Let Our Motto Be
GOOD HEALTH
BY DR. LLOYD ARNOLD
Professor of Bacteriology and Preventiv#
Medicine, University of Illinois,
Collece of Medicine.
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ADULTS
Heart disease among young adults,
that Is, people between the ages of
twenty anil rorty
flve, caused nlmost
9,000 deaths In Illi
nois during the
last five years. Of
each 100 people
who died from
heart disease, 11
are from the young
adult age group.
Heart disease
among the younger
half of this age
group is due chief
ly to bacterial In
lections ana is
only.a continuation of the same causes
of death that affect the heart during
adolescence. After thirty years of nge
the heart diseases belong more nnd
more to the chronic variety nnd are
usually heart failures due to the ex
haustion of a previously damaged
heart.
Anyone running a distance finds that
his speed decreases because he Is tired.
He automatically slows up and rests.
If he starts running again before hav
ing had a complete rest, he finds that
he cnnnot run the same distance ns
before. This Is a crude comparison
of Just what the heart does when It Is
Impaired or diseased.
Anyone with a disease of the heart
cannot do the physical work of the in
dividual with a normal heart.
Muscular work demands a strenuous
pumping action on the part of the
heart during the period of exertion.
The pntlent with a chronic heart dis
ease finds It difficult to rest his heart.
It Is In a continuous state of exhaus
tion. The whole problem of the pre
vention of death from heart disease is
prevention of exhaustion of the heart
muscle.
During Adolescence and young adult
life the exhaustion of the heart is usu
ally due to an infection of the lining
of the muscle wall of the henrt itself.
In other words, it is a local bacterial
growth that causes a poisoning of the
heart muscle and uses up the energy
that should be devoted to resting and
reserve force. Older Individuals, those
past forty and forty-five, who suffer
from chronic heart disease may not
have any bacteria growing in the heart
but have damaged hearts due to previ
ous history or past experiences of bac
terial growths in the heart. If the
henrt muscle has been damaged and
so has scar tissue, the heart will nat
urally have less pumping force nnd it
will try to pump faster in order to
carry the same load. This decreases
Its reserve power, and as the reserve
power decreases, the heart goes still
faster. Finally the beat becomes ir
regular. A person with such a heart
is facing heart failure unless he can
In some way rest the heart muscle.
The whole system of treatment of
henrt disease is based upon the pre
vention of the dissipation of the re
serve force of the heart nnd the con
sequent failure of action.
You can probably recall that during
your adolescent period of life, after
running a race or doing some other
strenuous exercise, you had to stop
because you became short of breath,
nnd you had a tight feeling In the
chest or even slight pains on the left
side of the chest. After a few minutes
rest, these symptoms passed off and
you could ngain take part. Tills is a
typical example of cardiac exhaustion,
and it is the way some of the heart
disenses of adult life began. There is
a tight feeling In the chest, shortness
of breath, exhaustion, a tired feeling,
and even pnln nround the heart region.
A beginning heart attack should' be
a red light. You should go to a physi
cian right after the first attack to see
Just why your heart is exhausted. The
average Individual, however, doesn’t do
this, but continues working nnd may
work for ten or fifteen years with in
creased frequency of the mild heart
attacks. Then when he ultimately does
go to a physician, his heart is so ex
hausted that only a prolonged rest In
bed will offer any relief at all.
A person with heart disease who
know* the limits his heart will stand,
can live a happy and useful life by ad
justing himself and his daily duties to
his heart. Emphasis should also be
placed upon the use of tobacco, alcohol
and sometimes coffee, as irritants to the
heart under certain conditions.
Sore throats, head colds, sinusitis,
give off toxins that Irritate the heart,
make It go faster nnd increase Its
load. Certain weather conditions, par
ticularly during the fall, winter and
spring months, may Irritate the heart
muscle and cause increased frequency
of heart attncks.
The heart has wonderful power of
adaptation. We can use this power
to change our lives so that we can
favor an exhausted heart. This will
prevent heart failure.
C. Western Newspaper Union.
LIFE’S ];
LITTLE
JESTS S
BUT CN THE OTHER HAND
A barrister who was sometimes for
getful, having been engaged to plead
the cause of an offender, began by say
ing: “I know the prisoner at ttie bar,
and he bears the character of being a
most consummate and Impudent scoun
drel."
Here somebody whispered to him
that the prisoner was his client, where
upon he continued: “But what great
and good man ever lived who was not
calumniated by many of Ids eonteui
porarles?”—Troy Times Record.
Eye to Color
An attractive young movie actress
was driving tier new car when some
Idng went wrong with the engine. The
.raflie light changed from green to red
and back to green and still she could
not get the car to budge. The traffic
cop came up.
