TRUE HEALTH.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 122, 15 February 1908, Page 10

TRUE HEALTH.

What is health? I wish I could dcscribo it. It is not a very common possession, although a most blessed 0110. It is that state in which wo live' without knowing that we have organs which are enabling us to live; that state in-which wo can discTiargo all our duties without feeling ill at ease, and it is that stato in which we not only enjoy ourselves, but also give joy to others. - How is health to be got? Very simply, so simply that few people think it worth while to get it. .Simple rules which, if yon obey, and if your fathers 'handed' down to you a good constitution,will enable you to get good health; but, alas! fathers often eat tho sour grapes, and the children's teeth arc sadly set on edge. The laws of health are vary simple—three' meals a day, as little alcohol as possible, daily labour, warm clothing,''sufficient.sleep, sun, and air.. These aro very simple, but they nro not always easier for being simple. It is verv hard for us doctors to think that wo live by "the sins, the ignorance, and follies of mankind —but it is nuite tnie, .for .with Nature there is .110 forgiveness of sins.

If you disobev her laws when ytiung she will 'wink at it, but the time of the payment of the penalty will como, and she will , exact the uttermost farthing. If people would only believe what is as true a truth as has over boeu uttered, it is that labour is health. The highest life of any organ lira in the fullest discharge of tho functions which. belong. to -it.' —Tlie late Sir Andrew, Clark, in tho "Quiver."