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Fu'.l directions, with other valuable health hints, worth many times its cost, fre e with every tube. Every person should have one. Price by mail postpaid1, only $1.50. Address The Health-Culture Co, 30 East 14th Street, New York. CATCHING COLD, —BY- CHARLES E. PAGE, M. D., AUTHOR OF '■'■How to Treat the Baby," "Sutural Cure of Consumption, Pneumonia and Typhoid Fever," Etc. NEW YORK: The Hf.aeth-Cultuke Co., PUBLISHERS, 30 East 14th Street. The Lono Life Series No. 1, November 1894, Bi-monthly, 50c. a year. Copyright 1894 by The Health-Culture Co., New York. INTRODUCTORY. Catching Cold was first published in Health-Culture for which it was written. The publishers deeming the subject of great import- ance secured its revision and enlargement by the Author for this more compact and permanent form, Dr. Page is so widely known through his contributions to Hygienic literature it is thought a few words as to his personality and this portrait although not a very good one might be of interest. Charles Edward Page, M. D., son of John Calvin and Fanny (Gould) Page, was born in Norridgewock, Me., Feb. 23, 1840. He was edu- cated in the local schools, finishing at the Eaton Acad- emy of N or ridge wock. After leaving school he taught awhile in Anson and Madisou Me., meanwhile taking up the study of medicine. He entered the manufacturing business, but soon withdrew from it and resumed his studies. These were again interrupted by the Civil War. In 1862 he went to the fron'. After being severely wound- ded at Fredericksburg he was, upon his recovery, made lieutenant, in the Fourth United States Volunteers, Ullman’s Brigade. B e was then assigned to the Department of the Gulf as Assistant Superintendent of Negro Labor, and stationed at Brazier City, La. Here he had charge of all contrabands who came into our lines from Gen. Banks’ raid and saw that all were well cared for, clothed, and transported. Here he was taken prisoner, Charles E. Page, M. D. 4 and held within the Confederate lines for thirteen months, when he was exchanged. His health failing he resigned and returned North, and resumed his medical studies. In 1879, after nearly twenty years of earnest medical study, he entered the Electic Medical College of the city of New York, class of 1881. In 1881 he p iblished his first book, “How to Treat the Baby.” This was followed by ‘ Natural Cure of Consumption,” which has been extolled by noted medical men as the most practical book ever published on the subject. Hi has been a frequent con- tributor to the leading medical and literary journals, and it was largely owing to these writings, and to the publications referred to, that when, in 1884, after a period of foreign travel and study, he settled in Boston, he very shortly had lus hands full of business. Before the close of his first year there, he was enjoying a lucrative practice ; whereas, as is well known, it usually requires from fi e to eight years tor a first class man to establish a living practice in a large city. He has given especial attention to the treatment of obesity and various disorders arising therefrom, although he is an expert in typhoid fever and pneumonia, and an exceptionally skil- ful general practioner. “Pneumonia and Typhoid Fever : A Study,’’ is his latest publication. The royalty paid him by his publishers, on the sale of his pub- lications through the regular book houses, has added considerably to his professional income, which is large. The fact of his books having been so widely read accounts for an extensive professional correspondence, which has for some years been a very profitable de- partment of his practice, It is thus seen that his worn differs materially from iliat of the strictly local practitioner. CATCHING COLD. BY CHARLSS E. PAGE, M. D. If in reply to your question, “How do we catch cold?” I Were simply to say, “We don’t,” this would not by any means prove satisfactory, even though it be practically the truth, and one of the most important ones, looking to the establishment of soundness of body and freedom from doctors and all the risks of depending upon them instead of “running your own machine.” A few years ago a very level-headed man con- sulted me for certain troubles, and he asked me if I could explain one thing that had puzzled him about every year, at least, and as often as the thought came into his mind: “Why is it,” he asked, “that I eatch cold every fall when I put on my winter JiannelsT’ It was then September, and about his time for changing from thin to thick underwear, and I succeeded in convincing him that underclothing was a nuisance and always worn at one’s risk, and he consented to simply abandon his light inner suit and the use of under flannels altogether. He caught no cold in the transaction, and in the spring he was able to state that he had passed the most comfort- able winter of his life, though about sixty years of age, and he had been practically free from “colds” having modified his dietetic habits somewhat by my advice. 6 If the foregoing should strike any reader as at all new, let me hasten to set him right, and to show that here, again, is proof that, “there is nothing new under the sun.” “I shall not undertake to ex- plain,” said that wisest of men, Dr. Benjamin Frank- lin, “why it is that we are more likely to catch cold from damp clothing, than from wet clothing, for I doubt the truth of the saying. Moreover, I suspect that the causes of colds are totally independent of wet, or even of cold,” (Essays, p. 216.) Still earlier in the history of the race, another sage philosopher, Chrysostom in the 4th century: “She who lives in pleasure will be subject to rheums, catarrhs, phlegm, and all manner of disorders.” It is not so much pleasure, as ignorance, that makes man the only animal so filthy that a nose-cloth must be his con- stant companion, since it is not considered good form to copy the small boy’s coat-sleeve tactics. The reign of superstition is not yet ended, and to borrow the phraseology of Lady Cook, in “Modern Habits and Customs” in the Westminster Review, “ will it not be recorded against us, to our eternal disgrace, in ages to come, that at the close of the nineteenth century there were men of letters, leaders of thought, editors of influential periodicals, who were not ashamed to avow themselves believers in ghosts and in communications from a spirit world,” —and, I will add, in the prevailing notion (it is not worthy to be called an idea) as to the origin of “colds?” And it strikes me as being particularly shameful for physicians to cling to the delusion, but the fact that, as a rule, they do, will explain their many needless failures in treatment of sickness, and their utter failure to make themselves living examples of a long life and a merry one. 7 We pose as healers of the sick, and (“on paper”) as instructors in prophylaxis, and we are of almost all professional men the shortest lived. And this, too, in spite of the fact that we poison ourselves less than we do our clients, a fact which has given rise to the saying, “Doctors never take their own medi- cine.” And, still, we die young! This cannot be said to be due to over work, for so great is the surplus of physicians the country over, a surplus that increases beyond measure every spring when the diplomas ripen, that on the average they fall a long way short of having all they could comfort- ably attend to. Anxiety as to income may, indeed, in some measure account for our early taking off: and doubtless the turning and twisting practiced by so many to make both ends meet is not the exercise best adapted to promote health and long life. If the reader fancy that the foregoing is apart from the subject under discussion I will merely re- mark that when a man is dying he may with some propriety be said to be catching cold; but it is death that gives him the cold, not cold that causes death, else a perpetual bath at 98.4 F. would solve the problem of eternal life. In explaining how many in the profession get their last cold, i. e., death, I am not wandering from my theme. If we are not the longest-lived of all men it is chiefly because we as well as the laity, fail to interpret, or to obey the “health-laws of nature;” we are “blind leaders of the blind.” We have a few long-lived doctors in every generation, but they are the ones who work the hardest, have the most patients, and yet give the least medicine, certainly take the least; and of all things, the physician whom it is safe to trust will 8 be his own family doctor, when critical sickness enters the home. This is not the rule, far from it, among drug-doctors, it has to be confessed. Indeed, there is nothing quite so pitiable, as it seems to me, as the position of the average drug- doctor when sickness attacks his own dear ones— the distrust as to the efficacy, or even usefulness, of his so-called treatment, which leads him to send for some other physician, in the hope that that other may, per chance, do some good. How different with the hygienic physician, or even the plain hydro- pathist! The latter feels a sort of safety in the midst of sickness altogether unknown to the average drug-doctor; while the really expert hygienist (who is also a hydrotherapist, and efficient in every measure that can aid the organism in its efforts to recover its balance, as well as in detecting and re- forming certain prevalent errors in sick-room diet- etics, which tend to prevent recovery)—the hygienist, I say, is concious of a degree of mastery over even the disorders which to the drug-doctor are of the most alarming character, such as the latter ex- periences in a mild case of measles. But, passing from these “cold facts” to the general question of whether we catch cold from cold, as is commonly held, or, on the other hand, that, owing to false education on this point, when certain indications of disease are observed it is assumei that the indi- vidual has caught cold’, and this, regardless of the question whether he has suffered the slightest ex- posure, beyond having “taken gruel out of a damp basin” (which was the only explanation one old lady could give for the “cold” that caused her death, or) neglecting to replace the middle button of his ulster, wiping his hands on a damp towel, etc, let vs 9 consider a few points, here, such as can for the most part be verified by every reader: 1. —All sorts and conditions of people—from the delicate infant and frail consumptive to the most robust man—have colds, say to-day, though utterly at a loss to account for them, having suffered no exposure to the supposed cause. 