The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-06-26
Copyright. 1914. by A. S. Cray
FRICTION.

Copyright. 1914. by A. S. Cray
FRICTION.
The life and efficiency of every ma
chine depends on overcoming friction
Friction wears things out. and to over.
como friction Is the recognized need
OF today In every branch Of industrial
activity. A large item in the cost Of
operating every machine is that cover
Ing anti-friction bearings and lubri-
cants. Neglected friction will quickly
wreck and land any machine on the
scrap pile.
Railway systems, steamship lines,
manufacturing plants of every descrip-
ton, telegraph and telephone com.
pantes, great and small, all employ
highly trained and we'll paid experts
constantly to supervise and test appa.
ratus and structure for the purpose Of
guarding against breakdown from the.
development of any inherent weakness
In physical equipment and to test flnan.
cial and executive departments in or.
der to insure against breakdown or
any loss of efficiency in these i'm
portant functions of our great artificial |
bodies. Experience has evolved now
we'll established economic theory in
the bushes world to the effect that
1t Is cheaper to spend money to pre-.
vent wrecks than It is to spend money
to clear away and repair wreckage
But for man himself, the one funda.
mental factor upon and for whom thV1
entire Industrial structure exists, this
theory Of the business world Is re-
sersed. The theory upon which the
medical profession has been organized
IS highly absurd and irrational. The
physician must stand around and wait
Until there Is human breakdown, and
hen he Is called In only as a repair [
nan-frequently too late to secure {
worth while results. Id
A machine will squeal and squeak bs
nd sob when in trouble, and we all
now there are but two alternatives e
such conditions-rest and lubrica. a
on to overcome the roughness, or d q
arly trip to the junk yard. And it NJ 81
le same with man: Man feels. Is
q; s 9 ssE slas Ea see eyiasPcq q IT.
gueai1S We sid r.. Is.
ing Of the nerves composing IT, 7.iiSss,
ian machine; and but little ell 90,
lade to remove the cause. And In ol,Ytf
and other statistical tables tt
Q see the result In an ever rising hi
remature mortality-an enormous 81
loss through destruction at es
hat should be the period of greatest 81
sefulness and efficiency. st
Genius Is the type Of mind that per- b,
Ewes and grasps principles where the re
binary mind sees only isolated facts. a
rile, with the fash Of genius grasp
g the principle of cell exhaustion, de. co
'loped and demonstrated it to be the in
use Of death from Shock" a dis. di
very acknowledged by no less an an. to
ority than Sir Berkeley Moynihan at sa
recent meeting Of the British Medi. be
association to be "epoch-making." wi
1t is experimenting" not only be. be
use 1T has reduced death from to
lrgical shock to an almost negli.
Die quantity, but Experimenting" be.
use 1t gives a rational explanation wh
the serious physical and mental re. wb
It's arising from long continued irri. oh,
Ion Of any part Of the body, wheth. sh,
the victim be conscious or uncon. m,
GUS Of the irritation. It Is epoch. ind
King" because 1t establishes a rea. m
'ahle cause for and a sane basis bal
m which to combat intelligently AMI
't large group Of vague but most sut
tressing troubles covered by the bef
leral term neurasthenia, conditions :
ated with little success but consid. ..r
Die levity and profit by a large per. tho
'tage OF the profession. And fur. ~
r 1t is Experimenting" because It tho
man to be subject to tho ius
ae laws as the primary battery--it tn,
YES we can be run down and ex. to-
sted even beyond the point Of re- s,t
Grafton by too frequently repeated and
We cell discharges incident to the tra,
" routine of life. We NAV short. ha.
ult and exhaust our cells BY use. ~
worry, work and friction, or we .
guard our tissues and SO conserve =
vitality as to live long and happily, = =
llargely matter Of avoiding fric. ~
Irritation. ~ atro
matters not whether the irritation -, VI
IN the eyes. the feet or the abdo. h hea'
l. the final exhaustion is IN the s aulI
H. and the net result is premature o aas.
sity
INERTIA, u'e'
after ts anvth,n fact