Excerpt from Human Health: Or the Influence of Atmosphere and Locality; Change of Air and Climate; Seasons; Food; Clothing; Bathing and Mineral Springs; Exercise; Sleep; Corporeal and Intellectual Pursuits, &C. &C. On Healthy Man; Constituting Elements of Hygiène Since the author published the first edition of this work, the subject of Hygiene has been more extensively and practically regarded, and, in many of its relations, has received the fostering care of governments. To this circumstance we are indebted for interesting sanitary inquiries, and valuable reports, and for various excellent contributions to vital statistics. These results of the researches of able investigators have modified materially many of the views which had been generally entertained in regard to the salubrity or insalubrity of different callings, and have led to a greater degree of attention on the part of philanthropists to the domestic condition of the poorer classes, to which rather than to their industrial relations, it would seem that many of the evils must be ascribed. In this country, and in Great Britain, Hygiene has not usually formed a distinct branch of medical instruction; but on the European continent it constitutes a separate department; and since the time of M. Halle more especially, public and private Hygiene have formed part of the curriculum of study at the Ecole de Medecine of Paris; "public hygiene" being understood to comprise the study as it concerns man collectively; whilst "private hygiene" applies to him individually. It is obvious, however, that this separation must often be forced and unnatural; although in many cases a clear line of demarcation may be drawn. A modern able writer, Dr. A. Combe, in his "Principles of Physiology," has deplored the ignorance of the profession, which is the necessary result of the little attention that has been paid in the schools to the subject. "The prominent aim of medicine," he remarks, "being to discriminate, and to cure disease, both the teacher and the student naturally fix upon that as their chief object; and are, consequently, apt to overlook the indirect, but substantial aid, which an acquaintance with the laws of health is calculated to afford, in restoring the sick, as well as in preserving the healthy from disease. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.