p. 12 | HEALTH “DON’TS”

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 15, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 37.

HEALTH “DON’TS”

Don’t neglect your house drains, nor the drainage about your house. The first condition of family health is a dry and sweet atmosphere. With dry walls, a dry cellar, and drains that carry off refuse without letting in foul

gases, half the battle for good health is won.

Don’t let your wells or springs be infected by drainage or from other causes. Pure drinking water is indispensable for health at home or anywhere.

Don’t keep the sun out of your living and sleeping-rooms. Sunlight is absolutely necessary for a right condition of the atmosphere that we breathe and for our bodily well being.

Don’t sleep in the same flannels that you wear during the day.

Don’t wear thin socks or light-soled shoes in cold or wet weather.

Don’t catch cold. Catching cold is much more preventable than is generally supposed. A person in good physical condition is not liable to colds, and will not fall a victim to them unless he is grossly careless. Keep the feet warm and dry, the head cool, the bowels and chest well protected; avoid exposure with an empty stomach; take care not to cool off too rapidly when heated; keep out of draughts; wear flannels; and with the exercise of a little common sense in various emergencies, colds will be rare. If colds were a penal offense, we should soon find a way to prevent them.—Phrenological Journal.