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diff --git a/old/52992-0.txt b/old/52992-0.txt deleted file mode 100644 index a514957..0000000 --- a/old/52992-0.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2710 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of Food and Morals, by J. F. Clymer - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Food and Morals - 6th Edition - -Author: J. F. Clymer - -Release Date: September 5, 2016 [EBook #52992] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FOOD AND MORALS *** - - - - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, Bryan Ness, Les Galloway and -the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned -images of public domain material from the Google Books -project.) - - - - - - - FOOD - AND - MORALS; - - A SERMON PREACHED BY - - REV. J. F. CLYMER, - IN - THE FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT - AUBURN, NEW YORK. - - SIXTH EDITION: 110TH THOUSAND. - - NEW YORK: - FOWLER & WELLS CO., - 775 BROADWAY. - 1888 - - For a Sample number of the PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL, and our large list - of works on Phrenology, Physiognomy, Health, Hygiene, Dietetics, - Heredity, Children, &c., send your address on a Postal Card. F.& W. - - - - - [_From_ REV. DR. DEEMS, _Church of the Strangers, New York_.] - -MESSRS. FOWLER & WELLS: - -_Gentlemen_:—I have read with great interest a sermon by Rev. Mr. -Clymer, of Auburn, on “The Relation of Food to Morals,” as it appeared -in the Auburn _Daily Advertiser_ of June 20th, 1880. Certainly -everything stands related to morals; and all men, women, and children -should be made to see and feel this. - -I suppose I am considered an old-fashioned preacher. I believe in -“original sin,” and I believe in a great deal of sin that is not -original. I believe that every man is so corrupt that he can never be -made pure without supernatural influence; and I believe that he must -take advantage, at the same time, of all the natural helps. Even the -grace of our Lord Jesus Christ cannot make the saint who is in the -flesh, feel alert and happy, so long as he has any serious obstruction -of the biliary duct. When I was a younger pastor in a Southern city, I -was called by a mother to see her daughter, a girl of eighteen, who was -in a dreadful way, inconsolably laboring under the oppressive feeling -that there was no mercy for her. I prescribed for her torpid liver as -my knowledge of the healing art enabled me to do, promising to call -again soon. When I did call, the young lady was relieved, and I was -able to secure her attention to the comfortable truths of our most -holy faith. It is first the natural, and then the spiritual; St. Paul, -1 Cor. xv. 46: “Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but -that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.” We must -always feel our dependence on the spirit of God for our regeneration -and sanctification, but not in such a way as to make fools of us. The -man whose faith in the supernatural makes him depreciate the natural, -has no more sense than he whose faith in the natural utterly excludes -super-nature. - -I think you would do a good work to issue Mr. Clymer’s discourse as one -of a series of tracts proclaiming the gospel of hygiene. Will you not -do it? - - With kindest regards, yours truly, - CHARLES F. DEEMS. - - NEW YORK, February 1, 1881. - - ―――――――――― - - REV. DR. DEEMS: - -_Dear Sir_: Yours of February 1 received, and contents noted. Thanks -for your suggestion. Yes; we will do it. We will publish Mr. Clymer’s -sermon in so cheap a pamphlet form that we can give it an almost -universal circulation. - -We do this because we believe with you most fully in the gospel of -hygiene. - - Yours very truly, - FOWLER & WELLS. - - - - - RELATION OF FOOD TO MORALS. - - A SERMON PREACHED BY - REV. J. F. CLYMER, - - IN THE FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, AUBURN, NEW YORK, - ON SUNDAY, JUNE 20TH, 1880. - - “If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, 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 his father - and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of - his city, and unto the gates of his place; and they shall say unto the - elders of his city: _This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will - not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard._”—DEUT. xxi. 18-20. - - -We have had much teaching that has left the impression on our minds -that the soul is the _only_ source and seat of all the vice in human -life. Because it is written “The imaginations of the thoughts of the -natural heart, are only evil continually,” total depravity has been -fixed on the spirit nature of man; that is, all the bad or immoral -elements entering into human life have been attributed to the innate -or inborn ugliness of the soul. Accepting the Scriptural truth that -“the soul that sinneth, it shall die,” we have come to think that sin -has its _center_, _seat_, _source and circumference_ in the soul, or -the immaterial nature of man. Hence we readily admit the fact that -influences, good or bad, may pass over from the soul to the body, but -we do not so readily admit that _other_ fact, equally true, that -influence good or bad may go over from the _body_ to the soul. The road -over which vicious thoughts and lustful imaginations pass from the soul -to the body is the highway over which unbridled appetites, unrestrained -passions and unsubdued lusts in the body may go to the soul, goading -it to the wildest conceptions of vice and lecherous imaginations. The -warm rays of the sun may gender rottenness in the muddy pool; so also -will the effluvia from the pool poison the sunlight near it. The soul -by its vicious thoughts and imaginations will entail an immoral tone on -the body; so also will the body react on the soul, by its appetites, -passions and propensities, increasing the viciousness of the soul by -pushing it to courses of vice not directly and immediately its own. In -our text is found an illustration of this thought. A father and mother -bring their stubborn and rebellious son to the elders of the Jewish -church. They assign, as the cause of his stubbornness and rebellion, -gluttony and drunkenness, than which there are no vices that demoralize -the body more, or goad the soul to greater crimes. Hear it: - -“This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice, -he is a glutton and a drunkard.” That is, bad conditions of the physical -nature, wrought by gluttony and drunkenness, have made him stubborn and -rebellious. It will not help the case to say that his stubbornness and -rebellion caused his gluttony and drunkenness, for if they did, then -his soul must act on the body. His morals must influence his manners, -and therefore his manners must reflect on his morals; they must -interact, which is just the point we make; that his appetite and lust -fire the temperament or disposition, and a fiery disposition provokes -appetite and lust to wilder indulgences. - -A remarkable fact, in this day of advanced science and revelation, is -that Christians and moralists in their work of reform have paid so -little attention to the influence of the body on the soul. Jesus Christ -more than any other teacher or reformer recognized the demoralizing -and debasing influence of bad bodily conditions. Hence he almost -always healed maladies of the body before he entered his principles -upon the soul. It is true that his many miracles on the bodies of men -were primarily intended to reveal his divinity; yet divinity in its -manifestations always runs over the whole line of the natural before -passing into the supernatural; therefore Christ’s miracles on the -bodies of men had a sanitary side to them. The man with the leprosy was -in the poorest condition bodily to hear favorably any talk about moral -sweetness; hence Christ healed his diseased body, in connection with -his moral teachings. His example with the blind and hungry and deaf in -this respect ought not to go for nothing with those of us who seek to -save men in our day. Philanthropists and Christians for the most part -have overlooked the power of a debased body on the soul. They forget -that Paul likens a body that has sinful habitudes to a thing of death, -as compared with the soul that seeks to live the new life in Christ -Jesus. Therefore good men have labored to create in themselves and -those whom they seek to reform, certain emotional conditions of the -spirit, by a tenacious adherence to creeds, or the patient performance -of a set round of religious duties, and all this regardless of bad -physical conditions begotten by bad habits of eating and drinking. -While they have been struggling to bring their own souls and the souls -of others into holy attitudes, all the basilar forces of the body have -run riot within, and perhaps beyond, the pale of human customs and -human laws. If you want to empty a boiler of steam, it will not help -you much by lifting the safety valve if you still keep water in the -boiler and fire in the furnace. Prayer, Bible reading and Psalm singing -will not help a man much to get rid of his sins, if he keeps up a set -of bodily habits which fire the body and inflame the soul to continue -its sinning. That you may see the connection more clearly between -vice and victuals, let me show you how food may damage our bodies and -demoralize our souls. - -I am fully aware of the difficulties I encounter in entering this -thought on your minds. Because religion has been considered as having -little or nothing to do with the body, I shall encounter the settled -opinions of good men to this effect. Because our popular methods of -eating have the sanction of custom and the defense of long established -habits, I may not criticise them without losing the favor of those who -are content with things as they are. Because I shall call in question -many indulgences of appetite hitherto considered sinless, I shall run -the risk of being called a fanatic or fool. Because I shall preach the -New Testament doctrine of self-denial many will say this is a hard -saying—“who can bear it?” But with the hope that I may unfold to you a -glorious realm of liberty from the bondage of bodily propensities, I -cheerfully do my duty and leave the consequences for God to look after. - -Very few of us are aware of the great physical demoralization and -spiritual wickedness, brought on us and our children, by bad habits of -eating, as to the kind of food, the mode of its preparation, and the -manner and times of taking it. We refuse to think of our indulgences -of appetite as the cause of our physical ailments and premature death, -and much less will we allow ourselves to believe that these indulgences -have anything to do with forming our morals or shaping our characters -or determining our eternal destiny. - -And yet I aver, without the fear of successful refutation, that -three-fourths of all our bodily ailments or diseases, and many of our -immoral acts, are the legitimate results of improper dietetic habits. -If these habits do not effect us directly, they do so indirectly by -lowering the tone of the whole system, physical and moral, causing us -to break down prematurely into some disease or deviltry, under the -pressure of legitimate toil or immoral provocation. How is it possible -to account for the death of one half the human family before five years -of age, unless we trace it to the violation of physical laws in some -way connected with the eating habits alike of parent and child? Many -children enter the world with such a low state of inherited physical -vitality, and so little moral tone, that they are unable to resist -the attacks of bodily disease or throw it off when on them, and much -less able to throw off moral disease and rise above their immoral -heritage if spared to pass through childhood to years of maturity. Such -children not only carry in their little bodies the physical weaknesses -of their parents, but also the specific immoral tendencies found in -the conditions of their parentage. And more than this, should their -endowment of vitality be sufficient to carry them over the death line -for infants, they are subject to such unnatural relations to dress and -diet that it becomes a natural impossibility for them to live. In this -way many children die prematurely, not by the arbitrary edict of God, -but by the violation of law. And if God should save their lives by -special