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.Page, C. E. (Charles Edward)
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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.
Page, C. E. (Charles Edward)
Hygiene -- Popular works; Medicine, Popular
=Fully Illustrated, Extra Cloth, 12mo, Price $1.50.=
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A work almost as wonderful as the subject of which it treats. The motive
is to teach that the most beautiful, and, at the same time, the most
wonderful thing in nature is man; and no one can read these chapters
without feeling that the authors have accomplished their task.
The book is an allegory in which the body is the “=House Beautiful=,” and
its inhabitant the “=Man Wonderful=.” The building of the house is shown
from foundation to roof, and then we are taken through the different
rooms, and their wonders and beauties displayed to us, and all this time
we are being taught——almost without knowing it——Anatomy, Physiology, and
Hygiene, with practical applications and suggestions.
We are then introduced to the inhabitant of the house, “THE MAN
WONDERFUL,” and learn of his growth, development, and habits. We also
become acquainted with the guests whom he entertains, and find that some
of them are doubtful acquaintances, some bad, and some decidedly wicked,
while others are very good company. Under this form we learn of food,
drink, and the effects of narcotics and stimulants.
The Table of Contents by Chapters has these striking subjects:
The “Foundations,” which are the bones. The “Walls” are the muscles, while
the skin and hair are called the “Siding and Shingles.” The head is an
“Observatory” in which are found a pair of “Telescopes,” and radiating
from it are the nerves compared to a “Telegraph” and “Phonograph.” The
communications are kept up with the “Kitchen,” “Dining-Room,” “Butler’s
Pantry,” “Laundry,” and “Engine.” The house is heated by a “Furnace,”
which is also a “Sugar Manufactory.” Nor is the house without mystery, for
it contains a number of “Mysterious Chambers.” It is protected by a
wonderful “Burglar Alarm,” and watched over by various “Guardians.” A pair
of charming “Windows” adorn the “Façade,” and a “Whispering Gallery”
offers a delightful labyrinth for our wanderings.
In fact, the book is more wonderful than a fairy tale, more intensely
interesting than a romance, and more replete with valuable truths than any
book of the present day.
The authors——husband and wife——are both regular physicians, and besides
graduating in the best schools of America, spent three years under the
best instructors in Vienna, Paris, and London.
They have been teachers and know what will aid both teacher and scholar,
and have kept in mind the fact that many teachers will be called upon to
teach these subjects who will feel the need of aids, which they will find
in the questions, which are so arranged with exponents in the text that
the lessons are easily comprehended.
The book will be sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price, $1.50.
Agents wanted, to whom special terms will be given. Address
=FOWLER & WELLS CO., Publishers,
753 Broadway, New York.=
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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