The aim of Life and Health will be to present rational principles and to give practical instruction. The series of articles outlined below will be some of the good things Life and Health will contain during the coming year. In the treatment of these and other subjects the aim will be to present them in a simple, practical, and helpful manner, and to avoid theories and fads. Letters From a Physician to His Son
These short talks to boys contain principles which those who are older—the fathers and mothers—will appreciate as well as the boys. So will also the girls. Heart to Heart Talks With Girls and Young Women
This series will give valuable instruction to The Girl of Ten, The Girl of Fourteen, The Young Woman of Twenty-two, The Young Wife, and the Young Mother. Dr. F. M. Rossiter will contribute a series of interesting and valuable articles on Significance of Fever, Significance of Pain, Do We Need Spring Tonics? How the Body Heals, Treatment of Constipation, How to Keep Cool, Food Value of Fruits, Treatment of Typhoid Fever, etc. The Ministry of the Great Physician
The illustrated series of articles furnished by Mrs. E. G. White will be continued. Following these articles it is proposed to give a course of studies on— by Mrs. White, which is probably the best series of articles on this subject yet published. One of the most practical features of Life and Health for 1905 will be its Question and Answer Department conducted by Dr. G. A. Hare. There are thousands of people who desire information on special points seldom mentioned in medical and health journals. This department affords them an opportunity to receive the information desired. A MOTHERS’ DEPARTMENT will be organized, to be conducted by Mrs. M. C. Wilcox, who formerly was editor of the Woman’s Realm Department of the Pacific Health Journal. This department will be very helpful to the mothers. It will contain much valuable matter that will be very practical in the homes of the people. This department will be conducted by Mrs. M. H. Tuxford, and will be devoted to the consideration of current topics relative to the kitchen and the general household interests. The Medical Missionary at Work
This department will contain important information from the workers in foreign lands regarding the foods, the habits, and the diseases of these countries, as well as reports and missionary news from all parts of the country. will contain such special items of interest regarding the progress of sanitary science and general hygiene as are apt to escape newspapers. The new yearly subscribers for 1905 will receive the November and December numbers of 1904 free, until the editions are exhausted. Liberal discounts are given to agents on twenty-five copies or more, and also for annual subscriptions. The regular price is 50 cents a year. Single copies, 5 cents.