suspension of his laws, more damage would be done to the moral -harmony of the universe than to let them die. I know it is a common -custom to ascribe all sickness and death to the direct and arbitrary -action of Divine Providence. That is, if one overeats, or eats -innutritious food, or at improper times, making himself sickly, so that -he becomes an easy prey to disease, and dies suddenly or at the noon -tide of life, all the good people say—“What a strange Providence!” As -if God had everything to do with such a death, and the deceased had -little or nothing to do with it. I incline to the opinion that Divine -Providence has little or nothing to do with such deaths only in so -far as Divine Providence is in the laws of life violated. The primary -cause of all premature deaths is violated law. God does not arbitrarily -kill anybody. Most of those who die in infancy or in early life, come -to death by the violation of God’s laws written in their bodies. If -these laws were obeyed in us and in our ancestry, most of us ought to -live beyond three score years and ten, and drop from this life into -the other in a ripe, mellow old age, just as ripe fruit drops from its -bough in autumn time. But you ask where is God in the many untimely -deaths that occur? I answer He is present in his great hearted goodness -to help the dying to an eternal victory over death, if they will only -let Him. He is present to bind up the hearts that are breaking with -sorrow for the departed, and to make a sudden, untimely, and needless -death a monument of warning to those still living, thus making the -wrath of man to praise Him. If therefore our children die in infancy, -because we have entailed on them feeble bodies by our violation of law, -God does not kill them, but they die through violated law, and he in -His goodness takes the little ones to His bosom, the seat and source of -all law. Let us not then charge our sorrows to the willful enactment -of our Heavenly Father. He taketh no pleasure in the death of him that -dieth. When he gives life to us, He intends that we shall keep it as -long as possible. - -Having given us life, all the forces of His boundless nature are -engaged to maintain it in us until He is ready to harvest us as the -farmer does the ripened grain. The God of nature and the God of grace -are not in antagonism. “The one God is in all and over all.” A kingdom -divided against itself cannot stand. If, therefore, we die this side -of three score years and ten—seventy years—we die untimely. It is high -time that good men were awake to this fact, and ceased charging over -to Divine Providence what legitimately belongs to ourselves. “Jesus -Christ came to destroy him that hath the power of death, that is the -devil;” and when the philosophy of Jesus is wrought up into human lives -by obedience to physical laws, the power of disease and death over -our bodies will be very much broken. The victory over death can be so -far achieved by men in the body that they need not die until their -minds and hearts have received all the development in this world that -infinite love ordains. That is, men may so baffle the monster of death -by obedience to law as to keep him at bay until their souls have taken -on such Christly ripeness that they shall burst and break their bodies, -as the ripening chestnuts break their burrs under the frosts of autumn. -We have, therefore, no right to ascribe to supernatural agency any -phenomena which can be explained on natural principles. Disobedience -to law brings penalties. There is nothing that men need to see more in -their efforts at reform than the connection between their sufferings -and their disobedience. Now, disobedience to the laws of life brings -the penalties, sickness and premature death. There is no field where -our disobedience manifests itself more frequently and with so little -thought of consequences, as in our false and unnatural habits of eating -and drinking, which damage the body and demoralize the soul. - -“The Blood is the Life.” This is the declaration alike of revelation and -of science. Evolutionary processes may induce a variation in the form -or number of the blood corpuscles, but they can not set aside the law -that the building and rebuilding of all the organs involved in bodily -or mental acts comes from the blood alone. The physical, mental and -moral natures are so intimately connected that that which affects one, -affects the others. So that a man’s mental and moral nature, as well -as his physical, can very largely be determined by the quality of his -blood. Now it is a physiological fact that our blood is made out of -the food we eat. That food which enters the mouth and is assimilated, -makes blood. By the marvelous processes of digestion and assimilation -our food is transformed into blood; and the blood passing through the -veins and arteries repairs the waste tissues and forms new ones, thus -building up our bodies and sustaining life. It follows then that our -bodies are made of the food we eat. Evidently it was the design of -our Creator that the prime object of eating should be the building up -of tissue—muscles, bones and brains. That this may be a pleasure to -us, He has associated with eating the delights of appetite. But most -of us have so far perverted the divine order as to make the pleasures -of appetite the chief object of eating. “Give us something _good_ to -eat,” is the great cry of humanity, and the goodness of food is gauged -by the sensations of the palate and not by the law of nutrition. Most -of us determine the goodness of our food by the amount of sensual -delight it imparts to the palate, no matter how much damage it may -do beyond to the delicate and intricate structure of the stomach and -viscera. Hence a vast amount of food enters the mouth that makes bad -blood, blood that in itself is corrupt, and carries poisonous particles -to every organ in the system, putting us in splendid condition to be -easily provoked to some outburst of anger, passion or revenge. My -hearers, there is a sure and vital connection between bad blood and -bad morals. Blood always tells in morals as well as in muscles. Blood -has power throughout the whole realm of life, whether it be in a human -body, in society, or in the body of a horse on the racecourse. - -You ask, what kind of food makes bad blood? I answer, very much of the -flesh of animals, that forms the staple diet of most of us. Sty-fed -pigs and stall-fed oxen are fattened under the most unlawful and -unhealthful conditions possible; shut up in the dark, cut off from -exercise, the fat deposited on their bodies is made up of the waste -matter that the life-forces of the animal have been unable to expel. -This waste fatty matter, surcharged with unexpelled excretions, is -liable to induce disease in all who consume it. It has established -tuberculosis in captive lions, and in cats and dogs, and in other -carnivora; and it were folly to assume that mankind, feeding upon -such poisonous food, should wholly escape. Even in the living animal -this effete unexpelled poisonous waste breeds vermin, such as have -been found in pork, which cannot be destroyed by ordinary cooking or -by the process of digestion, and hence live and generate in the human -body, producing disease and death. I am not now making a plea for the -absolute disuse of animal food, but against the bad quality of very -much of it, and also against the inordinate use of that which may be -good in quality. A certain amount of animal food is useful for our -nourishment, especially in winter time, because of its heat producing -qualities. But meat every day, and at every meal, is in no way -necessary for the proper sustenance of the human system. - -The use of large quantities of animal food, however free from -disease-germs, as a _staple_ article of diet makes the blood gross, -coarse and corrupt, filling the body with scrofulous elements, sending -poison to every part of the system, causing it to break out in running -sores, salt-rheum, tetter and the like, producing an inordinate -appetite, throwing every organ of the body into frictional relations -to every other organ. It is a matter of every-day surprise to me -that any human being will consent to eat the flesh of pigs. Consider -their uncleanness, their selfish, greedy habits, the vast amount of -corruption that enters into their bodies, their want of exercise, -their impure breathing, their lack of sudorific glands or emunctories, -through which effete tissues and morbid accumulations may be expelled; -and think, when you eat pork, of the train of horrid elements which -enter into your body. And your body thus debased by a low order of -animal flesh, the effect must be to make you take on the disposition -and tendencies of the hog. God’s bill of fare in the eleventh chapter -of Leviticus excluded from the tables of the Jews the hog and all water -animals except those that had fins and scales. This bill of fare was -given to the Jews not only for the preservation of their health, but, -as God’s great purpose was moral reform, He had an eye single to their -moral condition in the matter of their eating. Does any one doubt that -the unhealthy, ugly, and vicious elements that make up the flesh of -most of the animals we eat, enter our blood, and in that way affect the -disposition or carriage of the soul? I am confident, if there was less -demand for animal food the quality would be very much better. Animals -would not be subject to false and unhealthy generation, and false and -hasty methods of growth. They would come up more in keeping with the -laws of their nature, and come to us with more healthy and better -qualities. As for the hog, if man would not domesticate him, he could -not propagate his species. He would become extinct just like the lion, -leopard, and hyena, under the march of civilization. As the blessings -of civilized life reach us, you notice the carnivorous or flesh-eating -animals become extinct. So it seems to me that with the developments of -civilization there ought to be such moral refinements in human beings -that they would grow away from their carnivorous tendencies, and eat -such food as tends to develop the mental and moral faculties, and not -the animal propensities. Among animals you find that those that live on -the flesh of other animals are the most vicious and destructive, such -as the lion, leopard, and hyena. Those animals that live on the grains -and the higher order of foods are the best, most beautiful, and most -useful, such as the horse and cow. If this law obtains among animals, -why not among men? Beyond a doubt it does. If you want proof of this, -study the character and lives of those who live largely on animal food, -and you will find them very animal-like in all their relations—restive, -impatient, passionate, ugly in their ways, fiery in their disposition, -easily provoked, readily put out of humor. And if you could look into -their private lives you would find all their baser qualities having the -fullest sway, stopping, it may be, inside the fence of human laws and -customs, but seldom considering the claims of a higher and divine law. -I charge, then, very much of our household misery, domestic woe, and -connubial wretchedness, to unrestrained lust begotten in the body by -the inordinate use of animal food. - -We forget, my hearers, that the great law of nature, “Like produces -like,” is universal. “Every seed after its kind is the law of all -creation.” There is no exception to this law. This principle obtains -not only in the production of life, but in the processes of its -development. If my position about the intimacy of soul and body is -true, then, if a man’s body is made up chiefly of flesh taken from -diseased animals, and his whole physical frame is saturated with the -irritating and exciting condiments of what is popularly called good -food, the whole bias of his bodily powers will be toward animalism. -All the impressions and impulses that the soul receives from such a -body are beastly and debasing. Like produces like in the formation of -physical tissue out of food, as well as in the generation of stock in -the stall. Hence I hold that very much of the wickedness of mankind -is the natural expression of physical beastliness rather than the -outflow of innate viciousness. A body made up largely of all manner of -nerve-goading, passion-producing, anger-generating elements, such as -are found in the gross animal dishes with their