New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
FOR PERFECT HEALTH.
Mr.. Weinburgh Believes He Has the Secret
of How to Acquire It.

Every dose Of medicine is a guess remarks Mr.
Weinburgh in an early chapter Of his new book
on physical development ('Perfect Health" by
Harry Bennett Weinburgh Published by Peter
Eckler. New-York) The future doctor win be a
teacher-a naturalist The first evidence OF his
ability and qualifications to teach will be his own
physical condition Think of a weak. scrawny
undeVeloped man. or a large. fat. overfed indi-
vidual addicted to the of tobacco coffee tea
and liquor. having the supernal gall to call him
self doctor, teacher and instructor or keeper Of
the health-that most coveted and priceless pos
session that exists between the cradle and the
coffin doctor should be forbidden by law to
practise who could first show himself to De free
from the use Of narcotics and to possess perfect
physical health. II a doctor has i'll health it is
certainly because he either does not want good
health or does not know how to attain it, which in
either case should disqualify him absolutely as a
keeper of the health of others
Not content with making war on the doctors and
their medicine cases, Mr.. Weiuburgh denounces
the institution of breakfast.
Omit breakfast. This is the meal that does most
of the stomach mischief. Spend the time in exer-
cisng, bathing and breathing that you would in
eating this useless meal and you will go from your
home thoroughly equipped for the day and the
noon hour VIII find your stomach we'll rested and
washed clean from the copous draughts of water
taken in the morning"
Uncooked foods. in the authors opinion consti-
tute the ideal diet "A very delightful meal
be served without the aid of a cookstOve. For eX
ample, apples. oranges, bananas very ripe).
peaches, pears in fact all ripe fruits and berries
in season; vegetables, such lettuce, celery rad
ishes and onions nuts of all kinds; even the lowly
peanut is one of the best and most nutritious of
foods To this be added dates seeded raisins
and figs, which. eaten with ripe bananas and cream.
make a most palatabe and nutritious dessert
When fruits out of season the table can be
provided with evaporated peaches, pears, prunes
and apTicotS, which. if soaked over night IN warm
water, will be found to be most del1ghtful dish;
Two eggs. dropped into quart of milk, ana
thoroughly beaten together, sufficient for and
make most nutritious meal
Meat is naturally object of violent antipathy
to Mr., Weinburgh. While meat may not be IN
furious to any marked degree, IL is wholly and en-
tirely unnecessary.
Mr.. Weinburgh into prominence a year or
two ago through his successful competition for the
most perfectly developed young man in America
There 5139 contestants
The best thing in the book Is the pictured eNer-
ciseS Many of them the invention OF the
young athlete and he tells just how each is done
and what il is supposed to accomplish They show
stretching 1eXing. breathing kneading and vari-
. other exercises. all of which the author says
good for women as for men, although there
is a special set given for the use of women All
have been thoroughly tested by the author:
worth while remembering He says that tepid
bath at about ninety-nine degrees Fahrenheit,
taken just before retiring in tub where the whole
body except the face is immersed. is excellent
substitute for sleep To be exact he says 1t is the
only substitute known to science for natures sweet
reStorer L have known cases of prolonged and
chronic insomnia to be cured by this form of bath
Sleep with the exception of the heart beats, is
intended for perfect rest. The bath above named
will come near enough producing this result to