“What’s the matter, miss?" he en
piired. “Ain't we got colors you like?”
Too Riiky
“So you’re u salesman now, eh,
Sambo? Do you stand behind the
product you sell?"
“No, salt, 1 sho don’t."
“Why, Sam, I'm surprised at yon.
Vou should always stand behind your
product. What are you selling?’’
“Mules 1”
A Good Dodger
Operatic Tenor—Next year I am
making a tour of South Africa.
Friend—Have you thought that os
trich eggs weigh two or three pounds?
OFF SCHEDULE
The Boss—Oh, yes: I suppose you're
nonest ns tlie ilny Is long.
The Job Hunter—I used to be but
i haven’t figured it out since daylight
saving went into effect.
Facing Competition
"Are you going to speak over the
radio?”
“1 am.” answered Senator Sorghum.
•‘I am aware of art competition. But I
am still confident that my ideas on the
welfare of the nation are as Important
as toothpaste or shaving cream.”
A Faithful Copyitt
“What’s tlie trouble with this let
ter?” nsked the manager. “It's full of
repetitions."
“It’s quite coriect,” replied the alert
stenographer. “The new man who dic
tated It stutters."
Another Pathetic Figure
Blinks—You say your wife wears a
long face because you are so short?
Jinks—Yes, she wants to get her
face lifted and can’t until I get my sal
ary rnised.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
KER PLUNK!
I hear you took a disastrous plunge
ii Wall street?"
‘Yes; I was sort of standing on the
•dge, and someone gave me a tip!"
Proper Announcement
Miss—No, Mr. Smartbny, I am not
■•eady to marry ns yet.
Smnrthoy—Will you let me know
vlien you are?
Miss—Certainly, I'll sent you a wed
ding announcement.
His Longest Reach
Mother—Son, I do wish you would
rtop reaching at the table. Haven’t
vou a tongue?
Son—Yes, Ma, but I can reach much
'arther with my arm.
OUR COMIC SECTION
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FINNEY OF THE FORCE _Dome Light
Ol “THOUGHT OfD FOIND THAT
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WELL-IF YOU
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The mirror*!
THE FEATHERHEADS _No Barking Aloud
I'M <30IM<3- OVER AMD TALK To
MR- kemmell about that
• P0(5 OF His/ HE'LL HAVE To
GET RiD OF it// j— —
WELL, KEEF^—
YoUft. temper,
on lea-sh,
iJEAR, j
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— SO I WANTED To \ / l APPRECIATE
TALK To ToU THAT— BUT
about The do<5 [I just what
BEFORE I WENT ,s Tour.
To the AUTHORITIES | [ oBTECTiOM?
Ti7 OH—SO HIS BARKING KEEPS AS I SEE IT
|l Yoti AWAKE: NIGHTS? OA ifS A CASE
f SORB-*- AB“T JTmTT"hE'S BARK BEIN&
SINCE YOU SAY YHAT WE 5
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THE END
“Her Ideal Is shattered.”
“What happened to It?”
“She married It.”
Sentence Remitted
Male Straphanger—Madam, you nre
standing on my foot.
Female Ditto—1 beg your pardon. I
thought it belonged to the man sitting
down.
You, Too
“My dear sir. you Hatter me by lin
gering to hear the remainder of my
tale when the other passengers dashed
away at the sound of the dinner bell '
i said the long-winded tourist to his one
remaining listener.
"W'hnt! lias the dinner hell rung?’
asked the other, ns he Jumped to Ills
feet and dashed toward the dining
room.
Shouldn’t Have Asked
The literary critic met a young and
aspiring author at his cluh.
"I've Just read a hook of yours," he
said.
"My last one?" queried the nuthor
hopefully.
"I hope so," replied the critic.
A Good Answer
Willie—I'a, what Is a politician?
Father—Son, a politician Is a human
machine with a wagging tongue.
"Then, what is a statesman?”
“It Is an ex politician who has mas
tered the art of holding tils tongue.”—
Washington Star.
Efficiency
“Are you Interested in society?”
“Very much," answered Senator
Sorghum. “In the politics business
you can sometimes make n little en
graved dinner invitation do more work
than a dozen speeches printed in the
Congressional ltecord.”
UH, HU
Ue—That's a remarkably bright girl
I was Just talking to.
She—But Isn't It rather hard to keep
up with her?
He—That’s Just It. I can't tell you
what a relief It was to meet you.
That’s Something
"Johnny, those problems nre all
wrong.”
"I’m sorry, teacher. But 1 had to
work awful hard before I could even
get them wrong!’’—Washington Host.
Tit for Tat
Kofron—1 wish you would quit driv
ing from the back seat.
Mrs. Kofron—I will when you quit
cooking from the dining-room tablet