The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09
HOME HEALTH CLUB
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Diseases of Women.

Diseases Of Women
 Some of the factors in the causa-
 Readers who have been following the Home Health Club articles in this pub atcatton are familiar with the term auto-intoxication and the derange- 1nents brought by it. Women suf- fer oftener than do men, for they are more at home and around where food
 mean consuming an unusually large quantity of food Nerve energy used in other directions, cannot be used for digestion of food. Therefore, a ner- vous irritable, nagging woman is dis sipating her nerve energy, and has but very little left for food digestion Tn such individuals 1t takes cOmpar- atively little food to constitute over eating
 WORRY: Worry ruins digestion by using up the nerve force, then the fer ruenta1iOn of food that must neces- sarify follow poisons the blood and se- cretions checks elimination, following take on disease. When this state is once evolved, it will continue in spite of the treatment, unless the woman can be taught to give up worrying. TbouSa nds of women are committing suicide by the worry route
 DISCONTEIflT AND ENVY Thous- ands of women live in a state of dis content. They do not appreciate what they have in environment, home, fam fly and health. To them every other woman's husband seems kinder, bet
 
 of money spent chronic fault find CT, complainer and grumbler can make her happy or look well Ones dis position shows in the face and man ner. and a life spent in fault finding and discontent will convert the most Beautiful physiognomy into one that is ugly and repelIing- Bad mental habits build faces and figures to cor respond Nothing else impa1rs the health so insidiously and so surely as envy and jealousy. The woman who fc er1xinIIS n S0-anG-SS0 D6Ca she dresses better or entertains more maEnificentIy Is on the toboggan that leads to mental and physical destruc- zion- Many of the unhappy creatures go from specialist to specialist and 1inallyto the operating table, once, twice, or oftener if they survive the first or a second, but the surgeon can not cut out the cause.
 DOMESTIC UNHAPPINESS. No matter what cause may be responsible foc- this state, the result Is sure to be il health among women When people marry with the mistaken idea that marriage is a form of chattel slavery, and the man or woman with this mistaken idea proceeds to assert his or her authority, the result is they have the kind of time best described S7y the term Gen Sherman used in referring to war. Children brought mp in an atmosphere of discontent and strife suffer in body and mind, and their development is greatly impaired.
 SELFISHNESS- Self1shness in eith- wife or husband is sand in the gear of domestic life Selfish morbid 1us- bands have no legitimate kick com ing if doctors bills bills for do- snestic help begi. to pile up because of sick wives On the other hand. some wives are ruined by indulgent husba ndS- The man who will indulge s. senseless wife to the point of strain ing his credit or hampering his sue cess in life vii! have an invalid on Slis hands for woman who will take <.dvautage Of an indulgent husband will play the sick racket if necessary
 ,I-- of climate or to buy an operation. her fec for which it is sometimes said, she divides with her surgeon.
 Some families fall into the vulgar 71abft of disaEreeing and quarreling all the time. They seem to have agreed to disagree, and matter what subject is preached it is sig xaI for dispute or quarrel Their nerves are almost worn to a ra gged edge. and it is usually the wife who, 1 because Of her greater sensitiVeness, | shows the strain and breaks down. A physician once said that every big 1 quarrel a certain husband and his wife 1 had. meant a good fee for him
 A certain amount of nerve energy is 1 required to keep the various organs of l -he body functioning normally to 5nzintain the body equilibrium The i woman who draws upon this energy | beyond normal physiological repair, | will lind herself lowering about the l offices of the physicians who make a | specially of treating the diseases of 1 WIG men Dear Doctor:
 I am writing to ask yczA if you can 1 give me a good recipe for making a | <ood substitute for coffee Also tell 1 me how I can get the books you pub sls1I- An immediate reply will be- greatly appreciated. J. M.
 There are quite q number Of diff 1erent 90 called ce al coffees the market Some Of them may possess greater merit than others. It is cta med also by some that if they are taken to any extent. they derange