Another World: Fragments from the Star City of MontalluyahLumley, Benjamin
Science
Another World: Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah
Lumley, Benjamin
Utopias
How ideal of beauty formerly obtained--Not equal to the actual
living model--Beauty now the rule--Longevity--Beauty in old
age--Summary of expedients--Value of the course adopted--Importance
of care from earliest infancy--Subject of babies--Importance of
little things--Maladies owing to injudicious treatment of
children--March of "small" effects--Precautions now taken
XXXII.--INFANTS' EXERCISE-MACHINES.
Value of minute precautions--Diseases caused by want of healthy
exercises--Accidents to the infant--Blows on the head--The
inventions of Drahna--The four sets of machines--The TEETH--The
eye--The nostrils--The tongue--Air, &c.
XXXIII.--GYMNASTICS.
An essential part of the boys' education--Formerly same exercises
for all--Now adapted to physical organization--Medical man observes
effects--The heat of the brain a test--Bathing--Leaping--TREE-EARTH
BATHS--Qualities of the earth about various trees--The oak, the
weeping-willow, elm, horse-chestnut, &c.
XXXIV.--THE AMUSEMENT GALLERY.
Description--Girls' amusement gallery--Boys--Different natures and
characters revealed--The Character-divers
XXXV.--PRAYER.
For Children are short--Services adapted to different ages--Evils
attendant on former system--Present course--Subjects of Sermons--
Children encouraged in affection to Parents, &c.--Preacher assisted
by method of education--Objections to Parrot-like repetitions
XXXVI.--FLOCKS AND HERDS.
Care taken of animals--Change of pasture--Irrigation--Causes of
diseases formerly prevalent--Shade--Illness--Great increase of
flocks and herds--THE MALE ONLY USED FOR FOOD--Consequences of
killing the mother--In slaughtering, all painful process
avoided--Mode adopted--Wholesomeness of meat tested by analyzation
of blood--PROTECTION OF MEAT FROM INSECTS--Protective
Infusion--CRUELTY TO ANIMALS--Punishment
XXXVII.--THE ALLMANYUKA.
Determination to discover the germ of disease--The people afflicted
with a painful malady--Children not
attacked--Hypothesis--Stimulating spices--Anatomical
examination--Decree forbidding use of favourite condiments--The
spices collected--Temporary substitute provided--Meditation and
prayer for help--The grafting and the eventual result--
Incomplete--The cream-lemon vegetable--Mode of proceeding--The
"Insertion"--The root-oil--The little white bud--The anxious
watching--The basket and its contents--The testing--Qualities of
the Allmanyuka--The people's praise--The Tootmanyoso's
gratitude--Results different from any before obtained--Description
XXXVIII.--PAPER.
Made from leaves of trees--Peculiarities--Process of manufacture--
Healthful fragrance--Colour--"Natural" paper--GOLDEN COLOURED
PAPER--Its connection with the Allmanyuka--The incident which led
to its discovery
XXXIX.--CONSUMPTION--THE EMEUTE.
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