WHEN HEALTH BECOMES A DISEASE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3526, 13 July 1920, Page 7

WHEN HEALTH BECOMES A DISEASE.

F The folloying editorial from the {(iul‘_v Times is printed- by the Journal 3of the M€dloZLl Association as a lesson Ito health faddists: A There is a good deal of tl’uHl in the satirical story of Jiggins. wllo‘ll-ad the health habit. Jiggins lived 20 years ago, and health was :1 disease with him. Jfggius tool»: a cold plunge every morning. He said it opened his pores. After it he took a. hot sponge. He said it closed the pores. He got so that he Could open and shut his pores at will. Jiggius used to stand and. breathe at an open window for half an hour before dressing. He said it expanded his lungs. After all it cost him nothing this way. And what is half an hour? After he 'had got his vest on, Jiggins used to hitch himself‘ up like a dog‘ in harness and do sh:ld- ; ow exercises. He did them forwahl, backward and hindslde up. He spent] all his time at this sort of thing. In’ his spare time at the oflfice ‘he used to ' lie on his stomach on thegfloor. a..n<ll see if he" could lift himself up withi his knuckles. If he could, then he, . c .__.__.._____________N_ _________

tried some other way until he found

one -that ‘he coulElil’t do. Then he would spent the rest. of his lunch hour on hm stomach, perfectly happy. In the menings, in his room, he used to 11111" iron bars. cannon 43-al‘ls.n ‘h-caxvy dunjo bells! and haul himself up to the voiling with is teeth, He liked it. He .<l>;Allt half the night STinging“llinlseli.' around his room. He said it made his brain clear. When he got his brain pert’-octly clear, he went to box! ,-Ami slept. As soon as he awoke he began clearing‘ it again. Jiggins ii; dead. He was, of course, :1 piollecfl but. the r'uc{: fhut he dumb,-bolled ']linl.’~:elfwt‘o dczrth at an ‘early age does not prevent‘ :1 whole generation of young men following in his path. They are 1-id‘. den by the health mania. 'l‘ho_y nluke

tllonl.<olVcs {L nuisiTllco. ’.l‘ll'éy get up at impossible hours. They go out‘ in silly little suits, am] run marathon ’lo_:l‘rS before I)l'cal‘:fzlst,. '.l‘hoy clxase 4.u'ound ban-footed to gel: the (low on zheir feet. They hunt‘ for ozono_ ',l?ho_y bother about pepsin. Tlley \\'on't out meat b€(s€lllS€ it has too mu(3}l nitrogen. Tlley WOll/"t eat fruit bC(::u1so it llusn‘t got" an_\,'. They prefer albumin :In<l sizn-cl: to pin and pastry. Tho_\f \mn‘t drinl; water out of a lap. The_y xv-on ‘L out szmlines out of :1" tin. 'l‘he_\f won ‘t use oyslers out of :1 pail. 'l.‘}ley \\'on’l' drink milk 011-tof 2‘. glass. ’I‘l)oy urn a“Eraid. ‘ ‘

And gfqcr all Hzeir £1155 tho_v prosontl_V inou’r’ :u(I‘S‘:G .<’.n‘.p‘.'.‘. oh‘.-‘Eushioll

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