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The Indian missionary manual; or, Hints to young missionaries in India
The Indian missionary manual or Hints to young missionaries in India Author:John Murdoch Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: going abroad. The European who consults his health in the east will beware of late and heavy dinners. The principal meal should be taken about two or three in th... more »e afternoon. Tea at seven o'clock will then be found a grateful refreshment, and a good night's rest may be anticipated. Attention to the state of the bowels is of very great importance, both to preserve good health and to recover it when impaired. Be regular in relieving the bowels. Constipation may often be counteracted by coarse brown bread or by fruits. Drinking a pint of cold water the first thing in the morning, is in some cases an excellent remedy. Active exercise in the open air and daily friction over the region of the stomach and bowels, are very serviceable. Beware of the frequent use of aperient medicine. Fruits.—The new-comer should be sparing in the use of fruit and discriminating in his choice. Whatever is used should be well-ripened, but not over ripe. The plantain, orange, and shaddock', are generally grateful and wholesome. Pine apples and especially ejreen cucumbers, are not safe. Particular kinds of fruit have peculiar effects on certain constitutions. Each person should ascertain cautiously which agree with him. The forenoon is the best time for eating fruit. What may then be taken with impunity, may bring on an attack of cholera after a late dinner. Drink.—The great physiological rule for preserving health in hot climates is to keep the body cool. Common sense points oat the propriety of avoiding heating drinks, for the same reason that leads us instinctively to guard against a high external temperature. During the first two years of residence at least, the nearer we approach to a perfectly aqueous regimen in drink, so much the better chance have we of avoiding sickness ; and the more slowly ...« less