Show Daily Health Service By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Eight hundred years ago a boy boj named Moses Bon Boa Maimon Malmon usually called was wa born in Cordova Spain It has been said ald that his name is among the tho greatest in the history of ot the Jewish people and second only to that of ot Moses was highly trained In n Jewish law and in understanding understand understand- Ing ng of ot life lite As a philosopher he ho is Included among the gr greatest of ot all nations and races In the later years of his life he devoted himself professionally to the practice of medicine and he was for many years cars physician to the great Saladin who led the dans during the Crusades This man contributed many words to both philosophy and medicine Ono One of ot the most significant significant significant sig sig- Is to Health A Guide which he wrote for a n son of Saladin Sala Sala- din who was somewhat some sickly and who therefore was especially In Interested interested interested in- in In knowing how to to healthfully 0 o ate only one meal each da day and he was wn convinced as have been many other leaders inthe inthe in inthe the field of health that the most significant rule for tor a n long life is moderation In all things s. s He mentioned particularly mod mod- moderation moderation in diet pointing out that overeating Is responsible for Ill Illness Illness Ill Ill- ness and for shortness of ot life Ute In inthe inthe the tho vast majority of cases Indeed In In- deed he said that one death in a hundred Is due duo to nature all others being caused by stupidity of ot man urged that alcohol is bad for the young but in small good for the tho old He cautioned d people to bathe batho regularly regular regular- ly to avoid all foods with a stale odor and to exercise regularly but with moderation Indeed for the average person he believed walking to be tho the ideal exercise At a time when the average expectancy ex cx- at birth was 20 years Mat Mal himself lived to be 70 years of ot age which may be an indication that he hc unlike many other physicians clans practiced always what he preached |