The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-04-26
HEALTH AND SUDDEN CHANGE

OOe Oh Tic Observation-Disclosures vOUCUe
|safed to employees by the medical
bureau" Of Q metropolitan public
service corporation in Z leaflet on
How to Keep Well This Winter" =
to avoid chilling after perspiring
Another Is to wear your outside wrap
when you 60 outdoors. Evidently the
company doctor thinks the robot viii
wear an inside wrap indoors without
being told.
Who pays the cost OF the corpora.
tons medical bureau? The public.
It Is all figured in the excess peofits
But the employees contribute In.
voluntarily pro rata cut In wages.
In short every such medical, surgical
or tin-doctor service provided by .
big business concern Is maintained
out OF the excess profits In which EN-.
ployees would otherwise share. The
employer assumes the employee Is too
dumb to choose his own medical
attendant when he needs medical
care, and 30 It Is that corporations
all over our bootlegging land take care
OF this matter for the peasantry. In
dependence? There isn't enough Of
that quaint spirit left to support
neighborhood grocery or butcher shop
Quick cooling Of tho body after
overheating Is not only harmless but
rather beneficial to health, Is he who
bathes should know. Is It not
custom to brave . sudden dash or
spray or plunge In cold water ct the
end Of steam Of hot vapor bath?
The silly idea Of this final cold dash
Is to "close tho pores 90 no cold can
get In, but what 1t really does Is
contract or tighten the surface blood
vessels which have been relaxed by
tho heat and overdistended with
blood.
I repeat there Is no harm In such
quick cooling after such overheating.
Nor in any similar sudden change.
On the contrary It Is beneficial to
health and general vigor and pep
to subject the body to just such sud-
den changes a. often Is the weather.
climate and environment permit. All
with due regard for your own COM
fort. Of course. In fact, unless you
are . blamed idiot, you know better
than any doctor does whether you
should put on o. leave Oft any par
ticular wrap or other cover In any
circumstance. Your own feelings are
10 better guide about that than the
quaint notions Of any old fogy
physician.
It Is unwise for one unaccustomed
to vigorous exertion to cool Oft too
quickly after . strenuous game or q
hard job Of work. Unwise because
too sudden cooling interferes with
the removal Of products Of combus-
ton from the issues about the
muscles, and when the removal Of
these acid waste products THRU THE
CIRCULATION Is delayed, lameness,
stiffness or soreness Of the muscles Is
likely to follow. That Is unpleasant.
But It u never dangerous. nor Is
there any greater danger Of any
known illness from such chilling after
|unaccustomed exertion.
I emphasize unaccustomed effort,
because. q athletes we'll know, with
training one becomes less and len
susceptible to such laneuees even Il
one Il downright careless about chill
Ing after warming Up. An. athletic
In good training becomes almost i'm
mune to such lameness. Il u the cub
Of the scrub that puts GA the big show
Of blankets. sweaters and similar
trappines along the ddeltnes. Most Of
u In the grandstand would b stiff
/, tomorrow II No logged once around
the field.
All clear now2 Remember. your own
sense Of comfort = the only guide q
follow In respect to sudden changes
Don't let the old 1o1sib worry you
about this.
QUESTION: AND AleSWERs
The Iolln Ha4foo
"a Liz complete partieu1ars n r.
gard to your iodine treatment Tor {
person - years Of age who -. . q
Il. p
j Answer-I have no such treatment
Perhaps you mean the lodin Ration
That = for every mature adult, espe
cially thoee who feel and look . b.
At q Al~ e.