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Appendix 4 - The Laws of Health

William A Alcott

Why 94 – Light bedroom (What 88)

A light at night interferes with sleep and produces poisonous gasses.

Page 93-482 - "No person, as I am persuaded, will sleep as soundly, other things being equal, where a light (candle) is kept burning in his room, as in utter darkness."

Page 93483 - "And then, frequently, they rob the air more or less of its oxygen, and substitute a poisonous gas in its stead."

Comment – The amount of oxygen used by a candle would have no or very little effect. He is not talking about the fire risk of a candle.

Score – Unverified

What 89 – Dark Bedroom

On the other hand a bedroom should not be artificially darkened.

Page 404-2120 - "Whether sleeping-rooms should be artificially darkened is a question which admits of some discussion. My own opinion is that they should not be."

Score - Unverified

What 90 – Dreams

G 31

We should sleep deep enough so we do not dream.

Page 97-583 - "it is much better still to sleep so quietly and soundly, if possible, that no dreams of any kind will take place."

Comment – Deep undisturbed sleep is desirable, but dreams are not an indicator of poor sleep.

Score - Unverified

What 91 – Reading at Night

We should not read exciting books or go to bed mentally exhausted.

Page 98-510 - "those studies which merely excite or interest the imagination are more likely to be followed by disturbed or unsound sleep than those which call into exercise the more sober faculties. And yet, if pushed too far, as in the study of mathematics, even these fatigue the mind more in the end, and have a worse influence,"

Comment – No doubt exciting reading can interfere with sleep, but most other reading helps rather than interferes with sleep.

Score – Unverified

VI. EXERCISE

What 92 – Exercise W 23 R 38 G 38 C 25 J 47 K 54

Our bodies need exercise.

Page 22-122 - "muscles, in order to be healthy, must have exercise - the inquirer must, for ought I see, be sent to the Maker of the law, rather than to the mere expounder,"

Page 33-177 - "Those individuals, also, whose employments are at once sedentary and secluded, must avail themselves of every opportunity which offers for using exercise in the open air,"

Score – Significant

Why 95 – Exercise 1 (What 92)

Exercise improves the circulation of the blood.

Page 212-1101 - "In truth, it may be laid down as a universal rule, that, the more we exercise, the better the circulation of the blood."

Score - Verified

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Why 96 – Exercise 2 (What 92)

Exercise cleans the “varnish” that is left over from the excretion from the skin.

Page 309-1615 - "Again: the coating or varnish on the skin, of which I have spoken, is most effectually broken up by habitual exercise; ..... Hence one reason, no doubt, Why (exercise) gives us - other things being equal - the smoothest, most beautiful, and most healthful skins."

Score - Unverified

Why 97 – Exercise 3 (What 92)

By moving the blood to the surface we relieve the internal organs of congestion.

Page 64-332 - "There are several ways and means of doing this. (Restore the centrifugal tendencies that are indispensable for life and health) …. But another, and still more important thing, is moderate exercise,"

Page 64-336 - "The same principle should govern us, in the case of stomach disease, ..... There are few persons in whom gentle exercise would not produce that gradual determination to the surface which would relieve the internal organs.

Comment – The improvement of the circulation with exercise is not centrifugal, but an overall increase. An increase of blood to the organs is good and not bad.

Score - Unverified

Why 98 – Exercise 4 (What 92) Exercise helps chronic diarrhea.

Page 65-338 - "I know of no better measure, as far as it goes, for removing chronic diarrhea, than gentle exercise."

Score - Unverified

Why 99 – Exercise 5 (What 92) Constipation is relieved by exercise.

Page 65-338 - "constipation, ..... is often partially relieved in the same way.

Score - Verified

Why 100 – Exercise 6 (What 92)

Consumption and heart disease are more likely in those who do not exercise.

Page 73-385 - "Then, as to heart disease, .... And the same neglect of exercise, and, in general, the same abuse that tends so much toward consumption, (sitting) have also an effect, particular individuals, to aggravate or to induce diseases of the heart."

Score – Verified

Why 101 – Exercise 7 (What 92) Exercise helps cold feet.

Page 74-389 - "Neglect of exercise involves another evil. .... This is the foundation of much complaining which prevails about cold feet."

Score – Verified

Why 102 – Exercise 8 (What 92) Lack of exercise causes numb feet.

Page 74-389 - "Neglect of exercise involves another evil. …. It is also a frequent cause of numbness at the lower extremities."