2. —Next month, perhaps, the same individuals —the frail and delicate ones, even—may pass through severe exposures to cold and wet, even to the point of being chilled through and through, without producing a single symptom of this disorder, 3. —The disease runs riot, so to say, all the year round; scarcely an individual in any (civilized) community escapes altogether, while some persons have an attack every few weeks, some, indeed, being seldom free from one; others, notably infants and young children who are fed the most frequently and excessively, most excessively clothed, and over whom the greatest care is exercised to prevent “colds,” are the worst sufferers of all from nasal catarrh, difficult breathing, (“snuffles,” “cold in the head”) etc., and are peculiarly subject to acute attacks. In fact all the infantile diseases, severe or mild, are ushered in with symptoms of “cold.” 4. —“Colds” are far more prevalent during a season of steady hot weather in summer than during a period of steady cold weather in winter! But it is during a warm spell in midwinter, after the world has for quite a period been confined within doors, that “everybody has a cold,” that is to say everybody that sticks to his flannels and top coat ! 5. —A few exceptionally well informed persons, who dress lightly, live abstemiously, take plenty of 10 free exercise in the open air, and expose themselves continually in a way to excite the horror of their neighbors, seem to be practically exempt from the disease, all disease, in fact, as is true of another class, not necessarily so very bright or well-informed, viz : the simply “careless” ones. If their careless- ness leads them to be indifferent to clothing, or rather, to avoid bundling; and especially if their oc- cupation in life subjects them to a deal of exposure to the elements, as, for example, sailors on our northern coasts in mid-winter, or soldiers in active service, they seldom manifest the symptoms. In three years campaigning, though often suffering with the cold, sleeping in wet clothing in extreme cold weather, etc., the writer never had the disease, nor did he observe a case of it; but when it was a question of detached service, and the lucky ones were warmly housed, having no exercise, but well supplied with a greater variety of food than usual, every one thus placed would have “it.” A week or two ofthis sort of thing would give us a “lovely cold.” Personally, when conscious of being “in condi- tion” I have found it absolutely impossible to be- come disordered through exposures of the most radical sort to which I have subjected myself vol- untarily for the simple purpose of proving the theory herein advocated; on the other hand, when I have at times been too much exposed to indoor life, eating over-freely, neglecting my exercise, etc., for a considerable period of time, I have, without any other sort of exposure, occasionally exhibited some of the symptoms of what is popularly called cold, but which I call by what I am certain is its true name, viz: a filth disease, pure and simple; but there can be no greater folly than that of calling a disease 11 a cold which is characterized rather by heat than cold. “New and valuable discoveries and inventions are not slow at the present time in making their way from the closets and laboratories of the investi- fators or discoverers to popular recognition,” says ’rof. J. B. Stillman in the popular Science Monthly. “It is somewhat otherwise with the gradual de- velopment of knowledge on subjects once thought to have been tolerably clearly understood. The gradual modifications which take place in generally accepted theories by the slowly accumulatingresults of the labor of many investigators are, to be sure, appreciated by the special student in the particular department of knowledge concerned, but are slower in meeting with public recognition. . “It thus happens that teachers and books, not dealing as a specialty with the subject involved, often adopt and repeat as authoritative views and theories which, by the specialists in those branches, have either been abandoned or brought seriously into question. Nor is it to be otherwise expected. Chroniclers are quick to seize upon and distribute the news of brilliant or startling discoveries or in- ventions, but those are fewer who will track patient- ly the slowly accumulating evidence of many work- ers, appreciate the bearing of their work, and produce it in th6 form in which it can be appreciated by those non-specialists most interested in the subject involved.” To no subject is this statement more applicable than to that of the source of the eternal “cold” which is almost universally accepted as the cause of a wide range of acute and even chronic disorders, whereas, in fact, the so-called cold is simply a crisis 12 in the victim’s disease whether or not the patient has been conscious of the existence of his ill-con- tion up to the hour of its active manifestation. The one question that, of all others, I am sure to ask, as a guide to a correct diagnosis, of every con- sultant seeking my professional services is, Do you catch cold easily ? In nineteen cases out of every twenty the reply is in the affirmative. Now and then the reply is “No, I seldom have a cold,” and it usually happens that this consultant is one of the few individuals not given to bundling himself as a protection against the disorder in question. What can the believer in the prevailing theory as to the cause of “colds” say of the following ex- perience ? Dr. Olin F. Buell of Henderson, N. Y., writes to the Medical World to inquire what prevented a patient of his from dying outright under circum- stances which he describes as follows: “On one cold, stormy night in December, the wind north-east and blowing hard, the mercury standing at nine degrees below zero, I was called to attend Mrs. P., whom I found in a shanty a mile from any house, where she and her husband were snow bound, having been caught in a drifting storm, the lady’s condition prohibiting further progress. The house was a deserted one, had been partially torn clown, and was without a window or door in position, or a piece of furniture. This woman, down on the floor, was having labor pains and was shivering with the cold. With no more shelter than I have described, right there on that bare floor, in that “draught” of bitter cold air, she gave birth to a fine, healthy boy. She remained there till the next day, protected to some degree 13 by our overcoats at first, and then by wraps for which the husband had gone, till the next day, when wre moved her home. A fever and ague chill would have been shamed by comparison with the chills this poor woman had during the time I have described. "Why did she not die? And yet she made a good recovery and apparently suffered no bad effects from her frozen experience.” It is quite possible that this very woman, under wholly reversed conditions, confined in an over warm and unventilated “sick-room,” and for the resulting malaise drugged, fed profusely before and directly after the babe was born, given an antipyre- tic drug for the resulting high temperature, etc., might have died of puerperal fever, or at all events have been invalided for life. Says Dr. Levi Reuben: “There is a set of causes, which independently of temperature or ex- posure, produce genuine ‘colds,’ marked by the symptoms, course and results common to these ailments. The most important, because mostjrequeyxt, of these, are repletion, and exhaustion from fatigue. Repletion or plethora—a surcharge of the blood with solid or liquid matters through the digestive organs—is a far more frequent cause of colds, [why then, the name, cold? Is it not a complete misno- mer?] than the majority of the sufferers at all sus- pect.—An overful meal taken at any hour of the day [or, he might have added, eating a meal when exhausted from fatigue,] by at once overtaxing and clogging all the operations of life, destroys the balance of the circulation, checks the action of the skin, gives rise to feverishness, and may pro- duce or reawaken a bronchitis, a catarrh, or any similar difficulty. This is a prolific source of those 14 ‘colds’ taken in midsummer, and in the mildest weather, to account for which so perplexes their unfortunate subjects.” As the doctor’s scapegoat, the general idea of colds is of practical value: “He caught cold, and had a relapse, from which he could not rally,” or “he had a succession of colds,” “he kept catching colds, one on top of another,” etc. Thus we observe what a scapegoat this universal superstition becomes to cover up the ignorant prac- tices of physicians, nurses and friends who are about the sick-room and have any thing to do with the patient. Every such set-back is due to anything else rather than catching cold. The relapse is usually due to to excess in diet, the sick one’s ca- pacity for digesting and assimilating food being as feeble as for muscular work; too close rooms, too much bed-covers, etc., but owing to the misinterpre- tation by laity and the profession of certain symp- toms. the real causes are not discovered. The theory of dressing according to the weather would seem altogether rational, but it has to be ad- mitted that unless rationally worked out the best theory must be useless and even prove mis- chievous. Whoever puts on heavy underwear by the calendar, or on the advent of the first cold snap in the fall, is from that time on helpless, practically, at least in great measure, so far as concerns the operation of this theory. Even supposing the in- dividual to be sufficiently well informed to feel safe in changing from heavy to light flannels whenever the weather changes from cold to warm, still, in practice it requires too much time