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Show DIET FOR RHEUMATISM. Fruits, Grains nncl Nuts and Free ts" of Water. Unquestionably the most active cause of rheumatism, as well as of migraine, sick headache, Briglit's disease, dis-ease, neurasthenia and a number of other kindred diseases is the general use of flesh food, tea and coffee and alcoholic al-coholic liquors, says Good Health. A3 regards remedies, there are no medical medi-cal agents which are of any permanent value in the treatment of chronic rheumatism. The disease can be remedied rem-edied only by regimen that is, by diet and training. A simple dietary, consisting con-sisting of fruits, grains and nuts and particularly the free use of fruits, must be placed in the first rank among the radical curative measures, water, if taken in abundance, is also a means of washing out the accumulated poisons. pois-ons. An individual afflicted with rheumatism rheu-matism in any form should live, so far as possible, an out-of-door life, taking tak-ing daily a sufficient amount of exercise exer-cise to induce vigorous perspiration. A cool morning sponge, followed by vigorous rubbing, and a moist pack to the joints most seriously affected at night, are measures which are worth! of a faithful trial. Every person who is suffering from this disease should give the matter immediate attention, as it is a malady which is progressive an is one of the : .ost potent causes o premature old ago and general physical deterioration. American liorvotisnes. h is probably more often due to uric ad or the poisons which it represents than to any other one cause. |