Nevada County picayune., 1889-11-06

: The, that are whole need not a physician, but they tlla, gre -ick.-t Math- K, l2
 The whole will remain whole, if they observe the laws of health. and a large proportion of the sick would get well, and stay well. if they would leave off their bad habits and live ac- cording 10 reason and religion. There Is q good deal of hygiene in religion. and good deal of religion in hygiene. Hygiene sustain, the same relation to the body that re- ligion does to the soul. Hygiene is the religion of the body, and as q sound bedy is favorable to health of mind. so hygiene might well be called the handmaid of religion. The laws of religion require the o5- seryance of temperance in all things, and temperance is the principal re- quirement of hygiene. We mean temperance in its broad, comprehen- siye sense-a moderate and proper use of all lawful things.
 Hygiene is the science which re- lates to the preservation of health. which unfolds the laws by tine ob- servance of which the bodily health may be maintained. It is branch of knowledge whose importance has never been fully appreciated. It should be taught in all our schools and institutions of learning. The world is full of sickly and diseased people, many of whom inherited from their ancestors unsound con stltutions. and the condition of these people entities them to our profound sympathy. They enter upon life under serious disadvantages, anC they drag out a wearisome existence of toll and suffering. Ofttime, their sun goes down at noon-day, ant | kind friends wonder at the my ysteriout , ways of providence.
 If all the people of the world were
 made over again so that they coulC start out in life with sound minds il sound bodies, the average duration of human life would be increased 5( : wears thereby, provided the laws 0 health were rigidly observed by thu
 reiuvenated race; and if they con tinued to live in obedience to thes' , laws. sickness would be unknowr r and painless death would crown ; . well-spent and pleasant old age. Th'
 longevity of the race would be ad
 yanced to 100 years, and few would die under that age. unless taken of
 by violence. or some overwhelming , calamity. Temperance ill eating drinking, sleeping, and the cultiva
 tion of tranquil state of mind with due attention to other hygieniC rules, would retire the medical pro, fession from the arena of active live | reduce the drug stores to minimum and sickness would be the exception to the rule.
 But of course such utopian con. dition can not reasonably be eX. pected in the present imperfect , state. and hence it behooves Us tC consider the condition which actually confronts us. and to make the bes,
 of it that lies within our power. From the worldly standpoint hygiene offers the best preventive and safeguard
 against disease and premature death
 It embraces in it's scope judiciOus selection of a location for home where the lav of the land is favorable for thorough drainage, the prompt l removal of filth and refuse matter
 the thorough ventilation of sleeping
 apartments, the wearing of sucf
 clothing as will protect the body against the inclemencies of the weather, the use of properly cooked l food, in moderation, at regular in.
 tervals, the taking of daily exercise in moderation, and such an amount of sleep as will be necessary for the recuperation of the physical forces. , Ignorance or neglect of these hy- gienic conditions and requirements will inevitably result in disease, un- necessary suffering and expense, and premature death.
 Life is emphatically a battle with enemies of various klnds. The causes of disease are lurking in the atmosphere around Us. Tn the food we eat. in the water we drink, and in the air we breathe. Without some knowledge, therefore, of the princi- pies of hygiene, we are at the mercy of these enemies of our health and life. Hence it is the imperative duty of all to avail themselves of this inn .portant branch of knowledge, for by means of the knowledge thus Ob- tained, and by reducing it to prac- tice. we are enabled to preserve our health unimpaired, increase and strengthen our efficiency for the great business of life, and lengthen our days out to good old age. A large percentage of the sickness which prevails in the world is the result of ignorance or dissipation, and could therefore have been avoided. When a sound, healthy man becomes sick, he should be