How to live : rules for healthful living based on modern science : authorized by and prepared in collaboration with the Hygiene Reference Board of the Life Extension Institute, Inc. . To lose it means to lose its earn-ings and to have, in addition, the heavyexpenses of medical attendance, medicines,and nursing, and often to lose life itself withits potential earnings of every sort. In short,an unhygienic life, for the sake of economy,is penny-wise and Have no Many busy men object to hygiene because,they say, they have no time for it. Theyimagine that to devote an hour each da
How to live : rules for healthful living based on modern science : authorized by and prepared in collaboration with the Hygiene Reference Board of the Life Extension Institute, Inc. . To lose it means to lose its earn-ings and to have, in addition, the heavyexpenses of medical attendance, medicines,and nursing, and often to lose life itself withits potential earnings of every sort. In short,an unhygienic life, for the sake of economy,is penny-wise and Have no Many busy men object to hygiene because,they say, they have no time for it. Theyimagine that to devote an hour each day toexercise or relaxation is a waste of time andthat they are really economizing their time byworking that hour instead. We are here re-ferring, not to those who can not control theirworking-time, but to those who deliberatelychoose to work when hygiene would requirethem to play. It is often those who fix theirown working-hours, rather than those whoseworking-hours are fixed for them, who over-work the most. If these could know the suf-fering which sooner or later follows inevitablyas the consequence of this mistaken policy,they would not pursue it for a single day. A [132]. Dr. John S. Fulton 5 3.] HYGIENE IN GENERAL slight loss of working-power comes immedi-ately. A careful observer of mental workersfound that an hour invested in exercise inthe afternoon often pays for itself within aday, by rendering possible more rapid also found an improvement in the qualityof his work. The razor-edge of the mindneeds daily honing through physical same principle applies to all work. It isjust as necessary to stop, at intervals, ourphysical and mental machinery for oiling andrepairs, as to stop the machinery of a fac-tory. Another objection is that the practise of TooMuchhygiene is too much trouble. It is un-doubtedly true, that no one who has unhy-gienic habits can overcome them without acertain amount of trouble. The peoplewho get the best results are those who arene
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