The hot sheet-pack is used in the same manner, the only difference being that the sheet is wrung out of water as hot as can be borne.
CARE OF THE “CASCADE.”
What is worth having is worth taking care of; and the “Cascade” is so likely to be called into emergency service, that it should be always in order—hence the following suggestions:
After using it, hang it up by the eyelet, until it ceases to drip; then put in the stopper. The small amount of moisture left in will help to keep it flexible. It should be kept hanging, if possible, as folds in the rubber predispose it to crack. It should be kept in an even temperature, neither too hot nor too cold.
Never pour boiling, or very hot water into it—it is not designed to withstand such a degree of heat, and do not let grease, in any form, come in contact with it, as grease decomposes rubber.
PART NINE.
Some Helpful Suggestions.
If there is one thing in particular that I desire to impress upon my readers, it is, don’t dread disease. It is a beneficial agent, for it is Nature’s method of re-adjusting matters in the human economy. There are only two conditions, health and dis-ease. Mark the etymology of the word! Whenever there is any departure from the normal, it is bound to manifest itself in the organ or structure most in need of repair; but as disease is a tearing down, and its cure a process of building up, it does not need the wisdom of Solomon to recognize the fact that all assistance toward recovery must come from within. Disease is just as natural a condition as health; both are the result of the operation of natural law. Disease, being Nature’s method of cure, any attempt to suppress it must of necessity invite disaster.
This is one of the chief reasons why I am opposed to drug medication, because its sole aim seems to be the suppression of symptoms. Pain, the chief symptom, is not disease, but simply the messenger bringing warning of the disease to the brain. To silence this messenger, yet leave the disease unchecked, is folly. It would be just as reasonable, if the house were on fire, to cut the cord of the alarm bell, and to conclude because you could no longer hear the bell that the danger was past. Disease, therefore, being beneficial, should be welcomed as a friend, and every assistance given to Nature to assist her in restoring normal conditions.