The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-08
The Health of the Autumn.

II has been prophosied that this autumn
would he one more profitable To doctors
than salubrious 10 people in general. In
the first place we must bear in mind that
the prophet OF evil is always with us. He
rs the bear of the moral world; and as the
disappointnents OF men. their suTcrings
and failures, are far more frequent than
their victories ana satsfactious he can in
variahy find reader confirmation Of his
i'll folebodings than the prophet of joy aud
success is likely TO BE- able 10 poin, out TO Il
race which is never content and never at
tains the roa NJ ts desires.
Tie croakcr about health is everywhere.
He 'uHl hc q guacS doctor anxious To ex-
cite dread so as 10 make market for his
pill> and potous; or the learned physirian
who Is carried away from occurring facts
hv theories to which he hos become we'd
ded; or the valetIdnarian TO whom dis
case has become 4 theme hi. mind delights
20 lingcr over.
The ground Of the anticipation Of an
unhealthy autumn was that the summer
mad been one of such unusual dampness
that the decay of vegetation would be
more than customarily provocative of dis
ease. and the lowlands would become
ma Shy and malarial. There was reason in
this. 4 few weeks ago people coming from
the mountains afforded eases of typhoid
and like malarious fcvers. The present
! dry air is therefore a boon 10 give thanks
for since the san is after all the greatest
| Of physicians II september keeps W thin
| its usual rainfall. the evil representations
as TO an unhealthy autumn are happily
not likely 10 be realized. In spite Of the
rain. the summer has been one of notable
exemption from prevailing epdcmics, and
the death rate has kept within the bound.
of the more healthy warm seasons.
We do not therefore anticipate sickly
autumn. Still, we regard the town rs
now a better place for health. all things
| considered, than the hills and valleys
where 20 many New Workers are still
| soiourning Barring few hot day--not
! in the majority Of eases succeeded by nm
| comfortable nights-the last few weeks
have been altogether endurahlc in New
York. Just now they are all that n reason
able man could ask for.
II is desirable for every one 10 think as
little ms possible about himself personally
Each should bear in mind that he is only
one out of Il countless host of creatures
made just rs he is and that IL he stands
out from among the lot il will be because
of what he does, not what he thinks OF
himself. Meditating on his fcshly ills /.
one of the very sllicst empoymcnts Of q
man. The Imagination is the fertile
mother of many diseases and the efficient
aid Of all II our brain workers, FOR in
stance, should think less about their over,
worked brains they might produce result,
that would make their performances les
provocative of ridiculc when compared
with the cutlery they indulge in over ex
cc,sive eXcrtion. The fact IL, the less on,
thinks on talks about his health the better
II Is not an interesting subject TO othei
people; il should not be one to occupy
one own thoughts unless the enfeeblet
body has so brought down the mind thai
ii yields under the pressure TO the fancic,
| and gloom Of weakness that cannot b,
fought against.
Let MS keep IN good heart, ana 20 I,
work without fear of tho disease that cvi
prophets try 10 make Us think turks in IN,
autumn air; and then the doctors will no
reap the harvest which some OF the editor
are pointing out to them.