And as we find that hygienics are better than therapeutics for physical diseases, so, perhaps, it will be better for us to prevent the diseases of the Church by wise arrangements, which shall give it air, exercise, and a wholesome diet, than to cure it, when sick, by the usual medicine of rebuke, reproof, and ascetic mortification.
"Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors"
James Freeman Clarke
On a visit to a book store I happened to see a new publication on the hygienics of Pregnancy and had it sent to the palace.
"Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess"
Henry W. Fischer
His hygienics amount to temperance, cleanliness and fresh air, this last item in moderation: he takes the vicinity of the sea to be unwholesome and is afraid of draughts.
"Erasmus and the Age of Reformation"
Johan Huizinga