Excerpt from The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner, Vol. 42: January to July, 1881 A large part of the diseases coming under the care of the physician, are caused by errors in diet, drinks, clothing, ventila tion and other matters included under the term hygiene; and no one can attain the highest degree of success as a practitioner, who does not fully appreciate the importance of careful attention to the hygienic influences affecting his patients. The object of such attention is two-fold: namely, to remove or correct such erroneous habits and conditions as may be still acting as causes; and the substitution of such as will positively aid in the restoration of the patient. A comfortable tempera ture a sufficient supply of fresh, pure air cleanliness; a care ful adaptation of the quantity and quality of food and drink to the capacity of the digestive organs to receive and assimilate it; and a quiet, cheerful. Hopeful mental influence, are hygienic conditions of universal applicability in the management of the sick. I by no means approve of the modern doctrines of empeo tancy, which assumes that diseases must run their natural course, and that art can do little more than properly regulate the hygienic conditions of the patient, and leave the rest to that intangible something called nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.