| Show HEALTH HINTS ETC COMPILED BY MAC cut out these hints and keep them dr kelloggs rules for nursing 1 L secure a constant supply of pure air f from rom out of doors doom 2 adill the light and aad sunshine freely direct sunlight is sometimes unpleasant to thin the patient then shade the windows with white curtains which will admit the light 3 8 maintain equable temperature tempera tuce more tire is usually needed in the morning orning xu than at noon regulate the beat by a thermometer hung bung near the bed the mercury should never be above 70 deg 4 the patient himself should be kept scrupulously clean the whole body should be washed several times a week at least the mouth and teeth should be daily cleansed 5 all discharges should be kept in covered vessels and should be removed from the room at the earliest moment possible 4 the sick chamber should be made pleasant by tasteful arrange arrangement ment of its contents by flowers simple pictures etc frequent change in the aspect ol 01 of the room is desirable 7 the patient should never he be kept in a state of expectancy when a promise romise is made him fujil it prompt F ly yi 8 whispering or low talking in the sickroom sick room or adjoin adjoining hig rooms will arouse the patients fears unnecessarily y Avol Avold dit lt 9 arrangements for the night should be made before the patient becomes sleepy so that he be may not be disturbed 10 all ta avoidable voidable noises should be prevented 11 the covering of the patient in bed should be several light porous blankets rather than one or two neavy heavy ones 12 strangers and visitors should be prohibited from entering the sickroom sick room of a feeble pat patient lent visiting will often determine a fatal issue of the disease 13 18 water kept in a sickroom sick room should be often changed never drink that which has been in the room more than a few minutes it never anno annoy the patient by questions or too mure conversation 16 18 always r recollect elect that nature must cure all you can do is to make the conditions as favorable as possible WATER water is the only substance which will quench thirst Bev beverages trages which contain other substances are ape useful as drinks just in proportion to the amount of water which they contain and are unwholesome just in proportion as the added elements are injurious Byg hygienic lenic value it we except pure air it may safely be said that no other element in nature sustains so important relations to the living system as does pure water an individual will live much longer on water alone than it if deprived of drink water constitutes a large proportion of all our food iv aging in grains and vegetables from fifteen teen to more than ninety per cent it if the water thus contained in solid food were wholly removed an individual al would doubtless be enabled enabled 0 0 o subsist jon lon longeran longeron geron er an water only than on solid food food sol treated though water undergoes no change in tile the body and ad hence takes no part in the development of force it is in absolutely essential to the performance of the vital functions eing being necessary to enable the various organs to perform their offices in the maintenance of the vital activities depuration every thought every movement the most delicate vital action occasions the destruction of a portion of the living tissues which is thus converted into dead matter and becomes poisonous many kinds of poisonous substances are produced within the body in this way some of them are very deadly and must be hurried out of the system with great rapidity as urea and cho lesterine here deac ere the marvelous utility of water is again displayed i ayed it t dissolves is solves these poisons w wherever brever it comes in contact with ith the them band and then it is brought by the curre current t lot of the circulation to the proper organs the kidneys liver and other it is expellee excelle from the body still holding in sol solution tion the animal poisons w which ich are so rapidly fatal if retained the skin is one of the most important organs of the whole body from each of its millions of flows a stream laden with the poison poisonous ou products of disintegration As the water evaporates it leaves behind these non vola tile poisons polso ns which are deposited as a thin flim film over the whole surface of the skin As each day passes asses the process conti continues and tle the film thickens if the skin Is moderately active three or four days suffice to iford a layer which may be compared to a thin coating of varnish 0 or sizing the accumulation continues to increase unless removed and soon undergoes further processes of decomposition it putrefies putre fies fles rots in fact and develops an odor characteristic and quite too familiar though adyth anything but pleasant being at once foul fetid putrid pungent uncleanly and unpardonable but the me to tue the nose is not the extent of the evil the unclean accumulation chokes the mouths of tha million little attle sewers which should be enga engaged d in eliminating these poisons and thus obstructs their work being bein retain edlin contact with the skin some portions are re absorbed together with ae the results of advancing decay thus re poisoning the system and necessitating their elimination a second time here