Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-26
HYGIENIC.
Rules OF Health That Have Withstood thu
Test of Time.

i
Rules OF Health That Have Withstood thu
Test of Time.
The following rules were originally
III Latin and published in Europe in
l64S. It is somewhat remarkable. per
haps, that in all ages, beginning as
early as Democritus, and extending
down to the present hour, all thoughtful
physicians and other acute observers
have enumerated these same laws Of
health. One thinks in reading the
writing of Hypocrates, written more
than 1000 years ago, that he is reading
the exhortations of one of the modern
troublesome health reformers.
l. The stomach ought never to be
overloaded with food, otherwise the
body will be rendered unfit for exertion.
2. Moderation in exercise, food, drink,
sleep and venery.
3. No fresh food should be taken,
unless the preceding meal has been
properly digested
4. The meals should not be uniform
but supper always lighter than dinner.
5. Excess in former meals must be
corrected by "a subsequent abstinence.
6. All food should be duly masticated
before it be swallowed.
| Z. The quantity of drinks should al
ways be proportionated to that of solid
food.
8. No drink should be taken until a
due proportion of solid food has been
swallowed.
9. A variety Of dishes ought not to
be eaten at the same time
10. It will be advisable to refrain
from meal (dinner) once week. par
ticularly when the body appears to re-
quire less food.
IL. Bodily exercise should be so man
aged once day as to excite the natural
hest glow, and before a meal. The
| advantages resulting from such prac-
tice are thus described by Fulgentius:
Exercise says he, contributes to the
preservation OF human life. It dissi-
pates all superfrous humors of a pie
thoric habit; it invigorates our faculties;
it is gain Of time; the enemy of idle
ness; the duty of the young, and the de-
light of the aged. For exercise olsen
CAGES and expels through the pores all
superfiuous humors whilst the greatest
injuries result from contrary conduct.
For Incidence is generally attended with
dissolution"
IL. In taking food, liquids and soft
substances ought to precede those of q
dry and solil nature.
Ii. Between meals, both solid and
liquid food should be avoided.
IA. The bowels should be regular
every day, either by nature or by arti-
fetal means.
IS. Extremes of heat and cold. with
respect to food, drink and air, are equal
~ to be guarded against. r
16. Sleep ought not to continue less
than six hours, nor exceed eight.
II. Immediately after a meal, and
with full stomach, it is hurtful to
engage in reading, writing or deep re-
Elections.
Is. Violent exercise, shortly after
meal, ought always to be avoided.
10. When the body is in languid
state, all the limbs should be vigorously
stretched.
90 Drink should never be taken on
an empty stomach; as, in that case, it
cannot fail to prove exceedingly hurt
full, by agitating the nerves. Galen
says, in the second aphOrism, 81, if a
hungry person drink wine before he eat,
he will speedily be attacked by spasms
and delirious symptoms. Nor should
wine be taken habitually) after meals,
because it unnaturally accelerates the
digestion, propels the food before it is
properly digested, and lays the founia-
ton of Instructions and putridity.
81. Wine should never be taken i'm
moderately; and it would be advisable,
as much as possible, to abstain from it's
use, because it affects the brain; hence,
no person of weak organization should
venture to drink it, unless in small
quantities or diluted. Serspian remarks,
swine fills the head with many vapors."
%. The bread should be of the best
quality, soft (not too stale), and mixed
with small portion of salt.
%. Cheese, and all the artificial prep
arations of milk ought to be avoided;
though pure milk, when mixed with
sugar, may not be deemed unwholesome
during the summer. Milk and water,
or whey, is salutary beverage at all
seasons.
p. Fresh fish should be seldom eaten,
and then they onght to be tender and
well-dressed, with the addition Of vine
gar. spices and other sauces.
%. Oysters and all shell fish should
be avoided because they afford only q
cold. slow and ~iscons nourishment.