Let Our Motto Be
GOOD HEALTH
BY DR. LLOYD ARNOLD
Professor of Bacteriology and Preventive
Medicine, University of Illinois,
College of Medicine.
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THE THIN MAN AND THE
STOCKY MAN
Have you ever stopped to think how
very little you notice about your own
_ body when you are
feeling well? Be
yond brushing your
gums, do you ever
pay much atten
tion to your mouth
when your teeth
aren’t aching? Do
you ever consider
how your stomach
Is acting when It
Isn’t upset over
something or you
aren’t hungry?
It Isn't only the
;aynian, hut the medical profession
is a whole lias never puld any real
attention to our bodies when they are
well. There have been libraries and
libraries written on disease, but the
aooks written on what Is normal health
are virtually non-existent.
The whole effort has been to study
disease and then to cure it. It has been
a good way and has accomplished a
very great deal.
It has In fact Increased the span
of our life expectancy so that It now
stands at approximately sixty years.
Hut now that we are reaching this ripe
age, n number of the medical profes
. sion are saying: “Instead of waiting
for a disease to manifest Itself, let's
see If we can't prevent It. r.et’s see
If we can't keep people so healthy that
they won't ever lie laid up with long
spells of sickness. We have cut down
enormously the death rate from such
contagious diseases ns diphtheria,
smallpox, rabies and measles. We have
made progress with diabetes and per
nicious anemia. Now let’s see if we
can’t prevent the degenerative dis
eases that break down ttie proper func
tioning of (lie organs of the body, or
at least keep them flaring up until a
person is well along in years.”
Obviously tlie first step in tlds ob
jective is to make a study of normally
healthy individuals so that we enn
learn how a healthy body reacts to
certain stimuli. In the hospital con
nected with the L'niversity of Illinois
Medical school, we had recently for a
continuous period of 4">0 days two men,
one thin and Hie other stocky. They
were both healthy and twenty-five years
of age.
We made many tests. We drew
blood from each every other day, and
sometimes twice dally. Stomach an
alysis was done at frequent intervals.
All urine specimens were saved and
analyzed.
The stocky, lilocky type proved a
stable sort of fellow. He did not vary
from day to day. When put Into a
hot room or into a cold room he was
not uncomfortable. He showed little if
any metabolic change ns a result of
these climatic environments. His urine
was acid in reaction. He semed to
have little use for the nlkalines in his
food. We gave him certain foods to
determine just how stable he could
maintain Iiis equilibrium of chemical
reactions. lie can be summed up as a
vegetable organism. He was a diges
tive creature. He gained 20 pounds.
He never did any type of work but
stayed in bed all the time. To eat and
sleep were Ills major functions In life.
He would read little beyond the daily
paper and lie napped between turning
the pages. He was happy and con
tented.
The tnll man showed great variations
In his body functions from day to
day. Ills metabolism was unstable.
Ills urine was always alkaline. He was
uncomfortable in the hot room; he was
excitable anil uneasy; bis temperature
went tip. His stomach stopped secret
ing acid and Ids urine became conceit
trated. Ho lost weight the day fol
lowing and did not get back to normal
weight for ten days. His whole water
metabolism was upset. On the other
'.land, he lared very well in the cold
room. Changes in diet produced eon
siderabie changes in his metabolism.
Ills was a skin and nervous organism,
ind lie was completely different from
‘lie stocky man. He was always up
mil about and looking for something to
lo. He never slept during the day.
Then we made a study of a hay
'ever, migraine headache and hive
group of patients, normal in other re
spects. These we found belong to the
unstable types.
Their various reactions charted upim
aaper look like a profile of the Ilocky
mountains. They change more during
:he course of a duy than the stable
type change after having been given
:he same stimulating medicine.
We begun these studies to guin a
letter understanding of normal peo
ple. Much to our surprise we found
:he normnl range of variations to be
much wider than we had previously
supposed. We have still much to learn.
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NOT THAT KIND
They hnd not been engaged long, but
Ills love was already beginning to cool.
“Harold,” she murmured, “how much
| do you love me?”
He considered for a moment.
