Fasting - Hydropathy - Exercise - Preface, Fasting, Hydropathy, and Exercise

Aug 20, 2026

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Book-length health manual structured around fasting, hydropathy, and exercise, framed as a natural approach to restoring strength and preventing “weakness” and disease. The preface urges readers to reason independently, reject drug dependence, and view the body’s self-healing as dependent on proper conditions. The contents outline physiology-focused chapters on fasting plans and restrictions, then cold-water cure and related therapies, followed by outdoor, indoor, and gymnastic exercise, culminating in treatment guidance.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages64

Reading Time2 h 41 min

AccessFree to download

Preface

I. Fasting

Chapter I - Physiological Data

Chapter II - The One-Meal Plan

Chapter III - Dietetic Restrictions

Chapter IV - Protracted Fasts

Chapter V - An Experience of One of the Authors in Seven-Day Fast

II. Hydropathy

Chapter VI - Physiological Data

Chapter VII - The Cold-Water Cure

Chapter VIII - Air Baths

Chapter IX - Climatic Sanitaria

Chapter X - Ventilation

III. Exercise

Chapter XI - Physiological Data

Chapter XII - Outdoor Exercise

Chapter XIII - Indoor Exercise

Chapter XIV - Gymnastics

Chapter XV - Free Movement Cures or Sanitarium Exercises

Chapter XVI - Detailed Advice for Treatment

An advertisement for the book 2 The Original Title page 3 Health that intoxicates with its power and intensity, is within the reach of all who are willing to reason for themselves, and begin that activity of muscle, mind and body without which there can be no health, for stagnation always means disease and death. Activity is the law of life. A machine made of the finest steel will rust and decay if not used, and the human body is not stronger than steel. 4 To those whose souls are rent by sorrow and pain, to those whose days and nights are heavily laden with the dull dispair of physical weakness and disease, this book is respectfully dedicated. May it be a light which guides these poor stricken human beings to the haven of perfect health, beautiful, superb—is the wish of the authors. 5 Awake! Open your eyes. Clear your brain. Reason! Reason clearly! An enemy is at your door. He has already entered nearly every home! Is he in your home? Are you struggling for life as he slowly"strangles" you in his "grip of poison"? Are your sons, your daughters, your father or your mother fighting this fearful enemy? If you love life, if the lives of your loved ones are of value, begin at once to free yourself and your home from this horrible enemy, DRUGS. 6 CONTENTS. PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 I. FASTING. CHAPTER I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Physiological Data. CHAPTER II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The One-Meal Plan. CHAPTER III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Dietetic Restrictions. CHAPTER IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Protracted Fasts. CHAPTER V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 An Experience of One of the Authors in Seven-Day Fast. II. HYDROPATHY. CHAPTER V I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Physiological Data. CHAPTER VII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 The Cold-Water Cure. CHAPTER VIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Air Baths. CHAPTER IX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Climatic Sanitaria. CHAPTER X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Ventilation. III. EXERCISE. CHAPTER XI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Physiological Data. CHAPTER XII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Outdoor Exercise. CHAPTER XIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Indoor Exercise. CHAPTER XIV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Gymnastics. CHAPTER XV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Free Movement Cures or Sanitarium Exercises. CHAPTER XVI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Detailed Advice for Treatment 7 PREFACE. The great truths of Nature are here ready for you, reader. Are you ready for them? Are you free from prejudice, and willing to read and reason without considering the opinions of so-called authorities? To a free and intelligent human being there is no authority for him higher than his own reasoning power. If you are free from the slavery of prejudice this book will give you food for thought. It will teach you that weakness is a crime—that it is the result of plain, easily avoided causes—that if your body is weak, or diseased, there is not the slightest excuse for remaining so—that health and strength of a high degree is the natural heritage of man and woman, and if this superb condition is not possessed, this book will clearly and concisely furnish the knowledge necessary to acquire it. Refuse to be an invalid, reader! Refuse to be a physical nonenity! Are you depending upon drugs?—that gorgon horror that is torturing more human lives into misery, weakness and death than all the combined cruelties and barbarism of past ages. Drugs! Drugs!! Great heavens, will this crime of the century never end? Drugs never did and never will cure disease. The body cures itself if it can secure an opportunity, but with the poisonous drugs always at hand, and

FAQs

What is the book’s central message about health and disease?

Health comes from natural processes and “activity,” while stagnation leads to disease. The book emphasizes that weakness results from avoidable causes and that the body can recover when given the right conditions.

Why does the preface strongly criticize drugs?

The preface describes drugs as a “delusion” that saps strength and fails to truly cure disease, urging mental freedom from reliance before physical freedom can follow.

How are the book’s health methods organized?

The contents divide the work into three parts: fasting, hydropathy, and exercise, each with multiple chapters covering physiological data and specific practices like one-meal plans, cold-water cure, and outdoor or indoor exercise.

Aug 20, 2026

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