Valere aude (dare to be healthy) : $b or, The light of physical regenerationDechmann, Louis
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Valere aude (dare to be healthy) : $b or, The light of physical regeneration
Dechmann, Louis
Diet therapy; Health
The scheme, or, to be more explicit, the Club, I purpose to inaugurate,
is fully expounded in detail in the succeeding pages.
THE DARE TO BE HEALTHY CLUB
All other things the mandate, "must", obey,
Man only has the power, "I will", to say.
(After Schiller.)
(M.B.)
Thoughtless and imitative, men follow custom, careless where it may
lead, and unconsciously imitate each other.
Strong harmful habits grow, which overcome the opposing will and fickle
fashion rules where common sense should reign.
Such instances are common to us all.
A combination opposed to such influences is the force we need and for
this purpose I propose to establish a Club for the study of the ways and
means of health.
THE DARE TO BE HEALTHY CLUB.
The Club will be comprised of those who desire to pursue a course of
Health Study by correspondence.
This combination will constitute the first and only Club of its kind in
the world.
It will unite in its membership a group of independent thinkers,
representative of all parts of the American Continent.
The purpose of the Club will be to teach the science of Regeneration--to
teach them to "dare to be healthy" according to the laws and teachings
of biology.
These teachings will consist of a two years' course in _Biology_,
dealing with its most important branches, in _Physiology_, _Anatomy_,
_Hygiene_, _Physiological Chemistry_, _Pathology_, according to
biological facts, and _Therapy_ in accordance with biological and
physical laws and precepts.
All methods of _natural healing_ will be explained in detail, including
diet, breathing exercises, and rest.
The comprehensive aim will be to inculcate the principles which govern
the process of perfect metabolism--that is to say, the changes of
nutritive matter within the body--as the means of bringing into being a
race endowed with health and beauty and therefore predestined to
happiness.
The course of instruction will be based upon the literature of science,
including certain fundamental teachings from the pen of the author of
the present pamphlet, which comprises, moreover, extracts from the
works of distinguished scholars whose theories have been tried and
tested during the last thirty-five years.
Its precepts will be based upon personal experience and actual practice,
the outcome of careful and patient observation.
The series throughout will be formulated with a view to the purpose of
graduating later from among those who follow the course, a body of
competent instructors capable of transmitting the knowledge they have
acquired to others, privately or professionally. But remember the axiom
of Cicero:
"Not only is there an art in acquiring knowledge but also a rarer
art in imparting it to others."
The first question, then, which will naturally arise in the mind of the
reader will be:
_What is This Method of Regeneration?_
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