and bother for the average individual to act upon the idea. More- over, the change must be made every time we enter 15 the home, office, hall or church, if the mercury registers near 70 F., and the mere suggestion of this requirement suffices to show the impracticability of the theory so far as concerns the flannel question. But, since we spend most of our time indoors and, therefore, in perpetual summer weather, why not continue to wear summer clothing all the year through, so far as relates to the ordinary dress, and make the necessary changes in the outer wraps which can be put on or off at will? Another very important thought arises in this connection. The more the skin is sweltered by thick flannels in hot rooms the less fitted it becomes to withstand the action of cold when such exposure comes, as come it must every time the individual goes out in severe weather. This idea seems to be generally compre- hended so far as outer garments are concerned, for most persons remove the overcoat on entering the house even for a brief period, on this principle, “to feel the good of it when they go out.” Said a widow of twenty years, an elderly wo- man, on learning my theory of dress: “My husband never wore flannels at all till the last winter of his life, although I had urged him every fall to adopt the practice. But that fall he yielded to my en- treaties and allowed me to purchase some flannels, and I felt very happy when he put them on. Al- though not previously subject to colds he seemed to have one most of the time that winter, and he died of pneumonia in the spring.” “Well,” I con- solingly remarked, “after all these twenty years you will doubtless be able to bear philosopliically the reflection that your treatment was the means of his death!” With twenty years between her and her bereavement, she was, able to join in the general 16 laugh that followed my somewhat brutal remark The husband of a lady in Portland, Oregon, for whom I had prescribed—a little 97-pound woman, strongly threatened with consumption—wrote to me saying, “I don’t know whether it will take one, or two, of the air-baths you recommend for Mrs. B., to kill her out and out, for she catches cold if a fly wings past her.” Nevertheless she acted upon my advice, and within three months from that time she was walking barefoot through the surf along the beach at their cottage on the Pacific coast, and be- came finally quite a robust woman, comparatively, able to walk: three or four miles at a stretch with less fatigue than formerly she experienced from walking as many blocks. This shivering, slender creature who, from fear of catching cold, had practi- cally dodged from day clothes to the bed, and from the bed to warm garments in a warm room, began almost abruptly to spend ten to fifteen minutes naked in a cool room, having at first hand-rubbing by an atttendent, but ere long able to perform this office for herself, becoming shortly absolved from all fear of harm from such exposure. With from one hundred to one hundred and fifty men and women under his care, from one month to one year or more each, according to special needs, upwards of two-tliousaud patients all told, in ten years of very busy practice, directing them in every partic- ular as to diet, exercise, dress, etc., the writer may be said to have had exceptional opportunities for observations all along the line of dietetics in the broadest sense of the term. He has indulged but very slightly in experimentation, but has applied the knowledge he felt conscious of possessing in all these varied cases with wonderfully beneficial re- 17 suits. Stout persons have become slender and supple, emaciated ones have developed muscular strength and consequent plumpness of person, while all classes of patients who have been wise enough to obey instructions even tolerably well have acquir- ed asort of physiological cleanliness placing them on a plane above that indicated by the term, “subject to colds.” It is not to be imagined, however, that all these persons, nor indeed the major portion of them have became so rigidly careful in their living-habits as never to have any of the symptoils of disease, but they never call it by the popular name, nor seek to cure it by the usual means. They have learned the true source of the disorder and, there- fore, the rational means of restoring order. “Every man is a fool or his own physician at thirty,” says Tacitus; and it has been the writer’s am- bition from the beginning of his professsional career to so teach the laws of life, and of personal and gen- eral sanitation, that his clients might happily attain pretty nearly the standard of the philosopher as to what constitutes wisdom in one of its phases at least. We all know that during a long period of warm weather in winter the death rates goes up at a bound by the fatalities from pneumonia, influenza, typhoid, and other filtli-diseases. If, as is generally held by physicians and the laity—the former being responsible, it is to be assumed, for the views of the latter, since we are hardly justified in assuming the reverse—warm wreather in winter is productive of disease, how is it that we so often spend barrels of money in trans- porting ourselves to Florida, Southern California, the South of France, etc., to secure for ourselves 18 precisely the same conditions that prevail in the north during these exceptional weeks ? Is it not utterly irrational while holding such views to take such a course? And in view of the foregoing presenta- tion is it not clear to the mind of every thoughtful student, that it is not, jper se, the lovely weather that does the mischief, but the inappropriate and unwholesome dress—not the June-like warmth of the air, but the relatively excessive clothing, none of which may be left off lest, forsooth, the poor sweltering and suffering wretch “catch cold?” If we for the moment that Dr. Benjemin Franklin was correct in his surmise that “the causes of colds are totally independent of wet or even of cold,” and recall the innumerable instances in our own experience and observation of such attacks which could not be traced to any exposure more severe than that of the old lady who “caught her death o’ cold taking gruel out of a damp basin,” while, on the other hand we consider the endless instances of exemption from the disease when ex- posures of the severest kind have been suffered, we are in a position to give rational consideration to the alleged causes of the disease enumerated in the early portion of this paper and which are in greater or less degree operative with us all. In this connection let us record an anecdote or two, the truth of which is vouched for. Dr Herring states as a very significant fact, that a family in which he was the regular attendent “always had colds in the head after dining on roast goose.” A client of mine, one of the brightest business men in this city, consulted me for himself, giving the following history of his attack: “We had a pretty heavy breakfast yesterday morning rather 19 late, but I felt perfectly well after it and up to tlie moment of sitting down to dinner. I was not hun- gry, far from it, and should not have eaten, but we were compelled to keep an engagement to dine with friends. The hour was two, and I sat down to the table feeling all right, but before the last course was reached I was conscious of having about the worst cold in my head I ever experienced.” Is there, then, no rational basis for the prevail- ing theory that “colds” are due to cold, or how can it be accounted for? From one stand-point there is not only a rational basis for the theory, but apparently the theory is absolutely proven. Here, for example, is a man calling himself well; he feels pretty well generally, and is attending to his affairs like a well man, but an expert would find no diffi- culty in proving him to be far from healthy. He would discover various symptoms of disease indicat- ingthe approachofa crisis,but the man himself does not thus interpret them. However, “the boil comes to a head” at last, or shows signs of heading, and the first appreciable symptom is a chilly feeling, perhaps a pronounced chill. This may take place at some time when the ailing one is sitting in a warm room, clad in the conventional harness, a heavy suit of underwear, thick suit of ordinary clothes, windows all closed, no suspicion of a draught, and apparently nothing at hand that by the far- thest stretch of the imagination could account for the sudden chill. But our victim of the “colds” theory is not by any means shut up to this narrow view of the question. Having been born and bred in the belief that these symptoms arise from cold and nothing else, he has only to look back over his career for a few clays to recall some unguarded mo- 20 ment when he felt a puff of fresh air through an open window, or going round a corner of a street with the middle button of his ulster carelessly un- buttoned, or a quick run to the post-box half a block away without his top coat—no matter what, nor how far back; he has “a cold,” and of course he must have “caught” it. But, naturally enough, the shivery feeling may strike him at the very moment of some such terrible exposure, and then, of course, it is a clear case. What if he can recall times without number when he has been exposed to actual cold to the point of almost losing his teeth from shaking and “chatter- ing,” as on a hunting trip in Maine, or fishing and getting caught in a shower, tramping for miles in wet clothing which perhaps was dried on, yet with- out having experienced the least sign of harm? Nothing counts against the colds delusion once fastened on its victim. How can we account for the chilly feeling that creeps over the over-clad man, siting in an over- warm, close room? In the first place consider one fact, viz: that this chilly man will speedily become warm, and feel perfectly comfortable, on removing every vestige of clothing and giving his skin a few passes with his flat hands. This is true even if he goes into a much colder room for his “air-bath,” as the writer has proved often enough by personal ex- perience. How can this be explained? The ex- planation is a very simple