West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-12-14
HEALTH.
Some Pertinent Remarks ON This I'm
pOrtant Subject.
Written for The Areus.

written TOR The Argus,
Healih-a paramount subject, it appears
that the subject of good health is the least
discussed of any other subject except by
medical professors who nine times out of
ten are trying to impose a fraud upon the
people for the objeetof making money and
then 80 times in 100 lhsy refrain from stat
ing the perquisiies necessary to retaining
good health.
Health is nothing more or less than simply
the natural actions of the various functions
OF the animal properties Of the system sup
Piled by provisions that are necessary to
compose the various ingredients of the body.
Among those provisions that are used to sus-
tain the life of the body there are noue but
what contain elements that the body does
not utilize and the ingredients utilized are
thrown off in various substances that are un-
Int for use in the system second time. The
most important organs of exertion are the
1000, 900 pours of the skin which if entirely
closed would cause death in a very few
hours. Thus the careless person who neg
HNiSOu NlCai IL only living
proportion to the amount of pours in normal
action or the individual who allows a doctor
TO burn blister on him, is doing that which
is detrimental TO his health at the time being
II was the custom among the Grecians at
one time to battle SIX times day. and at
that period they were the most enlightened
and healthy people in existence Later on
they guided young man with gold to make
him appear like God and did not get The
job complete until the experiment killed the
subject. 1t is said that more than four fifth
OF the ingredients that are taken as food and
drink pass from the system through the
pours Of The skin. The next important
perquisite to good health is good air which
supplies the oxygen, takes away the poison
carbonic acid and purifes the blood by the
action of the lungs.
The people who sleep in tight bed rooms
or stay IN close parlors, or sleep with their
faces under quilts may expect eruptions of
the skin and bad health generally on account
of an insufficient amount Of pure air 10
purify the blood by throwing off the over
piuss OF carbon that when accumulated In
The body results in sore and malignant
fevefs.
One of the greatest practices detrimental
10 health is sudden exposures of the BODY IN
ways that the system is not adapted, thus
causing the pours of the skin to temporarily
close and If the lungs fail to extricate the
accrued poison feysrs must accrue and II the
fever fails death ends the existence.
Young people as a general rule are some
what carless ia regard to preserving their
health BY not fully understanding or seeming
" having the least idea Of It's benefits. They
do not seem to realize that the adult in per-
feet health never tires or even becomes
depressed in spirits. II might be said that
one day Of perfect health is more 10 be
desired than the whole life Of an invalid.
Why do We look back 10 the days of youth
a. the garden spot Of our lives7 Simply
because this human mechanism was more
perfect then than ever afterwards, VIII erefore
~ natures laws should have been obeyed, the
middle Of life should be the mos, ENJOYABLE
OF any other period. Some young people Of
today seem 10 dread to walk even a mile or
two, where upon If their bodily functions
were in normal condition they would
"reJoice in their strength and like the birds
OF The air they would be going from bin 10
valley simply because The act Of cxertion was
pleasure and fatigue would be an unknown
credenual What IS fatigue the dictionaries
dehne % as 'tO tire" which simply means
that creature eKers bis muscles 20 an
extent that causes the nerves 10 lack the
vitality That Che system provides under
ordinary circumstances. Thus when one
becomes tired and stops 10 rest the normal
labor ceases and the circulation again sfrcng.
ihens the deficient muscles and right here
we may learn that energy acts great paft
in circulation Of the body and consequently
81 must act i's part BOZ tie engendering and
retaining Of health. Mr. a. goes out hunt.
ing and DE hunts all day without success and
on returning home be can scarcely walk on
account u being tired, but luckily be spies a
z5 pound turkey short distance from him
end De bangs away 40 the turkey and he
breaks is wings and be sees 10 cannot get
away, The turkey gets into action and he
hunters circulation starts up and he runs The
Eobbler mile and catches DO and carries 10
home aad f9rgsis 400 about his fatigue.
icople arc Inclined Co.. ndicuie The people Of
~ oiden times for being pedestrians, but
give me The health that enabled the people
Of rldcn lines t0 live hundreds Of years and
ypl may haveihe mechanical loc0moi.on.
we have armies, officers, lecturers.
preachers, societies, salvation armies and
what not, except enjoyment, yet give us
men n brains that will dive into societies.
'1iY ihe kitchen, The dining room, the bath
room etc. ETC.. and COMPEL The people Co.
accept such rules u action That viii make
healthy race n people and then all good
things viii follow and those naussadng drugs
end mis.cadnR doctors vii be compelled 10
De where they we're when men we're strong
end happy, not exist ataiI
To De- or not 10 Be is The question: it Us
better to BE in health or II notion health, %
y about as good 90 cease o. be aad fiuce
farmer Reed has moved Dis old machinery
% kow'e10urgh De BE- To- De politician and
Deacon Brown BE- fo be out Of existence.