The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-10-18
AN INSTRUCTIVE ADDRESS ON
HOW TO CARE FOR THE BODY


open. Therefore, one of the strongest
influences for the preservation Of the
health is the daily morning cold bath
and it is remarkable what its regular
use will accomplish in the daily cnrr.
gieS of your lives. II il is necessary
TO 20 out after the hot bath it is advis.
able 20 sponge the body with cold wa.
ter after the hot bath. Most important
in this system is the thorough rubbing
afcr any bath with a coarse Turkish
towel until the skin is almos, lobster
red
Finger Nails Tho failure 10 prop.
crly care for them is probably cne ot
he most potent causes Of disease, for
underneath the nails lurk most Of the
germs oi disease. The speaker here
ma J" % very strong protest against the
vicious habit Of biting the finger nails,
which shows not only q debased uer.
vous or mental trend in the individual.
hut makes possible the entrance of dis.
ease germs in the mouth, thence to the
body. The nails should never he clean.
ed with metal instrument, such as n
knife. for il is next "a impossible for
such an instrument 10 make clean
sweep of the inner surface Of the nails,
nr lodging places for dirt To shortly
collect. Always use an orange wood
s'i"k which can be- purchased at any
drug store for So n io2cu, Keep the
skin a. th" root cf the nails Thoroughly
pushed back So that the half moon can
readily he seen in each nail, thereby
preventing that unfortunate condition
known rs the 'nanging nail which
oftentirnes leads 70 more serious re-.
suits.
The rules laid down for the care Of
The finger nails are equally applicable
20 the care of the toe nails. and in the
eyes Of our Maker Won will be called
upon 10 answer just as nuch for n
part Of the hody unexposed 10 view as
for those parts unprotected nv cloth.
ing.
The Nose Mother Nature has given
rs the nose for several purposes. First
TO warm the air that goes into the lungs
and secondly to guard against and for.
cign PARTICLES from the outside air that
sa,ht IA, I,n r., oh
'he latter purpose, She has placed in
thc nose little hairs which are so con,
Structed as 10 extend outward. One Of
the common, vicious habits is to draw
the secretions Of the nose upward and
backward and expel them through the
throat and mouth. This is probably
the most important cause Of catarrh,
so prevalent in this country. II can
readily he seen that IL the little hairs
in the nose, Mother Natures protect.
ors for the more vital parts OF the body,
are reversed in their direction, namely,
turned inward instead Of outward, that
the lungs lose their normal protectors,
and disease follows. Always blow tho
nose in handkerchief, discharging the
Sccretions outward. There is no ex'
ceptions TO- this rule.
The next lecture will be on the sub,
icct Of Social Hygiene or the Rcla,
tionship of the Individual TO Ills Eel.
bowman,
These lectures will he given once a
month, and announcement of the same
will be duly made.
Later subjects will he Municipal Hy.
giene and Social Hygiene, and the pa.
rents are invited TO attend that they
may by hearing these lectures he en-.
abled 10 cooperate with the School Man
agemcnt and Dr. Nichols in having
practical results follow these lectures