The philosophy of health, or, health without medicine : a treatise on the laws of the human system / by L.B. Coles.

  • Coles, L. B. (Larkin Baker), 1803-1856.
Date:
1850
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    lightly appreciated. Scarcely any subject can be presented to the community in which they take so little interest, as that which immediately concerns their health, until they are overtaken with disease. And scarcely any subject can be brought forward which is more offensive than this, especially to those who love their appetites more than they do their health. These few pages are' intended for those who are willing to know what course is best in order to retain or to regain a healthy constitution— for those who have more regard for their own ultimate good than for their present gratifica* tion — for those who prefer the right way to that which fosters unlawful indulgence. It is not only a matter of expediency that we obey law in this respect, but a matter of right. The laws which govern our constitutions are the laws of the Creator; and to their violation he has affixed a penalty, which must sooner or later be met. And it is as truly a sin to violate one of these laws, as it is to violate one of the ten commandments. Most people seem to think that they have an undoubted right to do to and with their own bodies as they please; forget- ting that God will hold them under obligation to obey physical as well as moral law, and that every infringement of that law will meet with its appropriate reward. L. B. C.