one, and at once appeals to the judgment of any one at all well-informed in physiology and personal hygiene. Place the ball of one finger on the back of the hand, even very lightly, and observe the result on removing the finger, the white imprint of the finger-end. What 21 has been done? By little more than a feather’s touch the blood has been sent away from the sur- face, hundreds of little blood-vessels have been emptied, and nerve-tips have for the moment been deprived of nutriment. Of course this alone is a very trilling interference with the free circulation of the blood and the proper nourishment of the nerves; but when it comes to the question of con- sidering, by light of this experiment, the effect upon the circulation of the weight and pressure all about the body of eight to ten pounds of clothing, with close “arm-sizes,” wrinkles at the elbows all press- ing on the skin, snug waist bands,not to say corsets and tight sleeves (as in the case of women,) and all this upon the frame of an animal that was never by nature designed to wear clothing of any sort,—what then? The mere presentation of the case will suffice to convince every reflective mind that serious injury is done by this mode of dressing the body, especially indoors where the temperature is practi- cally at or near summer heat. It is largely the abuse of clothing that causes the shivery, shaky, crawly feeling that more or less frequently creeps over every heavily clad person, and deceives him so completely whenever his ill-conditioned body begins the work of ridding itself of the disease-producing matters that have been accumulating for months, perhaps for years. Chills, fever turns, pain, head- ache etc., in brief all the symptoms of disease, are manifestation of the efforts of the organism to throw off the toxic elements that have been collecting since the last “cold” cleared the system more or less effectually. It should be known that every such crisis represents “nature’s house cleaning,” and if we learn how to keep the tenement clean and do 22 keep it clean, there will be no crisis from cold or anything else. Plenty of exercise in the open air, light clothing, plain food, enough (that is, not too much) of it, a rational degree of exposure to all weathers, the avoidance of excesses of all kinds, eating only when hungry, resting before eating, if fatigued,—these are the chief points to observe to prevent disease, and sickness which results from disease. To the minds of all who fully comprehend the bearing of all that has been said herein it must be clear, that were the prevailing, almost universal, misconception as to “colds” and their causes set right—or, in other words, if the people everywhere were well informed, instead of misinformed, as to the real causes of their disorders—so that their “common sense” could be rightly instead of wrongly applied in the matter of the care of their health, a very large proportion of most forms of sickness would be avoided and the death-rate throughout the year reduced by one-half. It also naturally follows that by far the larger proportion of the millions of dollars now paid to physicians, nurses, druggists, and in defraying all the expenses of needless sicknesses, would be saved; and to this there would be added the vast saving of the time and wages now lost in sickness—in fact, a saving in so many ways and in such degree, that we are almost lost in contemplating it and all the ad- vantages that would arise there from. If we take Prof. Victor C. Vaughan’s estimate of the cost of one disease alone, typhoid fever, as given by this professor in the Michigan University (in the Independent for December 7, ’93,) we have a basis for calculations to which only a Henry George 23 could do justice. Prof. Vaughan's final summing up of the money loss from sickness and deaths from the disease named is sixty-four millions (164,000,000,) and he says: “I am not an alarmist, I am not a pessimist, but when I think of the fearful ravages which preventable diseases cause among us, I fear that we are yet far removed from real civilization,and that many generations must pass away before man realizes that he is his brother’s keeper. “The prosperity and happiness of the nation are not correctly measured by its wealth,” he adds, “by the value of its agricultural products, by its ex- ports or imports, by the number of immigrants wbo annually flock to its shores,nor even by its birth-rate, but by the length of life of its inhabitants.” It will not be out of place to consider in this connection the question as to how many of the fifty thousand (50,000) lives now lost annually (which is Prof. Vaughan’s estimate) would be saved could all typhoid fever patients have the treatment employed by Brand in Germany, and by his followers in Europe and in this country, a very small percentage, it has to be confessed, of the medical fraternity, though it is one of the promising signs of the times that the number of men who do employ this life- saving method is steadily increasing. As a basis for calculating the saving of life which would be effected by the Brand treatment if applied in all cases, I will refer to one series of cases treated by Brand, Vogl and Juergensen, 1223, in which there were but 12 deaths, or about 1 per cent, as against the ordinary death-rate of 15 to 20 per cent. Dr. J. C. Wilson, Professor of Therapeutics in Jefferson Medical College, reports 64 cases of typhoid fever treated by him in the German Hospital, 24 Philadelphia, by the bath (Brand’s) method with- out a death, while the mortality in the other Phila- delphia hospitals averaged 15 per cent., (Dr. S. Baruch, in Medical Record, December 23, ’93.) Dr. H. B. Ball lias recently had but one death in forty cases at the St. Luke’s and New York Hospitals. The writer’s success with this treatment has been equally satisfactory, and I find no difficulty in its practical application in private practise. Moreover, I have directed the treatment of several cases of typhoid fever, by telegraph, one in New York, two in St. Paul, and one in Chicago, without a death by the Brand method, i. e., so far as the active treatment was concerned this was all the treatment given. My own practice as to diet is widely different from that in vogue with most physicians, but I find that this modification shortens the sickness in every case, and often suffices to abort the disease. For example: In the New York case above referred to, that of a five year old boy, ailing for two weeks before finally attacked with typhoid fever, then on the ninth day of sickness coming under my care (the diagnosis of typhoid made certain by two prominent New York physicians who had been in charge of the case,) with temperature F., delirium, etc., my treatment aborted the disease, secured convalescence, and on the fourth day the little fellow was comfortable and playing with his toys in bed. With such a result as this after nine days of drugging and forced feeding, it is easy to conclude that had the right principle been applied at the beginning of the sickness, the case would have been much simplified. From the above digression from the original theme, that of the prevailing misconception as to 25 the causes of disease, by which even the most con- scientious of livers is thrown completely off the track, as to prevention and cure, let us return to consider the question of the responsibility of the profession in the premises. But, at the very outset, it has to be confer sed that the physicians them- selves are, as a rule, full sharers in the false notions prevailing among the laity, and, therefore, no blame can attach to the profession for the misconception, nor for any of the evils arising therefrom. The fact of the matter is, the schools are terribly deficient in the matter of practical instruction as to the true causes of disease, and still more at fault as to rational means of “cure.” It was the well known remark of Professor James Gregory, who added as much reputation to the medical department of the University of Edinburgh as any other individual, that “ninety-nine in the hundred medical ‘facts’ are medical lies, and most medical theories are stark, staring nonsense.” If, indeed, all physicians were thoroughly wise in all matters pertaining to personal, as well as public hygiene, and were to become enthusiastic in- structors in these matter in all the families under their care, it is not difficult to imagine that ere long the greater proportion of the profession would be compelled to engage in some other business ! Alas, then, for the increasing number of medical schools the country over and for the grand army of medical students now flocking to join a profession whose members thrive only by the decay of their fellow creatures. Dr. Charles Briggs, the eminent Presbyterian, is reported as saying that fifty thousand of ihe ninety-nine thousand preachers in this country 26 could well be spared; and the writer is certain if one hundred thousand of our one hundred and thirty-one thousand doctors were to seek other im- ployment “ they never would be missed,” except by the druggists, dealers in mourning materials, and undertakers. In conclusion, let us consider the following health hints, as preventive and curative of disease: Appetite, etc. Never eat unless hungry. Never a mouthful. • To eat without an appetite is a spe- cies of self-abuse which is inexcusable for sick or wTell. There is no pleasure in it, and it prevents the speedy return of a normal appetite. Never eat when tired (except juicy fruits); rest first, then eat; bet- ter “ skip any meal than eat before resting. Better not exercise actively soon after eating (except after juicy lunch). The Air Bath. On rising, pass the wet hands over body and limbs after washing face and neck, and then, after a thorough towelling, take a nude walk-around for 10 to 30 minutes in a cool, well- ventilated room (every minute is so much to the good), rubbing every part of the body well. Sedentary persons should make this as much of a gymnasium as possible. Expand the lungs by deep breathing. Exert lhe arms, shoulders, chest. In brief, try to let the night and morning undo as much as possible of the day’s mischief from the harness worn, and the habits of life which are so far from natural. This soon becomes a great pleas- ure. This air bath should be repeated at night on retiring. You can’t overdo it. It means health. Exercise. The more exercise, the better, short of extreme fatigne. Begin in earnest and try to 27 make a daily gain in amount and vigor of all-around exercises. This is the true source of strength and, largely, of health. For persons who are on their feet a great deal, the extra exercise should be of a nature to develop the chest, shoulders and arms, and the air-bath gives the best possible opportu- nity. Yentilation. Warm, close rooms and “stuffy” air are more unholesome to all classes than tainted meat. Yet, nevertheless, it is almost the rarest thing in the world, I observe, to find a home even fairly well ventilated. Clothing. For gentlemen, a light-weight suit, with linen shirt, no underwear; and for ladies, a correspondingly light “ harness ”; that is what I would prefer; for, to let the skin breathe freely\ is equivalent to having a second pair of lungs; for the skin is really a breathing organ; besides, the DISINFECTING INFLUENCE OF THE AIR upon tile FOUL EXCRETIONS OF THE SKIN is of PRIME IMPORTANCE. The Air Bath is of inestimable value in this way, be- sides being a powerful general “tonic.” Never defer an evacuation of the bowels or bladder, except when absolutely forced to do so. Obey promptly every “ call.” 867 Boylston Street, Boston. 