How to Live: Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science
Irving Fisher; Eugene Lyman Fisk
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  • Labor, modern ideals concerning, [3]–[4];
    • turned from drudgery into play by proper development of health ideals, [5]–[6];
    • division of, an evil of civilization, [152].
    • See [Work].
  • Lamb, food value of, [29], [178].
  • Laxative drugs, avoidance of, [53].
  • Laxative foods, [52].
  • Leg-lifting exercise for faulty posture, [222].
  • Lettuce, cellulose in, [41];
    • vitamins supplied by, [42];
    • food value of, [175].
  • Lice, diseases carried by, [74]–[75].
  • Life, no principle which limits, [142]–[143];
    • shortening of, by unhygienic modes of living, [155].
  • Life Extension Institute, purpose of, [1].
  • Lighting, electric preferable to gas, [13].
  • Lime, deficiency of flesh foods in, [39].
  • Linen, use of, in clothing, [17].
  • Literature, avoidance of morbid, [99].
  • Liver, excess of acids produced by eating, [39];
    • among the worst foods, [48].
  • Liver diseases, death rate from, [285].
  • London, expectation of life in, [289].
  • Lusk, Graham, quoted on minimal cost of food, [190]–[194];
    • experiments by, to ascertain basal metabolism of body, [196].
  • Malaria, not caused by night air, [22];
    • carried by mosquitoes, [71].
  • Marriage, effect of health on opportunities for, [2];
    • exercising wisdom of choice in, [165]–[166];
    • enactment of wise laws of, [167];
    • science of eugenics and, [293]–[323].
  • Mastication, required by hard foods, [41];
    • value of thorough, and evils of insufficient, [44]–[47];
    • a desirable means of tooth and gum hygiene, [84];
    • and mental attitude, [110];
    • experiment to test effects of, on endurance and strength, [200]–[209].
  • Meat, decrease in amount eaten in middle life and in hot weather, [33]–[34];
    • high-protein value of, [38];
    • too much, a common error of diet, [38]–[39];
    • excess of acids produced by, [39];
    • endurance tests to ascertain value of, in diet, [197]–[199];
    • sudden and complete exclusion from diet not desirable, [208];
    • indulgence of craving for, [209].
  • Meats, table of food values of cooked, [178].
  • Mechanical diet indicator, [202].
  • Medical examination, desirable for determining one’s diet, [50].
  • Medical practise, modern radical revolution in, [2]–[3].
  • Medieval indifference to matters pertaining to human body, [1]–[2].
  • Melancholy, physical sources of, [57], [105]–[106].
  • Mendel, discovery of laws of heredity by, [295].
  • Menstrual period in women, mental effects of, [106].
  • Mental condition, relation of mode of breathing to, [26]–[27];
    • effect on sleep, [104]–[105];
    • learning to avoid abnormal, [113].
  • Milk, food value of, [30], [181];
    • protein value of human, [37];
    • vitamins supplied by raw, [42];
    • not cooked by pasteurization, [42]–[43];
    • among the best foods, [48];
    • pasteurizing, for avoiding typhoid germs, [73];
    • skim milk a cheap source of protein, [131].
  • Mind, exercise of the, [97];
    • activity and rest needed by, [105];
    • serenity of, an important factor, [105];
    • interrelation of health and, [105]–[118].
  • Mind-cure, proper and improper employment of, [111]–[112].
  • Mineral oils, as intestinal lubricants, [53].
  • Mineral waters, not to be used habitually, [53].
  • Minor ailments, as warning signals, [138]–[139].
  • Moistening of air, methods for, [12].
  • Monotony and interruption, [92].
  • Moore, R. M., quoted on mortality among abstainers and non-abstainers, [229].
  • Mortality. See [Death rate].
  • Mosquitoes, diseases communicated by, [22], [71];
    • preventive measures against, [71]–[72].
  • Mouth, infection through the, [78]–[83];
    • preventive measures against infection through, [83]–[88].
