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volition be exerted for this

the final result of

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Mr. Davis

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and value to the fair sex, we shall quote on—" and,
how-
ever unpleasant it may be to the fair who may onour
our little treatise with perusal, truth demands from us
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No, not a sound : The gentle atmosphere

The blush 'tw
That the arch
Drowns itself in the ;.zure infinite
Whilst, fretted silver, fleecy cloudless lie,
In shapes fantastical, becalmed—and brigl
With gorgeous hues—the glorious western sky

Breathes upon all things with a ter

t so clear

cular degeneration is in the gutters at the sides of the
spinal column, where the thick masses of muscles in-
tended for the complex motions executed by this most
wonderful mechanism of the human frame,* being com-
pressed and deprived of all action by artificial contri-
vances,—their occupation being gone,—are found to be
converted into a lardaceous matter."—Manual of the
Art of Preserving Health. By J. B. Davis, Surgeon.
Whittaker, London. 1836. Pp. 367-70.
" Walking, the most general, is the most beneficial
of these" (corporeal) " exercises. It calls forth the
alternate action of the extensor and flexor muscles of the
lower limbs, as well as the contraction of those of the
loins and of the shoulders. It solicits but little effort
from the muscles of the chest and arms, the latter being
chiefly used to balance the body in its progression, the
arms moving in opposite directions to the legs of the
corresponding sides. • • It makes few demands on
the cerebral organs, further than that exertion of voli-
tion requisite to keep up the muscular action of the lower
extremities. On a level surface it is not a fatiguing
exercise, and only moderately excites the circulatory
and respiratory organs. When pursued on an ascending.
plane it becomes laborious, and solicits a proportionate
activity in breathing and in the circulation. Walking
is an exercise suited to almost every age and constitu-
tion; even the invalid and convalescent partake of it
with advantage ; and there are few individuals can
neglect it except to their prejudice. The famous Mr.
Wm. Hutton, of Birmingham, presents the most re-
markable instance of the love and practice of walking,
kept up to extreme old age. To prepare himself for
writing. his Description of the Roman Wall, he under-
took a journey of no less than six hundred miles on foot,
at the age of seventy-eight. And such was his enthu-
siastic attachment to walking, that even to within a very
few days of his death, which took place at the age of
g springs ninety-two, he every day begged to be partly led and
—where Seraphs poise their partly pushed over his accustomed number of rounds
i about the grass-plot in his garden. The celebrated
Baron Larrey, surgeon-in-chief to Napoleon's. grand
army with which he invaded Russia, attributed his
preservation, during the almost universal destruction
that befel the host he accompanied, chiefly by reason of
the severity of a northern winter, In a great measure to
the plan he adopted of traversing the whole distance on
foot. Those who are prone to indulge in brooding fan-
cies and melancholy thoughts should be careful how they

aless —as the sight

eil portals c

s a hill that seems

have arose

from out th

Frt;rn which the beauteous andscape in repose,
In varied lights and shadows we miy trace,

Until it melts into the Sun's embrace

From that sweet upland—or
Gazes a GlRL—in whose stiff

the lovely scene,

Are thoughts too deep for words-

,se eye serene

se—Earth hath not

Upon her head some thirteen summers might
Have wreathed their flowers blooming—not for aye
But never till this moment had her sight
Enraptured pictured glor'es in the sky
Or had she held her breath—as if to die
Were but to let the spirit wing it., way
Without a pang. Divinest harmony
Swelled through t

e of heaven's eternal day,

Her soul with r

pture filled

immortal in its clay

The first dream of a life—her mortal fire
Quenched whilst she paused to imbibe the spark,
Th' electric spark struck from the magic lyre,
To whose enchanting strains the Angels hark ;
Such sounds as first the stars sung when the Ark
Stood on a cloudless world—when the black veil

3 the dark

joy to hail.

s afar things bountiful

:o which no thought

Can give comparis,

In: so wonderful

Yet not to her a won' er

,t and beauty rich]

iterwro

essence of rare things
id she sought

Drawn from most precion
To pierce beyond th
at flood the Hea

spices
verlastir
cos with hg

And there a

golden palaces afloat
.as of silver, whose s

Trelnblec

t. like a boat,

and_dark caves,

w where saphire raves,

, crystal, and rich pearl,
_, sides. The chequered floor, light paves,
And banners streaming—rainbow streaks unfurl,

Enmixt with ambe

ponder(

And there are trees most beautiful, whose leaves

partake in the exercise ; for, unless cheerful society be
conjoined with it, their gloomy propensities may be se-
riously aggravated. Indeed this is the surest wav of
deriving the largest measure of salutary influences from
walking, by communicating a gentle and agreeable im-
pulsion to the mind. The search for beautiful scenery
and other natural objects, or even for works of art, tends
to a similar end ; and the collection of specimens of na-
tural history, in some one or more of the fertile king-

She heard

such alone as Inspiration weaves
the ear of Harmony • no bird

That e'er spread wing such notes could give—no word
From earth loved lips could breathe such ecstacy—
As though her every pulse enchanting stirred,
And, reeling with delight, the melody
,e o'er her—and she felt an immortality.

