New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-23

| iatca heat five or Sin times more rapidly
! than dry surface. That's why / say
drink lots of water just at this time
J Exercise is valuable at any time of the
year because it stimulates the appetite,
| improves digestion and increases strength.
| But iu hot weather particularly il should
Of course never be prolonged TO the point
/ Of fatigue. Exhaustion undoubtedly pre-
/ disposes TO sunstrokc. 1t WAS reported in
| the newspapers a few weeks ago that
/ three hundred and 0fty Of our soldiers IN
! Texas We're overcome 10y heat near the end
/ of 2 forced march of fifty miles. This was
/ a large number but when I read further
| ON that tho poor fellows. for some un-
! known reason. had hardly any water ~
drink on route / was no longer surprised
/ that 50 many had Succumhcd. The system.
I in its effort to cool the blood, uses up an
enormous quantity OF water, which must
/ be constantly rosuppled. under the condi-
tion If intense external boat combined win
! hard exercise"
What about clothing for hot weather.
] rezt asked.
we ought to pvt away an cloth suits
during Julv and August said the doctor
promptly. and wear only linen or crash
coats. with mo- waistcoats, soft shirts and
collars and open mesh under clothing. 20
permit tho freost radiation; and all gar
uents ought 10 be loose"
"Do YOU believe, doctor, that most Amcri-
cans cat too much2"
Il believe they don't cat enough" WAS
the unhesitating reply. a few very
wealthy Americans and those holding pub
lie Offices. Who din" out frequently. I'M
dOubtedly do often cat too much: but such
arc hardly representative OF tho masses
] think that few of the middle or even OF
the ordinary upper class habitually over
eat while very many of the class Of work.
ers for small wages. which constitute the
bulk of society. are too likely TO live on as
little as possible in order 10 have more 20
expcnd for clothes and recreation. Meat
| IS even rarity among the very poor"
rs It not the consensus OF medical
/ opinion that nearly all of US ovcreat?" 7
! asked. surprised
! "No. sir; il is not" said Or. Hunt, en-
! phaucally. Professor Chittenden, who. by
| persuading us 20 eat two-thirds less than
we do, would reduce all, as / think. TO n
! lower plane OF efficiency: Horace Fletcher.
I who would have US spend quarter OF our
! lives in maSticatiOn; Thomas Edison, who
. has called us food drunken and sleep
sodden'; not to mention Upton Sinclair and
/ Bernarr MaCfadden. who constantly recon-
/ mend fasting as a cure-all. are none OF
them physicians. The best part Of the
. medical profession. youll find. distinctly
does not favor a generally restricted diet.
The idea. which has been widely dis
/ seminated. that We all eat two or three
times more than is good for us. has done
an incaculable amount of harm. As a d.
/ rect consequence innumerable cults, all Of
which are in the opinion Of most con-
servatlvc physicians. greatly prejudcal to
/ health. have sprung up all over the coun-
! try. We have stanch supporters of the
no-breakfast plan. raw food cranks. rabid
vceetaIians. fanatic fasters. frenzied ad-
vocates OF an exclusive fruit and nut diet.
/ and not very long ago some one announced
I that We could live and thrive on grass.
"The approved treatment to-day Of ner-
| vous dvspcpsla-a disease peculiarly Ameri-