The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-05
Let Our Motto Be
GOOD HEALTH |
BY DR.. LLOYD ARNOLD
Professor Of Bacterioloey and Preventive
Medicine, University of Illinois,
College OF Medicine.
LONG AUTOMOBILE TRIPS

4 to abuse two very important parts
Of his body-his skin and his diges-
| tive tract. And then he complains
that he did not get much good out
Of his trip.
Well, why should he2 You can't
Insult and mistreat these two organs
without having them slap back and
slap back Immediately. And trouble
with both of them can very easily
| be avoided.
| There are of course not so many
cases of sunburn In the late fall as
In the early summer, as most per-
! SONS have secured a moderate amount
Of suntan during the summer and
hence have corresponding adapta-
bility. But still a great many fall
| vacationers become too enthusiastic
| over sunshine, particularly when they
reach body of water with good
swimming beach.
Sunburn Is not only painful, but In
the process of acquiring it, the whole
chemistry and metabolism of the body
| gets an upset. Diarrhea may very
well be a consequence, with the thirst
that accompanies it. II the person
Is able to travel the next day, he
will want to stop and drink from
every well and pump he sees. Some
! of the water may be bad and dyson.
terry or typhoid may be the result
But much more frequently, than sun.
burn. 1t is wrong eating and over
tiredness that upsets the regular
rhythm of the body functions. The
automobiles start out extra early
perhaps; they may get breakfast
| of toast and bad coffee at some place
that should never have gone into the
business of serving food. About noon
they decide they will stop and eat
at the next town; when they come to
1t, they decide no place is inviting,
and they drive on. At the next place it
Is the same, and maybe at three
o'clock or so, some one rebels and
says they must stop at the very next
place food is to be had, no matter
how it looks. Perhaps this turns out
to be a crossroads grocery, and the
only thing available is an ice cream
cone, a chocolate bar and packaged
sweet roll. In the evening no place
looks good either, and at or 10
when they stop for the night, they
find that the restaurants that served
| good meal had closed at s o'clock.
Next day there may be repetition
of the same eating system, or lack
of system. Some few individuals have
digestive tracts that can stand that
sort of treatment, but most of US
haven't.
In the research laboratories of the
University of Illinois, we haEe found
that when people have become ia
tigued and overheated they lose the
power Of secreting acid in their stom-
achs. Now the normal digestive tract
can and does destroy great many
outside germs without much trouble.
But when it has become abnormal,
normal stomach acidity, then swal-
lowed germs can multiply to a great
extent.
There are several ways Of avoid
ing digestive disturbances on an au-
tomobile trip. One is the common
sense one of making it your business
to eat as regularly as you do at home.
You watch out for the oil and gas
in your car; why not have equal re-
gard for the machinery Of your body?
| YrfYo xuhn cto nY1f n
morning about the restaurants in the
/ towns along the way. and then de-
eide on one place for the noon meal
and another for the evening meal. If
your itinerary can't compass an eat
ing place at noon, then have a box
luncheon Of sandwiches and fruit put
up, with bottle of pasteurized milk
and eat that at your regular noon
lunch hour. Then get meal that in
cludes vegetables and meat or fish at
night. Another way is the method
the Romans, led by the Caesars, used
when they campaigned from north
ern Europe to Equatorial Asia and
Africa; and method the missionaries
use In cholera-infested India. And
that is to add an acid to the drink
ing water. The Romans added vim
egar or soured wine to their water;
the missionaries add few drops Of
sulphuric acid. You can do the same,
or add the juice Of lemon; it gives
the same result.
But If you are not absolutely GER
tain that the drinking water has been
adjudged safe by the state health
department, then by all means be sure
that 1t is boiled before you drink
1t. You may save yourself dysentery
or typhoid by so doing. Or get stand
ard brands of mineral and other bot
tied waters. If you are camping out
and the water is of suspicious and
unknown source, then add hypo-
'chlorite tablets to the water for
washing your hands and face, and for
washing food aD6 dishes. The drug
gist will give you directions for u.s.
ing the tablets. Or boil the cleansing
water. Never use las Is"