Health for the Maori : a manual for use in native schools / by James H. Pope.

  • Pope, James H.
Date:
1884
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Credit: Health for the Maori : a manual for use in native schools / by James H. Pope. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THK UKMi;OV. 3. Avoid living near a .swamj) or standing water; if the dwelling is on low ground sec tliat the soil is well drained. 4. Potatoes must not be the onlv food; trv to eat meat and some kind of fat everv dav: u«e • * * salt. o. Keep the body, clothes, and bed ahvay.s clean ; use soap for the Avhole body. 6. Keep the body warm by means of c.vercise and clothing; never sit in wet clothes. 7. Buy clothes that will keep the body warm ; if useful clothes arc also pretty, so much the better. 8. Work regularly, but not too hard. 9. If sickness comes, enough food should be taken to keep up the strength; numerous visits should be prevented. 10. .Never go near where fever i§, unless to nnrse the sick : if this has to be done, care must be taken not to spread the disease. 11. Get a proper doctor in cases of illness, bnt pay no heed to tohimjas. 12. Try to have funerals instead of tain/ig. Always vote for having dead bodies bnried soon. 13. When holidays come round, try to spend the time hajipily ; but learn to prefer pic-nics and tea-meetings to huis. 14. If a Land Court has to be attended, the money gained must not be spent in drink and folly.