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A Guide to Health

by Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948)

26 chapters, about 34,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. TRANSLATOR'S NOTE 300 words
2. INTRODUCTION 1,500 words
3. THE MEANING OF HEALTH 500 words
4. THE HUMAN BODY 700 words
5. AIR 2,600 words
6. WATER 1,000 words
7. FOOD 6,300 words
8. CHAPTER VI 1,100 words
9. EXERCISE 1,400 words
10. DRESS 1,200 words
11. SEXUAL RELATIONS 2,900 words
12. AIR-TREATMENT 600 words
13. WATER-CURE 2,200 words
14. THE USE OF EARTH 800 words
15. FEVER AND ITS CURE 500 words
16. CONSTIPATION, DYSENTERY, GRIPES AND PILES 700 words
17. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES: SMALL-POX 1,800 words
18. OTHER CONTAGIOUS DISEASES 700 words
19. MATERNITY AND CHILD-BIRTH 1,000 words
20. CARE OF THE CHILD 1,300 words
21. SOME ACCIDENTS: DROWNING 600 words
22. BURNS AND SCALDS 300 words
23. SNAKE-BITE 2,000 words
24. SCORPION-STING 300 words
25. CONCLUSION 1,300 words
26. THE TRUTH ABOUT INDIA 100 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Child
• Earth (wuxing)
• Water (classical element)

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