The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-10-29

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The important discovery that the
mosquito is transmitter of malaria
diseases has led to systematic fight up
on this pest. 1t is possible virtually tc
eliminate it and SO render and epidemic
an utter impossibility.
The declaration of war has been made
against the house fly, which is a greater
menace to the general health than the
mosquito. Its habits are now pretty
well understood, and we are all familiar
with its method of disseminating the
germs of disease
Hence we are fighting i'll health by
insisting upon cleanliness, and by killing
or barring out the transmitters of disease
We have bureaus to see that our food
and drink are pure and that our medi-
clnes contain what they are reputed to
contain. The infant mortality in this
country has been something fearful,
and it has been charged up to impure
milk. Everywhere steps are being
taken to remedy this condition of affairs.
Whether the right steps are being taken
we cannot say, but from the tentative
efforts will eventually come the adequate
remedy. 1t is imperative that the food
of the children should be pure to begin
with. Then the establishment of play
grounds in the parks will help to build
up the bodies of the little folks, and in
course of time, we may have everywhere
a system of public baths to keep the
bodies clean.
We are going about the solution of
the health problem in scientific way.
We realize that our homes must be kept
clean, that the flies and mosquitoes
must be kept out of them, that the
plumbing in our houses must be done
in a scientific way, that our food and
drink must be wholesome and that we
must have plenty of fresh air.
One of the most important considera-
tions is to know what to eat and how to
eat it. Nearly everybody, with little
to detail, can solve this prob
lem for himself. He should in the
first place eat what he likes. In the
next place he should eat what agrees
with him. He may be fond of onions,
but they may give him indigestion.
He may like Strawberries, but they may
give him nettlerash He may like
ham, but it may disturb his sleep if
eaten at supper time. He should cut
these things out, unless he can learn to
eat them in such a way or at such a
time as to occasion no i'll effects. 1t is
safe to say that man in a normal state
Of health need never hesitate to eat that
which he Graves, provided it doesn't dis
agree with him. But whatever he eats
should be sound and pure, and he
should learn how to eat it. If he goes
after his food like a dog after a rat he
is sure to hear from it. He should take
bis ease when he is eating, and a good
plan is to chew his food until it swal-
lows itself. =
There is an old saying, sana mems
in sano corpore, that is from one
standpoint undoubtedly correct. We
10 not accept the view that sound
mind" is the result of a sound body"
in other words, that great mentality de-
Ponds upon a strong and healthy ply
sique. If this were true, our prize
lighters ought to be our most intellec-
,ual men. We know as a matter of
'act that some of the greatest intellectsI
ave been housed in the most fragile
bodies. Alexander Pope, Mrs Brown
ng, Geo Eliot, John Randolph, Alex
Under H. Stevens and many other emil
lent persons were extremely delicate all
heir lives. Beethoven was deaf, Milton
md Prescott went blind. Shakespeare,
Shelly, Keats and Byron died at such
IN age that there must have been some
weakness in them. A
strong, sound body is no evidence of a
fine, great mind.
But it is very desirable that the sound
mind should be sheathed in sound
body for reasons too obvious to men
ton. So it behooves the man of talents
Or of genius to take good care of his
body. If he does not, he is apt to drift
into a state of chronic i'll health, and
this is apt to impair the free and art
stic expression of the thoughts and
dreams within him.
In view of the general trend of
thought it is safe to predict that before
long the doctor will be disease-pre-