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Show THE SCIENCE OF LfVING. Sr. George F. Butler Tell How to Eat and Haw to Assimilate. As-similate. i Dr. fJcorgo F. Dutlcr, medical superintendent super-intendent of tho Alma Springs Sanitarium, Sani-tarium, Alma, Mich., in the October number of "How to Llvoy" gives some intorostlng u well as senslblo' rules for acquiring and hooping health. Ho says: "Without wo cat ami drink, wo dlo! Tho' provocntlvo to do both rests with tho appotltc, which, ln process of tlmo, becomes a vory uncertain guldo; for tho palato will often lnduco n doslro and relish for that which Is most mischievous nnd Indigestible. Tho old saying of 'oat what you llko' Is now shunned by ovorybody of 20 years' experience.. Still, without appall appa-ll to, It b a vory dlfllctilt affair to subsist sub-sist for tho pleasure depends chiefly upon tho rollsh. Tho rollsh may bo-como, bo-como, ns has boon- stated, a vitiated ono, but It is quite po3siblo to make tho stomach, by n llttlo forbearance and practice, ns enamored of what Is wholesome mid nutritious, as of thaf which Is hurttul and. nut concoctlble.' Again ho says: "Tho dollcatt should feed carefully, not abundantly; It Is not quantity which nourishes but only thnt which assimilates." "Ho careful of your digestion" Is the koynoto of tho doctor'u argument Ho says: "Health In man, ns In other nnlmnls, depends upon tho propor per-formnnco per-formnnco of nil functions. Theso functions may be shortly said to bo threo: (1) tlssuo change;. (2) re-moval re-moval of waste; (3) supply of now mntcrlal. For tho activity of man, llko tho heat of tho fire by which ho cooks his food, is maintained by combustion; nnd Just ntitho-flro may bo provontcd from burning brightly by Improper disposition of. tho fuel, or Imperfect supply of nlr; nnd ns It will cortnlnly go out If fresh fuol Is not supplied, nnd may bo choked by its own ashes, so man's nctlvlty may bo lossened by Imperfect tissuo change and may ho put an end to by nn Insufficient In-sufficient supply of now mntorlal andj Imperfect removal of waste products. "Wo should seo to It that freo elimination elim-ination Is maintained; for tho ashes must bo kept out of tho system' In or-. dor to havo good health. Tho skin! kldnoys nnd bowels must do their ollmtnntlvo work proporly.. If tho bowels occasionally becomo torpid, try to regulato thorn with oxorclso nnd propor food, such as fruits, groon! vogctnblcs, salads, cereals, corn, wholo wheat or graham bread, fish, poultry, light soups, etc. Plenty of water Is also valuable and n glass full of cold or hot water tho first thing upon rising ris-ing in tho morning will nld much In overcoming constipation. Regular hnblt, cold baths, and mnssago nro vory ofllcnclous. In case tho constipation consti-pation docs not yield to theso hygienic hygi-enic measures, somo simple, harmloso laxntlvo mny ho required, such ns California Cali-fornia Syrup of Figs a non-irritating preparation of sonnn in fig syrup. Laxntlvo mineral waters nro bono- flclal In somo ensos, but not to bo cm-ployod cm-ployod contlnunlly. "Above, nil ho nn optimist, keep tho heart young. Cultlvnto kindness, chcorfiilnesfl nnd lovo, nnd do not forgot for-got thnr 'wo shall pass through this world but onco.' Any good thing, therefore, tnat wo do, or any kind-noss kind-noss that wo show to nny humnn bolng, bo-lng, lot us do It now. Lot ua not defer It or neglect It, for wo shall not pas8 this way nunln." |
