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The Practical Guide to Health

My mother recieved this book “The Practical Guide to Health” that used to belong to my great-great-grandmother.  This book was a valuable item in the early 1900’s.  Transportation was a problem and often times required a whole day to go a short distance.  Trips into town were limited to once a month.  When someone got sick or hurt this book was used as a resource on how to treat the individual. 
Remedies in this book seem funny to us today.  I wonder if some of them may have actually worked better than our modern day medicine.  People today are impatient and want an immediate cure.  Often times illnesses have to run a cource.  This book did not provide instance cures.  The purpose was to realive the symptonsl.  I feel this book could still be used today.  Some of the treatments may be helpful when added with our modern day medicine. 

1. Your blog was very factual and to the point.  I was able to read it with ease and not get lost from being side-tracked in the middle of your project.  I agree with your point on letting some illnesses to just run its course.

   Posted by  on  10/23  at  08:28 PM

2. I read a book this summer about self-healing and it reminded me of that, and I found it very intersting.  I really liked your blog, it was really interesting to see what people a long time ago did to try and cure illnesses.

   Posted by  on  10/24  at  09:57 PM

3. This book was in your family for generations, are you thinking of a career in medicine also?

   Posted by  on  10/26  at  09:36 PM

4. Since your mom was a nurse and since your grandmother used this medical guide, are you planning on going into medical care?  Has your family ever used this book when someone was sick or hurt?  I enjoyed reading this because it’s possible that this book maybe more useful than some of our medical care we have today.

   Posted by  on  10/30  at  10:15 AM

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