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teeth, and weakness for life ? Do these evil effects occur 

 more often when the drug is prescribed by a physician, than 

 by one of the self-appointed home doctors that recklessly 

 tinker with the health of family and friends ? What com- 

 mon drug causes defective hearing and deafness? Whether 

 the trouble is located in the heart or the stomach, or the 

 feet or the head, what organ must always bear the burden 

 of taking the medicine into the system ? How is dyspepsia 

 caused by drugs ? Which system first becomes diseased 

 from frequent use of stimulant or narcotic drugs? Is it 

 easier to prevent sickness by hygiene than to cure it? 

 Did you ever know of any one who took better care of his 

 horse than he did of himself ? If Dr. Tanner had worked 

 hard during his fast, what would have been the result ? 



NOTES 



i. Treatment for a Cold. Rest ; sleep; a light diet of toasted 

 bread, and fruits. This may be followed by a hot mustard foot-bath, 

 the patient drinking, meanwhile, several glasses of hot water to start a 

 free perspiration and open the pores of the body. Thus impurities are 

 gotten rid of and the circulation of the blood is restored. After the feet 

 have been soaked in hot water for ten or fifteen minutes, immerse them 

 for a second in cold water and dry with a rough towel The patient 

 should go immediately to bed. It is well to provide a rubber bag of 

 hot water or a hot brick for the feet. 



2. Approach of a Cold. On the threatened approach of a cold, the 

 nose should be kept clear at all hazards, by frequently blowing it in such 

 a way as to cause as little irritation as possible, and by keeping the mouth' 

 tightly closed, drawing every breath through the nose. This treatment 

 often averts the cold, provided chilling or overheating of the body is 

 avoided for a time, the body being naturally more susceptible to draughts 

 or to any kind of exposure, than it is at other times. The coming of 

 a cold is often made known by a slight hoarseness. There may yet be 

 time promptly to moderate the diet, or cease the exposure, or change 

 the bad habit, which is bringing on the cold. Omitting a meal may do 

 good now when it would accomplish little if tried later. Why are colds 

 caused more quickly by draughts on a part of the person than by draughts 

 that blow on the whole body ? Question for discussion : Should the vital 



