Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1870-03-15
Health in Rene.

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conditions of ancient Greece and Rome.
Had the practical application of the rrin-
ciples of public health anything 10 Aith
the high state of civilization to which those
countries rose,-a state which has, in some
respects at any rate, never since been
equalled? Had it anything to do with
the success which attended the Roman ar
mics, and led TO the formation of that
onor.hous Roman empire? Let the facts
speak for themselves. T ra
What strikes one more in reading tho
classical authors of these countries than
the continual mention Of gymnasia and Of
baths? We find that certain portion of
time was set apart daily for bodily exer-
else, and thus full development - ths
body was produced, and the greatest re-
sstance given to those two great enemies
of mankind, disease ard death.
1t is true that all this training was part
of a grand military system, that the youths
were thus encouraged to compete for tho
prizes in the Olympic games and in the
Roman gynnasia, that they might become
good soldiers; but did this prevent the
cultivation of mental requirements? Again
let the facts give the decision. ~
Do you wish to see fine buildins, builds
ings SO well constructed that they have
lasted comparatively untouched by decay
for centuries. Do you wish to study
beautiful sculptures, statue8, anatomical
| ly perfect to the minutest details, and of
unsurpassed artistic elegance? You 60
to Athens! You go to Rome Do nct
fancy that we contend for bodily exercise
as against mental studies: we merely
maintain that sufficient dailr corporal
exercise is absolutely necessary for the
proper performance of the functions, both
Of mind and body. a. gH#a rf
But We have not yet done with Rome
We have mentioned the baths of that
city but how were they supplied with
water?
All! here We have need to hide our
faces for shamei Surely we, with all the
advantages of sciehtifc engineering, man
age to supply our cities with water as
wen do ouo poVp'~ y. ."o s..~ ~----. +.
ago. at any rate, with all cur steam en-
gines aud manufactures; we require as
much as they did, -..
When we turn to erages of Frotinus, :
what do We fnd? That at the time at
which he wrote, about A. D. 92, there
were actually nine large cquaducts by
which wator was brought into Rome, be-
side some smaller channels : these aqua
ducts were in some cases entirely covered
over Throughout their whole length, ard
were d'iycif underground or supported y
high arches, as occasion required
Several of them, as the Anio' Vetu,, :
the Claudian, and the Anio Novus, wero
from42 to As miles in length, while the
total length Of the Marcian was actually
"a miles The water was brought by the
two AMOS from the river Anio, by tho
others from various springs and lakes a:
round Rome; the two newest ones, the
/ Claudian and the Anio No9us, were made
because "seren aquaduSfS scented scarcely
sufficient for private purposes and public
amusements."
The supply appears to have been equi.
yalent to more than 332 millions of gal
Ions per day, or (sncc the population was
certainly not more than million)'s 1t 332
gallons per head per day. say six times
the amount that is now had in tho city Of
London.
. But, beside the acquaducts, there was
a capital system Of scwefsat Rome,ccnsif.
ting of the "Cloaca Maxima," and Sc :
res of smaller channels flowing into it.
. The above remarks give an idea Of tho
! admirable manner in which the means for
: the conserving Of the public health were
made subject of state legislation in an
cient Rome, aud Of the determined way in
which all obstacles were vanquishcd, in
], order chat the city might be made as
healthy as possible. egr ,r. 10, r,a gs
: The last intelligence frcm Rome con
y vey the intelligence that the Popo has a
J, bad cold. aai l1' Frlt t
! CHRISTIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, -Az
A Christian yard is 36 inches, and is NOT
shortened by the handling Of the stick,
l. A Christian ton is 2O00 pounds, some
times 224o, and is not roughly judged bat
cOnscieutiously weighed.
y A Christian bushel contains OBI cubic