Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-10-16
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In that popular work for families, Gums New
Family Physician, two hupdredth editien, we Ant
the following timely remarks on this I'm portan
So ject: a
sThe four ordinary secrets Of health are early
rising exercise, personal cleanliness. produced by
using cold bath every morning, and rising from
tho ia bic with the stomach unoppressed.
"a healthy mind. in a healthy body. WAS esteemed
by the RI. greaiesE Dlsssina. THIS truth
being pr ocaimed SO long age is it not strange that
we not better learned before this time to So
cure by pains ana care y healthy body Perhaps
you are a little skeptcal You do not believe that
the powers OF your mind, the evonress of your
temper, and the Kindness of your disposition. de-
pend in any sense tho state o your body l ap-
peal then to your own observation and experience
Providence has put into your own hsnds the mean
of health. 1t too precious boon to bs trusted
to anyone's keeping but your own and RENE mber
that the gift Involves solemn Responsibility
What is hcahhF Is question which may be
thought lite superfiuots TO ASK, like some words
which We suppose know the meaning Of, because
they are familiar, and yet In fact convey idea TO
the mind, 1t will be found that health, which
everyone talks of, Is after al thing which very
few have any correct idea of.
cit is remarkable that little attention is paid
to the preservation of health, at least while health
remains. when only is s5prrservation possible
"Pleasure-seekers continually commit exere lac
which shorten life ambitious of wealth ore
fame task the brain beyond it's capacity; persons,
otherwise of sense and prudence, indulge in dishes
that experience proves to be unsuited to them,
or gorge themselves over otherwise healthy food +;
throw themselves down in a current of air to sleep.
though perfectly aware that In the relax tn at
ensues the draught will give them cold. Slight
affections of the throat lungs are dfsregardsd
Exercise is neglected By persons of sedentary en-
Payments. Farmers inhabiting marshy districts
overlook every consideration of prudence, aud thus
sacrifice themselves to slow sgues. violent fevers.
In short the laws of physical existence are violated
in every way, and only when the long series of
folies begins to tell the constitution Is
directed TO the subject Then the sufferer thinks
of health; but, alas zoo late. True vitality il
gone; the victim bscoms a sufferer for few short
years, and life is pssmaturely cut OF.
s'If men and women gave three times a. much
attention AS they new do to ventilation, or, In
plriu Ian gusge, breathing fresh air. bathing Tsgu
lary. and exerc ise in the open air, and only one
third much to eating, fashion and late hours
the number of doctors, dentists and apothecar les
and the amount Of neuralgia dyspepsia, govt, rheu
matism, diseases CT the womb, consumption and
many other diseases weuld be changed In cor
responding ratio mankind would rapidly present
the aspect, not only of far healthier AID thr lei
but far beautiful and more virtuons race"
s. P. Short is now canvassing in thit
district for the sale Of DR.. Gums work, and
we commend our readers to improve this
opportunity to procure a copy, as it ii
sold only by subscription.