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Score – Unverified

Why 103 – Exercise 9 (What 92)

Lack of exercise contributes to varicose veins.

Page 74-390 - "But this last is not the worst evil to which the lower limbs are made liable by neglect of exercise. .... They are called varicose veins."

Comment – Varicose veins may be influenced by lack of exercise, but they still occur in those who regularly exercise.

Score – Verified

Why 104 – Exercise 10 (What 92) General bodily exercise helps the eyesight.

Page 406-2134 - "abundance of muscular exercise in general strengthens the eyesight directly,"

Score - Unverified

Why 105 – Exercise 11 (What 92)

If women swam, the death from tuberculosis would be halved in future generations.

Page 43-228 - "Such an exercise (swimming for woman) .....would, in less than two centuries, reduce our death from consumption from seventy thousand to fifty thousand annually; and our deaths from heart and nervous diseases in a similar proportion. In three centuries the mortality might be reduced one half."

Comment – Yes, exercise will improve the immune system, but not in future generations.

Score - Unverified

What 93 – Amount of Exercise

We need three to four hours of exercise each day.

Page 388-2034 - "That three or four hours of active exercise will not only keep all our young men and women in health, while they are driven through a protracted course of study,"

Comments – This is enough exercise for the elite athlete. It only takes 40 minutes a day to be healthy.

Score – Unverified

What 94 – When to exercise

K 58

The best time to exercise is in the middle of the morning.

Page 32-171 - "The middle of the forenoon is the best for exercise."

Score - Unverified

Why 106 – When to Exercise 1 (What 94)

Our strength is best mid morning and later on we have a slight fever.

Page 31-166 - "Sleep winds us up, but not wholly. It is not till near the middle of the forenoon, that we reach the other extreme; viz., the "top" of our condition." From that time, throughout the day, with slight elevations and depressions, there is a slow but steady decline of strength."

Page 31-167 - "(after the middle of the forenoon) The pulse shows - perhaps by its very increased frequency - a slight degree of fever; and there is present more or less nervous excitement. In short, there is what might be called a miniature fever in our system."

Score - Unverified

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Why 107 – When to Exercise 2 (What 94)

Working hard in the morning will injure us for the rest of the day.

Page 32-172 - "by laboring violently in the morning rather than moderately, we not only prevent such increase in vigor, but injure ourselves for the whole day."

Score – Unverified

Why 108 – When to Exercise 3 (What 94)

The dampness makes it undesirable to exercise in the evening.

Page 33-177- "The evening air is, however, unfavorable for this purpose, especially if dampness is considerable."

Score - Unverified

What 95 – When to Mentally Exercise

The middle of the morning is also best for mind work.

Page 32-171 - "It is the best for the mind and the heart, as well as the body."

Score - Unverified

What 96 – Type of Exercise

W 24 G 39 (C 26) (J 49) K 61

Good exercises are walking, running, skating, skiing.

Page 35-189

- "Walking is good, is, indeed, more healthy than riding,"

Page 56-294

- "Walking, whenever we have the strength for it, is, a general rule - to which I grant

there are a few exceptions - much better for the health than riding."

Page 40-211

- "To the first three (running, leaping, jumping), at least, I believe there can be little

objection. (212) - "Skating, sliding, and coasting, as it is called, are to be commended, on the same general principles."

Score - Minor

What 97 – Swimming

(G 106)

Swimming is a good exercise.

 

Page 43-227

- "I would have women trained to swim"

Page 70-367

- "Then I have a word to say, in passing, about swimming. I do not know of many

items of physical education more important to both sexes. .... it does so much for the proper development and symmetry of our bodies"

Score - Minor

What 98 – Employment

Exercise from our daily employment is good, but mainly if the employment is useful.

Page 34-179 - "It is a remarkable fact that, as a general rule, those employments which are the most useful to mankind are, at the same time, the most healthful." (180) - "Agriculture and horticulture, for example, the most necessary employments of mankind are, at the same time, the most healthful." (182) - "Next to agriculture and horticulture, in their influence on health, as are house building, housekeeping, masonry, tanning, currying, chair and coach making, rope making, etc. Page 41-215 - "It is, on the whole, advantageous for boys to be early introduced to manual labor of some sort,"

Page 42-219 - "But they might saw wood with a light saw; and, perhaps, occasionally use a light hoe and spade." (220) - "Far better exercise for young women are found in pruning vines, and watering plants and flowers; weeding or gathering strawberries; collecting fruits of every kind; budding, and grafting, and setting trees." (221) - "Young women should also be trained, from the

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