Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
Health and Right Living
BY ROYAL S. COPELAND, WI. ID.
Former Commissioner of Health

When the word poison is men
toned, we think Of carbolic acid or
corrosive sublimate. If not one of
these, it may be prussic acid. Ev-
erybody is afraid of a bottle if its
label carries a skull and croSs-bones.
But when n person is harmed
by one Of these, a thousand, perhaps
ten thousand are more or less Seri-
ously harmed by poisons we rarely
hear mentioned. These evil effects
come from substances produced by
the body itself.
Fortunately for us there are GER
tain organs whose chief function is
to get rid of these dangerous pro-
ducts. The kidneys, the intestines,
the liver and the skin, when they
are normal in their operations, car
ry away these evil things. They fill
ter out of the blood and separate
from the intake Of the system those
substances which might harm us.
These are what we call the "or-
gans Of elimination" When all Of
them function as they should, we
continue in good health. We stay
young and active. We have energy
and the ability to express it.
In a sense, old age is due to the
effect Of body poisons. Failure to
eliminate these harmful substances
results in certain tissue changes.
The sum total Of these changes is
that physical state we regard as the
evidence of age.
There is an old saying, frequently
used by many persons. 1t is that
common greeting How is your
liver?"
Perhaps we might as we'll ask:
How old are you?" or How old do
you feel?"
Of course, old age is not a state Of
mind. But you might as well be old
as to feel old all the time. The de-
sirable thing is to feel young and to
act young because you really feel
that way.
If you wake up with a headache.
with a stiff back and a couple of
stiff joints it is probably because
you have been poisoned. Of course,
but just enough affected to feel
mean.
You are sure to have this expert
ence often if your organs Of elm
nation fail to do their duty. You
are certain to be miserable if the
poisons are produced in quantities
too large to be handled by the elm
NATIVE organs.
Your life should be so ordered that
kidneys, liver, intestines and skin
are in perfect order. IF they are SO
kept and are capable Of eliminating
all the poisons generated in your
body you can live on and on and
look forward to many decades of
vigorous life. Life, you see, depends
almost wholly on how your body
reacts to its own poisons.
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ANSWERS TO HEALTH QUERIES
Record. Q.-What can be done for
a hammer toe?
Am operation is the only cure
for such a malformation OF the toe.
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M. l.. G. GLOW a I gain
weight?
A.-Eat plenty of good nourishing
food, including milk, eggs, fresh
fruits and vegetables. Make sure
that the bowels eliminate properly
Exercise daily in the open air and
practice deep breathing. Take COO
liver oil after meals as a general
tonic and builder.
H. 0. P. Q.-What should be done
for a mucus deposit i'll the kidney
elimination, staining the clothingf
The condition is accompanied by
backache. Would this be caused b.
a sinus and antrum disturbance
which has lasted over a good many
years?
as it advisable for a young
woman of Thirty to dye her hair-it
is beginning to turn gray?
A.-Have a careful urinalysis anc
then definite treatment can be out
lined. The diet probably has ar
important bearing o. this condition
The infection from the nasal dis
tucbarcc would tend to a~ggravate
the ge.rCTal condition
mo. if the hair Is kept immacu-
lately clean and well groomed the
fact that it is turning gray should
not be a detrinlent. 4 good hair
tonic might be he!piul.
r. G. Q.-What do you advise for
iHgroWn hairs2