The winter months, whether of the North or the ex-
treme South, are the most congenial season for attention
to the body deficient in health. It is well to chill the body,
but we should resort to dry rubs immediately thereafter
and heat the surface of the skin by our own efforts. A
chilling is best done by pouring warm water out of a small
teapot very slowly over forehead, the right, then the left
ear, the neck, the right and the left shoulder, the right
and left breast, the right and left hips, the thighs, the
right and left calves of leg, the right and left insteps, the
soles, and lastly, the right and left toes. Immediately
take cold water, and go thru the same performance. Only
when using cold water it is well, immediately after the
tingling sensation begins, to rub the parts affected with
your own hands, even if a little effort on your part becomes
necessary. When thru with treatment rub the body dry
and all the tender places anoint with almond oil. Keep-
ing this up for several nights or mornings, you will be
surprised at the good results and the vigor attained. Sick
spells are banished with the first treatment, while a loath-
some and lingering disease disappears after a few appli-
cations. Make it a point to relax as much as possible
v/hile the tingling sensation is felt thru the nervous sys-
tem. Let your food be plain and avoid bake ^vare con-
taining yeast or sodas for a time at least. Light herb
teas, as jaborandi, camomile, clover blossoms, elder blos-
soms, linden and rose blossoms, will aid a cure.
Whether North or South, the poles or the equator, the
season is favorable to the formation of fermentas, dis-
solving and absorbing bacteria so numerously^ and^ so
rapidly increasing in the alimentary canal and the intestmes
of mammalia creatures. The winter season is favorable
to the growth and accumulation of bacteria, beginning
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with the latter part of autumn and reaching Its height
at the opening of spring. In Eastern countries this fact
has been recognized from time immemorial, and means have
been adopted, not only to destroy the operations of bac-
teria, but to prevent their growth. If bacteria are allowed
to perpetuate their destroying work thruout the alimen-
taries, much harm and suffering comes to the body and
its organic operations. Of course, this accumulation
of bacteria is largely due to im^proper living or the wrong
selection of food or foods not in season. Where Nature
is less observed, the accumulation of bacteria becomes very
rapid, and were it not for the wisdom of Nature to reach
a limit even here, self-poisoning would wipe humanity
from the face of the earth by plague and pests year in and
year out, so that in less than a generation there would
be no trace of a civilized race. We owe it to limitations
in the operations of Nature that man still lives in spite of
all bacteria running into uncountable millions feeding
upon our bodies and the numerous maggots, entozoa and
other parasites that endanger our lives, continuously both-
ering and troubling us. On the other hand, again, we
find that it is not necessary for us to be imposed upon by
bacteria or their kindred. Nature has provided for simple
means to prevent any and every attack of bacterial growths
which cause disintegrating tendencies to the organic part
of our purifying operations.
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Presented as published in 1909. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
The winter months, whether of the North or the extreme South, are the most congenial season for attention to the body deficient in health. It is well to chill the body, but we should resort to dry rubs immediately thereafter and heat the surface of the skin by our own efforts. A chilling is best done by pouring warm water out of a small teapot very slowly over forehead, the right, then the left ear, the neck, the right and the left shoulder, the right and left breast, the right and left hips, the thighs, the right and left calves of leg, the right and left insteps, the soles, and lastly, the right and left toes. Immediately take cold water, and go thru the same performance. Only when using cold water it is well, immediately after the tingling sensation begins, to rub the parts affected with your own hands, even if a little effort on your part becomes necessary. When thru with treatment rub the body dry and all the tender places anoint with almond oil. Keeping this up for several nights or mornings, you will be surprised at the good results and the vigor attained. Sick spells are banished with the first treatment, while a loathsome and lingering disease disappears after a few applications. Make it a point to relax as much as possible v/hile the tingling sensation is felt thru the nervous system. Let your food be plain and avoid bakewares containing yeast or sodas for a time at least. Light herb teas, as jaborandi, camomile, clover blossoms, elder blossoms, linden and rose blossoms, will aid a cure.
Whether North or South, the poles or the equator, the season is favorable to the formation ofthe fermentas, dissolving and absorbing bacteria so numerously and so rapidlycreasing in the alimentary canal and the intestmes of mammalia creatures. The winter season is favorable to the growth and accumulation of bacteria, beginning
with the latter part of autumn and reaching Its height at the opening of spring. In Eastern countries this fact has been recognized from time immemorial, and means have been adopted, not only to destroy the operations of bacteria, but to prevent their growth. If bacteria are allowed to perpetuate their destroying work thruout the alimentaries, much harm and suffering comes to the body and its organic operations. Of course, this accumulation of bacteria is largely due to im^proper living or the wrong selection of food or foods not in season. Where Nature is less observed, the accumulation of bacteria becomes very rapid, and were it not for the wisdom of Nature to reach a limit even here, self-poisoning would wipe humanity from the face of the earth by plague and pests year in and year out, so that in less than a generation there would be no trace of a civilized race. We owe it to limitations in the operations of Nature that man still lives in spite of all bacteria running into uncountable millions feeding upon our bodies and the numerous maggots, entozoa and other parasites that endanger our lives, continuously bothering and troubling us. On the other hand, again, we find that it is not necessary for us to be imposed upon by bacteria or their kindred. Nature has provided for simple means to prevent any and every attack of bacterial growths which cause disintegrating tendencies to the organic part of our purifying operations.