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A Guide to Health

Mahatma Gandhi

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Millions of people today continue to be inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's teachings because he was a genuine man of God. He also was an original thinker with an inquiring mind who refused to accept untested principles. What many people may not know is that Gandhi's thoughts on health are as original as his thoughts on spirituality and politics. This book shows how his renunciation of Western medicine transformed the man and his ideas.
with our food, but we go on inhaling the air which has been polluted by such foul smell, forgetting the fact that the one is just as bad as the other, except that, while the former is visible, the latter is not. We should see that our latrines are kept thoroughly neat and clean. [Pg 19] We abhor the idea of our cleaning the latrines ourselves, but what we should really abhor is the idea of making use of dirty latrines. What is the harm in ourselves removing the filth which has been expelled from inside our own body, and which we are not ashamed to have removed by others? There is absolutely no reason why we should not ourselves learn the work of scavenging and teach it to our children as well. The filthy matter should be removed, and thrown into a pit two feet deep, and then covered up with a thick layer of earth. If we go to some open place, we should dig a small pit with our hands or feet, and then cover it up, after the bowels have been evacuated.

We also make the air impure by making water at all places indiscriminately. This dirty habit should be given up altogether. If there is no place specially set apart for the purpose, we should go to some dry ground away from the house, and should also cover up the urine with earth.

The filth should not be cast into very deep pits, for, in that case, it would be beyond the reach of sun’s heat, and would also pollute the water flowing underneath the earth.

The habit of spitting indiscriminately on the verandahs, court yards, and such like places is also very bad. The spittle, especially of consumptives, [Pg 20] is very dangerous. The poisonous germs in it rise into the air, and, being inhaled by others, lead to a spread of the disease. We should keep a spittoon inside the house, and if we have to spit when out on the road we

Dr. Appu 11/09/2022
A book written by my role model about the field in which I work. There was nothing more I wanted from a book, and I was so excited to read it.

I didn't know what was the reason why Gandhi, who was trained in law in London, decided to write a book about health all of a sudden until he mentioned it in
Ana-Maria 04/10/2022
I was impressed by the topics that Gandhi wrote about nearly 100 years ago. Vaccination, wellness, cures, eating and drinking analysis. Subjects that are to this day debated on in a similar manner.
Giving a modest rating only because of the intuitive directions, and of course, as mentioned by the au
Catherine 01/24/2019
The key to health according to Gandhi is making sure you get lots of fresh air. This book was a little goofy but trying out some of Gandhi's suggestions has been fun (for instance, I eat a lot more fruit now). I also love his explanation of how the body works.
Mario 02/27/2016
No more uninformed than the rest of society at the time, and perhaps no more uninformed than today's society, there did exist a few nuggets of common sense. By the time I hit chapter two I decided to read it as an historical comedy, which lightened my mood. I have great respect for Gandhi's regard f

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