stimulating adjuncts, -just as surely drives the soul to sin as a tempest drives a feather -before it. - -As modern research has proved that bad or imperfect food when -digested surely makes bad or imperfect blood, incapable of performing -its appointed work of upbuilding and of reparation, so has science -demonstrated that perfect food is one of the most potent among -remedies for the relief of many diseased conditions. Since the blood -is the life, and since blood is merely food emulsified, mingled with -certain digestive fluids and colored by the oxygen with which it is -brought in contact in the lungs—it is easy to understand how perfect -food may create perfect blood, which shall presently supplant that -which is feeble, that which is lacking in waste-repairing power, that -which fails to give strength to the muscles or vigor to the brain, -and may thus become the most effective medicine. A perusal of recent -professional medical literature evinces the great stress which is now -laid upon dietetics in the treatment of all diseases. The approach to -this high altitude has been gradual, but sure. At first foods were made -the vehicles for drugs; and cod-liver oil and malt-extracts, which are -only concentrated foods of the hydro-carbon varieties, were loaded with -lime and iron and strychnine and phosphorous and scores of other drugs. -But perfect results were secured by the use of these foods without -the drug additions, and so the foods were at last given the credit -which all along belonged to them. And so it has come to pass that with -advanced medical men, in a vast majority of cases of sickness, the -support of the life-powers by proper nutrients is the foremost thought, -the best food proving to be the best medicine. - -The kind of food a man eats, and the time and manner of his eating it, -are not merely a question of medicine, but one of the first questions -of morals. The effects of food on the passions and feelings are thus -described by Prior: - - “Observe the various operations - Of food and drink in several nations; - Was ever Tartar fierce and cruel - Upon the strength of water gruel? - But who shall stand his rage and force - When first he rides, then eats, his horse? - Salads and eggs and lighter fare, - Tune the Italian spark’s guitar; - And if I take Don Confrere right, - Pudding and beef make Britons fight.” - - -If, therefore, our meat has something to do with our morals, or if our -food in some way affects our faith, it seems to me that many of our -efforts at moral reform ought to be preceded by instruction in hygiene. -In other words, efforts to make a man genuinely devotional ought to be -prefaced by efforts to correct bad dietetic habits. A father, by prayer -and precept and flogging, had done his best to reform his boy, whose -staple diet was meat and sausage and pie and cake at his meals, with -lunch between. The family physician said to the father, “If you will -put a leech back of each of your boy’s ears once a week for a month, -you will do more to reform him than your preaching and pounding will do -in a year.” The father asked for the philosophy of this prescription. -“Why,” said the doctor, “your boy has bad blood, and too much of it; -he must behave badly or he would burst.” “Then,” said the father, -“I’ll change his diet from beef and pie to hominy and milk.” In three -months thereafter a better boy for his age could not be found in the -neighborhood. The acrid, biting, evil blood had not become food for -leeches, but it had done its wicked work and passed away, and a cooler, -blander, purer, safer blood had been supplied from sweeter, gentler -food sources. - -In your use of animal food be very particular as to quality and -quantity. Lamb and mutton are considered the most healthy by the -authorities. Avoid as you would contagion the use of pork, unless you -raise it yourselves, and feed it with good grain, and not the refuse -of the house or barn, and keep the animals as clean as you do your pet -dogs. Never fry your meat with hogs’ lard, but stew, bake, boil, or -broil it. Use hogs’ lard in no form for cooking. Most of it is said to -be reeking with scrofulous elements. Displace it in _all_ your cooking -by milk or butter. If you want to aid and not hinder the growth of your -soul Godward, if you desire to have pure thoughts and a pure heart and -a pure life, see that you make your blood out of pure food, or you -will find that your soul will have an enemy within the castle of its -body more treacherous and deadly than any of its enemies without. - -There is another popular article of food among us, which has a vital -connection with bodily disorders and bad exhibition of character. Good -in proper quantities and in its sphere, when made the largest and chief -article of diet, for every meal, the one kind of food upon which we -depend most for building up the wastes of our bodies, it indirectly -does great damage. I refer to the ordinary fine flour bread made out of -bolted wheat meal. - -It is proper to remember that the white flour from which our bread -is chiefly made, and which is deemed the staff of life, is a purely -artificial product—a selection from that perfect food combination -which exists in wheat. A competent food chemist has compared the -regular milling processes to one by which the fat part of an ox should -be saved for food, and the lean part—the albuminous or nitrogenous -portion—discarded and given to the dogs. The comparison is well based, -since the starch of wheat, which is valued because of its whiteness, -is a carbo-hydrate, chemically allied to the fat of meat; while the -dark nutriment of wheat, which, because of its color, is discarded with -the bran with which it is found in contact in nature, is a vegetable -nitrogenous albumen, rich in mineral elements, and almost identical, -chemically, with the lean or muscular tissue of beef. - -The process of bolting or refining takes from the wheat most of the -phosphates and nitrates, the elements that are chiefly required for -making nerves, muscles, bones, and brains. The phosphates and nitrates -being removed by bolting, very little remains in the flour except -the starchy carbonates, the heat and fat producing elements. The use -of fine flour bread as a staple article of food introduces too much -heat and fat-producing elements into the system, and where there is -too much carbon or heating substance, it tends rather to provoke the -system to unnatural and abnormal action, and instead of serving as an -element to warm the body, its tendency is to burn or consume, heating -and irritating all the organs, getting one into that state which is -popularly known as “hot-blooded.” The fine white flour ordinarily -used has two-thirds of the nitrogenous and mineral nutriment that God -put in the wheat taken out. Unless these deficiencies are made up by -some other foods, the exclusive use of fine flour bread will leave -the nerves and bones poorly nourished, producing in some systems -nervousness, dyspepsia, and all the physical ills that follow these -diseases, together with impatience, fretfulness, and irritability. God -intended that all the nutritive properties He put in the wheat should -stay in it for purposes of symmetrical nourishment. Fine flour bread -may be used for purposes of producing heat in the system, but it does -not feed hungry nerves or starving bones. - -One reason why children fed chiefly on white bread feel hungry nearly -all the time, and demand so much food between meals, is found in the -fact that their bodies are insufficiently nourished. Their bones -and nerves not receiving the nitrates and phosphates they need, are -suffering from hunger. - -When children are fed with food that thoroughly nourishes their whole -system, they will seldom desire to eat between meals and thus retard -the process of digestion and lay the foundation for dyspepsia and all -its kindred evils. - -Flour made of all the nutriment of pure white wheat, unbolted, yet -without the shell or husk or bran, contains all the elements necessary -for the nourishment of the body. The flour called Graham flour rarely -contains these elements. There is a great deal of bogus stuff in the -market, which has brought the genuine article into disrepute, and made -many thoughtful people disgusted with everything in that line. Very -much that is called Graham flour is made up of a mixture of fine bolted -flour, and the woody fibre of the wheat, which has no nutriment in it -at all. This wretched fabrication has tended to make all whole wheat -products unpopular. The woody bran is worse than worthless as food, -or to mix with food. You might as well eat the shells of nuts, or the -husks of corn, or the skins of potatoes, as the silex coats of wheat. -To overload the alimentary canal with such foreign indigestible matter -has no other tendency but to weaken and debilitate it. Very few millers -trouble themselves to make a perfect whole wheat flour. I know but one -establishment in the world where wheat and other grains are treated -precisely as they should be, with all the harmful part removed and the -rest made digestible by harmless methods, and that is the Health Food -Company of New York.[1] - -[1] See Appendix, page 30. - -Bread leavened, or unleavened, made out of what is called the Cold -Blast Whole Wheat Flour, makes more muscle and furnishes more food for -the nerves than any other article of food given to man except the pure -gluten of wheat. I am not now advocating the views of the extremists, -the Grahamites, neither do I counsel the disuse of fine flour bread. -This latter should be used in connection with unbolted flour, but -should not be relied on to furnish you with all the nutritious elements -that your bodies need. There is a golden mean between the extremes -of vegetarianism and exclusive flesh diet which the common sense of -thoughtful people will find. During the warm season a diet made up -chiefly of fruits, grains, and vegetables will be most healthful -for body and soul. Instead of the scrofula-breeding pork or ham for -breakfast, use some one of the great variety of grains, especially -oat-meal, than which there are few better foods for growing children -and hard working adults. Instead of fried cakes, rich pastry, and -candies, use fruit, of which there is an abundant variety, ten-fold -more nourishing than pies or cakes, and very cleansing to the blood. -Let brown bread, Johnnie-cake, and corn-meal pudding supplant fine -wheat bread as much as possible. Eat your meals regularly and slowly, -eating nothing between them. Eat sparingly of meat at mid-day, and let -it be good fresh beef, mutton, or fish, well cooked. Let the evening -meal be taken not later than six o’clock. Discard tea and coffee, and -make your own coffee with browned crusts of bread, or burned whole -wheat.