, 1864-11-26
The Peoples Journal OF Health.


subject of the preservation Of the. health Is
that published In this city By Doctors Hayes
and B1ockal1. The former is the proprietor
of the Chicago Electro@fhermal Institute In
this city, and the latter was 1ately surgeon
in the army, forced to resign In consequence
Of sickness from exposure and ovcr-work.
The character Of the Jourzal Of Hea'th is set
forth in it's prospectus from which We extract
as follows:
the = 1c1pression 81 Whatever conceTns ne race,
either mentally. morally, or physteally; sparing
no ae de e d der1ae The indisidna and maintan
nS a s*Sfy
the mectdl or phyeical."
The November issue contains IN excellent
article on physical education, from which We
make few e4tracts:
There is class Of persons who are not sui.
fering with what is called organic disease, but
are iearfully feeble. The general rules that
pertain to dict, exercise, sleep or mental To-
Dor are not for them.
The ordinary exercise or walk 50 grateful to
most persons, that sends The blood hurtllng
TO The lexIrrmities with lifc-sustafning Vitali-
ty, is hard work to them the checks grow
,ea}c. and the extrcmities cold, from the time
1hey leave the house until they return: and
there Is a feeling Of oppression in the chest,
in consequence Of TOO great pressure o. blood
low to send It back to the cxtremi:ics+
Miss Blank has general debility, her appe-
tite Drccarious, does not rest well at night,
feet and hands cold most Of the time. Is made
sick by every trivial excitement, and what is
mcnt with those IN good health; :; has no jn-
clination to take exercise in the open a1r, be-
cause she feels greatly fAtigued By 1t ana It
produces some local distress, deprlSing her Of
! entertaining her friends, Of her accustomed
! reading, &c.
| one month rise at seven in the morning,
| breakfast ut eight, eat the food that actual
| experience has proven to set well On inc
! stomach and give the most strength If the
appetite: is inordinate, let reason be the
| ne The Table with good relish, use no high
! seasoned condiments, use moderately OF warm
| drink. the Temperature should not be above
/: blood heat, pure Rio or Mocha coffee Or black
! tea are not Objectionable If made weak. Rest
| one hour without book or consecutive thought,
! after which, walk In the open air with the feet
well protected, and the person properly cloth
! cd to meet the exigency of the weather, con-
i time the walk until Wearied, but not until
| actually tatigued. After the exercise, lie down
or take the easy chai1, away from company,
/ as far as possible. Dine at one O'Clock, OBJ
| serving the rules cnjoincd at breakfast,
| except using more food, and Il
| cold water spasingly. After dinner take the
lounge Or easy shar Which o;isr eter you Ike
rage OF On horseback Ifthe'weather should
be uupropitious and stormy, use the Parlor-
skates or the dumb-bclls Of the light gynnas-
tics. Light reading and conversation may oc-
cupy the time until six o'clock, at which time
! take supper, using no animal food or sweet
| ~,onte. EtrT,1,er while n1yAY the time rs
| lest you may until eight O'Clock, at this time
t take exercise for the purpose Of inviting blood
| to the lower extremities; q very good excf-
! else is marching about the room, sometimes
! on tiptoc and some Of the time stamping the
! feet Retire at nine, bnt before retiring have
an assistant take soft linen napkin, Wrung
out Of cold water, press 1t on the back Of the
| neck, carrying It quickly the whole length ot
| the spine, wipe dry with warm sott flannel,
after which, rub the back with the hand.
Here is passage from the article against
the propEiety Of marriages OF consanguinlty-
The sccne Is laid in the South.
"The outlines Of the picture were simple
rude tent, few yards Of eonrsc cotton
stretched over fonr upright sticks, an old
t wagon with straw and aay ,protruding, .
woman, man, and several children, the whole
ruddy in the light Of the setting sun shining
low under the 6oughs- The man aud woman
were hard d-featured, middle-aged people, Of
the class called poor whites poor enough,
but not uncome1y to behold. The six months
old, baby In the woman's arms, was bright
eyed and fair, what OF his dirtrencrusted skin
was Visible the child Of two todd1ed about
much like his Kind, save that his eyes had a
whitish kind Of film upon them but the girl
was blind and silly and mounting in the
scale Of misfortune, under the scanty shade ot
the tent, two Objects, bereft Of every sense,
blind, deaf, dumb and helpless, lay s1aycrine
in hopeless idiocy. They were twelve and
fourteen years old. The mother said she had
two more in the same condition, cared for In
the aims -house--but the two oldest, she said,
with CLEAN Of maternal feeling, "are a
bright and as f,edn as anybody's Children
"And these added the old woman, .'were
| as pretty babies as this one, and he will grow
, | like the1n-"'
Here vas dispensation Of Providence truly
mysterious, II without discernible cause,
do you know why your children are like
this?'' asked.
mo" said she; "only they are.','
"Do you oryour husband drink"
, "No, there ain't q soberer nor my ole
, man,"
swell, yes. Wc's double cousins"
= That Ia, children Of double marriages, u
: they arc called, where two brothers or
brother and sister have married two sisters o.
i. sister and brother; q relationship almost a,
as possible to being the children OF The sam,
E. parents: relationship in which not only tn
: blood Of the family is commlngled IN the oil
: spring, but the same tempefaments, habit
= and tol1ies, mental and physical, are unfortu
4 natcly intensified, even to the total extinc
: ton Of every physical, moral or menta
3 It nas striking case. sBy their fruit
). shall ye Judge them" If such d, connectio
r. ia nnf a Gin what ls?