  • Moving pictures, eye-strain caused by, [93];
    • hygienic value, in the way of recreation, [99].
  • Nasal congestion from overeating, [276].
  • Nasal douches, use of, [70], [276].
  • Nasal obstruction, a cause of colds, [272].
  • National Council of Safety, attitude toward alcohol, [244].
  • Nature, upsetting of equilibrium of, by civilized man, [143]–[156].
  • Neckwear, constriction from tight, [16].
  • Negroes, bad effects of indoor living upon, [146]–[147].
  • Nervous system, effect of alcohol on, [237]–[239].
  • Nervous troubles, outdoor treatment for, [21].
  • Neurasthenia, sometimes caused by a slouching posture, [57].
  • New York City, expectation of life in, compared with England and Wales, and London, [289].
  • New York State, death rate statistics of, [287], [288].
  • Nicotin, percentage of, in tobacco, [251]–[254];
    • amount of, in tobacco smoke, [254]–[255], [260]–[261];
    • effects of, [255]–[256];
    • experiments with, on animals, [263].
  • Night air, mistaken ideas concerning, [22].
  • Nose, cleaning the, [70], [276]–[277].
  • Nuts, vitamins supplied by, [42];
    • among the best foods, [48];
    • digestibility of, when properly chewed, [49];
    • table of food values of, [183].
  • Oatmeal, food value of, [29], [180].
  • Obstacles, to hygiene, [126]–[135].
  • Oils, as laxative food, [52];
    • as intestinal lubricants, [53].
  • Oleomargarine, a cheap source of fat, [131].
  • Olive oil, a concentrated food, [28]–[29].
  • Olives, food value of, [30], [182].
  • Onions, cellulose in, [41];
    • food value of, [176].
  • Oranges, food value of, [30], [177].
  • Outdoor living, benefits, of, [18]–[20], [276].
  • Outdoor schools, [19].
  • Outdoor sleeping, [20]–[24], [104].
  • Overeating, causes of, [154];
    • nasal congestion from, [276].
  • Overheating of rooms, [11].
  • Overnourishment, from too free use of sugar, [48].
  • Overstrain, results of, [90];
    • prevention of, [91]–[92].
  • Overweight, influence of, on longevity, [30]–[31];
    • life insurance estimates as to, [31]–[32], [213];
    • determination of, [31];
    • importance of checking tendency to, [32];
    • eating-habits that cause, [32]–[33];
    • diet for, [215]–[216];
    • fats to avoid, [216];
    • exercise for, [217];
    • main reliance to be placed on dietetic regulation rather than on exercise, [217];
    • avoidance of sudden reduction in weight, [217]–[218];
    • reduction of weight a simple matter, [218]–[219].
  • Overwork, popular delusions concerning, [124]–[125].
  • Pack, Fred. J., statistics by, on effects of tobacco, [256]–[259].
  • Paraffin oil, an intestinal lubricant, [53].
  • Parsnips, food value of, [41], [176].
  • Pasteurization, milk left uncooked by, [42]–[43].
  • Pastry, table of food values of, [179].
  • Patent medicines, habit-forming drugs in, [65].
  • Peanuts, food value of, [30], [183];
    • digestibility of, [49];
    • a cheap source of protein, [131].
  • Peas, a high-protein food, [38];
    • protein in, a possible objection, [39]–[40].
  • Pecans, food value of, [30], [183].
  • Pepper, to be used sparingly, [48].
  • Peroxide of hydrogen, for disinfecting raw foods, [43].
  • Personal equation, hygienic living and the, [139]–[140].
  • Perspiration, benefits of, [76].
  • Philosophy, help to be obtained from, in field of mental hygiene, [114];
    • Oriental superior to Occidental in training in control of attention, [115]–[116].
  • Physical examinations, a remedy for degenerative tendencies, [292].
  • Physiological effects of alcohol, [236]–[244].
  • Pickles, table of food values of, [182].
  • Pie, food value of, [29], [179].
  • Pillows, use of, in sleeping, [104].
  • Plague, spread by fleas and lice, [74]–[75].
