Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1886 — The Fountain of Vitality, [ARTICLE]

The Fountain of Vitality,

The source of physical energy and mental activity, la the blood. Let thia become vitiated with bile, or thin and watery in consequence of indigestion and non-assimilation of the food, and an interruption of thefnnetions of the body, and a loss of stami;i&, flesh, and appetite ensues. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is a tonic specially adapted to restore all three, because it assists digestion and assimilation, and removes bile and other impurities from the circulation. Protected and strengthened with this admirable defensive invigorant, the system defies influences inimical to health,to which,tf unregulated and feeble, it would undoubtedly succumb. Constipation, oft« n an obstinate and chronic ailment, is entirely removed by ft, the liver, kidneys, and bladder aroused from inaction, and a tendency to rheumatism effectually counteracted. It also eradicates malarial disease. Sleeplessness is about as common a complaint as indigestion, and often as distressing as pa n. The causes are many, and there are, therefore, many different means of relief suggested, each having a measure of success according as it is appropriately employed. The physiology of sleep is not fully understood, SOme claiming that during sleep the brain has less blood circulating in it than usual, while others claim that there is a greater fullness of blood in the vessels during sleep. Since the period of sleep is the time for repair of tissue, it would seem that the brain ought to receive the average amount of blood in sleep, and we incline to the opinion that sleep is not accompanied by e ther an excess or deficiency of blood in brain. There are many experiences which tend to show that either an excess (hypenemia) or a deficiency (anamia) of blood in brain “doth murder sleep.” Professional men—brain-workers—often report as to themselves that it is better to accomplish their mental work during the earlier hours of the day, as evening mental exertion makes them prone to loss of sleep. Some say they find it best even to avoid the excitement of social evening receptions. Almost any one may by observation of the relation of daily habits to sleep capacity discover What is best for himself. The sedentary business man or brain-work-ermay, perhaps, do well to take a little exercise toward evening to fatigue the muscular system and draw off the nerve forces and activity from the brain, while the active muscle-worker may find it easy to lure h’mself to repose and calm slegp by reading. Aromatic spirits of ammonia may be used as a mild stimulant for an i mic sleeplessness, and a drop or two of tincture of belladonna for nervous excitability wh’ch postpones sleep, but the use of chloral and morphia should be very exceptional, and never as a nightly resource. The~e or proprietary anodynes are dangerous expedients, espec ally for chronic invalids. Sleep is indeed, like the beauty which it favors, dependent upon a general wholeness, health, and balance of natural functions, and all those influences which favor soundness of mind and body favor their normal operations, one of which is sleep.— Dr. Foote's Health Monthly. Mr. F. Rentschler, San Francisco, Cal., contracted a severe cold, and became so hoarse he could not speak. He-tried a number of remedies without benefit, and even the efforts of two physicians failed to give the slightest relief. He was induced to try Red Star Cough Cure, one bottle of* which entirely cured him.