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Plain Rules For Attaining To A Healthful Old Age.
We shall consider first the hale and healthy old man ; and afterwards the weakly , - and the sick ; for our purpose is first to direct those how to preserve health who have it , and afterwards to restore , or to recover it , where it is attacked or enfeebled by tliseases .
How the Old Man may know be is in Health . It is allowed that we know so little of nothing as of ourselves ; it has been said principally of the mind , but it is scarce-less true of the body . The fancying we have diseases will often bring them upon us ; and there is as much danger in forcing ourselves to believe against our feeling that we are wellwhen we have some disorder in the body .
, This is the less common error , but there are more instances of it than may be thought . To avoid both , let the old man read here with a free mind . Let him not suppose , because God has blessed him with long health , he is above the reach of sickness ; nor neglect the care which uury conquer In its beginning a disease that will elsein the endconquer him .
, , Let him be as ready to acknowledge real disorders , as careful to avoid the irnaginaiy . Health consists in a good digestion of the food , and a free circulation of the blood . The appetite and the condition of the stomach after eating will shew the first ; and the latter may be known best by the pulse .
That old person ' s digestion is good who has a sharp but not voracious appetite ; and who feels no pain or sickness after meals . To preserve this , let him always be content with less than the full of what he could eat ; for the sure way to keep the stomach in order is not to overload it . The time of feeling the pulse is in a morning , some time after
getting up , and before breakfast . It should be a rule never to omit this examination . A constant and-regular attention to it will shew the sli ghtest variations ; and whenever such happen , care must be taken of the health .
There are mechanical methods of counting the strokes h } ' a watch ; but the plainer way is better . The general regular measure is seventyfour strokes in a minute ; but pulses differ greatty in various persons ; and nature may be injured b 3 forcing her toward a condition she , perhaps , never had , nor requires . A frequent examination will inform an 3 ' person what is the
condition of the pulse when in health ; and the deviations from this ar . e the rules to know sickness . While an old man feels his pulse regular , finds his digestion good , and with a mind at ease can take his usual exercise freely , he may laugh at the expectation of the next in inheritance ; he may . be certain he is well and we shall tell him to keep so ; for when the fault is seen in time it is easily remedied . If the pulse beat too quick and high , the diet must be a little lower ; if too slow and weak , the food must be richer . This short direction will prevent diseases ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Plain Rules For Attaining To A Healthful Old Age.
We shall consider first the hale and healthy old man ; and afterwards the weakly , - and the sick ; for our purpose is first to direct those how to preserve health who have it , and afterwards to restore , or to recover it , where it is attacked or enfeebled by tliseases .
How the Old Man may know be is in Health . It is allowed that we know so little of nothing as of ourselves ; it has been said principally of the mind , but it is scarce-less true of the body . The fancying we have diseases will often bring them upon us ; and there is as much danger in forcing ourselves to believe against our feeling that we are wellwhen we have some disorder in the body .
, This is the less common error , but there are more instances of it than may be thought . To avoid both , let the old man read here with a free mind . Let him not suppose , because God has blessed him with long health , he is above the reach of sickness ; nor neglect the care which uury conquer In its beginning a disease that will elsein the endconquer him .
, , Let him be as ready to acknowledge real disorders , as careful to avoid the irnaginaiy . Health consists in a good digestion of the food , and a free circulation of the blood . The appetite and the condition of the stomach after eating will shew the first ; and the latter may be known best by the pulse .
That old person ' s digestion is good who has a sharp but not voracious appetite ; and who feels no pain or sickness after meals . To preserve this , let him always be content with less than the full of what he could eat ; for the sure way to keep the stomach in order is not to overload it . The time of feeling the pulse is in a morning , some time after
getting up , and before breakfast . It should be a rule never to omit this examination . A constant and-regular attention to it will shew the sli ghtest variations ; and whenever such happen , care must be taken of the health .
There are mechanical methods of counting the strokes h } ' a watch ; but the plainer way is better . The general regular measure is seventyfour strokes in a minute ; but pulses differ greatty in various persons ; and nature may be injured b 3 forcing her toward a condition she , perhaps , never had , nor requires . A frequent examination will inform an 3 ' person what is the
condition of the pulse when in health ; and the deviations from this ar . e the rules to know sickness . While an old man feels his pulse regular , finds his digestion good , and with a mind at ease can take his usual exercise freely , he may laugh at the expectation of the next in inheritance ; he may . be certain he is well and we shall tell him to keep so ; for when the fault is seen in time it is easily remedied . If the pulse beat too quick and high , the diet must be a little lower ; if too slow and weak , the food must be richer . This short direction will prevent diseases ,