action the system is deprived of a part of its supply of air, and by inaction 468 HINTS FOR THE WELL. Evacuate the bowels daily, and, above all, Des ee the best dine is after breakfast ; partly to be ridof a Siete barden during the day, but chiefly to relieve ie bowels. Constipation is safer than diarrhcea. For the former, | ‘exercise, ride horseback, knead the belly, take a glass of cool water Banaue breakfast, eat fruit and laxative food; for the latter, follow an opposite -course—toast, crust, crackers and rice are the best food. Pain and uneasi- ness of digestive organs are signs of disturbance; keep a clear conscience ; rest, sleep, eat properly; avoid strong medicines in ordinary cases. _Keep the person scrupulously clean; change the clothing worn next to the skin (which should be flannel) often. Don’t economize in washing bills. A cold bath every morning for very vigorous persons, or once or twice a week and thorough: rubbing with a coarse towel or flesh-brush mornings when bath is not taken, for the less robust, is necessary to keep the functions of the skin in health, and is very invigorating. After warm. baths a dash of cold water will prevent chill and ‘‘taking cold.’ In bathing in winter, the shock from cold water is lessened by standing a minute in the cold air after the removal of clothing before applying water. A very prolific source of disease is defective drainage. In the country, slops and waste water are thrown into the back yard to trickle back into thé well and pollute it, or to form a reeking cesspool which poisons the air. In cities, the sewer-connections with houses allow the foul gases to rush back through the waste-pipes to closets or sinks and into the house. Neat- ness will cure the first, and a flue connecting each system of drainage-pipes with the tallest chimney in the house where a fire is constantly used, will draw off and consume the gases in the second. It should be remembered that the use of chloride of lime, and other fu- migants, does not destroy filthiness, but only renders it less evident. Clean- | liness, fresh air, and sunlight will purify. Cleanliness is a very strong word. Carpets filled with dust or grease, dirty furniture, or walls covered with old _. paper, defile the atmosphere as much as a refuse heap in the cellar or back | yard. A dark house is generally unwholesome and dirty. The,sunlight ig second only in importance to fresh air. To convince one that light purifies, itis only necessary to go into a darkened room and note the corrupt smell. Ventilation can not be accomplished by simply letting the pure air in; _ the bad air must be let out. Open a window at top and bottom, hold a lighted candle in the draft, and see the flame turn outward at the top and - inward at the bottom, showing the purifying currents. Windows on opposite sides of the room ventilate still more perfectly. In sleeping rooms, avoid “ drafts’? when possible, but danger of taking cold from them may be ‘averted by extra clothing. In living-rooms, an open fire-place or grate in- sures ventilation. The use of close stoves, and close rooms, are the causes of the increased prevalence and fatality, in winter, of small pox, scarlet - fever, and other contagious diseases. Colds are often, if not generally, the result of debility, and are preceded by disordered digestion. Such cases are prevented by a removal of the cause _ by diet, and pure air. Extreme cold or heat, and sudden exposure to cold

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action the system is deprived of a part of its supply of air, and by inaction Evacuate the bowels daily, and, above all, the best time is after breakfast; partly to be rid of a heavy burden during the day, but chiefly to relieve the bowels. Constipation is safer than diarrhea. For the former, | ‘exercise, ride horseback, knead the belly, take a glass of cool water before breakfast, eat fruit and laxative food; for the latter, follow an opposite -course—toast, crust, crackers and rice are the best food. Pain and uneasiness of digestive organs are signs of disturbance; keep a clear conscience ; rest, sleep, eat properly; avoid strong medicines in ordinary cases. _Keep the person scrupulously clean; change the clothing worn next to the skin (which should be flannel) often. Don't economize in washing bills. A cold bath every morning for very vigorous persons, or once or twice a week and thorough rubbing with a coarse towel or flesh-brush mornings when bath is not taken, for the less robust, is necessary to keep the functions of the skin in health, and is very invigorating.After warm baths a dash of cold water will prevent chill and "taking cold."’ In bathing in winter, the shock from cold water is lessened by standing a minute in the cold air after the removal of clothing before applying water. A very prolific source of disease is defective drainage. In the country, slops and waste water are thrown into the back yard to trickle back into the well and pollute it, or to form a reeking cesspool which poisons the air. In cities, the sewer-connections with houses allow the foul gases to rush back through the waste-pipes to closets or sinks and into the house. Neatness will cure the first, and a flue connecting each system of drainage-pipes with the tallest chimney in the house where a fire is constantly used, will draw off and consume the gases in the second. It should be remembered that the use of chloride of lime, and other fumigants, does not destroy filthiness, but only renders it less evident. Clean- | liness, fresh air, and sunlight will purify. Cleanliness is a very strong word. Carpets filled with dust or grease, dirty furniture, or walls covered with old paper, defile the atmosphere as much as a refuse heap in the cellar or back yard. A dark house is generally unwholesome and dirty. The sunlight is second only in importance to fresh air. To convince one that light purifies, it is only necessary to go into a darkened room and note the corrupt smell. Ventilation can not be accomplished by simply letting the pure air in; the bad air must be let out. Open a window at top and bottom, hold a lighted candle in the draft, and see the flame turn outward at the top and - inward at the bottom, showing the purifying currents. Windows on opposite sides of the room ventilate still more perfectly. In sleeping rooms, avoid "drafts" when possible, but danger of taking cold from them may be ‘averted by extra clothing. In living-rooms, an open fireplace or grate insures ventilation. The use of close stoves, and close rooms, are the causes of the increased prevalence and fatality, in winter, of small pox, scarlet - fever, and other contagious diseases. Colds are often, if not generally, the result of debility, and are preceded by disordered digestion. Such cases are prevented by a removal of the cause _ by diet, and pure air. Extreme cold or heat, and sudden exposure to cold

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