MEDICAL NOTES.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXIX, Issue 33, 26 November 1912, Page 7

MEDICAL NOTES.

• WALKING. SSS 8 ' • - *5. "* «*»»>%, which 'ifSu ß^ Bnict ' witi shouldhead well poised, is t£e besYtonic that wt 6 & reacribe V or exhausted brains, weakened muscles, and worn-out nerves. It strengthens the digestive organs, drives thelMood away from the tired brain, and is one of the best remedies for nervousness. There is no better way of curing rheumatism than bv *iilu ? warm rather. You-have alltae advantages of the Turkish bath without the danger of breathing imPhysicians have subdued the worst kinds of rheumatism, stubborn forms of indigestion, aggravated cases of insomnia, and all sorts of nervous diseases by exercise in breathing and walking. There is a famous medical man of Munich who has formulated » system of breathing and walking by which asthmatic patients are taught to walk without using breath, while sufferers from weakness of the heart and nervously-exhausted persons are cured No matter hdw long the walk or how steep the climb, no one who follows this simple treatment need "get out of breath,' the breathing and walking being in time together. In ascending a staircase or path, one should take one breath for every step, and the fuller the breath the better. In walking along a level stretch, one should take two steps to every breath; thus the inhibition and exhalation alwavs begins as the same foot touches the ground. The tired feeling which walking brings on is natural, but with a few weeks' practice one is able to walk a mile or more without fatigue. The walking is of itself a recreation and a great help to the development and preservation of physical symmetry; its tonic effects are much better when one walks correctly, and at regular times. In order to walk correctlv, one should stand quite erect, and breathe in a proper manner, then swing the leg from the hip. By so doing, the muscles which are strongest bear,the strain ind the length of the stride is increased several inches. The heel touches the ground first, and not the toe, and t slight spring is given from the ball of the foot to aid in making another step.

!rATION OF THE HEART. ition of the heart is a distresscommon trouble, often giving fears of heart disease, thus the complaint worse than it One of the symptoms of paland heart trouble generally it of a person becoming aware eating of his own heart. We ally to be entirely unconscious motion, and consciousness of it it something is wrong. Undue is usually a functional disorough in some cases it is a sign ic trouble and a doctor should Ited. Tlie distinction between however, is not difficult to Palpitation, the functional iry, is intermittent and sudden :tacks, while the organic dismally continuous. Then, again, relieves palpitation in the One ile it tends to increase the n the other. Palpitation of the much more common in women men, and is found mostly in subjects. The best plan, theretreatment of the complaint, tend to the nervous system. >toms of palpitation are chiefly ;ular puke, leaping of the iddisiess, noises in the head, s before the eyes. The skin, ffected, and becomes moist in nee. Treatment, as already lust be directed to the nerves, of the best means is by way gestion. Tea and coffee, taken are quick to attack the ind the_sufferer from palpitauld avoid these beverages as possible. Tobacco, also, has jffects. Rich food should be although it is foolish to diet do strictly, for palpitation can om either over-rich blood or >hed blood. Flatulence and if the stomach both tend to the nervous system, while ing is another evil that cannot i strongly condemned. In the i severe attack of palpitation ent should lie down and all ►thes should be loosened. A andy or sal volatile may be Ithough half a teaspoonful of ate of soda will generally afjdy relief. EYE-STRAIN. re is a marvellous optical in- ., and every time vou look > object to another there is a iconscious adjustment of focus, le world like what you achieve id consciously when you use a or opera-glasses. The eye is rest when it looks upon distant ; but reading, sewing, and all i means and unending, continpeated alteration to keep the ear and definite. You never hat the eyeball undergoes these langes. Even with eyes or an h below the average of human ou may experience nothing to to you how strenuously the sm of the ball endeavors to r the flaw in its apparatus. But in tells. If the eye and its hood appear to feel nothing, e other symptoms —numerous, ;ed, the specialist in these .matr unfold a tale of damage so ensive that you begin to wonther he leaves any Known sysof his reckoning, ishes, however, to keep decentn the bounds of ordinary exling with symptoms clearly rethe sight, you may have in the behind the eyes a wearisome throbbing sensation, or a pain i that thought and work seem le; the' balls may feel hot and , and may look red; sometimes appear small; and vision may :ks—print running into an an >le blur at times; at times a lcroaching upon the field, ani i the view broken in upon by ; shadows shot with stars and of light and zig-zag >jtlim». lids may twitch or throb (the folk sometimes tali about.*, ual inflammations of the eye e not unknown, coming to symptoms more re m have sickness and '.omirjug, ssed, chilly condition, all the apprehensions and restlessness asthenia; pain at the back of ] is not uncommon in eye strain weak children you may have rilepsy and other ailments of vous system, is by no means a complete list wilr Bttggest how far-reaching the effects of a neglected dethe sight. Insanity itself has seed to the torture of unequal a right and left eyes. And the for all then trouble* k proper TO* {MtfMr •&$» t«M.