Sanitation and health / by R.C. Hart.

  • Hart, R.C. (Reginald Clare), 1848-1931.
Date:
1898
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sanitation and health / by R.C. Hart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A FEW SANITARY RULES TO SECURE HEALTH, AND TO PRESERVE AND PROLONG LIFE. 1. Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Let the mind rule the body. He who sows ease and comfort will not reap honour and glory. 2. Breathe pure air. 3. Look to your drains and traps. 4. Live in a healthy situation and aspect Where the sun does not enter, the doctor does, is a maxim of the most ancient date. 5. Keep your surroundings scrupulously clean. 6. In a bivouac, sleep a little above the ground, and do not disturb the surface unnecessarily, or you may suffer from unhealthy emanations from the soil. 7. Drink pure water, and if there is the least doubt about its purity, boil it. 8. Pay strict attention to personal cleanliness, in body and clothes. A man who does not clean his teeth is a dirty fellow. The investigations of the Congress of Hygiene* showed a fearful neglect of the teeth in the Navy and Army. 9. Eat what is wholesome and clean, and regulate your food by the amount of exercise and work. * Hygiene—health, or the art or science of preserving health.
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