To Ward Off old Age.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 76

To Ward Off old Age.

'The"%.hoie <jhange : -from youth to age is one of steady - accumulation of ."calcareous deposits in the'system. -Entire blockage of tlie functions of -the- bbdy ! is^ a mere matter of time, .and the refuse matter, says Health, > deposited by the blood through the system- ', etops the delicate machinery; we call life. The' daily use of distilled water is,- artel- ' middle life,' one' of the m^yst itn^ortaTfi't' means of preventing concretions and derangements of health. Diluted phosphoric acid is one of the most powerful influences .known to science for shielding the human system fcaza. the inconveniences of old age.

Use it daily with" distilled water, and so retard the approach of senility. To retain perpetual youth, avoid all food rich in' earthly salts, use much fr^iit, especially juicy, uncooked apples, and 15 drops of diluted phosphoric acid in each glassful ofwator. Thus 'will' our days bejonger in; -^Iklt ' Wafer ' for ' #j.e Hair,p£" ''Tne \i&it, like* '^ev^y' other portico of ( tb.e. t , "human' 'frame, ' if ' unoarecl? $or, will ; go wa,ste,iarid'fovdnteall.y 'drop d_ttt'. .TKe,*bestp 1 means-to -prevent'?tms % +o strengthen ;the' ■hair, an<3'fthie''cari- ea&Ply'x be-abcompH&hed;'' among- other means, "by J cutting T and the use of salt and water- -'•'*\\ " \ "' -what" bwsliy "hajii? "sea-faring men'.tfaye? asks . another medicalcontemporary^ jit , is .because theiv :liair is jh' -constant .contact with the invigorating 'salt air, and is* often wet.ywlth caff' water. 'A good r fonio"'of -salt water should rContain, a re&MonfuF'of'salit \o a tumbler of water, ~* a&3 should- 'be applied to the hair' two" or three times a week. ' — Sleep Late if You Want To.— Ta"ke' plenty of sleep. Time spent in' pound sleep is never wasted. The man of middle ago will that he cannot take quite as much sleep as 'formerlyj he-%ejids-to wak<* earlier- and 'more easily, 'but this should make him the more insistent to take all that he possibly can. Ho cannot stand the loss of eleep as he once did If he, has, , been up till the wee ema,' hours lie is more apt to feel it next _diy. The power of recuperating' completely in a few hours of sleep is .the prerogative of youth alone. The, fewer hours of sound sleep, we can get the more rest in bed we should 'tiake. As the sleep at night becomes shorter aift lighter a. nap in the middle of the day should be made a custom. —Hot-Milk for the Skin.— Hot milk for the complexion has proved to be the greatest benefit, and many women say they owe an improvement of their complexion" to the constant use of hot milk applied every morning and night to their faces. - A woman prominent in the literary world, and whose complexion is equal to a young girl's, assured us that of all the tnany precautions she had 1 taken' to keep hjer "skin ift' good condition, none was so efficacious as hot milk. "When I am frightfully fatigued," ehe said, "from the rush of the life I lead, I got a .gallon jOf milk and put it in my baflltub, -sufficient hot water, to coyer, the bodyl. I- lie "in. this mixture for '10 minutes, and .come out feeling thoroughly refreshed, and with a ,new life to the skin, which, previous "to the bath, had a dead look." „ . l - . r •to Sit" Properly.—" It is important in* lying down to sleep or Test to straighten oneself out deliberately,' thus relaxing every tired xauscle. But a proper in -sitting is .of «yen more., importance,,. li} ih^s .day;- o^-universal- oon'Mipatiori;' pliy&icia'ns are seeking everywhere for the causes of this unhappy condition. •-We- beiiev© that the habit .of ., sitting. <on " s the strfa'ir t>f' Che. back "wi% legs . crossed, is 'a/ factor in- it& ' production. 'Normally, the - individual -Bhould- sit flat on the tub^ro•sitie&'of the ischia, bofihfeet 6n the flbor, and .Jjhe. SDUW:hel'd;*rect. But the great 'majority of people,' especially .sedentary and spiofessional folk, throw tliemeelves forward an ■&. 'cihah:, lean .baok^and (Jross.the legs. puts'|» "constan-t..- numbing pressure on the 'fleshy <^ru^^are^ , .of "the, buttocks,■Vlifdh'protect the ji&cral "plexus of .nerv^es, and in time causes a psialysis or irritation, of t"he same. . faulty "positions in sitting and standing also, interfere witV4>i?eathing and 'ctigestaon. . • , - - ! WML