American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-08-19
From the Medical Mtelligencer.
HEALTH OF July.

HEALTH OF JULY.
II is truly wonderful that the general health oil
al Classes OF people has been so good the past
month, when We take into consideration the e.rtreme
heat OF the atmosphere: but it demonstrates the
truth OF our representations in the health report of
June, IN which it was remarked that high temper
ature is not unfayourable to health as when the
weather is variable.
During the month of July there has been no pre-
vaIiing type OF fever particular affections ofthe d
gestIve organs, either among children adults, and
comparatively but very few deaths. in the dense
population OF our citles-excepng from accidents,
the improvdent use of cold water and the abuse Of
ardent spirits. Such periods of uninterrupted health,
however, cannot be expected to continue long in
country like this, where winds blow every way and
every where. AS fruits become plenty, children
become victims Of diseases of the bowes--but not
so frequently In consequence of using it too liberal
", as from being permitted to indulge their appe
tes with it when in crude state: ripe fruit sell
dom Injuries any body: it was made for man, and
kind Providence has bestowed upon US at hat pecu-
liar season, when in fact it is not only necessary Blu,
when 1t Is in its greatest perfection land tn ose
who use it freely-if only ripened well-will gene
rally enjoy the best health. Eastern nations have
no such erroneous notions about fruit as have crept
into the pericraniums of our mothers and nurses ];
nor is there any evidence of its injurious effects on
the health OF individuals ofany grade, in the W. In
dies, where the inhabitants could not subsst with
out it.
Apples, pears, peaches, melons, &c. should be
served upon the table every day. while they are
good, and whenever, in our climates they no
longer suitable, and would prove detrimental to
health, by lnterruptng the ordinary functions of the
system, nature invariably admonlshes US OF the dam
ger, not only by lessening the abundance but also
oy the diseases which are resulting from continu
ed use oil them at improper times People are go.
verned, III this enlightened age, by art and arbitrary
customs, rather than by that sage philosophy which
results from reason and experience. 1t is ridicu.
ous as well as provoking, in the estimation of those
physicians who have comprehensive view of the
structure, habits, and constitution Of organized be
ngs, and who have examined the machinery OF man
with microscopic eye, and studied the diseases TO
which each portion Of his beautiful and complicated
fabric is liable, to hear those grave observations on
his ails and food, which have originated in igno
rance, and which have been popagated from gene
ration to generation, without truth and without iudg
ment.
Acid drinks and acid fruits the present and the
ensuing months, are the real sanatives Of health,
and no prejudice should prevent their use. These
should not be denied to children, hen their appe
lite Graves and their nature requires that, which ma
lure ordained tor their consumption. Eat or be
eaten IS one OF the first laws of animal life ;-eat
those things which were designed for food-but be
temperate; and health will be promoted, strength
will be accumulated, and long and comfortable |
life may reasonably be anticipated.
Pulmonary consumption, that insidious disease.
which is continually sweeping from existence the
iarest flowers OF earth, those interesting objects OF
our care those solaces of man in veal or -wo-
men; and often In the very morning of their days,
when youth and beauty heigbten all their innate
charms, has often had an origin in some false man
agement in diet. Women of delicate constitution
should habituae themselves to variety of edibles
they should try to live almost every thing which
has place in cookery snd suits their stomach, and
its tone, however delicate will acquire new and
vigorous powers. Pain in the side the invariaole
Of some irregularities in the primo
sia, will oitener yield to generous and nutritious
mode OF living, than to boluses and powders-To
be WE'LL eat well and almost any thing which relish
IS the best-but still remember temperance.