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Show t " i. I FREQUENCY AND TIJIES OF f .. . EllTIXa.. ! 'Ststkwaiio recurrcned U tlia onlci: o l nature, oliscrfctl everywhere, allkain tin i tiiAing.of; melodious .ounijs, tlic rliytlimii ', beats of the heart, the measured rcspira j. tiofij, the coming and going of light, tin 1 ocean's ebb and (low, seasonal revolution ndplauctarypcHodicJtlc, The arrange mem or regular times for rnealn, harraon Ikes, therefore, wliU the untvcrsal policy o nature, and is, moreover, of the highes social convenience. Yet it is injpossibl I to subject all to the same regulations o time. Br. Combe remarks; "The: grand ml (a fixing the number and periods of ou meals is, to proportion them to the rca wants of the system, as modified by ngc sex, health, aud maimer of life, and a in dicated by tbo true returns of apnetite." As.tho blood is usually most impovor hhed after tho eight pr tch hours' fast o the mght, breakfast shoald bo early, Thi stomach is usually vacated of its nutritivi ( contents in aljout Tour hours after eating but it may be an hour or two later befon the ijood begins to call upon it for a re newed supply. Persons engaged in aetivi labor, In' which bodily utendlture 1 rapid, of course require to eat mere oftci than the Indolent and the sedentary; am children need nourishment oftencr thai adults: But too long abstinence, cspeci ally if the digestive power be not strong sharpens the appetite, so that there arisei dager of excessive eating. Some nvoti loricheon for fear of "spoiling tho dinner,' whereas, the. thing thev most need is t( have it spoiled. Where the internals be tween the meals are sp long as trj product pressing Bdnger, something should b taken between' thera tn stay the appetiti and prcvent.ovcr-cating. Late nnd heart wppers are'to be reprobated. Active di gestlotfand sleep mutually disturb eacl other, as; at jiTglit tho exhalation of car hontrj gas is slowest, and tissue changei aot retarded, the overloaded "blood h not relieved, aud invades tho repose ol tha brain, producing heavy, disordcrcS dreams, and nightmare, followed by head ache and ilt-uunjor in tbo morning. Stili there is he opposite, extreme, of sittiug UP '"to. aud going to bed wearied, hungtj and with an "fndefiuable seuso of sink '"Jg" followed by resiles, unreircshiiiB weep A little ligbt nonrishment in sue) cases may prevent these unpleasaut effects Custom, has fixed tho daily number ol "ncali ai from thrce'to fivej probablj nrea is the smaller number that consist! . with wcll-suitalued vigor of the system: four or five way be unobjectionable, thi mount of nourishment tukcu each Urn being lM Tno essential thing is, rsgn taritv in Mch case, in order that the di LgesUre glands may hare time to prcpan tbolr secretions. ,w jiarircipaius witn . tiie oilier part or system, in jiitf txhaustiorfj aodcis'thV fitted for'theperfo'rmauco.of its pto :i a6d active duties'." If there has been pa . ( exerclse. tUhcr or body ormind; a si inUfvnIWould.'braltowcd for repose ; half an',hour.!ra'y be appropriated to ,. light occupation,. such as. dressing bcl Jilting down ta dinner, It isuestiont if rimcU exercise beroro;b'rcakfa$t be g ' nJ'jr proper, "When wd nso jn this" m( mg the systciahas passed thci. lontrat tcrviil withoutfo'od, nnd ts at Um lo (!l diurnal point ofwoakness, from Wan i nonrishment..- ilt'lsVcirunderstood"! thd.bodyisjndrb suscepttble to tHemoi iaflnencoof qolds masnt ,nnd alt uoxi ,, agencies,' ittT the. morning beforo- call than,at any other timeand iuojc expo to tho open.air "beforo gettiug ahythiiif cat,:in Dgnish.regions;-nro.ittfliiiic!y ta , liable to:be affected than those who'hl Been fortified "by a cojufortablo hrcakfi vjfes, miy'! bo, quotcdi "midoiibtcdl, tthjeli..early''excrci$e "has jpfoduceilo ( Jurioas rcs'uitspcrhap$'tvcn the contra reMarm?stUStanccs; especially' if 1 constitutroii he not strong, breakfust shoi fol!owlior.ify;nfteir j-ising.and drcssii beforo.scrious iasks aro attempted. . Dr. Combe justly observes, that J'b'Oardiog-Bchoqls for the young and" grc 'gwho,fcjuire plenty of substance, a ato "oferi . feblfgcil, to rise, early, an ca breakfait. is almost an, liidispensalilc sci ' dition of hcaUfi."eM(i: Science. 1 .i .'ii i |