[2] Follow these suggestions and you will find very many of the -ills of your body departing and very many of the troubles you have in -behaving yourselves, vanishing. - -[2] The Health Food Company prepare a “Cereal Coffee” from Wheat Gluten -and Barley, which not only makes a delicious beverage, but tends -to greatly strengthen both body and brain. Those who would release -themselves from the dangerous practice of tea-drinking, and the less -injurious but still objectionable use of the commercial coffees, will -do well to try this nutrient beverage. - -Again, we derange our bodies and demoralize our souls by eating too -much. The great end of life with many of us is to eat. The American -dining-room has become, for the most part, a place for the indulgence -of animalism, and not for the development of the affections or social -qualities. A distinguished American physician said: “I am sixty-six -years old, and I have eaten enough food to answer my wants for 100 -years, and yet I am what most people call a small eater.” The popular -habit of using, inordinately, appetizers in the shape of the ordinary -table condiments, begets a false and unnatural appetite. The time comes -when honest food palls upon the depraved senses. The pampered, jaded -appetite no longer finds satisfaction in simple food-flavors; the -palate must be prompted with pungent things. The cook, who is never a -physiologist, responds to the demand for spurs to appetite, and finds -them in mixtures of spices and peppers and mustards and acids and -essential oils and chemicals, and multitudes of non-food substances. -With these, and various biting alcohols, the delicate lining of the -stomach is inflamed, inducing a desire for food which passes for what -it is not, namely, honest appetite. The palate demands more food than -the stomach can digest or the system assimilate. Poor nature, anxious -to do the best she can, adapts herself to the unnatural situation, -and forces all the other organs to do the same; and thus we become -accustomed to over-eating and do not know it. - -That all who accustom themselves to a stimulating diet, to spices and -wines and other irritating things, consume too much food, cannot, I -think, be gainsayed. The amount and kind of food needed depends upon -the individual habits and the kind of waste to be supplied. A wholly -idle man should thrive well on cucumbers and water-melons, which are -chiefly water; while the hard-working hod-carrier would demand several -pounds of solid carbon and nitrogen daily. It is the sedentary, the -well-to-do, the man of leisure, who suffers most from over-eating; and -it behooves him to carefully avoid all goads and spurs to appetite. -With the simplest flavors he is nearly certain to over-eat and thus to -suffer. With an appetite stimulated and induced, without corresponding -out-door labor to create a genuine need and demand for it, digestive -failure and assimilative bankruptcy is only a question of time. - -The stomach, overloaded, performs its work imperfectly, and thus -imposes on all the organs an extra amount of work, which breaks them -down prematurely, causing diseases of every kind, such as nervous -headache, sick headache, rush of blood to the head, apoplexy, sore -eyes, deafness, erysipelas, neuralgia of the face, decayed teeth, -catarrh, bronchitis, asthma, nausea, common colic, congestion of the -liver, and a host of other diseases too unpleasant to mention. In some -cases there is a disposition of too much fatty matter in the system; -and many people suppose that fatness is a sign of healthfulness, which -is false. No one needs any more fat on his body than is essential to -form cushions for his tendons and muscles; if too much, there is a -depletion of strength. - -The crowded and overloaded condition of the system makes the body take -on very many false manifestations. The irritation produced in an -overcharged system manifests itself in different forms in different -individuals. In some it produces nervousness, making them rack the -flesh off their bones and keeping them poor; and in others it produces -sluggishness, retaining defunct matter in the system, making them -corpulent. As I have said, our highly-seasoned foods create morbid and -abnormal appetites. - -As a consequence we eat too much and too often, the system being borne -down by overwork in its digestive department, there comes a demand for -stimulating drinks and medicines to take off the depression and to keep -up tone; and to make ourselves feel good, after having made ourselves -feel bad, by improper eating, some of us resort to tea and coffee, and -others to alcohol, and then the excitement produced demands a sedative, -and some of us smoke and others chew a poisonous weed called tobacco. -Thus the poor body, subject to these revulsions of unnatural action in -overwork and stimulation and sedation, is goaded to abnormities and -unnatural action, sending up to the soul no other influences but those -which drive it to moral madness and vicious deeds. - -Now, vice is a morbid exhibition of the will. The will is represented -through the physical organ, the brain, and the brain is straightway -affected by the condition of the body and the state of the blood. The -will is that power of the mind by which we put forth volitions and -perform actions. If the pressure of bad blood is on the brain, that -same pressure is on the will; hence a sick man or a diseased man will -do a great many bad things through the power of bad blood on the will. -Vice, then, is both the result and cause of physical derangement. -Hence that vice of vices, drunkenness. - -Drunkenness may be caused by bad physical conditions, brought about -by bad habits of eating. Would it not be well for us to look into -bad table habits for one of the reasons why so many of our young men -become drunkards? May there not be some cause working in the flesh -of our youths, driving them to intemperance? May it not be possible -that kind fathers and mothers for years have been filling up the awful -gap of 40,000 dead drunkards annually by feeding their children upon -stimulating, highly-seasoned, innutritious foods? There is no doubt -in my mind that every man is a glutton before he is a drunkard. If -nature’s laws are violated, a man’s sensations will be all abnormal, -and the mainsprings of his life will be befouled, and the result -will be irregular and vicious expressions of all the appetites, both -for food and drink. I am, therefore, confident that the widespread -appetite for intoxicating liquors is largely due to the false relations -that the American people hold to their food. We cannot hope much -from moral suasion and legal enactments so long as we overlook the -physical condition of the drunkard. If you would cure disease or vice -effectually, you must shut off that which nourishes them, instead of -putting all your force in efforts to antidote them. “Let the wicked -forsake his way,” and then turn unto the Lord, and he will have mercy -on him, and to our God, and he will abundantly pardon him. There are -200,000 drunkards in the United States, 40,000 of whom go annually to -premature graves. There are 20,000 prostitutes, whose average life -in their profession is four years. Do you believe this vast army of -immortals go willingly to ruin? There are causes lying back of mere -perversities of soul in the common every-day dietetic habits of these -forlorn ones. - -Eating and drinking are always associated with the bar and brothel, -and if you will take notice, the eating is always of that kind of -food which goes straight for the animal nature, and wakes up in a man -everything that is beastly. - -The whole tendency of the food furnished at the popular bar-room -restaurant is to stir the baser elements in humanity and keep up the -demand for alcoholic stimulants. No wonder the drinking saloons can -afford to give what they call a “free lunch.” Care is taken to furnish -such food as fires the appetite for strong drink, and the rum-seller -gets his pay for his “free lunch” through the sale of the whisky that -must inevitably follow it. Those who, living on highly stimulating -foods, but do not drink strong drinks, will find that the bias of their -bodily powers, instead of being toward mental and spiritual spheres, -will be toward animal indulgences, dragging the mind and soul into -servitude to the flesh, and where there are any moral aspirations, -making the conflict between the higher and lower nature so intense that -a vast amount of moral force is wasted in self-conflict that ought to -go into the world’s redemptive agencies for saving the lost. - -I am confident that the American habit of eating sumptuous and late -suppers, whether at our homes or church fairs or festivals, is damaging -the physical, mental, and moral health of our nation more than any -other one thing of its kind; more damaging, because it has the -appearance of innocency, and the sanction of our fathers and mothers -and some of our pastors. - -Furthermore, the habit of eating hurriedly, or hastily, is preying -upon the vital and moral forces of many of us. A meal eaten hastily or -nervously, under the pressure of intense mental activity or nervous -tension, or great weariness, begins its work of nutrition under the -greatest possible disadvantage. All our meals should be eaten calmly -and deliberately, so as to thoroughly masticate the food, and not -impose on the stomach and viscera the legitimate work of the teeth. -In the interest of health to soul as well as body I enter an earnest -plea for more time for eating, and especially at noon, when most hard -working people take their principal meal. Clerks, business men, and -school teachers, mechanics, laborers, and our children who attend the -public schools, need more time at noon to properly dispose of the chief -meal of the day. No better investment could be made to secure the best -possible physical, intellectual, financial, and moral returns than for -all classes of people to take two hours at mid-day for resting and -eating dinner. Selfish greed demands otherwise, and makes a show of -gain; but the loss is sure to come in due time to all parties concerned. - -My friends, when will we fast-living, fast-eating, fast-working, and -fast-dying Americans learn the great lesson, that life is a unit, -that the Divine Trinity in us, namely, the physical, intellectual, -and spiritual, is one life, with different phases of expression; and -whatever mars one mars the whole, and whatever builds up one most -surely builds up the others? All our powers are many members in one -body, with an inter-dependence which is eternal. Slight your body, -and you smite your soul and enervate the mind. Corrupt the mind, and -you debase both body and soul. When will those who profess to be God’s -children by the adoption of the Holy Ghost, catch the Spirit of His -great Apostle Paul, who, more than any other sacred writer, maintained -the sanctity of the human body and its subservience to the mind and -soul. Hear him: “I beseech you, brethren, by the mercies of God that -ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, -which is your reasonable service, and be not conformed to this world, -but be ye transformed by the renewing of your minds, that ye may prove -what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” I admit the -power of the Holy Ghost in the work of regeneration, but is there not -something for us to do, in keeping our bodies under, “lest we become -cast-aways?” I do not say that _all_ human evils and ills have their -primary origin in physical habits, but I do say that the great mass -of impulsions from the excited, inflamed, over-stimulated body toward -the soul, are in the interests of sin. The economy of salvation orders -otherwise. By the Gospel the body may become the temple of the Holy -Ghost. By the law of self-denial of the New Testament, our bodies, with -all their fiery elements, may be made an inspiration to our souls. -It is not the purpose of God that a life-time warfare shall be kept -up between the body and the soul. There ought to come to every true -Christian a day of final victory over his bodily powers, in which they -will cease their rebellion, and come into the sweetest union with the -soul in its great work of developing a likeness to Christ. - -Why are we called upon to present the body a living sacrifice to God, -if its powers are not to be sanctified to holy purposes? Why should we -spend all our life waiting for the adoption of our whole nature, to -wit, the redemption of the body, as well as the soul. - -Our fondest dreams for the progress of humanity must be based in a -newly created body by strict obedience to the laws of God, written on -every fibre, tissue, muscle, and bone. We cannot develop the human -brain and heart to the possibilities that God has put in them, while -they are the tenants of bodies the laws of which are violated in the -commonest habits of every-day life. - -Regeneration does a mighty work for us; but generation has also much -to do with our highest and best development. The sins of the fathers -must cease, so that the sons may be spared their terrible visitations; -the accumulated virtues of parents must roll over on their children in -purer, stronger, and better bodies until by a blessed economy the whole -race shall be exalted to heirship with Christ through loving obedience -to all the laws of physical as well as moral life. - -Why may we not now, under the laws of redemption, begin to build a new -heaven and a new earth, new souls and new bodies. If our souls are -redeemed and renewed by obedience and faith, why not secure also the -redemption of our bodies? I know it is slow work to teach the subtle -but mighty elements of self-restraint. I know the flesh lusteth against -the spirit. Yet I thank God who giveth us the victory through our Lord -Jesus Christ. - - - - - APPENDIX. - - -In complying with the request of Messrs. Fowler & Wells for the -manuscript of this sermon for publication, I should fall far short of -my duty if I did not allude more particularly than seemed appropriate -in a Sabbath sermon, to