The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-10-25

usually not removed by the remedy
which relieves the pain. DR.. Osler
has aptly said that, medicines prob
ably have no effect whatsoever
upon the diseases for which they are
administered" What did he mean?
Simply this: that at best drugs can
only relieve symptoms, and if the
disease disappears the remedy given
to relieve the pain did not contribute
in any way in removing the real
cause Of the pain. Often the patient
gets well in spite Of the treatment
used. If the actual cause is not
banished there will be a return Of
the same symptoms or some other
will occur which might seem to have
no connection with the former
trouble.
Only today / met man who was
complaining of how often he was
forced to have his frontal sinus
drained of pus. The pain became
almost unbearablc every few days
and the only relief he could find was
to have his nose specialist puncture
the sinus and extract the disturbing
pus which had accumulated.
Here was a man eminently sue
cessful in the manufacturing field
who seemed surprised when I sug-
gested to him that the best plan
would be to remove the real source Of
the trouble which, in his case, lay
in a polluted blood stream. If the
engine Of his automobile constantly
became stuffed with carbon, do you
suppose he would have been satisfied
to have it cleaned out every week?
OF course not! He would have found
out what was wrong with his gas
oline or with his mixture" in the
carburetor, and would quickly de-
eide that the cause did not lie in
the engine, itself. But he failed to
apply the same sensible reasoning
to his own ailment.
How many take headache remedies
without consideration of the origin
Of the agency which produced the
headache? In this ,hurry-up age it
is no doubt pardonable to relieve
physical distress as soon as possible,
but the danger always lies in making
a habit Of doing this without a more
serious contemplation of the reasons
for the unpleasant indication that
you have broken some Of Natures
laws.
urge you to give more thought to
the cause of disease in your body
than you do to the effec' If YOU
do this, you will be readily rewarded
in increased health and more COM
plete freedom from the danger of
recurring and changing signs Of ill
health which arc the inevitable re-
suit Of attempting to suppress symp-
toms.
The Expectant Mothers Diet
The expectant mother must first
disabuse her mind Of the false be-
lief that it is necessary for her to
eat for two. The average person
eats about five pounds Of food daily.
although about two pounds would
be plenty if the quality Of the food
were correct.
The normal grain in weight of the
unborn child should not be more than
one half ounce daily, which would
make the weight at birth almost nine
pounds; so you see that from the
usual food supply the expectant
mother will have more than suffi-
Gent to nourish herself and to pro-
vide ample material for her baby.
AS excess of food burdens the BODY
at any time, it is even more impor-
tant during CESSATION that unreasofi-
able quantities. of nourishment should
not be used under the mistaken. idea
that such. superfluous amounts are
necessary or advisable at this par