28 Works by Dr. C. E. Page. THE NATURAL CURE OF CONSUMPTION and other Disorders, 12mo, 294p. Cloth, $1.00. Tne idea that consumption can be cured is not a new one, but we have never before seen it urged by a regular physician of so high standing in the profession as Dr. Page.—Boston Transcript. HOW TO TREAT THE BABY, to make it Healthy and Happy, with Health Hints. Sixth Edition. Kevised. 12mo, 168pp. Cloth, 75 cents; paper, 50 cents. Db. Felix L Oswald, tbe well-known author and medical . says: “I have read and reread this work with wonder anu ....erest. It is a powerful appeal on a subject that ought to recommend itself to all rational parents. I do not believe the book contains two superfluous lines.’’ HOUSES: THEIR PEED AND THEIR FEET. PNEUMONIA AND TYPHOID FEVER; A Manual of Horse Hygiene. Cloth, 75c.; paper, 50c. A Study. 12mo. Paper, 25 cents. Of this the Boston Sunday Globe says: “If the author of his little pamphlet had used the term “an expose’’ instead of ‘a study,” it *ould have been quite as appropriate. He has quoted freely from the private utterances of physicians of the highest repute, facts that were never designed for the ears of the pub ic,—which does not take much interest in medical literature in general —and in giving us the cream of the best thought of the foremost medical men in this country and Europe, backed up by his own most emphatic indorsement, he has certainly earned the gratitude of all who employ or ever ex- pect to employ a family physician, if not that of the doctors themselves. “These, however, cannot afford to miss reading this caustic little monogram.’’ By mail postpaid on receipt of price. Address, Health-Culture Co., 30 E.14th Street, New York. Publishers’ Department AND Long Life Advertiser. Dr. Forest’s “ New Method.”— We wish to call attention to the statements of some who have had experience in the use of the treat- ment given by Dr. Forest in his great work “ The New Method in their Certain Chronic Diseases.” Hundreds of letters have been re- ceived by the author thanking him for knowledge given. Oshkosh, Wis., Sept. 1st, ’94. Mr. Albert Turner, Manager Health-Culture Co. Dear Sir:—You are very welcome to publish anything I may say in commendation of Dr. Forest’s work for I feel that I cannot say enough. My friends tell me I am a “ crank ” on the subject; and I tell them I am, but why should I not be; from my earliest recollections I was always considered an invalid: al- though I would not allow people to call me such. I could never do as other children because of ill health; then came a Bronchial trouble which seemed gradually to settle on my lungs. The doctors did all they could for me and then advised me to go to the moun- tains ; we had relatives in the East so I went to the White Mountains and then returned home as every one supposed to die with consump- tion. A friend told me of this Hy- gienic treatment, and I sent for the book. It was a great relief I assure you to dispense with medi- cines. For three years I did not allow anything to interfere with the treatment; (and let me say right here, I think perseverance is necessary in any kind of treatment where the case is a chronic one). Now I consider myself well. I remain, respectfully yours, Aurelia J. Dodge. This letter from a lady in this city, a member of a physician’s family will he read with interest. New York, Oct. 5th, ’94. Health Culture Co. Gentlemen:—I have had an ob- stinate chronic diarrhoea of four years standing, complicated with an annoying catarrh of the bowels, attended with great weakness, causing much inconvenience night and day, necessitating complete isolation from society. At times the movement of the bowels attended with intense de- sire, would be accompanied with some seeming obstruction, that made the operation extremely dis- tressing. After a few morning’s use of the treatment in accordance with instructions in Dr. Forest’s book “ New Method,” the obstruc- tion disappeared, the bowels be- came normal, and remained quiet after each morning’s evacuation until the next morning—giving freedom for the day and undis- turbed sleep at night. The relief is inexpressible, and words cannot describe my gratitude for the knowledge derived from this work. I am very truly yours, Mrs. A. N. B. This great work will be sent by mail past-paid on receipt of price, in cloth, $2.10 Address this office. 30 Weakness of the Lungs is always the basis for consumption, and this often comes through a lack of proper exercise, especially that which comes from the use of the lungs in deep breathing and forced expiration. This can best be secured by the use of the Wil- hide Exhaler. Persons subject to hard colds or suffering from the results of an attack of pneumonia, pleurisy, bronchitis, influenza or la grippe and those who have shortness of breath or any form of throat trouble or weakness should read the description on another page, carefully. The use of this has also been found of great value by persons suffering from indigestion, weak- ness of the nerves and general debility. The following somewhat per- sonal letter from a clergyman we think so important as to justify its publication: Passaic, N. J., Oct. 11th, ’94. Dear Mr. TurnerIn the middle of January, this year, I was sent for to preach in a country town near here. I was entertained by one of the Supply Committee who had just finished repairing his house, and he placed me in a bed room newly plastered and without heat. He claimed that the plaster- ing was dry, but I soon found out that it was hard from cold and not from heat. However, sooner than hurt his feelings I slept there two nights and returned home with a cold that resisted every effort to dislodge it. It seemed to me as if my public speaking was at an end. After suffering six months or more, I met you on the train and you told me of the benefits to be derived from the “Exhaler.” A few days later I received one and at once went to work to use it ac- cording to directions. In a week’s time I experienced a marked im- provement, as I was free from the racking cough which previously had not permitted me to sleep much more than half an hour at a time. I persisted in the use of the “ Exhaler,” abandoning the use of all medicine, except perhaps a bronchial troche once m a while, and now I am glad to state, that I am entirely well and have been so for over two months. I am sat- isfied from my own experience that a persistent use of the “Ex- haler ” according to directions will accomplish every thing it is de- signed for. Of course it will not make new lungs or new bronchial tubes, for it has not yet been given to humanity to do the work of the Almighty, but wherever there are lungs or bronchial tubes it will repair them so they will be as good as new. Fraternally Yours, Geo. F. Swain. The following letter from a phy- sician will be read with interest: Grimall Iowa, Sept. 20th, ’94 Dear SirsTwo months ago I ordered a Wilhide Exhaler. Have been testing it myself. Thought I was well when I began using it but now in the words of patent medicine “ I feel like a new man.” Do you make any discount to the trade or physician ? Would like one for my wife and one for a brother. It is the best tonic I know of; if we could get people to use them they would require much less medicine. Will prescribe for my patients when indicated. Yours truly, E. C. Bliss, M. D. The use of the Wilhide Exhal- er has been found to be the very best.remedy for colds. It will be sent by mail postpaid for $1.50. Address The Health-Culture Co., 30, E. 14th Street. 31 The Muscle Rollers —The fol- lowing letter speaks out strongly, but none too strong in favor of the use of Dr. Forest’s Health or Mas- sage Rollers. Louisville, Ky. Mr. Albert Turner, New York. Dear Sir:—About two months ago my father. W. R. Greer, of Charleston, S. C., who is fifty-two years old, purchased a Muscle Roller from you, and having used it for two months for stomach trouble, said it had done him a world of good I visited Charleston about two weeks ago, and found him in bet- ter health than for many years past, which we attribute to the use of the Roller, and I think when once it is well known, it will prove a boon to suffering humanity, While on the visit to. Charleston I used the Muscle Roller and at the end of ten days felt more relief from chronic dyspepsia than with two years use of drugs, admin- istered by skillful physicians. Inclosed you will find P. O. Or- der for which you will send me at your earliest convenience the No. 1 size, and oblige Yours respectfully, W. L. Greer. These will be found described on another page somewhat fully. If you want to know this before ordering, send 10 cents for “ From Weakness to Strength” by Dr. Forest, No 2 of the Long Life Series. Baby Wear.