NOTE B. Disagreement among dietetic writers: Its causes; The Brunonian System, 387-Temperance of physicians, 388.

NOTE C. Additional examples of abstemiousness; Dr. Blair-John Wesley-A young man; Newton and Locke, 389—Franklin and Rush ; Effingham and Hender; the English Quaker; a Russian Peasant; Mr. Horry, 390--Ancient Philosophers: Roman Gluttons; Frederick the Great, 391. NOTE D. Effects of Excess in eating: Testimonies of the Edinburgh Review; American Quarterly Review; Of Dr. Fothergill; of a French Writer, 382-Of the Dyspeptics Monitor: Causes of the prevalence of Dyspepsy in this country, 393--Of the Encyclopedia Americana; of Dr. Lambe; of Dr. Reid, 394-Of Sinclair, Hufeland and Carathedore, 395.

NOTE E. Corpulency; its causes, 395-Examples; Cheyne, Cornaro, Love, Bright, Daniel Lambert, Thomas Wood, 396.

NOTE F. Reviewers opinion as to the quantity of food recommended in the Lectures, 397.

NOTE G. Great importance of the second rule of diet, 397-Description by Horace and Shakespeare of its violation, 398.

NOTE H. Comparison between the dietetic excesses of the city and the country, 398.

NOTE I. Boarding Companies in Amherst College; In Amherst Academy; In Williams College, 399-At Bangor Theological Seminary; At Andover Theological Seminary, 400.

NOTE K. Dyspeptics must eat nothing that does not agree with them, 400.

NOTE L. Abstinence; Case of Alexander Avery: A substitute for medicine and bleeding, 401.

NOTE M. Cautions necessary in changing dietetic habits, 402Should we occasionally indulge in feasting, 403-Objections to such a course, 404-Does attention to rules of diet induce dyspepsy, 406.

NOTE N. Superiority of a vegetable diet for invalids: Opinion of Dr. Avery, 406-His personal experience, 408-Extracts from the writings of Dr. Lambe, 408-From Hufeland: Dietetic habits of European Scholars, 409-Experience of Mr. Owen,* 410-French views of the nature of of dyspeptic and nervous complaints, 411-Chronic Gastritis and Enteritis: Treatment of these complaints in France, 412-Distinction between the white and black meats: Effects of medicines in dyspepsy, 413-Causes of the transient relief from stimulants: Example of the French mode of managing Dyspepsy in the case of an American Gentleman 414.

NOTE O. Doct. Londe's plan as to the proper time for meals: Plan of meals in the French Colleges, 420-Dyspeptics should omit supper,

421.

NOTE P. Dyspeptics must limit the quantity of their food at each meal, 422-Rules in respect to food and medicine from a private Journal, 423.

NOTE Q. The proper diet for invalid travellers, 424.

NOTE R. Tenth Rule of Diet: never to eat till you are hungry, 425. NOTE S. Men unreasonably squeamish about specific dietetic rules 426-These rules do not abridge our comfort, 427-Cases of La Fayette, Mirabeau, Fox, Sheridan, Savage, Burns and Byron; Ease with which invalids can follow rules, 428-Advantages of Hygienic Rules, 429— Extracts from Reid and Hoffman, 430.

* When this Note was written, it was supposed to refer to Mr. Owen of New Harmony; but I believe it is his son: who has not to my knowledge, had any concern in "the Social System."

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NOTE T. Alcohol passes unchanged into the blood; Drunkards sometimes take fire spontaneously, 430.

NOTE U. Testimonies to the value of water as a drink, 431.

NOTE V. Cautions in the use of cold water when heated and exhausted, 433.

NOTE W. Water the only proper substitute for spirit and wine, 433. NOTE X. Malt liquors generally pernicious, 434.

NOTE Y. Tea and coffee; their merits farther discussed: Ground taken in respect to their use, 435—their nature and effects stated by Dr. Londe-and Dr. Buchan, 436-By Drs. Avery and Trotter; Green Tea poisonous; Dr Beddoes' Experiments; Does their use promote the pleasures of social intercourse, 437-Does it help to prevent the use of alcohol, 438-Is it not idle to try to persuade men to abandon all their luxuries, 439-Tea with dinner, 440.

NOTE Z. A milk diet farther considered, 440-A correspondent's remarks: Dr. Avery's Do. 441-Case of Hanway: Fact from Hufeland : Londe's statements, 442-Of another physician: Common objection that the use of milk produces drowsiness, 433.

NOTE A. A.

NOTE B. B.
NOTE C. C.

Harmless Puddings, 444.

Mistake about the use of fruit for costiveness, 444.
Shampooing, 444.

NOTE D. D. Rules for those who are exposed to night air, 445.
NOTE E. E. Warm Bathing, 445.

