The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-02
GETTING A START.
By NATHANIEL c. FOWLER, Jr.
LITTLE DANGERS.


may be in your stomach. 1t may be
In your eyes. Consult your doctor,
Perhaps he will give you some medi-
cine or send you to an oculst.
You don't feel just right. You
| don't know what Is the matter with
you, something seems to be wrong
| somewhere. Don't wait for 1t to wear
on, because the chances are it won't
See your doctor.
Perhaps what does not appear to be
| serious may be the KING warning OIL
! Nature. She is doing what she can to
obViate the trouble, but she usually
needs assistance. See your doctor.
1t is quite likely that at times you
| suffer from lassitude. You don't feel
like work. Everything you do seems
| to require an effort. A tonic prescribed
by physician may set you right.
You have ringing IN your ears, or
some other minor trouble is bothering
you. Don't diagnose your own case;
don't consult with friends and COM
pare symptoms and exchange medi-
cines. Go to your doctor.
doctor in time is the cheapest
thing there is on earth.
Ninety-five per cent of all our all
ments can be either conquered or Al
leFlated II taken In time.
Self-dosing. or any form Of what
may seem to be rational exercise. or
change in diet, If not directed by
reputable physician. may do you
more harm than good.
In YOU ignorance you may feel that
eating eggs every morning is bad for
you. Perhaps you are right, but you
don't know. The eggs you eat may not
be the cause of the trouble. Possibly
you would better eat more eggs The
doctor knows.
You have cut your hand. It doesn't
seem to heal gully. You're in dan
stefan Mt once. II you don't. you may
be laid up for a month. and a fatal
result is possible.
Quite likely you don't sleep as you
should You may guess at the rea-
son, but there is no certainty in your
diagnosis. Your doctor can help you.
Medicine is likely to do more harm
than good unless prescribed by q
good physician. What cures John may
injure James.
Thousands of people feel run down.
They consult with their friends. and
find one who seems to have felt as
they do. A certain medicine appeared
to do the friend good and, perhaps, 1t
did: but because il helped him is no
evidence that it will assist you in
regaining health. One man needs an
alkali, another an acid. tonic may
help one and injure another.
Doctors nowadays are not dosers.
They regulate the diet, and prescribe
at times efficient medicine.
Perhaps your trouble is due to mild
or other form of dissipation. to lack
Of sleep. to quickly bolted meals. espe-
tally breakfasts: to insufficient exer-
else; and very likely you don't need
anything except to behave yourself
Many men join a gymnasium. Good!
Perhaps the exercise will benefit them;
but ] say to you. do not take up any
form of strenuous exercise without
the advice of your physician. Dumb
bells and Indian clubs may help one
man and fatigue another.
When your typewriter breaks down
you don't attempt to repair it. You
send for a man who makes a business
of this kind of work. When your en-
CINE goes to smash you call a ma
chinist. Yet half Of you attempt to
repair the most wonderful mechanism
in the world. your body. without the
assistance of somebody who is sup
posed to know. and who does know, a
great deal more about it than you do.
Treat yourself as you would your
machine. You would not use poor oil
on a fine piece of mechanism. You
would get the best. Why not follow
the same policy in the care Of your
body.
Many men lay their troubles to
overwork. Occasionally work is the
source, but in nine cases out Of ten
1t is not the work that hurts you. but
the way you work and what you do
when you are not working.