swer the grand design had in view by his Creator. This irritation arises from the violation of those laws of health under which he is placed. Hence a knowledge of those laws which govern the whole machinery is essential to its preservation, control and proper use. The principle, "Knothi se Auton," is as important to the physical, as to the moral man. The physical and moral are inseparably united by an all-wise Creator in our very being. They perfectly harmonize, and are so interwoven that they cannot be separated in any system of training without injury; and the more they are disjoined, the greater will be the injury sustained. They lie at the foundation on which the whole superstructure is to be reared. That system of education, or medical instruction, which does not give a thorough knowledge, and make a just application of these laws, is essentially defective, and can never answer the grand end of a proper training. Mere book-learning is comparatively nothing; but those influences which operate in forming the character and directing its energies, are the sum and substance of education. It was a wise answer of Agisilus, to the question what things is it of the most importance for boys to learn-" those which they are to practise when they come to be men." The proper system of education must commence, in a broad sense, in the nursery-be carried through the family, the common school, the academy and the college, and into the active and busy scenes of life, and the laws of health incorporated into that system as a branch of education. But before this can be accomplished, the science of human life and healthful existence must be divested of technical terms and brought down to the capacity of every instructor of youth, in training men for present and future existence. To aid in accomplishing these things, so much desired, is the object of this Journal. How well it will serve this object, is for the reader to decide. This volume, besides what the editor has written himself, contains articles from the pens of such men, in the medical profession, as Drs. Warren, Channing, Alden, Allen, &c.; in the clerical, Winslow, Blagden, Waterman, Tappan, &c.; in the legal, Kent, Moore, &c.; and from a considerable number of practical teachers. Such as it is, it is now submitted, by the Editor, to the candor of the public. Boston, November 20, 1846. INDEX TO VOL. I. A. Adams, J. Q., on his speech for the seizure of Oregon, 146 Almanac, Teeth, 58; Water-Cure, 310; Congregational, 346; American independence, editorial, 239, 265, 303 American women, by Rev. H. Winslow, 291 Andros, Rev. Thomas, 82 Anniversary sermon, Dr. Codman's, 80 Apprentice's Library Association, Lecture before, 14, 38, 65 Association of Boston Ministers, 87 Attention to health, a moral and religious duty, 302 B. Baths, Miles and May's, 32; vapor, 75, 117; bathing rooms, Beard, 47 Catalepsy relieved by music, 140 Channing, Dr. Walter, lecture, 14, 38, 65; on physical educa- tion, 170, 193, 225, 295 Change, by Dr. J. Holt, 204 City Hotel, 154 Colver, Rev. Mr. against war, 60 Congregationalism in New England, 114 Connection between the feet and health, 117 Consumption, remarks on, 35; consumptive patients, &c. 269 Daguerreotype portraits, 60 D. Dentistry, Professor Harris's Address on, 176 Depreciation of life, 78 Drugs, action of different ones on the mental faculties, 314 E. Editorial notices of the Journal of Health, 124, 284 Education, school teaching, &c., editorial, 111, 133, 172, 260, 299 Elixir of life, 338 Emancipation from intemperance, editorial, 239, 265, 303 Evening, an August, by J. F. Moore, Esq., 238 Exchanges, 90, 121, 152, 186, 214, 250 Eyes, use of, 81 Health, remarks on, editorial, 24; Chinese art of, 333; and Hotel, Marlboro', 60; City, 154 Howard, habits of, 310 Insanity, interesting case, 327 Installation, &c. 119 Journal of Dental Science, 250 Laboring too much, 277 J. L. Lard, a remedy for obstruction of the bowels, 118 Lectures, Dr. Channing's, 14, 38, 65; Rev. Mr. McClure's, 32; Life, depreciation of, 78 Life clock, the, 366 Lines written on a blank leaf of Byron's Bride of Abydos, 57 Luxury and extravagance, 307 Magnetism, electro, 275 M. Massachusetts Teacher's Association, 365 Memoir, of Fichte, 184; of Thomas Andros, 82; of Mrs. S. L. H. Smith, 316 Mercury, effects of, 271 Miscellany, Popular, 29, 60, 147, 278; Medical, 279 Museum, Chinese, 29, 348 N. Notices, Literary, 89, 121, 150, 184, 216, 249, 280, 315, 343, Physical education, 170, 193, 225, 295 Physicians, female, 313; prescriptions in Latin, 54 Physiology as a study, by Dr. N. Allen, 201 Plagiarism, 368 Publications, new, 26, 28, 58, 89 R. Recipes, 91, 156, 283 Refuge, Female's, 30 Remarks, Introductory, 9; on health, 24; on consumption, 35; on sleep, 72 Scottish emigrant's adieu, 92 Sears, Mrs. 116 S. Serpents, fascination of, by J. Spence, M.D. 245 Skin, human, 183 Spontaneous cure of pulmonary consumption, 142 Spring, by Miss E. H. Kittredge, 148 Stomach, influence of on public speakers, by a Pastor, 198 Sunday barbering, 112; news, 112 Teeth, artificial, 248 Teacher's Institute, 364 T. Temperance reform, by E. Alden, M.D. 106 Thoughts on health, 313 Tobacco, its effects, &c. 101, 136 Trade in poisons, 341 Use of the eyes, 81 Vaccination, &c. 56 U. V. Ventilation, Dr. Wyman on, 324 View of the imperial garden and mausoleum in Pekin, 180 Vitiated air in apartments, 367 Vomiting produced by titillation, 178 War, Rev. Mr. Colver on, 60 Warts, treatment of, 52 Waterman, Rev. T. T. 307 W. Winslow, Rev. H., on premature old age, 97, 129, 161, 230, 257, 291 Winthrop, Hon. R. C. 77 Wyman, Dr. on ventilation, 324 Young People's Magazine, 89 Y. |