money and life

Chapter 15 Health is the most precious wealth (1)
A person's upbringing can be seen from his residence.

— Disraeli

The nobility of the poor is reflected in their cleanliness.

——British proverb

No dirt is seen around the good.

—Conte?Langford

health consequences of neglect

We should pay great attention to the living environment, because the consequences of it will cost people dearly.For the rich, they only need to pay more taxes to help the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled. Money is nothing to them, but the poor seek medical treatment everywhere when they get sick, and in the process spread the germs everywhere , the ventilation of the air will one day allow germs to float into the houses of rich people, making their families restless.Moreover, there are countless people in need of assistance in society, and they are all staring at the pockets of the rich, hoping to take out their own life-saving money from it.But most of the time, what the rich lose is money, what the poor lose is life, the life they depend on for a living.Once a person is sick, he is doomed not to be able to work, so he loses his source of income, no money to buy food to satisfy his hunger, and they will slowly starve to death.The consequences of ignoring the environment are too serious.

But people already know the importance of the environment, why hasn't hygiene penetrated into people's actions so far?This has to mention another bad mentality of people-ignore things that have nothing to do with their own vital interests.Most people thought like Mrs. McClater, and there was no need to worry about other people's affairs.Disease prevention requires a lot of money and effort, but selfish people and organizations do not compromise, they turn a blind eye to the responsibilities of everyone.In their view, life is comfortable now, and there is nothing that needs to be changed. If someone uses diseases and disasters to accuse them of being ruthless, they will say that the responsibility is all assigned by God, and human beings cannot change it.

"Humans cannot be changed", what an ironic sentence!What is the point of human existence if every unfortunate event is arranged by heaven.There are countless disasters and crimes connived by this sentence. It is the chief culprit of polluted water sources, turbid air, rampant germs, and constant vices; Men become fierce robbers and decadent drunkards.

The reason why those who ignore the pain of others say "God's will is inevitable" is that they are indifferent to the vicious development of the situation. No matter how dirty the environment becomes, no matter how turbulent the society becomes, as long as their own Life is stable and healthy, regardless of other people's life or death.The idea they preach is to be resigned and not to fight against disasters.You're sick, bankrupt, whatever, stay sick or bankrupt; if you're dying, let it die; Once it is down, human power cannot change it.

A rich man once heard a news about the poor. A poor and helpless mother had to take her child to beg for food because she had no money to treat her child, hoping to raise medical expenses or get help from well-meaning people. Rescue.The wealthy people were indifferent after hearing this, and said coldly: "It's ridiculous, what do other people's affairs have to do with me?" Later, the poor mother came to the orphanage for help, but the orphanage could not meet the needs of too many people, so the mother had to cry and left.She came to the door of the rich man with the dying child in her arms, hoping that he would give some money, but the child died soon; the germs carried by the child spread to the rich man's home with the flow of air, and his The children contracted the same diseases as the children of the poor.

Fortunately, people nowadays have gradually realized that turning a deaf ear to what is going on outside the window will not only aggravate the situation, but will eventually involve themselves in it; myths and legends have been handed down to this day, and the monsters described in them have been completely cleared by people. How nice it would be to clear out thoughts like monsters.Any kind of disaster has people and things to be responsible for it.The occurrence of disasters is a metaphor for the shortcomings in human activities. We should find these shortcomings as soon as possible, instead of letting them go freely, otherwise the evil consequences will gradually expand.Some would say that the awakening of one person alone cannot stop the spread of things, but when everyone starts to wake up and everyone puts their strength together, it will become very powerful and hit them hard.The law is the combined expression of the mind and the will of men; it can also do things that cannot be done by individual power.However, the law also has disadvantages. Some things that do not need to be controlled are often restricted; in addition, some things that have adverse consequences due to frequent use by humans are not necessarily bad. Before suppressing them, we It should be observed for a period of time, otherwise it will be unusable when it is needed, and this consequence is more terrible than its own consequences.

health is wealth
There is an old saying: "A good body is the greatest wealth you have." If you are sick all over your body, how can you make money and enjoy life?Whether they are intellectuals or farmers and hawkers, they value the health of the body above everything else, because the body is the capital of the revolution. Without a good body, our sense of life becomes blurred. In fact, the body is what we use to enjoy life and feel nature. tool.