  • Play, the halfway stage between work and rest, [100]–[101].
    • See [Work and play].
  • Playgrounds, outdoor, [19].
  • Plays, hygienic value of, as recreation, [99].
  • Pneumonia, outdoor treatment for, [21];
    • trend of death rate from, [285].
  • Poisons, from constipation, [51]–[56];
    • relation of posture to, [57]–[64];
    • habit-forming drugs and patent medicines, [65];
    • substitution of milder for the more injurious, [65]–[66];
    • alcohol, [67]–[68], [227]–[249];
    • tobacco, [68]–[69], [250]–[271];
    • infections with germs, [69]–[78];
    • teeth and gums as a source of infection, [78]–[81];
    • focal infection and autointoxication, [81]–[83].
  • Poor, disadvantages of the, in opportunities to live a healthy life, [128].
  • Posture, physical value of an erect, [57];
    • breathing exercises for correcting evils of, [58];
    • in standing and walking, [58]–[59];
    • of the feet, [59]–[60];
    • in sitting, [60]–[62];
    • pains due to faulty, [62];
    • effects of faulty, in children, [62];
    • teaching of correct, [63];
    • relation to character, [63]–[64];
    • corrective exercises for faulty, [221]–[223];
    • in cases of flat foot, [223].
  • Potatoes, food value of, [29], [176];
    • valuable because of alkalinity, [43];
    • among the best foods, [48];
    • a cheap source of starch and sugar, [131];
    • for underweight, [220].
  • Preservatives, harmful, [65].
  • Preventability of disease and death, [135]–[136].
  • Preventive dental treatment, [86]–[87].
  • Preventive medicine, practise of, [2]–[3];
    • application of methods by people themselves, [3].
  • Program, constructing a day’s, [120];
    • main features of a eugenic, [167].
  • Prostitutes, disease among, [77].
  • Prostitution. See [Social evil].
  • Protein, function of, as a constituent of food, [35]–[36];
    • examples of, [36];
    • question of right proportion of, [36]–[37];
    • common error of diet in using too much, [38];
    • injuries from overabundance of, [38]–[39];
    • poisoning caused by decomposition of, in the colon, [56];
    • in cheap foods, [131];
    • list of foods high, moderate and deficient in, [171];
    • experiments to determine value of, in diet, [197]–[199].
  • Prunes, food value of, [30], [179];
    • laxative quality of, [52].
  • Prussia, mortality statistics of, [286], [290]–[291].
  • Public hygiene, [157];
    • what is included under, [157]–[158];
    • progress made in, [158];
    • various important measures of, [161]–[163].
  • Puddings, table of food values of, [179].
  • Pumpkins, cellulose in, [41].
  • Purins, in flesh food, leading to production of uric acid, [39];
    • found in some vegetable foods, [40].
  • Pyorrhea, action of, [79]–[80];
    • treatment for, [85]–[86].
  • Pyridin in tobacco smoke, [260]–[261].
  • Quack remedies, to be avoided in case of colds, [280].
  • Quacks and quack advertising, movement against, [162]–[163].
  • Quarantine, included in public hygiene, [158].
  • Quensel, Ulrik, on disagreement of work and alcohol, [244].
  • Quick lunches, an institution of civilization, [150];
    • relative energy values and cost of different orders at, [184]–[190].
  • Quinine, use of, deleterious in case of colds, [280].
  • Race hygiene. See [Eugenics].
  • Races, effects of indoor living on different, [146]–[147];
    • varied conditions in different, with respect to resistance to disease, [323].
  • Raw foods, value of, [42].
  • Reading, choice of, for recreation, [99].
  • Reading on trains, eye-strain caused by, [93].
  • Ready-to-serve foods, analysis and cost of, [184]–[190].
  • Recreation, outdoor, [19];
    • necessity for, [89], [98];
    • importance of enjoyment of, [98]–[99];
    • forms of, [99];
    • advantages possessed by games, [99];
    • reading, dancing and card-playing, [99]–[100];
    • suicidal amusements, [100].
