Word: cures
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...complaint is that the service in the dining room is not as good as it should be, that some of the waiters are careless and others incompetent. I must say that it seems to me very heroic treatment to decapitate the steward when a change of head waiter may cure the trouble, when indeed it looks very much as if such a change had already very considerably lessened the evil. The hall is so much better now than under the steward who held office when I first joined the Dining Association, that I cannot look forward with any complacency...
...better, I should think, than 'follow nature' as to what one drinks and its times and quantity. I suppose most young people could do as much without wine as with it. Real brain work of itself, I think, upsets the worker and makes him bilious; wine will not cure this, nor will abstaining from wine prevent it. But, in general, wine used in moderation seems to add to the agreeableness of life - for adults, at any rate; and whatever adds to the agreeableness of life adds to its resources and powers...
...matter of sleeplessness : muscular exertion, if not excessive, induces sleep. Thus it is often a good plan for men troubled with sleeplessness to exercise in the evening before retiring. Men should be warned against the use of drugs to cure sleeplessness. The sleep thereby induced is not a genuine sleep. After any violent or unusual exercise a warm bath is to be highly recommended before retiring. The practice of bathing the feet alone is a doubtful one, however. It is, in general, best not to be dependent upon any artificial condition to secure sleep. One should aim for a complete...
...that it was safe to estimate that every other man met in the streets of Boston is either already afflicted with some form of pulmonary disease or will be. This being the case, it is necessary to take precautions to avoid an ailment, for which physicians can prescribe no cure other than a change of climate. Now, there are certain exercises which if taken regularly will in time make one the possessor of a well-built chest, and thereby do much to ensure health. Any exercise which causes the lungs to take in a large amount of air effects both...
...Harvard Total Abstinence League is altogether the best, we are not yet convinced It is a very difficult matter for one to make up one's mind to a decisive stand on the question. Colleges do not harbor drunkards, and total abstinence is preeminently a remedy for the cure of drunkards. The greatest influence on college men is the force of public opinion. And if there is a demand for such a movement as this, we believe it should direct its chief energies towards influencing public sentiment. That indeed, we are glad to see, is provided for in the scheme...