. HEALTH AS A DUTY 



a man may be made dyspeptic by studying 

 stomachs. A house good for a century may 

 be rendered rickety in every wall by pick- 

 ing out its original foundation to put in a 

 new which is better. 



We despise all mere fussiness regarding 

 health as heartily as any man in the world. 

 It is said that the distinguished English 

 preacher, Robert Hall, when he was some- 

 what advanced in life, would every little 

 while grab at various portions of his anat- 

 omy to make sure paralysis had not struck 

 him. It is said on good authority that usu- 

 ally when paralysis actually does overtake 

 a man he doesn't need to investigate. 



Even physicians, wise as they are, some- 

 times take a shadow for a lion. 



A curious document has been preserved 

 in the archives of the Nuremberg-Furth 

 railway, the earliest of the German lines, 

 opened in 1835, which relates that on De- 

 cember 7, that year, a special "Kollegium" 

 of the Bavarian physicians was summoned 

 to discuss the medical aspects of "the new 

 method of traveling by steam machines." 



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