  • Régime, demand for a well-balanced, [125]–[126].
  • Relatives, marriage of, [305]–[306].
  • Relaxation, cultivation of power of, [101];
    • bathing a help to, [102].
  • Religion, as a help in field of mental hygiene, [114];
    • of healthy-mindedness, [114]–[115].
  • Reproduction, rules of, under a eugenic program, [167].
  • Rest and sleep, the two great forms of inactivity, [89].
  • Rheumatism, traceable to focal infection, [82].
  • Rice, not a laxative food, [52];
    • food value of, [180].
  • Richards, Mrs., on cost of food, [130].
  • Roosevelt Conservation Commission on National Vitality, report of, [136].
  • Rosenau, Dr., on sex instruction, [77].
  • Rowing-machine, home exercise on, [94].
  • Rubner, Prof., on injuries from overabundance of protein, [38]–[39].
  • Running, a beneficial exercise, [94].
  • Saccharin, harmful in foods, [65].
  • Salt, to be used sparingly, [48].
  • Salts, inorganic, in mixed diet, [43].
  • Sandals, benefits and risks in wearing, [17].
  • School, teaching correct posture in, [63].
  • Schools, outdoor, [19].
  • Segregation of defective classes, [321]–[322], [323].
  • Self-respect, relation between erect posture and, [63]–[64].
  • Serenity, to be practised as an art, [113].
  • Setting-up exercises, [221]–[224].
  • Sex hygiene, eugenics not limited to, [293]–[294].
  • Sex instruction, [77]–[78].
  • Shaler, N. S., “Man and the Earth,” quoted, [143]–[144].
  • Shell-fish, a high-protein food, [38];
    • special objections to too great an amount of, [39].
  • Shoes, care necessary in choosing proper, [16]–[17].
  • Shredded wheat biscuit, food value of, [29], [181].
  • Signal-station exercise, for faulty posture, [222].
  • Singing, as a hygienic practise, [26].
  • Sitting, correct posture in, [60]–[62].
  • Skim milk, a cheap source of protein, [131].
  • Skin training, establishing resistance to colds by, [273]–[274];
    • means of, [274]–[275];
    • by wearing light, porous clothing, [275].
  • Sleep, one of the two great forms of inactivity, [89];
    • means of inducing, [102]–[103];
    • importance of, to health, [103];
    • hours of, [103];
    • eating before, [103]–[104];
    • use of pillows, [104];
    • type of bed, [104];
    • effect of mental attitude on, [104]–[105].
  • Sleeping, out-of-door, [3], [20]–[24], [104];
    • a preventive of colds, [9], [276];
    • for underweight, [220].
  • Sleeping porches, arrangement of, [22]–[23].
  • Sleeping tents, [23]–[24].
  • Social evil, remote causes of, [123];
    • cooperation needed in movement against, [163].
  • Soups, food values of, [183].
  • Sour milk, among the best foods, [48];
    • a means of reducing decomposition of protein in the colon, [56].
  • Specialists, medical, “one idea” doctrines of, [122].
  • Spinach, cellulose in, [41].
  • Spinal curvature, sometimes caused by faulty posture, [62].
  • Sponge-cake, food value of, [29], [179].
  • Squash, cellulose in, [41].
  • Standing, correct posture in, [58]–[59].
  • Starch, cheap sources of, [131].
  • Sterilization of defectives, [323].
  • Stevenson, R. L., on duty of being happy, [115].
  • Sugar, food value of, [30], [182];
    • danger from overuse of, [48];
    • cheap sources of, [131];
    • taking of, for underweight, [220].
  • Sunlight, benefits of, to air, [14].
  • Sweden, American ideals of perfect manhood and womanhood inferior to those of, [4];
    • attention to individual hygiene in, and decline in death rate, [159];
    • mortality statistics of, [286], [292].
  • Sweetbreads, excess of acids produced by, [39];
    • among the worst foods, [48].
  • Sweets, table of food values of, [182];
    • time for taking, [220].
