Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-21
MEDICAL SIDE OF MOTORING
Automobile Not Suited to Every
Persons Physique.
BENEFIT Is NOT FOR ALL
Doctors Urge Moderation for the
! Nervous-Pace Too swift for
some-Preference for
walking.

Nervous-Pace Too swift for
some-Preference for
waIkiag.
AutomobilIng is not for all persons.
There are folks to whom 1t is a benefit
which could be got in no other way. To
others again ride for any length OF time
unless on very smooth roads and very
deliberately undertaken positively 10
harmful This isn't TO say that doctors
advice or permission should be got be-
fore an automobile Is purchased. but 1t
should be remembered that even those
whose income sets no bar sometimes per-
force 60 automobiles.
II 10 the duty OF persons who feel ma
laise and distress after extended trips
70 discover whether the cause lies In
automoblling. The Discrimination TO walk
ing exercise, to which the possession Of
an automobile predisposes, Is something
that may be responsible for the feeling
OF discomfort In the early days OF mo-
toring having car did not mean freedom
from walking by a whole lot, but by now
inc tuAEulnt mas EEOWh uhA VI ht@At W
It's early faults. The reasonable man,
however, who is In good health. gets re-
turn In fresh air while motoring enough
10 offset the lack OF exercise.
There are some doctors who say that
exercise IL overdone. that enough can be
got in brief walks TO take one through
the day. They characterize much VI the
present system Of exercise a. overexer-
else. II that IL 20 motorists need not
fear they are riding too much. However.
II 10 well TO remember that where one
man Gets robust and healthy on continu-
GUS riding another may get thoroughly
sick .f
Moderation Urged.
Moderation Is q good bet any time II
starts and this applies TO motoring. to be
sure. Drive moderately fast and moder-
ately far and harm isn't likely TO result
That the prevalence OF motoring has
made difference In the health conditions
Of many cannot be denied, because as an
altogether new form OF transit and q
much more rapid one than usual In the
streets Il has had It's certain effect on
human systems.
A. they are readily adaptable 10 ali
conditions Il has taken only the brief hfe-
time Of motoring 10 bring ABOUT a new
generation a. well accustomed 70 motor.
ing a. u that method of locornotfon had
been known and used for . much longer
time. uEg'Hf - I'll iH rff
some doctors have been outspoksn In
condemning ahtomohiies As helping 20
create new nerve sufferers and those who
were affected by eye strain. Others have
ssid the benefit far oatmatehed any bad
rcsuits there might be and so we're en-"
thusiastlc In favor Of the motor car. As
one doctor put II: 1T Is like many kinda
of medeaments: IN moderate doses II has
little OF no possibility OF injury to the
strong or well. but according to individual
conditions 10 may be very beneficial or
the opposite 70 those who are delicate"
Neurss.aeuiA 10 thing OF which q
great deal has been heard Of late In this
country. For average Inconsistencies,
says q doctor. "a beneficial effect can be
predicted with . great deal Of certainty
under the following conditions: When
riding ct Moderate speed they obtain great
benefit from the constant effort at main
tanning equilibrium from the muscular eff
fort Der % from tho accessory fact that
they arc induced TO breathe more deeply
and also for the reason that the exercise
ia IN the open air. For the average
ineurAsfhenic moderate speed reduces fear
90 a minimum and the toleFable desree
of risk gives to the mind that agreeable
tltilIauofi pertaining to all unusual ex-
perisncss. Position in the car often de-
,terunlnss whether such slight unavoidable
risks viii be . curative stimulant or
,d,prcssant for the patient. Put such q
person on the back seat and an approach
ing vehicle may be an object Of terror,
whereas n the patient sat In front The
ease Of passage would at once be evil
dent"
Pace Too swift.
Careless or hasty driving. humping into
ru,s aud hitting rough spots at speed
are bound 10 have an unpleasant effect
on those whose constitutions for ans
reason are not of the most sound. II Il
not recommended 20 those who don't fee
in top notch condition 10 essay a Gliddef
tour. for instance. The pace Is too swift
for weak stomachs.
Most nervous persons are self-centeret
and from, their ailment are shut In" con
iunues this authority. since the motoi
car opens a wide field Of view they vii
have multitudes Of new impressions force
into their minds as they ride through tn
city or country in spite Of themselves
and their mood. Lastly, II the persoI
Is so circumstaneed that he can drive tn
car himself there is 3 peculiar compen
satory combination Of impression
evoked. A new interest IL born In con
nection with the operation Of the ma
chine, and he Is diverted from the con
slant contemplation Of his ailment by IN
curious interest in the meaning OF ever!
new sound OF the engine and by its in
finite capacity for being adjusted.
'.Ths strain Of driving is gsneraii
eountsrbalanced BY the exhilaration OF IN
conquest OF the small difficulties encoun
tered at the start. while the conscious
ness Of ability to cope with some diff
eulties tends In all but the advanced case
Of nervousness to arouse the dorman
seIf-coufdence- That accomplished IN
man 4 himself again and the doctor ha
become q useless luxury"