the valuable work which is being done by the -Health Food Company, and to the great excellence of its products. If -these remarks were addressed to physicians, the simple mention of the -name of the company would suffice, because there are probably very -few medical men and women who are not aware of the good work of this -organization in the matter of providing perfect foods for invalids of -every type, as well as for such as are in health and are solicitous -thus to continue. The work of the company has, from the beginning, -been under the wise direction of a scientific head, himself an -original investigator, and having an ample acquaintance with all the -truths which have been evolved by modern scientific research. While -it is very important that physicians should know all that is to be -known concerning improved forms of diet, in order that their large -opportunities for conveying valuable information to the world may not -go unused, I deem it of even greater moment that the vast body of -intelligent readers and church-goers should be made aware of the fact -that in the matter of food and its preparation there are laws which -are not comprehended by ignorant cooks, which may not be violated with -impunity, the scope and importance of which are being more perfectly -understood from year to year, and which, in their practical application -by intelligence and skill, are capable of accomplishing a grand work in -the up-building and re-building of human bodies and brains. Especially -am I desirous that my brethren in the ministry—many of whom, I am -persuaded, suffer from unsupplied waste of brain and nerve power—should -more fully appreciate the fact that while waste of the grosser tissues -of the body may be supplied by common forms of food, such foods may -nearly or quite fail to supply or replenish the waste of the delicate -brain and nervous system; and should understand how the best foods for -the active brain-worker can be procured. - -A dyspeptic myself, a member of a dyspeptic family, and observing -much of that kind of misery and weakness which arises from digestive -feebleness, I have been compelled to study the subject of food in its -relation to bodily and mental and moral well-being, during many years; -and it is not less a pleasure than a duty to say that an intimate -acquaintance with the researches of the Health Food Co. and its -products, has convinced me that this organization is the center and -source of the best information obtainable in any land, on the subject -of dietetics; that the food which it prepares from many substances, -especially from the cereal grains, are the best in the world; and that -all who seek to live wisely and well, all who are strong and would -continue so, all who are feeble and would fain be strong, all in whom -the spirit to lead noble and useful lives is willing, but in whom the -flesh, alas! is weak—owe it to themselves and to all whom they have -power to influence, to learn all that can be learned concerning the -great work of this company. In this brief Appendix it is not possible -to allude, even remotely, to all its investigations in the domain of -dietetics, nor to fully indicate the valuable results which it has -achieved. I shall be justified, however, in referring to a few of its -more prominent applications of scientific thought to the daily needs of -humanity. - -It knew that the white commercial flour of wheat, by whatever “new -process,” or under whatever brand, was a robbed, impoverished food, -and that attached to the bran or husk—which is excluded as it should -be—there is a layer of nitrogeneous substance which goes to the cows -and horses. It deemed it a pity that human bodies and brains should -be deprived of just what it most needed for perfect support—this -wheat nitrogen, so rich in the useful minerals without which there is -no adequate up-building of every tissue. So it devised a method of -removing all the woody, branny, siliceous coats from the grain without -wasting one atom of the nutriment. Seeing that ordinary mill-stone -grinding tended to heat and impair the flour, it devised other and -better methods of pulverizing. To-day, as for years past, their whole -wheat flour is not a coarse, harsh, branny mixture, like what is called -“Graham,” but a perfect, natural, nourishing bread-food, with nothing -taken from it that is useful, and without the obnoxious addition of -grit from rapidly revolving millstones, or the woody fibre and silex -which form the protecting, innutritious shell. Thus the theories of -the value of bread from the entire wheat berry, advanced by Dr. John -C. Warren, of Boston, in 1825, and subsequently urged by Dr. Sylvester -Graham, were taken up by the head of the Health Food Company, sustained -in part and exploded in part, while the small residue of truth really -existing in the Grahamite philosophy, modified and improved by exact -experiments and by scientific methods, has at length been made of -real value to the human race instead of continuing to be a source -of possible, and often of positive injury, by virtue of the errors -originally attending it. The perfect, branless flour of the entire -grain is called the COLD BLAST WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, and is, beyond -question, the most perfect bread-food in the world. - -Again, chemistry long ago proved that the nitrogenous, albuminous -element of the great food staples (the cereal grains) known as GLUTEN, -was the chief source of muscular tissue in animals, whether obtained -from grasses, seeds, or other vegetable substances; that it could be -digested in a mixture of 1 part gastric juice and 10 parts water; that -it could be separated from its universal attendant, starch, by washing; -and that a kind of tasteless, insipid bread could then be made from -it, which was understood to be useful in a disease called diabetes. -Up to a few years ago these facts comprised pretty much all that the -scientific world knew about GLUTEN. It was known to exist; Koopman, -the German chemist, had shown it to be readily digestible; and it was -non-convertible into sugar, and therefore a safe food for those to whom -starch, or the sugar which results from digested starch, is little -less than poison. These slender facts were not sufficient to satisfy -the accurate investigator at the head of the Health Food Co. He deemed -it probable that this easily digested GLUTEN, this source of all the -tissues of the ox except the fatty ones, would be found to be of vast -value as a separate food for human beings, if while being practically -isolated from the starch and bran associates which nature provides, -it could still retain the pleasant grainy flavor of the cereal which -supplies it. He began a series of investigations to determine the -source of the agreeable flavor existing in sound wheat, and—as modified -by milling and cooking—in commercial wheat flour and the foods prepared -therefrom. The results of the researches of Prof. Henry B. Hill, -of Harvard University, and of those contemporaneously conducted by -Adolph Baeyer, of Munich, led him to conclude that to the oil known as -“furfurol,” existing in the exterior bran and interior cellulose of the -grain, the flour and bread chiefly owed their desirable flavors. The -cellulose of the interior of the wheat was found to contain enough of -the flavoring oil to impart to the insipid gluten an agreeable taste. -Accordingly, methods were devised for separating the gluten and the -cellulose from most of the starch, these three elements alone remaining -after the bran coats were peeled off. - -This “whole wheat gluten,” as it is termed by the company, has proved -a most valuable food, not only for the diabetic, to whom it seems to -present the chief hope of recovery, but to the dyspeptic and feeble, -whether in brain or body. Its use has been attended with such signally -successful results as to attract the attention of large numbers of -prominent medical men, among whom I may mention Prof. Austin Flint, of -Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York city, who passes upon it a -warm encomium in his last great volume. [See Flint’s Clinical Medicine, -pp. 452-53.] - -If I did not feel quite certain that the vast majority of those who -shall peruse this paragraph would seek from the Health Food Company, or -from some of its many agents in various parts of the country, the very -able and interesting pamphlets which it mails free to all applicants, -I should deem it my duty to allude to other and not less valuable -applications of scientific thought to the vast problems involved in -the preparation of foods for humanity, from infancy to old age. To -adequately describe them all, would require a volume; let me content -myself with an allusion to one or two of the many. - -There is a digestive element existing in the saliva and in the fluid -called the “pancreatic juice,” which bears the name of “diastase.” This -diastase exists nowhere outside of the animal economy, except in seeds -during the process of germination, or sprouting. When the seed, or -cereal, or vegetable, is exposed to proper influences of moisture and -warmth, such, for example, as are supplied by the earth in spring-time, -the process of germination begins, and from the germ diastase is -liberated. The function of the diastase thus set free is the conversion -of the food elements in the seed into assimilative nutriment for the -young and tender plant. It is the digestant of food, whether the -thing fed be plant or animal. Now, while physiologists have long been -ready to concede that when, as is common in diseased conditions, this -important digestant is absent from the saliva and pancreatic juice, -the conversion of all starchy foods is suspended, it has not been -supposed that diastase has any marked influence upon the emulsification -and digestion of food-substances not containing starch, nor had any -food-chemist availed himself of the diastase in cereals, if I except -the development and possible subsequent retention, to some extent, of -diastase in some of the preparations of malt. The Health Food Company -develops and employs the cereal diastase in a most effective way. It -removes the germinal molecules from wheat and barley, reduces them to -powder, forms the powder into a dough, encloses it in a steam-tight -vessel and subjects the vessel and contents for a protracted period to -a temperature of 150ºF. The latent diastase is thus brought into being, -while the low temperature and the close vessel completely prevent its -volatilization and loss. The diastatic dough is subsequently dried and -powdered, and is then packed and labeled, ready for use, demanding no -cooking, and no other preparation than simple moistening with milk -or water. Used with milk it is found to prevent that tough and curdy -coagulation which renders milk so oppressive, “bilious” and indigestible -in many cases. The name given to this diastatic food which I have -mentioned, is “The Universal Food,” a name suggested by a leading -physician, who believed it to be universally applicable to enfeebled -conditions in which better nourishment was needed. It is admirably -adapted to the nourishment of infants, as diastase is almost entirely -lacking during the first years of life, and may wisely be supplied from -exterior sources. - -The Company’s great work for the multitude, however, is in the -preparation of wheat, oats, barley, rye, corn, peas, beans, and other -seeds. These are perfectly cleansed from all impurities, the outer -bran-coats, husks, and pellicles are removed, and the interior, -soluble, digestible food-portion is admirably prepared for ready -cooking. Persons who have a distaste for Graham and crushed wheat, and -oat-meal and other cereals, find in the Fine Granulated Wheat, the -Coarse Granulated Wheat, the Pearled Wheat, Pearled Oats, Granulated -Oats, Granulated Barley, Rye, Corn, etc., manufactured by this Company, -delicious foods, which, once adopted, are continued from choice. - -I leave this important subject with my readers, again urging them -to seek to learn more concerning it. To be placed in possession of -information which I do not assume to be competent to impart, it is only -necessary that you address a postal card to the Health Food Company, -No. 74 Fourth Ave., cor. 10th street, New York, N. Y., asking for all -its Health Food literature, and appending your address, and you will be -quite certain to receive the entertaining