The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-10-29

uSuoiAy PiO'ts ''AS "b w Ep'A tl5
lungs.
The human body is often compar-
ed to an engine, and | know Of no
more apt illustration, because the
human body has TO keep up GER
tain amount of energy, nd If an en-
CINE is 90 keep up steam that engine
must be stocked. and the blood
stream Is the stocking material, and
the heart is the pumping station.
There must be pure sir In the lungs
1t is an absolute essential both in
health and disease, if there is 10 be
any chance whatever given 20 your
patient We can live for three
weeks without food, days without
drink, but only few minutes With
out oxygen, an dr. is obtained from
the air we breathe and IL We have
plenty OF oxygen in the lung when
the blood comes from the right
side of the heart through the lungs
the carbon di-oNide Is given off and
the oxygen Of the air taken up, and
the blood is purified and the waste
| matter is taken off Wherever you
stoke. wherever you have fire, there
must be waste material TO remove
Tire Is one thing | want to en-
! phasize the fact that the circu-
| latio nof the blood takes place
I through a series Of closed tubes and
these tubes are full OF liquid all The
time, but It Is kept circulating in
heart. IL you force liquid into a tube
that already is full you feel the i'm
pact all the way along the min
trunk Of the artery.
| What about the hearts action?
Now the pulse, Of course, Is catsed
by the bet of the heart, and Ivy
| feeling the pulse we can tell The con.
dltion of the heart. the regularity
with which it beats, whether the
I beat is full and strong, whether
there seems to be an equal quantity
of blood forced out by each beat. 1t
is very important to understand the
absolute necessity of having fresh
air for the patient to breathe so that
there, may be plenty of fresh air in
the lungs. II there is not the patient
loses vitality and in practically every
disease, and very especially in this,
and certainly in any case of pneu-
monia, to keep up the patients vi
tally is the important thing. and
fresh air is one fthe essentials OF
that.
When you go home, stand in front
Of your mirror with your clothes
loosened. and take COED. full
breath. and notice how your chest
expands under normal conditions
and then you will really recognize
the abnormal.
II we were going to take care OF
a case in this city. we would try tt
select a sick room, that is convent
emily situated, and am going t.
talk in these classes almost more
from the standpoint OF the countr!
home and women than from the cit.
home. I am one of the fortunat
people who know both. having beef
brought up ! ma country home.
thing for which I am always thank
full, and Of which lam also proud
Il know conditions in the country
and there will probably be a goo
many from this class who will b.
: called upon to- render service in
country home.
would ask you to select q room
conveniently situated to the toile
which we have in very few cOuntr
homes. But select room convent
emily situated from the standpoint
Of bein gable to look after the pa
! tents and get the necessities to
I them. but be very careful that 20
select ne that does not enter int
any OF the living rooms, because 20
want to isolate your patient an
: keep the patient separate from tn
other members of the household. A
: ways try to select room with
south or southeast exposure, IL ,
all possible. Nothing else has
: as a disinfectant and health givin
e agency than the direct rays CT IL
! sun have. and II you can get plel
+ ty of sunshine in the sick roo
it u quite invaluable. But we wal
: II ytf Into the room at tin
YhSQ e Il acceptable to your p
I. tient. Patients who are very Ill al
= usually restless In the early part
!. the night and pass into their SCUM
y est sleep in the early hours Of Il
% morning. II you have a room TIL
= faces the east you have to~run Il
risk of the patient awakening I
+ draw the blinds and lose the effe
!. of the suns rays. whereas, II W
have the room with south or SOU
y west exposure In the afternoon whit
L the patient feels tired or depress'
u let your blind 60 to the top and flo,
"a the room with sunshine, and the {
% feet Is almost magical. No disea
M germ can stand the direct rays
Sc the sun for any length of time. s
10 by the newspapers they have su
" ceeded in isolating the germ of L
e Spanish Influenza. There were
y. particulars given. but we know,
d the Irishman says, when onie tn
re get him singled out and get him o
rs into the clearance. they will so
&c get crack a; him, or a serum
~ incubation or some specific tn
az will meet the needs of this diseal
AZ We have faced and met many 9th
W emergencies, and many diset
ne mara deadly than thiu hut tho su