Her eyes expam

heart would drink,
e soul, its full
now they shrink,

doms of nature, is another almost inexhaustible means
of imparting an interest to walking."—Davis's Manual,
pp. 391-2.

Outshutting from the sig
Things of this mortal sph

—the cold, the dull
cid face
ull—

" It may be enough to say, that without suitable ex-
ercise, daily and regularly pursued, it is impossible to
enjoy health, or to possess strength, or any moderate
measure of usefulness : that exercise must never be dis-
proportioned to previous habits, and must never be pur-
sued beyond moderate limits, otherwise it becomes pre-
judicial instead of salutary : and that in the degree in
which any exercise can be made cheering, agreeable,

—her

That the mint

3; and cover boundless space !

ut from this hour no thought
But mixes with the picture of her trance

And now s'

No more the girlish

,port by her is sought—

She joins

perchance
:n d eyes,

and pleasurable, is almost the precise ms it
s
utility of
utility as a means of Hygiene. For as it can be proved,
by the stable facts of statistics, that happiness is one of
the most essential elements of longevity, in the language
of Shakspeare,

expanse

Of heaut

a ecstacies

Ar.d her unear

the dawn of Genius—who can tell

Frame your mind to mirth and merriment

How exqii

Which bars a thousand harms, and lengthens life;'
so it is demonstrable that every action is salutary and
health-promotive almost exactly in proportion as it ad-
ministers to the enjoyment of the agent—a truth of vast
importance, but far too much lost sight of."—lbid.
Touching Drinks, the following description of the
properties, &c., of buttermilk may prove acceptable and
useful:—

lklortal, within its li
When it would fain

Tnal joy

That wou

" Properties of Buttermilk.—Buttermilk is generally
prepared by churning sour cream ; but is also procured
from milk that has become acid. When procured from
the first, it is more rich, nutritious, and agreeable, than
when made from the second. The acid which it con-
tains is the lactic or acid of milk. Buttermilk is a very

not so nutritious as sweetmilk ; and is mud' used by
the peasantry of Scotland and Ireland. On account of

have delicate digestive organs ; as it is liable to occa-
sion flatulency, acescency, and sometimes diarrhcea.
As a drink or diluent, for which purpose it is very fre-
quently employed, the most healthy and robust only
should use it ; and even for them, if not previously done
by the maker, it may advantageously be diluted with
water. It has been recommended in fevers and other
febrile diseases, on account of its cooling properties ;
but it is not well adapted for their treatment, as it often
deranges. to a greater or less extent. the functions of
the stomach and bowels. It may, however, be used as
a safe and pleasant drink under ordinary circumstances,
if modified by a mixture with an equal portion of boiling
water. The boiling water coagulates the caseum or
curd, which falls to the bottom, while the diluted whey
swims above and may be decanted. A little oatmeal,
beat up with tf• lc 1- ire 14- Mimi of the water

irrang

ne mii. Jelu_ addi
Improves the flavour of this diluent."

an increas

We have no experience to alledge touching Beamish
and Crawford's new malt liquor, on Professor Liebig's
method of brewing. It certainly would be the very
thing to " march" upon, if drowsiness, &c., are so
conveniently put in the background as they state.
Sherbet.—This beverage, so celebrated in Orient 4
song, is a decoction of, or preparation from, barley-meal
and sugar, perfumed with extract of roses, orange
flower, violets, or citron.

f that I-

Sprains.—lt such should chance the reader at any
time, the best treatment is, if practicable, to immerse
or bathe the part in water as hot as can be possibly
borne ; then to change to cold water and spirit or vine-
gar, as a lotion, applied with cloths, and so often re-
newed as to keep the part cold ; along with absolute rest
as an indispensable means of the quickest recovery.
Gnat-bites, Stings of Wasp, Bee, or Ant, or Nettle,
or any other Envenomed Wound.—The pain may be
soonest relieved by applying a drop of oil or hartshorn,

or using Prussian blue. If any sting remain in, the
readiest way to remove it is either to press around the
woqnd with the barrel of a watch-key, so as to squeeze
it out, or by rubbing constantly one way, as with the
cuff of the coat sleeve.

A. ready intercha

Priest says that " he never met in his extensive prac-
tice with an insane naturalist."—Curiosities of Medical
Experience.