pamphlets by due course of -mail. The agents of the company, also, cordially respond to calls for -circulars and orders for the Health Foods. - - -Let me ask my readers not to content themselves with sending for and -perusing, however carefully, the instructive pamphlets of the Health -Food Company. If you are sick you will do well to describe your -condition by letter to the company, and its medical head will write -you which of the foods are adapted to your case; you can then order a -supply of such as he advises. If you are in good health and merely seek -to supply yourself with delicate and nutritive substances which will -have the effect to keep you strong and well, you will be able to select -from their list, without special advice. Advice from the medical man -of the organization costs nothing, however, and should be asked in all -doubtful or diseased states. J. F. C. - - - - - Health Food Company’s - - LIST OF AGENTS: - - - =Main Office=, 74 Fourth Avenue New York City. - - 7 Clinton Street Brooklyn, N. Y. - 199 Tremont Street Boston, Mass. - 632 Arch Street Philadelphia, Pa. - 2227 Walnut Street St. Louis, Mo. - 4934 Main Street Germantown. Pa. - 965 Grand Street New Haven, Ct. - 17 Central Row Hartford, Ct. - 217 Ross Street Brooklyn, E. D., N. Y. - 191 Genesee Street Utica, N. Y. - 1436 Wabash Avenue Chicago, Ill. - 1325 F. Street Washington, D. C. - 214 Main Street Elizabeth, N. J. - 132 East Main Street Rochester, N. Y. - 217 Sutter Street San Francisco, Cal. - 426 Pine Street San Francisco, Cal. - 951 Broadway Oakland, Cal. - 306 Lexington Street Baltimore, Md. - 34 Washington Avenue S. Minneapolis, Minn. - 273 W 5th Street St. Paul, Minn. - No. 1 North Bruntsfield Place Edinburgh, Scotland. - - -AN UNSOLICITED LETTER FROM A PROMINENT PHYSICIAN OF NEW YORK. - -“_To The Health Food Company, 74 4th Avenue, New York._ - - GENTLEMEN:— - -I should like to state to your Company the great success I have had -in using your Gluten Suppositories, and the advisability of letting -the medical profession generally know of this simple and efficacious -remedy for constipation. I have prescribed these Suppositories almost -daily in my practice this winter, and have often been astonished at the -permanent results obtained. It seems that in great torpor of the rectum -and descending colon it is especially useful. - -I recollect a little girl in 52nd street, where the constipation was so -great that very often—much against my will—I was forced to administer -a dose of Castor Oil. Since the use of these Gluten Suppositories she -has remained well—over six months. It does not cure _all_ cases, but in -all the instances where patients have given it a good, fair trial, some -benefit has been derived. - -You may utilize this endorsement if it will make this remedy more -widely known among the profession. - - Respectfully, - J. MONTFORT SCHLEY, M. D.,” - - - _Surgeon to N. Y. Ophthalmic Hospital, Professor Physical Diagnosis - Women’s Medical College; Attending Physician at Hahnemann Hospital, - &c._ - - - - - THE HEALTH FOOD COMPANY OF NEW YORK - - -Is now in the twelfth year of its existence. Its valuable and important -work has been recognized and commended by thousands of physicians, by -many writers for the medical and general press, and by multitudes of -the sick and suffering who have found health and comfort through its -products. It has had many imitators, but it has conscientiously adhered -to its original mission of preparing - - -Perfect Foods for Sick and Well. - -Basing its work upon exact science, and being presided over by a -scientific man, it has gained the support and co-operation of the -scientific world. A year or two since, a competitor in the manufacture -of a single article, known as “Whole Wheat Flour,” secured the -publication of an article from the pen of a Dr. Ephraim Cutter—styling -himself “a microscopist”—in which he asserted his ability to determine -the relative percentages of gluten and starch by the use of the -microscope alone. He furthermore said that while the food-value of -a bread-flour depended upon its percentage of gluten, the various -flours of the Health Food Company contained no gluten whatever; and -that the flour made by the “Franklin Mills” (Dr. Cutter’s employer) -was so rich in gluten as to make it “a blessing to mankind.” These -grossly absurd statements called forth some very scathing criticisms -and much ridicule by the medical and secular press, and induced Prof. -R. H. Thurston, of the Stevens Institute of Technology—who had derived -benefit from the Health Foods—to invite his colleague, Prof. Albert -N. Leeds, Public Analyst for the State of New Jersey and Professor of -Chemistry in the Stevens Institute, to microscopically examine and -chemically analyze the food substances alluded to, for the purpose of -determining the accuracy or inaccuracy of Cutter’s statements, and, -furthermore, to settle the question of the value of the “microscopic -analysis,” for which so much had been claimed by Cutter. Prof. Leeds’ -careful work conclusively showed that the microscope was _valuable to -detect adulterations_, but valueless as a means of determining the -percentages of the various natural constituents of a cereal flour; -so he proceeded to apply the crucial test of chemical analysis, with -striking results. (In our limited space we can only briefly quote from -the Professor’s published statement, but we are assured that he will -cheerfully mail a copy of the pamphlet to any one who shall address -him at the College named, situated in Hoboken, New Jersey.) Premising -that wheat in its natural state contains, on the average, about 12 -per cent. of albuminoids—chiefly gluten—he found in the Health Food -Company’s Whole Wheat Flour 16.74 per cent. of this substance. Of the -“Franklin Mills” flour, said to be made from “entire wheat,” he writes: -“It contains 8.55 per cent. of albuminoids, chiefly gluten, together -with a very large percentage of cellulose or finely-ground bran. It is -greatly lacking in nutritive elements.” - -Prof. Leeds testifies that the Glutens prepared by the Health Food -Company are richer in the gluten element than any which he has been -able to obtain, whether of American or foreign origin, and more than -twice as rich as a so-called gluten made by Farwell & Rhines, of -Rochester. He also finds by analysis that “Robinson’s Prepared Barley -Flour” contains only 5.13 per cent. of albuminoids, while the Health -Food Company’s barley flour, retailing for less than one-eighth as -much, contains 13.83 per cent., showing it to be nearly three times -as rich in substantial nutriment. The flours and foods of the Health -Food Company are nourishing in health and remedial in sickness. Their -good work is in the improvement of the blood-making processes, in -better digestion, in increased nutrition. It is their function to ably -supplement all such remedial measures as skill and science may suggest. -Many physicians have testified to the increased readiness of diseases -to yield to their treatment when the patients have been sustained by -the bland, soluble, non-irritating, nourishing nutriments prepared by -the Health Food Company. Its products still stand at the head of the -long list of food-preparations for infants and invalids, for the sick -who seek to recover health and strength, for the strong who desire to -remain strong. It has elevated food and its preparation to the dignity -of a science, and has sought to render itself wholly worthy of the warm -encomiums so ably pronounced by scholars, physicians, and scientists, -conspicuous among whom stand the Rev. John F. Clymer and Prof. Austin -Flint. - -Pamphlets, price-lists, and all particulars are freely mailed to all -inquirers. Address, - -HEALTH FOOD COMPANY, -74 Fourth Avenue, cor. Tenth Street, -next door to Stewart’s, New York, N. 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It is wholly unlike any book previously published on the - subject, and is such a thorough teacher that progressive parents - cannot afford to do without it. - - =The Family Physician.=—A Ready Prescriber and Hygienic Adviser, With - Reference to the Nature, Causes, Prevention and Treatment of Diseases, - Accidents and Casualties of every kind, with a Glossary and copious - Index. Illustrated with nearly three hundred engravings, by Joel Shew, - M. D. $3. - - =How to Feed the Baby to Make her Healthy and Happy=, by C. E. Page, - M. D. 12mo., third edition, revised and enlarged. Paper, 50c, extra - cloth, 75c. - - This is the most important work ever published on the subject of - infant dietetics. - - =The Natural Cure of Consumption=, Constipation, Bright’s Disease, - Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Colds, Fevers, etc. How these Disorders - Originate, and How to Prevent Them. By C. E. Page, M. 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It is unquestionably -the best work ever written on the healthful preparation of food, and -should be in the hands of every housekeeper who wishes to prepare -food healthfully and palatably. The best way and the reason why are -given. It is complete in every department. To show something of what is -thought of this work, we copy a few brief extracts from the many - - -NOTICES OF THE PRESS. - - “This work contains a good deal of excellent advice about wholesome - food, and gives directions for preparing many dishes in a way that - will make luxuries for the palate out of many simple productions of - Nature which are now lost by a vicious cookery.”—_Home Journal._ - - “Another book on cookery, and one that appears to be fully the - equal in all respects, and superior to many of its predecessors. - Simplicity is sought to be blended with science, economy with all - the enjoyments of the table, and health and happiness with an ample - household liberality. Every purse and every taste will find in Mrs. - Dodds’ book, material within its means of grasp for efficient kitchen - administration.”—_N. Y. Star._ - - “The book can not fail to be of great value in every household to - those who will intelligently appreciate the author’s stand-point. - And there are but few who will not concede that it would be a public - benefit if our people generally would become better informed as to the - better mode of living than the author intends.”—_Scientific American._ - - “She evidently knows what she is writing about, and her book is - eminently practical upon every page. It is more than a book of recipes - for making soups, and pies, and cake; it is an educator of how to make - the home the abode of healthful people.”—_The Daily Inter-Ocean_, - Chicago, Ill. - - “The book is a good one, and should be given a place in every - well-regulated cuisine.”—_Indianapolis Journal._ - - “As a comprehensive work on the subject of healthful cookery, - there is no other in print which is superior, and which brings the - subject so clearly and squarely to the understanding of an average - housekeeper.”—_Methodist Recorder._ - - “In this book Dr. Dodds deals with the whole subject scientifically, - and yet has made her instructions entirely practical. The book - will certainly prove useful, and if its precepts could be - universally followed, without doubt human life would be considerably - lengthened.”—_Springfield Union._ - - “Here is a cook-book prepared by an educated lady physician. It - seems to be a very sensible addition to the voluminous literature on - this subject, which ordinarily has little reference to the hygienic - character of the preparations which are described.”—_Zion’s Herald._ - - “This one seems to us to be most sensible and practical, while yet - based upon scientific principles—in short, the best. If it were in - every household, there would be far less misery in the world.”—_South - and West._ - - “There is much good sense in the book, and there is plenty of occasion - for attacking the ordinary methods of cooking, as well as the common - style of diet.”—_Morning Star._ - - “She sets forth the why and wherefore of cookery, and devotes the - larger portion of the work to those articles essential to good blood, - strong bodies, and vigorous minds.”