The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-28

DR.. willard Parker delivered the fourth Of his
course OF lectures health last night at the Bethel
OF Plymouth church. The subject embraced the
consequence OF violating the rules OF health both to
the "housen and the "owner." There was q large
attendance, among them several medical men, He
was introduced by the Superintendent, Mr.. George
A. Bell.
DR.. Parker, after few preliminary remarks stated
that the only way to have health, happiness and
life Is to know the laws that govern and regulate
and contribute to health and happiness. Every
individual should know how he is made and
what he is made for, both to enjoy this life and the
next The blood Ia the life Of the flesh, its great
centre and source. Our food, when taken into the
system, is converted into chyle and goes 10 the
nourishment OF the blood. The blood first passes
through the ventrcles, finally through the lungs,
which purify 1t. In order to have good, pure
blood we must have good materials, such as good
materials. So with the blood. The blood travels
through the right heart to the lungs The bad blood
throw out about twenty i've inches OF this gas with
each breath. The blood In passing through the sys
TEN nndergoes great chances oxygen Is the great
No other "gin" can be compared to it.
The lungs and the skin two great outlets for i'm
have good air to breathe through the lungs but also
TO keep the skin clean to have good health; bathing
s therefore, necessary to keep the skin in healthy
and good friction. He entered into diagnosis Of the
different kinds OF food and their effect on the system.
lie CLASSIFIED them as the heterogeneous, or muscle,
makers, which include milk cheese peas barley OATS
potatoes, beef, mutton. poultry and venison. The
ter cream. wheat Bread rice. buckwheat potatoes
and Tat beef, mutton, pork and poultry. The ph0s-
plate, or brain and nerve feeders he enumerated
as milk, oysters, fish, eggs, BEANS peas, potatoes,
beef, veal and mutton. He set down the time re-
quired for digesting the different kinds Of food
follows:-Rice one hour; tripe, one hour, trout an
hour and q half; milk, two hours; beans. two and
nalf hours; potatoes two and half hours; turkey,
two and q half hours; beef, three hours; mutton.
hours; white bread, two and half hours veal four
hours; salt beef four and quarter hours; cabbage,
hours He next stated I that the efrects Of
cooking was shown by the time required for diges-
ton under the various modes; for instance, beef
three hours and quarter; boiled, three hours and
hail. fried, four hours pork, stewed three hours,
and quarter; boiled, four hours and half; roast
ed, five hours and quarter. He said that fruits
met Of s
on the system. Providence has wisely adapted the
produce Of different climates to the wants and
does man abuse this wise dispensation !
Persons OF sedentary habits or brain workers,
solid food. From this abuse spring paralysis and
apOplexy. The lungs, the skin, the kidneys and
the bowels are the four great sluices Of the body.
grams. lie next spoke OF the necessity of light to
health Vegetables placed in cellar will soon
wither. so the human being, If excluded
from good air and light, viii soon contract
disease and die. One s almost as conducive
TO our health and happiness as the other.
He censured the growing tendency Of driving In
carriages and not taking enough OF the healthy
exercise Of walking. He said that labor was con-
muscle and brain labor. Muscle labor, though not
the most priced Is certainly the most healthy and he
believed the most honorable. In his opinion all
healthy persons were capable OF giving ten
hours labor ont of the twenty.iour. No man
do head work well and work more
than four or i've hours. Oyerworking or
the brain produces paralysis, apopexy and othe r
fatal diseases. He lnstanced several Of BRAIN
workers dlng young or becoming imbeciles. All
animal and vegetable life must have rest. 1he
plants and flowers rest at night as well as the hui
man being. Night Is the season OF rest, and the
great masses require seven eight hours rest III
we deprive ourselves OF this rest II is at the sacrifice
OF health. Human nature lays down its laws, which
cannot be violated with impunlty.