Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-07-21
ON HEALTH.
From the Journal Of Health.

riyes at the age 81 fsrty. If no poasess
but ordinary powers Of observation, he
knows pretty we'll how to take care oG
his health-he is able toiay down rules
for himself. and will tell yau how,
When, or whore he has been able 20 a.
void or remedy an attack If fever BY
raotion and prudence. Not 30 with .
majority Of males and females, who
run into different kinds OF excesses-
they are still liable to q recurrence Of
sickness In various forms during the
hot months; to dyspepsia, sick head
ache. cholic, aud many other aches
and pains, without any benefit FROM
their own experience, or the advice Of
the more circumspcct and cautious.
One Of the gnIden rules in preserving
health, or preventing diseases in sum
ner. 10. To ABSTAIN.
The stomach is the organ, the very
furnace in which bilious disorders are
generated. Ii more frequently hap.
pens that these complaints are induced
by the quantity than the quality OF ar
ticles eaten. Repletion or surfeiting.
particularly at dinner,is the magma pa
rens 0f many bilious cholic. or fever,
or dysentery, which Occurring in .
subject predisposed to disease from q
full and plethOric habit have laid their
victims in the dust.
Let your diet be exceedingly simple,
as well a. moderate in quantity--nut
tious, yet devoid of strong stimulating
substances. All articles not easily
sligeste,l, should BE- left untouched al
table; all unripe fruits, and rich past
riss arc bad. There 10 one item Of the
table, against which those who wish 10
avoid the visit Of the doctor, should
exercise caution : il 10 one priced by
the luxurious, loved by the infant as
well as the man Of hoary age, aud
without which the table 10 considered
as destitute Of its principal attraction;
II is BUTTER. Oil produces fatness
and strength, and contributes largely
90 mass of the body. but nevertheless
IN its pure state, although the most
nutritious principle, il is among the
most difficult Of digestion and assimi-
lation. Before it passes into blood,
its dress must be thrown of, and this
process calls for heavy work among
the delicate organs Of the system. Ii
o'i or grease be thrown into a mortar.
or hopper, or any grinding machine, in
company with other articles, it impedes
their trituration: thus IL is somehow
with substances which il accompanies
IN the human stomach it renders them
less soluble in its fluids il clogs and
impedes digestion. II is not necessary
to enter into any researches into physi.
ology "a subject not understood by the
general reader to prove these facts
Let any man indulge largely in eating
butter or fac, in summer; and unless
he give an edge TO his digestive powers
by vigorous exercises, ne will feel some
mischief from his gormaudizipg. In
less you are iabaring man, beware Of
these articles, whether in simple or
compound state.
.16sf0in' from rich sauces or era
vies; if you ,cia take goodIy portion
Of animal food, let il be broilcd, or
roasted mutton, or wild fowl--you
may eat bacon with impunity, nay with
advantage, if you do il once a day,
and in Vauxhall slices, not too often
repeated.
Breskfas. and supper in summer
should be invariably light--those who
indulge in meat supPsrs in the hot sea.
son, and drink wine or porter as ac-
compartments, are candidates for pay
ing the doctor or the undertaker--and
il they perchance escape the unhappy
terminus Of hsving their bill discharged
by their executor or administrators,
which by the by, 10 now a-days the
principal o,ode OF settling of with the
doctor, they are living subjects Of dys-
pepsia, gout, or liver complaint.
While we thus lay down the rule
abstain IN such strict terms, we Ger.
taInly are not TO be considered as ad.
yocates OF the water Cruel system: The
healthful and vigorous ought to eat free
ly TO supply the waste produced by
heat and exercise. We are not for
tieiDg down the man who works in the
harvest field, or stone quarry, to soup
maigrc. Those who live by the sweat
Of the brow, have a legitimate right to
eat what they please--we do not write
these lines for their edification. The
Journal Of Health never meets their
vision. Ball beef, or catfish, or tripe.
oe raw onions, or the leg Of n ninety
year old goose, are alike manageable to
them.
The most fastidious in the science
OF gasironomy may have great variety
OF articles for the table, indepe ndent
Ut those which should be prohibited.
Milk. we'll baked crackers, chocolate,
black tea, rieV, eustarJ, &c. are sufTi-
cientiy desirable for a pic Hic.
Connected with abstemiOusness in
eating, must be caution in drinking