The aristocracy of health : a study of physical culture, our favorite poisons, and a national and international league for the advancement of physical culture / by Mary Foote Henderson.

  • Henderson, Mary F. (Mary Foote), 1842-1931.
Date:
1904-
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Credit: The aristocracy of health : a study of physical culture, our favorite poisons, and a national and international league for the advancement of physical culture / by Mary Foote Henderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    desired ; a possible lining of red cretonne to match rugs of similar line; comfortable beds which, with colored cushions, serve the purpose of luxurious lounges durincf the dav. When cau£,dit in town on a hot, sultry day, one's fancy turns fondly to the odors of the hemlock and the balsam ; to the music of the waves lightly lapping the verdure-clad shore of pic- turesque Raquette Lake; to dreamless sleep and an awakening amid the voices of birds and the light murmuring orcliestral accompaniment of the forest. One remembers the delicious repose and the succeed- ing vital energy insured by that perfection of air. Poor humanity, that has never slept in all its life in pure air! A remarkable air is also that crisp and delightful product, mixed with odors of the pine and the sea at Bar Harbor. Lightly steals o'er my sense The fragrance of the pine, Sweeter by far to homesick heart Than dranghts of sparkling wine. Again I see thy sea girt isles Where sylvan beauties reign, And dreams of thee come back to me, O Mother land of Maine ! In case of no suitable place on the premises for the building of open camps, every country house should contain upper loggia so arranged after the manner of open camps that they may be utilized for sleeping. Bedrooms in city houses may also be converted into open camps by the use of large window-doors reaching to the floor, such as are used almost iiniver-