How To Live A Century And Grow Old Gracefully | by J. M. Peebles, M. D.
I have aimed to be practical, rigidly practical, rather than original or elegant; aimed to bring to mind and clearly present the vital importance of air, food, clothing, drink, sunshine and sleep in such varied ways as to inspire the reader with a proper and persistent use of them that the number of years upon earth may be many - even a hundred!
| Title | How To Live A Century And Grow Old Gracefully |
| Author | J. M. Peebles, M. D. |
| Publisher | M. L. Holbrook & Co. |
| Year | 1884 |
| Copyright | 1884, J. M. Peebles, M. D. |
| Amazon | How To Live A Century And Grow Old Gracefully |
Preface To How To Live A Century And Grow Old Gracefully- Human life being both the gift of God and a blessing, it is a duty to preserve it as long as possible. No truly good person, however aged, ever yet outlived his or her usefulness. In all enlightened l...
- How To Live A Century - The Five Forces Of Life
- Past the sixties, away along towards the seventies, and yet hale, healthy and vigorous! Why should I not live a century? The five generally recognized forces are, the mechanical, which fashioned the ...
- Examples Of Old Trees
- When traveling in India I was frequently shown trees over 1,000 years old. The cubbeer-burr, near Baraach, has 350 main trunks and 3,000 small ones. It is believed to be 3,000 years old. Near the bas...
- Longevity Of Birds And Animals
- It is generally conceded that parrots in India and Central and South America range from 100, 300, and even to 500 years. Several authorities affirm that swans frequently reach 200 years. The histori...
- Why Shouldn't Man Live As Long As The Birds And Animals
- It is estimated that one half of the human race die before reaching 10 years of age! How few live to see a century! And why not, since God's laws are just and wise, and since life is natural and good ...
- Long-Lived Persons And How They Did It
- It is almost axiomatic to say that he lives longest who lives best and accomplishes the most. Upon reviewing nearly two thousand well authenticated cases of persons who lived more than a century, s...
- Pure Air And Deep Breathing Are Necessary To A Long Life
- Dr. Tanner lived 40 days without food. This was a genuine fast, and very suggestive to physiologists. Griscom, of Chicago, fasted 45 days. Men can dispense with clothing, sunshine, water and food for ...
- How To Sleep In Order To Live A Century
- The tremulous needle, poised upon a pivot, points to the North. The earth is a magnet, and so is the human body. Those who have read Reichenbach's Researches in Magnetism will not doubt this. If the...
- How To Eat To Live A Century
- Wheat, old as the civilized races, is the best of all cereals. It was the common food of the ancient Egyptians. The wheat harvest is spoken of in the patriarchal age, and Joseph dreamed of the sheaves...
- How To Eat To Live A Century. Continued
- Animal food is more heating and stimulating than nourishing. Lions, tigers, hyenas, cats, crows and buzzards are excessively fond of it. The Thayers, Pooles, Maces, Hyers, Bayers, Heenans and Sullivan...
- What Shall We Drink To Live A Century
- Three-fourths of the earth's surface is covered with water. Nearly 90 per cent, of the human body is water. It bears up our ships as they plough the ocean, and drives our dashing railway cars in the f...
- What Clothing Should Be Worn To Live A Century
- There are races and tribes in Africa and in the South Sea Islands that go entirely destitute of all clothing. I have seen them, male and female, old and young, unclad, toiling in their miserably-tille...
- Are Medicines Necessary To Prolong Life A Century
- If there were no pre-natal weaknesses, no transmitted blood poisons nor hereditary tendencies; if there were no sudden climatic changes; if there were no violations of the physical, mental and moral l...
- Are Medicines Necessary To Prolong Life A Century. Part 2
- Doctors blunder pitiably at times by not going to the causes of disease. Salt rheum is not a disease of the hand; an ulcer is not a disease of the ankle; catarrh is not a disease of the nose. The poo...
- Are Medicines Necessary To Prolong Life A Century. Part 3
- On the 18th, leaning on his servant Titas' arm, he took an anodyne draught. A little later he took another draught of a similar kind, and at six o'clock he uttered his last intelligible sentence: 'No...
- How To Treat Babies And Children So They May Grow Up And Live A Century
- The oak that defied the storms of centuries originated from a good, plump, sound acorn. Parents who propose to multiply and replenish the earth should be sound in body and mind. Children have the righ...
- Summarized Rules Of Health Enabling One To Live A Century
- Breathe pure air by day and by night. Be in the light and sunshine as much as possible. Be in bed by nine o'clock in winter time, and by eight o'clock in the summer time. Be conscientious, truthful...
- Summarized Rules Of Health Enabling One To Live A Century. Part 2
- Boys should let their beards grow. The moment a boy begins to shave, says Dr. Holbrook, he begins to look old. Shaving makes the hair of the face coarse. The beard is a valuable protection to the ...
- Summarized Rules Of Health Enabling One To Live A Century. Part 3
- Prof. Morton, in his lectures upon The Social Evil and Kindred Vices, says: Mne-tenths of the young men between 14 and 20 practicing the secret vice, will either stoutly deny it or transfer the bla...
- Summarized Rules Of Health Enabling One To Live A Century. Part 4
- Blood being made from the assimilation of food, it is, therefore, to food itself we must primarily look for the origin of these earthy deposits. Besides providing the requisite elements of nutrition,...
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