“Well, you see,” he said—for he was
a practical youth—"love is not the sort
of thing you can weigh up In shop
Scales, Is It? Hut. still—I love you.”
“Hut—hut would you—would you go
through tire and water for me?”
Harold rose and reached for his hat.
"Now, look here.” lie said, “If that’s
ihe sort of fellow you’re looking for,
you’d better marry a fireman!”—Tit
Hits Magazine.
THE HABIT
Hubby— I’m glad you only want five
dollars to go shopping with today.
What are you going to get with It?
Wifey—Nothing, but luncheon, dear.
I'm going to have everything else
charged.
Obedient
Alary was going to a tea party, and
received various injunctions about bo
havior.
"Mind you do not sample everything
mi the table,” was morther’s parting
remark.
Oil her return Mary was telling of
the many good things provided at the
party.
“I hope you remembered what 1 said
about not sampling everything,” said
her mother, anxiously.
"Oil, yes," said Mary, proudly. "I
didn’t have any of the bread and but
ter.”—Tit-Iiits Magazine.
Deadhead
The actress’ small son was sent to
Sunday school and returned an hour
later with his collection money intact.
Mother asked him why he had not
imt the pennies in the plate.
“Well, you see," exclaimed the
child, “I met the parson outside the
door and he got me in free.”—Stray
Stories Magazine.
Ferocity
“How’s the war on crime going in
crimson Gulch?”
“You couldn’t call It a war,” said
Cactus Joe. “The boys have been
mixed In together In such wild stuff
that it's something fiercer than a war.
It’s a family quarrel.”
Taking No Chancea
Quiggle—Do you ever pause and re
boot on the opportunities you have
missed?
Wiggle—No. It would he Just tny
luck to miss some more while I was
reflecting.
MUSICAL TERMS
"What Is your favorite air?”
“The millionaire.”
Carefree Art
"An artist should not have to think
about money.”
"Perhaps you are right,” said Mr
Dustin Stax. “Every time an artist
trios to sell me a picture he wants
enougn money to keep him from worry
lie rest of his life.”
Choice of Evil*
"Doesn't Wilkins ever get tired ot
lis wife's continued sulkiness?"
"I think not. He says when she's
good-natured, she sings."—Stray Sto
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AFFLICTIONS
“Too hud about Jane and the man
she’s engaged to. Neither one of them
Is good enough for the other.”
“Where did you get that Idea?"
“I’ve been talking the matter over
with both families."
Anyone Would Ba Curious
Brotvn—Wlmt sort of folk do you
find where you've gone to live?
Jones—Well, if nnybody pays th’
rent three weeks runnin', th’ copper
comes to see where they've had th’
money from.—rearson's Weekly.
Introduction
“You Introduced a bill?”
“Yes," answered Senator Sorghum.
“It was a very successful introduction.
Tlioy treated it like so many debit
tantes are treated; gave it a lovely
reception and then forgot about it."
Permanently Unemployed
The lady was giving ttie man at the
kitchen door a handout.
"Can’t you find any work?" she
asked.
"Yes'in, but ev’ryone wants a
ref’runce from the last man worked
for.”
‘And can’t you get one?"
"No, ma'am. You see, lie’s been dead
for more'n 20 years."—American Le
gion Monthly.
Machinery
"Do you think tile machine age Is
hurting us?"
•‘Some," answered Senator Sorghum.
"Hut the kind that’s liable to do ttie
most damage Is the political ma
chine.”
Distinguished
"If Shakespeare were here today,
lie would he looked on as a remark
able man.”
“Yes, lie’ll be more than l!00 years
old.”
She Makes Sure
Mrs. Brown—Yes. she does nothing
but go nround collecting funds for the
suffering poor.
Mrs. I Hack—How does she know
they tire really suffering?
Mrs. r.rmvn—She talks to them by
the hour, so If they weren’t before,
they are afterward.
PLAIN ENOUGH
"How are you, Peggy?"
“Fine. Ilow are you, Percy?”
“Fine. Ilow Is It I didn’t see you at
the dance last evening?”
“The simplest of reasons, Percy. 1
w’asn’t there."
Sometimes Both
“What Is a budget?”
“Well, it Is a method of ■ worrying
before you spend Instead of after
ward.”