On the preservation of health, or, Essays explanatory of the principles to be adopted by those who desire to avoid disease / by Thomas Inman.

  • Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876.
Date:
1871
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    % 20 THE PBESERVATION OF HEALTH. whilst his consort is bearing his image, should be assiduous in screening his wife from fatigue ; while she, on the other hand, should spare her strength during the day, that she may wreathe smiles for her good man, while he does her business after the performance of his own. Moreover, if a woman exhaust herself with exercise during pregnancy, how can she expect to become fitted for nursing ? Here again let us apply to our equestrian friend, and ask him if brood mares are expected, when in foal, to endure the same labour as when they were fillies ; or, if it be more pleasing, let us turn to Scriptm'e and the patriarch Jacob. He says, when Esau tempts him to travel in his company, My lord knoweth that the flocks and the herds with young are with me, and if men should overdi-ive them one day all the flock will die. Let me lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me are able to endure. Genesis xxxiii. 13, 14. Again, Isaiah xl. 2, we read He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, and gently lead those that are with young. Sm-ely, what the farmer does for his beasts a man should do for his wife, and if he values her health, or she desires to preserve her loveliness, there should be the same fostering care as is described above. The gist, then, of our present chapter is to persuade the husband to be judicious in his afiection, and the wife to be gentle with herself. The author has a strong belief that health and happiness come together, and that fatigue and crossness are closely allied. He knows, though fortunately not from his personal or individual experience, that a nasty speech will spoil a dinner, and a snarl will drive sleep from the eyeUds. To preserve health, then, there should be cheerfulness in the