The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-02
HOME HEALTH CLUB


 Just recently I received a letter from a young lady attending school
 saying that she has had cold for
 es and coughs something awful She took great pains to add that she couldn't account for it, because she
 never slept with her bedroom windows open. To you, Home Health Club l readers, I'll give you just one guess as to the cause of the young lady's cold. To transpose one of SoIomon's
 sayings: ffWhat would it profit one to
 gain 3. world Of Knowledge and in do-
 ing so lose his heaIt11?''
 If the value of fresh air were rec4z- oned in dollars and cents we would all
 be figuring out ways and means of getting it. Come to think of it, it,
 has, indirectly, a decided money value.
 Health and 8 clear brain are worth money. Proper ventilation of the home
 is requisite to both.
 It is true that most of our homes are
 built without any thought to venti1a- tion. While the fact is regrettaIble, it
 is not valid excuse for living and sleeping in almost airtight rooms.
 Rooms have windows and doors, and
 these can be used in such a way, even in the coIdest of weather, as to give a fair degree of ventilation.
 I was walking along the street a few days ago and noticed two men working outside on a house. One was mailing weather strips around the win dows against the sash, and the other was putting up a heavy storm door. I was reminded of an old song I had heard somewhere, the words of which ran something like this: "A little more work for the undertaken A little more work for the casket maker Colds, pneJmn onia, consuTnption-but what's the use, you all see the point.
 How can doors and windows be ar ranged so as to permit ventilation without permitting a. draft through the room? The best and most prac- tical device that have found is the defiector: If one cares to spend the money he can have them made of plate glass Most any one who can use a saw and hammer can make one out of a. pine board that will give as good nerv1ce as a glass one, the on- 1y difference being in the looks. Take a one-half to three-fourths inch board six to eight inches wide and saw it fra frame @ at the bottom Y One g edge ii1oroT must rest on the window sill, elevate the other to an angle of about sixty de- grees. Now tack small cleats on both sides of the board so as to hold it in position, and allow it to be slipped in and out as desired. The edge rest ing on the window sill may be planed to the proper angle so that it will set firmly.
 You can see now the window can be raised from a fraction of an inch to 5 or inches, and there will be no draft through the room as the air is defected or thrown upward toward the ceiling.
 A window on the opposite side Of the room may be lowered from the top. thus securing ventilation. Suppose there is only one window in the room. Use the def1ector and lower the top sash. While this will allow only a poor circulation of air it is a. great deal better than none.
 You see, in getting ventilation, the idea is to have the intake near the floor and the outlet on the opposite side of the room near the ceiling.
 If you want to ask the Home Health Club any questions regarding Venti1a- ton, feel free to do so.
 CLUB NOTES.
 Dear Doctor: I understand from one of your articles that you consid- CT colds to be contagious. If they l are contagious, how in the world is one to avoid them and attend to bus mess and social duties? H. B. D.
 Colds and ttsore throat are conta- | gious. If your health is perfect and | your body resistance nomal, and the l membane of your nose and l throat in perfect condition, you will | never have colds, nor any other con 1 tagious disease, for that matter. You 1 see the point, do you not?
 Dear Doctor:-I am writing you in | regard to a growth on my baby's ear. l This growth came on the lower part | of his ear and was first noticed when | he was but three weeks old It first l appeared to be merely a, breaking out | and was very red. It began growing SLOWLY, unL1l now at the age of seven months the growth is as large as my thumb. He appears to be ] healthy child in every way and this growth does not seem to bother him much, if any. Naturally, I very anxious about it, and would like your advice as to the best course to pur- sue. MRS. E. s.
 The growth on your baby's ear seems 70 be nothing but a blood tumor. As ong as it does not bother and doesn't appear to be growing much, I would advise you to let it alone and put s a few months older, it can be easily operation at his age I do not think advisable.
 I should be glad to hear from you very case of rheumatism due to fau1- 5ystem of treatment broad enough to over any and every case? S. R. H.
 No, I would not. CD If you have ref renee to schools or systems of medi- -al practice I would say there is lope. But there are certain methods if procedure common to all schools of practice and applicable to all eases of If the treatment is to e successful the cause must first be ound in each individual case and suit 5ble treatment to remove it instituted. TO RENT.-HaIf house, 8 rooms, 357
 Norman, near Fairfield Ave. Ex-
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