NOTE F. F. Londe's remarks concerning the proper time for sleep and its quantity, 446-His plan for reforming the late hours of a large city, 447.

NOTE G. G. Ennui, a source of dyspepsy, 447.

NOTE H. H. Self immolation-of students-of ministers, 448.
NOTE I. I. Prevalence of Quackery, 449.

NOTE K. K. Self supporting system at the Andover Philips Acade'my, 450-Noble Example, 451.

NOTE L. L. Additional facts illustrative of the longevity of learned men-Living scholars, 451-Testimonies of writers concerning longevity, 452.

PART I. DIET.

LECTURE L

Introductory Remarks. Errors in respect to the Causes and Cure of Nervous Complaints. Objections against living by rule. Objections against Dietetic Rules. Proper quantity of Food.

GENTLEMEN,

Object of these Lectures.

THE premature prostration and early decay of students and professional men in our country, excite a deep interest in the mind of every friend to learning and humanity. Time was, when it was generally thought, that this was but the dismal spectre of melancholy minds: but the fact is no longer doubted. Too many budding hopes have been blasted; too many wrecks are strewed around us, to suffer the reality to be hid any longer. And now the solicitous inquiries are, what is the cause, and what is the remedy? To answer these questions, is my object in addressing the members of this Institution. I have formerly made a slight and feeble extempore effort of this kind; but I wish now to examine the subject more systematically, more extensively, and more leisurely. I make no pretensions to professional knowledge concerning it; nor do I mean to invade the province of the physician. But a conflict of more than twenty years with the debility and prostration of which I have spoken, has compelled me to pay not a little attention to the means of resisting the foe; and taught me, experimentally, not a few of his insiduous and ever varying modes of attack. Whatever I have thus learned, I feel desirous of

communicating to the young gentlemen of this College, in the hope that it may tend to prevent their falling into the hands of the inexorable tyrant, to whose car I have so long been fettered: but from which, I am confident I might long ago have escaped, had some kind friend plainly pointed out to me my situation and the means of deliverance. Let this belief be my apology for great plainness and earnestness.

Prevention and cure of nervous maladies.

The premature decay and prostration, of which I have spoken, result, most usually, from what is generally called Dyspepsy, or Bilious, or Nervous Disorders. And I would here state an important principle in relation to them; viz. that essentially the same means that will cure, will prevent, these complaints. The same general rules in regard to diet, exercise, and employment, will apply both to the prevention and the cure. In the latter case, it only requires a more rigid and unremitting application of these rules.

Prevention easier than the cure.

This leads me to premise another most important fact on this subject; viz. that the prevention of nervous maladies, is vastly easier than their cure. They are not so incurable, 1 believe, as is commonly thought; Still, where they have made an impression on the constitution considerably deep, it requires so long and so strict an attention to rules, that few have the resolution and the perseverance requisite to success. And besides, when a cure has been effected, a recurrence to former habits, or a little extra exertion, is extremely apt to bring the system again under their power. The chief hope, therefore, lies in prevention: and on this account I feel particularly solicitous, that every young man, while yet he is tolerably free from dyspeptic habits, should be made acquainted with his dangers, that he may guard against them.

NERVOUS MALADIES.

Ignorance a fruitful cause of nervous complaints.

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There can be no doubt, that we are to impute the alarming prevalence of nervous complaints, in a great measure, to the ignorance that has so extensively prevailed among students, in the early stages of education, as to their causes, remedies, and means of prevention. This has been a part of education, which it has been the custom to neglect, and thus to leave the health of the young, the very foundation of all their hopes, to take care of itself. We have yet scarcely got rid of the belief, not long since so prevalent, that nervous ailments are the creatures of imagination, and that it is even unsafe to study into their nature, lest we should catch the mysterious contagion from the mere description. Just as if knowledge, which, on every other subject, is the pole star of human conduct, should in this case, prove a mere ignis fatuus to bewilder and blind, while ignorance would be security and bliss. But though such absurdities are vanishing, still the means are not yet put into the hands of the student for guarding himself against the insidious approaches of ill health. He knows only, in general, that temperance and exercise are necessary for him, and that excessive study is injurious: But when he comes to apply these principles to practice, it is easy to see, that he knows so little of their details, that they are really worse than useless. He may be a glutton; and his exercise, from the time or manner in which it is taken, may be an injury instead of a benefit; and his studies may be conducted in a way most fatal to health, while he supposes himself rigidly adhering to correct principles of diet and regimen.

Necessity of thorough attention to this subject.

Hence we see the necessity of attending to this subject thoroughly and minutely. The smallest circumstances must not be passed over; since it is such circumstances, operating slowly, that more commonly undermine the constitution,