The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14
HOME HEALTH CLUB
Gdited by pr. David H. Reeder, Chi
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One of the things for which anyone | with gc Dd common sense must admire the Christian Scientist, is that they l absolutely refuse to make. of a sore finger, ingrowing toe nails or pyorrhea z subject of social conversation or even to disucss aill-ents at all I had a letter recently from Q man that lives in Alabama I had not heard from him for five or six years. | At that time he was about 75 years old and had just lost his wife. His own health was, from his description, very bad and his family physician could do but little if anything to re- l lieve him, thought he might live six change his diet from the regular southern style which nearly always 1 includes what they call "hog meat and corn bread and to confine him. | self almost exclusively to fresh fruits and fresh raw vegetables, to get back to Nature. Live outdoors night and day, think health and happiness, for get what the doctor told him and de- ternine to geII well and strong.
 He did it. Friends called him an old fool and thought he should be sent to an asylum, but now at 80 years he /. is strong, well and hearty and talks of converting his home into health re- sort. He says that he fully expects to be quite able to do full days 1 work on his tooth birthday.
 
 knowledge that has been gained by experience regarding. what is and what is not wholesome food, I believe there are many people that suffer more from a morbid fear of the various things set before them than from the food itself. If you cheerfully eat and masticate fully a reasonable quantity Of clean, wholesome food well prepared and then dismiss fear and worry, your general health is quite likely to inn prove and even if it is good it will probably be better.
 Practice and exercises on Dynamic Magnetism constantly and think health./ Keep before you always your ideal of physical strength and beauty, look up and be glad
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 Dear Doctor: I have thought for some time to ask your advice in re- gard to my trouble, which is varicose veins. I am 69 years old and weigh about 160 pounds. I have had the trouble for about three years, but have
 
 an elastic bandage most of thet tiIne., My general health is very good for my age. I think am on my feet perhaps more than I ought to be. have al- ways done a good cal of hard work and used to be very 1eshy. I have great faith in you and trust you can help me.
 CAnswer) Those who nave passed middle life as a rule are much more troubled with varicose veins than oth- ers Very often so-called "e1actics' are used for keeping the swelling down, but I believe 1t is doing little good, if any. An elastic band, one just above the knee, is a vastly better rem edy than any elastic stocking. A piece of rubber about six inches broad and three-eights of a yard long makes a good appliance for this purpose. Rest in your case is absolutely neees- | sary. If you were to stay in bed for | three weeks and rest perfectly, I be- | lteve that your swollen veins would | entirely disappear and if you choose | that kind of treatment no bandages | are required. Three weeks of recum- bent posture will in most instances be sufficient to restore the elacticity of | the vessels. Strong moist heat, ap- piled by a bran poult1ce across the | Launches, after olive oil hhs been rubbed on gently, is of great impor- tance. If it is impossible for you to | stay in bed for three weeks you can at | least do it for one week. Place, an hour before the usual bedtime, the | first night, a large bran pou1tice across the hips after having rubbed in a lit tie warm olive oil. Place then a good | wide band of new flannel around the l body. Apply in the morning another 1 poultice in the same way and when | that is renewed rub the limbs gently | first with hot vinegar and then with | olive oil, after which dress them in | B pair of cotton stockings.
 Such a treatment will usually help, | and I believe that it will prove of | great benefit to you. Further infor- l nation upon the home treatment of | varicose veins is given in the Home | Health club book, vol. 2, to which I | further refer. F1eshy people, as rule, | are more subject to varicose veins | than others, hence it is always well | for those who are so threatened to | reduce their weight. Dear Doctor: Our boy has a break ng out all over his body It starts | with a terrible itching,S then the skin | get red and sometimes there will be | running sores; sometimes a scratch or | ] cut or thorn in the foot or in any | other places causes a bad sore or [ swelling. He breaks put anew every lay, begins to scratch, gets worse to- wards evening and by bed time has comes out. He is 13 years old, has good appetite, is not sick often.
 MRS. D. c.
 (Answer) Impure blood is the main in your boys case. The itch ng as well as the frequent eruptions of the skin are results of such condi- ion. The further fact that the sores 10 not heal easily is still more evil fence of impure blood. The main hing for you to do is first to increase he activity of his eliminating organs, paying special attention to his bowels and kidneys and skin. By so doing he blood will the more easily become pure. Water Is natures great purifier md it should be given him in abun- lance. Let him drink as much water