Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-07-27
THE SCIENCE OF LIVING.
DR.. George +. Butler Tells How to
Eat and How to As
simulate.

Ii DR.. George F. Butler, medical super.
tntendent of the Alma Springs SAM.
tarium, Alma, Mich, in the October
number of How to Live" gives some
! interesting as well as sensible rules
Tor acquiring and keeping health He
says: Without we eat and drink, we
| die! The provocative to do both rests
with the appetite, which, in process
OF time, becomes a very uncertain
| guide; for the palate will often induce
desire and relish for that which is
most mischievous and indigestible.
The old saying of eat what you like
Is now stunned by everybody OF 20
years experience. Still, without appe-
title, 1t Is very difficult affair to sub.
sist-for the pleasure depends chiefly
upon the relish. The relish may be.
come, as has been stated, Initiated
one, but it is quite possible to make
the stomach, by a little forbearance
and practice, as enamored of what is
wholesome and nutritious, as of that
which is hurtful and not concoctible. >
Again he says: THE delicate
should feed carefully, not abundantly;
it is not quantity which nourishes
but only that which assimilates.'
BE careful of your digestion" is
the keynote of the doctors argument.
He says: Health in man, as in other
| animals, depends upon the proper per.
formance of all functions. These
functions may be shortly said to be
three: Q) tissue change; (2( re.
moval of waste; (3) supply of new
| material. For the activity of man,
like the heat of the fire by which
he cooks his food, is maintained by
combustion; and just as the fire may
be prevented from burning brightly
by improper disposition of the fuel,
or imperfect supply of air, and as 1t
| Will certainly go out If fresh fuel is
not supplied, and may be choked by
| It's own ashes, SO mans activity may
be lessened by imperfect tissue change
and may be put an end to by an in
sufficient supply of new material and
imperfect removal of waste products.
I'VE should see to it that free elm.
nation is maintained, for the ashes
must be kept out of the system in or
der to have good health The skin,
kidneys and bowels must do their
eliminative work properly. II the
bowels occasionally become torpid, try
to regulate them with exercise and
proper food, such as fruits, green
vegetables, salads, cereals, corn, whole
wheat or graham bread, fish, poultry,
light soups. etc. Plenty of water is
also valuable, and glass full of cold
or hot water the first thing upon ris.
Ing in the morning will aid much in
overcoming constipation. Regular
habit, cold baths, and massage are
very efficacious. In case the consti.
patton does not yield to these hygi.
enic measures, some simple, harmless
laxative may be required, such as Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs-a non-irritatine
preparation of SIENNA in fig syrup
Laxative mineral waters are bene
fetal in some cases, but not to be EN-
| ployed continually.
Above all be an optimist, keep the
heart young. Cultivate kindness
cheerfulness and love, and do not for
get THAI we shall pass through this
world but once Any good thing
therefore, that we do, or any kind
ness that we show to any human be
ing, let us do IL now Let us not defer
it or neglect it. for we shall not pass
this way again."