Arizona republican., 1921-01-16
Motoring Is Finest Medicine For All
 Nervous Troubles

We are told by the scientific medical men or the nation that this country VIII in another score of years become noted for the health standard of its entire population due mainly to the use of the motor car. An automobile has many functions, one of which Is to i'm prove the health of the riders. This 1t does without question to such a degree that in some cases the results almost are uncanny. One of the well known nerves specialists relates many cures, due entirely to the fact that the patient went motoring for health. The funda- mental principle behind motoring for health is that it diverts the mind and sSso gives a constant change of air.
 Forget it," the nervous man is told, but he cannot forget so easily unless there is moro potent force tending to divert his mind from his bodily ailment. We arc also told that the mental oondi- ton of a patient if properly taken care of will fin turn produce desirable effects on the body. Nothing is more influ- ential in diverting the mind away from oneself than motoring.
 The automobile manufacturers pre- dict that 40 per cent of the cars will in future be sold for health purposes, the other co per cent for business reasons. We are inclined to think that the na-
  couraging an investment in automo- biles rather than spending the same or more money in medicine, operations, etc, which in the end will not produce the most desirable results. We are not in position. of course, to tell the forms of diseases or ailments that should be treated by motoring. but most doctors will agree that riding and even driving an automobile will do much toward nqfipnfQ health.
 It may be pretty hard for nervous patient to believe that he can drive car. but it has been demonstrated time and again that the very act of driving SO changes the mental state as to re- move the nervousness. The patient must however, drive cautiously, and he must confine his driving to the coun- try rather than the city. The driver win find that his heart beats. his res- piration and his whole system will re- act to the tune of the car. If the car be driven slowly tenseness of the muscles is removed: as the speed increases there Is an involuntary acceleration of the heart and the lungs. This is not always 30, but 1t is. generally speaking, characteristic of a nervous person at Sne wheel
 Certain nervous conditions are func- tional, others are organic, and both of item can be treated by motoring. In a recent case a woman was taking treat ment by a great specialist for over secretion of the thyroid glands. The oversecretion made her extremely nervous and affected almost every or gan of the body. Motoring was recom- mended as a means of assisting the scientist in curing the woman, and in about one year she not only became we'll and required no further treatment, but became an expert driver into the bargain. This like many cases, may turn out more satisfactory if the doctor is permitted to watch and treat hI- patient while the motoring is being used as a means of mind diversion.
 There is one thing about motoring for health that must be understood, and that is that 1t must be practiced iudiciously. One cannot expect to ride 300 continuous miles in a hard riding car and get out thoroughly relieved of all his troubles. If the car is hard riding drive slowly over good roads Speed is not essential. To make the best of motoring, one must drive along the good roads and study the surround Ing landscape, the buildings. if there are any, perhaps the car you are rid ing In. other cars on the road etc. Merely sitting at the wheel and mak- ing an occasional turn on lonely road may make the driver lonely, hence sus- ceptible to thinking of himself.
 Automobile mechanism Is easy tc learn and understand; get into discus siona while in the car about the opera tion of the car, about ways and means of promoting safety. about all matters pertaining to motoring. Continuous driving is bad. Drive 20 miles or s' and then get out of the car and wall around for 10 or 15 minutes. keepini your mind always either on the car where you are going to drive in tn next half hour, and all the hundre' things that come out on a short mo toring trip.