The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-11
Dr.. Brady's Health Talks
III" Average W"mnu's Had Posture.

We are apt to imagine II requires
good he'dih and "try muscles 10 give
iAilur" OF general health goes with "a
-lpuchy posture. and hence tho conclu-
I SION that the former Is tho cause Of
I iHc latter But there is another side
+ Tn" Kangaroo" typ OF posture is
straight front corset 'rh. upper part
of the body. Instead Of being Oh q
vertical line MIN the hips and f".t is
thrust forward In au exaggerated de
.r"e. causing AN abuoruai strain upcu
b Tho muscles 81 ~" lower spinc. The
patient - partial 20 nigh heels
The Gorilla Posture.
An opposite effect is noticed in wo-
mon with Weakened abdominal muscles
b waist .constrictiuS cors"ts, namely, tho
b gorilla posture. i'm which The chest -
'iattoncd. TN" abdomen prptrud"d and
th" back inclined 80 push behind tn"
strain Of ih- muscles 81 the upoc,'
spiu', aud In patient ilud. herself
. NOR" comfortable iu lov-hccl"d shoes.
The present tang" sioHch goes natural
/ rs with low Shors.
''ptuSis' is TIA" NAME given ia sag
g.us .of tho internal organs Women
arc rather more frequent subjects OF
b piosi~ THAN ru"u- WHY corsetting
Spliut the abdomen and the muscles
must eventually nocomc atrorhicd from
/ Gisusc. likewise with the great spinal
muscles y famous gNnccoioSist has
q
.waisted Womau and he. movable kid
uey."
whc" Health Is Fashionable.
Modern women select Co!SctS with an
cyc 10 preserving their health as we'll
/ as the figure. Here dV. q few OF the
points TO- eonsi ,,i ~ hnyin5 corset set
Z ward bullying Of tho lower abdomen
the siylisn thing Just now
>. The ST should hc SNUG about the
hips. but loosc over Tho upper aldo
men To allow easy Diaphragm move
mcni.frcc breathing.
.. The lower the corset ia front. and
tho higher in the back. thu more com
Portable VIII bc its support.
Z. The corset should mug the spine
cause Il corset must lie anchored TO
The point from which IL takes support:
IN cases OF ptosis or greatly relaxed
abdominal WALL the corset should be
applicd before the woman gets on her
Ieg, in the morning She ;Prplies it BY
knees and lifting the hips from the
bed while The c"rSet'is Slipped ia place
timc She should stroke and lift The
abdomen upward rs She hooks the
corset.
The more neNible and lighter a corset
the better FOR health. No corset at all
is the best protection to the youthful
figure. Really, il Is IN Oriental idea
that woman should splnt her abdo-
men when there's nothing dislocatcj.
Questions and Answers.
Mrs. -. t.. NJ. requests: Please sUg-
scst u few things which viii Thin the
blood.
Reply Avoid meat ana eat plentiful
~ OF fruits. nuts and fresh Vegetables.
Drink at least five piuts of water
daily. outside OF the water with food.
once week try q day Of plain milk
diet o: bread aud milk. II tho bowels
are not regulated by This regimen use
some simple laxative, like onc-grain
/ tablets OF waters OF phcnolphthalcin,
each day. and masticatc the tablet for
full effect.
Mrs f.. j. L. asks: what causes hay
fever" VIII medicine cure 1t: Is /;
ever fatal"
Reply l. Tho irritation o; pollen
from some particular variety OF plant.
acting upon AN upper respiratory tract
which is rendered abnormally sensitive
TO irritation by ca u homeopathic con
stitutiou and Obj some local obnormai-
lily like Scptai spur or AN enlarged
middle iurbiuatc body in tho nose, OF
polyps OF chronic rhinitis. or discH scd
tonsilc. ar Idcnoid remains.
Medicine viii only give relief. The
cure must depend on removing tho
provoking cauSc---or rcmoNiuc the
patient where the cause can't reach
him
3. u is never ratal--to the patient
II kills regulations by the score. Wen
be glad when the first good frost ar
rivcs.