Part 18

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The Hygienic Family Physician.

A manual well adapted to family use. It describes in simple language all common diseases, and gives careful directions for treating them without the use of drugs. It also contains invaluable instruction respecting the care of the health. Bound in cloth, $1.00.

The Uses of Water in Health and Disease.

This work comprises a sketch of the history of bathing, an explanation of the properties and effects of water, a description of all the different kinds of baths, and directions for applying water as a remedy for disease. Water is not presented as a “cure-all,” but as a valuable adjunct of other remedies, and in some cases the most useful of all curative agents. This work will prove a valuable guide to those who wish to employ water in treating disease. Pamphlet edition, 136 pp., 25 cents. A fine edition in cloth, 160 pp., 60 cents.

Health and Diseases of Woman.

A treatise on the nature and cause of the diseases of women; a work which every woman—especially mothers—ought to possess. Lifelong misery will be avoided by regarding its advice. 15 cents.

The Hygienic System.

An explanation of the principles of a system of treating disease which dispenses with drugs and poisons. It is radical, terse, and uncompromising, and gives the advocates of druggery no quarter. 15 cents.

Healthful Cookery.

A Hand-Book of Food and Diet; or, What to Eat, When to Eat, and How to Eat. It contains a large number of recipes for the preparation of wholesome and palatable food without condiments. Almost any dyspeptic can cure himself by making it his rule of diet; and any one who carefully follows its teachings will be proof against indigestion. 128 pp., 25 cents.

An Essay on Tobacco-Using.

This little work explains the effects of tobacco on the human system, together with those of all other poisons. It finds no apology for the use of tobacco, and faithfully depicts its evils. 15 cents.

The Evils of Fashionable Dress, and How to Dress Healthfully.

A criticism of the fashionable modes of ladies’ dress, pointing out the numerous evils arising therefrom, and the proper remedy. The subject is treated candidly, and the writer admits the possibility of a commendable reform in dress which will not expose the wearer to ridicule on account of its peculiarities. Every lady ought to read it and profit by its suggestions. 10 cents.

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Alcoholic Poison:

The Physical, Moral, and Social Effects of Alcohol as a Beverage and as a Medicine.

This work defines true temperance, explains the nature of alcohol and the manner of its production, describes its physical effects upon the human body, exhibits by statistics its moral and social effects, points out the causes and proper cure of the evil of intemperance, answers the drunkard’s arguments in favor of drinking, exposes the fallacies of alcoholic medication, and defends the Bible against the imputation that it advocates or favors the use of alcoholic drinks. Temperance workers will find this a useful auxiliary. 128 pp. 20 cents.

Proper Diet for Man.

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Health and Temperance Tracts.

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=Dyspepsia.=—An account of its causes, how to prevent it, and how to cure it.

=Healthful Clothing.=—A description of the evils of fashionable dress, and directions for clothing the body healthfully.

=Principles of Health Reform.=—An introduction to the subject.

=Startling Facts about Tobacco.=—A vivid portrayal of the evils arising from the use of the filthy weed.