Good Health and How We Won It, With an Account of the New Hygiene
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GOOD HEALTH AND HOW WE WON IT
Fig. A.Fig. B. “The Battle of the Blood” Micro-photograph of leucocytes (white and grayish bodies) in conflict with Germs (black dots and bodies). In Fig. A the germ is that of influenza, in Fig. B that of plague.
WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE NEW HYGIENE
BY UPTON SINCLAIR AND MICHAEL WILLIAMS
WITH SIXTEEN FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1909, By FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY All rights reserved
Ten years ago, when I was a student at college, I fell a victim to a new and fashionable ailment called “la grippe.” I recollect the date very well, because it was the first time I had been sick in fourteen years—the last difficulty having been the whooping-cough.
I have many times had occasion to recall the interview with the last physician I went to see. I made a proposition, which might have changed the whole course of my future life, had he only been capable of understanding it. I said: “Doctor, it has occurred to me that I would like to have someone who knows about the body examine me thoroughly and tell me how to live.”
Upton Sinclair
Michael Williams
Transcriber’s Notes
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE DEFENSES OF THE BODY
HEALTHY BODIES ARE GERM-PROOF
THE WHITE CELLS ON GUARD
HOW THE WHITE CELLS DO THEIR WORK
THE PROBLEM OF HEALTH
HEALTH, LIKE DISEASE, IS CATCHING
OUR FOOD IS THE CHIEF FACTOR
THE STORY OF HORACE FLETCHER
HOW A STRONG MAN BROKE DOWN
FIGHTING FOR LIFE
MR. FLETCHER’S DISCOVERY
THE MAGIC OF MASTICATION
DR. ANDERSON’S REPORT
FLETCHERISM
HOW CHEWING STIMULATES DIGESTION
THE “FOOD FILTER”
FLETCHER’S CLAIMS SUPPORTED
CHITTENDEN’S EXPERIMENTS ON HIMSELF
THE OTHER CHITTENDEN TESTS
PROFESSOR CHITTENDEN’S CONCLUSIONS
HOW TO INCREASE ENDURANCE
VICTORY FOR THE LOW PROTEID DIET
THE RESULT OF THE MASTICATION TEST
ANYBODY CAN APPLY THE NEW KNOWLEDGE
THE WORK OF THE STOMACH
THE ELEMENTS OF FOOD
THE WORK OF THE DIGESTIVE JUICES
HOW MUCH SHOULD WE EAT
PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF DIETARY RULES
THE INVESTIGATIONS OF METCHNIKOFF
HOW TO PREVENT DEGENERATION OF TISSUE
HOW TO ENLIST THE SERVICES OF FRIENDLY GERMS
WHAT COOKING DOES FOR GRAINS
ABOLISH THE FRYING PAN!
DAIRY PRODUCTS NEED ATTENTION
TWO MEALS A DAY THE BEST
DON’T EAT BEFORE SLEEPING
DRINKING AT MEALS
HOW THE BODY PRODUCES “APPETITE JUICE”
THE BELGIAN EXPERIMENTS
DR. TURCK’S INVESTIGATIONS
THE DANGER OF INFECTION FROM MEAT
THE NUMBER OF GERMS WE EAT
CANCER AND MEAT EATING
INVESTIGATIONS IN NEW YORK
THE PROTEID ARGUMENT
TEA AND COFFEE
THE INDISPENSABILITY OF OXYGEN
HOW TO CALCULATE ROOM VENTILATION
TUBERCULOSIS POINTS THE MORAL
HOW BREATHING AIDS THE BATTLE OF THE BLOOD
HAVE FRESH AIR AT NIGHT
HOW EXERCISE AIDS THE BATTLE OF THE BLOOD
EXERCISES MAKE NEW BLOOD
EXERCISES WHICH RETARD AUTO-INTOXICATION
EXERCISES WHICH PROMOTE DEEP BREATHING
THE VALUE OF BATHING
HOW COLD BATHING AIDS NUTRITION
THE CARE OF THE TEETH
“THE VESTIBULE OF LIFE”
HOW MOUTH INFECTION SPREADS
“THE NEGLECT OF HEALTH A NATIONAL EVIL”
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