—_New Haven Register._ - - -The work will be sent to any address, by mail, post-paid, on receipt of -price, $2.00. AGENTS WANTED, to whom special terms will be given. Send -for terms. Address - -FOWLER & WELLS CO., Publishers, 775 Broadway, New York. - - - - -Healthful and Palatable. - - -The most important question with all interested and intelligent -housekeepers should be “What can I prepare for my table that will be -HEALTHFUL and PALATABLE?” The world is full of Cook Books and Receipt -Books, but in nearly every case not the slightest attention is given to -the health and strength giving qualities of the dishes described, and -a large part of the directions are useless (for never followed) and in -many cases harmful (if tried). - -What is needed is a practical work in which these conditions are -carefully considered and one which is simple enough to be easily -understood. - -A recent publication, HEALTH IN THE HOUSEHOLD, by Dr. S. W. Dodd, a -lady physician and a practical housekeeper, covers this ground very -fully and can be recommended. It considers the value of the different -food products, the best methods of preparation, and the reason why. - - The Chicago _Inter-Ocean_ says: “She evidently knows what she is - writing about, and her book is eminently practical upon every page. It - is more than a book of recipes for making soups, and pies, and cakes; - it is an educator of how to make the home the abode of healthful - people.” - - “She sets forth the why and wherefore of cookery, and - devotes the larger portion of the work to those articles essential to - good blood, strong bodies, and vigorous minds,” says _The New Haven - Register_. - -Housekeepers who consult this will be able to provide for the household -that which will positively please and increase the happiness by -increasing the healthful conditions. - -It contains 600 large pages, bound in extra cloth or oil cloth binding, -and is sold at $2. Sent by mail or express, prepaid, on receipt of -price. Address - -FOWLER & WELLS CO., Publishers, 775 Broadway, N.Y. - - - THE NATURAL CURE: CONSUMPTION, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS DISEASES, GOUT, - RHEUMATISM, INSOMNIA (SLEEPLESSNESS), BRIGHT’S DISEASE, ETC. BY C. E. - PAGE, M.D. 12MO, CLOTH, $1.00. - - -A FEW OF THE MANY NOTES FROM READERS. - -J. RUSS, Jr., Haverhill, Mass., says: “Dr. Page’s explanation of the -colds question is alone worth the price of a hundred copies of the -book—it is, in fact, invaluable, going to the very root of the question -of sickness.” Mrs. W. O. THOMPSON, 71 Irving Place, Brooklyn, N. -Y., says: “I wish every friend I have could read it, and, only that -hygienists never harbor ill-feeling, that my enemies might not chance -to find it. I owe much to the truths made clear in ‘Natural Cure,’ and -it is certain that to it and the professional attendance of the author, -my sister-in-law owes her life and present robust health.” - -FROM A TEACHER. - -Mrs. S. S. GAGE, teacher in the Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, N. Y., says: -“My friend, Mrs. Thompson, recommended this book (‘Natural Cure’) to -me. Thanks to her and ‘the book,’ my old headaches trouble me no more; -I am better in every way. I never could accomplish so much and with -so little fatigue; and I am sure that all my intellectual work is of -better quality than it ever was before.” - -FROM A HUSBAND. - -D. THOMPSON, Lee, N. H., says: “Through following the advice in -‘Natural Cure’ my headaches, which have tortured me at frequent -intervals for forty years, return no more. Formerly I could not work -for three days at a time, now I work right along. For this, as well as -for the restoration of my wife to health, after we had given her up as -fatally sick, I have to thank Dr. Page and ‘The Natural Cure.’” - -FROM THE WIFE. - -Mrs. S. E. D. THOMPSON, Lee, N. H. says: “I can not well express -my gratitude for the benefit I have received from the book and its -author’s personal counsel. Condemned to die, I am now well. It is truly -wonderful how the power of resting is increased under the influence of -the regimen prescribed. I have distributed many copies of this book, -and have known of a _life-long asthmatic cured, biliousness removed, -perennial hay-fever banished_ for good, and other wonderful changes -wrought, by means of the regimen formulated in ‘Natural Cure.’ A friend -remarked: ‘It is full of encouragement for those who wish to live in -clean bodies.’ Another said: ‘It has proved to me that I have been -committing slow suicide.’ Our minister says: ‘I have modified my diet -and feel like a new man.’” To this Mrs. Thompson adds, for the author’s -first book, “HOW TO FEED THE BABY”: “I have known of a number of babes -changed from colicky, fretful children to happy well ones, making them -a delight to their parents, by following its advice.” - -WILLIAM C. LANGLEY, Newport, R. I., says: “While all would be benefited -from reading it, I would especially commend it to those who, from -inherited feebleness, or, like myself, had declined deeply, feel the -need of making the most of their limited powers. I may add, that this -work bears evidence that the author has had wide range, and extensive -reading, together with a natural fitness for physiological and hygienic -research, keen perception of natural law and tact in its application.” - -Mrs. Dr. DENSMORE, 130 West 44th Street, New York, says: “You can judge -of my opinion of ‘Natural Cure’ when I tell you that I am buying it -of the publishers by the dozen to distribute among my patients.” - -THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY for September, 1883, speaks highly of the -work, closing with, “the public has in this work a most valuable manual -of hygiene.” - -THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY for August, 1883, says: “It is an effort at -impressing common-sense views of preserving and restoring health.” - -Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price, $1.00. Address - - FOWLER & WELLS CO., _Publishers_, - 775 Broadway, New York. - - -A STORY WORTH READING. - -ABOUT HUMAN NATURE. - - -[Illustration: THE LABYRINTH (the inner ear)] - -We have recently published a volume containing a story of Human Nature -which will be found of interest. It is called “The MAN WONDERFUL in -the HOUSE BEAUTIFUL,” and is an allegory, teaching the principles of -Physiology and Hygiene, and the effects of Stimulants and Narcotics. -The House is the Body, in which the Foundations are the Bones, the -Walls are Muscles, the Skin and Hair the Siding and Shingles, the -head an Observatory in which are found a pair of Telescopes, and -radiating from it are the nerves which are compared to a Telegraph, -while communications are kept up with the Kitchen, Dining-room, -Pantry, Laundry, etc. The House is heated with a Furnace. There are -also Mysterious Chambers, and the whole is protected by a Burglar -Alarm. In studying the inhabitant of the House, the “Man Wonderful,” we -learn of his growth, development, and habits of the guests whom he -introduces. He finds that some of them are friends, others are doubtful -acquaintances, and some decidedly wicked. Under this form, we ascertain -the effects of Food and Drink, Narcotics and Stimulants. - -It is a wonderful book, and placed in the hands of children will -lead them to the study of Physiology and Hygiene, and the Laws of -Life and Health in a way that will never be forgotten. The book will -prove of great interest even to adults and those familiar with the -subject. The authors, Drs. C. B. and Mary A. Allen, are both regular -physicians, and therefore the work is accurate and on a scientific -basis. “Science in Story” has never been presented in a more attractive -form. It is universally admitted that a large proportion of sickness -comes from violations of the laws of Life and Health, and therefore it -is important that this subject should be understood by all, as in this -way we may become familiar with all the avoidable causes of disease. -The reading of this book will very largely accomplish this end. It will -be sent securely by mail, prepaid, on receipt of price, which is only -$1.50. Address - -Fowler & Wells Co., Publishers, 775 Broadway, New York. - - -THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN, - -A READY PRESCRIBER AND HYGIENIC ADVISER, WITH REFERENCE TO THE CAUSES, -PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE. - -“WHAT THEY SAY”—NOTICES OF THE PRESS. - -We give a few of the favorable notices which this work has received: - - - It possesses the most practical utility of any of the author’s works, - and is well adapted to give the reader an accurate idea of the - organization and functions of the human frame.—_New York Tribune._ - - The work is admirably simple, clear, and full, and no popular work - that we ever saw had half its claims to notice. We hope it may have a - wide circulation. Its mission is a most important one. It lies at the - foundation of all other missions of reform. Let the world be informed - in regard to the laws of health, and every other reform will have - its way cleared. Till then, every effort for moral and intellectual - improvement can be only partially and feebly effective.—_Boston - Ledger._ - - Without the fear of our family physician before our eyes, we say - that this is a very good book to have in families. It contains much - valuable instruction in the art of preserving and restoring health, - which every man of common sense, who understands anything about the - human frame, will see at once is, and must be, sound and reliable. - It might, almost any day, be the means of saving a valuable life. We - are honestly of the conviction that every household in the land would - lessen its complaints and doctor’s bills, if they would read it and - follow its suggestions.—_Boston Congregationalist._ - - The different cases upon which it treats number over _nine hundred_ in - each of which the symptoms, the cause, and the _manner of treatment - are given in full_.—_Clinton Tribune._ - - There is not a subject relating to health but what it treats upon, in - an able manner.—_Howard Gazette._ - - Its 516 pages abound with thousands of facts and suggestions of the - _highest importance to all_.—_Christian Inquirer._ - - It is the best work of the kind we have ever seen upon the subject, - and ought to be _in every family_.—_Advertiser._ - - It is very elaborate, and is one of the very best of medical works. - Every family should have a copy.—_Star of the West._ - - It is worth its weight in gold.—_Ellsworth Herald._ - - We know of no book comparable to this as THE BOOK for a - family.—_Columbia Democrat._ - - It is a very able and excellent work, and one which we can heartily - recommend to every family; it is everything that its name purports to - be.—_Scientific American._ - - It is a very comprehensive, valuable work, and cannot fail to exert a - salutary effect upon the public mind.—_Baltimore Sun._ - - We have no hesitancy in pronouncing it _a very useful book_, and one - which should be in the possession of _every family_.—_Beaver Dam - Republican._ - - Familiarity with its contents will save many dollars’ worth of drugs, - and avert many weary days and months of sickness.—_Musical World._ - - The work embodies _a vast amount_ of information in regard to the - structure and diseases of the human frame, which will be read with - profit.—_N. England Farmer._ - - Not only are diseases described, and the appropriate treatment pointed - out, but numerous examples are given, which cannot fail to interest - the reader, and prove a _very acceptable family directory_.—_Boston - Traveler._ - - It is exceedingly comprehensive, and well illustrated. It contains - a great deal of information and sound advice, which every reader, - whatever his views on medicine, would consider valuable.—_New York - Courier._ - - A complete encyclopædia of every disease to which the human family is - heir, _with the cure for each disease_.—_Day Book._ - - The Author has brought together a mass of information in reference - to the human structure, its growth and its treatment, which will - render his work of great use to readers _of all classes and - conditions_.