all sufferers from malnutri-
ton" Commenting on this paragraph.
DR.. Reeder, of Indiana, says that the
sense, and includes women and children,
as well. He says: when we look about
US, we find men who have more than
one of the troubles mentioned by DR..
Parker, and yet they do not, from a su-
perficial view, appear to be wasting
away very rapidly. In fact, they lcok
quite feshy. Appearances are some
what deceptive, however. ! have seen
patients who were suffeing with NAL
nutition or anaemia who looked well
and hearty to an inexperienced eye,
but an examination of a drop of the
blood tells the tale, even though
there is every appearance Of health,
except more or less degree Of pale
ness, which, however slight, is near
ly always present.
"Malnutrition is word which ex-
plains itself; NAL means bad, and
nutrition means nourishment, or be-
ing nourished The term conveys the
idea of ones being badly nourished.
From a great many causes, the blood
may become impoverished, or SO al
tered in character as to prevent the
proper sustenance of certain tissues,
and thus permit degenerate changes
to take place. Sometimes the general
amount of blood is less than it
should be- and again, there is def
cheney of albumen in the liquor san
guinis. AS rule, the term anaemia
is used to designate a lack of red
anaemia are numerous; improper
diet; too great an amount of starchy
foods and too little meats being
eaten; deficiency of food; poor sur
roundings; too little exercise; too
little sunlight; impure air; oyer-study
or too great mental exertion with in
sufficient food or bodily exercise; too
rapid growth; excessive discharges,
ETC.; and also in certain chronic diseases
which affect the blood most nearly;
from impoverished blood by the use Of
mercury, arsenic, antimony and other
poisons. Women are more liable to this
disorder than men, and girls at certain
age are peculiarly liable to manifest
anaemia.
"The usual treatment is complete rest
from compulsory labor of all kinds, such
as business, study or housewOrk and a
complete rest from worry. Worry kills
more people than work. An abundance
of fresh air and moderate amount Of
outdoor exercise. air and sunshine;
change of scene and surroundings, leav-
ing all worry and work at home. Near.
ly all physicians admit that medicine
drugs is, as rule, of little value. The
old practice of giving iron in some form
has been found valueless. The good, old
fashioned treatment of our grandmo-
thers. by herb remedies, is almost the
only medical treatment Of any virtue.
The taking of food regularly and sys-
tematically, in quantities and quality
easy of digestion, and at the same time
of nourishing character, supplemented
by sufficient water drinking, hot or cold,
or of temperature most comfortable |
to the stomach, keeping the body clean
and the pores open by regular strength
ening baths of more or less frequency,
as your physician may recommend
these aids are of greatIimportance in the |
building up of the blood and body, with
out which one cannot do the best, either !
for himself or for Others"
Women. especially housekeepers,
wives and mothers. suffer intensely from
this disorder and, appearing in good |
flesh, are often misjudged, and seldom
find much sympathy from their family
for their querulous complaints. They
are often called cranky" and said to
imagine the ailments they complain
Of, or are called .lazy," when, to the
physicians eye, it readily appears that
they are suffering from complaint very
hard to cure. and that their strength can
only be restored .'by littles," and rad
ical change in their manner OF living.