HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE—This may be temporary, but should be watched and life regulated as above, especially avoiding physical and mental overstrain and dissipation. Avoid stimulants, tobacco, and overeating.
LUNG TROUBLES—Where there is suspected tuberculosis consult a competent physician and follow orders strictly. The basis of treatment is abundant fresh air and nourishing diet, such as bread and butter, cereals, and fats, but do not neglect green vegetables and fruits. Avoid alcohol and tobacco. Do not take patent medicines or advertised remedies, or patronize advertising quacks. Avoid fatigue or physical and mental strain. Do not take any chances. Report to the health officer or health department of your district. They will be glad to counsel you.
RHEUMATISM—This may be caused by infection in tonsils, teeth, nasal cavities, or elsewhere. Liniment will not cure it. Be examined by a physician and dentist, and if possible have the infection removed.
DISEASE OF SEX ORGANS—Thorough-going persistent treatment is necessary for your protection and for the protection of the members of your family as well as that of your community. In large cities, clinics for the treatment of these diseases are available for those without funds.
ALCOHOL—Alcohol as ordinarily taken is not a stimulant but a depressing drug. Your brain and nervous system govern your body. Not only does alcohol reduce working efficiency, but life-insurance experience has shown that the death rate among steady drinkers supposed to be temperate—even within the bounds of so-called moderation—is nearly double that among average people.
Drink is apt to lead you into trouble, possibly to a miserable death.
NERVOUS AND MENTAL DESEASES—Such conditions should be closely observed by your physician or at some clinic for nervous diseases. Some nervous diseases are due to bad mental habits, to fear, failure to take courageous grip on life and forget one's troubles. Many nervous diseases are caused by physical conditions, which should be sought for and cured by a thorough medical examination and treatment.
MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS—Nose and throat trouble, gall-bladder trouble, chronic appendicitis, skin affections—all such conditions should have immediate medical investigation. If you have no family physician, or if your means are limited, seek hospital or dispensary treatment.
Do not go through life with handicaps that may be easily removed. Do not shorten your life or reduce your earning power or your capacity for enjoying life by neglecting your bodily condition.
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