The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-11-06
THE TWO SECRETS OF HEALTH.
By DR.. Cowley, Or. Eakin and
President Frost.
A Great Book in One Sentence.

ever lived lett 10 MS FAMILY n
large manuscript volume contain
ing the secrets Of health and long
life. Al his death his eager chill
dren unwrapped the volume and
turned page after page finding il
blank until the last page Of all. On
this page was written single
sentence: Keep the bowels open
and the feet warm"
Disease Comes From Germs"
Minute particles are floating in
the air, rising from every dust heap,
which are the seeds of sickness.
They are Of different kinds. Some
are the seeds Of consumption, some
are seeds Of typhoid, some are
seeds Of pneumonia When one splits
on the floor the spittle dries and
is soon floating in the air we
breathe. Flies on dung hills gather
germs and carry them to the food
on our tables.
Resisting Germs.
Now a perfectly well person can
generally stand a good many germs
without taking the disease. II rs
when people are weakened by some
light disease that they are unable
To resist the germs Of the stronger
disease. and so fall sick and die.
Our business is to keep so well that
We can resist disease germs.
Keeping the Bowels Open.
This is the first thing in keeping
well A healthy person should
have two full movements of the
bowels every day. When there is
less than this, decaying matter re-
mains in the body and acts like
poison. When one is thus poisoned
from within, he is unable to resist
disease germs And whichever
germs get there first, rheumatism.
pneumonia, typhoid or consumption,
will seize him and hurry him to the
grave. To keep the bowels open:
(a) Drink great deal of pure wa
ter, not ice water. Make il your
habit to drink freely in the middle
Of the forenoon, the middle of the
afternoon, and before going to bed
at night Besides this you can drink
somewhat at meal time but you
should not come to the meal thirsty
(b) Eat food not too rich. Eat
little meat, graham bread. and corn
bread are better than white bread
Raw cabbage is better than cooked
cabbage, turnips are better than po-
tatoes, sorghum molasses or honey
are better than sugar. Hot wheat
biscuits which ball up in the stom-
ach are especially bad. Students
must eat much less than those who
do manual work all day.
(c) Eat plenty of fruit. Choose
fruit salads. tomatoes, berries,
pruneS, figs. An apple just before
going to bed Will generally make
the bowels right.
ID Take daily exercise that will
bring perspiration. If you have lit
tie time for exercise, lie on the floor,
putting your toes under chair and
raise your body to sitting position
without any help from your hands.
This exercises the muscles in the
region of the bowels.
(el BE regular in having your
bowel movement at the same hour,
night and morning, day after day.
Keeping Feet Warm. Avoiding
Colds"
Next Ia constipation or the lack of
bowel movement in leading to dis
ease is what We call "a cold"
Colds do not come from exposure.
Men can live all winter in air be-
low zero without taking cold.
Colds are contagious. They come
from germs. And the things which
weaken us so that we cannot re-
sist the germ of cold are bad air
which pOisOns us, constipation
which poisons us, chill which al
50 poisons us, or cold feet which
slackcn the .circulat ion of the blood.
(a) Bad Air. To be safe we must
always have the window down q
few inches from the top and the
room thoroughly ventilated with
open door and windows for a short
time twice a day. We must take
deep breathing in the open air
several times each day. Otherwise
we shall he poisoned through our
lungs.
(b) Constipation. We have spok-
en- of already. The first thing to
do when one has gotten a cold is
to take a good dose of salts or cas-
tor oil TO loosen the bowels.
(c) Sudden chills poison the body
in this way: A great deal of dead
matter is passing out of the body
all the time through the pores or
small openings in the skin. When
the skin is warm and is suddenly
turned cold, these pores are closed
and the dead poisonous matter is
turned back into the blood.