The Coolidge examiner., 1935-08-02

81 - k thats quite the
:. human way 10
feel at that time. And In the fall
Is there period when. II you have
neuralgia or rheumatism, 1t aches
worse than ever, and your eyes. for
no apparently accountable reason.
seeiii so weak that you wonder
whether ybu Shouldn't 90 to an
oculist for glassesl And you have
touch OF melancholla-you know,
'the melancholy days OF fan are
here" .atiiTude7 That again is quite
the proper reaction.
We cane any of US avoid being
part OF the Tremendous change that
! goas .on. in sp nature the two times
in tbs year when the sun reaches its
exact period of twelve hours above
the horizon. All animal life feels
that change; every cell in our body
All the visible forces OF nature
seem> TO awaken from a resting Pc
riod and. become i. active In the
springtime. Flowers. grass, trees,
birds and animals all take new
lease on life.' The alternating ami
mails arouse from their winter sleep.
The body seems to respond with
greater. ease TO many disturbing In
tluences. Eczemas and itchings OF
the skin become Aggravated. Tuber-
culosis Is usually more active as a
disease process. People suffering
from certain types or goiter become
worse. and great many types OF
asthma and hives are aggravated
during the spring mouths.
Spring weather stimulates US. II
Is natures way OF causing a period
OF housecieanIng. we burn up and
get rid OF useless accumulation.
, During. the summer and fall we en-
Joy good health and well being aft
er this, renovaung and rejuyenating
sprlngtime. But during the cold
and depressing winter months we
again hive so many sluggish and
hiberhatlng cells with their slow
and lazy response 10 our usual de-
mands that by the time spring
comes around, the freshening up
process has 10 be repeated.
These seasonal changes In the
function OF man are OF major sig
nifcance from the standpoint OF
public health. We have no more
controls over these factors than
have any of the other living cells
In nature. The forces of nature
cause us to become good soil at one
time and poor soil at another time
/ for. disease production. The sea
son Of greatest hazards Is the cold
winter season.
o.. When snring comes we should
clean out our bodies. just as the
housewife feels the. urge to clean
house, and men get out the rake
and gather up. and burn the win
ter's rubbish before they start
planting, and school children joy
ouslg. enter. on clean-the-city cam
naims.
We all. have an urge to eat green
things. az this time. our grand
mothers thought calomel and sui
phur and molasses were called for.
Bot they also anxiously waited for
the first rhubarb to become long
I.eneughst&, cut and for the asparagus
TO push Itself up, and dandelions
were cooked or made into a salad
with vinegar and hard-cooked egg.
1t was really these things that re-
freshed the body. and not the sui
phur and molasses. Today with re-
frgerator cars that. bring US spin
ach and, fresh fruits from Califor-
mia and Texas and Florida all
through the Winter months, we do
not have the same urge for a diet
change thar. our grandmothers did
But STILL psyohologically as well as
physioLagIcaIly, we do crave greens
at this season. Of the year. Tears
of Joy. dun down the southerners
cheeks at the Thought OF pot lik'
kerr and' greens +mustard greens,
dandelion greens, sorrel and thistle
shoots. Even the confirmed hater
of spinach viii eat spinach in the
spring time.
1t is natures way of getting our
intestinal tract. in order, for summer
is the, .tips of greatest incidence OF
typhoid fever and of diarrheas Of va
rious kinds.
An the better our intestinal tract
works, the better chance we have
of going through the summer with
OUT having to spend valuable time
in bed clearing up some intestinal
trouble -
In. theaaqtumn, If you notice, peo-
ale instipetively seek the sunny side
of the street, and there is the urge
to spend every warm day in the
dut-ofdoors. Winter is the season
Of respiratory diseases, and this in
stinct 20 be outdoors Is natures
way of storing sunshine in our
bodies against the dark months
ahead