For night work or evening study, use a few grapes,
scraped apple with orange juice, oranges, tomatoes, seeded
raisins sprinkled with fresh-ground almond meal, or sip
lemonade without sweetening.
Children as well as adults must abstain from all solids
when ailing, and only such fluids as fruit juices and herb
decoctions administered to and only then when feeling the
necessity of something substantial.
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INVALIDS.
THEIR NEED TO CHANGE CLIMATE.
The idea of change of cUmate for the purpose of attain-
ing to health both in body and mind has been cherished for
thousands of years. Thus we find in the annals of Greece
the renowned physicians advising their charges to retire to
the islands, where in the presence of water and sky they
might commune with the gods and confine themselves to the
ambrosia and nectar administered by priestesses. The
Egyptians sent their invalids of the North to temples situ-
ated in the extreme South and oftentimes to the lands be-
yond the Nile, that on a diet prescribed by the priests they
might gain favor from the gods unto perfect health.
Change of climate was the counsel, but back of it all
stood a more important thought. It was that of freedom
fromx environment that had grown monotonous due to ex-
cessive living or lack of proper association. The object
of change of climate is not merely change of scenery and
the weight of air thru altitude, nor the dry or wet ozone of
desert or ocean. The idea of change of climate is that of
reversing one's selection of food from that of the local mar-
ket of the North to that of the products of the tropics, and
vice versa. If you cannot gain health in the North, go to
the extreme South, but remember that you cannot take your
broiled meats and potatoes with cream gravy with you. In
the South you are to live upon the diverse products of that
clime to Induce a change in the operation of your organic
functions. If you cannot eat the fruits, vegetation, nuts
and herbs of the new country you will have to do without
them until hunger will select what may appeal as the next
best. Three weeks' time of change In diet will show decided
improvement, at the same time teaching one the value of
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selection and the proper amount of food necessary. Taking
to diverse occupations and making a point to select one's food
will hasten a cure for the body and quicken the mind. Re-
turning to one's former association the intelligent mind
never again returns to the ignorance of riotous living, but
takes good care that food is only partaken of w^hen hungry
and only as much as is deemed proper.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
For night work or evening study, use a few grapes, scraped apple with orange juice, oranges, tomatoes, seeded raisins sprinkled with fresh-ground almond meal, or sip lemonade without sweetening.
Children as well as adults must abstain from all solids when ailing, and only such fluids as fruit juices and herb decoctions administered to and only then when feeling the necessity of something substantial.
INVALIDS.
THEIR NEED TO CHANGE CLIMATE.
The idea of change of cUmate for the purpose of attaining to health both in body and mind has been cherished for thousands of years. Thus we find in the annals of Greece the renowned physicians advising their charges to retire to the islands, where in the presence of water and sky they might commune with the gods and confine themselves to the ambrosia and nectar administered by priestesses. The Egyptians sent their invalids of the North to temples situated in the extreme South and oftentimes to the lands beyond the Nile, that on a diet prescribed by the priests they might gain favor from the gods unto perfect health.
Change of climate was the counsel, but back of it all stood a more important thought. It was that of freedom fromx environment that had grown monotonous due to excessive living or lack of proper association. The object of change of climate is not merely change of scenery and the weight of air thru altitude, nor the dry or wet ozone of desert or ocean. The idea of change of climate is that of reversing one's selection of food from that of the local market of the North to that of the products of the tropics, and vice versa. If you cannot gain health in the North, go to the extreme South, but remember that you cannot take your broiled meats and potatoes with cream gravy with you. In the South you are to live upon the diverse products of that clime to induce a change in the operation of your organic functions. If you cannot eat the fruits, vegetation, nuts and herbs of the new country you will have to do without them until hunger will select what may appeal as the next best. Three weeks' time of change In diet will show decided improvement, at the same time teaching one the value of
selection and the proper amount of food necessary. Taking to diverse occupations and making a point to select one's food will hasten a cure for the body and quicken the mind. Returning to one's former association the intelligent mind never again returns to the ignorance of riotous living, but takes good care that food is only partaken of when hungry and only as much as is deemed proper.