The Only Use of
hygiene
in
Moby Dick
- I then went on, beginning with the rise and progress of the primitive religions, and coming down to the various religions of the present time, during which time I labored to show Queequeg that all these Lents, Ramadans, and prolonged ham-squattings in cold, cheerless rooms were stark nonsense; bad for the health; useless for the soul; opposed, in short, to the obvious laws of Hygiene and common sense.†
Chpt 16-18
Definition:
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(hygiene) practices promoting the prevention of illness and maintenance of health -- such as cleanliness or promoting sanitary conditions