HEALTH HIKES.

Auckland Star, Issue XXXVI, 21 October 1905, Page 10

HEALTH HIKES.

"HOW TO LIVE." A DOCTOR'S DENUNCIATION OF TEA DRINKING. In "a simple manual of hygiene for the older pupils in primary schools," just f written by Dr. Caton, of Liverpool, are \ set. forth" in plain, intel liable English, j various suggestions on "How to Live." [ i Hefe are a few specimen hints: j Cold air is much less injurious than j impure air. I Bedroom windows should be kept j (slightly open at the top during the night, "and both doors and windows open as much as possible during the day. I City dust should be filtered through j the nose in breathing. \ Tight belts and small stays should be shunned. I An ideally situated house is built on! rock, sand, or gravel. j Both tea and coffee are harmful for children. 1 I Tea is not a food, but a stimulant. j It is not advisable to drink tea with j j animal food, the tannin in the tea retarding digestion. I Coffee may be taken with animal food. Generally speaking, coffee is a far less i injurious drink than tea.. I Beer and wine should never be taken, 1 excepting with food. j One meal of butcher's meat a day is I ample. 1 Beef tea contains very little nourishment. A pint of strong beef tea only con--1 tains as much food as a quarter of a pint lof milk. j Bread kept for a day or two is more I ] digestible than when quite fresh. Sugar, treacle and honey are import- j ant foods, but should not be taken in ex-1 cess. Cold meat is much more nutritious i and digestible than meat cooked twice. ' Meals should be taken at regular times, and nothing should be taken be-, tween. Strong vinegar afld tod much sugar are destructive to the teeth. Plenty of light is absolutely necessary to the development of healthy human beings. Young children should sleep frOm eight to twelve hours out of the 24, according to age. i Every infant should sleep in a small cot. and not in tbe same bed with its mother. Boys should never exchange caps. FAITH HEALING. Dr. Guest relates the following case to show the part which psychology may play in the treatment of hay fever. He" says: "I have a brotheT-in-law who suffers every summer with hay fever. He has a relative who believes in Christian Science. She told him that she felt posi- 1 tive that she could direct him to a woman, a Christian Scientist, who could cure him. He arranged to communicate with her daily by letter. When his hay fever broke out he suffered with ifc all that day and night, and the next morning - wrote her a note telling her to put him on treatment immediately. When he re- , turned that night he felt improved, and slept better. He wrote his second note next morning, and was much encouraged. , The third day ho repeated bis letter writ- ' ing, and stated that the symptoms bad almost ceased. The night of the third [ day he received a note from the Chris- , tian Scientist stating that she had been in the country, and would put him under . treatment the next day. ReSlising that ' all his treatment had been only in his imagination, the symptoms reappeared 1 with the same intensity as before."