Page Eighteen 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



December, 19)0 



KEEPING WELL 



By Dr. John E. Boland 



ONLY those who have lost health or 

 witnessed the calamity of lost 

 health have any appreciation of its 

 worth. We never miss the water 'till 

 the well runs dry. You, in your bloom 

 of health, are not conscious of the 

 value of pulsating, vibrating, vigorous 

 health. You think it is just you, and 

 perhaps you are a bit vain, even. But 

 to be grateful for it, or 

 careful and conservative in 

 maintaining it, has never 

 occurred to you. "Me? I'm 

 strong as a horse," you say. 

 As though you always 

 would be strong. 



appendix could have been avoided if 

 earlier and proper diagnosis of the 

 "belly-ache" had been made. 



cities. I speak from observation and 

 experience, for I was born and raised 

 on the farm. 



Perhaps none in yotir 

 family has ever contracted 

 the dangerous contagious 

 disease, tuberculosis. You 

 may never have seen great 

 powerful men wither away 

 and fade out into shadows, 

 all from the reception given 

 an insidious germ. 



Maybe you have never 

 seen great strong men like 

 yourself pull out a rusty 

 nail from the flesh, shake 

 ofif the dripping blood, and 

 go on with their work, only 

 to pay for it with blood 

 poisoning within 48 hours. 



Maybe you have never 

 seen whole families snuffed 

 out with pneumonia be- 

 cause of broken resistance — 

 living in houses with win- 

 dows shut tight all winter. 



It is very possible you 

 have not suf ^-red the agon- 

 izing pains that accompany 

 ulcers of the stomach, which 

 follow the careless diet, 

 and indeed the heartiest 

 eaters. 



The growing and ever 

 increasing death rate from 

 cancer of the stomach 

 points to improper eating of 

 a careless and indifferent 

 people. The amazing thing 

 of it all is that no information is be- 

 ing taken seriously, and the cancer 

 "dagger" hangs over us with its ever 

 thinning thread, more ominous today 

 than ever. You may not be bothered 

 about little sores, ulcers or bruises, but 

 remember, a cancer cannot grow in 

 the absence of chronic irritation. 



You may treat stomach-ache with 

 indifference, and say it will teach the 

 children not to eat too much. But one 

 night you may rush to a hospital with 

 your little ones, too late. A ruptured 



Numerous diseases follow congestion. 

 Proper elimination and eating would 

 avoid the majority of diseases of the 

 kidneys, liver, intestines, stomach and 

 gall bladder. And yet, more attention 

 is given to balanced rations for cattle 

 than is given to the diet of the Amer- 

 ican family today. The loving mother 



Does anyone in the country ever 

 have a yearly physical examination at 

 his own expense, just to see if every- 

 thing is all right? No. He has his 

 car overhauled, but the numerous physi- 

 cal faults in his body that might be 

 taken in time and corrected are scarce- 

 ly ever attended to. 



"Your little girl is very 

 thin, isn't she?" says a 

 neighbor. "Yes," says moth- 

 er, "she doesn't seem to do 

 well, but I guess she'll come 

 out all right." Underweight 

 has a reason behind it. 

 Malnutrition, improper as- 

 similation, diseased colon, 

 tuberculosis, diabetes, a hun- 

 dred things can cause un- 

 derweight. Why not take 

 the child to a good doctor 

 and have a thorough ex- 

 amination made. It may be 

 an infected lung, which, 

 taken in time, could be 

 corrected or arrested. Hun- 

 dreds never have urine 

 tested until diabetes has be- 

 come chronic. Annual or 

 shorter period urine tests 

 would avoid serious trouble. 



years, with 

 barn yards 

 it. Surely 



NATIONAL HEALTH CHAMPIONS 



Marlon E. Synder^nnrd. 15-yenr-oId Kirl of Rrnndy County, 

 Iowa, nnd Wllliniii It. Ilndpnhnnier, 20, of JnlinMon Cou>ity, Mo., 

 were rliOKen an tbr 1030 nntlonal nenltli rhnnipiona nt the 9th 

 nnnaal boyH' nnd t;IrlM< 4-H dub ConKreiM in Chirntco, llec. 2. 



MInm Syndi-rK:ii>i°<l .s<-»red nfl.7. the hlarheMt ever mndp in Miiiillnr 

 runteNf-s, nnd ll4Ml«-iihiiiiier ^rortMl 1IN.7. titler rxirfful exiiiiiinn- 

 (li>n liy II tMirfiN <»f iiiirMfM,' ili>iitiMtM nnd d*><*lorK. There wrere 

 Itvrnty KiriM und ]■' ItoyK. nil Nlnti- chnin|ili>nH, entered in ronteMt. 



Iloth ehiiiiiploiiM ii(M*lnrt*it tli<*>' ilranl% ii qunrt <»f nilllc or nii»re 

 eticb liny nnd nte |ileiiE>' tti u:iii*i] \vh<,li*M4iiiif fotiiN, 



ignorantly feeds her darlings to death. 

 I have visited in families where some 

 form of meat and potatoes are eaten 

 three times a day. It takes the con- 

 stitution of more than man to stand up 

 under that diet. Liver and" kidneys are 

 going to balk. Stomachs are going to 

 revolt. 



I know of no place where good health 

 should be more easily available than on 

 the farm. And yet, I believe there is 

 greater abuse of the rules of health on 

 our farms tinn there is in the largest 



There is no excuse for 

 filth on farms, and yet it is 

 a common sight to see farm 

 yards improperly drained, 

 and drinking water used 

 untested for 

 seepage from 

 contaminating 

 there are thousands of care- 

 ful farmers, and sanitary 

 farm houses, but apprecia- 

 tion of health is often lack- 

 ing. I am concerned about 

 the easily corrected wrongs 

 of health that every farm 

 iiorae could take part in 

 overcoming. To be ever 

 watchful of clean bodies, of 

 fresh air and good food is 

 commendable, but this is 

 not sufficient. Check up on 

 physical condition, and let's study the 

 great science of keeping healthy, of rais- 

 ing families, and of living together. 



Thousands of people have never had 

 their blood pressure taken. A blood 

 pressure reading is as simple as taking 

 a thermometer reading. It is a barome- 

 ter of your physical condition. The first 

 inkling of numerous dangerous ills are 

 discovered by blood pressure readings. 

 Learn more about yourself through 

 such tests. (To be continued) 



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