Pithy quotes from our current reading which give us pause to reflect

[Dale (evolutionary providentialist)]

@Mervin_Bitikofer

some practical importance and very real benefit. For example - the use of ritual cleansings using clean water…

 
You may have seen this before, but this little book by a physician details quite a few, including psycho-physiological factors (great peace and freedom from worry for instance):

@Dale

… None of These Diseases goes into it some.

It’s been decades, probably more than five, since I read the first edition paperback, so I can’t speak to the latest version, but I still remember the bit about circumcision, its multiple benefits for men and women, and the timing with respect to the baby’s vitamin K level. It also mentions trichinosis and the prohibition on pork, and I think shellfish and high cholesterol and maybe food allergens, among other things.