Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-19

HEALTH GRAMS
Observation-Disclosures

Regardless of whether Darwin 81
BRYAN is right about the ofioin Of
man il is very certain that humans
have 80 face the problem of dealing
with an invisible world Of living
things ii they would live Icing and
happily. Some of the tiny living OF
panisms can be seen through the
microscope and some of them cannot
Some Of them will poison person
while others will not. Aha, sheN
lack in size is made up for in feeun.
dity. \ night OF two in the human
body Is sufficient for fen dozen
to multiply into lew million. All 81
these facts have been observed bY
students of medicine Who have de
visod ways and means Of combating
the germs.
If a gambler knew he could Win ~
times out of 100 chances he would be
out locking for victims ON every cor
ner. That is exactly what "A lot Il
practitioners do who have approptia.-
ed fof themselves the title OF doctor.
About SO per cent of the general run
of human ailments will take care OF
themselves in the course of time with
out fatal termination.
The advantage of having a real
doctor is that fellow might be one
of the 10 per cent and real doctor
can help tide the storm whereas the
practitioner could emily chalk hum as
loss for which time and another
chance will compensate, \ real doc
tor has to know good deal about
anatomy, biology, zoology, chemistry,
physics, psychology anu Just plau
common sense. A practitioner needs
only a bit of manual skill and a super
tcial knowledge of human nature TO
call il day.
! Medical authorities centend that
81 per cent of the children who are
born free fnpm tuberculosis anu who
are robust at the time of bifta, buI
who are constantly exposed 10 an IN
, fected parent, will develop the disease
! before the end of the first year. II
this is true it must be plain that one
of the greatest problems in preventing
tuberculosis is that of protecting the
infant child. Separation is the surest
method of protecting a baby from al
infected parent.
The trouble with a runt pig is that
| he never gets enough 10 eat. lie either
+ has no place at the table OF Nh. Pig
or else the more greedy members OF
the family succeed in "hogRlng' HIM
out of his place. Runts never look
as bright and never show as much lie
and energy as the other little pig.
Furthermore the runts frequently out
] ffFa4.r AL
| supply is forthcoming. There Is les
son in this observation for the par
ents who have undefweight youngs-
tiers with a tendency toward dizziness.
OF course a child may be thin and
backward because of illness. On the
other hand illness Is a more frequent
sequel than a cause of undefnourish-
ment.
An undernourished child is like a
man with a mortgage on his house.
| Before he can get a clear title TO
the house the man must pay all of the
| borrowed money and a lot of interest
| TO boot, the amount of interest de-
pending upon the sum borrowed. The
| undernourished child must reoain all
of the weight and strength that he
has borrowed from his reserve and
then catch up with the normal for his
age. In either case 1t Is a hand
struggle but it can be done. II Is
mighty nice never to get in debt,
however.
Nine or ten months at his mother
breast is to the physical life of an
infant what a coy NEST egg IS
economically to the young business
man. Both give a distinct advantage
to the individual over his competitors.
Neither is insurance against bad man .
agement after using up the original
capital, however
During the last three years more
than 1000 persons have been acct
dentally drowned in Illinois. A IKE
number have succumbed to typhoid
fever during the same time. A lot
of these fatalities were associated
with vacations Nenturing INTO deep
water without knowing how to swim
is a frequent cause Of drowning while
drinking polluted water without beng
| immunized frequently cause typhoia
fever. More than 1000 lives every
three years is pretty expensive pflce
| for these two preyentable evils.
Last week over l,400 new cases OF
measles we're reported IN the stale
an average Of more than 200 daily.
Over $4,000 cases have been reported
since the frst Of the year. Children
recovering from this disease need me
best care, including a well balance
diet of easily digested nutrltiye foods
in order to protect them against tupef'
culosis and other serious compiled.
| tons.
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