The natural cure of consumption, constipation, Bright's disease, neuralgia, rheumatism, colds (fevers) etc. : how sickness originates, and how to prevent it a health manual for the people / by C.E. Page.

  • Charles Edward Page
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[1883], ©1883
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    as they ever tasted.' But very little of our time, how- ever, is taken up, usually, with the preparation of oui food; only, on special occasions, we amuse ourselves a little in such ways, for the children's sake. At all times, however, we have a good variety of food; in fact, too much, I sometimes think. We eat more in quantity than others, but a large proportion is fruit, which - furnishes all our liquid food except fresh water. We all enjoy our food thoroughly; the chil- dren never ask for anything between meals [two meals only], only baby comes as regularly as possible for an apple at half-past eleven—of course he gets it. The following letter from a veteran hygienist refers to the family whose history I have been relating. My dear Dr. Page : Your letter of February 13th, enclosing letters from Mr. and Mrs. Hinde for us to read and to make extracts from for The Laws, came duly to hand. I have read them with great interest,, for they do but add to my conviction that, as yet, the divinely ordained mode of living for man on earth has re- ceived, in the minds of so-called hygienists, small conception, and in the life of the best of us comparatively poor illustra- tion, and, therefore, just such experience as these dear people are having in their search for better methods of realizing, de- veloping, and making serviceable spiritual power are of great interest to me. They always have been. It has been a matter of great regret with me, that being an incurably diseased man, and being shut up to the necessity of working up, to the best degree possible for me, a revolution in the thought and conduct of people at large, in matters pertain- ing to their life on earth, I have not been able physically nor circumstantially to carry out my life as I have wanted to do. I have done some things, but always under circumstances that