The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-02-05
REGIMEN AT CALI oRNIA.

A gentleman about to proceed to the gold re.
gion, asked Dr. Graham's advice respecting the
mode OF living in California, best calculated 70
preserve health and life, and the Dr. replied as
follows. The suggestions, many of them, are
undoubtedly valuable. The Dir. says
GAS to your clothing, l advise you decidedly,
not to wear flannel next to your skin. Linen is
best in hot climates-every where. Cotton is
good ii linen cannot be had. lfexposed to sud-
den changes from hot to cold, from cold to hot
wear flannel over your linen. In any case, how
ever, tall not to wash yourself all in cold
water every morning. Be moderate in the guam
tity of your food. Abstain from gross and crude
food. Eat no animal fat, and little salt food as
possible. you can choose your food, subsist
mainly on wheaton bread dread made of unbolt-
ed wheat meaD, either in the loaf or pilot bread,
and ripe fruits and vegetables, il the climate pro-
duces any that are wholesome Indeed, ii such
products abound there, let them, especially fruits
constitute the bulk of your food, Use no spices,
no condiments with your food Let all be sim.
pie and plain. Be as regular as possible in your
times of eating and let not your meals come so
near together as to afford no time for your stom-
ach to rest and recruit its energies. This is i'm
portant The evils resulting from disregard to
this rule in civic lite, are immense. Six hours
ought to intervene between meals. Drink moth
ing but water, and if you can have abundance of
succulent fruits at your meals, let the juices of
them mainly supply your body with aqueous
matter 1t is relaxing and debilitatng in hot
climates, to drench the stomach with large quan
titles Of drink, of any kind and every thing ad.
ded TO water increases. the evil. Alcoholic liquors
and animal fats, remember, assail the liver, and
serve to induce bilious disease and bowel com
plants Tobacco, tea and coffee, enervate and
impair functional power generally.
II you become ill, or even decidedly sick,
charge you, nay, solemnly conjure you, take
no medicine. Let no prevail on you--let
nothing induce you to swallow drugs, even if the
Asatc cholera attacks you. In all cases of in
disposition, in all kinds Of sickness, let cold wa
ter, pure air, abstemiousness, fasting hand-rub-
bing and rest constitute your remedial means
and let your administration of these means, cor
respond, as to prompttude. energy, freedom and
boldness, with the force OF your morbid symp-
toms; and, il 1t be not your destiny to die in spite
oil any means, you will soon recover and be on
your feet again.
Ifyou wisely observe the regimen have pro-
scribed for you, there is hardly probability that
you will be sick.
Bowel complaints diarrhea and dysenteric af-
tections, are most common forms of disease with
our northern people who go to Mexico and Cali
fornia. Should you be troubled with any thing
OF the klnd-should darrhea come upon you,
swallow nothing to check it. Stop eating fast
tinues and the symptoms do not abate. If you
can get good water, take small draughts OF ii Of
ten. II the water is poor, drink less and let it be
boiled and cooled before drank. Apply cold or
cool water, with very vigorous rubbing, TO the
whole surface. Wear wet bandagc round the
body, covering the abdomen, and enyeloped in
dry flannel thick enough to keep the wet BAN
dage pleasantly warm Change this as often as
necessary TO keep the bandagr wet, and wear il
constantly, day and night. AT eleven o'clock in
the forenoon and three in the afternoon, sit in a
small tub oil water oil moderate temperature com.
ing up as o cover the abdomen or nearly So
Remain in this bath from sixteen to sixty min
utes, according to symptoms, effects and comfort:
and let the parts immersed, and especially the
abdomen, be vigorously rubbed with the naked
hand, all the time while in the water, ard let drv
rubbing OF the same kind follow. When the
morbid symptoms subdued, break the fast in
the morning, at the usual hour OF eating with a
little pilot bread or good loaf bread, chewing Il
till it is resolved TO fluid in the mouth. Grad.
ualy increase the quantity from meal to meal.
and strictly observe your regular meal times
After three or four meals, add fruits, if Won can
get any that is good. By these means YOU viii
soon be restored to health.
Should the Asatic cholera get hold OF YOU. OBJ.
serve this same treatment, but with more free.
dom and energy in the use OF water. Drink
more copiously; apply more to the skin. with
more vigorous and protracted rubbing upon the
whole surface OF the body and limbs, and partic.
nlarly over the bowels and spine and add to the
above prescription, frequent and copious mice.
tions OF water at moderate temperature.
Follow this prescription with such modi6ca-
tons as your own judgment shall suggest in yi,w
OF conditions and circumstances, and YOU will
come out we'll wish could prescribe with as
much confidence, for your acquisition Of wealth
and your speedy return to your family and friends.
bu: in that direction an opaque curtain sbroud.
my vision, and must leave you to the guidance
OF the genous Of your destiny.''
GONG STORY. young fellow, residing in
one of the tobacco growing countries If Virr;s;.