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August 3, 1830
Rhode Island American, Statesman And Providence Gazette
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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The Journal of Health lists unseasonable and dangerous practices that can cause illness, including exposing oneself to cold air after exercise, drinking iced beverages, eating unripe fruit, giving alcohol or quack medicines to children, sleeping in night air, and irregular eating habits.
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From the Journal of Health.
Unseasonable and dangerous practices.—After a long and fatiguing walk, or laborious exercise of any kind, to throw off coat or outer garment, untie cravat, expose the neck or breast and then sit down at an open window or door, in a current of air in the evening.
To drink after such fatigue or exposure, very cold or iced water; or to take iced punch, or iced cream, in place of a draught of clear river water, or that which has been exposed some time to the air.
To eat much of any kind of fruit, or any at all, of that which is unripe, especially in the evening; or to suppose that the evil consequences are to be obviated by a glass of wine, or cordial, or spirits and water.
To eat much animal food, or to drink spirits of any kind, under the idea of thereby removing the weakness caused by the great heat of summer.
To give to infants, or children in general, any such detestable compositions as milk punch, wine or porter sangaree, or toddy. This practice ought to be an indictable offence at common law.
To give to infants and children any of the various quack medicines, which are recommended as cures for worms, or summer complaints, even though sold for twenty five cents a bottle. The common causes of disease, from teething, weaning, excess of irregularity in food, extreme heat, &c. are sufficiently destructive without the auxiliaries of patent and quack medicines, old women's cures, or mother's sweet gifts.
To sleep exposed directly to the night air, especially if it be damp, and much cooler than the air of the day.
To have recourse to morning bitters, drams, or antifogmatics of any description, other than sponging the whole surface of the body with salt water, or using a tepid bath of the same.
To be tempted by the fineness of the evening to sit up till midnight, and, as a consequence, to lie in bed in the morning.
To take the usual meals, when excessively fatigued from want of sleep, unaccustomed labour, or beginning indisposition. Abstinence, or reduced diet, timely commenced, will obviate all the risks from these causes.
Unseasonable and dangerous practices.—After a long and fatiguing walk, or laborious exercise of any kind, to throw off coat or outer garment, untie cravat, expose the neck or breast and then sit down at an open window or door, in a current of air in the evening.
To drink after such fatigue or exposure, very cold or iced water; or to take iced punch, or iced cream, in place of a draught of clear river water, or that which has been exposed some time to the air.
To eat much of any kind of fruit, or any at all, of that which is unripe, especially in the evening; or to suppose that the evil consequences are to be obviated by a glass of wine, or cordial, or spirits and water.
To eat much animal food, or to drink spirits of any kind, under the idea of thereby removing the weakness caused by the great heat of summer.
To give to infants, or children in general, any such detestable compositions as milk punch, wine or porter sangaree, or toddy. This practice ought to be an indictable offence at common law.
To give to infants and children any of the various quack medicines, which are recommended as cures for worms, or summer complaints, even though sold for twenty five cents a bottle. The common causes of disease, from teething, weaning, excess of irregularity in food, extreme heat, &c. are sufficiently destructive without the auxiliaries of patent and quack medicines, old women's cures, or mother's sweet gifts.
To sleep exposed directly to the night air, especially if it be damp, and much cooler than the air of the day.
To have recourse to morning bitters, drams, or antifogmatics of any description, other than sponging the whole surface of the body with salt water, or using a tepid bath of the same.
To be tempted by the fineness of the evening to sit up till midnight, and, as a consequence, to lie in bed in the morning.
To take the usual meals, when excessively fatigued from want of sleep, unaccustomed labour, or beginning indisposition. Abstinence, or reduced diet, timely commenced, will obviate all the risks from these causes.
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Article from the Journal of Health enumerating dangerous practices such as exposing the body to cold air after exercise, consuming iced drinks or unripe fruit, giving alcohol or quack medicines to children, sleeping in night air, using morning bitters, staying up late, and eating when fatigued, with recommendations for safer alternatives.