Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-10-09
DISEASES OF WOMEN.

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Some Of the Factors i'm the Causation.
Discussing diseases of women from
any other but purely medical stand
point is seldom done. The family
if he thinks of the matter
from amy other standpoint OF all,
feels that if he attempted to enlighten
his clientele, he would be- misunder-
stood. He gets his living from a
comparatively small following, there
fore cannot afford to say or do amy
thing that might be misunderstood.
Our position being different from that
of the family physician we feel we
can discuss the subject in it's true
light.
There is one supreme truth which
should never be lost sight of in think
ing and in writing about diseases and
their causation; namely; local dis
eases are self limited and transient
without a constitutional arrangement
to keep them in activity. Local dis
eases cannot thrive in an organism
possessed of "a normal amount of re-
sistance; or to put the statement in
other words; local diseases cannot
thrive i'm a healthy body.
Readers who have been following
the Home Health Club articles in this
publication are familiar with the term
auto intoxication and the derange-
ments brought ON by it. Women suf-
for oftener from self-poisoning
than do men, for they ame more at
home and around where food is.
Over eating does mot necessarily
mean consuming unusually large
quantities of food. Nerve ener-
gy used i'm other directions, cannot be
used for digestion Of food. There
fore, a nervous irritable, nagging wo-
man is dissipating her nerve energy.
and has but very little left for food
digestion In such individuals it takes
comparatively little food to consti-
tute overeatmg.
Worry: Worry ruins digestion by
using up the nerve force; then the
fermentation of food that must ne
cessanily follow poisons the blood
and secretions check elmin alton
following which the injured organs OF
the body take on disease. When this
state is once evolved, it will continue
in spite Of the best treatment, unless
the woman can be taught to give uI
worrying. Thousands Of women are
slowly committing suicide by the wor-
ry route. Women, on account OF
their sensitive nervous system, ARK
most susceptible to external influenc-
es and must learn to cultivate poise
Women are subjected to- many nerve
depressing influences such as, dis
content, close housings, envy, fear
Jealousy, domestic ua1happiness and
lidleness. ~.-.<~-
| Close Housing: This is anothe,
name for oxygen starvation and is q
common source of much lost resist
lance. The air in the best ventilated
homes is not pure enough for anyone
to breathe all the time, therefore a
certain number of hours should be
spent i'm the open each day Many
wives and children suffer from
aenemic conditions brought or
by living and sleeping i'm houses
imm operly ventilated Fresh air is
free, but many do not seem to know
lit.
Envy and Discomfort: Thousands
Of women live in state Of discon-
bent. They do not appreciate what
they have i'm environment, home, fam
lily, and health. To them every other
womat's husband seems kinder, bet
ter, and far more considerate. Nc
amount of money spent ON a chronic
fault finder, complainer and grumble1
can make her happy or look we'll
Ones disposition shows in the face
and in the manner, and a life spent
in fault finding and discomfort will
convert the most beautiful physiog-
nomy into one that is ugly and repell-
ing. Bad mental habits build faces
and figures to correspond. Nothing
else impai1s health so msiduously and
so surely as envy and jealousy The
woman who is envious Of Mrs. So
an'd-so because she dresses better OF
serves more magnifcently is on the
toboggan that leads to mental and
physical destruction Many Of these
unhappy creatures go from specialist
to specialist and finally to the oper-
atang table, once, twice, and oftener
if they survive the first or second op:
enation; but the surgeon cannot cut
out the cause.
Domestic Unhappiness': No matter
what cause may be responsible for
this state, the result is sure to be i'll
health among women. When people
marry with mistaken idea that mar
rage is a form Of chattel slavery,
and the man or women dominated
with idea proceeds to assert his or
her authority, the result is they have
the kind of time best described by the
term Gen Sherman used in referring
to war. Children, brought m i'm an at