GOOD HEALTH.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1916, Page 3

GOOD HEALTH.

A PREACHMENT. Good health is the natural heritage of every individual. The wise person will on't be sick, for he persistently heeds the laws of Nature. Nature intends the human machinery to run smoothly, without jolt or friction; and when, either'from accident or ignorance,] this delicate mechanism lacks harmony, then pain, ill-health and consequent mihappiness result. Compensation is the law of life, and once this law be abused, the human body pays a high toll for the infringement. An engine may be ruined by an indiscreet stoker shovelling coal too generously into the firebox, creating thirty hMse-power, say, when only three is required. In such a case the pipes are apt to blow out, or, at least, the engine is unnecessarily overworked and weakened; on the other hand, an engine may fail to do the w»rk expected of it if an insufficient supply of fuel and water is furnished. Again, if left subject to the ordinary elements which corrode, the engine may fall into decay, and tumble into a rusted ruin without having fulfilled the purposes for which it was invented. In either case the engine is pronounced inefficient; and, if badly enough damaged, it may be consigned to the scrap heap along with other worn-out junk. With this example let us compare the human machine—the body. It may be disabled by over-stoking—over-eat-ing; its pipes—the circulatory and alimentary canals—become clogged and inactive; or the fuel supply may be too frugal, in which instance, power — vital force—is lacking. While if the engine—the heart—be compelled to work beyond its capacity it may blow up, and apoplexy is the result. In other words, if the machine does not work perfectly it needs expert handling, lest the delicate adjustments beceme so worn that they refuse to function properly or stop altogether. If the machine chances to be built of frail material to begin with, or contains faulty parts—weak organs—these abuse 3 will all the marc readily diminish its mechanical efficiency. In the ease of the mechanical engine we quickly exclaim, "It needs the hand of s master mechanic to locate the weakness, elecn the wheels, adjust the intricate remove the friction, and thus re-establish efficiency and mechanical h»rm»ny!" How much mere, then, does the infinitely finer human machinery require skilled service—that of the specialist—for its examination and repair!—A. T. Nue.