Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-01-03 | Page 4 | Your Health

y . YOUR HEALTH 1 OY OR. R. H. BISHOP. I ' MKIUCAIj examinations Recently, prevention rather than lira has become the keynote of mod-I mod-I en medical science. It is so much I fusic-r to prevent than cure and It I means having n health, money and time. J I'eoplo aro recognizing gradually I the value of a periodic medical cxam-Inal cxam-Inal a as one of tho best little preventives pre-ventives thoro are. Like tho wlso engineer en-gineer or aiitomobillst who would not I think of running his engine continually continual-ly without a periodic overhauling wo must be Just oa careful with our bodk-s which are the most ootlcate of engines. en-gines. ne can never tell whether there I arc llttlu pus pockets at the base of the teeth that may be holding germs txiu ijoisuiung uie saliva und food before It leaves tho mouth on Its way to tin- stomach. Uusy gorm.s may )e nibbling away at tho upper end of the lungs, becauso almost every one at some time or other In life has at bast a few tuberculosis bacilli somewhere about him. liny casts microscopic bodies formed by the cells of thr. kidney may Indicate that this- organ Is breaking break-ing down through strain or bacterial attack. These casts may bo tho only warning that ono of tt:e three great sewage systems of tho body Is pcr-kmanentlj pcr-kmanentlj injured. Thr-re In no good reason why wo should allow these thrco enemies nor any of their many allies to mako their Invasion unresisted Into the body. It takes a clever person to discover any of th so rmall enemiea The onlj ouro method of detection Is to permit your physician to examine you periodicals, periodi-cals, suy onco or twice a year. There l Utile doubt that It means a salng in money and many other essentials. For those who are pronounced perfect. per-fect. It la ;it least a comfort to know-positively know-positively that there is nothing wrong.