The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-09-27
THE PACIFIC
commercial Advertiser.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

us JOURNAL OF HEALTH-Whatever tends to
--,,e the health Of man by correcting the abuses of
40 prevalent wherever civilization rules, ought
; obseryed anil followed. We published, a few
,r7. the experience Of DR.. Winship and the
=. AL down by bin, which if followed must tend
;n,rove am mans health. Among the puLlica-
- r the present day, whose object il Is 70 improve
lis and prolong life, none i more deserving Of
-.,rn,re anil careful stnfy than Halls Journal
fsru.,rtb.r published in New York. 1t is a small
Ss.,,r, monthly, only S1,OO 4 year. but rich in
-..,S.,I experience, hints and suggestions and We
- every one Of our subscribers could procure and
II regularly. We believe that any person
=, snIeavors To practice what tine Doctor breaches.
al mini, there Is no Medicine prescribed by him,
go adj ten years 20 his life, and any amount Of
;,ersa,ed comfort, aud. consequently, usefulness, as
,hs result Of increased health. Or. Hall believes that
vast majority OF the ills Of the human race arise
FINN over-eating-a fact which few can gainsay- On
-. subject, we fad Il few remarks which We will
ouots as a specimen Of the Doctors tllk-plain and
70 the point;
.yasare provides a liquid 0le gastric juice in the stomach,
.rHcens % Dissolve a. much food a. the sysem requires, and
% moyt 49, i ana 49, E@at n. - ,-|-t-,n-
ptbs .tomacb, which IS about a hundred degrees, Il begins o.
.~rns. sasfs generated a. IN thu eider-baTgl, tn hung Is
,,r1rn of, and some ofthe e1ntsuts rur over the b~ung-h0!e,
HwNu#H pa HtAINNa wv NNAsEANM -" HaAs N~A ENN4AE- NAArE
~on- - with the stomach e may b. but partially fuei by
meal. but u more has been swallowed than wise nature has
a~vsIad gastric juice fr, 10 begins % sour, o. frmeut, 10 Dis
mi anI the man i-eis unc1nfortably fuI. lie wants o. bech.
no rises some relief But the fermentation going on. be gets
n. belly ach-T q childhood Or some other discomfort. which
b.t- or several hDg-z- when nature succeeds ia getting ri 0f
tbs surplus. and tn machinery runs smoothly again. But IL
o. things are frequently repeated, the machinery fails h.
rcufy ITSELF lpDses che power % reaiJGstment- works with a
dig. and the man j. a miserable dysp-puc fr the remainder q
DO. AMI az from bis not having hal wit enough o. know when
b. hal eaten a plenty AMI being foolish enpugh, when he had
st t- fl effects - thus eating too much- o. repeat the pro
cess an indefinite number Of tin--; AMI aiE for the trihing object
Of feeling good Er the brief p-rpi - - passing down the
throat For each minute 81 that good h. pays the penalty ola
u1nth Of such suffering ~ only a dyspeptI- can appreciate
Whata fool man Is, lie is n numskun, a goose, a sheep, a
ga- a iacka-s-"
The Doctor gives some very good advice regarding
the care Of eyes. which we insert here:
Avoid M suIien changes between light and darkness.
Never begin o. reuI. writ. or sew for several minutes after
eominf from darkness % a bright light
Never read by twilight, Or moonlight, OF on a very cloudy
dy-
Il : b-st to have the Eight fall from above obIiuuely, over the
hr shoulder
the ughr % q window
Do not use thu eyesisht BY light 80 scant that It, requires an
Effort % Discriminate
Ths moment you are instinctively prompted To rub the eyes,
thac moment cease using them
-Y the eyeIbt5 ar glued together. on waking up, do not
arably open then bat apply the saliva with the hnEer-it *
the speatest diIItaut in the wOrdT then gash your eyes and
Ace In warm water"