HEALTH PUBLICATIONS.
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The Hygienic Family Physician.
A manual well adapted to family use. It describes in simple language
all common diseases, and gives careful directions for treating them without
the use of drugs. It also contains invaluable instruction respecting the
eare of the health. Bound in cloth, $1.00.
Health and Diseases of Woman.
A treatise on the nature and cause of the diseases of women; a work
which every woman—especially mothers—ought to possess. Lifelong mis-
ery will be avoided by regarding its advice. 15 cents,
The Hygienic System.
An explanation of the principles of a system of treating disease which
(dispenses with drugs and poisons. It is radical, terse, and uncompromising,
and gives the advocates of druggery no quarter. 15 cents.
Healthful Cookery.
A Hand-Book of Food and Diet; or, What to Eat, When to Eat, and How to
Eat. It contains a large number of recipes for the preparation of whole-
some and palatable food without condiments. Almost any dyspeptic can
cure himself by making it his rule of diet ; and any one who carefully fol.
lows its teachings will be proof against indigestion. 128 pp. 25 cents.
An Essay on Tobacco-Using.
This little work explains the effects of tobacco on the human system, to-
gether with those of all other poisons. It finds no apology for the use of
tobacco, and faithfully depicts its evils, 15 cents.
WATER: Its Use in Health and Disease.
A Pamphlet (in preparation ; will be issued soon).
This work comprises a sketch of the history of bathing, an explanation
of the properties and effects of water, a description of all the different kinds
of baths, and directions for applying water a8 a remedy for disease. Water
is not presented as a “ cure-all,” but as a valuable adjunct of other reme-
dies, and in some cases the most useful of all curative agents. This work
will prove a valuable guide to those who wish to empioy water in treating
disease.
The Evils of Fashionable Dress, and How to
Dress Healthfully.
A criticism of the fashionable modes of ladies’ dress, pointing out the nu-
merous evils arising therefrom, and the proper remedy. The subject iy
treated candidly, and the writer admits the possibility of a commendable
reform in dress which will not expose the wearer to ridicule on account of
its peculiarities. Kvery lady ought to read it and profit by its suggestions.
10 cents.
Alcoholic Poison:
The Physical, Moral, and Social Effects of Alcohol as a Beverage and
as « Medicine
This work defines true temperance, cxplaius the nature of alcohol and the
manuer of its production, describes its physical effects upon the hnwan body,
exhibits by statistics its moral and social effects, points out the causes and
proper cure of the evil of intemperance, auswers the drunkard’s arguments in
favor of drinking, expuses the fallacies of alcoholic medication, and defends
the Bible against the imputation that it advocates or favors the use of al-
coholic drinks. Temperance workers will find this a useful auxiliary.
128 pp. 20 cents.
Proper Diet for Man.
A concise summary of the evidences upon which the practice of vegetari-
anism is based, It contains the pith of larger works on the same subject,
with some additional arguments. 15 cents.
Health and Temperance Tracts.
A Package of 15 Tracts, aggregating nearly 250 pp, 30 cents.
Dyspepsia.—An account of its causes, how to prevent it, and how to
cure it.
Healthful Clothing. —A description of the evils of fashionable dress, and
directions for clothing the body healthfully.
Principles of Health Reform.—An introduction to the subject.
Startling Facts about Tobaeco.—A vivid portrayal of the evils arising
from the use of the filthy weed.
Twenty-five Arguments for Tobatco-Using Briefly Answered.—A tract
for every smoker, chewer, and snuffer of tobacco.
True Temperance.—A definition of temperance and the true temperance
platform.
Tea and Coffoe.—Why their use is unhealthful.
Pork.,—The dangers of pork-eating exposed. Startling facts.
Alcohol : What Is It1—A description of the chemical and physical prop-
erties of alcohol, and the mode of its production.
Alcoholic Poison.—A personal appeal to young drunkards.
Moral and Soeial Effects of Alcohol.—A collection of astonishing facts
and statistics.
Causes and Cure of Intemperance.—The gigantic evil traced to its true
source, and the only efficient remedy pointed out.
The Drunkard’s Arguments Answered.—A complete refutation of the
arguments in favor of rum.
Alcoholic Medication.—An exposure of the evils of
alcohol, and its uselessness. .
Wine and the Bible—A defense of the Bible against the oft-repeated
charge that it favors the use of fermented drinks.
the medical use of
These tracts are Jurnished at the rate of 80) pages Jor one dollar. A liberal dis-
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