—The mot ers of babies and the Grandmothers will be interested in the advertisement of the Dorothy System of Baby Wear on another page. We heart- ily indorse this and include the patterns in our Health Dress De- partment. We hope every mother of infants and prospective mother will send to Mrs. Gunn for her beautiful catalogue. Under-cloth In g.—Notwit h- standing the very strong protest of Dr. Page against the use of un- derclothing, it is not likely that all the readers will decide to dis- card it and so will be interested in knowing what is best to do and in this connection we wish to call at- tention to the Jaros Hygienic Un- derwear, advertised on another page. There are many physicians who claim that this is the only scientific underwear and strictly Hygienic Undekweab made, and it certainly differs in important particulars from any other. Dr. Forest in “ Colds and Under- clothing,” explains the points of difference and superiority very fully. “ Dress and Healthl’ con- taining this and other valuable information will be sent on receipt of 4 cents in stamps. The Long Life Series.—This is the first number of a Series in which is to be published a number of practical manuals of Health, which we are confident will prove very popular with the people. It is proposed to make each number complete in itself, and usually to he devoted to a single subject. At present The Long Life Seeies will be issued bi-monthly and subscrip- tions received at 50 cents a year. Single numbers at 10 cents each. The Seoond number to be issued at once is entitled From Weak- 32 ness to Strength” and is a manual of Massage or Massotherpy for Home use, giving special instruc- tions for the use of the Muscle Boilers by Dr.W. E. Forest. Among subjects for future numbers are “ The Home Treatment of Fevers’ by Dr. Forest; “ Lung Gymnastics or Deep Breathing,” by Kev .J- Thos. Wilhide; “ Dressing Babies,” by Mrs. Gunn. It can readily be seen that this series must prove very valuable and we ought to secure a large subscrip- tion list at this low price, The Columbus Spring Pillow is for sale at this office. Call and ex- amine it or send for price-list. The Health-Cu ture Co. is or- ganized for the issuing of Health publications and the manufacture and sale of Health appliances. The business that has been con- ducted by “The Health Publish- ing Co.” “ The New Methods Co.,’ “The Health Supplies Co.,” “The Health Publication Co.,” and “The Star Exerciser Co.,” and that of Miss E. C. Page, sole representa- tive of “ Mrs. A. Fletcher,” the old established “Ladies and Children’s Hygienic Underwear,” business will be continued under the name of “ The Health-Culture Co.” Mr, Albert Turner, the Business Manager, who was for many years the Business Manager and Treas- urer of the Fowler & Wells Co., will be glad to see his old friends and all interested in the subject of Health-Culture at his naav office at any time, and to fill orders for any periodicals, books, charts, etc, Hygeinic Undergarments for women and children are furnished by the Health Culture Co., in- cluding the popular Fletcher Equi- poise and Emancipation waists, Dklsarte Waists, the new Health Waists, the Bates Maternity and other waists,Combination Suits in Jaros and other makes and gar- ments made to order from Silk Sponge flannel a new and very superior material in heavy weights for winter, or in summer weight. A large illustrated catalogue will he ready soon and be sent on re- ceipt of stamps for postage. Syringes for family and private use are sold at this office. It is not necessary to go shopping about among the stores to find what you want, not always a pleasant thing for some to do, and then not find the kind desired. Our Syringe list including a new Combination Syr- inge and hot water bag, Fountain Syringes, Ladies Syringe, Irriga- tors,Sprays, Hot Water Bottles etc. will be sent on application. The Diseases of Women.—We have a new home treatment for Dis placements and Weakness of the Womb, which has been proven to be almost miraculous in its effects. It cures without drugs or operation and is most emphatically a “home treatment” requiring neither phy- sician or attendant and not inter- fering with the daily life of the person. It has already been thoro- ughly tested and testimonials and references will be sent. For par- ticulars state your case and ad- dress “Ladies department'’ Health Culture Co., 30 East 14th street, NewYork. 33 If evidence is needed that food affects health and bodily condi- tions, the experien c e of The Health Food Co. would have demonstrated the matter fully. For a number of years, they have been making food specialties and their products have obtained a great degree of perfection. They are now able to supply food that will meet all bodily conditions whether in health or sickness. Their staple products for the well cannot be surpassed; the Peeled Wheat Flour is, we believe, the most perfect bread making pro- duct ever manufactured, making the most palatable, healthful and econbmical bread; they have also succeeded in making the most perfect cracker called “The Lead- er.” Their “Wheatena” has ac- quired a wide reputation as the best breakfast cereal. Their glut- en is indispensable to diabetics and the nervously prostrated. The Universal Food is the best infants food made and can be used to very great advantage by all in- valids suffering from weak diges- tion and is easily assimilated when other forms of nutrition fails. They are the sole proprietors of the term “Health-Food,” and no other concern can claim to pro- duce food-products under that name, which they have made sy- nonymous with wholesome, appe- tizing, up-building and restorative nutrients. Dr. Austin Flint was in the habit of saying that when one of his patients was fed by the Health Food Co., that patient re- HEALTH FOOD. covered. Other good physicians can bear the same testimony. To all who seek to overcome the drinking habit and to cleanse and purify the body by supplanting bad blood with pure and healthy blood, we commend a sermon on Food and Morals, by Bev. John F. Clymer, which the Health-Cul- ture Co., will mail free to all on receipt of one cent stamp for pos- tage. In an appendix he says: “The Health Food Co. develops and employs the cereal diastase in a most effective way. It removes the germinal molecules from wheat and barley, reduces them to powder, forms the powder into a dough, encloses it in a steam-tight vessel and subjects the vessel and contents for a protracted period to a temperature of 105° F. The la- tent diastase is thus brought into being, while the low temperature and the close vessel completely prevent its volatilization and loss. The diastatic dough is subsequen- tly dried and powdered, and is then packed and labeled, ready for use, demanding no cooking, and no other preparation than simple moistening with milk or water. The name given to this diastatic food which I have mentioned, is “The Universal Food,” a name sug- gested by a leading physician, who believed it to be universally appli- cable to enfeebled conditions/’ A large descriptive pamphlet of over fifty kinds of food adapted to the various conditions of life will be sent to any reader on applica- tion to The Health Food Co. at No. 61 Fifth Avenue, New York, 199 Tremont Street, Boston, 632 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 1601 Wabash Avenue, Chicago and of all their agents everywhere. 34 A New Method Of Home Treatment for all the dis- eases of women. No operation. No drugs. Scientific,practical and suc- cessful. Send stamp fur large, illustrated, descriptive circular. Competent women wanted to act as agents. Address The Health-Culture Co. 30 East 1 4th St., N. Y. E. P. MILLER, M. 1)., 41 WEST 26th ST. NEW YORK. Diseases of the Pelvic Organs sucessfully treated by antiseptic remedies. The Brinkerhoff and cer- iflcal treatment. Office hours, 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Miller’s hotel & baths. Physicians, Clergymen, Teachers and others visiting New York City should stop at /FILLER'S HOTEL, 37, 39 & 41 WEST 26th STREET. A family hotel, American plan, centrally located, clean, quiet, com fortable, at reasonable rates. Especially adapted to ladies traveling alone or in parties. Send for Circular and Rates. CHARLES H. HAYNES, Proprietor. Works by Miller M.D. HOW TO BATHE. A family guide for the use of water in preserving health and removing disease. 30 cents. DYSPEPSIA. Its varieties, causes, symptoms and cure by hydropa- thy and hygiene. 50 cents. VITAL FORCE: HOW WASTED AND HOW PRESERVED, or, Abuses of the Sexual Functions their Causes and Cure. A very valuable work on this important subject. 50c. A FATHER’S ADVICE. A book for every boy. By E. P. Miller, M.D. 10 cents. A MOTHER’S ADVICE. A book for every girl. By Mrs. E. P. Miller, M. D. 10 cents. MOTHER TRUTH’S MELODIES. A kin- dergarten of common sense for children. By Mrs E. P. Miller.M. D. Seventeenth edition. 300 pp., 12mo. Four hundred illustrations English cloth, $1.50. Copies of these sent by mail post paid on receipt of price. Discounts made to Agents and Lecturers who take up the sale. Address CHAS. H. HAYNES 37, 39 & 4i W. 26th St., NEW YORK. 35 miller’s Turkish,Electric and Roman 41 West 26th Street, - - New York Cityr. THE MOST CAREFULLY ADMINISTERED BATHS IN THE COUNTRY. HOURS- Gentlemen—Week-days, 6 to 8 a. m, ; 2 to 5 p. m. Sundays, 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. Ladies —Every Week-day, 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. RATES Turkish, Single, $1.25. Electric, “ 2.50. Roman, “ 1.50. Ten Tickets, $10.10. Ten Tickets, 20.00. FIELDING BROTHERS, Proprietors and Managers. From Weakness To Strength. A popular Exposition of Massage or Massotheropy with suggestions for its employment in the home, by W, E. Forest, M, D,, author of the New Method, The application of Manual Massage is considered and also the use of the Muscle Rollers, and the various conditions in which their use is recommended, with numerous cases. The whole matter is presented in a condensed and practical form giving as much as is sometimes found in a large volume. Only io cents. Colds and Underclothing by same author sent free to all who order above and send stamp for postage. Address. The Health Culture Co., 30 East 14tli St., New York. 36 Disease Curing Disease Preventing Underwear If you’ie well you need it--if you have consumption, kidney trouble or other ills, the Jaros . . 