The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31
HOME HEALTH CLUB /

r Control of Disease: There are few CT epidemics and. scourges than occur red years ago. when cholera, small pox, diphtheria, etc, swept away thou sands at a time. Little by little we have advanced in the knowledge of the prevention of diseases which for merly devastated, cities and entire sec~ dons. Fact by fact, truth by~ truth, in methods of fighting disease and better means of preventing them are wrested from the mysteries of nature, by the earnest and unse1fish work of Investigating physicians, Scientists. etc.
 Life is a continuous warfare. Aside from the responsibilities of securing shelter and food and raiment, we must ever be on the alert to maintain health, and it is quite remarkable how well we do so, in spite of the exceptions which always occur. In a world where little is perfect, we can necer hope to reach fauftless con- dition of life. There will always be some sickness, accidents. and always death. Our mission is to reduce i'll health and unhapptness to 9 mfnI- mum. In spite of doubts, we are marching on in the direction of bet ter things.
 I often think that it is quite remark able how very well we get along to- gether, the one hundred million of people in this country, when it is considered that we represent half a hundred states, North and South East and West, some of them thousands of miles apart, some larger in them selves than many of the kingdoms of the old world, with our native born and foreign citizenship, representing every nation on the earth, with their great variety of habits, industries, ed- locations, ambitions, inc1inations, aff1l- iations, needs, possessions, and tenn perament, it is wonderful how well we amalgamate and mix in general harmony, how fair and equitable Is our government, and how well the general good and the general health is maintained.
 The great work of our national gov- ernment Git is good as whole and and it's protection adequate no mat ter what carping critics or the politi- clans may say to the contrary in the way of compelling the production of pure food, the treatment of diseases of animals, the prevention of epidem ics and maintaining the open air treatment of tuberculosis by eStab- fishing sanitariums, etc., is all right. You would better realize it if you had, as many of our alien citizens have, lived under another flag.
 Now, with the help of the govern mept, the municipal bodies,. the press, and the individual effort, the interest awakened for improved hygienic con- ditions will result in a better and stronger nation. As the individual soldier makes up the squad, the com pany,. the regiment, and the brigade with which the invincfble and NSlncon- querable army is made, so make of yourself an individual unit, alert, com potent, active in an army to, battle gainst disease and for the health and well being of the masses.
 Ready Remedies: The effect of auto suggestion in the treatment of disease is well known. It is the. ba- sis of many ''sciences'' and ''ologies'' and has been used by persons who have taken certain we'll recognized sci- entif1c facts and made religion schools of medicine of them. Massage magnetism. suggestion, mesmerism, are all parts of the general art of healing.
 The reasons why the home nurse, the mother, is so very successful in the every day treatment of common diseases, is that she uses all of the va rious means instinctive1y, though the medicine bears no high sounding or mysterious Latin name, but such as