The Annals of Hygiene, Vol. 6

Excerpt from The Annals of Hygiene, Vol. 6: The Official Organ of the State Board of Health of Pennsylvania; January to December, 1891 But what is the full time for the running down, if I may so call it, of the powers of the body each day, under steady, hard, muscular work, not calling for much mental exertion? I should fix it, from our side of the question, at one-third of the twenty-four hours of the day, or half the waking hours; that is to say, the same period as should be devoted to that entire rest, chieży in sleep, which is needed in order to restore the body to its full power, and to regulate the balance of power. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.