  • Swimming, as exercise, [94];
    • an example of healthful activity and relaxation, [101]–[102];
    • for overweight, [217].
  • Syphilis, destructive effect of, [78];
    • resistance to, weakened by alcohol, [240].
  • Systemic injuries from mouth infection, [80]–[81].
  • Table, posture in sitting at a, [61].
  • Tea, degree of injury from, [66].
  • Teeth, benefits to, from hard foods, [41];
    • evils of insufficient mastication, [44];
    • infection from decayed, [78]–[83];
    • danger from over-dentistried, [83];
    • method of cleansing, [84]–[85];
    • periodic examinations and cleanings, [86]–[87];
    • question of saving, at expense of other parts of body, [87];
    • correction of irregularities, [87]–[88];
    • care of temporary, [88];
    • results of teeth hygiene, [88];
    • malformation of, a cause of nasal obstruction and colds, [272].
  • Temperature of living-rooms and work-rooms, [11].
  • Tents for outdoor sleeping, [23]–[24].
  • Thinking, exercise in, [97].
  • Thoughts, effect of character of, on sleep, [104]–[105].
  • Ticks, diseases spread by, [74].
  • Time, taking of, for hygienic living, [132]–[133].
  • Tobacco, injury from poison in, [65];
    • ill effects of, [68]–[69];
    • derivation of, [250]–[251];
    • composition of, [251]–[255];
    • effects on animals and on man, [255]–[265];
    • increase in use of, [267]–[268];
    • references concerning, [268]–[271].
  • Tobacco heart, risks accompanying, [263].
  • Tobacco smoke, air vitiation from, [13];
    • amount of nicotin in, [254]–[255], [260]–[261].
  • Toeing out and toeing in, [60], [223].
  • Tomatoes, cellulose in, [41];
    • vitamins supplied by, [42];
    • food value of, [176].
  • Tongue, cleansing, with tooth-brush, [85].
  • Tooth powders and pastes, use of, [85].
  • Toxæmia, autointoxication distinguished from, [81]–[82].
  • Traits, subdivisibility of each individual into, according to Mendelian discovery, [295];
    • rules resulting from inheritability of, [296];
    • physical, known to act hereditarily, [297];
    • mental, [297]–[298];
    • moral, [298];
    • laws governing inheritance of, [293];
    • distribution of, [298]–[300];
    • socially noble and ignoble, [300]–[301];
    • mating of, in marriages, [304]–[305];
    • maturing of, at certain ages, [306];
    • dominant and recessive, [317]–[319];
    • need of education on inheritability of, [323].
  • Tree-swaying exercise for faulty posture, [222].
  • Tuberculosis, outdoor sleeping as a remedy for, [21];
    • sometimes produced by the “consumptive stoop,” [57];
    • infection from germs of, [71];
    • remote causes of, [123];
    • primarily a house disease, [146];
    • liability of different races to, [147];
    • public and individual hygiene invoked in fight against, [159];
    • resistance to, weakened by alcohol, [240];
    • trend of death rate from, [285];
    • application of science of eugenics to, [299].
  • Typhoid fever, death rate from, [285].
  • Typhoid germs, guarding against, [72]–[73].
  • Typhus, carried by lice, [75].
  • Ulcer of the stomach, sometimes caused by focal infection, [82].
  • Underclothes, benefits of loose, porous, [14];
    • suitable material for, [17].
  • Underweight, relation of, to longevity, [30]–[32];
    • determination of, [31];
    • remedy for, [33];
    • life insurance statistics as to, [219];
    • diet for, [219]–[220];
    • exercise for, [220].
  • United Kingdom, consumption of alcohol in, [235], [236].
  • United States, consumption of alcohol in, [235], [236];
    • trend of death rate in, [281]–[285];
    • comparison of death rate with those of other countries, [286].
  • Unity of hygiene, [121]–[126].
  • Uric acid, caused by purins in diet, [39].
  • Urinary system, death rates from diseases of, [284], [285].