The Health Exhibition literature. Vol. XIX : Return of number of visitors and statistical tables. Official guide. Guide to the sanitary and insanitary houses. Handbook to the aquarium and fish culture department. Anthropometric laboratory. Public health in China. National education in China. Diet, dress, and dwellings of the Chinese in relation to health.

  • International Health Exhibition (1884 : London, England)
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1884
    HEALTH MOTTOES. “Appetite grows by what it feeds on.” “ Sleep, aery light, from pure digestion bred.” “ Man wants but little here below. Nor wants that little long.” “ Feed me with food convenient for me.” “ First secure food, then secure clothing.”—{Chinese proverb^ “ Feed moderately on wholesome food—garden herbs surpass rich viands.”—{Chinese proverbi) “In dress and food do not break rules.”—(^Chineseproverbi) “ Do not covet for the mouth and belly, and so slay beasts and birds without restraint.”—{Chinese proverbi) “ The more you eat, the less the flavour ; the less you eat, the more flavour.”—{Chinese proverbi) “ Clothes can’t be made an inch too long. Boots must not be a fraction wrong.”—{Chineseproverbi) “ The goodness of a house does not consist in its lofty halls, but in its excluding the weather ; the fitness of clothes does not consist in their costliness, but in their make and warmth ; the use of food does not consist in its variety, but in its satisfying the appetite ; and the excellence of a wife consists not in her beauty, but in her virtue.”— (Chinese proverbi) “ And God said. Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.” “ The first wealth is health.” “ Our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous.” “ The stomach listens to no precepts ; it begs and clamours for food, yet it is notan obdurate creditor. It is dismissed with a small pay- ment if only you give it what you owe, and not as much as you canS —Seneca.
    “The true ornament of matrons is virtue, not dress.”—Justin. “ In the matter of dress, one should always keep below one’s ability.”—Montesquieu. “ The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the trimmings of the vain.”—Fiear of Wakefield. “ Frugal by habit, they scarcely knew that temperance was a virtue.” — Vicar of Wakefield. “ The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to scourge us.” King Lear, act v., scene iii.
    INDEX. Alcohol, its influence on the temperature of the body, 304 Amoy, its sanitary condition, 206 ; health conditions there, 219 Angler-fish, its natural history, 150 Animal food, not greatly eaten by the Chinese, 269 Anthracite coal, in general use as fuel in China, 201, 410 ; its suitability for use in English dwelling houses, 411 Anthropometric Laboratory, 179-191 Aquarium, handbook, 85-172 ,, list of loan exhibitors, 173-178 ,, complimentary list of contributors, 99-103 ,, descriptive notice, 104-106 ,, natural history of the fishes exhibited in the tanks, 131-172 Asiatics, their comparative immunity from disease, 258 Bamboo, its use in China for manufacture of paper for boots, 208 Barbel, its natural history, 165 Barley, not cultivated to any great extent in China, 265 Bass or sea-perch, its natural history, 144 Bass, black, its suitability for acclimatisation in the United Kingdom, 125 ; its natural history, 158 * Bean curd, used in China as a substitute for milk, butter, and cheese, 265 Betel-nut, greatly consumed in China, 306 Beverages, kinds used in China, 209, 295, 300-306 Bicho-de-mar (sea slug), 287 Birds’ nest soup, 287 Boarded floors, a possible source of contagion, 382 Bream, its natural history, 165 Brill, its natural history, 134 Buckingham and Chandos, Duke of, measures taken by him to alleviate the misery caused by Madras famine of 1877-78, 200 Buckwheat, not cultivated to any great extent in China, 265 Buddhism, its influence in diminishing the consumption of animal food in countries where it is the prevailing religion, 270 Butter, almost unknown in China, 275 Cabbage, in general use as a vegetable in China, 282 California salmon, its suitability for acclimatisation in the United Kingdom, 122
    Canton, its climate, 199 ; insanitary condition of its prison, 206 ; its water supply, 211 ; health conditions there, 219 Carp, species suitable for acclimatisation, 124 ; its natural history, l6o Carpets, not used as floor coverings in China, 402 Cellars, not suitable as dwelling places, 383 Cereals, kinds used as food in China, 260-265 Chambers, W. Oldham, his handbook to the Aquarium and Fish Culture Department, 85-172 Charitable institutions in China, 215 Chart, its natural history, 155 Chefoo, its water supply, 210 ; health conditions there, 217 ; celebrated as a sanitarium, 227 ; mineral springs in the vicinity, 228 Chestnuts, largely consumed in China, 269 Cheyne, a Scotch writer on dietetics, 320 China, preparation of Reports by Imperial Maritime Customs officers on subjects connected with public health, 197 ; concessions to foreigners, 197 ; treaty ports, 198; climate of China, 198, 259 ; occurrence of floods, famines, pestilence, &c., 199; disastrous effects on the prosperity of certain districts