The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-29
Home Health
I Club T
py David H. Rssder, Ph. D., ND.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

lNFANT1LE PARALYSIS.
The subject Of infantile paralysis will
interest much larger class of read
ers than one might at first expect. To
walk along the streets Of a city and see
the poor defOrmed creatures who go
through life with shriveled limb or
perhaps an arm as well as Il leg. al
ways causes an involuntary feeling of
ulfy to come over even the most care
less and thOughtless. When one real
ICES at the same time that much of the
trouble might have been overcome un-
der proper treatment while the suf-
ferer was still young, the sympathy
for the unfortunate is mingled with
resentment against those who had the
care Of the case or even against the
parents for not making more siren
uous efforts to correct the weakness.
Ignorance, yes. plain Language l ad
nit, but fact nevertheless. and
trust that it may be no longer the
plea. Many cases of infantile paraly-
sis, yes. the majority of them, arise
from over-feeding, indigestion and con-
stipatiOn. or the three causes or com
bination of causes, that of constpa
tion is the greatest factor. AS stated
in previous articles, constipation as 1t
should be considered is not alone a
torpid condition of the bowels, but
consists of inactivity in all of the or
gans of elimination. liver, kidneys and
sweat glands of the skin. All of the
waste or refuse matter of the system
must be eliminated or Il poisoning of
The blood fOllOws-auto intoXication.
Perhaps l need not say much more
about that part of it. Health Culture
for August has an excellent article
upon that subject.
To prevent infantilc paralysis be GER
tain that your children have good,
Wholesome food. and that they masti-
cate it well. Allow them no liquids
OF any kind while partaking of food
that should be thoroughly chewed. See
that they drink plenty of pure water
between meals and have fresh fruits as
often as possible and plenty of it.
Then constipation is not at all likely
to trouble them.
II the condition already exists. see
that these matters are attended to at
once and in addition to the proper
diet and other rules to observe. see
that the child has proper treatment
from the most skilful osteopath Or
Swedish movement manipulation that
you can secure, yourself applying the
hot and cold water treatments that
have been described in the lectures
on Hydrotherapy.
. shall not soon forget Bessie, little
girl that was brought to me several
years ago. The right arm and leg were
almost useless. l treated her according
to the Home Health Club methods for
only about four weeks. But the
mother, who was an unusually bright
and intelligent woman, carefully
watched every movement and noted
everything that was done. took
pains to show her not only the reason
for each step in the treatment. but
Just how and when 1t should be given.
There was rapid improvement from the
start, and after the return home the
treatments We're continued for about
"a year, when all trace of lameness had
disappeared and Bessie was the strong
est and heartiest girl of her age i'll the
LeighbOrhOOd.
Plain common sense and persistence
in the proper treatment has made Bes-
sic strong, healthy woman. while the
let alone policy would have found her
to-day distigured cripple with 10
hope for relief.
Watch the babies and keep their
.stomachs and bowels clean as well as
their bodies and clothing and infuntile
paralysis will not trouble your chill
hren. 4rsE ,r'r-