The Worthington advance., 1879-04-10
THE BEST OF HEALTH.
How to Attain 1t And How to Preserve
1t.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
The work done by the body, according
to scientific definition can be divided
into three classes: internal work, such
as nervous energy required for regulating
the processes Of the body, intellectual re-
quirements and the force needed for d.
gestion, and so forth; calorifc work, for
tho production of heat to maintain the
animal temperature; mechanical OF mus
cular work. The amount of force ex-
pended on each Of these departments W.
ries with the individual, but the force is
the same. From numerous calculations
it 10 observed that the average amount of
force daily expended by an adult weigh.
ing $50 pounds is equivalent to lifting
8,400 tons one foot. This is divided
thus: Internal work, eco tons; calorifc
work, 2,84O tons; mechanical work, 800.
So that the amount OF work man can do
q day is about equivalent to lifting 800
tons one loot. Ely ght hours pile driving
is equivalent to 312 tons; turning a
winch 374 tons; walking mile OF the
level, unloAded, 1857 tons; carrying a
weight OF 60 pounds one mile on the lev
el, A.75 tons; thus the healthiest work
q man can do ls to work at manual labor
in the open air, so long rs he keeps with
in the expenditure Of about 800 tons Of
force. Making allowance for the force
expended in various ways by human
beng in ordinary business, therefore, he
ought to take walk of nine miles to
make up the amount of exercise necessa-
~ to keep his body in good order.
EVERY ACTION OF THE BODY
Is attended with chemical changes in the
compositions of its tissues. by which force
il released for thinking, and other nervous
exercise, for maintaining 'he temperature
OF the body, or for enduing it with activ-
ity. This force must be supplied as fast
ss it is expended. and it 10 supplied in
latent form by the TODD We eat, and the
oxyxon that every respiration takes into
the lungs. The food We eat consists OF
carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen, from
whicn certain amount of oxygen has
been taken as they pissed through veg
essbIe form. Their latent heat, derived
from the sun, is restored again when the
carbon is burned in OK gen, and that is
precisely whatis effected when We brea'hc
taking in oxygen. to burn up the carbon
and sustain animal heat.
Knowing precisely in what directions
force is expended, and also the proper
tions in which they are directed, We
should of course endeavor to so conform
our diet to our necessities that there will
be NO lack Of force i'll anv direction. By
far the greater part of the fo. ce supplied
II Tor generating heat, leaving smaller
amount to be divided between tho re-
cuperation Of nervous and muscular en-,
eTRy. Prof Frankland, by a series OF
patient experiments, has taken the differ
ent elements of our TODD and combined
them so as to yield the requisite proper.
tions Of serviceable force. He has found
that 1900 grains of dry albumcn, 1850
grams of fat and 1900 grains of starch,
added together, yield and aggregate OF
$3.50 too. tons or almost the identical
amount of force exerted by the average
adult who weighs $50 pounds, namely
!, 400 foot tons.
WHEN MAN IS IN TRAINING,
he 10 merely keeping his body IN the best
possible condition, and the scientific
trainers of to-day have gone back to the
very system indulgcd in by the Greeks
when preparing for the Olympic games.
Twenty-Five years ago the trainers who
insisted upon dieting subject with large
quantities Of fatty matter would have
been considered insane. Strangely
enough, the experiments of DR.. Frank
land and Others including 50 eminent a
physicist a. Pro. Huxley, pronounce in
favor of eating considerable allowance
OF fatty matter, ~hich the Olympian con.
tcstants took in the form of roast pork.
The tables laid down for men in traininx
nowadays, therefore abandon the largely
albuminous diet, aud accept tar differ
eDt one. In these tables We fad some
curi0us corrections of old no'iors For
instance IN ounce Of lean beef, c .ntain
ing ten grains OF nitrogen and GA of cor
bon, furnishes IS foot tons of energy: an
I ounce, of oatmeal supplies 152 foot tons,
IN ounce Of butter supplies $50 foot tons
and an ounce of dried bacon the largest
. amount of all-295 foot tons; an ounce
Ut poultry furnishing but 81 and an ounce
ofsrRar 976 foot tons. A diet of one pound
o. meat, . pound and quarter of bread,
ounce OF butter, IL ounces of potatoes
about one large, we'll cooked mealy one
II ounce of sugar and ounces of milk,
per diem, yield 801 grains of nitrogen,
$3.50 of carbon, and 3,305 foot tons Of
energy. Here the energy falls short
and the carbon is 100 grains short, Hall
An ounce Of butter ur bacon added to i,
will make it exactly right; for the great
ct amount of ener. y with the least wea,
and tear Of the vital organs is attained
when 800 grains of nitrogen and 4,0OC
= grains Of carbon are taken into the
:, stomach and reduced by the digestive
ii organs. This is the standard diet for thu
ii average healthy man doing a moderate
amount At work. Labor, whether menta
or mnacular. Of q more than ordinaril,
severe character. demands larger sup
ply Of food, but tho scientific liver vii
have his meals prepared to yield some