Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-28
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
The First Three Years.

Granny, with his chronic bronchitis or
winter cough. was as regular taxes. and
as wrong In his conventional notions of the
cause Of the trouble and the ways OF health
as testimonial writer. II took three wears
mostly winters, OF eloquclcc and logic not TO
say haSsihs, by the doctor to impart the nrst
rhdinents OF common sense hygiene.
Granny finally came to believe that cloth
INK Is something 10 &c worn for comfort
winter or summer and not for arrnor against
taking cold" and he had TO admit after an
exhaustive scientific consideration OF all the
textile materials used for underwear. that
Tor man OF sedeniary indoor life a fairly
light weight, porous (that Is sor, of a stock :
lncttc machine knitted stuff and not tightly
woven flannel fleece lined stun wooden
union suit. with socks Of about the same ma :
tcral offered the greatest comfort indoors
and ont.
Being regular, the patient had been in the
hnbii Of wearing a curious coatrivance OF red
nannc! why red, 1t would be- Il puzzle To de-
terhine hut. perhaps. because red Is the
danger sisnal--cut In the ontlina of a shield
and granny rather shamefacedly confessed
I" IN" doctor that this contraptiou was n
chest PROTECTOR lie was Influenced T., dis
card the Chest protector more by the argu-
mtnt mat II was an uncleauly thing than by
any belief that it actually tended to impair
his natural resistance TO infection Being
regular, ncain. he one of those indiyld-
nails who imagine that body warmth and
comfort come from external heat artificial
warmth. ra thee than from within With this
idea upncrmoSt In mind IL is not strange that
an invalid with trouble he imaHines was
caused by cold in the first place should he
inclined to wear more clothing than comfort
really called for. especially upon the throat
and chest where he chidlshly fancied the
cold might penetrate" II was great dny
for the doctor. therefore. when granny first
rentured out for his constitutional sensibly,
even lightly attired. Notwithstanding the
clustering weather. Tho doctor espied his
dfiicult patient beating II up the avenue at
= fine gait. swinging his stick as bllthcly as
any young buck. without sign of n muller
about his throat or overshocs any of thos"
umorous appurtenanc"S OF the maynard vale
tudinarinn. "Wcll. we'll" he said To himself
1t looks as though We're getting Erampy'S
goat. lie Is sleeping nights with two bed
room windows wide Open and taking his
oxygen aho"r daytimcs. Hes pretty Well
broken Of the coddlins habit. and rcnl or
ing for cover. We try now what n little
sensible dieting VIII do for that boy and
maybe breach the subject OF autogenous vac
cincs. They give the itch seven years in In
diana. ! wonder ii bronchitis really must run
forever"
II there is anything In this idea Of live
aud learn" man at :! ought to heg!n to have
Slimmerings OF iniciliS enca and vet SO few
OF us live to learn that few OF us learn to
i've comfortably. Granny did. rcluctantly
And to hear HIM telling about it nevada VS.
granny chose the way ana led the doct or
on after him. That's another neculiarity Of
the psychology OF the older boys If you
do succeed in hammering q new idea into
their heads they Invariably imagine they have
conceived ii themselves.