water serves a most useful end it if properly applied it is uD unexcelled excelled as a detergent and by frequent application to the skin will keep it choly tree free from the foul matters dese described the necessity for frequent ab ablutions lations is well shown by the tact fact that nearly two pounds of a poison laden solution the perspiration is daily spread upon the surface of the body one of the most serious effects of this accumulation of filth is the clogging of the ducts their valve like orifices become obstructed very easily and depuration to is then impossible it is not wonderful that so many people have torpid skins the remedy is obvious and always available to stake make healthy skin A man who has a perfectly healthy skin is nearly certain to be healthy in other re respects in no way can the health of the skin preserved reserve but t by frequent bathing athin A daily or tri weekly b bath a accompanied 0 a le ty by friction will ath keep ke the skin cdean supple and vigorous there is no reason why the whole surface of the body should not be washed as well as the face and hands bands the addition of a little pure soap is necessary to remove the oily secretion ecret ion deposited upon the skin A lady of fashioning fash fashion ionin in enumerating the means for preserving beauty says bays cleanliness my last recipe and which is applicable to all ages is of most powerful efficacy it maintains tike the limbs in their pliancy the skin in its softness the complexion in its lustre the eyes in theu their brightness the teeth in their purity and the constitution in its fairest vigor to promote cleanliness I 1 can recommend nothing preferable to bathing the frequent use of tepid baths is not more grateful to the sense than it is salutary to the health and to beauty by such means the women of the east render their skins softer than that of the kenderest ten derest abe in this climate I 1 strongly recommend to every lady to make a bath as indispensable pen sable an article in her house bouse as a looking glasa lass when tae the foul matters which ought to be eliminated by the skin and quickly removed from tue toe body are allowed to remain the th skin becomes clogged and inactive soon loses its natural lustre and color becoming dead dark and unattractive W when hen bathing is so much neglected it is no BO marvel that paints powders lotions and cosmetics of all sorts are lin in such demand A daily bath at the proper is the most ac efficient ot of all cosmetics protection against colds it is an erroneous notion that bathing renders a person more liable to take cold by opening the pores colds are produced produce by disturbance of the circulation not by opening or closing of the ithe pores of the isfan frequent bathing increases the activity of the tae circulation in the skin so that a person is far less subject to chilliness cbill iness and to taking cold an individual who takes a daily bath has almost perfect immunity from colds and is little susceptible cep tible to changes of temperature colds are sometimes taken after bathing but thid results from some neglect of the proper precautions necess so aj prevent such an occurrence prevention or of Die disease ease eglee e c keep the skin active and vigor r frequent ablutions Is one of th the prolific causes of nearly all v vl of skin di diseases stases onieh tare are to tol aggravated by gross fa its the relation between the d bous eons function and that of the ki kij is so indi intimate pate that negle neglect ct of 01 f th mentioned resulting as in MU musj S ruction st of function is a ve ven mon cause of most aang dangerous erous 8 ders of the renal organs inac ti oj the skin is also very commonly jy associated ta with dyspepsia with rheumatism gout hysteria and other nervous derangements derange ments it is also a not uncommon cause of bronchial and pulmonary culmona affections it is quite evident the then I 1 that the proper and most effifie efficient I 1 means of preventing these diseases is to maintain the functional the skin by the proper application of water bathing is natural all nature attests the importance of the bath its invigorating influence Is seen in the brighter appearance more and fresher colors of an all plants after a gentle rain dumb D um b animals do not neglect their morning bath who has not seen the bird skimming along the surface of the lake or stream dipping its wings in the cool waters and having its plumage plu mafie with the crystal drops that its napping flapping pinions send glittering into the air if mans instincts were not rendered obtuse by the perverted habits of civilization he would value the batu bath as highly and employ it as freely as his more humble fellow creatures whose instinctive impulses have remained more true to nature because have not possessed that degree of intelligence which would maxe mae it possible tor for then to become so grossly perverted so have the members of the human race man goes astray from nature not because he is deficient in instinct but because he stilled stifles the of his better nature for the purpose of gratifying his propensities 25 tracts on health topics for 10 ets books about tobacco ty strong drinks 11 tes tea and cogee for 25 ats each mailed by D M mcallister agent for health publications 66 centre street salt lake city |
