The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-06
HOME HEALTH CLUB
6Edited by Dr. David H. Reeder, Chi
 cago Hlinois.l


 6Edited by pr. David H. Reeder, Chi
 cago, Illinois)
 FASTING.-The great majority of Physicians and perhaps s5 per cent or the laity of this country have a. very vague and indefinite idea, of what is called the fasting cure" Fhat,s5 the reason I am going to tell yon something about it. Practical every day happenings are the most forceful and impressive, and therefore, will tell you of three Home Health cases, and what fasting did for three wom- en.
 The first was a woman of forty. In health she weighed 16O pounds and did all of the housework for HaIl1tly or six on a farm I do not recall the de- tadls of her first illness but I do re- member that within six months she was reduced to lot of flalbby skin and bones that weighed 90 bounds she had a good appetite and ate as much as ever but gained neither flesh nor strength ordered a change or diet and as the tongue was heavily coated told her to fast for three or rotrr days until the tongue cleared. She paid attention only to the latter part Of the suggestion and lasted A days before the tongue WEBS clear I had given careful instruction in re- gard to the method of breaking the fast and she obeyed reldgdorlsly- Dur - ! little weight, felt we'll, was bright, active and cheerful Of cotHrses her faxuiIv all thought she would die sure, but within go days after breaking the fast she weighed 12S pounds and was doing the housswork as of old. II hear from her frequently and always s the same story Of how she keeps well by an occasional fast of a few days and a return to the specific diet which | had recommended.
 1She second case was that of a. for uaerss wife in Iowa She was only five feet three inches tall and weighed 206 pounds She had not been able to go 1rsstairs in her own house for over two years and could not walk forrner than two or three city blocks A1ter a few days fast ;;Eabolzt five if re member correctly-I changed her diet counuaeteay. nEeighbors told her she would surely dde if she ate what I allowed but at the end of three or foar nrualths she was not only siesp- a1zk z1pstafrs. doing her own house work ewhtCh before she was ti1aple fo doa. but vpsalazed one ond ne-nall r1zile@ daily to a. place where she ob- tained a portion of her special diet ard then walked back home During the three months she lost just sixty seven ppDurlds in weight and was then and has since, been in perfect heaicn' a.Stffoslsl1 aH a measure or proteclon, she Hasts a. few days occasionally
 The tzazrd case is more recent i, city nat dvzeller, age 50, weight 217 1-2 pounds. She climbed one flight Of stairs to the Home Health off1ces and had to sit for five minutes before she could talk rneantizne her breath com ing in .little gaspss How 1'eH F re- 1nerlbsf her next visft, at the end of her first fast Of seven days First however bear in mind tifat she had for severa1 years been invalfd with 1HrNw time an operation. She had been bad 1y out up and the only reason that could be Hoasnd for another operation was the dact tlat her l11sband had several huz1dred dollars in the bank The plans had already been laid tc rnalxe another trip to the hospita. where they would anp1tate, let n1t see what was it they were to anpu- tate oh yee the bank hslance- Her husband stiT1 has 1t however. and vEalen she came in afte4H the seven days fast she cllIzlbed the stairs witt the utmost ease and noId me that II spite of her arszsbandfs and neighbors predictions that she would be bed fast, she had not felt so we'll aTl'o strong for several years. Her friend' hardly know the woman now. she Il well strong and happy
 Yes, there is danger in fasting wthe1 it is not done intefFtGentlyl There ar, no two cases exactly alike and uIl1esa one hnows just what the sensible re gime is and just how to break tn fast. be 1t short or long. more harm than good may poaSibly be done. bn if good practicaI common sense Is ukse' and the breaking of the 6ast is prop eriy arranged, nothing but the Bes of results will follow
 will gladly go into details for 1n' benefit of any specific case if yol wish to know how to teaI yourFel through the tasting cure.
 Dear Doctor-The following which cut from a newspaper resardine th cure of bed We&tfng thought Woult be apprecdateds by many a mother My little girl. five years old. has bee bothered a great deal in the daytdn1 as we'll as nights. A friend of min told me that her son was afdicte' and they tried all lzins1s of nedicin without relief The one wise old doe tor told her a very good and eaS way to cure him. It Is this-WheE znakdng the cllild's bed pSIt one or tw pillows under his a1ipe. Lay 1t sDa1i ing 90 that the patient is not arncorn fortabae- The head should be 8 trfd lower than tine hips. when the bed i properly made tine child is quite com fortabae4 I find that my child is en tireiy cured, afrhough stdI1 make he he'd that way have mode it ths 5vsay for three months My friend sai she did 1t for six naontfs.
 MRS NJ. [
 This is a. timely suggestion as man inquiries on this stb6ect have been rt cefved lately The cure certainl sounds simple and could do no harm though durther measures may be nes eBary in some eases
 Dear DoctorzP1ease tell me wl1e to do for the n1nmaps2 There ds quit an epidemic around us. how cain prevent taking the disease?
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