The Means of Promoting and Preserving HealthSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1841 - 480 páginas |
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... increased in proportion as the body was drained of its moisture . Various expedients were thought of , to give more room and air . Every man was stripped , and every hat put in motion . They several times sat down on their hams ; but at ...
... increased in proportion as the body was drained of its moisture . Various expedients were thought of , to give more room and air . Every man was stripped , and every hat put in motion . They several times sat down on their hams ; but at ...
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Thomas Hodgkin. tants , may concur to promote the prevalence of disease , by increasing their liability to it . When we consider how large a portion of the divine moral law relates to our duty to our neighbours , and how much filthy ...
Thomas Hodgkin. tants , may concur to promote the prevalence of disease , by increasing their liability to it . When we consider how large a portion of the divine moral law relates to our duty to our neighbours , and how much filthy ...
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... increased . In rendering the dress a protection against the in- clemencies of the seasons , care should be taken that it may not retain that which ought to pass off as in- sensible perspiration from the skin . The materials should be ...
... increased . In rendering the dress a protection against the in- clemencies of the seasons , care should be taken that it may not retain that which ought to pass off as in- sensible perspiration from the skin . The materials should be ...
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... increased in size . The effect of the absence of light appears likewise to be shewn in the colour and structure of the proteus , and some other animals which inhabit situations into which light never enters . We cannot suppose that man ...
... increased in size . The effect of the absence of light appears likewise to be shewn in the colour and structure of the proteus , and some other animals which inhabit situations into which light never enters . We cannot suppose that man ...
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... increasing the effect of the street lamps , its advantages would be still more conspicuous . ( 7 ) I shall here conclude the remarks which I have thought it necessary to offer respecting the promotion of health , by the management of ...
... increasing the effect of the street lamps , its advantages would be still more conspicuous . ( 7 ) I shall here conclude the remarks which I have thought it necessary to offer respecting the promotion of health , by the management of ...
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Página 466 - Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them ; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn.
Página 446 - True religion undoubtedly leads us to do to others as we would that they should do to us.
Página 305 - Six hours to sleep, to law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on nature fix.
Página 216 - And, remember my words, that it were better for a man to be subject to any vice than to it ; for all other vanities and sins are recovered, but a drunkard will never shake off the delight of beastliness ; for the longer it possesseth a man, the more he will delight in it, and the older he groweth, the more he shall be subject to it...
Página 142 - They have stricken me," shalt thou say, "and I was not sick ; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Página 97 - There is, said Michael, if thou well observe The rule of not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So mayst thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature. This is old age...
Página 56 - ordained men to be kept on bread alone, unmixed with salt, as the severest punishment that could be inflicted upon them in their moist climate ; the effect was horrible : these wretched criminals are said to have been devoured by worms, engendered in their own stomachs.
Página 12 - AIR !' was the general cry. Every insult that could be devised against the guard, all the opprobrious names and abuse that the suba, monickshund, &c. could be loaded with, were repeated to provoke the guard to fire upon us, every man that could rushing tumultuously towards the windows, with eager hopes of meeting the first shot. Then a general prayer to Heaven, to hasten the...
Página 230 - My example prevailed with several of them to renounce their abominable practice of bread and cheese with beer ; and they procured, like me, from a neighbouring house, a good basin of warm gruel, in which was a small slice of butter, with toasted bread and nutmeg. This was a much better breakfast, which did not cost more than a pint of beer, namely, three halfpence, and at the same time preserved the head clearer.
Página 471 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.