The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-28
HOME HEALTH CLUB.
(Bdited by Dr. David II. Reeder, La
 Porte, Ind.)

BRONCHITIS: believe that in al ! the AShg years that I have been | teaching people How to get Vel | and How 10 Keep WeII' 1 have never 1 known of so many cases of Bronchi- ] tis. For the benefit of those that dc | not have the Home Health Club book 1 Vol 5, I am going to copy from that book an entire chapter on that all ment.
 The relationship between the lungs and the rest of the breathing app2" "ltus is so close that disease or disorders affecting one portion may involve all of the others. Bropchi- tis Is one of the troubles from which
 a great many people suffer, and not a few die, and yet it is a condition cas- fly relieved by the most simple reme- dy imaginable, and one which may be had in the most humble home in America.
 An acute attack Is usually precee = ed by a chilly sensation, at first 9G-
 fecting only the spine, but gradually
 extending over all the body until a decidedly uncomfortable feeling Is manifest, and no amount of extra clothing seems to restore warmth and comfortable feeling; even going
 to bed and piHng on an extra blanket is of no avail. Probably two things have conspired to bring on this feel ing of chilliness and uncomforta ble- ness. One is that you have been fla tigued, and, while weary, you have been exposed to cold. The skin has ceased to perform its proper share of work in the bodily system. and the overwork thrown upon the lungs be- cause of this has damaged them and they cease to do what they otherwise would.
 There Is q remarkable provision in the funct-cn of certain organs by what is called "an effort of nature to remedy this state of | lgs. The blood which is pot freed, as it is re- quired to be, of vSed-up matter acts as a stimuIant or ne heart and the pulse is at once quickened and in creased in the force of its motion. The rapid circulation soon produces heat over all the body and if natural perspiratton were restored by this, all would soon be right again; but the pores have so lost their natural action that they still refuse to act, the circulation becoming worse in stead of better. More work still is required of the lungs and the tubes that lead from them, and that work they are unable to perform. The un- purified blood lodges in their tender vessels. and if this goes on Ions, breathing become very difficult, or impossible. and death is the speedy issue.
 What should be done? The an swer depends upon the stage at which the disease has arrived when you are made aware of it's presence. If the chilly and uncomfortable sym ptom has only begun to be felt when you may act upon it. reason says that you have only to restore the lost aC- ton of the skin. AS yet neither lungs nor heart are complaining. so to speak, and you need not mind them. But the skin is rebelEng and the vital system is uttering it's complaint through the skin. The shiver, if you have #. is almost assuredly a com plaint of the vital system which lies chiefly along either side of ne spine You should see to 1t that the skins action is at once restored there. Sponge up and down the back, first with hot soap and water; quickly, dry this, and then sponge or rub with hot vinegar; dry this and rub quickly and gently with hot olive oil Get to bed and, if comfortable. nothing else will be required. This is when the first indication of the malady is observed. Most people know how important t is that the first hint should be acted upon, but few act promptly. Hence it is with someafter stage that peo- pie have 10 deal. assuming that breathing has become painful and the chest internally sore. As vet fever may not have appeared, though prob ably it is not far off. If it is ont yet manifest and the sufferer is cool, rather than hot, in the skin. there should be prompt action for the relief Of the organs of the chest. This can be easily and quickly done.
 Before saying how, it may be well to remember that when the fever has come. and in a measure has spent it. self, even while there is great dan ger. the same action will give relief and restore the patient which would lave done so before the fever had set in. Many a child has been laid on its mothers knee to die when the doc tors had held their consultation and gone away, saying they could do no more and they have been completely placed beyond danger by the simple application which should have been used before the fever had developed. In such cases the fever has spent it. self and there is only the 1abored and shortened breathing to tell the true condition. In all cases where the patient is said to be sinking" pro ceed as follows: Get a supply of rough bran in a good-sized basin; an ordinary-sized stocking if nothing batter can convsniently be had. tied a foot or more from the top, will make a bag about the right size for use on a. child. Now pour a little boiling water oper the bran, mixing 1t until l. Is about saturated, but not so wet that the water will ooze when the poultice Is squeezed. If you have no tran, oatmeal made into porridge may do, and 1t may be well in either case to have a little cayenne or mus tard mixed with the bran or meal Having the poultice ready in the stocking, rub the back between the shoulders with the olive oil and place the poultice along the spine between tho shoulders. Let the patient He down upon it as soon as the heat will allow.