SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO* 



your stomach and bowels. — Let your diet be 

 light, but by no means low; never allow 

 your stomach to be loaded. Continue your 

 water-drinking system during your meals, 

 with the occasional addition of a little white 

 wine to the water, especially after dinner, 

 when the weather is colder and wetter than 

 usual. As you inform me that your visit 

 will not be longer than a few months, I 

 think you will run little risk of being at- 

 tacked by any serious illness, if you take 

 care of yourself. The enthusiasm with which 

 you usually engage in any undertaking will 

 most essentially contribute to your health : 

 do not, however, let it lead you to excessive 

 fatigue ; for whatever lowers, even for a very 

 short time, the energies of the system, dis- 

 poses to the inroads of causes of disease which 

 it would have otherwise successfully with- 

 stood. Never go out about your engagements 

 before breakfast. If at any time you are 



