Show Dr Fishbein's Health Talks By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Spring lever fever is not a fever feve in the thereal real sense of the word Its It's largely n a s state lt of mind Th The feeling of laziness and the de dc Taxation which you ou seem to get et at this time of year is is q- q qua a nat ural phenomenon instead ins of being a condition which ought to be overcome over over- come Certainly It is no indication of filling fill filI ing the body with laxatives and cathartics and thus stimulating a raise false kind of activity that is most likely to lead to colitis Nevertheless the comin coming of spring offers opportunIties for improvement of your health that simply do not exist ex it wIth the winter cold Springtime beckons everyone to the thc out tut or of doors It is a time when you can spend hours in the fresh air and beneath the sun without the danger of sunburn sun sun- burn or sunstroke that exists in mid summer ummer Moreover th the sprIng rather than the first of a January really marks the beginning of the year ear It is therefore there there- fore the best time ot of aU all for having havinga a checkup of the physical condition of your body This will indicate the extent extent ex- ex tent to which in inthe you ou ma may participate the tho exercises and sports of the summer sum sum- mer months The functions ot of livIng bodies arc likely to be rh rhythmical and the corning corn com ing ine of spring is the time when the wave begins begin to turn This does not mean that spring is a time when health is to be sought In a bottle The compound that nature offers is one combining adequate amounts of fresh air exercise and sunshine The heavy clothing of winter may be removed the heavy diet of winter may be replaced by milk fruits and fresh fruh e vegetables in greater amount b because ause the bod body does no not need the Quantity of fuel providing material required in the winter It If there is anything in particular that ought to be taken in greater quantities for sprIng fever it Js is a somewhat larger amount or of water because be be- cause with stimulation of the ot of the skin more water will be needed ded for the chemistry of the b body d It If there Is any anyone one condition of disuse dis dis- use e more manifest In spring than at nr ny other season for a consIderable number Jumber or of people it Is the called so-called ring cold This sometimes is asso dated with sudden changes of tern tern Mature of the body such as ag occUr h when n days that are exceedingly warm change to days that are very told cold The Tha sudden rainfall or shower catches many people unprepared and they they- are drenched to the skin This lower resistance ol of the body a great many so- so called so-called spring colds are arc really sensitivities to plants and pollens that come at this sea iOn aon Those ThOe who regularly develop log ins burning of the eyes and other symptoms of the spring typo of hay fever should have an Investigation made to detect toe the substances to which they are arc s sensitive and thereafter there after ater either avoid these sub substances or attempt to secure desensitization |