The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-20

By Dr. David ii. iecdcr, La Porte,
Indiana.
Fneumonla-This is the time of the
year when preumonla--com
known us lung fever-prevails to the
greatest extent and Is most severe. II
Is an alarming afnlction and Yet un-
der simple treatment Is readily cured
In the average case. It Is most dan
gerous to those persons who have
heen addicted to Incorporate habits,
of any kind, though the individual
liay seemingly be very strong and
generally healthy In the cases of per-
sons who are constitutionally frail
any disease is propoitionally more
dangerous, and pneumonia, of course,
Is no exception.
Always the very best advice that
can be given concerning amy disease IL
t. avoid having II, which may be dona
A-everything else being equal-by
steadfast precaution, which. for tho
most part, is careful living; the AVOID
ance OF intcmperance I'm all things:
not only intemperance in the use of
stimulants and narcotics. or the cat
Ing of foods that are notoriously hard
On the stomach; to any sort OF un-
necessary OVERRIDING.
The Home Health club method Of
treatment is simple ana practical and
may be used with equal success far
out In the wilderness. in the humblest
cabin, or I'm the mansion of the mill
lionaire II has been successfully
tried In almost all conditions of life,
and has been adopted by many able
physicians, who heretofore relied 49,
often disastrously-upon moro COM
pllcated methods. And yet the method
Of the Home Health club is from the
Oldest of all the schools, being nat
ure's simple method. Tals remedy is
water hydrotherapy. Is the big word
10y which 1t is known, scientifically,
but simple water cure is better
name.
The crisis In pneumonia may app
pear either at the third nth, seventh
on oven as late az the ninth day, and
this must be remembered when treat
Ing 1t, so as 10. he prepared To meet
Z The greatest danger at this period
Is the liability of heart failure and
nervous break down. The tempera-
ture of the patient must also be care
fully watched, because persistent high
fever Is great tax on the hearts
power, demanding Of il extra action,
and II also increases the discomfort OF
The patient at time when discomfort
decreases his ability To withstand his
other suiferings. II the patients tenn
perature Is more than 1902, Fahrenheit.
efforts should he made to reduce it.
Previously, certain drugs derived
from coal-tar were used as the means
% reducing fever temperature. They
were known as anti-febrle agents
meaning against fever" no some
extent these coal-tar products are still
used but not nearly so much, The
best remedy To reduce temperature in
the patient without distressing him,
Is to place a hot water bottle at his
ieet-and when we say hot. that Is
lust what is meant-H-O-r. Then APP
ply u cold oompress-a cold water
paok-to the base OF the brain-the
back of the head, renewing It as soon
as it becomes the least bit warm. In
this manner of reducing the tempera-
ture a too sudden reduction must be
carefully avoided. This can be done
by simply using the treatment with
less vlgor
OF course, 1t is absolutely necessary
that those In charge OF a pneumonia
patient must have clinical thermo-
meter The temperature should be
taken with this instrument every
three OF four hoilrs. while there Is any