The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12
KEEPING WELL ITO YEARS AGO

In lS47 John Wesley, the founder of
Methodism, wrote Primitive Physic;
or an easy and Natural Method of
Curing Most Diseases" This volume
of recipes, prescriptions and directions
had great vogue. In 1901 the twenty
NTH edition was printed. The follow
ing instructions on how to keep well
are taken from the preface to this
volume and were written in l747:
For the sake Of those who desire
through the blessing Of God. to retain
the health which they have recovered
] have added few plain easy rules,
chiefly transcribed from DR.. Cheyne.
1.-THE air we breathe is of great
consequence to our health. Those who
have been long abroad in eastern or
|northerly winds should drink some thin
and warm liquor going to bed, or a
draft of toast and water.
"2-Tender persons should have
those who lie with them, or who are
much about them, sound, sweet and
healthy.
"3-Everyone that would preserve
health should be as clean and sweet as
possible in their houses, clothes and
furniture.
1.-THE great rule of eating and
drinking is to suit the quality and
quantity of the food to the strength
of our digestion; to take always such
a sort and such a measure of food as
sits light and easy on the stomach.
"2-All picked or smoked or sailed
food and all high seasoned food is
unwholesome.
Nothing condLces more to
health than abstinence and plain food
with labor.
"4-For studious persons about
ounces of animal foo and twelve of
vegetable in "a hours is sufficient.
Water is the wholesomest of all
drinks; quickens the appetite and
strengthens the digestion most.
"6-Strong, and more especially
spirituous liquors are certain though
slow poison.
"7-Experience shows there is sell
dom any danger in leaving them off all
at once
"S-Strong liquors do not prevent
the mischiefs of a surfeit nor carry it
off so safely as water.
9-Malt liquors Except clear
small beer or small ale of the due
age) are exceeding hurtful to tender
persons.
1O-Coffee and teas are extremely
hurtful to persons who have weak
nerves.
"1-Tender persons should eat light
suppers, and that two or three hours
before going to bed.
2-They ought constantly to 90
to bed about 8 and rise at 4 or :.
"
IA due degree of exercise is in
dispensably necessary to health and
long life.
- Walking is the best exercise for
thdse who are able to bear it; riding
for those who are rot The open air
when the weather is fair, contributes
much to the benefit of exercise.
I've may strengthen any weak
part of the body by constant exercise
Thus the lungs may be strengthened
by loud speaking, or walking up an
easy ascent; the digestion and nerves
by riding; the arms and hams bv
strongly rubbing them daily.
1.-The student ought to have stat
ed times for exercise, at least two or
three hours day; the one-half of this
before dinner, the other before going
to bed.
5-They should frequently shave
and frequently wash their feet.
6-Those who read or write much
should learn to do it standing, other
wise 1t will impair their health.
THE fewer clothes anyone uses
by day or night, the harder he will be
S-Exercise, first, should always be
on an empty stomach; secondly, should
never be continued to WEAKNESS; third
ly, after it we should take care to cool
by degrees, otherwise we shall catch
cold.
"9-The flesh brush is q most use.
ful exercise, especially to strengthen
any port that is weak.
"1O-Cold bathing is of great adyan.
tage to health; it prevents an abun-
dance of diseases. 1t promotes perspi-
ration, helps the circulation of the
blood, and prevents the danger of
catching cold. Tender persons should
pour water upon the head before 90
IN and walk in swiftly. To Jump in
with the head foremost is too great a
shock to nature"
BURDENS JIRTRD