| Show PRESERVE YOUR HEALTH with the discussion and develop ment meat of sanitary science and the general increase of knowledge cledge regarding byg hygienic ionic laws there bag been a very material reduction during the post past century in ID the death rate blob attends the collecting places of civil leation vil villager lags towns and cities and as information and practice in respect to the laws of health are augmented amonn among the people we may look for a still further cutting down of the list hat of premature deaths some people sire are singular fatalists they believe that cannot come to any individual except by the decrees of fate which mortal efforts cannot overturn yet the actual experience of mankind points to an opposite conclusion not that people are not fated to die at a kiven given time for they are when the circumstances which control them are directed that way and ore are unchanged for int anoe in times of epidemic or with unhealthful surround surroundings lugs or climates when people are stricken with disease medical skill oft falls in having the effect which usually might be expected to follow its employment the conditions condition are that the applied skill cannot overcome or con arol them but when a disease which produces desta to is a result either of or carelessness care and cleanliness will prevent the operation of the devesse and consequently the death which otherwise would come toe cause being for health and longevity its effect la Is the one to be naturally expected so the cause bet being ng lor for death produces that hat result that to is the extent of the fatalism refa referred boand no more human experience has shown that in a very large measure the ability to go to reach the cause ana direct its operations one way or another is within touch of human beings both by spirit ual and material means hence bence the importance of ascertaining how to exercise this ability to the greatest ad va vantage 13 tage with each change of the human body in ii exposed to new dangers against which the intelligence of the community and the individual acting to in harmony with the 4 first law of nature should guard for instance now that spring to is fairly upon us and everything breathes easier through the freedom from winter hii ool dhow rich to is the harvest barvest of death chichin which in many respects could be materially lessened how todo to do this isa is a timely topic and in this respect there Js is born something thing worth deep study in the advice of of that eminent german writer ou on health dr gotthilf he declares that the method successfully tu to combat climatic variations is toughen our bodies against changes in weather 0 but the toughening process is the difficulty which ap appears pearls before many people yet all aa the german writer shows shown and as every student of sanitary and medical science jig is aware 16 is within the reach of most perso persons nii it is nothing more or lope less than plenty of fresh air and reasonable exercise rome home people close their houses bouses so ti etly that the occupant must the air many times over they shut hut down everything at night under the false idea that night air la Is unhealthy lie althy BB as though we had any other then than air to breathe during the le leeping hours they seem to imagine that to keep out of the draught it to is necessary to shut oft off the chief supporter of life the freely circulated atmosphere mo Imo sphere this excessive care is a cause of destroying not prolonging life the Inor normal nial condition of existence physiologically ly is in not nort an aa indoor life whether bother it be the closing up of wives and children in tooms rooms through which the air is not permitted to circulate freely or the crowding of workmen into the ill ventilated factory or shop on the contrary this indoor life to ia commonly attended by sickness and weak memo the soundest roundest men are these who ho pursue their business under the open sky as am hun hunters tere sailors soldiers farmers and outdoor laborers yea gen ally orally the most healthful children are those who get gienty of pure air and clear bu sunshine n As dr gotthilf says regarding ir his bis toughening proposition dally exercise in the fresh free air under obaD changing ging conditions ot of weather and at all times of year is a means of 0 resisting the influence fluence io of the weather whoever battles valiantly against unhealthful weather can become his bis own muster mb eter and can even secure for himself vital strength and the enjoyment of health here to is a suggestion which is valuable in controlling those circumstances that promote health and longevity and ward oft the certain fato fate of man farthest point oon con lutent with divine economy it afford fiorda one means to avoid catching ng vold cold that condition most moot prolific of all ia causes in sickness and death many other suggestions suggestion might be made in the same line such as an the admonition not to cover in the hot season with rith thick heavy bedclothes the little children who are thereby made zo so perspire freely and then men kicking oft the clothes are injured bythe by the cold air on the unprotected body but this one is a good topic to dwell thoughtfully cupoo upon and others may boome ome in their turn to io the full compre hension healion of a duty of men and women to preserve their health that their minds and bodies may the highest use of which they are capable |
