Project Gutenberg 2011-10-05 Public domain in the USA. 274 Brown, John 1810 1882 Health: Five Lay Sermons to Working-People The doctor: our duties to him -- The doctor: his duties to us -- Children, and how to guide them -- Health -- Medical odds and ends. Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "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.) http://book.klll.cc/files/37640/37640-h/images/cover.png Reading ease score: 70.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Hygiene Health Physician and patient Child rearing RA Text Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: Parenthood & Family Relations Category: Health & Medicine 163385 2025-06-15T10:26:39.853553 text/html 160087 2021-01-08T04:43:39 text/html; charset=utf-8 1253523 2021-01-08T04:43:40 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 955917 2025-06-15T10:26:45.762536 application/epub+zip 957874 2025-06-15T10:26:41.857570 application/epub+zip 117685 2025-06-15T10:26:40.564577 application/epub+zip 503941 2025-06-15T10:26:48.350528 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 485198 2025-06-15T10:26:44.487552 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122161 2022-09-17T08:50:26.369694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 142020 2025-06-15T10:26:39.386558 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 141775 2021-01-08T04:43:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 56487 2021-01-08T04:43:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 141766 2021-01-08T04:43:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56463 2021-01-08T04:43:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21331 2025-06-15T10:26:48.510510 application/rdf+xml 19783 2025-06-15T10:26:40.666602 image/jpeg 2797 2025-06-15T10:26:40.617554 image/jpeg 1264689 2025-06-15T10:26:39.924603 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia