The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-28

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our food is both wholesome and
varied, that we do not eat too much
OF it, and that what we do eat We
chew thoroughly before swallow
ing IL.
| "A particular caution may be given
in regard TO our use OF alcohol. The
best medical opinion OF today is that
even in its most moderate use alec
hol lowers the resisting powers OF the
body. In the case OF pneumonia there
is very clear connection between the
prevalence OF the alcohol habit and
the number OF deaths from this dis
ease. You can set side by side the
facts that women drink less than men
and that i'm New York during 1918
there were three deaths from pneu-
monta among men 10 two deaths from
that cause among women. The de.
partment of health has been urged re-
| peatedly 10 wage war on alcohol as
one of the great enemies OF the public
health. Legislate against ii we can
not, but educate against ii We can
and will.
I'm a proper diet we have at our
command a powerful ally in our fight
against disease. for proper diet
means high resisting power 10 the
spread within us of any infection 10
which We may have fallen victim
Our Clothing.
If we conceive the temperature
conditions of winter to be that the
houses, Offices and cars in city are
generally warm and the streets gener-
ally cold. the ideal way OF dressing
in winter would be to wear very much
the same clothing in winter as we do
in summer, but TO carry heavy over
coat for use out OF doors
The matter OF temperature is. how
ever, when you come to examine IL,
rather one OF comfort than OF health.
AS between feeling warm or cold
there is as much difference between
one summers day and another as
could be produced in winter merely
a little thinner.
1T is only when exposure TO cold is
so great that there is an actual chill
ing of the whole body that the ele-
ment OF temperature really becomes
the body is thoroughly chilled there
Is lowering OF the vitality which
carries with II a lowering OF the pow
er OF resistance TO disease.
ut is when we take up the ques-
tion OF ventilation that we come TO
the really vital element in our pres
ervation OF health. and 1t Is here that
We encounter a winter problem. for
in summer people almost always want
TO have their windows open, and in
winter generally want them shut.
There is very widespread misun-
Outstanding OF the reason why a con-
slant flow OF fresh air should be Sc
cured wherever human beings are
gathered together within four walls
Most people will tell you that il is
bad thing 10 have a crowd In a room
which Is not well ventilated. because
the oxygen III the air is used up.
AS matter Of fact the lessened
supply of oxygen under such circum-
stances is one OF the least harmful
OF consequences The body adjusts
itself 10 the decreased amount OF oxy-
gen in very simple manner. AS the
quantity OF oxygen decreases the rate
Of breathing becomes quicker, so that
In given time the same amount OF
oxygen reaches the lungs as they
would get at slower breathing rate
in better atmosphere.
The real dangers which arise from
roor ventilation may De divided into
two main classes. In our factories
the furnaces give off many gaseous
compounds or sulphur and carbon.
and II these are inhaled they act az q
poison to the blood not only prevent.
ing II from carrying the proper
amount OF purifying oxygen but also
causing direct damage TO the tissues.
This poisonous condition OF the
air Is duplicated in a somewhat less
dangerous degree by the heating.
lighting and cooking arrangements OF
our houses.
The other class OF dangers which
accompany bad ventilation arises from
the loading OF the air with poisons
which are given of by the body and
with disease germs witch are trace.
able 10 notwithstanding sputum or 70
infected clothing
ITO put briefly the lessons ia no
learned from what have said would
urge our citizens 10 avoid as much as
possible the use OF coal stoves and
ranges and hot-air furnaces. and
where the use OF these and OF pas
stoves and gas lights is unavoidable
10 see that fresh air il constantly TAX.
en- In TO replace what has been con
taminated.
Even where there is but a slight
poisoning OF the air at any given mo-
nent II should be realized that a
small measure OF impurity operating
over long periods may make all the
difference between health and dis.
ease.
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