The teacher of health, and the laws of the human constitution / Wm. A. Alcott, ed.

  • Alcott, William A. (William Andrus), 1798-1859.
Date:
1843
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Credit: The teacher of health, and the laws of the human constitution / Wm. A. Alcott, ed. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    TEACHER OF HEALTH. JANUARY, 1843. PHYSICAL EDUCATION. Our leading object, as an editor, during the last eight years, two of which were spent on the Moral Reformer, and six on the Library of Health, has been the promotion of correct physical education by enlightening the commu- nity, especially parents and teachers, on the subjects of Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene or Health. This will still be our main or leading object—we are devoted to no other. But it is no part of our intention—it never has been so—to diffuse light on the structure, functions and rela- tions of man, as the ultimate end of our labors ; but rather as a means to an end. Moral or spiritual advancement has been the chief end to which our eye has been directed, and still is. To make men more healthy and long lived, without making them any wiser or better, what good purpose could it possibly answer ? It would do little if any thing more than to make them the more gigantic, if not the more mischievous animals. Grant, however, that it were a worthy object at which to aim, to add to human health and longevity, without making the world wiser or better. We offer premiums for the most improved breed of horses, cattle and swine ; 1 VOL. I. T. H.