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How to Eat A Cure for "Nerves" By: Thomas C. (Thomas Clark) Hinkle (1876-1949) |
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A CURE FOR "NERVES" "Whosoever wishes to eat much must eat little." Cornaro, in saying
this, meant that if a man wished to eat for a great many days that
is, desired a long life he must eat only a little each day. HOW TO EAT A CURE FOR "NERVES" By
THOMAS CLARK HINKLE, M.D. RAND McNALLY & COMPANY
CHICAGO NEW YORK Copyright, 1921, by
RAND McNALLY & COMPANY THE CONTENTS
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I. WHERE THE TROUBLE LIES 13
II. HOW TO OVERCOME THE TROUBLE 31
III. RIGHT AND WRONG DIET FOR NERVOUS PEOPLE 55
IV. VALUE OF OUTDOOR LIFE AND EXERCISE 79
V. EFFECT OF RIGHT LIVING ON WORRY AND UNHAPPINESS 109 "Nature, desirous to preserve man in good health as long as
possible, informs him herself how he is to act in time of illness;
for she immediately deprives him, when sick, of his appetite in
order that he may eat but little." CORNARO
THE INTRODUCTION
This author physician's cure for "nerves" vividly recalls the simplicity
of method employed in the complete restoration to health of one of olden
time whose story has come ringing down the ages in the Book of Books.
Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, a mighty man of valor
and honorable in the sight of all men, turned away in a rage when
Elisha, the prophet of the Most High, prescribed for his dread malady a
remedy so simple that it was despised in his eyes. But "his servants
came near and said ... 'If the prophet had bid thee do some great thing,
wouldest thou not have done it?'" In "How to Eat" the author offers the sufferer from "nerves" a remedy as
simple as that Elisha offered Naaman. He gives him an opportunity to
profit by his well tested knowledge that overeating and rapidity in
eating are ruinous to health and shorten life. It is seldom that there emanates from the pen of a doctor a book which,
concerning any physical disorder, minimizes the efforts of the medical
practitioner. While this author physician gives full credit to the
conscientious physician for the great service he is able to render in
all other spheres of his profession, he wholly denies the necessity for
medical care in cases of nervous breakdown, and discounts liberally the
benefits to be derived from professional advice except in so far as the
doctor is the patient's counselor and dictator as to what and how and
how much he shall eat and drink, and the way he shall employ his time. Any discourse is valuable which incites a man having a marked tendency
to depressing, morbid ideas, to rid himself of them. Dr. Hinkle helps
the sufferer to gain that confidence and cheer which result from
knowledge of certain immunity from dreaded ills and positive assurance
of recovery by mere regulation of food or employment along the lines of
simple, everyday living. But that alone is not sufficient. It is made quite clear that no one
thing by itself will insure a cure of "nerves." The cure must come
through common sense exerted along several related avenues of endeavor.
No matter how steadfastly one may adhere to directions as to abstaining
from harmful food and injurious methods of partaking of those foods
which are beneficial, if he spends the larger portion of his time idly
rocking in a convenient arm chair, exerting neither body nor mind nor
will, that which might be gained by proper nutrition is largely
nullified by lack of physical exercise and mental activity. That this little book may serve as a spur to the bodily self denial and
self repression and the intellectual and spiritual uplift which make for
character building, is the very evident goal of its writer... Continue reading book >>
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