The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-08-28
Alcohol.

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the faculty of Judgment, the sens
of proportion, the resistant, wei
adapted body-all these are just a
necessary in the battle of life a
they are in modern warfare. Yo
cannot reach them by the alcohol
route any more than you can reacl
them by the chloroform-ro or tn
strychnine-route, or the BENIN
route. Does the so-called moderat
use of alcohol bowl men over tn
battlefield of life? The experience
of the large insurance companies
says "Yes.'
1t has been claimed that the low
mortality among abstainers is due
not to the absence of alcohol but tt
| the generally careful and conserva
tive habits of abstainers. But why re-
sist the logic of these figures? II
we know nothing of the effects of al
cohol, we might be justisfied in deny
ing the implications of the mortal
ity records; but with the laboratory
evidence before us as to it's influence
on the brain, the liver, the blood
and the general bodily resistance, the
results shown above among alcohol
users are those naturally to be ex>
pected from the more or less constant
use of a drug that lowers bodily re-
sistance and impairs the survival
power of the organism, not only by
its direct influence, but by collateral
excuses to which it often leads. Only
tradition and custom long established
can account for the effort to seek any
other explanation of the low mortal
ity among abstainers except in the
natural one of the absence of alcohol.
Why not take the safest side in the
and refuse to experiment
on your own body with that destruc-
tive narcotic, ethyl hydrate, otherwise
know as alcohol.
Cool Counsel.
If you expect to travel around the
country where you cannot be sure 0
the purity of the food and water sup
ply, be vaccinated against typhoid.
There is little inconvenience and no
danger.
Protect your head from the sun
light; overexposure will depress your
nervous system and steal your hair.
Wear loose fitting, light colored
and keep the neck free.
Avoid cheap, excessively frothy,
'fizzy" drinks. Many of them contain
soap bark and aniline dyes which may
u may not be harmful.
A tepid bath at night will prove
more refreshing and restorative.
A light but nourishing diet is adj
-isable with little meat.
An occasional glass of hot water
will prove beneficial and assist in !
the action of the kidneys |
Which is often restricted in hot wealth
r. The excessive skin action and pro-
use perspiration does not fully sup
lement the action of the kidneys in
poisons from the system as
supposed
Be moderate, be patient keep active
nd busy, but avoid extremes Do not
,af around in the water or on the
lnny beach.
fenste; you are only one among mil
ons, most of whom grin and bear it,
I'd if you cannot bear it then you
sed a doctors care.
Do not turn night into day in hot
Gather; nerve centers exhausted by
e heat need rest.
Keeping Well VS.. Getting Well.
Chronic disease. or the condition
e term 'fll health" often develops
slowly and insidiously that the
st realization of illness comes when
e malady is far advanced. A we'll
own case of heart disease or kidney
ouble is sometimes 20 years in
Hiding. Fortunately modern meth
S of diagnosis enable the we'll
lined physician to detect the early
sns of such diseases long before
E bodily functions are sufficiently
sturbed to attract the patients at