Excerpt from The Library of Health, and Teacher on the Human Constitution Milk is, as a general fact, the first food of all mankind. Nor is its use confined to any age or condition. Few individuals, and still fewer whole tribes or nations, reject it wholly. Perhaps the Japanese, who have the same dislike to it which we have to blood, are the only whole people called civilized, who do not use it at all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Teacher of Health, and the Laws of the Human Constitution Let us then go on in our work. Let us labor and pray alway, and not faint. There remaineth, in the work of physical advancement, very much land to be possessed. Let us make haste in doing good - let us do what our hands find to with our might - but in compliance with a wise old adage, let us make haste slowly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.