Show Y You au and Your HeaRt By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association Hygeia the Health Magazine and 0 of of l The scientific physician longer recognizes that there a such uch things as tonics In the old days tonics contain contal iron ron quinine strychnine or u and a considerable am of frumenti or The alcohol gave somewhat of er kick which mado made a person f fa fe better etter and the drugs were o of t tl th type which stimulated the xi n system and increased t tb amount of ot red coloring matter 1 the blood For a long time It was that hat bitter drugs would the he appetite Nowadays we kno that hat there Is no tonic except I gen food fresh air and the meat ment of abundant health alth An English physician Sir Wi W iam Broadbent once said jc tf A falsehood that dies hard the idea that stimulants of oC wh ever kind actually give tren and are arc necessary for lor ml maint ln nance of ot health and vigor S Su Sui Is not the tho case and the weIl- weIl woj wo comparison tb that t they are arc theand tho the and spur and not the corn ia iIi ant grass Is strictly accurate Anything accomplished the influence of stimulants Is d dat doat e at the expense of bl blood od and tissue ti sue and if frequently repeated repeated-a st the expense of tho the constitution A real tonic therefore is a a b- b stance which will build the tho of ot the body increase its iu resent of energy and make it better abU abIt to work Certain reactions th thit may be provoked in the humia bod body will cause the lungs to tiki WH in more oxygen and in that w way give the body a higher reserves reserve For example a cold shower stimulating and a brisk rub with a cold shower ai aids alii the stimulation I When muscles contract theburn the burn sugar When muscles b bt come fatigued they develop b lactic Jat tc acid from sugar 1 When oxygen Is supplied to UM Uw bi muscles by way of the blood thee change the lactic acid sugar Anything which will Jr Im Improve prove the supply of ot oxygen to tissues will actually serve asia ufa tonic t Another form of tonic is the thesis theau ma al which helps helps' to build blood Certain foods particularly live and lambs lamb's kidneys and su sul stances rich in iron help to sti sum the tho development of red blo blow E E cells with plenty of hemoglobin A small amount of sunlight hia hi hia a slightly stimulating tonic qua ity Hy but overexposure to the z fa famay may have the opposite effect 4 Remember however that not welt well to rely on tonics of ah al kind for preservation of hum health Health is a positive factor wide is maintained by avoiding disease exhaustion and unnecessary ex exposure ex ax to the elements Health once destroyed matr mab may mat I r regained gained only by eliminating th thi causes of ot disease and by permit permitting permitting ting the tho tissues to restore thi there theis selves to the extent of which the theare are capable of restoration An As kind of tonic is after all a or a spur to a tired horse |