1 Hygienic . . Underwear will do you a world of good. Jaros Hygienic Underwear Company, 831 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 37 Jaros Hygienic Underwear ——: for MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. “WOOL FLEECE KNIT.” THEORIES OF PROF8. 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The Princess style, taking the weight of the garment from off the hip and placing it upon the shoulders, together with fineness of material, the best of hand-labor and |Simple, childlike trimmings are the principles un- derlying this sensible system of children’s wear— that merit the appreciation of thoughtful parents and the approbation of physicians. in “DOROTHY’’ Paper Patterns (Long), AI nfj II Including two dresses, slip, wrapper, white skirt, All flannel skirt, shirt, Princess slip, barrow- ® coat, night-gown. lit “DOROTHY” Paper Patterns (Short), (hi On III Including creeping apron, sacque, three dresses, two skirts, A | | two drawers, waist, night-gown. The old style’babv clothes with bands made to order if ladies so desire. PREPARED WORK, MATERIALS, LAYETTES. Send 2 Cent Stamp for Circular. A handsome illustrated 32 page Catalogue will be sent gratis with each order for patterns, or for 10c. by mail. MS. B. J. GUNN, 341 5TH AVE., NEW YOK . “Dorothy” night-gowns are made of the soft, downy “Jaros Hygienic Underwear” material. The exclusive right to use this delightful fabric for children’s clothing has been granted by Mr. Jaros to Mrs. Gunn, who cannot sell the goods by the yard, but only in the made or prepared garments. I t 4 8 39 Health Books The following books while of special value to all chronic invalids, are of almost universal importance, and should be read by every one interested in improved methods for the re- lief and cure of suffering humanity. MASSAGE; PRINCIPLES and Practice of Remedial Treatment by Imparted Motion. 2 vols. PROCESS OF MANUAL MASSAGE. Cloth 75 cents; postage 8 cents. PROCESS OF MECHANICAL MASSAGE, showing its Adaption to the Cure of "Various Chronic Affections. 75c.; postage, 8c. These books are more extended expositions of both the manual and mechanical processes. The latter shows how to use common mechanical power, which is abundant and cheap, and everywhere attainable, to remedy the most difficult chronic diseases, after other remedies have proved insufficient. HEALTH BY EXERCISE. 12mo., 408 pages, with numerous illus- trations, cloth $ 1.00; postage 10 cents. A book that both healthy people and invalids will profit in reading. It treats the question of exercise in its relation to health in a scientific yet popular manner. HEALTH FOR WOMEN. 249 pages, clo., 75c ; postage, 5c. *‘ If Dr. Taylor’s work should find its way into every school and family, it probably would do more for the health of women and of the next generation than any other measure that can be urged.’’—Catharine E. Beecher. PARALYSIS. Paralysis and other Affections of the Nerves ; their cure by transmitted energy and special movements. 12mo., 179 pages, cloth, 75 cents ; postage, 7 cents. PELVIC AND HERNIAL THERAPEUTICS. Principles and Methods for Remedying Chronic Affections of the Lower Part of the Trunk, including processes for self-cure. 12mo., cloth, $1.00 ; postage, 10 cents. This book points out the causes of pelvic diseases of every form and degree, ind explains why ordinary methods of treat- ment so often result in failure. It describes in detail, improved methods of treatment which, although mainly new to the pro- fession, are found to be in perfect harmony with well-known anatomical and physiological laws. The Health-Culture Co., 30 E. 14th St, New York DR. GEO. H. TAYLOR. 40 BATH & FLESH HEALTH BRUSHES. As a means of preventing colds by seasoning as it were, tlie skin, so that it is not susceptible to sudden changes there is nothing equal to the use of a properly made Flesh Brush. These should be used in the bath, but especially in the daily air bath or rub so highly recommended. On the following page will be found illustrations of peculiarly constructed hair brushes that are considered in many ways the best made for this purpose. As will be seen there are various shapes and styles, those specially adapted to the dry rub and the full wet bath. Every person should have and use daily a set of these, bringing as they will a rosy, healthy glow to the skin and life and health to the system. Do not use the cheap flimsy brushes sold at some of the stores, but send for a brush that you can depend on and one that the use of will do you good. Sent by mail, post paid, on receipt of prices. Address THE HEYETH-CIJETIJRE CO., 30 E. 14tl« Street, NEW YORK. 41 HEALTH BRUSHES. CAN BE USED WET OR DRY. 2 ROWS. No. 32, PRICE $1.00. No. 44, PRICE $1.25. DETACHABLE HANDLB REVERSABLE No. 67, PRICE 75 CENTS. No. 88, PRICE 65 CENTS, COMPLEXION BRUSH Address, THE HEALTH-CULTURE CO , 30 EAST I4TH STREET, NEW YORK. No. 65, 40 CENTS. PRICE 75 CENTS. 42 From Weakness to Strength Massage is the treatment for all the functional troubles like dyspepsia, constipation, jaundice, biliousness, nerve exhaustion, debility, emaciation, neuralgia, rheumatism, paralysis, etc., etc. It is no less important a meas- ure for preserving health than for curing disease, giving tone and elasticity to the system. The object of the Health and Massage Roller is to make massage practical to bring into the home the easiest and pleasantest methods of cure and ex- ercise. It can be used with little fatigue by oneself or by an attendant, and entirely with out exposure or even undressing, and avoids what is often so unpleasant, the hand touch of the operator. With the Roller there is practically no friction, and the force is spent where it should be, on the deeper structure and organs, such as the stomach, liver and intestines, on muscles and nerves. The quickly inter- mitting pressure from the Rubber of the Roller drives along rapidly and vigorously the blood within the tissues, and thus hastens those cell changes on which life and health depend. A reliable treatment is this for cold feet; to bring the blood from con- gested brain ; to take the sense of fatigue and languor out of tired and stiff- ened muscles at bed time. Its use over the intestines stimulates the nerve forces of these organs and increases their natural action. Thus chronic constipation, where for years there has been no action without drugs, is quickly and radically cured, Rheumatism, Sciatica, and Paralysis often yield most readily to this treat- ment. For sleeplessness their use by oneself or an attendant wflll be found an efficient remedy, and used by anyone for a few minutes before retiring will secure more restful sleep. THE DEVELOPERS. These are scientific instruments for a rapid and healthy development of the face, neck and bust, and other parts of the body. The re- sults obtained by their use are truly marvelous. Thin cheeks, scraw ny necks and flat busts can be changed into rounded and youthful forms, hands and ao’ms are made plump and limbs and calves filled out. By their use the lungs are strengthened and the entire chest enlarged and the whole form improved. Natures healthful method only is employed. Dr. Dio Lewis states that he has seen thin breasts more than doubled in size in a month by this treatment. Ten minutes use will give the cheeks the glow of youth that will last for hours. The flesh hardens, the skin becomes soft and flexible and there is a rapid and healthy development of tissue. The Manual of Massotheropy by Dr. E. W. Forest is presented with each Rolleb giving directions for their use in various forms of disease. Very full and complete directions are furnished with each Developek. 30 East 14th Street The HEALTH-CULTURE CO., Manufacturers, NEW YORK. Health and Massage Rollers and Revelopers. 43 These rollers, the invention of Dr. W. E. Forest, consist of a series of wheels, about 134 in. in diameter, on an axle, around the center of each is a band or buffer of elastic rubber, The Developers are made of Central American woods, highly polished in natural colors. The wheels ebony and covered with a soft'gum buffer and cannot cause any pain or injury. No. 1. With wide piece of locust and or black walnut all This is very strong with one or both stomach and bow- and is the best for secure vigorous buffers, the cross handle of rose wood highly polished, and can be used hands over the back, els, and on the limbs general use and will muscular tissue. No. 3, Face This is used the cheeks, give color,to wrinkles forehead,in- of neck, and massage to ing of the Developer. to develop fill out and r e m' o v e from the crease size for head prevent fall- hair. PRICE, $2.00. PRICE, $1.50. No. 4, Bust This is used largement and may be neck, and if the entire its use any- developed them high Developer. for the en- of the breasts used for the lightly over body, and by part may be and made vigorous, using, prize ly, and every No. 2. Frame and maple, light but ted for small women not strong, and quite weak can use selves l with very Many use both for handle of white strong, well adap- and those who are invalid who are this on them- great advantage, best results. lady should have a pair. PRICE, $1.50. PRICE, $2.50. The Health Culture Co., 30 East 14th Street, New York 44 CATARRH CURED. Antiseptic Vaseline Treatment. Introduced successfully by Dr. W. E. Forest in his practice and through his work the “New Method’’ to thousands of families in all parts of the country, and is we may safely say, the only rational method of treatment for catarrh. THE VASELINE SPRAY, a recent invention, is one of the great- est advancements of the age for the treat- ment of diseases of the nasal passages, throat and lungs. By this little instru- ment all ordinary catarrhs can be cur- ed at home at a trilling expense. It’s use will absolutely break up a recent cold in twenty-four hours, and give immediate relief to the obstructed nasal passages in such cases. The medicated vaseline can be applied by this instrument to any passages which inspired air can reach, as the remedy is discharged from the instrument as light and fine as smoke. We need no more than refer to the healing, soothing qualities of vaseline. When this it combined with the antisep- tic and astringent medicinal remedies, we have an instrument and remedy that cannot be equaled for the treatment of the nasal passages and the throat. We are now sending this remedy safely in the new patent mailing to all parts of the country. The Vaseline Spray and a Bottle of the Remedy (Vaseline, Menthol and Thymol), will be sent post paid for $2.15. Address THE HEALTH-CULTURE CO., 30 East 14th St., New York. THE VASELINE SPRAY. 