New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
YOUR HEALTH


 alive and before any Of our fore
 fathers seorned the use of the fingers
 as means of carrying food to tht
 mouth, this and other countries were
 full of savages. They were strong and
 healthy. and decth came to them
 usually from old age, the claws ol teeth of some beast, or the fighting i'm.
 plement of some tribal enemy. They were not in the habit of having in,
 digestion or things like that. although some of them died probably from over-eating or other incorporate ac- ton. They did not have books to read. They did not need them. Their physicians were medicine men whose "cnres" became effective when the patient. aided by his imagination, got well just naturally, They ate tho things their bodies were constructed 10 digest because that was all they had to eat and that was all they want
 They could have bitten through my nail. if there had been ten- r 's those days.
 N#.a utilization came, and
 ~dants began to he wis. =.#. .ys. They invented things e easier 10 eat; things that did ne fequire so much exercise to obtain. and so, eating these things, they got lazy and fat because there was not tho necessity for such strenu- ous life. But they didn't invent any thing to change their bodies which were mnde to do tho active things, 10 cat the rough food. They began 10 get sick and die. They could bite no more tcnpenny nails because their teeth, from babyhood, had not been trained to keep well and strong on hard things.
 Well pe. you and I, are the de- scendants Of those savages. Some Of us start out with bodies pretty much like those of the savages. but they don't stay that way long. The civilized food leaves undeyeloped the organs made originally 10 handle rough stuff, but those organs. not getting the rough stuff, need attention. or course we simply cant eat the things those savages ate. nor can we live like them. The only thing VIC can do, then. is 10 readiust the organs 10 meet the changed conditions.
 The African in the 1uneles, is healthy. His great, great great grandson. walking along Sixth avenue, New York. is not healthy. The Esauimos in their original state, were healthy. Since they have begun 10 <, live on the civilized coast of Alaska, l they are not so well. There is a movement there now 10 compel the Esquimos 10 go back home. do the . things they' used to do and eat the . things they were built to eat That is giving lip civilization and all ifs works. | something as Gandlin. the well known Italian. wants the people Of India 10 stop wearing Enrlish-msde clothes wants 10 put civilization back fifty years.
 We are not wiling 10 go back fifty or two hundred years. We want to keep good things civilization has brought us-but more than anything else, VIC want to keep well. Today. in our public libraries. are books dssiinz with inc human body. the food that should hs eaten frorl tbe cradle 10 The grave. the causes of disease-snd the authors expfess themselves in plain language % that intelligent pto- ne may understand. These books dif- Ter from the ordinary medical liter- rturs" sent IF frss by tho proprietors ~ soms patent mrdftfns. ciaiminr that their preparation uiH cure any ache or pain. Tbs books are boosting no spoc.aI medicine. They tel us why -s1tsih foods havs certain effects upon 0s: they give us enough information To eBabIe re 10 knoa something about ths human machine which i' is our business 10 take care oI Isut the most practical vaIua Of such , yooks Is that they show US our bodies ieed invest igating every little while. ust as your automobile needs inves- , isating-and Hs can't buy new bodies i IT new organs as ue may Bs able 10 [ ny new cars and new paris. \ me- . hanicsf dstics manufactured to run. s nd keep in shape on one sort of fuel. , ront keep in shape. even though if ' nay run for ahiis. cn another soft. s earn something sHout you own per- i onaI engine and then go and talk if |