The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-05-28
HEALTH AND HYGIENE
Diseases Of Adult Life.

| Aect chioren ana young people, and
the death rate among yong people |
have notably diminished II is time |
that attention was turned to the dis |
eases OF later life which are actually |
on the increase among us.
In England and Wales the death |
rates at all ages are decreasing. In |
the United States they are decreas-
Ing at ages under forty-five and rap
idly increasing at ages over forty
five.
| The diseases of later life are for
the most part not germ diseases but
diseases due to wearing out of the
the body and particularly to the wear
ing out of the heart and blood vessels
and kidneys. 1t is possible that the
change in the racial composition of
our population, due to immigration,
has something to do with the increase
of these diseases. 1t is probable that
the stress and strain of modern life
has much to do with it. The fact re-
mains that such an increase is going
on and that it can be checked by
observing the laws of personal hy-
giene
The breakdown of the bodily ma
chine before the attainment of nor
NAL old age is generally due to ex-
cesses of some kind, to too little air
and too little exercise, too much work
and too much food.
The body needs plenty of fresh air
to keep 1t in good condition People
who live much out of doors and who
sleep out Of doors or with their win
dOws open suffer much less from dis
ease than those who shut themselves
up in close hot rooms.
| 70 &c, 60
keep it in good condition. Half an
hours vigorous physical exercise each
each day will tone up the lungs and
heart and blood vessels as nothing
else can do. Exercise in the open
air is the best kind of all.
1t is not hard work that kills,
| but continuous work, and proper rest
and recreation between will enable a
man to accomplish more and keep
well. When the Zeiss Optical Works
in Jena changed from a nine-hour to
an eight-hour day the employees ac-
complished more work in the short
day than they had In the long day
before.
| Overeating is as bad as undereat-
ing. When Overeating, and particu-
larly the eating of too much meat, is
combined with lack Of exercise the
body may be half poisoned by pro-
ducts of decay from the intestine, and
efficiency impaired and disease
brought on.
Moderation is the key to health
moderation in work and play, in eat
ing and drinking moderation in all
things. One should not wait until
diseases of the heart and arteries
have once developed to think of these
things. The formation of healthy
habits of living in youth is the best
way to prevent the diseases of mid
die life; but it is never too late to
mend.
Sore Throat.
Take no chances with a sore throat.
Call in the doctor--it may be diph-
iberia.
If your child has asore throat be
sure to call in the doctor. Only a
doctor can decide whether or not the
case is one of diphtheria. If the doc
tor says that antitoxin should be used,
see that this is done; it may save the
child's life In the days before we
had antitoxin, one out of three chill
dren who had diphtheria died. Now,
if antitoxin is used on the first or
second day of the disease, ninety eight
out Of every hundred children 'recov-
er. The sooner diphtheria is attend
ed to, the more certain is the cure.
A child should not be allowed to
get out of bed until the doctor per-
mits
Diphtheria may affect the heart if
the child gets up too soon.
| Do these things and you will pro-
! tect your own and other peoples chill
dren.
Wetting the Fingers.
| I desire to call attention through
the medium of your columns to a
loathful practice of the frequenters of
the reading rooms of the public Ii
brary. l refer to the disgusting habit
of wetting the fingers in order to turn
the leaves of book. This not only
has the immediate result of soiling
the books, but also the ultimate effect
of spreading all forms of disease
This may seem trifling matter, but
believe many cases of sickness might
be traced to this source Notices pro-
hibiting the practice should be posted
in all Libraries as conspicuously as
those prohibiting splitting .-Richard S.
| Wormser in N. Y. Times.
4 Does your neighborhood look
brighter and cleaner this week than
it did last? If not, why not?
This is the season when nature is
busy identifying things, and we
should do our share in making our
surroundings as clean and attractive
as possible.
If babies are worth having, they
are worth saving