Dyspepsy forestalled and resisted, or, Lectures on diet, regimen, and employment : delivered to the students of Amherst College, spring term, 1830 / by Edward Hitchcock.

  • Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864.
Date:
1831
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Credit: Dyspepsy forestalled and resisted, or, Lectures on diet, regimen, and employment : delivered to the students of Amherst College, spring term, 1830 / by Edward Hitchcock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LECTURE V. LiauiDS generally : Common drinks, 168—Their proper quantity and temperature, 169—Malt liquors, 170—Tea and Coffee, 172—Their effects on the health, 173—Medical testimonies, 174—Green and black teas, 177—Other drinks, 179—Milk, 180—Solid food ; main point in dieting-, 182—Eggs and fish, 183—Poultry, Birds; flesh of quadrupeds, 184—Fat, grease, Butter, 186—Cheese, Bread, 187—Cakes, pastry, &c., 189—Puddings, fruit, 190—Roots, Pickles, Peas, Beans, Salads, &c, 191—Cookery, Condiments, 192—Salted provisions, 193—Aromatic condiments, concluding remarks, 194—Act without prejudice or pas- sion—The monster Intemperance described 195—How to avoid poverty, 196—How to obtain money for objects of benevolence and charity, 197 Temperance can civilize and Christianize the world, 198—The tax Christians pay to intemperance, 199. PART II. REGIMEN. LECTURE VI. Definition of Regimen : Exercise, 203—Experiment of Dr. Dwight; Case of the German scholars, 204—First rule as to exercise; It should be regular : Exercise on the Sabbath, how to be obtained, 206—Occa- sional excursions for exercise, 208. Second Rule as to Exercise : It should not be violent or excessive, 208 —Caution in respect to Gymnastics, 209—Indolence not addressed, 210 —Quaint Rule, 211. Third Rule as to exercise : Several hours each day should be devoted to it, 211—Students violate it, 212—Its great importance, 212—How can this rule be observed in our literary institutions ?- Two plans for remov- ing the difficulty, 214. Fourth Rule : Exercise should precede, rather than follow meals, 216 —Ancient physicians and philosophers observed it, 216—Observed by the animals, 217—Best time for exercise; caution to invalids, 218— Exercise after breakfast, 219. Fifth Rule : A lively interest should be taken in exercise, 219—Natural History, 220—Gardening, 221—Plan of the ancient phycisians, 222— Anecdote of Sydenham, 223—Task exercises, 223. Sixth Rule : Exercise should be of various kinds, 224—Passive and active exercises ; Riding, 225—Walking, 226— Gymnastics, 227—Me- chanical arts, 228—Flesh brush ; exercise of the voice, 229. Seventh Rule ; Be careful in ceasing from exercise, 230. Eighth Rule: Exercise no substitute for temperance in diet • Be tem- perate or quit study, 230—Melancholy anticipations, 231—Story of Ogul, 232. * LECTURE VII. Regimen: Air Pure bad, and evening air, 234-Crowded rooms; crowded cities, 236—The Chlorides, 237 Clothing. How much of it do we need, 237-Hardening the system by exposure, 231—Best sorts of clothing; change of do.; Tight dres- SIMS', &*jj. Cleanliness; Slovenly practices ; long beards ; the cravat, 240-Cold Baths, 242—Vapour and Warm Baths, 243. Evacuations: Regularity and how obtained, 244 Sleep : indispensible, 244-Best time, 245-Quantity, 246-How to aecertam the quantrty; how to promote sleep, 248-Examples of early