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Show HOW TO AVOID ILLNESS Strengthen your physical being. Nature, who has strewn the paths of man with many perils, has also provided the means of escape. The healthy human system has the power pow-er to resist and cast off many attacks to which a weakened system falls a victim. Fortify your body against disease. Do this by living as much as possible as nature intended man to live. If your occupation is largely large-ly indoors, take frequent and regular regu-lar exercise in the open. Breathe deeply of the life giving oxygen, so bountifully supplied in our wonderful wonder-ful state. Eat moderately of pure and nourishing food at regular periods. per-iods. See that your bill of fare is properly balanced. Many 'persons suffer because their diet is too largely large-ly starch; 1. e. white bread, potatoes, rice and such articles; Drink an abundance of pure water. If you are not sure of the purity of your water, boil it and then let it cool. Sleep with your windows open, winter win-ter as well as summer, or better still, use a sleeping porch. Avoid all alcoholic al-coholic drinks and patent medicines. Keep regular hours and sleep at least eight hours in every twenty-four. twenty-four. Work ' cheerfully but not to exhaustion. "Know Thyself," as the ancient Greek philosopher advised, and govern your life accordingly. Avoid exposure to disease. Do not tempt fate. Do not over-rate your powers of resistance. If duty calls you into the presence of disease do not shrink in cowardice, yet take every possible precaution against in-1 fection. Remember that most diseases dis-eases are transmitted from person to person. If you, or someone for whose care you are responsible, becomes ill, guard against the infection of others. Call the doctor promptly when-symptoms when-symptoms of Illness appear. Early diagnosis and treatment Is the first essential of cure. It is also essential to the protection of others. This is not written to increase the practice of the physicians. Rather, its purpose pur-pose is to reduce the doctor's busi- ness by preventing the development and spread of disease. See that the proper health officer is promptly notified so that proper steps can be taken to discover the source of the disease and check a possible pos-sible epidemic. Remember that colds, grip pneumonia, typhoid, tuberculosis tubercu-losis and many other diseases are contagious and that one patient may infect others. Obey faithfully the orders and regulations of your doctor doc-tor and health officer. Give the weakened system time and opportunity to regain its strength after af-ter an illness before subjecting it again to the strains and exposures of ordinary living. Avoid melancholy brooding upon your condition. Much ill health is due to a morbid, unhealthy un-healthy state of mind. |