Herald of Health, Volumes 17-18M.L. Holbrook, 1871 |
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Page 183 - and rebellious ; he will not obey our voice ; he is a glutton and a drunkard.' And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die ; so shall thou put evil away from among you, and all Israel shall hear and fear.
Page 183 - If a man have a stubborn and rebellious eon, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that when they have chastened him will not hearken unto them, then shall
Page 28 - or customs from succeeding best and rearing the largest number of offspring. Important as the struggle for existence has been and even still is, yet as far as the highest part of man's nature is concerned there are other agencies more important. For the moral qualities are advanced, either directly or indirectly, much more through the effects of habit,
Page 28 - welfare of mankind is a most intricate problem : all ought to refrain from marriage who can not avoid abject poverty for their children ; for poverty is not only a great evil, but tends to its own increase by leading to recklessness in marriage. On the other hand, as Mr. Gallon has remarked, if
Page 59 - in which the admitted accuracy of mathematical processes is allowed to throw a wholly inadmissible appearance of authority over the results obtained by them. Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds you stuff of any degree
Page 234 - that repose may succeed action. But although the night apparently equalizes the circulation, yet it does not sufficiently restore its balance for the attainment of a long life. Hence, one day in seven, is thrown in as a day of compensation, to perfect by its repose the animal system.
Page 234 - and dissipation. Its use, medically speaking, is that of a day of rest. As a day of rest I view it as a day of compensation for the inadequate restorative power of the body under continued labor and excitement. A physician always has respect to the preservation of the restorative power, because if
Page 211 - in summer, half an hour, or even an hour, earlier. Immediately, with very little incumbrauce of clothing, I begin a series of exercises, for the most part designed to expand the chest, and at the same time call into action all the muscles and articulations of the body. These are performed with dumb bells,
Page 28 - than the less-gifted. Hence our natural rate of increase, though leading to many and obvious evils, must not be greatly diminished by any means. There should be open competition for all men ; and the most able should not be prevented by
Page 113 - used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea it would be all the better for mankind—and all the worse for the fishes.