Health Hints.

Otago Witness, Issue 2370, 3 August 1899, Page 54

Health Hints.

Of course, in good health and condition the skin always acts to a certain extent, but it docs not do so to the >.-xlent of clearing the bystem of those poisonous products that' indirectly are flnclructive to life; for this purpose it wants the stimulus of exercise.-- Health and Condition. The " notice to quit " mental overwork is ordinarily served somewhat after this fashion. The business man who is over-working his brain finds that his day's occupation is becoming a toil rather than a delight, am? the last hour grows to be a strain only maintained by a fjwutfiww effort of tKe will. "With, this soon

appears an exaggerated susceptibility to ever£ trivial annoyance. Among the physical symptoms of impending exhaustion of brain-power, one of the most important is probably the inability to sleep. — Guide to Health. " There is no short cut to longevity. To win it is the work of a lifotime, and the promotion of it is a branch of public medicine. Percbance,_ one of these days, we may have am International Congress on Old Age. with an exhibition of dotards for. warning, a«d of hale" and hearty centenarians for encouragement. " At any rate you may rest assured that it is by steady obedienoe to the laws of 'health that old age may be attained." and by judicious regimen that it may be prolonged. -The measures necessary for the promotion of old age on the large scale lie beyond the control of the medical profession. "We cannot change the spirit of the age, abolish avarice, vainglory, and the lust of power, or quell even the gratuitous excesses of the struggle for existence that rages around." — Sir" J. Crichton Browne. Among the best men living are those who have carefully regulated work and diversion. At school or after, the lad who is good at games generally turns out well, and often distinguishes himself in learning. • He will get better work done, and be more successful in play through the pitch of allround excellence that the stimulant of contrast .produces. Numerous instances wijl be readily recalled to the reader in illustration o£ this. .- r The false balance between work and diversion, commonly known as overwork, is oftena cause, but oftener an of worry. Almost every one has been; able to prove,- in himself, that the finest cure for worry is to do something else by way of change. "Worry and overwork are the twin destroyers of many a sound digestion and many a night's rest, and hence they are largely responsible for most of the innumerable, in-directly-produced ills that come *upon man.— The Secret of Good Health. " When is a man old? " is a question that has been debated more than once. Dr Haydn Brown, the author oi "The Secret of Good Health," refuses to state any particular age, but fixe 3it at the time when men show themselves distinctly less capable of transacting business than they were formerly ; when they go through a daily routine with less alacrity, walking stiffly, talking childishly, eating conspicuously, and exhibiting the wearing eflccta of time in countless different ways. Men who have grown fairly old so far as years indicate: but retain their physical and mental capabilities unimpaired, are advised not to relinquish their business or profession. Such action, it has been found, has frequently a bad influence on the health.