—_Philadelphia Daily Times._ - -Bound in heavy cloth, $3.00; library binding, $4.00. Agents wanted. -Address, - - FOWLER & WELLS CO., 775 Broadway, N. Y. - - -Brain and Mind, - -OR, MENTAL SCIENCE CONSIDERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF -PHRENOLOGY AND IN RELATION TO MODERN PHILOSOPHY. - -By H. S. Drayton, A.M., M.D., and James McNeill, A.B. Illustrated with -over One Hundred Portraits and Diagrams. $1.50. - - -The authors state in their preface: “In preparing this volume it has -been the aim to meet an existing want, viz; that of a treatise which -not only gives the reader a complete view of the system of mental -science known as Phrenology, but also exhibits its relation to Anatomy -and Physiology, as those sciences are represented today by standard -authority.” [Illustration: Phrenological Head] - -The following, from the Table of Contents, shows the scope and -character of the work: - - GENERAL PRINCIPLES. - THE TEMPERAMENTS. - STRUCTURE OF THE BRAIN AND SKULL. - CLASSIFICATION OF THE FACULTIES. - THE SELFISH ORGANS. - THE INTELLECT. - THE SEMI-INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES. - THE ORGANS OF THE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS. - THE SELFISH SENTIMENTS. - THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS. - HOW TO EXAMINE HEADS. - HOW CHARACTER IS MANIFESTED. - THE ACTION OF THE FACULTIES. - THE RELATION OF PHRENOLOGY TO METAPHYSICS AND EDUCATION. - VALUE OF PHRENOLOGY AS AN ART. - PHRENOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY. - OBJECTIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS BY THE PHYSIOLOGISTS. - PHRENOLOGY IN GENERAL LITERATURE. - - -Notices of the Press. - -Phrenology is no longer a thing laughed at. The scientific researches -of the last twenty years have demonstrated the fearful and wonderful -complication of matter, not only with mind, but with what we call moral -qualities. Thereby, we believe, the divine origin of “our frame” has -been newly illustrated, and the Scriptural psychology confirmed: and -in the Phrenological Chart we are disposed to find a species of “urim -and thummim,” revealing, if not the Creator’s will concerning us, at -least His revelation of essential character. One thing is certain, -that the discoveries of physical science must ere long force all men -to the single alternative of Calvinism or Atheism. When they see that -God has written himself sovereign, absolute, and predestinating, on -the records of His creation, they will be ready to find His writing -as clearly in the Word; and the analogical argument, meeting the -difficulties and the objections on the side of Faith by those admitted -as existing on the side of Sight, will avail as well in one case as -in the other. We will only add, the above work is, without doubt, the -best popular presentation of the science which has yet been made. It -confines itself strictly to facts, and is not written in the interest -of any pet “theory.” It is made very interesting by its copious -illustrations, pictorial and narrative, and the whole is brought down -to the latest information on this curious and suggestive department of -knowledge.—_Christian Intelligencer._ - -As far as a comprehensive view of the teachings of Combe can be -embodied into a system that the popular mind can understand, this book -is as satisfactory an exposition of its kind as has yet been published. -The definitions are clear, exhaustive, and spirited.—_Philadelphia -Enquirer._ - - -In style and treatment it is adapted to the general reader, abounds -with valuable instruction expressed in clear, practical terms, and the -work constitutes by far the best Text-book on Phrenology published, and -is adapted to both private and class study. - -The illustrations of the Special Organs and Faculties are for the most -part from portraits of men and women whose characters are known, and -great pains have been taken to exemplify with accuracy the significance -of the text in each case. For the student of human nature and character -the work is of the highest value. - -It is printed on fine paper, and substantially bound in extra cloth, by -mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, $1.50. Address - -FOWLER & WELLS CO., Publishers, 775 Broadway, New York. - - -PHYSICAL CULTURE. - - - For Home and School. Scientific and Practical. By D. L. Dowd, - Professor of Physical Culture. 322 12mo. pages. 300 Illustrations. - Fine Binding, Price $1.50. - - -CONTENTS. - - Physical Culture, Scientific and Practical, for the Home and School. - Pure Air and Foul Air. - -Questions Constantly Being Asked: - - No. 1. Does massage treatment strengthen muscular tissue? - - No. 2. Are boat-racing and horseback-riding good exercises? - - No. 3. Are athletic sports conducive to health? - - No. 4. Why do you object to developing with heavy weights? - - No. 5. How long a time will it take to reach the limit of development? - - No. 6. Is there a limit to muscular development, and is it possible to - gain an abnormal development? - - No. 7. What is meant by being muscle bound? - - No. 8. Why are some small men stronger than others of nearly double - their size? - - No. 9. Why is a person taller with less weight in the morning than in - the evening? - - No. 10. How should a person breathe while racing or walking up-stairs - or up-hill? - - No. 11. Is there any advantage gained by weighting the shoes of - sprinters and horses? - - No. 12. What kind of food is best for us to eat? - - No. 13. What form of bathing is best? - - No. 14. How can I best reduce my weight, or how increase it? - - No. 15. Can you determine the size of one’s lungs by blowing in a - spirometer? - - Personal Experience of the Author in Physical Training. - - Physical Culture for the Voice. Practice of Deep Breathing. - - Facial and Neck Development. A few Hints for the Complexion. - - The Graceful and Ungraceful Figure, and Improvement of Deformities, - such as Bow-Leg, Knock-Knee, Wry-Neck, Round Shoulders, Lateral - Curvature of the Spine, etc. - - A few Brief Rules. The Normal Man. Specific Exercises for the - Development of Every Set of Muscles of the Body, Arms and Legs, also - Exercises for Deepening and Broadening the Chest and Strengthening the - Lungs. - - These 34 Specific Exercises are each illustrated by a full length - figure (taken from life) showing the set of muscles in contraction, - Which can be developed by each of them. Dumb Bell Exercises. - - Ten Appendices showing the relative gain of pupils from 9 years of age - to 40. - - All who value Health, Strength and Happiness should procure and read - this work; it will be found by far the best work ever written on this - important subject. Sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price. $1.50. - - -Address, Fowler & Wells Co., Publishers, 775 Broadway, New York. - - -[Illustration: PORTRAITS FROM LIFE, IN “HEADS AND FACES.”] - - -HUMAN-NATURE. - - -If you want something to read that will interest you more thoroughly -than any book you have ever read, send for a copy of HEADS AND FACES, -a new Manual of Character Reading for the people. It will show you -how to read people as you would a book, and see if they are inclined -to be good, upright, honest, true, kind, charitable, loving, joyous, -happy and trustworthy people, such as you would like to know; or are -they by nature untrustworthy, treacherous and cruel, uncharitable and -hard-hearted, fault-finding, jealous, domineering people whom you would -not want to have intimate with yourselves or your families. - -A knowledge of Human-Nature will enable you to judge of all this at -sight, and to choose for yourselves and children such companions as -will tend to make you and them better, purer, more noble and ambitious -to do and to be right, and would save many disappointments in social -and business relations. It will aid in choosing and governing servants, -training children, and deciding whom to trust in all the affairs of -life. If you would know people without waiting to become acquainted -with them, read HEAD AND FACES and How to Study Them, a new manual -of Character Reading, by Prof. Nelson Sizer, the Examiner in the -phrenological office of Fowler & Wells Co., New York, and H. S. -Drayton, M. D., Editor of the PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL. The authors know -what they are writing about, Prof. Sizer having devoted more than forty -years almost exclusively to the reading of character and he here lays -down the rules employed by him in his professional work. - -The study of this subject is most fascinating, and you will certainly -be much interested in it. Send for this book, which is the most -comprehensive and popular work ever published for the price, 25,000 -copies having been sold the first year. Contains 200 large octavo -pages, 250 Portraits and other Illustrations. - -We will send it carefully by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, only -40 cents in paper, or $1.00 in cloth binding. Address - - -Fowler & Wells Co., Publishers, 775 Broadway, New York. - - -GOOD HEALTH BOOKS. - - - HEALTH IN THE HOUSEHOLD, - - Or, Hygienic Cookery. By Susanna W. Dodds, M.D. One large 12mo vol. - 600 pages, extra cloth or oil-cloth binding, price $2.00. - - Undoubtedly the very best work on the preparation of food in a - healthful manner ever published, and one that should be in the hands - of all who would furnish their tables with food that is wholesome and - at the same time palatable, and will contribute much toward =Health in - the Household=. - - - THE NATURAL CURE, - - Of Consumption, Constipation, Bright’s Disease, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, - “Colds” (Fevers), Etc. How Sickness Originates and How to Prevent it. A - health Manual for the People. By C. E. Page. 278 pp., ex. cloth, $1.00. - - A new work with new ideas, both radical and reasonable, appealing - to the common-sense of the reader. This is not a new work with - old thoughts simply restated, but the most original Health Manual - published in many years. It is written in the author’s clear, - attractive manner, and should be in the hands of all who would either - retain or regain their health, and keep from the hands of the doctors. - - - HOUSEHOLD REMEDIES, - - For the Prevalent Disorders of the Human Organism, by Felix L. Oswald, - M.D. 12mo, extra cloth, Price $1.00. - - The reader may be sure of this, he is no agent for a drug store. - The doctor is a high apostle gospel of hygiene, and gives the mild - blue pill and other alteratives fits at every opportunity, and often - forces the opportunity to launch a broadside into the old favorite of - the profession. Nature is a great healer and the great merit of the - book is that it demands for nature and the human organization a fair - show.—“McGregor News.” - - - HOW TO BE WELL, - - Or, Common-Sense Medical Hygiene. A book for the people, giving - directions for the treatment and cure of acute diseases without the - use of drug medicines, also general hints on health. By M. Augusta - Fairchild, M.D. 12mo, cloth, $1.00. - - We have here a new work on Hygiene containing the results of the - author’s experience for many years in the treatment of acute and - chronic diseases with Hygienic agencies, and it will save an - incalculable amount of pain and suffering, as well as doctors’ bills, - in every family where its simple directions are followed. - - - DIGESTION and DYSPEPSIA, - - A Complete Explanation of the Digestive Processes, with the Symptoms - and Treatment of Dyspepsia and other disorders of the Digestive - Organs. Illustrated. By R. T. Trall, M.D. $1.00. - - The latest and best work on the subject. With fifty illustrations - show1ng with all possible fullness every process of digestion, and - giving all the causes, and directions for treatment of Dyspepsia. - The author gives the summary of the data which he collected during - an extensive practice of more than twenty-five years, largely with - patients who were suffering from diseases caused by Dyspepsia and an - impaired Digestion. - - - THE MOTHER’S HYGIENIC HANDBOOK, - - for the Normal Development and Training of Women and Children, and - the Treatment of their diseases with Hygienic agencies. By the same - author. $1.00. - - The great experience and ability of the author enabled him to give - just that advice which mothers need so often all through their lives. - It covers the whole ground, and if it be carefully read, will go - far towards giving us an “ENLIGHTENED MOTHERHOOD.” The work should - be read by every wife and every woman who contemplates marriage. - Mothers may place it in the hands of their daughters with words of - commendation, and feel assured they will be the better prepared for - the responsibilities and duties of married life and motherhood. - - -Sent by mail, post-paid, to any address on receipt of price. Agents -wanted. Address FOWLER & WELLS Co., Publishers, 775 Broadway, N. Y. - - - * * * * * - - -Transcriber's Notes - -Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. 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