of the Taiping rebellion, 200 ; character of Chinese dwelling houses, 201, 379-424; and of the dwelling houses of foreign residents, 203 ; positions occupied by Chinese cities, 203 ; all available land fully cultivated, 203 ; plan and general arrangement of cities, 204, 424; their sanitary condition, 204, 425-433 ; sanitary improvements recently effected, 205 ; disposal of the dead, 207, 462-465 ; dress of various classes of the population, 208, 329-377; their food and beverages, 209, 260-328, 311- 319; character of the water supply, 210, 292-300; habits and mode of life of the Chinese, 212 ; comparative rarity among them of serious crimes, 214; their deference to constituted authority, 214 ; habits of resident foreigners, 214; indifference of the Chinese to bodily suffering, 214; opinions as to the origin of the custom of cramping the feet of young girls, 214; general practice of benevolence, 215 ; health conditions of the various treaty ports, 216 ; health of natives of the country, how affected by nature of habitat, 220; general inability of foreign mothers to wet- nurse their infants, 221 ; Chinese theories of disease, 222; measures adopted in various ages against the spread of pestilence, 224; suggested rules for maintaining health in this country, 225 ; sanitaria, 227 ; mineral spas, 228 ; national education in China, 229-252 ; comparative immunity of the Chinese from disease, 258 ; their skill in cookery, 261, 276, 312 ; practice adopted by them in the rearing of young children, 262 ; their repugnance to animal milk, 272, 274 ; their fondness for sugar, 289 ; narcotics used by them, 306-310; their frugality, 311 ; mode of serving food adopted in China, 316; itinerant kitchens and food vendors, 316; position assumed at meals, 316 ; Chinese mode of carrying burdens, 317 ; love of gambling among the Chinese, 317 ; frequency of restaurants throughout China, 317 ; dinners of ceremony usually given at these places, and not in private houses, 317 ; description of one of these dinners, 325 ; practice among Chinese ladies of painting the face, 342 ; the coiffure among the Chinese, 3S7~366 ; care bestowed by them upon the teeth, 366; mode of construction of Chinese dwellings, and materials used therein, 379-400; similarity of Chinese house arrangements to those which obtained among the Romans, 398; house decoration, 401-404 ;
    mode of heating dwelling houses, 405-407 ; heating materials used, 407- 410; lighting of dwelling houses, 417-421 ; their ventilation, 421-424; condition of the streets in Chinese towns, 425-433 ; provisions for securing protection of property, 433 ; means of inter-communication, 434 ; regu- lation of vehicular traffic, 434 ; drainage of Chinese cities, 436 ; absence of water-closets in Chinese houses, 438 ; payment of rent in advance, 461 ; funeral ceremonies, 462 ; public baths, 465 ; conditions of life among operatives, 466 ; Chinese schools, 468 ; pastimes of the Chinese, 469 ; their theatres, 470; their observance of early hours, 473 ; their habits of repose, 474 ; their family relations, 474 ; the land system in China, 477 Chinkiang, its water supply, 211 ; health conditions there, 217; has some repute as a sanitarium, 227 Cholera, well known in China from the earliest periods, 199 Chopsticks, 316 Chubb, its natural history, 164 Climate, terms having this signification which are used by the Chinese and the natives of India, 198 Coarse fishes, their artificial cultivation, 117-120, 125 Cocoanut, uses to which it is put in China, 269 Cod, its natural history, 140 Condiments, kinds used by the Chinese, 279 Confucius, a celebrated Chinese philosopher, 234 Conger, its natural history, 151 Consumption, theory of the Chinese as to its origin, 271 Cows, difficulty experienced in China in inducing them to yield their milk, 272 Crab, its natural history, 170 Cucumber, very largely consumed in China, 283 Dab, its natural history, 135 Dace, its natural history, 162 Dairy produce, rarely met with in China, 271 Dinners of ceremony in China, 325-328 Diphtheria, attributed by the Chinese to the fumes from the phosphorus of lucifer matches, 348 Diseases, opinions current in China as to their origin, 222 Dory, its natural history, 143 Dress among the Chinese, materials of which it is composed, 329-334 ; adapta- bility of the Chinese costume to varying conditions of temperature, 334 ; use of amulets and charms, 338 ; male and female costumes, 338, 339, 347-349 ; harmony of colours a striking feature in Chinese dress, 340 ; fondness of the Chinese for decorating their clothes and persons, 341; painting of the face very general among them, 342 ; general characteristics of the Chinese dress, 343 ; its simplicity, 344; its cheapness, 345 ; its adaptability to the station and calling of the wearer, 345 ; style of dress not greatly affected by changes of fashion, 346 ; mode of wearing the dress, 347-349 ; custom of pawning clothes when not in use a means of disseminating disease, 350; healthy character of the Chinese dress, 351 ; description of the separate articles of dress, 352-374; the coiffure, 357- 365 ; use of spectacles, 364 ; care bestowed upon the teeth in China and