A small pocket compass would be always serviceable,
nd in barren tracts of land indispensable.
k pair of French-grey spectacles, in which the focus
goes no change, will be found very grateful
for weak eyes, without prejudice to the sight, when the
white roads dazzle in the sunshine, as in the limestone
districts of Derbyshire and Wales.
" Dear friends

of vision under;

youths and adults, and you in the
declining vigour of manhood," writes a distant and ex-
perienced walker, " here is recommended to you the
only real and true remedy which nature has placed
within your reach—that is, to avail yourself of your
locomotives of so masterly a construction, so well adapted
by their complicated structure to move at your own will
from place to place through the motion of your bodies
in the open air, to make you your own preservers by
warming and purifying your blood, and circulating it
easily through your system, to give that vigour and
freshness of thought which so much distinguished our
forefathers. Walking for short distances and in towns
is better than constant confinement ; but what is such
in comparison with a journey of hundreds of miles !
The novelty of objects in the country around, the splen-
did sports of prismatic-al light, and the mysterious dis-
tances of a landscape, the different effects of water-
reflection, the rich hues of the valleys and their re-
freshing green, with millions of different colours of the
vegetable world :—all that works upon the sensible
mind—whereby the heart vibrates with delight, and
new life spreads over the languid system."
Wa have omitted to mention that fifteen pounds is the
Swiss regulation weight for the knapsack.
The blessing of Sound Sleep. —lf, by attention to the
foregoing " hints," a person is so far sue with the nature
and habit of prolonged application to letters, business,
or dissipation, as to sleep badly; though, unless quite
worn out, he cannot be long putting in practice the
rules and regulations of salutary exercise, until refresh-
ing repose has returned ; yet lest he should, through
ignorance or folly, so far continue to counteract the
return of so• benign and propitious- a diurnal visitor, let
him take care that he secures all the requisite conditions
as means for its promotion. " These are of great im-
portance to health, as the grand purposes of sleep are
more fully effected, the sounder and more perfeetly it is
enjoyed'. The greatest refreshment is derived from the
most complete repose of the functions. For this purpose
they should have been as generally exercised as possible,

-uptedl

med, i

The dist

e upper classes, whose circumstances
• bodily labours, arise from the accu-
is power in the system, for the want
or drain to keep down the supply of
e nearly to a level with its expendi-
s bid adieu to all their morbid feelings

ner-v

heir minds are engrossed
subject, that shall call
their limbs. Their exci-

enjoy ease and

the chest, the

mulated to a healthy discharge of

function

by mus-

)t allowed to distend the

in almost stagnant

essels ;.-a' state, where it exists, ex-
,o occasion chronic inflammation, and,

conjoined with torpo

nd feebleness of action in
the digestive and nervous systems, very much disposed
"un into that kind of vegetative degeneration which
production of tubercles, or true tubercular
.un of the lungs. In fine, the effects of mus-
. action are to feed the lamp of vitality with a full
,apply of fuel, and to make the flame burn brighter and
higher, whilst those of muscular inaction are to turn the
living frame into a lump of senseless clay, more truly so
3.s it gives rise to diseases which are usually fatal in
termination. The real degenerative consequences
"om muscular inaction cannot be more clearly
by the condition in which the muscles
found in club-foot and similar malformations, or

:trated

5, which deprive them of action. They are con-
into whitish, fatty masses, possessed of no one
fibres, without it be their external
,-ing been long interdicted from
zanised matter previously explained

ed four

law of c

conie iiii— ..,,,•.... 7 -
particles are removed, to be replaced by cellular tissue eprisa, however, should not have Proceeded so far as to,
and fat. The process of this fearful change, which re- produce a state of painful fatigue or exhaustion, as no-
sults in the destruction of one of the finest functions of thing. is more sure to preclude refreshing sleep ; the
animal fibre, and the annihilation of all self-originating ate of the circulation in the head should not have been
motion, proceeds through a regular gradation of stages r excited by deep study, intense thought, coffee, or other
before it arrives at its completion. Where a muscle 6 ; stimulant, for some time previous to rest ; late and co-
deprived of its office, as is the case with some of these pious suppers should be expressly avoided; the head
executing the complicated movements of the spine, ','Then should l-; -4 be kept too warm by thick, or flannel, night-
,.
the trunk is encased in tight stays and busks, its fibres
, brought to a comp caps; the tect and lower extremities should have been
become pale, and waste materially ; their power of CCM-
arrfi • I
rtable temperature, if necessary by
flesh-
tractility is greatly diminished, and they scarcely ac- l as the warm foot-bath, or
'knowledge the authority of the will In Calling thew into j b should
1 cla means suck -.11, the cares of the day
action; indeed, when the recess h.- " - r"la ' :itsily, and above r- ',thes—a thing which, like
:uniees the ."- • • - - 9 _-- proceeueu so far,
4,,ention be •
-natural or artificial motionsdirected expressly to excitic in the part, and a powerful have-been put off with the cu.

* See Dr. Paley's Natural,Theology,