Health: Five Lay Sermons to Working-People by John Brown

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37640.html.images 159 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37640.epub3.images 933 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37640.epub.images 935 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37640.epub.noimages 115 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37640.kf8.images 492 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37640.kindle.images 474 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37640.txt.utf-8 139 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/37640/pg37640-h.zip 1.2 MB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Brown, John, 1810-1882
Title Health: Five Lay Sermons to Working-People
Contents The doctor: our duties to him -- The doctor: his duties to us -- Children, and how to guide them -- Health -- Medical odds and ends.
Credits Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Matthew Wheaton
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
https://www.pgdp.net
Summary "Health: Five Lay Sermons to Working-People" by John Brown is a collection of health-focused sermons written in the late 19th century. Through these sermons, Brown delves into the significant relationship between health and morality, emphasizing how the laboring class interacts with their physicians and the importance of disease prevention. The work seeks to inspire working men and women to understand health as a vital part of their lives and responsibilities. The opening of the book introduces the author's deep affection for the laboring class and highlights the essence of his sermons. He reflects on his experiences as a doctor among the working people, emphasizing their intrinsic worth and the integral role of health in their lives. Brown discusses the critical need for simplicity and directness in communicating health-related advice to this audience, advocating for a respectful and reciprocal relationship between doctors and patients. The preface sets the stage for a practical exploration of health, devoid of elitist language, and instead, resonating with the daily realities faced by the working class. Brown's earnest tone creates a sense of urgency, urging readers to recognize the importance of health not only as a personal concern but a communal obligation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class RA: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Subject Hygiene
Subject Health
Subject Physician and patient
Subject Child rearing
Category Text
EBook-No. 37640
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Jan 8, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 118 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!