GENERAL HEALTH HINTS 719 



Every individual should consider the hour for meals 

 a sacred one, not to be intruded upon under any ordi- 

 nary circumstances. The habit of regularity in eat- 

 ing ought to be cultivated early in life. 



Liquid of any kind, taken at meals, in large quanti- 

 ties, is prejudicial to digestion, because it delays the 

 action of the gastric juice, weakens its digestive quali- 

 ties, and overtaxes the absorbents. 



The whole body should be clad in soft flannel from 

 neck to wrist and ankles nearly the whole year round. 

 A thin linen or cotton garment is best worn next the 

 skin, summer and winter. 



Diseases are seldom inherited, but tendencies to dis- 

 ease are often transmitted from parents to children. 

 By beginning early in life, these inherited tendencies 

 may be extinguished. 



Cellars should be kept clear of decaying vege- 

 tables, wood, wet coal, and mold. The walls should 

 be frequently whitewashed, or washed with a strong 

 solution of copperas. 



Lying in the shade when perspiring, or sitting in a 

 draught in the same condition, is as likely to give a 

 person a cold in August, as getting the feet wet in 

 December or March. 



Exposing the body to the air and light, and briskly 

 rubbing the skin with the hand, is the best substitute 

 for a water bath, and is almost as efficient for cleans- 

 ing the skin. 



The man who says, T can eat or drink anything, 

 nothing hurts me, is on the high road to physical bank- 

 ruptcy. By and by he will complain that everything 

 hurts him. 



A MAN who has a perfectly healthy skin is almost 

 certain to be healthy in other respects. In no way can 

 the health of the skin be preserved but by frequent 

 bathing. 



Common sense teaches us that a feeble horse must 



