New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-06

impnre are at the mercy of every current"
In connection with this subject, the author earn
esly insists on The efficacy of pure air. as sure pre-
ventive of consumption. No doubt he might Ju-
diciously have made an exception in the case OF
hereditary disposition to the disease, which VIII
usually manifest itself at the set time in spite OF all
precautions to the contrary. Still his remarks have
great force and cannot be repeated too often.
Tho supreme importance Of good, pure lung food TOT
ali living beings-the tender infant, the delicate
daughter the robust man. and the DID, bowed down WIN
vears-cnnOt be too strongly impressed upon the mu,
Pure air is not only the best Of all blood purifiers b
the best preserver against i'll effects from other mbu
rites, and the best of all tones for weak lungs lo
idea deeply fixed upon the popular mind, that the only
way for the weak to gain strength is thdO"E ~
eating and drinking leads 70 the invention Oh
an endless variety OF tempting aud oyer-nutrltl93us
dishes aud TO the drenching OF tho stomach WIN
one Thousands to-day are suffering in this way or by
having their lungs both starved and poisoned we nS
stomach is stimulated TO its utmost ana gOrge1 w nae
ailments day and night Yet such often reIndu Pao,
weak and Thin and quack doctors urge tna1 @ also
ach biters he taken TO bring them out lDey are lsU
usually carefully housed, ana directed 10 Keep aw"3 t
from fresh air from anything Ike current any h H neSt
days. and then only for hour or less each Day I0 e
of taking cold Besides the kind OF exercise ere e,an cons
usually unworthy of the name, Tor u 100 oIIeh Gun
ssts simply in sitting quiet in an easy poStufe tbose
easy carriage rms mode Inn g NOR for The thin weak
delicate who desire to be made strong ana nea.ny
Little by little and day by day, should outuoor @
lie increased until the body becomes pure enough ana
strong enough to take care OF ltsei -, =. ,o. am
tnued even though the stomach he well supplied, the
body gradually becomes weaker and weaker, ana pter
dishes and all the which can devise and affection
hestow. And So this way regular decline in health
of the unfortunate mistake in thinking that eolds.
careul bousing ana rich feeding such system is the
very cherish and bring on such diseases III ae
ye6ps them among animals which do have them In
| a state Of nature. IL men and women TO put
large quantities of food into the stomach Wmcn' ii III
gested and carried into the blood, does not receive
sufficient oxygen and sunlight 10 develop its strength
power 1t prevents the taking or exercise 10 A
into firm fiber and nerve rich elements in the blood IL
causes large quantities OF nutritious matter to be ar
rested in It's organization where IT must undergo decay
and producing active disease some parts OF the body
not only from bad nutrition nut from the great tpo
nut upon some organ TO eXpel sueh hutlui matters o
| the body.
day and night an unlimited supply OF pure arr ea9 h
be better impressed upon some minds than by sng hat
after than twenty years observation OF the @
opinions of the best physicians Of the day. am hfy
disease his lungs are only nouIshed good air dur
ing every hour OF life. The breathing OF pure alr
sroyer out the lungs this kind OF air often
nature requires IT, ana this, at the least is sixteen
| times every minute
| A valuable chapter is devoted to the ninth great
hygienic law, which, according to the author, is
found in preserving a tranquil state of mind, and Sc
| curing an a(te Quate amount Of rest and sleep. A
disseminated mind disurbs the healthy action of the
body aud tends to produce disOrdeTed state of the
| brain. The present social organization aggraVates
the evil One class Of take the part of thinkers,
schemers SPECTATORS while another are devoted al
most entirely to bodily labor, dividing among diff
! ferent persons the occupations which should be
| combined in one. Every thinking man should also
be aborer every laboring thinker The Hottest
| intellects would be benefited by a daily turn at
| the carpenters bench, the turning lathe,
| or in the corn field or meadow. The
| thinkers use the powers of the nervous
system to excess and neglect to their muscles
The labOIers the muscles TO excess and neglect
to use their brains The former endeavor TO bring
ont all the powers of hidden and subtle essence
the latter call INTO exercise only the outward corpo-
real shell. The excessive OF the muscles serves
to weaken aud benumb the brain, and the excessive
use Of the brain tends 10 cripple and impair the
muscles In either case the blood, which is the oil
OF life gives up its strength to work single part
| of the body, while the others become small and
| feeble for lack of The tendency of both
extremes is toward disease, and the rule Of health
| and physical symmetry is the temperate exercise
| Of all parts of the body over which the will has
| control Intense mental action, or intense feeling,
after meal distuTbs the digestive process, because
it exhausts for the time the nervous energies. The
other functions of the body suffer in the same way.
This is the case especially as the author suggests,
I
devotion to the exctcnents of business makes them
thin, eager nervous and restless generation. They
must live fast even if they do not live long. When
! one source Of excitement fails another must take
its place They feel the need more than any other
people of nervous stmulants to brace their tagging
| energies The consequences are sngularly unfavOr-
able to good health and long life. Mendistingushed
for their eminence in business in literature in
official life have exhausted their powers prematuTely
| by the unceasng wear upon their nerves, and are
suddenly sntten in the prime Of their years.
1 with fatal disorder of the brain. The organ that
\ has been the most msused and oveTwoTked, is the
1 first TO feel the shock of death
1t viii be seen from our notice of this work that
it is not one Of the ambitious, commonplace per-
formanees promising much and accomplishing moth
| ing with which cOnceted sciOsts in the study Of
the physical nature Of man accustomed to nfest
the quiet walks Of literature and often pandering
to a morbid imagination by pruricDt details. On
| the contrary il is a production showing sound
and mature Judgment refined sense Of pro-
prety, and thorough knowledge of the conditions
which undeTlie the material welfare of the race.
With no pretensOns to literary art establishment
il is substantial uilitaran manual urging in plain
speech the hOmely truths which at the foundation
of human happiness without which poetry IS but q
brave illusion and imagination an idle dream