ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1906. How the mind of man can be strengthened, widened, and made a more efficient instrument through the application of modern scientific and physiological knowledge is a question of intense interest. It is now a universally accepted fact that the body is capable of improvement by the application of hygienic rules, and that thereby the life of man and his happiness are bettered. It is also proved by physiology that mental action is absolutely co-related with brain action, and it therefore does not admit of doubt that the mind may also be bettered through brain and bodily hygiene. This book includes chapters on the mind machinery in the brian; how the brain mechanism works in regard to mind; and te mental hygiene of bodily disease.

chapter Chapter I|12 pages

The Hygiene of Mind—The Problem

chapter Chapter II|13 pages

The Mind Machinery in the Brain

chapter Chapter III|17 pages

How the Brain Mechanism Works in Regard to Mind

chapter Chapter V|22 pages

Heredity, Temperament, and Social Instincts

chapter Chapter VIII|8 pages

The Mental Hygiene of Bodily Disease

chapter Chapter IX|13 pages

The Hygiene of Manners, Play, Work, and Fatigue

chapter Chapter X|19 pages

Childhood, from Birth to 7 Years

chapter Chapter XI|21 pages

Boyhood and Girlhood—Between 7 and 15

chapter Chapter XII|20 pages

Adolescence, between 15 and 25

chapter Chapter XIII|23 pages

Adolescence (continued)

chapter Chapter XIV|21 pages

Manhood and Womanhood. 25-55

chapter Chapter XV|25 pages

The Decadent Period, from 55 to the End of Life

chapter Chapter XVI|8 pages

Special Sex Questions

chapter Chapter XIX|7 pages

Hygienic Knowledge and Physiological Charity