The five senses and the body bring us information in different aspects of life.But these single organs do not bring us as much pleasure as a healthy body.So Southwood?Dr. Smith said: "Whether a person's life is happy or not determines the length of his life. The happier the life, the longer the life span. If you have been living in an environment of hesitation and depression, you will not live for long." The proportion of life should not be greater than that of happiness and joy, but we cannot completely regard suffering as a bad thing. Appropriate suffering can increase people's vigilance for the future, and let us always warn ourselves not to be too loose.Its appearance is to say: "Go back to the normal life track, hold on to happiness and don't relax." In Thomas?According to Dr. Brown, only a body that is functioning normally can suffer from illness, and human beings are living to wait for the arrival of death.

If you want to live a happy life, you must abide by the laws of survival in nature.The Creator has equipped us with rational thinking, and the purpose is to allow us to find the laws of nature.If human beings do not abide by these laws and wantonly destroy them, they will only bring about a devastating disaster to themselves.

Like nature, human beings have their own set of laws.A healthy, moderate diet and exercise are major factors in keeping your body strong.People who blindly pursue delicious food and never exercise are very likely to suffer from digestive diseases and obesity; people who are addicted to alcohol will find that their bodies are slowly deteriorating, their hands and feet are numb, and they are not hungry.

Once the balance of the body is broken, there will be these serious consequences, not to mention the more serious consequences if the balance of society and the world is broken.As long as the ecological environment in a certain place is out of balance, such as sewage flowing across and the air is turbid, infectious diseases will quickly spread and spread.No matter whether you are poor or rich, living in thatched huts or villas, the disease will inevitably lead to dead bodies and devastation wherever it goes.This kind of disaster can only be solved by human beings themselves. An event that could have been avoided was produced and spread because of human neglect and destruction. Isn’t this a mistake made by human beings themselves?
In densely populated places, it is necessary to ensure that there are some ventilation places for ventilation, otherwise, if the exhaust gas exhaled by the human body accumulates too much, it will lead to adverse consequences.The carbon dioxide in the dirty air is excreted between human breathing, if it is inhaled repeatedly, it will endanger the safety of human body.Human beings can go without food for a few days, but air is indispensable for a moment, which shows how important air is to us, and pure air is what everyone wants.For example, a 14-year-old youth needs about 300 square meters of air for him to breathe in a day and night. If the room is relatively small, he will gradually feel difficult to breathe, dizzy and dizzy, and may be in danger of suffocation after a long time.

Someone once did an experiment, put a small white mouse in a transparent utensil and sealed the opening, the white mouse could only continuously inhale the gas exhaled by itself in it, and the white mouse died after a period of time.It can be seen that if a person is locked in an airtight room, he will end up like a mouse.Those British soldiers who died in the Calcutta prison were suffocated to death because they stayed in the turbid space for a long time without fresh air.In cities with developed industries and turbid air, some infants and young children will not live long because of their weak resistance.Humboldt also said something related to air: He once saw a man on a ship suffering from a fever and dying, and the sailors moved him from the bottom storehouse to the deck in order to prevent him from dying in the ship. Unexpectedly, after he was put on the deck, he would gradually wake up and his fever gradually recede.It turned out that the lack of air circulation caused him to get sick.

Fever often occurs in places with dirty air, and the infected people are young adults aged 20 to 30.These people are the heads of the family, and the burden of the family is on these people's shoulders. Once they fall, a family will also collapse.Southwood?Dr. Smith said that a fever could destroy a city.According to statistics, more than 7 people in Liverpool are infected with fever every year, and about 000 of them will die due to various reasons.In addition to causing human death, fever also caused many families to lose their support and become refugees.Southwood?Dr. Smith concluded after many inquiries that fever and its consequences cost Nancashire £500 a year in avoidable disease and expense without taking a toll on the spirits of the people. Count it in.