45 “The New Method” In Health and Disease, by W. E. Forest, B. S., M. D., Fellow of N. Y. Academy of Medicine; Member of Medical Society of County of N. Y., and N. Y. Medical Union. Eleventh Edition, Revised and Enlarged to 270 Pages. Price, $2.00, by mail, $2.10. Written for the public by a well-known practical physician, and em- bodies the results of many years of study, experiment and observation, just as important in directing one how to preserve health, as to cure disease. Dyspepsia—Causes.—The difference between relieving it and curing it.—Striking at the root of the trouble.—Foul Stomach.—Cleanse it thoroughly.—Fermentation.—What to eat.—Illustrative Cases. Jaundice and Billiousness, Treatment.—Getting the Liver “in chancery.” Constipation.—Radical cure.—Habit.—Diet.—Abdominal Rolling.— Sir Andrew Clark’s Hygienic treatment. Kidney Disease.—Cause.—The Kidneys “the scape goat” of the other organs.—What s to be done ?—Remove the burdens.—How to do it. —Diet. Nervousness and Nerve Exhaustion an American disease.—How to overcome the tendency.—1' How to rizzle.”—Natures healthful morphine. —Food.—Bathing.—Insanity caused by the absorption of intestinal fer- ment.—How cured. Pelvic Troubles in Females.—The conditions.—Causes.—Chronic starvation.—How to quickly and surely overcome these tendencies.— Marvellous results.—Novel and common-sense Methods.—Typical cases of Cure. Incipient Consumption.—3,000,000 die annually from Consumption in civilized countries.—A preventable disease.—Make the weak parts strong.—Treatment of this trouble.—Don t try to stop a cough.—Try to cure the disease. Headache.—By one of its victims.—How to prevent headaches.— How to cut them short when started. Chronic and Acute Rheumatism.—Causes.—Diet.—Plan of treatment. Emaciation.—The standard of weight to height.—How to increase the weight safely.—Liquids.—What to eat to get fat.—How Colonel Mc- Caul’s attempts to get thin worked backwards. Corpulence.—It worked both ways.—The function of fat in the ani- mal economy.—The little needed.—How to burn up the excess.—Bis- mark’s results.—What to avoid.—Ebstein’s system. PARTIAL SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS: SENT BY MAIL ON RECEIPT OF PRICE. Address, Health-Culture Co., 30 East 14th St., New York. 46 Health Underwear FOR WOMEK A X 1> CHILDREN. Never was so much attention being given to the relation of DRESS to HEALTH, as to-day, and intelligent, thoughtful women are now realizing that the results of wearing corsets and tight lacing are very injurious, and small waists are no longer fashion- able. A lady of artistic education, desiring health, comfort and usefulness, no longer is vain of a wasp-like waist. A city dress- maker with a large and fashionable patronage says: “Fifteen years since, the average size of the waist of my customers from all parts of the United States, was twenty and twenty-two inches, while now from the same classes, the average size at the belt is from twenty-six to thirty inches, and this means greatly increas- ed health and strength, as well, beauty and symmetry of form and feature.’’ It is an encouraging sign that there is a steadily growing demand for HEALTH WAISTS, which serve the purpose and avoid the dis- advantages of the regular made corsets. Having purchased from Miss E. C. Page, sole representative of “MRS. A. FLETCHER, 7 the old established “LADIES’ AND CHIL- DREN’S HYGIENIC UNDERWEAR” business we are prepared to fill all orders for FLETCHER HYGIENIC UNDERWEAR, with many newly devised articies, including all the recent improve- ments that have been made. A very full and complete catalogue of HEALTH UNDERWEAR for WOMEN and CHILDREN will be sent on application with stamp for postage. Address all letters to THE HEALTH-CULTURE CO., 3© &aat 14th Street, SfEW YORK: 47 —iTHE* HEALTH-CULTURE CO., 30 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK, Is a consolidation of “The Health Publishing Co.,” “The New Methods Co.,” “The New Treatment Co.,” “The Health Supplies Co.’’ “The Star Exerciser Co.,” “The Health Publication Co.,” the publishing business of W. E. Forest, M.D.,andthe “Fletcher Hygienic Underwear,” conducted by Miss E. C. Page. All the interests represented by the above will be continued by the new company and many new and important features added, at the new office which is very centrally located at No. 30 East 14th Street, but a few doors from Broadway. Health=Culture. Is a new journal of practical hygiene, issued quarterly, at 50 cents a year, or 15 cents a number. CATALOGUE of Health Supplies, including Health or Massage Rollers, Exhalers, Exercisers, Hygienic Underwear for men, women and children, Health Books, etc., will be issued and sent to any address on application. Mr. Albert Turner, the Business Manager, who was for many years Business Manager and Treasurer of the Fowler & Wells Co., will be glad to see his old friends and all interested in the subject of Health-Culture at his new office at any time, and to fill orders for any periodicals, books, charts,etc. that may be desired. All orders should be sent to Tlie Health-Culture Co., 30 EAST 14TH STREET, NEW YORK. 48 GEO. H. TAYLOR, M. D. G. H. PATCHEN, M. D. Originator and Consulting Physician. Medical Director. The Improved Movement Cure Institute, No. 20 West 59th Street, New York. THE Experleo ced Application -OF- MECHANICAL HASSAGE ] TO CHRONIC FORMS OF DISEASE "the MANIPULATOR,” One of the machines for giving Mechanical Massage A SPECIALTY. It is the continuation, under a new name, of the “Movement Cure” establish- ed by Dr. Geo. H. Taylor in New York in 1854 It embodies the changes and improve- ments he has originated, from time to time, the chief of which is mechanical mas- sage. The relief and cure of the most severe, obstinate and obscure forms of chronic disease, even after other means have failed. Affections of either the PELVIC, NERVOUS, CIRCULATORY or DIGES- TIVE systems are particularly amenable to the treatment as here given. Specialized (Swedish) Movements, Man- ual and Mechanical Massage. This last, is an invaluable remedial agent for which, in most chronic forms of disease, there is no adequate substitute. Correspondence and PERSONA!, INSPECTION solicited. Send stamp for explanatory literature. All of Dr. Taylor’s apparatus for giv- ing MECHANICAL MASSAGE for sale. Catalogue sent on applica- tion. Address for any purpose, WHAT IT IS. OBJECT AND SCOPE. METHODS EMPLOYED, The I. M. C. INSTITUTE, 20 West 59th Street, NEW YORK. HEALTH-CULTURE • A ° JOURNAL-OF-PRACTICAL- H.YGSEWE * No subject is more worthy of universal attention than that of maintaining the highest possible degree of vigor of body and of mind—Health. HEALTH-CULTURE is devoted to this, and presents to its readers the teachings of the best author- ities on the subject, with the latest discoveries and methods for the restoration and preservation of Health, including the physical culture of children, that they may grow to maturity with strong vigorous bodies. A special feature is made of preventive measures in relation to the various diseases to which the people are subject, and Health-Culture for the Home. HEALTH-CULTURE is not issued in the in- terest of a medical practice, or asan advertising medium for a special health institution or sanitariam, but is independent and published in the interest of its readers, and is a Peoples Journal, It is issued quarterly as it is thought that this may be as often as the readers will care to receive a special journal of this kind. HEALTH-CULTURE'S not a story paper ora woman’s journal, but is devoted exclusively to its speciality. The management believing that the journals of the day give enough of miscellaenous reading, and that the public will much prefer to find in a Health Journal that which its name implies. HEALTH- CULTURE'S only 50c. a year or 15 c. a number, placing it surely within the reach of all who desire to maintain health and avoid “Doctor's Bills.” If you have not seen it, send your name for a year’s trial. Agents Wanted. Address, The JILALTH-CUTTURL CO., 3© Bast 14th Street, NEW YORK. Colutpbus Spring Pillow, Patented Nov. 5th, 1889, and Jan. 24th, 1893. THIS HEALTHFUL PILLOW. consists of inner light, flexible steel springs, highly tempered but noiseless, outside of which is a soft padding covered by strong ticking. It is of LIGHTER WEIGHT than the feather pillow, is extremely DELICATE and SENSITIVE, quickly YIELDING to the lightest pressure, and adapting itself to the PERFECT COMFORT of the user. It is always DISTENDED when not underpressure, and never becomes matted or inelastic, IT DOES NOT LOSE ITS SHAPE. It is LIGHT, AIRY, and thoroughly CLEAN and NOISELESS, and ABSOLUTELYODORLESS, and VERMIN PROOF. ’ The ends are laced, not sewed, and so are most perfectly ventilated and the most HEALTHFUL PILLOW known; its use is particularly advantageous to all those who sufl'er from HEADACHE, CATARRH, INSOMNIA, ASTHMA, NEURALGIA, and other like maladies. Those troubled with Sweating of the Head find great relief by using it. This Pillow is as superior to ordinary pillows as is the best SPRING MATTRESS to the old FEATHER BED. Its users are all enthusi- astic in its favor, and cheerfully recommend it. The Pillow has the ORDINARY APPEARANCE when closed. Write for free booklet. Address, Pillow open and cut to show construction THE COLUflBUS SPRING PILLOW C0?. 44 West Broadway, New York. Selling Agents, The Health-Culture Co.