poor living environment

A long time ago, people blindly believed that the life of the Acadians was very comfortable and comfortable, because they did not enter the industrial society, and their life still maintained the original pattern of nomads. However, after the government investigated them, it was found that the facts were far from what people expected good.The living conditions of the Arcadians were very poor. Their houses were all made of wood, and most of them were decayed and dilapidated.A family usually consists of only one or two wooden houses, and no matter how many people are in the family, they are crammed into a narrow, airless room that was built without windows and with only gaps in the thatched roof To let the sun shine in, people often observe the weather through the roof.Daily necessities, food, and dirty clothes were piled up everywhere in the room.At night, a random place is used as a bed. Children sleep with their parents from childhood to most, and strangers who come to stay will not get better treatment.The husbands indulge in the tavern all day long, regardless of family life and the upbringing of the children. The children never know the cultivation and connotation, and they can't even talk about reading and writing.People in a civilized society would not set their sights on this remote and impoverished village, but we can still hear some rumors about the village.In order to demonstrate their abilities, some dignitaries kept saying that it was for the benefit of the urban people to prevent the poor from destroying the environment, thus destroying countless villages.In a certain parliament, a congressman showed off his achievements, "About 30 villages were destroyed. This must be done in order to prevent the expansion of the poor." But has he ever thought about how people who lost their homes should survive?They will move to the next village to wait for the next devastation; or they will seek institutional help, or they will enter towns and try to find a subsistence job.

The rapid development of industry has brought unpredictable consequences to people's living environment, and urban sanitation and air quality are declining.However, in the eyes of rural people, no matter how bad the environment in the city is, it is not as bad as the countryside. They work tirelessly to squeeze into cities where labor demand is high, just to earn more money than farming.In the past, city people envied the freedom of rural people and praised them as planting experts, but now it seems that it is nothing more than irony.

Migrant workers in cities are poor both materially and spiritually, as are people in slums.The Episcopal Organization of Hereford County conducted a survey, and the report showed: "In the diocese, people's thinking is mostly influenced by ancient feudal superstitions. People think that some specific times and dates represent unlucky, while others It represents auspiciousness; some people watch the moon phase at night and think that certain times are evil, and they should take medicine to avoid disasters, and sometimes they have to kill pigs for sacrifice; These cannot be easily moved. People blindly believe in spells, thinking that the rings distributed by the church have the function of exorcising evil and avoiding disasters, but they are just bought for a shilling; they also think that they have tumors on their heads. For a person who is dead, as long as he touches his neck with the hand of a dead person, the tumor will disappear automatically; for a person who died without warning, his soul must be seen by some supernatural person. They adore it very much, and they are still promoting the superstitious idea of ​​'Evil Eye', and everyone is trembling for fear of being infected with evil spirit creatures."

Sidney?Smith said that before a nation is uncivilized, their living conditions are appalling. No matter how developed the nations and countries in the world are, the initial conditions are the same.No one doubts that Smith's words are adulterated, and people know that the facts are what he said.If there is an investigative report, Finies?Fletcher's previous illusions about their good life will also be shattered, and we can see more clearly how terrible people's lives were in ancient times.The life of an aristocrat in Norman and Saxon times was far less than that of an ordinary working man today.We can draw a conclusion that the hardships of life of modern rural people are only compared with those of urban people. Compared with their ancestors, the life of modern rural people is much better.

Improving the environment requires the efforts of all

If people only renovate the sewage system and strictly prohibit basements and other dirty places from being transformed into housing, the results of these measures are often not as obvious as imagined. To ensure the hygiene of the entire city, in addition to the need for rectification of the public environment, people's home environment also needs to be improved. Needs remediation.A complete sanitation system must take into account all aspects, so that the air is pure, the water source is clean, germs and mosquitoes cannot breed, and sewage and waste gas will not appear.The government should strictly order housing buildings to be equipped with a sanitary sewage system in accordance with regulations, and the basement must not be inhabited.However, the government's ability is limited after all. It can only promulgate laws and regulations for people to refer to, and cannot implement them one by one in every family. There are always some people who do not respond positively to the government's call. This is something that cannot be changed.

When the government can't do anything, the power of the individual comes in handy.Today's houses are all privately built, and they are the owners of the houses, and they play a key role in improving public health.

Some houses have been rectified by the capitalists, and the houses under construction also refer to the requirements of the government. The capitalists made a series of changes to the houses in exchange for the praise of their employees and their work harder, because the living environment of the employees has been improved. The mood is also much more comfortable, naturally energetic.So these well-meaning capitalists who have tasted the sweetness and are really considerate of people have spread their experience.If every city has some conscientious bourgeoisie who sincerely improve the lives of ordinary people and build a health system, these hardships for others will eventually turn into sweet fruits and fall into their food baskets.

(End of this chapter)